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href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The game was featured at <a href="/wiki/ESports" class="mw-redirect" title="ESports">eSports</a> festivals including the <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games" title="World Cyber Games">World Cyber Games</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Sports_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Sports World Cup">Electronic Sports World Cup</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_e-Sports_Games" title="World e-Sports Games">World e-Sports Games</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Series_of_Video_Games" title="World Series of Video Games">World Series of Video Games</a> and the International E-Sports Festival. Outside of the professional circuit, the game had many active competitive circuits, with users at <a href="/wiki/Battle.net" title="Battle.net">Battle.net</a> ranging between 70,000 and 100,000 at any given moment. In China, in which <i>Warcraft III</i> was extremely popular due to it being easily available through piracy, fans and users often used an alternative client due to the country's poor internet connections to the outside world. Around 3,000,000 copies of the game were sold in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 500,000 Chinese competed in the Chinese qualifiers for the 2006 World Cyber Games. The amount of prize money through the years has been significant with top players winning hundreds of thousands of dollars.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As usual in competitive gaming, income for <i>Warcraft III</i> professional players flowed from various sources like team salaries from pro-gaming teams and sponsorships usually computer technology related. A famous example was the Danish gaming organization known as <a href="/wiki/Meet_Your_Makers" class="mw-redirect" title="Meet Your Makers">Meet Your Makers</a> which boasted of paying their players <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$</span>300,000 on an annual basis.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar to older games with huge competitive scenes like <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft:_Brood_War" title="StarCraft: Brood War">StarCraft: Brood War</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Counter-Strike_1.6" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-Strike 1.6">Counter-Strike 1.6</a></i>, the popularity of <i>Warcraft III</i> steadily declined and towards the end of the previous decade almost all tournaments and players were Chinese. After 2010, with <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft_II" title="StarCraft II">StarCraft II</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/League_of_Legends" title="League of Legends">League of Legends</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Dota_2" title="Dota 2">Dota 2</a></i> being released and becoming popular, <i>Warcraft III</i> gave up its position as one of the prime eSports titles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_Warcraft_III_players">Professional Warcraft III players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Professional Warcraft III players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Sky — <a href="/wiki/Li_Xiaofeng" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Xiaofeng">Li Xiaofeng</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Li Xiaofeng won the 2005 and 2006 World Cyber Games representing China, regarded as <i>Warcraft III'</i>s premier individual competition, his victories earned him a massive fanbase and turned him into an icon of China's professional gaming scene on a national and international level. He was recognized as the <i>Warcraft III</i> player of 2006 by competitive gaming media<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is a member of the World Cyber Games hall of fame.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is known for revolutionizing the way the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Human_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Human Alliance (page does not exist)">Human</a> race is played in <i>Warcraft III</i> and has been considered the top player of the race alongside Frenchman Yoan Merlo since 2005. He has been considered China's number one player since the country's emergence as a major supporter of professional <i>Warcraft III</i>. He has been signed with Chinese based World Elite throughout his professional career.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>ToD — <a href="/wiki/Yoan_Merlo" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoan Merlo">Yoan Merlo</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>He is one of the most successful <i>Warcraft III</i> players ever, holding among other achievements first places at the <a href="/wiki/World_e-Sports_Games" title="World e-Sports Games">World e-Sports Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Worldwide_Invitational" class="mw-redirect" title="Blizzard Worldwide Invitational">Blizzard Worldwide Invitational</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyberathlete_Professional_League" title="Cyberathlete Professional League">Cyberathlete Professional League</a> competitions. He is also a <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games" title="World Cyber Games">World Cyber Games</a> silver and bronze medalist. He was recognized as the <i>Warcraft III</i> player of 2007.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Infi — <a href="/wiki/Wang_Xuwen" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Xuwen">Wang Xuwen</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Wang Xuwen started gaining recognition in international in team World Elite. In 2007, he won the International E-Sports Festival 2007 and became the first non-Korean champion in this tournament and also the first non-Korean champion in a tournament which was held in Korea. From 2007 to 2010, he got many Champions of premier tournaments. He won KODE5 in Moscow<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/World_e-Sports_Games" title="World e-Sports Games">World e-Sports Games</a> in 2008. He was also the champion of <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games_2009" title="World Cyber Games 2009">World Cyber Games 2009</a> representing China and the runner-up of the <a href="/wiki/BlizzCon" title="BlizzCon">BlizzCon</a> Season VIII. He was considered one of the best Human player in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-2008awards_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008awards-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2009awards_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009awards-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In team World Elite, he helped World Elite get the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV. Wang Xuwen has the nickname "Tower Race" or "the Six Race". It is because he always builds many towers to defense and offensive.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>TH000 — Huang Xiang</b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Huang Xiang is a Chinese Human player. He is one of the best Human players after 2008 and also one of the best random players. He used Undead and Night Elf in premier individual or team competitions and also used Orc in some tournaments. He also created many tactics for Human, Undead and Night Elf. From 2008 to 2011, Chinese Warcraft III was dominated by 4 players, Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang, Li "Sky" Xiaofeng, Wang "infi" Xuwen and Huang "TH000" Xiang. They were considered the 4 kings in Chinese Warcraft III. He won ZOTAC Cup 16 times.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the back to back champion of ProGamer League and the champion of <a href="/wiki/World_e-Sports_Games" title="World e-Sports Games">World e-Sports Games</a> 2010 and <a href="/wiki/Cyberathlete_Professional_League" title="Cyberathlete Professional League">Cyberathlete Professional League</a> 2011. He also got bronze medals of the International E-Sports Festival two times. He is the last <i>Warcraft III</i> champion of <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games" title="World Cyber Games">World Cyber Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Grubby — <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Schenkhuizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Schenkhuizen">Manuel Schenkhuizen</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Schenkhuizen won the 2004 and 2008 World Cyber Games representing The Netherlands and has been considered the western world's premier Warcraft III player ever since. He is known for his strength in international competition winning such tournaments as the 2005 Electronic Sports World Cup and the 2006 World Series of Video Games. He was signed with British based Four Kings, until the team's 2008 dissolution. Schenkhuizen has been a key player throughout his professional career. The Four Kings Warcraft III team was recognized as the 2005 eSport Team of the Year. Individually he has been recognized as Warcraft III player of 2005, 2006 and the eSports Player of 2006. Known as the "<a href="/wiki/Orc_(Warcraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orc (Warcraft)">Orc</a> Emperor" in televised leagues, he has been considered one of the world's best players.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Lyn — <a href="/wiki/Park_June_(professional_gamer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Park June (professional gamer)">Park June</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Park June is a Korean Orc player. He is the only player who won almost all of the premier tournaments which include <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games" title="World Cyber Games">World Cyber Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Sports_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Sports World Cup">Electronic Sports World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle.Net" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle.Net">Battle.Net</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intel_Extreme_Masters" title="Intel Extreme Masters">Intel Extreme Masters</a>. For Intel Extreme Master, he got the champion of Global Challenge in Los Angeles in 2007 and World Championship in 2008. The only two premier tournaments which he has never won are the <a href="/wiki/World_e-Sports_Games" title="World e-Sports Games">World e-Sports Games</a> and International E-Sports Festival, but he has won the silver medal of the World e-Sports Games in 2008 and 2010, and the silver medal of the International E-Sports Festival in 2007. He helped the team World Elite win the Warcraft III Champions League Season XI. He was the first top player to use the Blade Master as the race's core hero and collect low price items to increase the skills of the Blade Master.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Fly100% — <a href="/wiki/Lu_Weiliang" class="mw-redirect" title="Lu Weiliang">Lu Weiliang</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Lu Weiliang is a Chinese Orc player. He is considered one of the best Orc players<sup id="cite_ref-2008awards_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008awards-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2009awards_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009awards-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is one of the professional players of <i>Warcraft III</i> with the longest careers. Liu Weiliang began his professional e-sports career in team Hacker and started gaining international recognition after joining the <a href="/wiki/Mousesports" class="mw-redirect" title="Mousesports">Mousesports</a>. From 2008 to 2009, he won multiple tournaments like the International E-Sports Festival 2009, ProGamer League IV, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Sports_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Sports World Cup">Electronic Sports World Cup</a> Asian master and <a href="/wiki/Intel_Extreme_Masters" title="Intel Extreme Masters">Intel Extreme Masters</a> Global Challenge 2010. Lu Weiliang reached the grand final of <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games_2009" title="World Cyber Games 2009">World Cyber Games in 2009</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games_2012" title="World Cyber Games 2012">World Cyber Games 2012</a>, placing second both times, and won the bronze medal in <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games_2011" title="World Cyber Games 2011">WCG 2011</a>. He also placed second in the Warcraft III Champions League Season XV and NGL One season III in <a href="/wiki/Mousesports" class="mw-redirect" title="Mousesports">Mousesports</a>.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b> Moon — <a href="/wiki/Jang_Jae-ho" class="mw-redirect" title="Jang Jae-ho">Jang Jae-ho</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Jang is known for his domination of televised competition in South Korea since Reign of Chaos, he won six televised leagues and the last five seasons of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/MBCGame" class="mw-redirect" title="MBCGame">MBCGame</a> World War series. He has won over 200,000 USD in prize money since 2005 and reportedly earns 9,000 USD in monthly salary.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He currently plays for the Korea-based team <a href="/wiki/WeMade_FOX" class="mw-redirect" title="WeMade FOX">WeMade FOX</a> and resides in South Korea. Widely considered the world's best <a href="/wiki/Races_and_factions_of_Warcraft#Night_Elves" class="mw-redirect" title="Races and factions of Warcraft">Night Elf</a> player, Moon has been a top contender in the professional circuit for many years. Known for his inventive playstyle and popularizing of many Night Elf strategies, Moon has been nicknamed "The Fifth Race".</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Sweet — <a href="/wiki/Chun_Jung_Hee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chun Jung Hee">Chun Jung Hee</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Chun has been recognized among the top <i>Warcraft III</i> players since the beginning of the professional competitive scene and has won two world championships as well as several professional events in South Korea. Sweet's lengthy career includes being recognized as the Warcraft III Player of 2004, winning the 3rd edition of the World e-Sports Games and the 2nd edition of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational. Sweet was the first Korean to move to China to compete as a member of the China-based Beijing eSport Team [BeT].</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>MaDFroG — <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_%22MaDFroG%22_Johansson" class="mw-redirect" title="Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson">Fredrik Johansson</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Johansson was a dominating Warcraft III player from 2003 till 2004 and is regarded as an icon of professional gaming. He was the runner-up of the 2003 Electronic Sports World Cup representing Sweden and following this tournament travelled to <a href="/wiki/Seoul,_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul, South Korea">Seoul, South Korea</a> to compete in the country's televised leagues. He stayed there for eleven months in which he won the first <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard</a> Worldwide Invitational and joined a Korean professional gaming team. Upon his return to Europe, he became the runner-up of the 2004 Electronic Sports World Cup and was recognized as the eSports Player of 2004. After briefly playing StarCraft II upon its release in July 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MaDFrog is no longer active as a professional gamer.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Warcraft_III_World_Championships">Warcraft III World Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Warcraft III World Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been various Warcraft III world championships, see <a href="/wiki/Warcraft_III_World_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="Warcraft III World Championships">Warcraft III World Championships</a> for an overview. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Korean_Warcraft_III_Championships">Korean Warcraft III Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Korean Warcraft III Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the intensely competitive nature of Korean televised competition, the top tier tournaments are often considered on the same level as world championships, see Korean Warcraft III Championships for an overview of prominent Korean competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_Warcraft_III_squads">Professional Warcraft III squads</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional Warcraft III squads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various gaming teams have a professional Warcraft III squad. These squads represent their team in such leagues as the <i>Warcraft III</i> Champions League and the NGL One professional league. Players also represent their team in various individual leagues. This needs to be updated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MeetYourMakers_-_Denmark">MeetYourMakers - Denmark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: MeetYourMakers - Denmark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MeetYourMakers" title="MeetYourMakers">MeetYourMakers</a></div> <dl><dd>Meet Your Makers rose to prominence as one of Warcraft III strongest's teams after moving to an all Korean line-up in 2005 signing several players that lead the team until today such as JaeWook Noh, Jung-Ki Oh and Jang Jae Ho. They stopped a long era of Four Kings domination by winning Warcraft III Champions League IX in 2006 as well as the first season of the NGL One Professional League, becoming the only team to ever hold two major titles at the same time. Following the dissolution of Four Kings in 2008, they added longtime rival Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SK_Gaming_-_Germany">SK Gaming - Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: SK Gaming - Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/SK_Gaming" title="SK Gaming">SK Gaming</a></div> <dl><dd>SK Gaming has competed in high-level Warcraft III since 2002 and was considered the dominant western team of 2002-2003 (there was no offline competition between teams in those days nor international clashes between European and Asian teams). In 2007 SK Gaming defeated MeetYourMakers 3-1 in the WC3L offline championship after acquiring Kim Sung "Remind" Sik, Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk, and June "Lyn" Park.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Elite_-_China">World Elite - China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warcraft_III_in_esports&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World Elite - China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Team_WE" title="Team WE">Team WE</a></div> <dl><dd>Upon its conception in 2005 World Elite signed a number of prominent Warcraft III players including Jung Chee Chun and LI Xiaofeng and the team was considered one of the world's absolute best right away. They have competed in various offline finals ever since and won the second season of the NGL-One Professional League 2007, making them the only team to win a major league next to Four Kings and Meet Your Makers since 2004. World Elite won two of the Warcraft III Champions League offline finals. 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