The second annual World Cyber Games Pan-American
Championship wrapped up this past weekend, where North and South America's top gamers
battled for cash and prizes in Cancun, Mexico. The 7 game- tournament took place
over three days and featured a who's who of gamers from many countries in North,
Central and South America. The competition also featured some of the most intense
and competitive matches of the 2007 World Cyber Games tournament series, as many
familiar faces once again squared off in the finals.
Team USA had a very strong showing, with nine top three finishes, including three
first place prizes. Winning American gamers included:
Vanessa "PMS Vanessa" Arteaga (Dead or Alive 4) - 1st place
Sean "Day" Plott (Starcraft) - 1st place
Wesley "ch0mper" Cwiklo (Project Gotham Racing 3) - 1st place
Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez (Dead or Alive 4) - 2nd place
Team Darkside (CS 1.6) - 2nd place
Felipe "KreeganBG" Stoyne (FIFA '07) - 2nd place
Sean "Maximus" Heffelfinger (Project Gotham Racing 3) - 2nd place
Milo "MrMilo" Phillips-Brown (Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs) - 2nd place
Randy "Hippo" Solberg (Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs) - 3rd place
The Pan-American Championship Opening Ceremony began Saturday and included welcome
speeches from: Hyoung Seok Kim, CEO of ICM (the worldwide organizing committee of
WCG); Joo Ho Song, President of Samsung Electronics Mexico; Daniel Cervantes, Director
of Latin America for Microsoft XBOX and Mario Valle, Sales & Marketing Manager
for Electronic Arts Mexico.
Members of the Pan-American Team USA will next compete in the US National Finals,
taking place at Universal Studios in Orlando this September. Winners of the US National
Finals will represent the United States at the 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final
in Seattle, Washington in October.
Learn more by visiting
www.worldcybergames.com
.
