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The very first WCS Global event of the year 2017 is here, Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice, a tournament featuring 76 total players, $250.000,00 in prize and a format last seen on IEMs in the 7th season.
The first day of action will include the games from the Brackets 1 and 2, featuring 32 contenders to join the already 12 players defined for the group stage.
Round of 64 - Day 1 -
Players on Bracket #1:  Stats,  Xaoras, DnS, DaNa, TLO, Mamba,  Damrud, Bly, Harstem,  Gauss, Kashim, Matrix, Lambo, Elroye,  Dragon, Snute
Players on Bracket #2: Elazer,  Ziggy, Matiz, SouL, Dayshi, Optimus, HateMe, HeRoMaRinE, SortOf, Chess, RoRrO, PiLiPiLi, Zanster, Sevnin, Legho, uThermal
Schedule for Day 1* 10:30AM Preshow
11:00AM Ro64 Bracket I
12:10PM Ro64 Bracket I
01:20PM Ro64 Bracket I
02:30PM Ro64 Bracket I
03:40PM Ro64 Bracket I
04:50PM Ro64 Bracket I
06:05PM Ro64 Bracket II
07:15PM Ro64 Bracket II
08:25PM Ro64 Bracket II
09:30PM Ro64 Bracket II
*All times are in CET, local time. Matches will be play continuously, starting time may vary.
Broadcasting
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Will this be streamed with full production, or just some nerds in a basement?
And wow, there is a Czech stream? There are any Czech people casting SC2? Why nobody asked me? 
And one more topic of conversation: who the hell is Sinistro and how come he saves e-sports with 300 posts while the 5-figure slackers just watch? Way to go man!
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CZ/SK stream must be a new thing, didn't see it before either - I'll most likely stick to classic ENG cast but good to know ESL is thinking about our part of the world.
to the brackets - expecting Stats(duh) and either Harstem or Snute(also duh) to qualify
anything else would be a huge surprise
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Someone taking my job...not sure whether to cry with joy or be scared !!
Thanks for the thread Sinistro hit me up on PMs if you need any help or if you can't do the rest of the days.
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On February 27 2017 02:57 opisska wrote:Will this be streamed with full production, or just some nerds in a basement? And wow, there is a Czech stream? There are any Czech people casting SC2? Why nobody asked me? And one more topic of conversation: who the hell is Sinistro and how come he saves e-sports with 300 posts while the 5-figure slackers just watch? Way to go man!
Pande is a 5 figure guy. He does enough to cover the rest of us. 
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On February 27 2017 02:57 opisska wrote:
Will this be streamed with full production, or just some nerds in a basement?
I think the first games are in the ESL studio and then the weekend games are on the main stage?
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bracket 1- Stats, Snute, Harstem(?)
bracket 2- uthermal, Elazer, SortOf(?)
bracket 3- Nerchio, jjalki, Losira
bracket 4- Patience, Ryung, Ptitdrogo
ez picks
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On February 27 2017 04:35 Phredxor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2017 02:57 opisska wrote:Will this be streamed with full production, or just some nerds in a basement? And wow, there is a Czech stream? There are any Czech people casting SC2? Why nobody asked me? And one more topic of conversation: who the hell is Sinistro and how come he saves e-sports with 300 posts while the 5-figure slackers just watch? Way to go man! Pande is a 5 figure guy. He does enough to cover the rest of us.
I was gonna post it but then it was already done. I was debating of what kind of thread to do for the qualifiers but hey someone did it we all happy!
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On February 27 2017 05:35 Fango wrote:
bracket 1- Stats, Snute, Harstem(?)
bracket 2- uthermal, Elazer, SortOf(?)
bracket 3- Nerchio, jjalki, Losira
bracket 4- Patience, Ryung, Ptitdrogo
ez picks
Not predicting gumiho is bold
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On February 27 2017 06:30 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2017 05:35 Fango wrote:
bracket 1- Stats, Snute, Harstem(?)
bracket 2- uthermal, Elazer, SortOf(?)
bracket 3- Nerchio, jjalki, Losira
bracket 4- Patience, Ryung, Ptitdrogo
ez picks Not predicting gumiho is bold
Yeah i would think Gumiho and Bunny can both qualify over Losira, maybe over Nerchio too
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United States97276 Posts
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just never-ending terrible times for NA East ><
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On February 27 2017 05:37 Pandemona wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2017 04:35 Phredxor wrote:On February 27 2017 02:57 opisska wrote:Will this be streamed with full production, or just some nerds in a basement? And wow, there is a Czech stream? There are any Czech people casting SC2? Why nobody asked me? And one more topic of conversation: who the hell is Sinistro and how come he saves e-sports with 300 posts while the 5-figure slackers just watch? Way to go man! Pande is a 5 figure guy. He does enough to cover the rest of us. I was gonna post it but then it was already done. I was debating of what kind of thread to do for the qualifiers but hey someone did it we all happy!
Sorry, I just didn't see anything done to the event and made one (events submission too, but that is another story). The CZ info was on liquipedia, I believe it is right, or maybe whoever did that just copy/pasted the template from somewhere else.
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Nothing personal against Stats but I really hope he gets knocked out early.
He's in the GSL semifinals already; he doesn't need to do well at Katowice nearly as much as a ton of other players do.
Same goes for Ryung.
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Can someone explain how these qualifiers work? In particular, why do some people have to go through a server qualifier while others go through this offline qualifier? Can they do both?
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On February 27 2017 17:57 paralleluniverse wrote:
Can someone explain how these qualifiers work? In particular, why do some people have to go through a server qualifier while others go through this offline qualifier? Can they do both?
In theory you could do both, but realistically it's better to qualify through the online (server) qualifiers, because qualifying through those means you get paid travel and accommodation while your or you team have to pay the expenses if you go to the offline qualifiers. People who go through the offline qualifiers are mostly those who didn't make it online.
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On February 27 2017 18:12 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2017 17:57 paralleluniverse wrote:
Can someone explain how these qualifiers work? In particular, why do some people have to go through a server qualifier while others go through this offline qualifier? Can they do both? In theory you could do both, but realistically it's better to qualify through the online (server) qualifiers, because qualifying through those means you get paid travel and accommodation while your or you team have to pay the expenses if you go to the offline qualifiers. People who go through the offline qualifiers are mostly those who didn't make it online.
How is it that Jin Air players didn't get flown to Katowice?
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On February 27 2017 18:24 Alucen-Will- wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2017 18:12 Elentos wrote:On February 27 2017 17:57 paralleluniverse wrote:
Can someone explain how these qualifiers work? In particular, why do some people have to go through a server qualifier while others go through this offline qualifier? Can they do both? In theory you could do both, but realistically it's better to qualify through the online (server) qualifiers, because qualifying through those means you get paid travel and accommodation while your or you team have to pay the expenses if you go to the offline qualifiers. People who go through the offline qualifiers are mostly those who didn't make it online. How is it that Jin Air players didn't get flown to Katowice?
Hell if I know. Maybe Jin Air didn't feel like covering the travel expenses.
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Sucks. Without proleague I can't really get my Rogue and Cure dose of play.
Who knows what the hell they are up to
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On February 27 2017 18:28 Alucen-Will- wrote:
Sucks. Without proleague I can't really get my Rogue and Cure dose of play.
Who knows what the hell they are up to
Rogue streams every now and then.
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