By Xinyi Li, EDITOR
After the success of the Dota2 Major, Chongqing will welcome another competition. From March 7 to 17, the Grand Final of World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) 2018-2019 will kick off in Chongqing.
The WESG Grand Final, with a total bonus of over USD 2.5 million, will permanently settle in Chongqing. Moreover, it will make its debut at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, the home court of Chongqing SWM Motors.
World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) will permanently settle at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center in Chongqing
The coming of WESG to Chongqing is merely a matter of time
Since last year, Chongqing’s e-sports began to revive with considerable momentum. The home court of Snake, a famous team of the League of Legends, settled in Chongqing. Therefore, Chongqing people can watch the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) without traveling. Ali Sports, the Administrative Committee of Chongqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and Jiulongpo District Government reached a cooperation agreement. They decided to make the e-sports headquarter in Chongqing. In addition, the Dota2 Major kicked off in Chongqing this year for the first time.
After Ali Sports and the government signed a contract, both sides will focus on the e-sports industry. Centering on Chongqing’s e-sports venues and Shiqiaopu Business Area, they added e-sports events to build an international e-sports exchange platform. They also provided a lot of equipment for players in the characteristic blocks of e-sports!
A competitor is playing the WESG
What is WESG?
WESG, a world-class electronic competition created by Ali Sports in 2016, covers 125 countries and regions around the world.
Different from other e-sports games, WESG has developed and published a set of regulations. The regulations take Olympic sports as the standard and fully combine the characteristics of e-sports. They include the athletes’ age and nationalities, the codes of ethics and etiquette, and the regulations on penalties and appeals. With the regulations, WESG aims to promote the benign development of e-sports around the world.
WESG 2018-2019 Grand Final has a total prize pool of over USD 2.5 million. USD 890,000 is for CS:GO, USD 105,000 for CS:GO Women, USD 890,000 for DOTA2, and USD 240,000 for StarCraft II. USD 190,000 is for Hearthstone, USD 35,000 for HS Women, USD 105,000 for VainGlory, and USD 52,500 for PES.
Source: Chongqing Evening News