The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The combined prize pool for the games was US$435,000.
Games played at WCG 2005 Official games
PC games Counter-Strike: Source FIFA Football 2005 Need For Speed: Underground 2 StarCraft: Brood War Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Xbox games Dead or Alive Ultimate Halo 2
Special tournament game freestyle
Mobile tournament games Bruce Lee Chopper Rescue Goolie Midtown Madness 3
Promotional event game Carom 3D
Awards and medals Classification Game Gold Silver Bronze Fourth to eighth Official games Counter-Strike: Source US$50 000 US$25 000 US$10 000 Prizes (total US$50 000) Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne US$40 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) StarCraft: Brood War US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) FIFA Football 2005 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) Need For Speed: Underground 2 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) Halo 2 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$10 000) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) Dead or Alive Ultimate US$15 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000) Mobile Tournament Chopper Rescue US$3,000 US$1,000 US ? Prizes (total US$ ?) Special tournament freestyle US$20 000Promotional EventCarom 3DUS$3,000US$2,000US$1,000Prizes (total US$ ?)
Players' village The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players' Village. About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players' Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.
Sponsors Worldwide sponsor Samsung Electronics
Premier sponsors Intel Razer USA Ltd
Official sponsors Singapore Telecommunications Video Pro
Official suppliers ProCurve Kingston Technology Ablerex Seagate ASUS Foxconn Cooler Master VRnet DVDrama Radioitg
Host broadcaster MediaCorp
Official media partners Gameaxis HardwareZone Hardware Magazine PHOTO-i PC Magazine
Official gaming magazine Gameaxis Playworks
Official partners Blizzard Entertainment EA Sports EA Games Microsoft Tecmo THQ Valve Xbox Live
Commentators Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game.
Marcus Graham (djWHEAT)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2
Stuart Saw (TosspoT)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA Football 2005
Paul Chaloner (ReDeYe)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Need For Speed: Underground 2, FIFA Football 2005
Jason Hutchison (NiceGuyEd)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, FIFA Football 2005, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2
Christopher Iannitti (WaCKSteVeN)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Nicolas Plott (Tasteless)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Kim Phan (bunny)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Results
Official Event Counter-Strike: Source Team3D Josh Sievers(Dominator) k23 Dauren Kystaubayev(AdreN) Team EG Matt Stevenson(bl00dsh0t) Michael So(method) Alexander Yakovlev(beAst) Pasha Lari(LaRi) Salvatore Garozzo(Volcano) Asset Sembiev(Solaar) Griffin Benger(shaGuar) Kyle Miller(Ksharp) Anvar Nasirov(anv1k) Robert Tyndale(blackpanther) Ronald Kim(Rambo) Nurtas Mamytbayev(Nur1k) Jimmy Lin(Lin) Need For Speed: Underground 2 Giovani Magri (GearGG) Danilo Barros (N4_Godsmack) Konstantin Vanisov (USSR_MrKot) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Ryoo Kyung Hyun (TmG SeleCT) André Zilio (TmG QuanChi) Simon Pletzer (TmG InSAnE) StarCraft: Brood War Jae-Hoon Lee (fOru) Andrey Kukhianidze (3D Androide) Peter Neate (Legionnaire) Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Li Xiaofeng (SKYCN) Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort) Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby) FIFA Football 2005 Dennis Schellhase (styla) Gusev Victor (x4Alexx) Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp)Halo 2 Team3D(OGRES) Dan Ryan(OGRE1) Evil Geniuses Nelson Triana(Gspot) Halo1style Maxime Billieres(MaCks_Myers) Tom Ryan(OGRE2) Jason The(SadPanda) Philemon Kammer(phiL) Dead or Alive Ultimate Tomoyuki Inui (Katsuninken) Wilson Chia (Tetra) Dong-Heon Han (Shinobi)
Special Event FreeStyle BOXOUT Chung-Hee Kim SAMASAMA Hyung-Kwon Song NicePlay Hsieh Chao-I Song Sang-Yup Jang Ju-Yuk Ma Te-Ru Yun Bin Jung Yong Chou Ming-Hung
Mobile Event Bruce Lee ? Chang Ming-Tsung Kamal Arora Chopper Rescue Tammy Brook-Smith Paul L. Antonio ? Goolie ? ? ? Midtown Madness 3 ? ? ?
Promotional Event Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC ? Kamal Arora Chang Ming-Tsung Carom 3D Kaloyan Botev Luidy Fraga Jose Cubero
Results by table
Notable participant Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant
References
External links World Cyber Games Official Website