The Games Convention 2008 is underway now and the Extreme Masters Season III is about to kick off. The first Global Challenge is taking place with World of Warcraft 3v3 today friday 22.

http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/Scramble-Blogging/ESL-Extreme-Masters-III-Leipzig-Saturday

Prizes
1st. $15,000 + World Finals Spot for the Continent
2nd. $6,000 + World Finals Spot for the Continent
3rd. $3,600
4th. $2,400
5th. $1,500
6th. $1,500

team setups:
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/18183-Teams_and_setups_for_ESL_Leipzig

Stream:
http://tv.esl.eu/de/
http://tv.esl.eu/de/esltv_stream/freeeng/55

TRY THIS SECOND LINK ONLY WITH IE NO FIREFORX

Schedule (All Times Eastern)

Friday, August 22nd
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM - Group A Matches
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Group B Matches

Saturday, August 23rd
4:00 AM - 4:45 AM - Group A Matches/Relegation
5:15 AM - 6:00 AM - Group B Matches/Relegation
6:30 AM - 8:15 AM - Upper Round 1
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM - Lower Round 1 & Upper Round 2
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Lower Round 2 

Sunday, August 24th
4:00 AM - 4:45 AM - Lower Round 3
 5:00 AM - 5:45 AM - Upper Final
6:00 AM - 6:45 AM - Lower Final
7:15 AM - 8:30 AM - Grand Final

Predictions:

serennia( http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/18187-Serennia_predicts_ESL_EM_Leipzig  )
1.SK EU ( obviously)
2.X6tence
3.Fnatic

Myself
1.X6tence
2.Nihilum
3.Fate/SK
4.Fnatic

Stream working now

FRIDAY 22:

2GOOD wins the shoutcasting saying his from DOOM SQUAD "bashing" serennia,every non warrior-class and some teams decision/actions at the same time he comments each action wrong.

group A :
Team ALTERNATE
x6tence
Nihilum Plasma
Pandemic Blue
Atrox
Wir nehmen Kerze

Team ALTERNATE vs Wir nehmen Kerze
Alternate[3] vs WnK[1]

x6tence vs Pandemic Blue
x6tence[3] vs Pandemic[0]

Nihilum Plasma vs Atrox
Nihilum wins Atrox first match pretty easy.
Nihilum[2] vs Atrox[0]
third match right now, atrox changes its rooster to priest-rogue-rogue
Nihilum[3] vs Atrox[0] wins the series,rooster change by Atrox didnt work(althoug killing inflame,match went 2 vs 2)

Pandemic Blue vs Team ALTERNATE
Pandemic[1] vs Alternate
match two starts with alternate rooster change(DRL).
Pandemic[1] vs Alternate[1]
Pandemic[2] vs Alternate[1]Kintt playing very agressive
Pandemic[3] vs Alternate [1]Kintt MVP,great fear

x6tence vs Wir nehmen Kerze
x6tence[3] vs Wnk[0] (no x6tence streaming... this guys need to start making movies for WCM,its seems all it counts for e-fame)

Stream lost its sound,so mini breakl here until Fnatic comes out to loose?.
2GOOD i know u are reading this, come on shout my name in signals( or  speaking when sound recovers :P)

Stream starts again,now group B matches start

Group B:
      aAa Agita
FATE
SK Gaming
fnatic
Mousesports
mTw

SK Gaming vs mTw
SK.eu[2] vs mTw[0]
third match starts,no rooster changes
SK.eu[3] vs mTw[0] easy win for SK

Lots of lag and log off right now :/
aAa Agita vs Mousesports
aAa.Agita[0] vs Mousesports[1]Long/boring match
aAa.agita[1] vs Mousesports[1]anoher long match,although more interesting.incarnated seemed unkilleable.
aAa.agita[2] vs Mousesports [1]Another time aAa killing the rogue,mousesports mage playing too defensively?
aAa.Agita[3] vs Mousesports[1]

fnatic vs aAa Agita
fnatic[1] vs aAa[0]really fast(compared to last previos matches)easy win for fnatic
fnatic[2] vs aAa[0]rooster change for agita(PDW->PMW)
Fnatic[3] vs aAa[0]

SK Gaming vs Mousesports
SK.eu[1] vs Mousesports[0]
SK.eu[1] vs mousesports[1]
SK.eu[1] vs mousesports[2]
SK.eu[1] vs mousesports[3]
First upset?(sk.eu hasent really proven enything on lan) of the day

Tourney ends for today with theses results:

x6tence	2	2	-	-	6/0	4
Nihilum Plasma	2	2	-	-	6/0	4
Team Alternate	2	1	1	-	4/4	2
Pandemic Blue	2	1	1	-	3/4	2
Atrox	2	-	2	-	1/6	-
Wir nehmen Kerze	2	-	2	-	0/6	-

fnatic	2	2	-	-	6/0	4
Mousesports	2	1	1	-	4/3	2
SK Gaming	2	1	1	-	3/3	2
aAa Agita	2	1	1	-	3/4	2
mTw	1	-	1	-	0/3	-
FATE	1	-	1	-	0/3	-

Tomorrow we will see more guality matches(nihilum vs x6tence,sk vs fnatic etc)