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Intel® Extreme Masters has a long-standing relationship with StarCraft® II and we thrilled to once again welcome world's top players to the city of Katowice to compete for the coveted trophy, and a lion's share of the US$400,000 prize pool.
Below, you'll find everything you need to know about qualifying and playing at the tournament.
Online Qualifiers
here will be 4 global qualifiers, all consisting of 2 stages. 11 players who will top the second stages of the qualifiers will be invited to the group stage (Ro24):
- 3 from KR qualifier #1
- 2 from KR qualifier #2
- 3 from EU Qualifier
- 3 from NA qualifier
*All qualifiers are open to all participants, with no regional restrictions regarding citizenship or residence, but they will be held in the Battle.net regions they are announced. KR = Asia, EU = Europe, NA = Americas.
How will the Qualifiers work:
Stage 1 - Open for all
- Single elimination bracket - Bo3
- Deciding matches (Ro16) - Bo5 (top 8 qualify to the closed qualifier)
Stage 2 - 16 players (8 qualified from stage 1, 8 from regional WCS results (Blizzcon, then WCS points): Asia+Oceania / Europe+Africa / Americas
- Double elimination bracket - Bo3
- Deciding matches - Bo5 (top 3 qualify to the main event group stages (Ro24))
Sign up Links:
Asia server qualifier #1 - >>>SIGN UP<<<
Asia server qualifier #2 - >>>SIGN UP<<<
Europe server qualifier - >>>SIGN UP<<<
Americas server qualifier - >>>SIGN UP<<<
Important: This Qualifier will be played on the "old" mappool, which includes Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Odyssey and Battle on the Boardwalk
Coverage:
Questions regarding eligibility:
As stated in the official announcement "All qualifiers are open to all participants, with no regional restrictions.", but, the qualifiers will be played on the announced Battle.net regions.
 IEM Season XII - World Championship
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Starting literally next week? Wow that's soon.
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Bit early for a tournament in March, isn't it?
Well, February 26 to be exact, but that's still two full months in advance.
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Yep as expected, one spot less for South Korea server because of Rogue.
I hope that JinAir will bring his players even if they fail to qualify, not like last year.
pvsnp : Just like last year, so players who didnt pass the online qualifiers can book cheap flights.
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On December 27 2017 07:20 DieuCure wrote:
Yep as expected, one spot less for South Korea server because of Rogue.
I hope that JinAir will bring his players even if they fail to qualify, not like last year.
pvsnp : Just like last year, so players who didnt pass the online qualifiers can book cheap flights.
Last year the qualifiers didn't start until January 25. This year the qualifiers finish on January 23.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_XI_-_World_Championship/Server_Qualifiers/Europe
Perhaps you meant ESL is learning from last year?
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I thought it was sooner, my memory is apparently failing.
Otherwise, yes it is an improvement proposed there.
Maybe because of DH Leipzig.
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Hopefully a lot of the koreans can get through the NA/EU qualifiers as well
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Is there going to be stream?
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On January 02 2018 11:37 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Is there going to be stream?
ToD is going to Poland to cast with Wardi. That will probably just be for day 2 since he was saying he didn't understand flying him out to cast for just one day.
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so there is no stream today?
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Australia18228 Posts
Mass repair vs shield batteries lol
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...three streams and they're all casting MMA vs Nice.
edit: Also poor DnS. Keeps on meeting Bunny in every tournament.
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Australia18228 Posts
RU caster is doing Scarlett-Impact
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I see a KR and RU stream but no ENG stream up
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I wonder if using the AOE anti-air mode wouldn't be better if you're using the armor reduction missile as well
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