This USA / Canadian team came together a few short weeks prior to the tournament and still took home the grand prize

Going into the Intel Extreme Masters World Championships in World of Warcraft 3v3 arena, there were very few teams who believed that Team EG (Evil Geniuses) would do very well in the standings. With competition like Korea's super-powerful "Button Bashers," the legendary Rogue / Mage / Priest team who snapped up top spots at MLG Anaheim a few months back, and the European crowd favourite "Team Dignitas," composed of some of Europe's top talent - also playing Rogue / Mage / Priest - some were predicting that the tournament would ultimately come down to a Korea versus Europe finale of RMP versus RMP.

Of course, predictions never come out just the way you want them to, and the Canadian / American "Team EG," who ran a pressure-heavy Rogue / Warlock / Shaman, were the runaway sensations of the tournament, despite the fact that they had the least amount of practice amongst all of the teams present. Instead, Team EG relied solely on their personal abilities and, through sheer talent, they managed to step past the Koreans and into the grand finals against the Europeans. Team EG takes home one of the biggest World of Warcraft 3v3 tournament winnings in quite some time with a paycheque of 25,000 Euros.

You can check out the brackets and the teams at the Electronic Sports League website!