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News09/18/04 WCG 2004 in Disneyland ParisThis weekend the final of WCG France took place in Disneyland Paris. After so many BW events with a terrible organization plus a certain lack of information on the schedule for this competition, I was expecting the worse. But fortunately, it all went very smoothly thanks to the guys at Gamesfed and WCG. Also, Kaoru & Salieri were the BW tournament admin so it certainly helped things get done the proper way. Tournament format was pretty harsh: all qualifications were done in BO1. Then semis and final were in BO3. Therefore it was no mistake allowed and every game from the very first one would count, as some of the favorites would soon learn. The first round of qualifications brought the first surprises: ElkY losing 1 game to Kymzen, but still going thru, IIIce and Bundy getting eliminated right away. The second round big surprise was the elimination of Aspeak, last year winner (with ElkY). Aspeak who is known especially for his ZvZ skills was facing only Terrans and Protoss and it just wasnt his day. So the last four ended up being ElkY, of course, Kenshin, which is not so much of a surprise, and the very unexpected Kymzen and Hasurdom, who had never been so high in a WCG tournament. ElkY got thru quite easily and Kenshin had two long games vs Hasurdom, which he finally won.
So the final would be ElkY vs Kenshin, a WCG final never played before. Kenshin not being too keen on TvT chose Zerg for the first game. Maybe not such a good idea when you know that TvZ is ElkY's favorite matchup. And indeed ElkY showed some great control vs lurkers. As Kenshin said after the game: "There were many situations where I thought my lurkers could go thru his MMs, because they usually do when I play some A player on WGT. But he was controlling much better, and I didnt know what to do. There is really a difference of skill between any A player on WGT and a guy like ElkY". In the second game, Kenshin went back to Terran, on Gorky. Both players being green (dark green for ElkY, light green for Kenshin), it was very hard for us to know who was who on the 3 main screens behind the stage. Game started quietly with both players going fast CC. Then it was all about map control and ElkY just went ahead and remained there. He finished the game with a symbolic nuke, not very useful but always enjoyed by the public. GG to all players, GG to Kenshin who once again showed his great skill in a live tournament, and GL to ElkY who will represent France once again in the WCG Grand Final in San Francisco. (more details on the matches at www.rush-time.net)
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