After his great victory in the ESL Intel Extreme Masters SEA Qualifier, our great champion mOOn-GLaDe does not have time to rest. This Thursday at 18.30 (Beijing Time, GMT+8), he will have to face a last obstacle on his way to the World Finals. Loner.714 is waiting for him. This will be an epic world class BO5 no one should miss, as the pride of SEA goes against the pride of China, to claim the title of Asia champion and qualify to the World Finals.

Round Format :+ Show Spoiler +

Best of 5

Map Pool + Show Spoiler +

Delta Quadrant
Jungle Basin
Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Scrap Station
Shakuras Plateau
Steppes of War
Xel Naga Caverns
Blistering Sands

Predictions
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Poll: Who will emerge victorious?

FXOmOOn-GLaDe[AU] (63)

52%

Loner.714[CN] (58)

48%

121 total votes

Your vote: Who will emerge victorious?

(Vote): FXOmOOn-GLaDe[AU]
(Vote): Loner.714[CN]

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For more information :
http://www.esl-asia.net/sea/sc2/news/147673

Visit the following channel to get a glimpse at our SEA IEM Qualifiers that took place last week!

UPDATE : mOOn-GLaDe from FXOpen has just won the Intel Extreme Masters Asia Finals! The final score is 3 - 1!

lacho_u

Bulgaria535 Posts

January 25 2011 12:11 GMT

rooting for Moonglade, but Loner will win imo. best of luck to both of them anyways

Awesomeness

Germany1361 Posts

January 25 2011 12:15 GMT

I don't understand why they don't have at least 2 spots for these regions. (Is there a korean qualifier as well?)

I think both of these guys deserve to be at the global final.

knf

Sweden282 Posts

January 25 2011 12:15 GMT

I agree, but I'm cheering for moon no matter what! ^^

debasers

737 Posts

January 25 2011 12:25 GMT

HM, I'm almost sure that they had like 4 or 5 spots for asia. Are those for the Koreans?

Killmouse

Austria5700 Posts

January 25 2011 12:42 GMT

On January 25 2011 21:25 debasers wrote:
HM, I'm almost sure that they had like 4 or 5 spots for asia. Are those for the Koreans?

yep 5 spot for asia, 4 for korea and 1 for sea china

kellymilkies

Singapore1393 Posts

January 25 2011 12:47 GMT

Sad

GTR

51450 Posts

January 25 2011 12:52 GMT

sucks china/sea only have one person at the finals, oh well.

Potthead

Australia121 Posts

January 25 2011 12:59 GMT

ESL stuff up, thought China, Taiwan = SEA as well, then changed to this format, which kinda sucks for the 2 qualifiers.
Good luck to the both of them, however I am rooting for (Z)

mOOnGLaDe. GSL and World Champion? I think so :D

deL

Australia5540 Posts

January 25 2011 13:01 GMT

#10

Looking at map pool and then at the player races makes me sad ;( Best of luck Gladey anyway!

Would like to see something like 2 KR, 2 China and 1-2 from combined SEA/Taiwan tourney :3

TheValley

Poland56 Posts

January 25 2011 13:10 GMT

#11

in Season V Global Championship we have:

5 spots for Asia (4 KR + china/sea),
4 Europe(Sjow, White-ra, DeMusliM, Tarson) + 1 morrow,
only 2 for America?

b_unnies

3579 Posts

January 25 2011 13:12 GMT

#12

is taiwan and china the same qualifiers? i couldnt even find out anything about the taiwan qualifiers

kellymilkies

Singapore1393 Posts

January 25 2011 13:14 GMT

#13

Yes, China and Taiwan had the same qualifier. I think Loner beat Sen in finals.

Rhodan

Australia232 Posts

January 25 2011 13:33 GMT

#14

Gonna be an uphill battle for moonglade with the map pool, but should be an epic series regardless.

gogo Moonglade!

PS: How does the map system work, is it the same as the SEA tournament?

debasers

737 Posts

January 25 2011 13:34 GMT

#15

On January 25 2011 22:10 TheValley wrote:
in Season V Global Championship we have:

5 spots for Asia (4 KR + china/sea),
4 Europe(Sjow, White-ra, DeMusliM, Tarson) + 1 morrow,
only 2 for America?

Yeah, qxc and Fenix.

I really hope moonglade wins, there are already too many terrans.

Yusername

Sweden252 Posts

January 25 2011 13:47 GMT

#16

On January 25 2011 22:34 debasers wrote:

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Yeah, qxc and Fenix.

I really hope moonglade wins, there are already too many terrans.

IdrA? Second place IEM Cologne.

mdma-_-

Nauru1213 Posts

January 25 2011 14:11 GMT

#17

On January 25 2011 22:47 Yusername wrote:

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IdrA? Second place IEM Cologne.

only 1st place qualified

TheHunksta

United States122 Posts

January 25 2011 15:50 GMT

#18

Heres how I genuinely feel.

I think that Moonglade is actually a better player, Loner did absolutely nothing in GSL to impress me and he was getting a lot of hype just because he was the chinese player there. I don't think he's very good. That said I think Loner has a good chance to win just because of the TvZ matchup on the map pool. If it were ZvZ I think Glade would have it, but I hope he can still pull it out. It'll be much closer than people think.

kellymilkies

Singapore1393 Posts

January 25 2011 16:30 GMT

#19

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On January 26 2011 00:50 TheHunksta wrote:
Heres how I genuinely feel.

I think that Moonglade is actually a better player, Loner did absolutely nothing in GSL to impress me and he was getting a lot of hype just because he was the chinese player there. I don't think he's very good. That said I think Loner has a good chance to win just because of the TvZ matchup on the map pool. If it were ZvZ I think Glade would have it, but I hope he can still pull it out. It'll be much closer than people think.

Hunksta, I like how you think :p

But glade won't be complacent I guess, cause Loner did beat Sen 2-0 and it was kind of a total domination.

The biggest problem will be him having jet lag from having to just have landed in Korea and probably no time to practise at all. Maybe he can get Jinro to help him out :p

dtz

5834 Posts

January 25 2011 16:45 GMT

#20

Is this LAN or online? I can't find the information anywhere. Maybe i'm blind but which server will they be playing on.

And if i'm not wrong, the map will be determined by vetoing out the map pool one by one till 5 maps are left. So out of the 9 maps, Glade will probably veto Steppes and JB while Loner probably Scrap and Sands.

DQ Metal LT Shakuras Xelnaga are decent if dq metal lt are not close positions. Sigh i hate it when the games are majorly determined by the spawning positions.