WEM postponed until 2012

28-11-2011 13:50

Organizers of World eSports Masters have announced that their annual event will be postponed until 2012.

The event has been traditionally held at this time of the year and has taken place in Hangzhou, China three times since its inception. It was previously rumoured that it would not take place this year as no information had been released and today's announcement clears up the situation.

This is the official press release:

After the consultation between China side and Korea side, the World eSports MASTERS will be postponed to 2012 which is originally scheduled to be held on November 2011

due to its development strategy adjustment. The specific preparation issues will be released on the press conference jointly held by Chinese organizers and Korean organizers.

Organizing Committee of the World e-Sports MASTERS, November 2011

It does seem like the event will still take place, granted later than usual. WEM has continuously supported CS 1.6 as its main game despite adding other games on side. HLTV.org will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.

sad

2011-11-28 13:52

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sad but true - James Hetfield 1991

2011-11-28 14:55

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so close no matter how far.

2011-11-28 15:56

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wrong song :/

2011-11-28 16:00

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no nothing else matters ;)

2011-11-28 17:55

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tun tun tun tin tin tin tun

2011-11-28 18:26

yeah sad CS 1.6 is not dead but it is loosing its shine :(

2011-11-28 14:59

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first loosing its shine then replaced then clinical dead (it will be still plyed but not on major tournaments)

2011-11-29 10:43

I hope this doesn't happen :)

2011-11-29 12:34

its not about praying for it...like dsn said cs is good but the graphic its little bit too old for this days, soon no one will buy it...nowdays kids want games like CoD with better graphic and CS:GO its like that mixture od CS:S and CoD...so gl hf...

2011-11-29 12:41

EVERYONE wants better games with GOOD graphics, not only kids, i love 1.6 but i gotta tell you, no matter how good games gameplay is if the game doesn't keep up with the times it's destined to die.

2011-11-29 16:40

well yeah, and SC II its a perfect example for it...its shame that "cs fanboys" cant accept the fact of it that will "die".. I also like CS 1.6 but lets be real...

2011-11-30 12:15

good

2011-11-28 13:53

sad :(

good?? sad news

2011-11-28 13:54

end

2011-11-28 14:00

only postponed? that's ok i think :D

2011-11-28 14:03

2011-11-28 14:01

sad? Be glad that it takes place at all.

2011-11-28 14:02

so? isn't that sad anyway, that it is postponed?

2011-11-28 14:46

could be worse, ok. still it's sad.

2011-11-28 15:20

it's GREAT news that they are still holding the tournament AND that 1.6 is the main game

2011-11-28 14:07

Unfortunate that they announce it the month it was meant to be held, at least for people that were in preparations in going. However glad it wasn't canceled.

2011-11-28 14:11

Crap. But I'm still very happy that the tournament will be held in 2012 and that Counter-Strike 1.6 is the main game that they support, many tournament have given up on Counter-Strike 1.6, it's fun to see for once that it's being supported by at least one big tournament. More happy than sad.

SK will attend it??

2011-11-28 15:13

How should I know dude?

2011-11-28 20:18

kk.. i thght i missed some update...

2011-11-29 19:53

good, hope they will have it somewhere early in 2012 :)

2011-11-28 14:12

noo :(

2011-11-28 14:13

Come on guys, this isn't sad, it is actually good that they include cs 1.6.

2011-11-28 14:14

AWW

2011-11-28 14:28

what's sad about this? It's only postponed, which is NORMAL :S

2011-11-28 14:43

it's not normal when big event postponed. Remember 2009 when ESWC resheduled to october, as a result it didn't took place at all

2011-11-28 14:52

:rageface:

2011-11-28 14:53

Counter-Strike 1.6 the end ! 2012 CS:GO ... !

2011-11-28 14:54

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-1 falsH!

2011-11-28 14:57

CS1.6 = end of 2012 CS 2 = 2013...

2011-11-28 15:02

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CS 1.6 never ends..

2011-11-28 18:15

impossible for pro gaming.

2011-11-30 18:44

if sponsors continue paying and they got spectators it will never ends bro

2011-11-30 19:23

Yeah, That's right. But new players prefer graphics to gameplay. and CS 1.6 future looks bad. You can see SC2 prices, and CS's prices. If there's 30.000$ for SC2 (per person) there's 15.000$ for CS(per team) even you could see 160.000$ tournaments 2-3 years ago. But now? But it's certain there's CS2, and i hope it will make CS better.

2011-11-30 20:57

yea that's true too look at 1million dollar COD XP tournament on LA last September

2011-11-30 21:22

hope so...

2011-11-28 22:19

which teams will attend? any list?

but the world ends in 2012... FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU

2011-11-28 15:29

i will lol when it will really happen, oh wait i'll die :DD

2011-11-28 16:06

alcoholism will kill you, bitch!

2011-11-28 16:41

i'm don't drink alcohol and don't smoke sigarettes... smoke weed everyday BEM BA BEYYYY :D

2011-11-28 16:46

ganjamenN4tw!

2011-11-28 18:16

then you're a drug addict.

2011-11-29 16:42

no that just drugs are addicted to me.

2011-11-29 16:48

wem sucks anyway

2011-11-28 16:20

bad news(

2011-11-28 16:28

postponed > cancelled

2011-11-28 16:29

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

2011-11-28 17:05

CS:GO is boring!! CS 1.6 forever!!!

sad news

2011-11-28 17:38

time2invite lions perhaps :C

2011-11-28 17:47

would be nice ;D

2011-11-28 20:21

Maybe they will have a qualifier. Still, much can happen 'til then so it's to early to say who will participate.

2011-12-01 17:28

for me its not bad news.It is only postponed :|

2011-11-28 17:53

I've heard this news last month on a Chinese twitter-like website. The event was managed to be held in a exposition like CeBit, but the organizer missed the time.

2011-11-28 21:07