The earthquake in Sichuan province had devastating effect on China. The death toll has risen to 15000 and many people are still considered missing. Now the E-Sport community helps out, with a special event.



The people in China and overseas nations including Japan and USA are helping out as much as they can to relieve this terrible catastrophe.

The Chinese people are a very united community and this shows in the recent organisation of donations for helping out the victims. All communities in China are lending a helping hand and this of course includes the ever growing e-Sport community.

A huge joint movement which will be initiated on the 18th of May for getting people to donate has been organised by Wuji Hardware Forums, 17173.com, Tencent Gaming, Pacific Gaming, e-Sport China and GamesTV. This event has received full support from leading e-Sport associations from all over the world. The names include World Elite, Meet Your Makers, SK-Gaming, Mousesports, Team Colorful, Fnatic and Level 99.

The event will consist of two stages. The first stage will be located at the FengYun Internet Cafe which is the training camp for the team World Elite. Players from WE, MYM, SK, Colorful, Fnatic, mouz and Level99 will be playing live matches and also do a public donation after the games. The second stage will consist of the selling of gaming hardware on Wuji Hardware Forums (www.wuji.org.cn/bbs). The prices for those products will be reduced and the money received will all be used to to help the earthquake victims. All you have to do its click on the "We Love China" section and pick out your ideal hardware.

It's very heartwarming to see such a warm support from the e-Sport community. Many had made statements on this disaster:

WE.PEPSI.Sky: As soon as the earthquake started, I was praying for the safety of my fellow countrymen. I hope through this event, I can give my feeble supoort to the victims.

WE.PEPSI.Ted: Hope that the victims in Sichuan can overcome this disaster. Being born in Sichuan myself, I understand how these people must feel. I wish people can overcome this through mutual support and hard work, also please come to the event on 18th of May. Thank you all.

Colorful.Lyc: I hope everyone will be safe. I can only sit in front of my computer and wish them the best from my heart. Do your best, don't give up. Good luck, friends from Sichuan.

wNv.xiaOt: I have always felt close to Sichuan. I like the everything there very much. Since all of this happened, obviously everyone will be feeling sad. This time the government acted accordingly. This natural disaster is probably telling us that 2008 is year when every Chinese should unite. If you need me, I will do my best supporting the victims.

EsM.Kim: The Sichuan earthquake reminds me alot of the Taiwan 921 earthquake. The situations were both very grim, hope everybody can unite and pray for the affected areas.

SK.Lyn: Greetings, friends from China. For those who have lost family and friends in this earthquake, I wish that you don't lose hope and be strong. Fighting!

SK.SoJu: About the earthquake in China I feel very dissapointed. I hope everything will be back to normal.

MYM]Moon: Hi everyone, I'm moon. I don't know what to say. About this earthquake, I feel very disappointed. There are also a lot of reports of earthquakes in Korea, every time I see this kind of news I feel sad. Now people from all over the world are helping out, us gamers are also doing what we can to help. Hope everybody can be strong and not lose hope.

MYM]Lucifer: After hearing the news I was very sad, hope everybody can be strong.

mTw-Check: I've been to ChengDu 2 or 3 times and think that it's a beautiful city. So I was very sad after hearing this news. I also heard that many people are injured or dead. While I was in ChengDu, I met many friends and fans. I hope they are all safe and sound.

mouz.SaSe: I have been to ChengDu 2 times and it felt scary to read about the earthquake. It's a nice city where the people are very kind. I feel very bad for all the people it happened to and I hope it will get better soon. Playing this match is not a lot of help, but it's better than just do nothing! Take care everyone and again, wish you all the best!

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Replays.net - Source
Replays.net - Source
Telegraph.co.uk - Source