For the second time Aviachamp.ru together with Russian e-sport Federation and 1C Company have been holding the international competition on IL-2 Sturmovik video game, Wings of the Victory.
IL-2 Sturmovik (Ил-2 Штурмовик) is a World War II combat flight simulator video game, focused on the air battles of the Eastern Front. It is named after the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack fighter, which played a prominent role in this theatre and is the single most produced military aircraft design to date. Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators (Wikipedia.org). Last year the tournament brought together 734 players from 10 countries. After online qualifiers 32 virtual pilots came to Moscow final tournament.
This year the plan is almost the same. Online play-off qualifier (May 7) selects 16 players qualify for the Final which is taking place in Moscow on 13-15 August (right before MAKS-2011 Airshow, www.aviasalon.com/en/). Registration has started at www.aviachamp.ru. The web is in Russian, so if anybody who is interested in participating needs help with it, email to Russian e-Sport Federation at [email protected].
