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IEM Season 9 announced

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
May 20 2014 15:09 GMT
#1
Today ESL announced the ninth season of the Intel Extreme Masters, with the tournament once again featuring Starcraft 2 and League of Legends.




The season kickoff will be in Shenzhen, China on July 16-21.

“With its tradition in eSports and continuously growing fanbase, China is a sleeping giant in professional gaming. Last season the Intel Extreme Masters recorded its highest Chinese viewership yet, and we want to continue to involve Chinese gamers in global competitions. This is why we come to China every year.”
- Michal “Carmac” Blicharz



Check out the news at:
http://www.eslgaming.com/news/china-premier-intel-extreme-masters-season-9
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
May 20 2014 15:21 GMT
#2
Yay! Cool to see you guys going back to China!!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
May 20 2014 15:21 GMT
#3
for alot more seasons with league and sc2
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18572 Posts
May 20 2014 15:23 GMT
#4
I hope CJ lets herO attend IEMs at least.
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
May 20 2014 15:25 GMT
#5
Nice! Make a stop in NA please! :D
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
May 20 2014 15:31 GMT
#6
Interesting city, I don't remember any event being hold in Shenzhen.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
May 20 2014 15:45 GMT
#7
They definitely want to avoid having IEM in ChinaJoy again, good call I guess.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Ocean_1004
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Korea (South)37 Posts
May 20 2014 16:22 GMT
#8
Fantastic, It's awesome.
HerO is my hero
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-20 16:44:56
May 20 2014 16:44 GMT
#9
Please send me... please send me... I speak Chinese, all I want to do is cast all the players from the Chinese Diaspora and translate for them, I live in Taiwan!
On May 21 2014 00:31 HolydaKing wrote:
Interesting city, I don't remember any event being hold in Shenzhen.
I lived there for two months. Nice place in my opinion.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
May 20 2014 17:12 GMT
#10
Right on my birthday :D
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
ivancype
Profile Joined December 2012
Brazil485 Posts
May 20 2014 17:24 GMT
#11
pls, bring back SC2 to IEM SP, i could not go this year
The other race is OP
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 20 2014 17:27 GMT
#12
Cool to see. It's great to see IEM go to places that are traditionally overlooked by other tournaments
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
May 20 2014 20:32 GMT
#13
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