Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods at the IeSF's 7th World Championships - Seoul

IeSF has put into place Anti-Doping Rules in accordance with  the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code, to continue efforts to eradicate doping in e-Sports.

The Anti-Doping Rules are rules which govern the conditions under which sport is played, and are distinct in nature from civil laws, and are not intended to be subject to any national requirements and legal standards applicable to civil proceedings.

The Rules represent the consensus of a broad spectrum of stakeholders to protect and ensure fair e-Sports.

The Rules are applicable during the period of “the World Championship” for supporting the detailed operation of Doping Control. IeSF Anti-Doping Rules can be downloaded from the link.

IeSF Competition Committee is responsible for establishing policies, guidelines and procedures to support the fight against doping, including management for results and violation of IeSF Anti-Doping Rules.

The Prohibited List International Standard of WADA Code shall be applied to Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Method enforced in competition Doping Control within “the World Championship”.  Link

Prohibited Substances 
S0. Non-Approved Substances
S1. Anabolic Agents
S2. Peptide Hormones, Growth factors & related substances
S3. Beta-2 Agonists
S4. Hormone & Metabolic Modulators
S5. Diuretics & Other Masking Agents
S6. Stimulants
S7. Narcotics
S8. Cannabinoids
S9. Glucocorticosteroids
P2. Beta-Blockers

Prohibited Methods
M1. Manipulation of Blood and Blood Components
M2. Chemical and Physical Manipulation
M3. Gene Doping

IeSF discloses the list of Casters and Referees

For the 7^th e-Sports World Championship SEOUL 2015, hosted by International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) and sponsored by LONGZHU TV, which is the only one nationality-based international e-Sports competition event in the world, IeSF just disclosed the broadcasting information including list of the casters for the broadcasting, and also announced the judges.

The judges for the e-Sports World Championship, in line with the standards of international sports society, consist of Technical Delegate, Jury and International Referees for each title. The Technical Delegate supervises the operation of all matches, and is the highest authority at the tournament venue, and Mr. Sung Hwan (Hwani) Kim, the former head coach of professional team, EGTL, will take such role. The Jury approves the result of all matches, and takes care of the appeals and arbitrations, and Mr. Matthew Byun, the former general manager of competition department at IeSF will take the role. For the International Referees who will take care of each title’s matches, Mr Sang Woo Park, the former professional e-Sports player, and Mr. Sang Taek Oh, the former Coach of a professional team will support such roles.

Selected matches of preliminary and main rounds, all 3^rd place matches and Finals will be broadcasted on the IeSF channel at Twitch TV (http://www.twitch.tv/iesf_tv) in English, and Chinese casting will be available at Longzhu TV (http://v.longzhu.com). Regarding the casters, ARTOSIS will be up for StarCraft® II: Legacy of the Void™, ARTOSIS and RaPiD for Hearthstone®: Heroes of Warcraft™, and RaPiD and LastShadow will be casting League of Legends.

The general schedule of the broadcasting is as described in the broadcasting schedule table. Also, IeSF will conduct the group drawing at 7 PM (Korea Standard Time, GMT +9), and will disclose the match table right after the drawing. There will be the press release on each day including the result of the day and the plan for the following day.

Table 1. Broadcasting Schedule

Time	DAY 1 (12/2 Wed)	DAY 2 (12/3 Thu)	DAY3 (12/4 Wed)	DAY 2 (12/2 Wed)
10:00		League of Legends Quarter-Final #1	Hearthstone® Semi Final #2	Hearthstone® Final
10:30
11:00	Opening Ceremony		StarCraft® II Semi Final #2
11:30
12:00	League of Legends Preliminary (Group B)		Hearthstone® 3rd Place Match	StarCraft® II Final
12:30
13:00		League of Legends Quarter-Final #2	StarCraft® II 3rd Place Match
13:30	League of Legends Preliminary (Group D)
14:00			League of Legends Semi-Final #1	League of Legends 3rd Place Match
14:30
15:00	League of Legends Preliminary (Group A)
15:30
16:00		Hearthstone® Quarter Final #1
16:30	League of Legends Preliminary (Group C)
17:00		StarCraft® II Quarter Final #1	League of Legends Semi-Final #2	League of Legends Final
17:30
18:00	League of Legends Preliminary (Group B)	e-Sports Summit 2015
18:30
19:00
19:30	League of Legends Preliminary (Group D)
20:00				Closing Ceremony
20:30

Can Wynand win?

Wynand 'ViViD' Meiring

Not many Africans will be present at the  sponsored IeSF's 7^th World Championships in Seoul (2 to 5 December 2015). It is largely felt that due to the dominance of both Europe and Asia, that many African states do not even try to contest the championships.

However, while there may be an element of truth in the above statement, it is not true for the HearthStone® title.

In 2014, without warning, young Ahmed Ben Messaoud from Tunisia swept away all opposition to become the IeSF's 2014 HearthStone® World Champion. Needless to say, the entire eSports community was shocked.

However, MSSA is confident that it has an answer to Ahmed Ben Messaoud in the form of Pretiorian Wynand 'ViViD' Meiring.

Wynand is without doubt one of the top cyber-athletes in South Africa. He has a distinguished career in DotA 2 as well as in HearthStone® having earned himself Gauteng Provincial Colours, South African National Colours, and now Protea Colours.

Even though new packs of cards have been released just before the World championships, Wynand has the mental dexterity to take it all in his stride.

For Wynand, there is no hurdle to big, and MSSA is right behind him, MSSA could not be prouder.


All the cyber-athletes participating in the HearthStone® title are:

COUNTRY	NAME	TEAM	NICKNAME	BIRTH
Austria	Iciren, Lukas	PENTA Sports	Lemongreen	1997
Azerbaijan	Tahir, Mehdiyev	Azerbaijan	DeathShot	2005
Belgium	Arne, Huysegoms	Ruz3	Arneej	1995
China	Xieyu, Wang	Team China	n/a	1984
Chinese Taipei	Li-Yang, Kuo	Hearthstone	紹安	1992
Finland	Antti, Lammi	RCTIC eSports	Kufdon	1993
Georgia	Giorgi, Parjanadze	Georgia	Wellex	1990
Indonesia	DANU, PRIYATMOKO	INDONESIA National Team	Danu7#1490	1996
Iran	meysam, hosseini	kouroshe kabir	meysam	1989
Israel	Or, Golan	Team Israel	Ozymandias	1990
Korea (South)	Yong Jae, Choi	NNA	코둘기#3197	1991
Mongolia	ZUNBILEG, Ariunsan	Team Mongolia	Zon	1994
Philippines	Richard, Castillo	Acion Arena	Pompi	1991
Romania	Stefan, Marinescu	RO	MooDy	1995
Russia	PAVEL, BELTIUKOV	Empire	Pavel	1998
Serbia	Miloš, Perović	Team Serbia	n/a	1983
South Africa	Wynand, Meiring	MSSA	ViViD	1990
Sweden	Joakim, Öhman	SESF	Nizy	1985
Switzerland	Yannick, Widmer	Qualitas Helvetica	YounTheory	1992
Thailand	Sanya, Niruttinanont	Thailand		1996
Tunisia	Ahmed, Ben Messaoud	Alpha Gaming	Chaox	1996
Vietnam	TU, CAO	APPU	CrazyMageee	1995