Americans World Video Game Champs

The U.S. team, playing at the 2005 World Cyber Games' Grand Final, is crowned overall champs as they best teams from 67 other countries.

It was announced yesterday that the U.S. took home the gold from the 2005 World Cyber Games’ Grand Final in Singapore as they won two gold medals and one silver in Counter-Strike, Halo 2 and WarCraft III: Frozen Throne against a field of 700 competitors representing 67 countries.

Kyle Miller (Washington DC), Ronald Kim (Dallas, TX), Sal Garozzo (New York, NY), Josh Sievers (Des Moines, IA), and Mike So (Los Angeles, CA) comprise Team 3D, who repeated as gold medalists in Counter-Strike for the second year.

Dan and Tom Ryan, a set of 19 year-old twin brothers from Pickerington, Ohio, who play under the gaming alias Ogre Twins, dominated the Halo 2 event, while Dennis Chan of Sunset Beach, CA took the silver in WarCraft III.

“This has been the most successful Grand Final to date,” said Hank Jeong, CEO of International Cyber Marketing, global organizers of the World Cyber Games. “The crowds voted with their feet, and we earned the right to say we are the biggest competition of its kind in the world. As we continue to pioneer the e-Sports category, we are seeing a great variety of nations becoming more competitive. The World Cyber Games has truly evolved to become the gaming equivalent of the Olympics.”