'Infi'nite Power: Infi Wins WGT 2010

Infi Defeats ReMinD to win the 2010 World GameMaster Tournament.

All pictures courtesy of TATA. Additional (much raunchier) photos of WGT 2010 can be found: (here).

Backed by race cars, models, and even pole dancers, WGT 2010 generated quite the media frenzy:


Pictures courtesy of TATA. Additional photos of the awards ceremony can be found: (here).

However, this circus was merely a backdrop for the main event: gaming. In Warcraft III, the drama began in the group stage, where two players were forced to decline tournament attendance for personal reasons: Anonhe and aotuman. Filling in for the absentees were Blast and Yumiko. Aside from a few minor upsets, the group stage was relatively predictable. In Group A, Tuo_Xie and Una advanced as Yumiko and Pigmiss fell by the wayside.

Group A
Player	Win	Loss	Points	Match Ratio	Qualify
E3.TuO_Xie	3	0	9	6:1	Yes
WE.GIGABYTE.Una	2	1	6	4:2	Yes
NsGe.PigMiss	1	2	0	4:2	No
RAGE.Yumiko	0	3	0	1:6	No

In Group B, the results were far closer. Although Sky overcame TeD, he failed to fend off a furious upset bid from Otaku (AKA: EleGaNt). However, the effort was frustratingly insufficient, as EleGaNt lost his remaining matches by a score of 1:2 against both TeD and Wulin. Thus, although Sky won the group, he managed to do so only by virtue of his match ratio.

Group B
Player	Win	Loss	Points	Match Ratio	Qualify
WE.GIGABYTE.Sky	2	1	6	4:1	Yes
WE.GIGABYTE.TeD	2	1	6	4:4	Yes
PanDa.EleGaNt	1	2	3	4:4	No
E3.Wulin	1	2	3	3:5	No

In Group C, Sai defeated TH000 by a score of 2-1, while Kenshin suffered two heartbreaking 1-2 losses to the group leaders.

Group C
Player	Win	Loss	Points	Match Ratio	Qualify
EHOME.Sai	3	0	9	6:2	Yes
PanDa.TH000	2	1	5	6:3	Yes
E3.Kenshin	1	2	0	4:4	No
EHOME.Fly100%	0	3	0	0:6	No

In Group D, Infi powered his way to the top by overcoming ReMinD.

Group D
Player	Win	Loss	Points	Match Ratio	Qualify
PanDa.Infi	3	0	9	6:2	Yes
EHOME.ReMinD	2	1	6	5:3	Yes
E3.Blast	1	2	3	4:4	No
E3.ACam	0	3	0	0:6	No

Following the group stage, a double elimination finals was held to determine the 2010 WGT winner:

WGT 2010: Winner's Bracket
Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Birth to Finals
Tuo_Xie
2-0	ReMinD
ReMinD
	2-0	& Sky
TH000
2-0	Sky
Sky
		2-1	Infi
Sai
2-0	Sai
TeD
	2-0	Infi
Una
2-1	Infi
Infi

In the winner's bracket, Sky's elf mirror play proved stronger than both TH000 and Infi. However, when Sky switched back to Human after round one of his match against Infi, his former teammate turned the tables and won 2-1 as Night Elf.

WGT 2010: Loser's Bracket
Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Birth to Finals
			Sky
	ReMinD
Tuo_Xie	2-1	ReMinD	2-0	ReMinD
2-1	TH000
TH000		2-1	ReMinD
	Sai
TeD	2-1	Una
2-1	Una
Una

In the loser's bracket, Sky's predictions of Una's brimming talent bore immediate fruit. The World Elite darling overcame both Ted and Sai before finally falling to ReMinD, the loser's bracket victor. Notably however, Una's loss to ReMinD did not result from a standard GG. During their 3rd game, the World Elite greenhorn was dropped from the game due to a bad connection. Accordingly, because ReMinD held in excess of a 20% advantage, the match was called in his favor. The finals pitted the two most recent World-Cyber-Game winners against each another.

WGT 2010 Final
Infi
2-1	Infi
ReMinD

Infi secured a 2-1 victory and pocketed a tidy sum of 20,000 RMB ~ $3,018. Infi's victory makes him the first player to win a WGT since the tournament's reinstatement and the second human player to win the tournament.

Final Standings
Place	Name	Country	Prize
#1	Infi		20,000 RMB
#2	ReMinD		10,000 RMB
#3	Sky		5,0000 RMB

Kudos to Infi on his WGT 2010 triumph, and good luck to all players in 2011.

Links
GosuGamers - WGT 2010 Qualifiers
TATA - Tournament Replays and VODS
TATA - Post-Victory Interview With Infi