The expectations of the World Cyber Games organization can’t be that big if it’s about the amount of spectators. Empty stands at the racing track in Monza in light rain and lots of players in the audience in Seattle. Real spectators? Negative!

That was supposed to change in the eSports-capitol of Germany – Cologne. The PR agency used quite a lot spaces in downtown to raise the interest for the gaming festival, all big German eSports-websites have been writing about the event for some time and already a year ago, everybody was excited about the chance to show how enthusiastic the Germans are. The huge masses didn’t squall, most spectators are players who already lost in the first group stage or played on the other day.

Those few spectators mostly switch between WarCraft 3 on the main stage and the interesting Counter-Strike matches at the smaller 16+ stage. When XlorD won against the Polish MeS, the spectators cheered louder than the commentators for the first time. It was the second day of the event at that time.

The sight of few spectators are quite normal for the EPS finals at Friday as well. The – mostly young – eSports supporters have to go to school and university and will use the weekend to visit the WCG. At that moment, most of the weak teams will be eliminated and just the cream of the crop fights for medals, prize money and the world title.

This event tops most of the big tournaments structure wise. A huge stage, lots of possibilities to enjoy yourself besides watching games and the chance to catch almost every game from besides the gaming areas. The organization just thought about how they can build up on some alternatives when your favorite game is not represented on stage. In the end, they also got a horse riding game for the bored girlfriend. It’s a little like car racing, but the Ferrari is called Emma and wants you to bring her home without any fallen bars.

Besides that, the commentators could really lift this WCG over some events in the past. For the German fans at the venue, there are the GameSports moderators with the help of experts like mousesports-star Navid ‘Kapio’ Javadi, the international stream includes the whole QuadV cast around TosspoT and RedeYe. If the Germans are especially able to get the emotions from the gamers to the crowd, the next two days will be special.