The 17 year-old Yury Mikulchik from Minsk was relatively unknown until he gave the Russian star Cooller a run for his money in the unofficial WCG.ru Quake3 tourney last year. Since then he has marked his position as one of the best and most talented Quakers in the east of Europe.

He is the key player for his country in this year's edition of the ESWC.q3. A country that is considered to be one of the strongest, next to Russia, Sweden and USA. I give you the captain of Belarus, keep3r^v4.
[q]Well, I think it is ridiculous to rate Sweden and the US above or below us. Why? Not because we're better, but simply because we haven't met each other before. Neither I, nor the rest of the scene, can possibly predict how we will do against them. In July we'll know for sure.