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ESL released the groups* for the upcomming World Championship.
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Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will see the 24 best StarCraft II players of the Season 2012-13 competing for the win. Since gamescom in August 2012 these players have played all over the globe in order to qualify for the World Championship, which will take place from the 5-9th of March at CeBIT in Hanover.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VII_-_World_Championship
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will feature a total cash prize of $250,000 for League of Legends and StarCraft II. Players and teams from all over the world have qualified through the various stops around the globe and will clash at CeBIT, Hanover, March 5th to 9th.
Source: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/215306/
Map pool: Antiga Shipard, Akilon Flats, Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak,
Entombed Valley, Metropolis, NewKirk District, Ohana, and Star Station.
Hosts and casters:
Host - Rachel 'SeltzerPlease' Quirico
Co-Host - Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner
Caster - James 'Kaelaris' Carrol
Caster - Shaun 'Apollo' Clark
Caster - Yoan 'ToD' Merlo
Analysis Host - John 'JoRoSaR' Sargent
Expert - Kevin 'qxc' Riley
Expert - Kevin 'Harstem' de Koning
Observer - Michael 'Adebisi' Van Driel
Update: Schedule released
5th of March from 9:30 CET
StarCraft II Group A & B
6th of March from 9:30 CET
StarCraft II Group C
7th of March from 9:30 CET
StarCraft II Group D
8th of March from 9:30 CET
StarCraft II Play-offs Day 1
9th of March from 9:10 CET
StarCraft II Play-offs Day 2
Source: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hannover/news/215528/
*Yoda replaces Symbol
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. WE have also released our schedule for the event - http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hannover/news/215528/If you have any questions, Always feel free to message this account Here on TL or ask on on Twitter aT @IEM Have a Great Weekend!
New invites will be determined by ESL's ranking points, in case more players drop out of the tournament.
You can see the rankings here: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/ranking/
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Stephano set up for murder O.o
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Why did they put Grubby and Stephano in the same group, Grubby can't win versus Stephano, ever.
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Even with Mvps abysmal record against Zerg lately, Dream should be his biggest problem. Kid is insanely good.
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Good, they put the Duran brothers apart... finally.
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GROUP A group of death only 2 zergs =D
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Oh God I hope Mvp does well, or at least show some good form. He worries me =/
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5 terrans out of 24 players, owch. The golden age is long gone 
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Go MVP and MC!!! Bring home the championship!
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Groups are more stacked than an Oreo cake inside a Double Down inside a Quadruple Bypass burger (now there's an idea for Epic Meal Time, hehe)
Holy shit. o0;;
LucifroN, Snute, Mvp and Grubby plz advance TT_TT
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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
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i kinda miss IdrA at these events
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On February 21 2013 01:06 xChromaticx wrote:
i kinda miss IdrA at these events
Why? He'd go out in group stages very much expectedly and flame wars would ensue between rabid fanbois and people who hate IdrA... I guess if you like the shitstorms then yea...
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Group A:
1. PartinG
2. YongHwa
3. HasuObs
Group B:
1. Symbol
2. MC
3. Kas
Group C:
1. Socke
2. viOLet
3. Snute
Group D:
1. Dream
2. Stephano
3. Grubby/TLO
Edit: Symbol will be replaced by YoDa. Therefore, my prediction for group B will be as follows:
1. First
2. YoDa
3. MC
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Bisutopia19240 Posts
Parting should be able to 1A his group. That makes me happy.
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On February 21 2013 00:59 Nekovivie wrote:5 terrans out of 24 players, owch. The golden age is long gone
They took HomestoryCup inside the ranking, so there is more zerg than I thought.
But remember this is HOTS and there are many good player of each race.
I think it will be a very hard times for the zergs.
Sick groups of death !
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A: Parting/YongHwa/Nerchio
B: MC/Symbol/First
C: Sting/Violet/Vortix
D: Golden/Mvp/Dream
Pretty easy to call :>
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Any news on this universal ranking (IEM, DH, MLG) and the way it works ?
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On February 21 2013 01:08 JOJOsc2news wrote:
Group A:
1. PartinG
2. YongHwa
3. HasuObs
Group B:
1. Symbol
2. MC
3. Kas
Group C:
1. Socke
2. viOLet
3. Snute
Group D:
1. Dream
2. Stephano
3. Grubby/TLO
You haven't watched Mvp - Curious, have you? he will slay more nerds in Hanover
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On February 21 2013 01:20 krutopatkin wrote:
A: Parting/YongHwa/Nerchio
B: MC/Symbol/First
C: Sting/Violet/Vortix
D: Golden/Mvp/Dream
Pretty easy to call :>
These would be the favorites if it was not Hots.
Alas, it is. And Hots is far less balanced than WoL currently. Also, we dont know who practiced how much Hots.
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On February 21 2013 01:26 LeLfe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:08 JOJOsc2news wrote:
Group A:
1. PartinG
2. YongHwa
3. HasuObs
Group B:
1. Symbol
2. MC
3. Kas
Group C:
1. Socke
2. viOLet
3. Snute
Group D:
1. Dream
2. Stephano
3. Grubby/TLO You haven't watched Mvp - Curious, have you? he will slay more nerds in Hanover
Gotta make some bold predictions. Otherwise it's no fun to say "I called this, guys... hello... guys... look! I called this!"
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On February 21 2013 01:24 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
Any news on this universal ranking (IEM, DH, MLG) and the way it works ?
Yeah i wanna hear more about this. Kinda feeling like it might not happen at all, but let's see
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
pretty sure there will be a lot of upsets here hehe
personally i am hoping 2-3 players drop out and they offer MKP a spot (he's 10 points away) :p far-fetched, but possible!
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Group A: PartinG/Yonghwa/LucifroN - potential upset: Yonghwa chokes once again and doesn't make it/sLivko shows that Zerg can still turtle and win/HasuObs profits from his huge amount of HotS experience/LucifroN still can't beat Protoss after two more weeks of practice
Group B: MC/First/Kas - potential upset: Symbol starts to win ZvZs and again and finally manages to straighten out his 2-6 record against Kas/Kas hasn't practiced HotS enough/Ret decides not to play badly/Xlord overcomes balance
Group C: Sting/viOlet/Snute - potential ways this won't come true: VortiX can win ZvPs again and not only ZvZs/ MaNa can win PvZs if he doesn't face Bly/Socke plays better than I expect him to/Zerg sucks even more than everyone says
Group D: Dream/Mvp/Stephano - potential ways my plans are foiled: Grubby can suddenly beat Stephano with his new HotS powers/Golden plays 10000x better than in Katowice/TLO manages to somehow win games/Stephano has too little HotS training due to Proleague/GSL or gets drunk on his flight and the day after
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Group A: PartinG, YongHwa, LucifroN. PartinG is the best player out of the group, with the best results, and YongHwa is still a good choice and can show glimpses of brilliance. LucifroN has been playing much better than Nerchio recently, and could even upset the Korean Protosses.
Group B: Symbol, MC, First. Symbol is arguably the best player in this group, and he has beaten MC in the past decisively. MC is just better than First result-wise, and First hasn't really been the same after IEM.
Group C: viOLet, VortiX, Sting. I would say viOLet is the best player in the group, and VortiX is consistent and strong. Sting will end up tightroping this.
Group D: Stephano, Dream, Golden. Should be an easy group for Stephano because no one is really scarier than him. Dream is a damn good player, and Golden has shown some good play occasionally. Sorry Mvp, but I don't think you are going past this one.
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I'll be excited to see viOLet playing HotS. Feel like I haven't seen him play much of it, though i'm sure that's what hes' been practicing primarily. Either way, as long as MVP and viOLet get far, i'll consider this a great tournament =)
+ Show Spoiler + though i'm sure it'll be very fun regardless hehe
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On February 21 2013 11:01 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Group A: PartinG, YongHwa, LucifroN. PartinG is the best player out of the group, with the best results, and YongHwa is still a good choice and can show glimpses of brilliance. LucifroN has been playing much better than Nerchio recently, and could even upset the Korean Protosses.
Group B: Symbol, MC, First. Symbol is arguably the best player in this group, and he has beaten MC in the past decisively. MC is just better than First result-wise, and First hasn't really been the same after IEM.
Group C: viOLet, VortiX, Sting. I would say viOLet is the best player in the group, and VortiX is consistent and strong. Sting will end up tightroping this.
Group D: Stephano, Dream, Golden. Should be an easy group for Stephano because no one is really scarier than him. Dream is a damn good player, and Golden has shown some good play occasionally. Sorry Mvp, but I don't think you are going past this one.
It's hots where mech is really strong and mvp's speciality is mech...so ye mvp will win because hellbats!!!
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On February 21 2013 11:01 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Group A: PartinG, YongHwa, LucifroN. PartinG is the best player out of the group, with the best results, and YongHwa is still a good choice and can show glimpses of brilliance. LucifroN has been playing much better than Nerchio recently, and could even upset the Korean Protosses.
Group B: Symbol, MC, First. Symbol is arguably the best player in this group, and he has beaten MC in the past decisively. MC is just better than First result-wise, and First hasn't really been the same after IEM.
Group C: viOLet, VortiX, Sting. I would say viOLet is the best player in the group, and VortiX is consistent and strong. Sting will end up tightroping this.
Group D: Stephano, Dream, Golden. Should be an easy group for Stephano because no one is really scarier than him. Dream is a damn good player, and Golden has shown some good play occasionally. Sorry Mvp, but I don't think you are going past this one.
You're not taking balance into account. If this was WoL, I'd agree completely.
This is HotS.
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Since it's HotS expect Zergs to struggle. Terran's seem to be having a great time early game vs Zerg, and late game PvZ tilts in Protoss favor due to skytoss.
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Oh god, every group looks like death.
Guessing time!
A: PartinG, YongHwa, LucifroN, Nerchio, HasuObs, sLivKo.
B: First, Kas, MC, Symbol, XlorD, Ret.
C: viOLet, VortiX, MaNa, Socke, Sting, Snute.
D: Stephano, Dream, TLO, Grubby, Mvp, Golden.
This is based purely on WoL speculation, as well as assuming Mvp is still injured. If he isn't though...
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MVP vs Parting finals please.
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Group A: HasuObs, Lucifron, YoungHwa/unknown. Even though Parting is a huge favourite even without much practice in HOTS, I highly doubt he will make it to the event. I'm anticipating him cancelling due to GSL. Even if he does make it to the event, he should be the one with the least practice in HOTS and could get surprised. It's really hard to pick a zerg to get out of any group.
Group B: First, Kas, MC/ret: If MC gets further in GSL he won't make it through and It'll be one of the zergs since the rest of the groups are zerg(in which case I believe ret is the stronger of them in this group). If he loses to RoRo which I think he will, he will make it through. He will do it with a bunch of 2 base all-ins like he used to play all the time in 2011 and will just incorporate the mothership core making it even stronger than before. Again. I am assuming that they're all playing a lot of HOTS except MC.
Group C: Sting, Violet, Mana: Sting is so strong and will destroy this group easily. I'm actually picking violet over socke because violet's a baller and I feel he is a much stronger player than the others.
Group D: MVP, Dream, Grubby: Again, It's incredibly hard to pick a zergs beating any of these players.
Unfortuantely I do have some zerg bias but it is known that zerg is weaker in HOTS(at least for now until people start figuring things out more). So when looking at the groups, I just find it hard to see them winning at such a high level of play.
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United States97276 Posts
Group B would have been the Group of death in WoL. idk enough about everyone in HoTS to say now
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On February 21 2013 00:59 Nekovivie wrote:5 terrans out of 24 players, owch. The golden age is long gone
At least they made sure there was a Terran in each group... Unlike Blizzerg cup, putting all the Terran players in one group... Oh wait...
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Germany128 Posts
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.
We have also released our schedule for the event - http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hannover/news/215528/
If you have any questions, always feel free to message this account here on TL or ask on Twitter at @IEM
Have a great weekend!
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United States97276 Posts
Cool to see YoDa going. He will probably have practiced more HoTS than Symbol anyways so hopefully this will result in good games.
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IEM will be an IM party :D
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On February 21 2013 03:37 SmoKim wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:24 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
Any news on this universal ranking (IEM, DH, MLG) and the way it works ? Yeah i wanna hear more about this. Kinda feeling like it might not happen at all, but let's see
Yeah same feelings, a shame because the idea sounds awesome.
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On February 23 2013 03:43 KalWarkov wrote:
IEM will be an IM party :D
LG-IEM
I'm happy with the replacement, gogo Yoda 
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Surprised ret is still in these (sorry ret :/ )
Also all dem zergs
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It's going to be ugly . I predict a lot of balance whine on the LR threads 
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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
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Honestly Mvp should really get out of that group only losing to stephano.I'm really worried anyway though
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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.
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On February 23 2013 05:28 opterown wrote:Show nested quote +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
Blame PartinG for losing to Curious.
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Aside from the race distribution... the groups seem to be shaping up for an excellent event!
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Group A
+ Show Spoiler +LucifroN 4-1
PartinG 3-2
YongHwa 3-2
Nerchio 2-3
sLivko 2-3
HasuObs 1-4
Group B
+ Show Spoiler +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
+ Show Spoiler +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
+ Show Spoiler +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
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This is going to be one hell of a great tournament!
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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.
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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
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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)
+ Show Spoiler [Group A] + 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%
+ Show Spoiler [Group B] + 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%
+ Show Spoiler [Group C] + 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%
+ Show Spoiler [Group D] + 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%
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Group D gonna break a lot of hearts for sure
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What the fuck these groups are all really tough
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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 !
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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.
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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.
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Decent Terran presence. Not bad :D
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On February 23 2013 22:14 Curufinwe Feanor wrote:Show nested quote +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
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?
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
On February 21 2013 10:26 opterown wrote:
pretty sure there will be a lot of upsets here hehe
personally i am hoping 2-3 players drop out and they offer MKP a spot (he's 10 points away) :p far-fetched, but possible!
give me MarineKing! :3
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These groups look sick. I am REALLY looking forward to this event B-)
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Germany128 Posts
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Being a hugh viOLet fan, I'm pretty happy with those groups.
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My predictions:
Group A: 1. Parting 2. Yonghwa 3. Nerchio
Group B: 1. MC 2. First 3. Kas
Group C: 1. Violet 2. Sting 3. Vortix
Group D: 1. Dream 2. Stephano 3. Golden
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Dream or possibly Lucifron to win it all.
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Since they will play the awesome balanced Hots...i guess there will be almost no Zerg who makes it out of his group. And...i forsee a Protoss to win it all. I would like to see Grubby getting his first Victory *yeah...eat an almighty Toss All-In Stephano*, but i guess it will be MC or Parting.
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I thought hots beta was shutting down on march 1st? unless they're allowing for special exception for iem
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On February 24 2013 00:25 stew_ wrote:
I thought hots beta was shutting down on march 1st? unless they're allowing for special exception for iem
I think the public beta is shutting down. They will probably still give the pros access on a special server since it wouldn't make sense to have pro players not being able to practice for 10 days..
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On February 24 2013 00:25 stew_ wrote:
I thought hots beta was shutting down on march 1st? unless they're allowing for special exception for iem
thats what happens - there will be hots practice possible in the IEM area
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i don't like groups of six, too much randomness will come into play when scores will even out. Groups of 4 sound much better.
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On February 24 2013 00:18 Unripe wrote:
Since they will play the awesome balanced Hots...i guess there will be almost no Zerg who makes it out of his group. And...i forsee a Protoss to win it all. I would like to see Grubby getting his first Victory *yeah...eat an almighty Toss All-In Stephano*, but i guess it will be MC or Parting.
Everything but a Protoss as the winner would be a surprise, I'd agree there. The balance just doesn't seem to be incredibly good right now, considering the latest results in HotS...
Dunno if it's a good idea to hold a HotS tournament so soon :-?
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On February 23 2013 22:14 Curufinwe Feanor wrote:Show nested quote +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
VortiX too
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On February 23 2013 23:10 Cattlecruiser wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2013 22:14 Curufinwe Feanor wrote: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 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?
LucifroN has definitely proved he is better than Stephano lately
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Pretty good groups,it will be very entertaining !
Fast predictions :
Group A : 3.Lucifron,2.yonghwa,1.parting
Group B : 3.Kas,2.First,1.MC
Group C : 3.Snute,2.sting,1.Violet,
Group D : 3.Grubby/dream,2.Stephano,1.Mvp
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Damn, these are some stacked groups.
If my dreams were to come true, Grubby will win this!
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Does anyone know how good these players are at HotS?
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On February 24 2013 01:32 KingMel wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2013 23:10 Cattlecruiser wrote:On February 23 2013 22:14 Curufinwe Feanor wrote: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 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? LucifroN has definitely proved he is better than Stephano lately
lol where are these posts coming from
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Here my predictions:
Group A
1) PartinG
Being one of the best WoL players and with enough time to prepair for HotS, PartinG should be able to take this group.
2) Lucifron
Lucifron went full pro and showed amazing results lately - in both WoL and HotS (although starting late). With the strengh of Terran, i see Lucifron going 2nd over YongHwa
3) YongHwa
Very good and often underrated WoL protoss. I havent seen anything of him in HotS, one can just assume that he is well prepared for this event. 2nd or 3rd for him.
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4) Nerchio
Nerchio has proven how good of a Zerg he is in WoL. He started HotS reletively late, and didnt impress a whole lot yet. With his overall skill and some time left, he should finish around rank 4 in this group.
5) HasuObs
HasuObs is one of the better protosses in the HotS ladder right now. I still dont feel he will do extremly well in this group, because his style is too predictable and exploitable i feel - never attack! Also, the others have some time to keep up left.
6) sLivko
With how strong every group at this IEM is, and concidering that Zerg doesnt look all so strong right now, i dont feel like slivko has a good shot here. he was known for his broodlord / infestor playstyle in WoL, which might hurt him here. Still a good player obviously, but just too hard of a group i think.
Group B
1) YoDa
YoDa is strong, he had time to play HotS presumably, and terran looks good as well. YoDa should take this group.
2) First
Well, pretty much what i siad for YoDa. Although i would rate him a bit lower overall - might be a close battle for rank 2-4
3) Kas
I believe in Kas! He was sick good in WoL, and HotS should just make him better. Despite starting relatively late with the HotS training, he will do it
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4) MC
Well, MC is hard to judge. He had to play a lot of WoL for Code S, but he might just come up with sick new builds and slay everyone. I doubt that though and the group is hard.
5) Ret
Ret showed some rly good HotS play so far and seems to be on the upswing. But this group O.O I dont think he can break into the top4 here :/
6) XlorD
Poor XlorD. I doubt he will go far here, but thats what i thought before HomeStoryCup as well.
Group C
1) Sting
Hard group to predict, but Sting plays quite a bit of HotS, hes korean, he is terran and he won an IEM recently. he should top this group.
2) viOLet
viOLet is one of the best zergs out there, that is both in WoL and HotS - he played a lot of HotS as well. i give him a pretty clear second rank.
3) VortiX
Well, it gets harder here. I dont quite know how much HotS VortiX played, but he is simply really, really good. I think he might clinch rank 3 here.
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4) MaNa
MaNa plays quite some HotS and hes obviously pretty good. With so many Zergs in his group, and this being his worst WoL matchup, i dont know if he can make it through. We will see!
5) Socke
Being the national hero and doing very well in major tournaments usually, Socke might end up winning the group - or placing last. The question is: does he play HotS at all? I dont really know...
6) Snute
Snute hasent looked particularly good in his first couple of HotS matches. One has to mention that he started playing it really, really late though. Im not quite sure if his WoL skill will transition over to HotS fast enough to do well here. I have to give him rank 5 or 6 therefore.
Group D
1) MVP
It's MVP. ???
2) Dream
Sick good korean terran, persumably playing HotS quite a bit. Should be 2nd here.
3) Stephano
He plays quite some HotS and its Stephano. Although not having the greatest results lately compared to previous times, he is still one of the best. Zerg is HotS doesnt look to hot though, we will see how much he can do.
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4) Grubby
Grubby plays HotS for quite a long time now. Sadly, he doesnt impress me all too much honestly, at least i doubt he can qualify out of this hard of a group. But he is a tournament player after all, hard conenteder for rank 3, but i rank him 4.
5) TLO
Plays just as much if not more HotS than Grubby. He CAN end up placing third since he surely has some nice builds prepared and he is a great player, but i simply dont think he will end up beating the korean terrans, stephano or grubby.
6) Golden
I dont know a whole lot about Goldens HotS experience, but i dont think he can do a whole lot in such a strong group. I place him last.
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Players from all over the world!*
*(May only include 2 of 7 continents)
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Group D is going to be really fun to watch. Hope Stephano performs well here. His GSL performance was lacking :/ Hope Grubby and TLO do well too, but this group is just too much.
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On February 24 2013 04:06 jinsanity wrote:
thsiw ol?
no it's in HoTS
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On February 24 2013 04:06 Shellshock1122 wrote:no it's in HoTS
lol I didnt even know what he wrote, you could be a translator aswell as bot.
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OMG group D group of death !
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That map pool is terrible, Antiga shipyard for HotS, really?
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Prize pool is a little to big for an IEM
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IT IS HOTS.
Make no mistake kids, Mvp will lay the hammer here, not even dropping a single map the entire tournament.
Resurrection of the King !
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On February 23 2013 23:41 IntelEM wrote:To those who want to see MKP, keep in mind that possible replacements are determined through the Season Ranking. YoDa was the first replacement in line. MKP is a little further down the list. http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/ranking/
he should be the next one down after yoda, no? 50 points, tied with quite a few others
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Here is the map pool: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hanover/news/215586/
Antiga Shipard, Akilon Flats, Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak, Entombed Valley, Metropolis, NewKirk District, Ohana, and Star Station.
Pretty awful map pool in my opinion. Especially Antiga, ohana, and entombed. Star Station is also a pretty shitty map...
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Go Parting!!!! make up for losing to curious
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On February 24 2013 05:55 mrRoflpwn wrote:Here is the map pool: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hanover/news/215586/Antiga Shipard, Akilon Flats, Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak, Entombed Valley, Metropolis, NewKirk District, Ohana, and Star Station. Pretty awful map pool in my opinion. Especially Antiga, ohana, and entombed. Star Station is also a pretty shitty map...
RIP non-Terrans on these maps... Medivac drops will destroy everyone.
On February 24 2013 03:23 KalWarkov wrote:
6) Golden
I dont know a whole lot about Goldens HotS experience, but i dont think he can do a whole lot in such a strong group. I place him last.
The only Zerg to get to the ro16 of the IPL6 Korean HotS qualifier... Terrible choice to put last say the least.
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On February 24 2013 05:55 mrRoflpwn wrote:Here is the map pool: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hanover/news/215586/Antiga Shipard, Akilon Flats, Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak, Entombed Valley, Metropolis, NewKirk District, Ohana, and Star Station. Pretty awful map pool in my opinion. Especially Antiga, ohana, and entombed. Star Station is also a pretty shitty map...
I agree antiga and star station are completely retarded, but honestly i like entombed and ohana
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On February 24 2013 06:26 Elite_ wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 05:55 mrRoflpwn wrote:Here is the map pool: http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season7/hanover/news/215586/Antiga Shipard, Akilon Flats, Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak, Entombed Valley, Metropolis, NewKirk District, Ohana, and Star Station. Pretty awful map pool in my opinion. Especially Antiga, ohana, and entombed. Star Station is also a pretty shitty map... RIP non-Terrans on these maps... Medivac drops will destroy everyone. Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 03:23 KalWarkov wrote:
6) Golden
I dont know a whole lot about Goldens HotS experience, but i dont think he can do a whole lot in such a strong group. I place him last. The only Zerg to get to the ro16 of the IPL6 Korean HotS qualifier... Terrible choice to put last say the least.
He got there via a zvz though, and against jookto, who i think we can all agree is not exactly a bonjwa. Golden lost in the next round
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Im gonna pray all day every day for ret and all the terrans
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I just hope that Pros will actually practice a lot and come up with some new and cool builds. I don't want to see Zerg massing Infestors and Brood Lords, just to realize that it takes 3-shot to kill a Brood Lord with a tempest, and that Infestors are nerfed a lot, nowhere near as good as they were(which is good, they were overpowered as f**k). Will look closely to the VortiX, even though I didn't follow him closely, he said in the interview that he really likes the Swarm Hosts and that he want to use them as much as possible in his builds. Hope he speaks the truth and that he manage to use them to the great extent.
Too bad that Symbol won't come though... ;/
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this tourny is going to be painful to watch, and poor TLO, hes going to get destroyed in his group.
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Huge viOLet fan. So stoked for him to win this tournament. Also ^^^^^^^ you would be surprised. TLO has been quite impressive as of late.
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Parting gonna take it all.
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that's a stacked tournament lol.
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Sting to win the tournament and become the biggest upset ever
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On February 24 2013 11:59 Ubiquitousdichotomy wrote:Sting to win the tournament and become the biggest upset ever
Wouldn't be the biggest upset ever, he won the last IEM.
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All of these groups are groups of death, except maaaaybe C.
Lucifron all day. Hope he figures out how to beat Protoss.
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On February 24 2013 12:12 TAMinator wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 11:59 Ubiquitousdichotomy wrote:Sting to win the tournament and become the biggest upset ever Wouldn't be the biggest upset ever, he won the last IEM.
lol..
want grubby to take this.. go grubby!!
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On February 21 2013 01:07 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:06 xChromaticx wrote:
i kinda miss IdrA at these events Why? He'd go out in group stages very much expectedly and flame wars would ensue between rabid fanbois and people who hate IdrA... I guess if you like the shitstorms then yea...
You're right. Just like when he went out in the WCS group stages versus Hero, Roro and Stephano, no way he'd win any matches against them... you thought that too right?
Idra is much better than a lot of the players there, and would advance in most of those groups.
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On February 24 2013 13:49 BronzeKnee wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:07 MasterOfPuppets wrote:On February 21 2013 01:06 xChromaticx wrote:
i kinda miss IdrA at these events Why? He'd go out in group stages very much expectedly and flame wars would ensue between rabid fanbois and people who hate IdrA... I guess if you like the shitstorms then yea... You're right. Just like when he went out in the WCS group stages versus Hero, Roro and Stephano, no way he'd win any matches against them... you thought that too right? Idra is much better than a lot of the players there, and would advance in most of those groups.
i think you just proved his point~
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Right, just like the WCS group stages proved the point...
Oh wait, Idra defeated Stephano 2-0 and Roro 2-0 and won his first in his group at WCS...
I like Idra, but what I just said has nothing to do with me being a fan, it has to do the with the facts.
I think he proved his own point when he posted.
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WTF, group D is just silly hard now.
Crazy hard matches coming. So hyped!
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On February 24 2013 13:57 BronzeKnee wrote:
Right, just like the WCS group stages proved the point...
Oh wait, Idra defeated Stephano 2-0 and Roro 2-0 and won his first in his group at WCS...
I like Idra, but what I just said has nothing to do with me being a fan, it has to do the with the facts.
I think he proved his own point when he posted.
On February 21 2013 01:07 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:06 xChromaticx wrote:
i kinda miss IdrA at these events Why? He'd go out in group stages very much expectedly and flame wars would ensue between rabid fanbois and people who hate IdrA... I guess if you like the shitstorms then yea...
this
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Does anyone else think, that competition in starcraft is a joke? We all already know, that this is yet another tournament that will have top ranks formed purely from koreans.
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Group A: PartinG / LucifroN / YongHwa
Group B: First / YoDa / MC
Group C: Snute / viOLet / VortiX
Group D: Dream / TLO / Stephano
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On February 24 2013 14:30 Mongolbonjwa wrote:
Does anyone else think, that competition in starcraft is a joke? We all already know, that this is yet another tournament that will have top ranks formed purely from koreans.
You're probably right that the top 8 will be mostly Korean but why does that make the competition a joke? If anything this tournament is less susceptible to that criticism because HOTS is so new. Korean players and teams have had less time to apply their intense practice regiments to HOTS.
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On February 21 2013 01:08 JOJOsc2news wrote:
Group A:
1. PartinG
2. YongHwa
3. HasuObs
Group B:
1. Symbol
2. MC
3. Kas
Group C:
1. Socke
2. viOLet
3. Snute
Group D:
1. Dream
2. Stephano
3. Grubby/TLO
dude symbol isnt in group B, and i think it would be 1.MC 2.YoDa 3.Kas and there's no way socke will win a group with violet and snute and vortix
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This is a great line-up. Excellent mix of Koreans and foreigners and a big chance for some foreigners to do well.
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As this is in HOTS I do expect a lot of upsets. Looking forward to some new matchups.
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On February 24 2013 16:04 banjoetheredskin wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 01:08 JOJOsc2news wrote:
Group A:
1. PartinG
2. YongHwa
3. HasuObs
Group B:
1. Symbol
2. MC
3. Kas
Group C:
1. Socke
2. viOLet
3. Snute
Group D:
1. Dream
2. Stephano
3. Grubby/TLO dude symbol isnt in group B, and i think it would be 1.MC 2.YoDa 3.Kas and there's no way socke will win a group with violet and snute and vortix
symbol WAS in group B when this was posted. He just had to pull out because of GSL.
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Expecting MC or viOlet to take it.
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Again TLO and Grubby in the same group
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Can't wait. Probably wouldn't watch if it were WoL so I'm really glad its HotS.
Hope MVP or Parting takes it.
Map pool is a little bit odd though. =/
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On February 24 2013 19:04 Hall0wed wrote:
Can't wait. Probably wouldn't watch if it were WoL so I'm really glad its HotS.
Hope MVP or Parting takes it.
Map pool is a little bit odd though. =/
Im going for mvp, grubby, or tlo (one of each race)
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Group A: Parting/YongHwa/Nerchio
Group B: First/MC/Yoda
Group C: Violet/Mana/Sting
Group D: Dream/MVP/Stephano
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Kas never gets it easy at IEM, Hope he makes it out!
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This is without a doubt the strongest line-up for an IEM event so far. Really excited!
I'd be so happy to see MVP do well.
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add a group of death poll? just an idea.
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On February 25 2013 10:49 SCM.geauxsu wrote:
add a group of death poll? just an idea.
Here you go :D
Poll: Group of Death?Golden/Mvp/TLO/Stephano/Dream/Grubby (14) 52% Nerchio/YongHwa/PartinG/HasuObs/sLivko/LucifroN (5) 19% ret/XlorD/First/Kas/MC/YoDa (5) 19% Sting/Socke/MaNa/Snute/viOLet/VortiX (3) 11% 27 total votes Your vote: Group of Death? (Vote): Nerchio/YongHwa/PartinG/HasuObs/sLivko/LucifroN
(Vote): ret/XlorD/First/Kas/MC/YoDa
(Vote): Sting/Socke/MaNa/Snute/viOLet/VortiX
(Vote): Golden/Mvp/TLO/Stephano/Dream/Grubby
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MC was singing the praises of IM protoss players in his interview. I wonder whether Yongwha or First are secretly HotS bonjwas?
Hoping MC or MVP takes it with Dream and Yongwha as my underdog heart bets.
I have a feeling violet might do really freaking well though.
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Protoss should dominate the tourney. Hopefully First takes it.
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A: Yonghwa, Parting, Lucifron
B: First, MC, Yoda
C: Sting, Violet, Mana
D: Dream, Mvp, Grubby
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B is the most stacked, all the 3 best players are really good. For D I don't think Golden, Grubby, Stephano or TLO are this good so I place it 2nd as it's not as stacked for the 3 first places.
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Violet has no chance. One of the Korean Protoss or Terrans will take it.
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Can't wait! Grubby hwaitiiiing
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It would be awesome if they would just stream the ladder of the players (since they will be the only ones on the ladder)
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A: Parting, HasuObs, Luciron. (HasuObs is doing very vell so far in HotS, he might take this entire group.)
B: Mc, Yoda, First. (Don't really how much HotS these guys have played yet. Very hard to say who is gonna make it here.)
C: viOLet, Sting, Socke.
D: Dream, Grubby, Mvp. (Also insane hard group to say but I feel the balance in HotS isn't quite there for zergs yet. Don't think these guys(zergs) are quite good enough to make it out. Mostly comes down to whether MVP is MVP or not.)
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Mvp just take a break and get surgery T_T
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On February 28 2013 11:32 katzenman wrote:they announced the hosts and casters: esl-world.net
cheers.
updated the OP
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On February 28 2013 11:32 katzenman wrote:they announced the hosts and casters: esl-world.net
sweet apollo, kaelaris and ToD <3 awesome EU english incoming. If TLO would just commentate it would be complete I guess :D
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Wait Kaelaris is English? Why until this point did I think he was Australian? What the heck is wrong with me?
Also Apollo <3333
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