[IeSF Headline]IeSF 2012 WC, finished with flying colors

IeSF 2012 World Championship hosted by IeSF(International e-Sports Federation) attracted over 300 players, Media and people concerned from government-approved 47 member countries and officially finished with a closing ceremony on 5th of Oct, 2012. Korean team became the overall championship of the games by winning the first prize in the competitions,‘Tekken Tag Tournament 2’ and ‘A.V.A (Alliance of Variant Arms)’. Philip Simon from Austria of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty(Blizzard Entertainment) and Hyeonjin Kim from Korea of Tekken Tag Tournament 2(NAMCO BANDAI Partners Korea) took the first place. Korean team won Chinese Taipei team in the A.V.A as it was a tight finish. IeSF 2012 World Championship known as a big festival for e-sports held ‘2012 International e-Sports Symposium’ and ‘IeSF 2012 General Meeting’. In the 2012 International e-Sports Symposium, Issues like Building a global media network, International referee training program, Amateurism and proposals to advance e-sports were raised up. In the IeSF 2012 General Meeting, new member countries were approved and there were discussions about joining Sport Accord, International Sports Federations. Live pictures of all competitions IeSF 2012 World Championship were broadcasted in Korea and all over the world via NICEGAME TV, Twitch TV, Africa TV, GOM TV and Own3d TV etc and the total number of visitors were one hundred thousand people. The reason of such a huge success is that this championship would tie in with local festivals held in Cheon-an taking place the same weeks as well as there would be many visitors based on family units. Wonseok Oh, a secretary general of IeSF, said it’d be a good chance to retrospect our today and forecast our future. We’re looking forward to continuous supports from our member countries, players and people concerned. IeSF is starting to challenge Sport Accord, International Sports Federations to be a member of them next year as IeSF 2012 World Championship was successfully held. If IeSF is approved by Sport Accord, Korea would have the 2nd International sports federation after World Taekwondo Federation.