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The online qualifiers for IEM Sao Paulo have concluded, with the following eight players earning spots in the Ro16 group stage of the tournament:
Four more Ro16 spots will go to players who finished high in WCS 2013 point rankings, while the remaining four spots will be fought for live in Brazil in the open bracket.
IEM Sao Paulo will be held between January 30th and Feburary 2nd.
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MajOr still plays the game ?
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On December 21 2013 00:44 Sakray wrote:
MajOr still plays the game ?
Yea why would he not be?
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herO has been tearing up through the qualifiers
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On December 21 2013 00:44 Sakray wrote:
MajOr still plays the game ?
He's top 8 GM in NA.
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Russian Federation66 Posts
On December 21 2013 00:44 Sakray wrote:
MajOr still plays the game ?
He even 3-1'd Polt in the qualifiers.
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Interesting mix, especially Bbyong taking one of the two Asian spots surprises me. Makes me want to look up what the line up of the Asian qualifiers was like.
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On December 21 2013 00:47 Aeromi wrote:He's top 8 GM in NA.
whatever that means... :p
but nice to see him show some presence! 
other people who qualified also look pretty good.
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Russian Federation66 Posts
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score.
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
Coach Park making work again
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On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score.
herO has been wrecking qualifiers for the past few months.
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Yeah, that's really cool for Coach Park! I wish he could bring EffOrt back to championship form in 2014.
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CJ herO in Brazil! Thinking about going there...
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Russian Federation66 Posts
On December 21 2013 00:55 Zenbrez wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score. herO has been wrecking qualifiers for the past few months.
Not only qualifiers. His IEM performance was also impressive.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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On December 21 2013 00:55 Zenbrez wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score. herO has been wrecking qualifiers for the past few months.
Seems like it, looking at herO's path through this qualifier, he really did his work, taking out Dear, Maru. Quite impressive. Bbyong got a little lucky on the other hand, herO was the only high caliber player he had to take on.
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On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score.
just goes to show how absurdly competitive the Korean scene is.
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So excited for jjakji to be there!
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i'm happy for the amount of terrans going
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If jjakji played in the European qualifier does that mean he's region switching for 2014?
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I want a sample of whatever the heck coach Park is feeding the CJ guys.
Nice lineup overall, surprisingly light on zerg though.
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Hope to meet them there ^^
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Yes major! I just hope he can perform offline too
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hellokitty made it? did he just cheese his way through?
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On December 21 2013 00:53 Lorning wrote:
Coach Park making work again
COACH PARK EFFECT
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On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score.
Liquipedia states that four players will be invited from WCS rankings so it's likely some of them just didn't care.
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OMG SKT1 
Soulkey going out against Jim and Sacsri 0-2, Parting 0-2 against ByuN,
Classic 1-2 against Curious,
soO 0-2 against Hurricane...
FanTaSy and Rain already going out in RO32 of KR Qualifier...
Just Sacsri and Dark rocked...
SKT1, you were supposed to WIN PROLEAGUE...
CJ also nice tho, they can rock now
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
On December 21 2013 00:49 Dalnore wrote:He even 3-1'd Polt in the qualifiers.
MAJOR'S POTENTIAL IS BACK, ALL ABOARD THE HYPETRAIN FOR 2014
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On December 21 2013 01:23 DavoS wrote:
If jjakji played in the European qualifier does that mean he's region switching for 2014?
I would think so, he is currently living in the mYi house in switzerland. I mean, it would be somewhat silly if you can participate in another region's qualifier just because you happen to be there during the time of the qualifiers.
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Rofl Bbyong is snapping right now - well all of CJ tbh.
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On December 21 2013 01:06 ACrow wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 00:55 Zenbrez wrote:On December 21 2013 00:52 Dalnore wrote:
I'm impressed how lesser known Korean players (Bbyong, herO, Dark, Sascri) all made it to the top4 of qualifiers while Maru, Soulkey and Dear failed to do it. Especially it's strange to see Soulkey losing both to Sascri and Jim with the 0-2 score. herO has been wrecking qualifiers for the past few months. Seems like it, looking at herO's path through this qualifier, he really did his work, taking out Dear, Maru. Quite impressive. Bbyong got a little lucky on the other hand, herO was the only high caliber player he had to take on.
Bbyong also beat Dark who made it to the Loser's Finals after beating Maru, so that's not bad either. There were also the KR/TW qualifier that has to be included in his run.
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On December 21 2013 01:39 Holdenintherye wrote:
Yes major! I just hope he can perform offline too
Didn't he just win a big latin America lan for like 10k? Hopefully that'll be good for his confidence.
On December 21 2013 02:06 Aocowns wrote:
fuck yeah Juanito
I am impressed by his 3-1 of Polt, too. I kinda wish HuK got over Polt personally though. He was a pretty close 2-3 loss to Polt IIRC.
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There were much better players like Soulkey, Parting and even ByunPrime lost in KR qualifier while there are lesser skill players from other region gets through. This I think will contribute to a less exciting match over all --> less viewers perhaps. I think IEM shouldn't limited spot based on region but rather skill. I don't mind seeing 100% Koreans compete rather than a few top regional players
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On December 21 2013 01:43 TXRaunchy wrote:
hellokitty made it? did he just cheese his way through?
Pretty much. He played a lot of PvP's and in bo3 formats, it's really quite easy for a player like him to do well. Basically all his series went 2-1, and in PvP even the threat of cheese, and then going super greed is such an advantage its hard in bo3's for the true "best player" to come through. But eh, that's PvP for you right now. It kinda sucks too cuz there's so many other exciting players I'd rather watch (honestly he's one of the more boring players imo) then some terribly cheesy NA Protoss, but oh well.
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CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ :D
bbyong and hero fighting~~~~~
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On December 21 2013 02:21 mostwanted wrote:
There were much better players like Soulkey, Parting and even ByunPrime lost in KR qualifier while there are lesser skill players from other region gets through. This I think will contribute to a less exciting match over all --> less viewers perhaps. I think IEM shouldn't limited spot based on region but rather skill. I don't mind seeing 100% Koreans compete rather than a few top regional players
There's still 4 more spots reserved for players finishing high in WCS 2013 rankings, which means basically 100% Korean for those spots. But if that's the case why were players like Maru, Dear, SoulKey forced to go through the qualifier when they are pretty much THE top ranked WCS players? Weird.
Although I get what you are saying, I think its nice to see NA, Europe, Korean players battling it out. The WCS season finals had similar restrictions and those tournaments were very high skill level, so that argument isn't valid IMO especially with there being Koreans in all regions, and most of them were knocked out in the qualifiers by the players who advanced.
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On December 21 2013 02:02 JustPassingBy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 01:23 DavoS wrote:
If jjakji played in the European qualifier does that mean he's region switching for 2014? I would think so, he is currently living in the mYi house in switzerland. I mean, it would be somewhat silly if you can participate in another region's qualifier just because you happen to be there during the time of the qualifiers.
He's confirmed to be playing in WCS EU.
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I thought this was another retiring thread for a moment and got really sad about herO.
Would have made sense for the rest, though.
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United States97276 Posts
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong
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are there any vods for the qualifiers? I wanna see hero's games
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Is the whole "Cheesy NA 'Toss" phrase a thing? I've imagined it as something like "patchzerg" was in late 2012, but rather than winning anything, they just knock out a few of your favorite players and disappear.
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On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong
Solid Korean Terran. That should be enough
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong
He looked monstrous. Whether or not he still will in PL and other offline tournaments is another matter, but he was no joke in these qualifiers.
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On December 21 2013 03:51 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong He looked monstrous. Whether or not he still will in PL and other offline tournaments is another matter, but he was no joke in these qualifiers.
Yeah and the best thing is that CJ line up just got ridiculous considering the actual form of their players. Not the biggest names but god in terms of skill displayed the last few weeks it's incredible.
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United States23455 Posts
Player of the hipsters SlayersDark played pretty well in these qualifiers. Worth noting that Soulkey went out 0-2 to both Sacsri and Jim and didn't win a single map in the qualifiers, so literally SKT Zerg.
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majOr, jjakji, Polt, and herO ftw! :D
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On December 21 2013 03:44 sAsImre wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong Solid Korean Terran. That should be enough
it used to be enough. Now we'll see though. He'll probably do well enough that everyone sees that he's good but not so well that everyone thinks he's amazing. could be wrong though, guess it really depends on the full player list.
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On December 21 2013 04:37 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 03:44 sAsImre wrote:On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong Solid Korean Terran. That should be enough it used to be enough. Now we'll see though. He'll probably do well enough that everyone sees that he's good but not so well that everyone thinks he's amazing. could be wrong though, guess it really depends on the full player list.
Well he has definitely the potential to win it, but that's far from actually winning it
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Why there was no qualifier for local players as usual?
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lmao hellokitty, wheres hitman!
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4 strong Terrans, but I think a Protoss will win this.
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On December 21 2013 03:51 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong He looked monstrous. Whether or not he still will in PL and other offline tournaments is another matter, but he was no joke in these qualifiers.
Never thought I'd see the day someone refers to Bbyong as being monstrous. He never looked terrible (well he did a couple of times), but he was never brilliant either.
Whatever powers Ensnare and Virus have seem to increase with each passing.
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Did anyone see skyhigh vs bbyong or was it not casted?:c
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Still pissed that Desbro and HuK didnt qualify.
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On December 21 2013 02:21 ArTiFaKs wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 01:43 TXRaunchy wrote:
hellokitty made it? did he just cheese his way through? Pretty much. He played a lot of PvP's and in bo3 formats, it's really quite easy for a player like him to do well. Basically all his series went 2-1, and in PvP even the threat of cheese, and then going super greed is such an advantage its hard in bo3's for the true "best player" to come through. But eh, that's PvP for you right now. It kinda sucks too cuz there's so many other exciting players I'd rather watch (honestly he's one of the more boring players imo) then some terribly cheesy NA Protoss, but oh well.
i'm assuming you didnt watch any of my fucking games.
stop talking like a blind and ignorant Forum Poster. I out macroed them in most of my games.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20452566
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On December 21 2013 06:35 Destructicon wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2013 03:51 Zealously wrote:On December 21 2013 02:51 Shellshock wrote:
I never have any idea what to think about Bbyong but grats to CJ still going on strong He looked monstrous. Whether or not he still will in PL and other offline tournaments is another matter, but he was no joke in these qualifiers. Never thought I'd see the day someone refers to Bbyong as being monstrous. He never looked terrible (well he did a couple of times), but he was never brilliant either. Whatever powers Ensnare and Virus have seem to increase with each passing.
Ffs that's not true some of his TvP's were pretty godly before he was actually godly
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surprised that polt isn't in the title - tl writers usually wet themselves over polt (:
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hellokitty looked like he had an impressive qualifying run. wins over State, Huk and pucK. he must be feeling pretty good going into sao paulo.
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Bbyong seems to be better than what tastosis make him out to be.
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i'm pretty happy for TLO It isnt easy to fight through such a strong line of players
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Canada16217 Posts
On December 21 2013 16:35 figq wrote:
surprised that polt isn't in the title - tl writers usually wet themselves over polt (:
you're confusing tl writers as a whole with fionn.
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Awesome! Maybe her0 can take his second IEM title and BackToBack titles :D
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I hope Jaedong get an WCS Rankings invite! I can´t imagine what would happen, if I meet him, so many great players and Bruce Dickinson in the same event!
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i hope this tourny is hellokitty's breakout tourny! want to see him succeed in a major/premier tourny
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btw jjakji hasn't lost a single map in the qualifier oO
oh and.. in GM EU he has 126 wins/28 losses
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On December 26 2013 03:33 Morrissassys wrote:
btw jjakji hasn't lost a single map in the qualifier oO
oh and.. in GM EU he has 126 wins/28 losses
I'm fine with that jjakji's competition in Europe isn't going to be as intense as in Korea...I hope his practice won't get too easy for him.
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rooting for major ! show us your real power
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EPT
MajOr, 
Hellokitty, 
TLO
