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Intel Extreme Masters NA/SA Qualifier Information

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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-12 02:39:51
June 30 2011 19:42 GMT
#1
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With the announcement of Intel Extreme Master's first event in season 6, we'd like to share the details on how to qualify for North, South, and Central America.

2 players from the Americas are eligible to attend the IEM Global Challenge at Gamescon. Here is how we will determine who those two players will be:

American Qualifier Championship Bracket:
16 players will be seeded into a double elimination bracket. Every round of the tournament will be best of 3. The player to take first place in the Winner Bracket, and the Player take first place in the Loser Bracket will be qualified for the IEM Global Challenge. Here is the breakdown of how those 16 seeds will be determined:
-4 to Invitees
-4 Qualification slots at Go4SC2 -Cup 70 - July 3rd 2011
-4 Qualification slots at Go4SC2 Cup 71 - July 6th 2011
-4 Qualification slots at Go4SC2 Cup 72 - July 10th 2011
2 IEM slots at American Final (Championship Brackets) - July 13th - 16th 2011

This means you have 3 chances to qualify for for the championship brackets. The top 4 players of each Cup from North, South, or Central America will qualify for Championship Bracket. The faster you can qualify, the better your seed will be.

The 16 player Seeds:
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1. [image loading] FnaticMSI.Fenix - Invited
2. [image loading] EG.Idra - Invited
3. [image loading] Dignitas.SeleCT - Invited
4. [image loading] Dignitas.KiLLeR - Top Go4SC2 Player Invitation
5. [image loading] Attero - Cup 70 Seed
6. [image loading] coL.Drewbie- Cup 70 Seed
7. [image loading] FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice - Cup 70 Seed
8. [image loading] FnaticMSI.TT1 - Cup 70 Seed
9. [image loading] EG.Axslav - Cup 71 Seed
10. [image loading] Qxg.Agh - Cup 71 Seed
11. [image loading] NamchiR - Cup 71 Seed
12. [image loading] ONE.Sonkie - Cup 71 Seed
13. [image loading] Sixjax.DDE - Cup 72 Seed
14. [image loading] TD.Everize - Cup 72 Seed
15. [image loading] TD.Legosu - Cup 72 Seed
16. [image loading] EG.Strifeco - Cup 72 Seed


Go4SC2 Cup 70 - IEM Qualifier Cup 1 - Complete
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Anyone can play our Go4SC2 cups, but you must be from North, South, or Central America to qualify for the Championship Brackets
Date: July 3rd
Begins: 8:00 pm EST
Location: Battle.net US
Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup70/signup/
Prize: 1st place gets $50

**You must checkin on cup day**
Check-in Starts: 7:00 pm EST
Check-in Ends: 7:40 pm EST
check-in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup70/checkin

Where to be: Be in channel ESL.SC2 or ESL.SC2#2 or ESL.SC2#3 on Battle.net US.

Map Rotation
Sunday
8:00 pm Round 1 - ESL Tal Darim Altar LE [Best of 1]
8:30 pm Round 2 - ESL Metalopolis [Best of 1]
9:00 pm Round 3 - ESL Xel Naga Caverns [Best of 1]
9:30 pm Round 4 - ESL Shakuras Plateau [Best of 1]
10:00 pm Round 5 Quarter Finals - ESL ICCup Neo Enigma [Best of 1]
Tuesday, July 5th
8:00 pm Round 6 Semi Final - ESL GSL Terminus SE [Best of 3]
8:00 pm 3rd place match- ESL The Shattered Temple [Best of 3]
8:30 pm Round 7 Finals - ESL The Shattered Temple [Best of 5]


Map Pool
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ESL GSL Terminus SE
ESL ICCup Neo Enigma
ESL Metalopolis
ESL Shakuras Plateau
ESL TAl Darim Atlar LE
ESL The Shtattered Temple
ESL Xel Naga Caverns


Go4SC2 Cup 71 - IEM Qualifier Cup 2 - Complete
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Anyone can play our Go4SC2 cups, but you must be from North, South, or Central America to qualify for the Championship Brackets
Date: July 6th
Begins: 8:00 pm EST
Location: Battle.net US
Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup71/signup/


**You must checkin on cup day**
Check-in Starts: 7:00 pm EST
Check-in Ends: 7:40 pm EST
check-in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup71/checkin
Brackets: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup71/rankings/

Where to be: Be in channel ESL.SC2 or ESL.SC2#2 or ESL.SC2#3 on Battle.net US.

Map Pool
+ Show Spoiler +

ESL GSL Terminus SE
ESL ICCup Neo Enigma
ESL Metalopolis
ESL Shakuras Plateau
ESL TAl Darim Atlar LE
ESL The Shtattered Temple
ESL Xel Naga Caverns


Go4SC2 Cup 72 - IEM Qualifier Cup 3 - Complete
+ Show Spoiler +

Anyone can play our Go4SC2 cups, but you must be from North, South, or Central America to qualify for the Championship Brackets
Date: July 10th
Begins: 8:00 pm EST
Location: Battle.net US
Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup72/signup/


**You must checkin on cup day**
Check-in Starts: 7:00 pm EST
Check-in Ends: 7:40 pm EST
check-in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup72/checkin
Brackets: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup72/rankings/

Where to be: Be in channel ESL.SC2 or ESL.SC2#2 or ESL.SC2#3 on Battle.net US.

Map Pool
+ Show Spoiler +

ESL GSL Terminus SE
ESL ICCup Neo Enigma
ESL Metalopolis
ESL Shakuras Plateau
ESL TAl Darim Atlar LE
ESL The Shtattered Temple
ESL Xel Naga Caverns

twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 30 2011 19:44 GMT
#2
Did you seriously not invite Fenix, who won IEM North America? Or Qxc, who got 2nd at IEM North America last year ?

Instead you invite 2 players who afaik didn't even qualify last year? IdrA and SeleCT are great players but this seems kinda unfair to people who have performed well in your event...
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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-30 20:04:49
June 30 2011 19:44 GMT
#3
Fenix is going to GSL. We were going to invite until we received that news. And Qxc is in korea also.

Edit: spoke with Fenix and his sponsors will cover his cost, so he will be invited due to his performance last season.
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
June 30 2011 19:50 GMT
#4
no prize information?
Dominions 4: "Thrones of Ascension".
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
June 30 2011 19:55 GMT
#5
On July 01 2011 04:50 xuanzue wrote:
no prize information?

This year since IEM is working a little differently, we are only a qualifier event. The only prize given is the the default $50 we give to Go4SC2 Cup Winners.

The top 2 players who qualify to go to the Global Challenge in Cologne, Germany at Gamescon will be guaranteed at least $600.
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Influ
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany780 Posts
June 30 2011 19:55 GMT
#6
ESL is the world leading company to get bitching responses as soon and as many as possible to their press releases.
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
June 30 2011 20:11 GMT
#7
We roll with the punches
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 30 2011 20:15 GMT
#8
On July 01 2011 04:44 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Fenix is going to GSL. We were going to invite until we received that news. And Qxc is in korea also.

Edit: spoke with Fenix and his sponsors will cover his cost, so he will be invited due to his performance last season.


I mean, you should at least talk to us before randomly deciding to invite other people #_# ... For this event of course Fnatic would send him even if he is in Korea. I'm glad you decided to clear this up though.
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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
July 01 2011 15:41 GMT
#9
yea everything is cleared up
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
stormLP
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada19 Posts
July 01 2011 19:07 GMT
#10
Fenix was on top of our list for sure, we just had no idea what his dedication to GSL would be at that time in August.
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
July 03 2011 17:14 GMT
#11
keep those registrations comin!
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
July 03 2011 17:23 GMT
#12
Let me see if I understand this right:

American Championship bracket has 16 players -- this is a double elim tournament and the top 2 will advance to IEM Gamescon?

And the Go4SC2 NA tournamnts + invites will qualify players for the championship bracket?
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
July 03 2011 17:42 GMT
#13
correct!
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
July 03 2011 17:44 GMT
#14
all qualifiers this week is brutal -.-

Because of NASL finals I can only play in the one today really saddened by this
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
July 03 2011 17:46 GMT
#15
Yea was have a tight deadline this time, had to be finished by july 17th, the next IEMs coming up a few months will hopefully be more flexible.
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Me1234
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany219 Posts
July 03 2011 18:03 GMT
#16
On July 04 2011 02:44 iNcontroL wrote:
all qualifiers this week is brutal -.-

Because of NASL finals I can only play in the one today really saddened by this


I really hope you qualify and get a spot at gamescom, would be so awesome to see you in germany

good luck!


qualifier seems a bit rushed but I'm sure it will be a good tournament anyway
Uhm?
Juke290
Profile Joined March 2011
Egypt316 Posts
July 03 2011 19:29 GMT
#17
On July 04 2011 02:46 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Yea was have a tight deadline this time, had to be finished by july 17th, the next IEMs coming up a few months will hopefully be more flexible.


Really been enjoying the European IEM qualifiers today, keep up the nice work, tough that there's other tournaments at the same time, but you guys gotta do what ya gotta do and shouldn't have to worry too much if it interferes with other qualifiers !
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
July 03 2011 23:18 GMT
#18
Remember to start checking in now everyone.
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
July 04 2011 06:32 GMT
#19
Go TT1 & KawaiiRice! =D
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
rbkl
Profile Joined March 2010
772 Posts
July 04 2011 07:52 GMT
#20
On July 04 2011 15:32 Xeris wrote:
Go TT1 & KawaiiRice! =D


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