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With the announcement of Intel Extreme Master's Sao Paulo event in season 6, we'd like to share the details on how to qualify for United States and Canada. For Europe qualifiers please go Here
All of the following countries are barred from competing in the US/CA qualifiers: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guiana, Paraguay, Peru ,Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
UPDATED
4 players from the Americas are eligible to attend the IEM Global Challenge at Sao Paulo. 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 players who place top 2 in the Winner Bracket, and the player take first place in the Loser Bracket will be qualified for the IEM Global Challenge Sao Paulo. Here is the breakdown of how those 16 seeds were determined:
(Click the green links to sign up!)
-4 Player Invites
-4 Qualification slots at IEM Qualifier 1 - January 4th
-4 Qualification slots at IEM Qualifier 2 - January 7th
-4 Qualification slots at IEM Qualifier 3 - January 8th
4 IEM slots at American Final (Championship Brackets) - January 10th and Janaury 12th
Qualified Players
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/us.png) ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/kr.png) Violet
coL.QXC
Vile.Illusion
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/nl.png) Liquid.Ret
Day 2 Vods
Part 1
Part 2
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Bracket Schedule
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Day 1 January 10th
8:00 pm EST - Winner Bracket Round 1 - Best of 3
8:30 pm EST - Winner Bracket Semi Finals ( Round 2 ) - Best of 3
8:30 pm EST - Loser Bracket Round 1 - Best of 3
9:00 pm EST - Loser Bracket Round 2 - Best of 3
Day 2 January 12th
8:00 pm EST - Loser Bracket Round 3 - Best of 3
8:30 pm EST - Winner Bracket Finals ( Round 3 ) - Best of 5
9:00 pm EST - Loser Bracket Finals (Round 4) - Best of 5
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The 16 player Seeds:
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View each cup information at http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/iem/
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sign ups are still open for this!
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terrible timing for this..
Literally all 3 qualifiers ran during 1 week.. the 1 week I will be in germany playing in HSC4 ...
SPREAD OUT YOUR QUALIFIERS THAT IS LITERALLY THE POINT OF HAVING MULTIPLE QUALS
this is incontrol on my brother's account btw lol
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With it being the holidays, its tough to spread out qualifiers while at the same time finishing the championship bracket on the 12th deadline.
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tough sure. Impossible, no.
3 quals in 1 week's time is going to hurt your tourney and I am here to say PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT as these tourneys are awesome and deserve MORE recognition than a thread opened 1 week ago with 0 responses and most of the top NA talent not playing.
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On December 30 2011 07:04 QxGRockEr wrote:
terrible timing for this..
Literally all 3 qualifiers ran during 1 week.. the 1 week I will be in germany playing in HSC4 ...
SPREAD OUT YOUR QUALIFIERS THAT IS LITERALLY THE POINT OF HAVING MULTIPLE QUALS
this is incontrol on my brother's account btw lol
well, gg me ! 
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On December 30 2011 07:10 QxGRockEr wrote:
tough sure. Impossible, no.
3 quals in 1 week's time is going to hurt your tourney and I am here to say PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT as these tourneys are awesome and deserve MORE recognition than a thread opened 1 week ago with 0 responses and most of the top NA talent not playing.
Its going to hurt only because of HSC, but at the same time only 4 Americans are attending HSC which leaves plenty of talent left to compete in the tournament. Violet got an invite so even with HSC he will still be playing the championship bracket.
I definitely get what you are saying, but I don't agree with extent of damage you think HSC is going to cause.
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Is Violet permanently living in the states? Seems like he's been getting lots of invites or competing in a lot of American events.
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Awesome to see Illusion invited, seen some awesome plays out of him. Will be interesting to see how he goes.
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On January 03 2012 07:29 Dexington wrote:
Is Violet permanently living in the states? Seems like he's been getting lots of invites or competing in a lot of American events.
Yeah I think he's being sponsored by CSN to stay in the States/.
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On January 03 2012 08:40 Superiorwolf wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2012 07:29 Dexington wrote:
Is Violet permanently living in the states? Seems like he's been getting lots of invites or competing in a lot of American events. Yeah I think he's being sponsored by CSN to stay in the States/.
Hmm okay neat.
These qualifiers seem to have a better set of players already than the Kiev qualifiers as a whole. We've got Agh, DarkCell, Everize and Zelniq in this qualifier and Violet, Slush, Illusion and KR already invited. The 3 players that qualify should represent a top skill level of NA. Hopefully some more Quantic, Gosu, RGN, EG and Vile guys sign up.
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Looks like I'm going to be heading back to Brazil for Carnaval sooner than I expected. I know I wont qualify, but I do have family in SP so why not be there for something so epic for South American E-Sports.
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So I can't join if I'm from australia? that sucks
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Don't worry, there is an SEA qualifier for this event as well. Stay tuned for the announcement for it.
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On December 30 2011 07:17 KawaiiRice wrote:Show nested quote +On December 30 2011 07:04 QxGRockEr wrote:
terrible timing for this..
Literally all 3 qualifiers ran during 1 week.. the 1 week I will be in germany playing in HSC4 ...
SPREAD OUT YOUR QUALIFIERS THAT IS LITERALLY THE POINT OF HAVING MULTIPLE QUALS
this is incontrol on my brother's account btw lol well, gg me !
Guess not gg you after all! ;p
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tonight is the night! Don't miss out, got some great players playing tonight!
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On January 05 2012 03:10 pHaRSiDE wrote:
tonight is the night! Don't miss out, got some great players playing tonight!
Is there a player list?
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Sick, Demuslim, qxc and Vibe signed up!
Personally rooting for OwMyGroin though
Edit: Might want to put it on the calendar if you haven't submitted already. It starts in 6 hours right?
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Yea it does, it will be on the calendar.
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times listed on the site are weird
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They look fine to me, do you have your esl website clock set to eastern time? You can check at the very top at the site ( click the clock icon )
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On January 05 2012 03:50 Dexington wrote:
Sick, Demuslim, qxc and Vibe signed up!
Personally rooting for OwMyGroin though
Edit: Might want to put it on the calendar if you haven't submitted already. It starts in 6 hours right?
demuslim signed up? he declined HSC4 due to illness. strange
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On January 05 2012 05:34 Jayjay54 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2012 03:50 Dexington wrote:
Sick, Demuslim, qxc and Vibe signed up!
Personally rooting for OwMyGroin though
Edit: Might want to put it on the calendar if you haven't submitted already. It starts in 6 hours right? demuslim signed up? he declined HSC4 due to illness. strange
You can be too sick to travel and participate in a three day tourney and still play in one that takes a couple hours.
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i thought demuslim is in europe again right now ?_?
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so checkin in 18 mins, start at 1 hr 18 mins?
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So 1st, 2nd and 3rd all are qualified?
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On January 05 2012 11:43 MCDayC wrote:
So 1st, 2nd and 3rd all are qualified?
From the final qualifier. This is a qualifier for the final qualifier, in which the top 4 qualify.
So
Demuslim/Agh
RSM/TriMaster
DarkCell/qxc
(Drewbie/Zelniq)/(Axslav/Suppy)
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On January 05 2012 06:47 DarKFoRcE wrote:
i thought demuslim is in europe again right now ?_?
he is "sick".
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On January 05 2012 11:55 krisss wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2012 06:47 DarKFoRcE wrote:
i thought demuslim is in europe again right now ?_? he is "sick".
No. He apparently pulled his back out, which means he cant travel to HSC 4.
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Why on earth is DeMuslim in the NA qualifier? He's European no matter how you cut it lol.
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On January 05 2012 12:05 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:
Why on earth is DeMuslim in the NA qualifier? He's European no matter how you cut it lol.
He's living in the states. Just like how Violet got invited.
For IEM, I'm pretty sure it only depends on your current place of residence.
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On January 05 2012 11:55 krisss wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2012 06:47 DarKFoRcE wrote:
i thought demuslim is in europe again right now ?_? he is "sick".
You are clueless.
Notice how I didn't have to put quotations in that?
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On January 05 2012 12:10 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2012 12:05 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:
Why on earth is DeMuslim in the NA qualifier? He's European no matter how you cut it lol. He's living in the states. Just like how Violet got invited. For IEM, I'm pretty sure it only depends on your current place of residence.
This is correct. And for all wondering Demuslim is in the US right now at team house. he is not traveling anywhere because he has injured his back.
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Axslav :D sucks he'll be playing demuslim if he beats drewbie though
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Axslav's play looks really refined. I havent watched him in a few weeks and I think its pretty noticeable.
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^oh yeh
So someone correct me if Im wrong, but is Demuslim, Qxc, Tri and the winner of Axslav vs Drewbie going to be the 4 seeds?
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On January 05 2012 13:11 nick1689 wrote:
Axslav :D sucks he'll be playing demuslim if he beats drewbie though
Doesn't matter, they would have both qualified for the qualifier by that point.
Right now Demuslim, QXC, Trimaster are qualified. Winner of Ax/Drew also qualify.
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^ Ah cool. Lol i thought Tri was Trimaster :D
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Demuslim why so cheesy? :D
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How were invites determined? Nothing against the invited players, just curious on what results these were based on.
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On January 05 2012 13:48 goswser wrote:
How were invites determined? Nothing against the invited players, just curious on what results these were based on.
A combination of performance and merits in other tournaments in the scene and those who actually accept the invite.
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Seed5:  DeMusliM
Seed 6: qxc
Seed 7:  Axslav
Seed 8: TriMaster
These are the 4 qualified players from this cup to the championship brackets! Great games!
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Ah I forgot about the 3rd place match, was the Axslav/Tri series any good?
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Trimaster went to sleep so it was not played.
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Glad demuslim amd qxc made it. Foreign terrans fighting!
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NICE WORK AXSLAV/DEMUSLIM!
now we need machine to qual in one of the next tourneys!
PS: still hate you pharside. You owe me a decent opportunity to qualify for something rad like this sirrrrrrrr
(each qual has some conflict for me ><)
j/k of course
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unfortunately, there is no cure...
a little bit of that he canceled HSC because he was sick and now plays other cups, but whatever. gratz to those who made it!
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Begin registering for the next cups coming up this Saturday and Sunday!
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Is the 3rd qualifier really starting at 2:00am (EST) in the morning?
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No, the time was bugged, it begins at 8:00 pm like the other cups, thx for pointing it out.
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This is tonight, correct?
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wow, ret plays qualifier #2 from takes place i assume?
its 2 am atm and the tour starts! Oo
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I'm guessing
1) Ret, if he plays. If not, Zelniq
2) State
3) Vibe
4) Drewbie
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When did Ret move to North America?
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Drewbie out first round Oo
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1) Mass
2) Agh
3) TheOgnis
4) JimRising/SyntheticRhythm
Haven't heard of either of the last two, but oh well. In no order btw
Edit on matchups
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On January 08 2012 10:10 Dexington wrote:
I'm guessing
1) Ret, if he plays. If not, Zelniq
2) State
3) Vibe
4) Drewbie
Weird prediction in zelniq. I always root for him but I've never seen him put up any result at all which makes me sad, and poor ret
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Not sure what happend to Ret, I guess ZvZ is just like that, and does't help he was playing at like 2 am in the morning.
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fun event very well run, pharside
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More Tournaments! Do it do it do it!
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Last qualifier tonight! Checkins now open!
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Ret, Ryze, Spades and Ddoro ftw
What is the stream?
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TL rejected it from being streamed :-/
"Sorry qualifiers for quallifiers aren't allowed."
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On January 09 2012 10:11 pHaRSiDE wrote:
TL rejected it from being streamed :-/
"Sorry qualifiers for quallifiers aren't allowed."
lol since when? Kinda hypocritical when they let all the other qualifiers be streamed.
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On January 09 2012 10:15 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On January 09 2012 10:11 pHaRSiDE wrote:
TL rejected it from being streamed :-/
"Sorry qualifiers for quallifiers aren't allowed." lol since when? Kinda hypocritical when they let all the other qualifiers be streamed.
Well, the other qualifiers are qualifiers for the tournament.
This qualifier is a qualifier for the American qualifier for the IEM Grand Tournament. Honestly it should still be allowed to stream since there are great players in it, but the American grand finals qualifier will be streamable for sure.
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On January 09 2012 11:40 Superiorwolf wrote:Show nested quote +On January 09 2012 10:15 Dexington wrote:On January 09 2012 10:11 pHaRSiDE wrote:
TL rejected it from being streamed :-/
"Sorry qualifiers for quallifiers aren't allowed." lol since when? Kinda hypocritical when they let all the other qualifiers be streamed. Well, the other qualifiers are qualifiers for the tournament. This qualifier is a qualifier for the American qualifier for the IEM Grand Tournament. Honestly it should still be allowed to stream since there are great players in it, but the American grand finals qualifier will be streamable for sure.
They streamed the one yesterday though.
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On January 09 2012 11:41 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On January 09 2012 11:40 Superiorwolf wrote:On January 09 2012 10:15 Dexington wrote:On January 09 2012 10:11 pHaRSiDE wrote:
TL rejected it from being streamed :-/
"Sorry qualifiers for quallifiers aren't allowed." lol since when? Kinda hypocritical when they let all the other qualifiers be streamed. Well, the other qualifiers are qualifiers for the tournament. This qualifier is a qualifier for the American qualifier for the IEM Grand Tournament. Honestly it should still be allowed to stream since there are great players in it, but the American grand finals qualifier will be streamable for sure. They streamed the one yesterday though.
Ohh hmm that's what you meant.
Hmm then I have no idea haha
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Wait, Ret is at homestory cup but playing in this?
I thought IEM rules were that you have to live in the area of the qualifier -- Ret lives / is in Europe at the moment.
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Ret is actually living at USA right now with his GF, was only in europe for HSC, but is coming back to U.S, thats why he was allowed to play.
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On January 09 2012 13:04 Xeris wrote:
Wait, Ret is at homestory cup but playing in this?
I thought IEM rules were that you have to live in the area of the qualifier -- Ret lives / is in Europe at the moment.
It's okay Xeris, Ret got second, he won't be playing KawaiiRice lol
edit: provided the bracket ends up with the seeds as they are
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Yea bracket seeding will match the seeds listed.
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So 1st place seeds fight 3rd/4th place seeds?
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its 1st vs 16th, 2nd vs 15th and so on.
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Ah I see. Am I 13th seed then?
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On January 09 2012 14:28 Superiorwolf wrote:
Ah I see. Am I 13th seed then?
Which player are you? Sorry your TL name didn't match esl account.
Championship brackets are up though!
View Championship Brackets
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On January 09 2012 13:08 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Ret is actually living at USA right now with his GF, was only in europe for HSC, but is coming back to U.S, thats why he was allowed to play.
Ahh okay :D
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On January 09 2012 18:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:Which player are you? Sorry your TL name didn't match esl account. Championship brackets are up though! View Championship Brackets
GAh! KawaiiRice R1. Shoulda forfeited my matches and try to hit an easier opponent xD (and easier side of brackets too imo!) Ah well this should be a fun event regardless ^^
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will this be streamed tomorrow?
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Also, I sincerely doubt that a bo3 will take 30 minutes...
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This schedule looks really weird -- there are 4 winner bracket rounds, and yet this 2 day schedule only lists 3 (it also says that the Round 2 is winner bracket semis even though it isn't). Also scheduling 30 minutes for 1 round is really unrealistic, I don't think any tournament does this. Minimum of 1 hour per round is standard (you need to account for matches not starting exactly on time, games going longer than expected, etc).
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Woops, read this as IEM Seattle! Too bad... (cough cough wink)
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On January 10 2012 15:46 Xeris wrote:
This schedule looks really weird -- there are 4 winner bracket rounds, and yet this 2 day schedule only lists 3 (it also says that the Round 2 is winner bracket semis even though it isn't). Also scheduling 30 minutes for 1 round is really unrealistic, I don't think any tournament does this. Minimum of 1 hour per round is standard (you need to account for matches not starting exactly on time, games going longer than expected, etc).
The schedule is not meant to be air tight as matches will just be covered as we go. The reason why you see semi finals and finals listed early is because you are not taking into account that its top 2 from winner bracket and top 1 from loser bracket that qualify for Sao Paulo. We do not finish the entire tournament bracket because it is completely unnecessary.
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I lost 0-2 to suppy and I forfeit my loser bracket games.
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-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it.
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Why Kawaii??? 
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On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it.
I'm sorry I tried to play it early but I literally just got back from Germany so I lost.
I couldn't play it the next day at normal start time due to class. I didn't toss it.
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violet/ret/demuslim to go through
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On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it.
Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm
Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though.
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On January 10 2012 20:38 yawnoC wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it. Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though.
Your speaking like you know the situation completely. He/ His manager requested an invite to the tournament BECAUSE of homestory cup, and it wasn't like it was an unforeseen complication. A little weird someone doesn't know their school schedule, so I think I have some rights to be a little annoyed.
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On January 10 2012 20:47 pHaRSiDE wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2012 20:38 yawnoC wrote:On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it. Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though. Your speaking like you know the situation completely. He/ His manager requested an invite to the tournament BECAUSE of homestory cup, and it wasn't like it was an unforeseen complication. A little weird someone doesn't know their school schedule, so I think I have some rights to be a little annoyed.
Eh in the end it is just one match. Its not like he straight up didn't show.
School schedule also change/he could have asked for an invite before he had that knowledge.
I still think you over reacted saying he "tossed it" which, to me atleast, says that you think he THREW his match against suppy and then forfieted because he didn't care(which I don't think KR would do). Maybe I am just reading to much into how you phrased it but that was my inital reaction to it.
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He just got back from HomeStory -- and he has class until 5:30 tomorrow. So we thought that to try to work around it we'd see if Suppy could play last night (which he could), which would allow him to get back home relatively in time for his 2nd round game.
However, he was way too tired to play and he lost. He didn't quit out, he tried to play under his circumstances.
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On January 10 2012 20:47 pHaRSiDE wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2012 20:38 yawnoC wrote:On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it. Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though. Your speaking like you know the situation completely. He/ His manager requested an invite to the tournament BECAUSE of homestory cup, and it wasn't like it was an unforeseen complication. A little weird someone doesn't know their school schedule, so I think I have some rights to be a little annoyed.
well we had no idea of when the champ bracket games were actually being played. The email with the schedule came in yesterday, so I couldn't have known school would conflict.
But honestly any reply I can make is just an excuse at this point.
So, sorry.
If I can get home in time for loser round 1 then I will try to play if you still allow it. I was incredibly frustrated last night and said I'd forfeit.
Thanks
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On January 11 2012 00:36 KawaiiRice wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2012 20:47 pHaRSiDE wrote:On January 10 2012 20:38 yawnoC wrote:On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it. Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though. Your speaking like you know the situation completely. He/ His manager requested an invite to the tournament BECAUSE of homestory cup, and it wasn't like it was an unforeseen complication. A little weird someone doesn't know their school schedule, so I think I have some rights to be a little annoyed. well we had no idea of when the champ bracket games were actually being played. The email with the schedule came in yesterday, so I couldn't have known school would conflict. But honestly any reply I can make is just an excuse at this point. So, sorry. If I can get home in time for loser round 1 then I will try to play if you still allow it. I was incredibly frustrated last night and said I'd forfeit. Thanks
Its water under the bridge at this point. Try to play if you can. I guess Xeris forgot to tell you because I definitely let all the invites know what time the champ bracket was way ahead of time. "This is to announce to you that KawaiiRice does recieve the championship bracket invitation. He will be due to play on the 10th of January starting at 8:00 pm EST. " Was the pm I sent to him on January 3rd, so he probably just forgot to forward the information to you.
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On January 11 2012 02:04 pHaRSiDE wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2012 00:36 KawaiiRice wrote:On January 10 2012 20:47 pHaRSiDE wrote:On January 10 2012 20:38 yawnoC wrote:On January 10 2012 17:41 pHaRSiDE wrote:
-_-....
Gotta love players who get an invite and then toss it...I'm sure others would have made more use of it. Gotta love events that give invites to people who will be out of the country and get back when the event starts be smarter with your invites next time /sarcasm Just because someone is invited doesn't mean things won't come up/complications won't happen. No need to be all upset about it :-/ Obviously KR should have probably given his spot away when he found out he was going to homestory/was getting back if he thought he wouldn't have enough time though. Your speaking like you know the situation completely. He/ His manager requested an invite to the tournament BECAUSE of homestory cup, and it wasn't like it was an unforeseen complication. A little weird someone doesn't know their school schedule, so I think I have some rights to be a little annoyed. well we had no idea of when the champ bracket games were actually being played. The email with the schedule came in yesterday, so I couldn't have known school would conflict. But honestly any reply I can make is just an excuse at this point. So, sorry. If I can get home in time for loser round 1 then I will try to play if you still allow it. I was incredibly frustrated last night and said I'd forfeit. Thanks Its water under the bridge at this point. Try to play if you can. I guess Xeris forgot to tell you because I definitely let all the invites know what time the champ bracket was way ahead of time. "This is to announce to you that KawaiiRice does recieve the championship bracket invitation. He will be due to play on the 10th of January starting at 8:00 pm EST. " Was the pm I sent to him on January 3rd, so he probably just forgot to forward the information to you.
Again, he'd be getting home approximately in time for the 2nd round, it was the first match that was a problem -- so we tried to do it early. That's all. : ) !
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why is stephano allowed to play in this us qualifier?
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On January 11 2012 04:40 Luk_e wrote:
why is stephano allowed to play in this us qualifier?
You are watching the European qualifier.
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Umm I don't think he's in this qualifier . . . ;p You mean ret? Ret is in the USA right now apparently.
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Everyone tune into Day 1, some awesome games!
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gg's demuslim and ret. GL to everyone still remaining and thanks pharside for running this ^^
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is this being streamed live?? where can i watch it i can't seem to find it?
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Important Update
We are proud to announce that it is no longer top 3 players from championship bracket that will be attending Sao Paulo, but instead Top 4 now!
Stay tuned for the finals on Thursday 8:00 pm EST!
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What happened to Drewbie in the qualifiers? He won his two matches on the 4th (one was a walkover, I believe?) but then didn't seem to have played after that, and doesn't show up in the championship bracket?
Watching his stream last night, he lost a match to Everize. Was that a tournament game, or just a coincidence of them meeting on the ladder?
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I don't know what he was playing last night but it wasn't for IEM. he tried to qualify once but failed to. He then also realized he couldn't go to sao paulo if he qualified, so he didn't try again.
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On January 11 2012 22:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Important Update
We are proud to announce that it is no longer top 3 players from championship bracket that will be attending Sao Paulo, but instead Top 4 now!
Stay tuned for the finals on Thursday 8:00 pm EST!
So 2 from lower and 2 from upper now?
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On January 12 2012 03:54 Ryze wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2012 22:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Important Update
We are proud to announce that it is no longer top 3 players from championship bracket that will be attending Sao Paulo, but instead Top 4 now!
Stay tuned for the finals on Thursday 8:00 pm EST! So 2 from lower and 2 from upper now?
Yep
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On January 11 2012 22:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Important Update
We are proud to announce that it is no longer top 3 players from championship bracket that will be attending Sao Paulo, but instead Top 4 now!
Stay tuned for the finals on Thursday 8:00 pm EST!
Why is this the case? Who did lose his spot?
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On January 12 2012 03:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:
I don't know what he was playing last night but it wasn't for IEM. he tried to qualify once but failed to. He then also realized he couldn't go to sao paulo if he qualified, so he didn't try again.
He seemed to be just laddering on his stream last night. Just a coincidence that me ran into him, I guess.
Ok, maybe he was part way through the qualifiers and dropped out when he found out he couldn't go? Axslav and qxc both had walkovers after his last win.
I wonder why he couldn't go, was it timing or visa problems? Would a pro-gamer going down for a tournament be considered 'work'? Brazil is notoriously hard to get work visa's for, particularly Canadians - some friction between our governments, I believe. I was once turned back AT THE AIRPORT in Sao Paulo, i.e. after having flown down.
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Where does the extra spot come from?
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I think the extra spot comes from Asia afaik
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Another Chinese player cannot attend so the extra spot goes to this tournament?!?!?!?
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It was originally going to be 4 Koreans, but now its down to 3. The asia spot is still up, but it could change if they can't send anyone. Most likely another European will get a shot.
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Be sure to tune in tonight to see which 4 players will qualify for Sao Paulo!
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This will be epic, but uunfortunately I am going to be napping
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On January 12 2012 06:54 pHaRSiDE wrote:
It was originally going to be 4 Koreans, but now its down to 3. The asia spot is still up, but it could change if they can't send anyone. Most likely another European will get a shot.
North America was supposed to get 4 slots all along (3 was a mistake which we later corrected). In Intel Extreme Masters the host continent receives 50% of the slots. For several reasons we see both Americas as one region so 4 slots went to SA and 4 went to NA.
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Go go Demuslim! UK hwaiting, Violet will be a tough opponent though.
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On January 13 2012 07:36 Carmac wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2012 06:54 pHaRSiDE wrote:
It was originally going to be 4 Koreans, but now its down to 3. The asia spot is still up, but it could change if they can't send anyone. Most likely another European will get a shot. North America was supposed to get 4 slots all along (3 was a mistake which we later corrected). In Intel Extreme Masters the host continent receives 50% of the slots. For several reasons we see both Americas as one region so 4 slots went to SA and 4 went to NA.
Ah ok, so the 4 korean invite was a typo on the website. I think this happened because NYC was was 4 korean invites.
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The qualifier just startet on ESL.TV with Bitterdam. First game DeMusliM vs. viOLet.
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guess Demu is now german? 
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Demuslim < > Violet coming up!
Game 1 on Dual Sight
Haven´t seen games of Demuslim in a long time, hope he can qualify!
On January 13 2012 10:20 amazingoopah wrote:guess Demu is now german?
Rotti just explained  He lived in Germany and participated in the German ESL Series, so his ESL account has the German flag. Or something like that...
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His german flag is stuck like that becuase he became ESL Trusted in Germany, and once you do that you cannot change your flag without a high Core Admin changing it.
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Auch, looked so good for a short period...
+ Show Spoiler [Results Demuslim - Violet] +
By the way, a bit sad that ESL don´t have a overlay. So often I tune in a match and have to wait till they talk about the standing. There are very nice overlays with place for Map/Bo?/Event. Some don´t even cover the supply count in the middle.
And in Game 3 the Player colours are Demuslim red - Violet yellow but since they switched to blue/red in game, Demuslim is blue and Violet red.
Well I guess that sound a bit more critic that it´s meant to be ^^
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wow idra gg timing lol...O_O
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On January 13 2012 10:57 DMXD wrote:
wow idra gg timing lol...O_O
No, it was over ... sucks tho TT
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God i was so glad when Rotterdam just said there are more Bo5s tonight just tuned in to the end of Qcx vs Axslav which made me pumped for more games!
Also Mr.Bitter & Rotterdamn you two make a great casting duo
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Grats to Violet and qxc so far. qxc gets his second IEM event in a row.
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MrBitter is looking kind of tired... :D
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Am I right in my assumption that they wont play till the bracket is finished, but rather play till the 4 players qualified?
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On January 13 2012 12:32 WaZuP wrote:
Am I right in my assumption that they wont play till the bracket is finished, but rather play till the 4 players qualified?
Probably.
Illusion forcing out some Demuslim rage.
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Hmm, a bit of Idra rubbing off on Demuslim.
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Ah good old smack talk really spices up the games.
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Demuslim seems frustrated
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Demuslim needs to focus, he's getting embarrassed right now.
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Oh crap, I refreshed the stream and got an error (code 005). Great timing.
Edit: Closing and re-opening chrome worked. ^_^
Congratulation to Illusion. Very impressive. Demu' didn't give me an answer to why so many insists on mentioning him when the subject top foreigner/EU terrans comes up.
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Looks like Demu got fed up with that game lol
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On January 13 2012 12:35 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 12:32 WaZuP wrote:
Am I right in my assumption that they wont play till the bracket is finished, but rather play till the 4 players qualified? Probably. Illusion forcing out some Demuslim rage.
next set is the final one of the day so actually they wont play out the bracket sadly...
loved the rage of demuslim too but gratz to illusion to hit a IEM event at such young age
next game will be so good, gogo zerg dutchman !
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Illusion too sick, I love Demuslim too but Illusion is my favorite.
He's gonna tear up Sao Paolo!
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Wow, what an impressive showing by Illusion. Really starting to become a fan of his.
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Immortal good unit. That was sick.
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lol this pvz is a slug match. I bet ret is so pissed.
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Too many mistakes from Axslav, letting those runbys happen.
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So many Zergs so far. 7/12 players.
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Illusion getting some much deserved attention :D
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An south american event without any player from south or latin america. let`s hope enough live audience is attending. gogo ret
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On January 13 2012 17:12 zul wrote:An south american event without any player from south or latin america. let`s hope enough live audience is attending. gogo ret
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This is just the North American qualifier. SA already played their qualifiers iirc. or something like that.
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Any VOD of the stream? I'd love to watch some of the games ^^
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Yes, VODs please, didnt get to catch the original casting, would love to watch it.
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When are the Korean qualifiers?
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On January 29 2012 01:23 Chriscras wrote:
When are the Korean qualifiers?
I don't think there will be any. IEM usually invites players from South Korea due to scheduling difficulties with GSL. Also, there have been doubts on whether enough Koreans want to come because of the long and expansive flights.
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On January 29 2012 01:30 DAFNE wrote:I don't think there will be any. IEM usually invites players from South Korea due to scheduling difficulties with GSL. Also, there have been doubts on whether enough Koreans want to come because of the long and expansive flights.
Yeah Korea to Sao Paulo must be something like a 20 hour flight
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