Infi

Wang Xuwen (Chinese: 王诩文), who goes by the pseudonym Infi, is a Chinese professional esports player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and Starcraft II.[1] He previously served in team World Elite, Tyloo and VICI GAMING. He is considered one of the best Human players in the world.[2][3] In 2008, World Elite was the best team of the year[4] and Wang Xuwen was the core member. In 2009, Wang Xuwen helped World Elite obtain the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV. Additionally, Wang Xuwen also has many individual champion titles from various Premier Tournaments such as World Cyber Games and World e-Sports Games. From 2008 to 2011, the Chinese competitive scene for Warcraft III was dominated by 4 players, Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang, Li "Sky" Xiaofeng, Wang "Infi" Xuwen and Huang "TH000"Xiang. Wang "Infi" Xuwen and the other three were considered the four kings in Chinese Warcraft III. He played Starcraft II for a few years before retiring from competitive gaming.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).
Infi
Wang in 2009
Personal information
NameWang Xuwen
Nickname(s)Tower Race, Six Race
NationalityChinese
Career information
Games
Playing career2006–2016, 2018–2020
Career highlights and awards

Playing style

Wang "Infi" Xuwen has been nicknamed "Tower Race" or "the Six Race" as he was known for building many towers as a defensive and sometimes offensive strategy. In extreme cases, his towers could control sizable areas of the map. He often builds a large number of towers for detection as well, and then uses invisible Summoned creatures to raid his opponent. He employed this strategy and beat Fly100% in the grand final of World Cyber Games 2009.[5]

Career

Infi started gaining recognition internationally in team World Elite. In 2007, World Elite came 3rd place in Warcraft III Champions League Season XII. In 2008, World Elite was the champion of Road of the King tournament and became the team of year. In 2009, World Elite became the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV. Wang Xuwen also has many notable individual achievements. In 2007, he beat Dae Hui "FoV" Cho, Sun "xiaOt" Liwei and June "Lyn" Park in the International E-Sports Festival 2007. He is the first non-Korean champion in this tournament and also the first non-Korean champion in a tournament which was held in Korea. In 2008, he was the champion of KODE5 in Moscow[6] and World e-Sports Games. Infi saw success in the World Cyber Games, whose tournaments are considered some of the most important for Warcraft III players. After beating Weiliang "Fly100%" Lu, Dmitry "Happy" Kostin and Jang "Moon" Jae Ho, he won the championship for World Cyber Games 2009.[7][8] In 2010, he was the runner-up of Battle.Net Season VIII.[9] At the end of 2010, Infi left World Elite and joined team PanDa, which shortly afterwards merged with team Tyloo. He played for ViCi Gaming as a Starcraft II player for a few years before switching back to Warcraft III again.

Notable accomplishments

Individual
  • 1st Place International E-Sports Festival 2007 (2007) ($10000)
  • 1st Place IEST2007 China (2007) (2007) ($6000)
  • 1st Place Super Wednesday 2007 (2007)
  • 1st Place KODE5 (2008) ($10000)
  • 1st Place DCupII (2008) ($100)
  • 2nd PlaceNSL2 (2008) ($3000)
  • 1st Place xLo Asia Cup (2008) (€100)
  • MIP and MVP in the regular season of WC3L (2008)
  • 1st Place World e-Sports Masters (2008) ($15000)
  • 4th International E-Sports Festival 2008 (2008) ($1500)
  • 3rd Place ProGamer League Season 1 (2008) ($3000)
  • 2nd Place International E-Sports Festival 2009 (2009) ($5000)[10]
  • 1st Place World Cyber Games 2009 (2009)
  • 1st Place World Cyber Games 2019 (2019)
  • 4th G League Season 8 (2008) ($150)
  • 1st Place Shadow League (2010) (€2250)
  • 4thNSL3 China (2010) ($150)
  • 1st Place G League 2010 Season 3 (2010)
  • 2nd Place BlizzCon 2010 ($10000)[11]
  • 1st Place International E-Sports Festival 2010 (2010) ($10000)[12]
  • 1st Place G League 2010 Season 4 (2010)
  • 2nd Place G League 2010 Season 5 (2010)
  • 1st Place WGT (2010) ($3000)
  • 3rd Place ECL 2010 (2010) ($1500)
  • 1st Place ECL 2011 season 1 (2011) ($3000)
  • 2nd PlaceInternational E-Sports Festival China National Qualify (2011) ($1200)
  • 3rd Place International E-Sports Festival 2012 (2012) ($2000)[13]
  • 1st Place G League 2012 Season 2 (2012) ($8000)
  • 1st Place WEC 2014 (2014) ($13000)
  • 1st Place WCA 2014 Grand Final (2014) ($45000)
  • 1st Place World GameMaster Tournaments (2014) ($4800)
  • 1st Place ESCC 2015 (2015) ($12000)
  • 1st Place PGL Return the kings 2015 (2015) ($4600)
  • 1st Place Gold Series 2015 Grand Final (Warcraft III) Season 1 (2016) ($6000)
  • 3rd Place Mo Cup (2016) ($450)
  • 1st Place Yuwan Cup (2016) ($1500)
  • 1st Place CIG Nanchang 2017 (2017) ($15000)
  • 2nd Place Gold Series Warcraft III 2017 Summer (2017) ($3000)

Team
  • 3rd Place Stars War IV (2007)[14]
  • 3rd Place Warcraft III Champions League Season XIII (2007)[15]
  • 1st Place Road of the King(2008) ($10000 for whole team World Elite)[16]
  • 1st Place Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV(2009)($10000 for whole team World Elite)[17]

References
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  13. "IEF2012世界总决赛 魔兽争霸3项目 直播专题报道" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  14. "Warcraft III: Overall Final". SK Gaming. 2007-07-11. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  15. Turtle Entertainment GmbH (1990-01-06). "ESL: Rankings - WC3L Season 13 Playoffs - Europe - ESL - The eSports League". Esl.eu. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
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