Today we got once more two very interesting matchups coming up in the WC3L. Like so many sundays before four teams are bringing their best lineup to the table to give us even more interesting games and good competition than the famous weekly Go4WC3-tournament already does. Today 4K (4^Kings) will face A- (a-Laget) and eSu (Esports United) has to play against pG (pro-Gaming) without Soul who just left eSu. tonight and joined SK like ZeeRaX did. Both matches will start at 8pm CEST. Stay tuned for further updates, news, scores and replays! A lot of fun, good games and good competition to all players involved today.


4K (4^Kings) vs. A- (a-Laget): 8pm CEST

4K.Festis & 4K.Soviet vs. Laitorr & Blobnar 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
4K.Fury & 4K.Lawn vs. Limmet & Yxel 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
4K.Kiko vs. Caravageo 2:1
4K.Tillerman vs. Terra 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
4K.Didi8 vs. Torian 2:0 ( freewin )

Total score 5:0

eSu (Esports United) vs. pG (pro-Gaming):

Harty & jan vs. Allanon[pG] & ButterKeKs[pG] 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
Ank[85] & staTic vs. Miou[pG] & AutoMag[pG] 0:0(Postponed!)
Ank[85] vs. Miou[pG] 0:0(Postponed!)
four20 vs. pLaGuE77[pG] 0:0(Postponed!)
Grave vs. Mouse[pG] 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score 1:1

Once more we got a nice start into another week packed with WC3L action. This time it's up to a-L (a-Losers.MSI) and aT (armaTeam) to start this weeks action at 7pm CET. One hour later at 8pm CET SK (Schroet Kommando) will face pG (pro-Gaming). Stay tuned for further information, news, lineups, scores and replays. Good luck and a lot of fun and good games to all 4 clans wishes your WC3L-staff!


**Shoutcast**

There will be a german shoutcast featuring Hotdog from gamesports.de!


a-L (a-Losers.MSI) vs. aT (armaTeam): 7pm CET

a-L.MSI|Dan a-L.MSI|DalaiLa vs. [aT]InToX [aT]ToD 0:2
Replays: Game 1
a-L.MSI|WickedG a-L.MSI|st0r vs. [aT]Blatty [aT]hazeem 0:0 (Rescheduled!)
a-L.MSI|GeNTho vs. [aT]FaTC 0:2
a-L.MSI|FatRandy vs. [aT]InToX 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
a-L.MSI|WickedG vs. [aT]Blatty 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score 0:4

SK (Schroet Kommando) vs. pG (pro-Gaming):: 8pm CET

MaDFroG SuRviVoR vs. Allanon[pG] BuTTerKeKs[pG] 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
Insomnia Eirik vs. Miou[pG] [pG]AutoMag 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
Insomnia vs. Mouse[pG] 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
SuRviVoR vs. pLaGuE77[pG] 2:1
Replays: Game 2 - Game 3
MaDFroG vs. Miou[pG] 1:2
Replays: Game 1 Game 2 - Game 3

Total score 4:1

In today's only clanwar XSa (XSarena) will face A- (a-Laget). As almost all clans in this season a-Laget and XSarena showed pretty unpredictable shape in their first three clanwars. Both won 1 and lost 2 so far. You can personally witness who of them will prevail today at 8pm CET when the clanwar starts.

To wrap up play day 3 the last remaining clanwar [pG] (Pro Gaming) vs. mTw (mTw.alternate) will be played Tuesday at 7:30pm CET; the rest of the war SK vs. ocr will be played today.
The war vs. mTw is a new chance for [pG] to prove their competitiveness after two clanwars on play days 1 and 2 with very surprising results and no real indication as to their competitiveness. First came the surprising win over 4^Kings. After this match [pG] was considered a top contender for a play off place. Then they lost 1:4 to a-Losers - what a drawback!

This Sunday four WC3L matches will be played. At 6:00 the games start with the clanwar 4K (4^Kings) vs. aT (armaTeam). This clanwar is one of the regular season's highlights, 4K and aT both being clans capabe of reaching a playoff place. The match vs the last season's second is also a chance for 4^Kings to prove that they can compete at the WC3L top level, something they failed to show in the clanwar they lost vs. [pG].
The second clanwar, which starts at 7:30pm, will be XSa (XSarena) vs. bmf (bmf.headz). 64% of the tip-gamers think that XSarena will win this clanwar.
At 8pm SK (Schroet Kommando) and ocr (ocrana.D-Link) face off. I wonder if the 3% of the tip-gamers, who think ocrana will win, also had their sisters' rabbits pick the results. Whatever, my sister's rabbit says ocrana wins 5:0 - no chance for SK tonight.
Last but not least eSu (Esports United) goes to war with A- (a-Laget) at 8:30 pm. The tip-gamers think a-Laget will win, but overall the result of this clanwar is the least obvious of all wars today.

Today we will see the French Civil War as XSa (XSarena) and aT (armaTeam) battle it out to see who will rule France. On playday 1 aT crushed eSu 5:0 while XSa defeated rS 4:1. XSarena performed surprisingly well in recent clanwars and showed great skills in 1v1. Tonight at 8pm CET we will see if this enough and XSa is able to beat the almighty aT.

As already promised yesterday the action within the WC3L is going to continue today. Today two german clans are going to join the party and have some fun while eSu (Esports United) and bmf (bmfheadz) thank god that this ain't no drinking, singing or dancing contest but 100% pure WC3. We will see who can open a bottle of cold champagne tonight and who has to go home and have some water. But before that as i already mentioned the a-L (a-Losers.MSI) are going to face pG (pro-Gaming) that gathered for a little training camp during the last days which really seemed to turn into a party. So maybe they'd like to have a dancing contest instead of WC3. But hey guys this is the WC3L and we wanna see some good WC3 action. So stay tuned for news, scores and replays. Good games, good luck and a lot of fun to all 4 teams wishes your WC3L-staff!

**Shoutcast**

There will once more be a german shoutcast. The cast will start at about 7pm and feature Spirit!


a-L (a-Losers.MSI) vs. pG (pro-Gaming): 7pm CEST

a-L.MSI|Dan & a-L.MSI|DalaiLa vs. Allanon[pG] & BuTTerKeKs[pG] 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
a-L.MSI|WickedG & a-L.MSI|st0r vs. HoRRoR[pG] & Twinsen[pG] 2:1
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
a-L.MSI|Gentho vs. Mouse[pG] 0:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2
a-L.MSI|FatRandy vs. pLaGuE77[pG] 2:1
Replays: Game1 - Game3
a-L.MSI|WickedGame vs. Twinsen[pG] 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2

Total score is: 4:1


eSu (Esports United) vs. bmf (bmfheadz): 8pm CEST

jan & Harty vs. Dukie & Nuke 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
four20[303] & dArk vs. Hulm & Twisted 0:2 default loss for esu
four20[303] vs. Hulm 0:2Default win
dArk vs. Twisted 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
static vs. Mahadeva 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3


Total score 1:4

One of the 2on2s has been played later although it was already counted as default loss for esu. bmf agreed to play this 2on2 wich can only be seen as sportsmanship - and after all this league is about playing and not forfeiting.

A little less conversation, a little more action please.... and as the King wanted it to be it's going to be within the next 3 days in the WC3L. To start off today we got two very interesting matches coming up featuring once more 4 top clans from all around the world and a lot of great players. At 8pm CEST last seasons champion SK (Schroet Kommando) will face this seasons newcomer A- (a-Laget) and try to show them how hight the level of competition within the WC3L realy is. At the same time another newcomer 4K (4^Kings) will face the sole US clan in the WC3L rS (rSgaming.com). Both matches promise a lot of good games at a very high level and a lot of fun since the WC3L is more and more developing into a big family. Stay tuned for further updates, news, scores and replays.


SK (Schroet Kommando) vs. A- (a-Laget): 8pm CEST

SK.SuRviVoR & SK.MadFrog vs. A-Strailer & A-Leech 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2
SK.sTOrM & SK.Dominator vs. A-Limmet & A-Yxel 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2- Game3
SK.HeMaN vs. A-Terra 2:0
SK.SuRviVoR vs. A-Limmet 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2
SK.sTOrM vs. A-Caravageo 0:2
Replays: Game1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:2

4K (4^Kings) vs. rS (rSgaming.com): 8pm CEST

4K.Festis & 4K.Soviet vs. rS.Hyper & rS.Maestro
2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2
4K.Lequa & 4K.Free vs. rS.Magik & rS.Gorthaur 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game 2
4K.Kiko vs. rS.Smurphet 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game 2
4K.Zeus vs. rS.Wizard 2:1
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
4K.Kaj vs. rS.X 0:2
Replays: Game 2

Total score: 4:1


**Special feature!**

Once more we are able to present an superb special feature to one of our matches. This time one of our new admins Evilmaus did a realy huge, great and interesting interview with A-Limmet from a-Laget.

» Interview with A-Limmet:

Evilmaus: Well, to begin with, would you please be so kind and tell us your name, age, residence and school or work status and maybe, if you want to, something about your social life?
A-Limmet: Christian "Limmet" Rydkvist... 20 years old
A-Limmet: Studying at Linkopings university in Sweden.. chemical biology... just finished first year out of 4
A-Limmet: I'm living in a 3 room and kitchen apartment with my girlfriend...
Evilmaus: How do you like your studies? I think it's a very hard one
A-Limmet: Nah not really... usually I spend 3-4 hours in school/day .. and in my spare time. I just start with studying one week before exams. But I like the subjects and I'm really interested in it but I'm the kind of person that doesn't do more than what is necessary =)
Evilmaus: Professional gaming is very time-consuming. How do you manage to accommodate your passion for playing and university?
A-Limmet: Its not that hard... when there are exams outstanding, I cant play that much, otherwise I have as much time as I want to play... all in all 3-4 hours per day
Evilmaus: What do friends of yours and your girlfriend in particular think about computer gaming, or, are there a lot of players in your circle of friends? Are they rather irritated or perhaps even against it?
A-Limmet: My friends are pretty much the same like me, so there are no problems occurring. My girlfriend accepts it but if it wasn't for her I would play more... Usually I don't play when she's around if there isn't some sort of clan match/tournament... but since she got loads of other things to do there is much time for me to play, which is my main and probably only hobby at the moment..
Evilmaus: :)
Evilmaus: I'm sure your girlfriend appreciates this very much :)
Evilmaus: And what is your status in school in general like? Do other pupils tend to laugh about you, or do the opinions steer in the completely other direction?
A-Limmet: Hmm? Why should anyone laugh about me? It's not like in a 20k university where everybody knows and says "ahh there is that geek playing 3 hours/day wc3" But sure there are many people who think I take gaming to serious sometimes...But you see there are other things in life than gaming – EVEN for me...
Evilmaus: that wasn't meant offending at all
Evilmaus: but my experience was that there is such an attitude and I know players suffering from this
A-Limmet: Yes there is... especially in younger ages... But in my age/community its pretty much accepted...
Evilmaus: yeah, that's fairly good :)
A-Limmet: I try to separate my gaming life from my real life at school so that's maybe why I don't experienced it that much. But as gaming community is growing, I'm sure it will be more and more accepted as time goes..
Evilmaus: This leads immediately to my next question. E-sports still isn't respected as a "real" sport; how would you, for yourself, consider the attitude of the public, politics and industry towards gaming, and what are the prospects of e-sports in the near and distant future?
A-Limmet: I think it will be accepted as a real sport in time but it will still take many years and there have to be more "fair" and "competitive" games for that besides wc3 to make it a "real sport"
Evilmaus: do you mean with "fair" less cheating?
A-Limmet: yes and like less "luck" factors. I know there is luck in many real sports, also like football. But in games there can be extreme once
Evilmaus: To go on I'd like to question you about your clan and your plans for wc3. When did you join A-laget and what were the circumstances that made you join the clan?
A-Limmet: Ok first of all. Me and my friend, with nickname Zera, founded in 1999 a clan called Critical Forces or [CF] for the game broodwar. This clan died out due to inactivity and that bw got old. But when wc3 was released we started it once again... So after a while and some progress on clanbase and in swedish leagues the counterstrike clan A-laget asked us to become their wc3 section.We had offers from other multi-gaming clans before, but they didn't seem to be that serious and A-laget had performed well before in cs, in Sweden as well as in Germany.
Evilmaus: So you started playing wc3 right from the very beginning on?
A-Limmet: Well yes. But we just played on rare occasions at the beginning... It wasn't before sometime in October we started playing more and take in new members again.
Evilmaus: As you just mentioned, A-laget is a multi-gaming clan and its members are of several nationalities. Does this result in conflicts and how do you get along with the players from the other squads?
A-Limmet: It works well with us. Every section has its full rights to decide over their own members and what they want to play. And its great because now we can focus on playing instead of writing news about our playing on the homepage as there are orgas doing this for us now.
Evilmaus: Well, I think this is very important for a clan as a whole being successful
A-Limmet: So we haven't experienced this problem that much, but that is maybe because we aren't really that serious, so money is not involved yet... Because I know many other clans have problems getting tickets and get paid for special events.
Evilmaus: yeah that's right :)
A-Limmet: But as we haven't requested this so far we haven't had the problems yet. But it would be really nice if we someday could get money to play in an offline tournament somewhere.
Evilmaus: oh, I can imagine that :)
Evilmaus: What other goals has A-laget set for its future and which tournaments are planned to participate in?
A-Limmet: Ehm our goal right now is to build up a stable wc3 team, which will convert to tft after this wc3l season. Main goal right now is to win clanbase open cup which we are in the semifinals right now. Another goal is to end up somewhere in the middle of wc3l so we don't have to qualify for the coming season. Also we are aiming for the euro cup next season which we missed due to a loss of 3:2 in the qualifiers against this year's finalists GoL. And of course keep having fun when playing. If there is no fun in playing it won't work. As we have no money and LAN sponsors we can't participate in any of the big tournaments in Europe this summer. But we will try to qualify some players to the Cyber X Gaming which will be somewhere in the U.S., if I haven't got it wrong..
Evilmaus: what you said about having fun in playing is one thing I also found very important and it's nice to hear that A-laget has this attitude
Evilmaus: :)
A-Limmet: =)
Evilmaus: And how do you assess the chances of A-laget in the league and for tourneys?
A-Limmet: I think we'll have a good chance winning the open cup. But there are strong teams like TeG left. I think I'll have reasonable chances to qualify to the cyber x gaming because there will be quite a few places to take. About the wc3l I think we'll have a fair chance also managing to get in the middle of the league - if the TFT release doesn't hurt our playing in classic to much.
Evilmaus: I'll keep my fingers crossed for you :)
A-Limmet: Thx :)
Evilmaus: The next thing I would now like to talk about is the new patch 1.06, and I'm very interested in what you think about the changes and whether there are any improvements you would suggest?
A-Limmet: I think that it was a well needed patch with good changes.But what bothers me is that all those changes come from tft. But they just took like 1/3 of the changes from 1.05 for the current tft version. So right now its kind of unbalanced I think. NE which used to be the strongest race is now probably the weakest since they got all nerfes and nothing better, while human (my race) didn't get the nerfes they had in tft and just kept all good things. So right now I think human is a bit overpowered but I don't know wether I'm correct... it's too early to say. I also think NE nowadays got huge problems dealing with orcs and their raiders... as well as orcs' antiair is even worse than before. making them really vulnerable to air like gargs/wyrms
Evilmaus: ok, so you would improve NE a little bit to get a fair match-up, right?
A-Limmet: Yes, but that is fixed for tft. But right now I think they are a bit weak. But I'm not sure - maybe its just because they were so damn strong before.. But NE doesn't really has a good opportunity to counter riflemen nowadays at least.
Evilmaus: Regarding the invite tournament. How do you like the lineups?
A-Limmet: I think they are good. Most players are there who should be there :) But maybe a few are missing and some who shouldn't be there =) but I'm not the one to say that really ^^
Evilmaus: Who do you think has the best chances to win the tournament?
A-Limmet: I'm sure it will be a human player. But I think mouse[pg] wins or another human =)
Evilmaus: :)
Evilmaus: Who do you think are the best 3 players across Europe – except me, of course :D
A-Limmet: ehm... 1# myself...
A-Limmet: nah just kidding
A-Limmet: hmm. hard one
A-Limmet: At the beginning when I learned to play, I really liked survivor :) But I don't think he is placed with the top 3, but asI learned so much from him the list will be:
A-Limmet: 1. madfrog
A-Limmet: 2. insomina
A-Limmet: 3. survivor
A-Limmet: I'm a human player right.. That's why 2 humans on top... and frog who every time just kills all humans
A-Limmet: =)
Evilmaus: Has your assessment something to do with the changes of the new patch, or didn't it affect your choice at all?
A-Limmet: Well, I haven't seen much of the players in 1.06, so my list is from 1.05 and because I liked their way of playing and learned lot from their replays...
Evilmaus: Is there a certain strategy you try to impose or is your style of playing rather centered around e.g. harassment.
A-Limmet: My way of playing is strictly creeping/defending to get high lvl heroes and a large army which is the main power of humans I think. And as I very often go for a fast expansion I will be the defending part because many players trie to harass/take it out. But I like it and think human are good at it. But in hu vs hu I try to play offensive nowadays. You really lose loads of money with your miltia dying and don't have them working and that you can't afford aga
Evilmaus: Are you looking forward to the upcoming Blizzard games (WoW, sc2, etc)?
A-Limmet: World of warcraft yes. That will be a gr8 game I think which I' going tö play a lot :). Sc2 even so because I really loved sc. I think I'll like it too if I'm not to old when that game ships... hehe
Evilmaus: Last but not least, it would really interest me, what your personal opinion is about women playing WC3 and whether you've already had any experience or even know women sharing this passion?
A-Limmet: I think it would be great if more women started to play what maybe will get some of all those immature boys to behave a little bit better. I only have like 2-3 online friends that are girls and are playing rts games. But they soon get bored and quitted with it :) .. So more women into gaming would be nice.
Evilmaus: That's what I wanted to hear
Evilmaus: :)
A-Limmet: =)
Evilmaus: Maybe there is something you would like to say at the end of our nice interview :)
A-Limmet: "I just want to say hello to my friends in A-laget and to everyone else who reads this and knows me including zart"
Evilmaus: I really hope you also enjoyed this interview!?
A-Limmet: Yes I did thanks for interviewing me
Evilmaus: Oh, i think it's on me to say thank you
A-Limmet: =)
A-Limmet: Hope you like it on wc3l.de and hope you stay!
Evilmaus: :) that's very kind of you

This saturday the Go4WC3 is once more able to present another great invite tournament. This tournament will feature 32 international topplayers that will once more fight for the honor and try to follow famous former tournament winners like Didi8, Krazikatt, Beaver or Insomnia.


**Tournament mode**

The tournament will be played in the double elimination mode and in the winner bracket each match will be played as best of 3 while the loser bracket will be best of 1.


**Date and time**

The tournament will be played this saturday June 7th 2003. It will start at 6pm CET and due to the tournament-mode we can expect a long evening with tons of good games and great competition.


**Coverage**

There will be a complete Coverage with scores, news and replays at www.warcraft.de. In addition there will be at least 2 Shoutcasts. A German shoutcast featuring Khaldor[iP] and an English shoutcast featuring Wack_Steven who once more makes his return to vanilla to cast some awesome Go4WC3 games!


**Shoutcast**

Mouse[pG] vs. 4K.Didi8 will be played today at 7pm CET. The match is decisive for the clanwar, because the current standing is 2:2. As these two are two of the top Europeans playing there respective races, this matchup will give some insight into how humans and nightelves will be played now that patch 1.06 is reality. The match starts at 6:30 pm CET.

Charon from Pro-Gaming.net will cast this match starting at 6pm. The cast is powered by ConceptT.com.

There will be a german shoutcast tonight! The cast will start at 7.45pm CEST and feature a dual cast of Agony and Spawn from gamesports.de. To listen to the cast just click on the link!

eSu (Esports United) vs. aT (armaTeam): 8pm CEST

Jan & Harty vs. Intox & Tod 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game 3
Four20[303] & Grave vs. Blatty & Hazeem 0:2 (default loss for eSu)
sTaTic vs. Blatty 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
dArk vs. Tod 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
Grave vs. Intox 0:2 (default loss for eSu)

Total score: 0:5



**Special feature!**

We would like to once more thank Storch from SK for another great feature about the WC3L on their homepage! He gathered a lot of informations, did some interviews and added personal oppinions. We strongly recomend to all you WC3L-fans out there to check his great feature!

Tuesday, at 7pm CET 4K. (4^Kings) plays versus [pG] (Pro-Gaming).

4 Kings, a newcomer in this season, was able to recruit several high profile players for their team - among others Didi8 the winner of the Clikarena lan. [pG], a clan well-known from the previous seasons, also managed to present a reinforced roster by adding several new players to the latter, including Plague, Germany's best.
Our Tip-Gamers accord 4K a 77% chance to take this match home. Nevertheless it remains unclear how strong these two teams really are, and this match will be a first benchmark for both teams.

In the second game tonight we will see SK, who won last season, fight it out against the newcomers from bmf. Our Tip-Gamers accord SK a solid 100% chance to win this match. Nevertheless we might see a surprising outcome, especially with Patch 1.06 in mind.


Today we will also have a shoutcast for all our German listeners. Our very own Go4WC3.Spirit will moderate the radio cast this evening. He is going to start with his program at about 6.45 PM. The stream server is powered by Ethletics. You can listen to the stream by clicking on the following link:

Shoutcast powered by Ethletics.de


4K. (4^Kings) vs. [pG] (Pro-Gaming): 7pm CET

4K.Festis & 4K.Soviet vs. Racor[pG] & Mouse[pG] 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2
4K.Infi & 4K.Darsch vs. HoRRoR[pG] & Twinsen[pG] 0:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2
4K.DIDI8 vs. Mouse[pG] 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
4K.Kaj vs. pLaGuE77[pG] 0:2
Replays: Game1
4K.Kiko vs. Miou[pG] 2:1
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3


Total score 2:3
SK (Schroet Komando) vs. bmf.headz (Black Mesa Forces): 8pm CET

MaDFroG & SuRviVoR vs. Dukie & Nuke 1:2
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
Insomnia & Eirik vs. Hulm & Creepbom 2:1
Replays: Game1 - Game2 - Game3
Insomnia vs. Hulm 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2
MaDFroG vs. Twisted 2:1
Replays: Game2
SuRviVoR vs. Mahadeva 2:0
Replays: Game1 - Game2


Total score 4:1

The time has finally come for mTw (mTw.alternate) and A- (a-Laget) to have their say in the WC3L.

As [pG] vs 4K should have been for 4K, this will be a first benchmark for a-Laget's competitivity in the WC3L. mTw, last season's third, is a tough first opponent. Nevertheless a-Laget showed considerable skill when they defeated Ai 4:1 in the qualification. Furthermore a-Laget was able to add another high skilled 2v2 team to their lineup during the qualification phase.
We will see today if all these skills are sufficient to beat a top WC3L team at 8:30pm CET.

There will be a German shoutcast featuring Seth & Kotan from gamesports.de.

mTw (mTw.alternate) vs. A- (a-Laget):