On February 23 2013 03:33 IntelEM wrote:
Hello TeamLiquid,

Today we had to announce a replacement for the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. Since Symbol advanced to the Ro4 in the GSL Code S, he informed us that he would not participate. His replacement will be the next in line player from the season ranking. YoDa.

just need one more player to drop out so MKP can come haha :D

ShroudeD

Greece1333 Posts

February 22 2013 21:06 GMT

#45

Honestly Mvp should really get out of that group only losing to stephano.I'm really worried anyway though

Luepert

United States1934 Posts

February 22 2013 21:13 GMT

#46

Glad yoda got a spot. Expecting a good performance out of IM. IEM is kind of their thing now, MVP, First, and their LoL squad have each won an IEM.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 22 2013 21:14 GMT

#47

On February 23 2013 05:28 opterown wrote:

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just need one more player to drop out so MKP can come haha :D

Blame PartinG for losing to Curious.

WinterTV

United States297 Posts

February 23 2013 12:50 GMT

#48

Aside from the race distribution... the groups seem to be shaping up for an excellent event!

Mariosatr

294 Posts

February 23 2013 12:51 GMT

#49

Group A
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LucifroN 4-1
PartinG 3-2
YongHwa 3-2
Nerchio 2-3
sLivko 2-3
HasuObs 1-4

Group B
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Kas 5-0
MC 4-1
YoDa 3-2
First 2-3
Ret 1-4
XlorD 0-5 (not hating, he is one of my favourite players, but him and Ret are screwed for sure in this group)

Group C
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Sting 4-1
viOLet 4-1
VortiX 4-1 (bias obviously)
Snute 2-3
MaNa 1-4
Socke 0-5 (if turns up in bad shape, but this could easily be turned on its head)

Group D
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Mvp 5-0 (he 3-0'd Curious, is that not enough for you)
Dream 4-1
Stephano 2-3
Grubby 2-3
TLO 2-3
Golden 0-5

llIH

Norway2147 Posts

February 23 2013 12:53 GMT

#50

This is going to be one hell of a great tournament!

azzih

Germany98 Posts

February 23 2013 12:57 GMT

#51

Oha groups are pretty stacked, especially group D. But i think TLO can make it out of his group. His HOTS play is good, and i think the koreans didnt practice that much in the new addon yet. Golden and MVP wont make it out of their group.

Curufinwe Feanor

Brazil91 Posts

February 23 2013 13:14 GMT

#52

On February 21 2013 01:06 SpikeStarcraft wrote:
i think zergs like vortix, snute, xlord, ret, tlo and slivko wont win a lot of games anyway if any at all. so after the group stage the racial distribution should be quite even again.

Korean racial distribution is 4P - 3Z - 3T... and thats what will actually matter for the playoffs. maybe +stephano

You can count Lucifron.... hes Code S level

Grovbolle

Denmark3813 Posts

February 23 2013 13:15 GMT

#53

Please remember that these predictions are mainly based on WoL games, so don't crucify me when they are wrong (which they most likely will be)
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                    1st      2nd      3rd      4th      5th      6th    
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     PartinG     44.31%   23.50%   13.86%    9.64%    5.63%    3.05%    
    LucifroN     22.95%   23.07%   20.29%   15.25%   11.99%    6.46%    
     Yonghwa     14.21%   19.62%   20.41%   17.75%   15.90%   12.11%    
     Nerchio      7.68%   13.53%   16.74%   19.63%   21.74%   20.67%    
      sLivko      5.63%   11.36%   14.51%   19.29%   22.11%   27.10%    
     HasuObs      5.22%    8.92%   14.19%   18.44%   22.63%   30.61%

Estimated by Aligulac. Make another.

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                 1st      2nd      3rd      4th      5th      6th    
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    First     34.53%   23.03%   17.83%   13.67%    7.32%    3.62%    
      Kas     22.13%   21.56%   19.60%   17.25%   12.94%    6.52%    
     YoDa     19.47%   21.07%   21.05%   19.22%   13.04%    6.15%    
       MC     18.03%   22.34%   21.05%   17.81%   12.79%    7.98%    
    XlorD      4.47%    8.24%   13.77%   19.26%   29.12%   25.14%    
      Ret      1.37%    3.75%    6.70%   12.79%   24.79%   50.60%

Estimated by Aligulac. Make another.

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                  1st      2nd      3rd      4th      5th      6th    
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    viOLet     37.39%   25.35%   16.59%   10.85%    7.11%    2.72%    
    VortiX     28.93%   25.68%   18.50%   15.06%    7.87%    3.97%    
     Snute     15.20%   19.56%   21.87%   17.37%   16.27%    9.72%    
     Sting     12.41%   15.62%   20.08%   19.24%   18.48%   14.17%    
     Socke      3.42%    6.83%   10.60%   18.24%   24.76%   36.14%    
      MaNa      2.65%    6.96%   12.36%   19.23%   25.51%   33.28%

Estimated by Aligulac. Make another.

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                    1st      2nd      3rd      4th      5th      6th    
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    Stephano     35.87%   22.72%   16.87%   11.74%    8.02%    4.78%    
       Dream     19.89%   20.46%   17.89%   16.64%   14.63%   10.49%    
         Mvp     16.43%   18.38%   18.55%   18.14%   15.07%   13.44%    
         TLO     12.19%   16.62%   17.40%   17.26%   17.99%   18.53%    
      Golden      9.22%   11.57%   14.95%   19.33%   20.06%   24.85%    
      Grubby      6.40%   10.25%   14.34%   16.88%   24.22%   27.91%

Estimated by Aligulac. Make another.

TAMinator

Australia2706 Posts

February 23 2013 13:21 GMT

#54

Group D gonna break a lot of hearts for sure

Apack

Canada159 Posts

February 23 2013 13:23 GMT

#55

What the fuck these groups are all really tough

Chloroplaste

France281 Posts

February 23 2013 13:35 GMT

#56

Even if I'm a huge fan of Symbol it's nice to see more beasty Terran and Yoda will do well in my opinion !

Paragleiber

413 Posts

February 23 2013 13:38 GMT

#57

On February 21 2013 00:54 Eviscerador wrote:
Good, they put the Duran brothers apart... finally.

They are always apart in the group stage, so they can meet early in the bracket.

Lysanias

Netherlands8351 Posts

February 23 2013 13:48 GMT

#58

Intresting groups, basicly all koreans to go through. Also nice to see MVP in a IEM again. Wonder though what MVP we get to see

Maybe Stephano/Grubby/TLO/Kas for the upsets, depending on there form.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

February 23 2013 13:58 GMT

#59

Decent Terran presence. Not bad :D

Cattlecruiser

United States340 Posts

February 23 2013 14:10 GMT

#60

On February 23 2013 22:14 Curufinwe Feanor wrote:

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You can count Lucifron.... hes Code S level

In what way is he even Code A level?
Stephano is in the U&D and you think Lucifron is Code S?

Anyways exciting event, looking forward to watching meta develop in HoTS.
Will this tournament have a Fruitdealer winning?