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France7248 Posts
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This thread looks much niced than DLO's.
This tournament is so devoid of Terran, and now Inno who's probably the best one isn't coming.
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Is the pen mightier than the Classic?
Groups seem quite balanced so far? Hope one of the many Zergs makes it through into group B though.
Edit: And really really hope jjakji makes it through.
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yessssss, no protoss in herO's group so far!
But Classic in instead of Innovation sucks 
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Austria24422 Posts
Really happy to see Classic, was hoping he'd get invited. Sad to see INnoVation out but they found a damn good replacement.
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I guess we will see if Maru or Life can dethrone the king of IEM herO.
This will be good .
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Soulkey and Impact in the Open  Fighting!
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your Country52798 Posts
This is a very solid list of players. Should be very nice to watch.
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Really nice open bracket
I hope Impact and Soulkey get out of the first bracket
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Classic instead of inno sucks DONGRAEGU MOTHERFUCKER
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Will this be the first Premier Tournament to have 2015 S1 Maps? I am excited to see them in professional Play.
Also: I really wish more Tournaments had double elimination, I really dislike single elimination.
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Oh man, those open brackets are STACKED! Especially the 1st one.
Makes sense though since the entire tournament is stacked.
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Da fk Innovation. Y u do dis 2 me???
But if it was PERSONAL, I suppose I'll just have to respect that...
Seriously though, Innovation cancelling makes me lose a lot of my interest in the tournament =/...
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Blargh, only Zergs in the Open bracket and Bogus withdrawing
Edit -- haha, of course someone with the actual ID "Blargh" posted right above me!
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Innovation is a... person!?
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My money is on Has cheesing his way through the open bracket.
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On January 17 2015 04:38 rotta wrote:
Innovation is a... person!?
This is the translation, for us mortals, of "mechanical reasons"
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Pretty ok group for ForGG. A bit weird to see so many koreans in the OB. Where are the taiwanese ?
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On January 17 2015 04:42 Anacreor wrote:
#whereistheonetruedong?
Open bracket #2. Don't worry.
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The 2nd bracket is actually very good for snute if he is in form tbh no terrans and zergs aren't superior to him except for maybe drg in zvz
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where is KT? 
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RIP Kas being in the group with Rain and Classic and Group D i do not know who to pick to make it out of that group
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your Country52798 Posts
Life's group is funny. 
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Aw man INno :/ oh well guess he want to concentrate on korea
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On January 17 2015 04:57 lastride wrote:where is KT?
Right where they should be.
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Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d:
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Russian Federation9 Posts
Poor Kas
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I guess this sucks ffor me already, since Polt SEn and hero are my 3 favorite players on this tournament.. T_T
oh well... I guess it doesn't matter than I want SEn to win in Taipei or Polt to win his first major of 2015, since I'm always going to root for hero taking every IEM and as many majors as possible =P
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When we drew ForGG vs Life I felt kind of bad, but had an evil smile etched on my face.
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Norway839 Posts
On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d:
^^
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Polt v CJherO and ForGG vs Life, yes
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^
I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16?
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On January 17 2015 04:05 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
This thread looks much niced than DLO's.
This tournament is so devoid of Terran, and now Inno who's probably the best one isn't coming.
4 players out of the 12 are terrans xD
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On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16?
He'll make Ro8 then lose to the eventual champion
On January 17 2015 05:18 priestnoob wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 04:05 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
This thread looks much niced than DLO's.
This tournament is so devoid of Terran, and now Inno who's probably the best one isn't coming. 4 players out of the 12 are terrans xD
Yes, but no Terran is coming out of that open bracket, so it'll be 4/16
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
Those open brackets, holy shit.
And funnily enough, Snute got way easier bracket.
And poor San got fucked with groups again, God damn.
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o shit Kas made it from EU?! Can it be the return of Kas?!
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Hahaha RIP Terran. wish Inno was going, was so excited to see him play at an international tournament again D:
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Maru didn't cancel? wut
This will be good.
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On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16?
Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 05:44 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16? Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans
He's not invincible against Protoss (could die to a timing or three), so I dunno.
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On January 17 2015 05:44 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16? Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans
Maru is going to rekt this whole thing.
Ok maybe not but one can dream.
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If DRG or Leenock/Soulkey arrive in group D, Maru can fail to make it out of the Group stage
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Austria24422 Posts
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On January 17 2015 05:44 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:44 OtherWorld wrote:On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16? Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans He's not invincible against Protoss (could die to a timing or three), so I dunno.
Honestly I think he's mostly invicible against Protoss. He is great at defending all-ins and aggressive timings when he scouts for them, and he can use aggressive timings himself. His only real ennemy is the famous WWLLL pattern.
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 06:03 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 05:44 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:44 OtherWorld wrote:On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16? Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans He's not invincible against Protoss (could die to a timing or three), so I dunno. Honestly I think he's mostly invicible against Protoss. He is great at defending all-ins and aggressive timings when he scouts for them, and he can use aggressive timings himself. His only real ennemy is the famous WWLLL pattern.
So basically, he has to play a ZvZ in the RO8 ^^.
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Polt, hero, sen all in same group FML.
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On January 17 2015 06:03 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 06:03 OtherWorld wrote:On January 17 2015 05:44 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:44 OtherWorld wrote:On January 17 2015 05:17 The_Templar wrote:On January 17 2015 05:15 Liquid`Snute wrote:On January 17 2015 05:10 OtherWorld wrote:
Snute, I hope your ZvZ is on point d: ^^ I'll take this as a yes. Snute confirmed in the RO16? Snute confirmed eventual champion since there are so few Terrans He's not invincible against Protoss (could die to a timing or three), so I dunno. Honestly I think he's mostly invicible against Protoss. He is great at defending all-ins and aggressive timings when he scouts for them, and he can use aggressive timings himself. His only real ennemy is the famous WWLLL pattern. So basically, he has to play a ZvZ in the RO8 ^^.
Yeah d:
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Group D looks like the group of death.
Zerg fest in the open bracket haha
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Excited to see what ForGG can do again.
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On January 17 2015 05:54 DarkLordOlli wrote:
Poor Kas ;(
It's like there could be other weak ppl in his group :D
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
Just give Maru the check already
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On January 17 2015 07:02 Lorning wrote:
Just give Maru the check already
The $350 one for getting knocked out first round?
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 07:03 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:The $350 one for getting knocked out first round?
No, that goes to handsome players.
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I thought it'd be Maru, not Innovation. Go figure.
Expecting Soulkey, Leenock, DRG, Snute. Hoping for Has, Ian, Snute and Impact.
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Group D has my favorite player from each race. Awesome!!
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Wow, siiiick city! Really nice player lineup in these groups, and even better player lineup for brackets, a ton of Koreans. Open bracket is Zerg heavy, but in the end it should just balance things out in these groups.
Can't wait!
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Can we get a rule to make it so team mates will get drawn into different groups at least :/ San and Life who to root for :/
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 07:32 Albinosmurfs wrote:
Can we get a rule to make it so team mates will get drawn into different groups at least :/ San and Life who to root for :/
They're not teammates, their teams just have a partnership in proleague.
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Doable group for Kas, he just gotta practise against Protoss and hope some P like HerO gets into his group out of the open bracket players..
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Really sucks about INno, that would have been a show-stopping Terran lineup. Still terrific though. Polt vs herO, yes. Life vs ForGG, double yes. Maru... triple yes.
Soulkey, DRG, TRUE and Snute from qualifiers please. Life can solo this bitch, but it'd be nice if he didn't have to.
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Leenock's going to win this old school MLG Providence/IPL5 style.
From the open brackets baby!
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On January 17 2015 07:36 The_Templar wrote: They're not teammates, their teams just have a partnership in proleague.
Let me get this straight they play in the Proleague. A team tournament. Where teams play against other teams. And they play together on the same team.... Can we get a rule that says teammates can't play in the same groups plz!
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your Country52798 Posts
On January 17 2015 08:57 Albinosmurfs wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 07:36 The_Templar wrote: They're not teammates, their teams just have a partnership in proleague. Let me get this straight they play in the Proleague. A team tournament. Where teams play against other teams. And they play together on the same team.... Can we get a rule that says teammates can't play in the same groups plz!
Outside proleague, they are not on the same team. ^^
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On January 17 2015 08:49 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Leenock's going to win this old school MLG Providence/IPL5 style.
From the open brackets baby!
Yeah idd, it's even semi-hometurf in Taiwan. He has a pretty big fanbase there so hope he wins it all.
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Group D is group of death
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What the actual fuck, Maru, Parting and Hydra in one group?
If Hydra is still in his prime form all 3 of them deserve to get out of group stage.
Definitely group of death, will be even worse if TRUE/Soulkey gets in
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NICE!!!! so Hyped for this tournament, So many Protosses, The inner Protoss in me is celebrating, and (2nd) favorite Protoss Rain is invited too, come on Rain fetch that Gold. still sad to see INnoVation go though :'(
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I really hope Maru doesn't withdraw from this, finger crossed.
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Australia18228 Posts
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Maru's pool will be hard. i like the brackets
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I would love to see Maru doing well... idk but I feel he has the kind of charisma foreign fans can relate to - Ballsy play, micro, youth...
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Disappointing that they invited only Koreans after they already took 3 of the 4 Western qualifier slots.
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On January 17 2015 22:20 Paragleiber wrote:
Disappointing that they invited only Koreans after they already took 3 of the 4 Western qualifier slots.
This isn't true at all, the Koreans are just the ones who accepted.
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On January 17 2015 23:06 messioso wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 22:20 Paragleiber wrote:
Disappointing that they invited only Koreans after they already took 3 of the 4 Western qualifier slots. This isn't true at all, the Koreans are just the ones who accepted.
I think tournament organisers should start announcing who they all invited and who declined because you keep getting this negative feedback even though you do not deserve it. Let the fans know which players declined.
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On January 17 2015 23:37 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2015 23:06 messioso wrote:On January 17 2015 22:20 Paragleiber wrote:
Disappointing that they invited only Koreans after they already took 3 of the 4 Western qualifier slots. This isn't true at all, the Koreans are just the ones who accepted. I think tournament organisers should start announcing who they all invited and who declined because you keep getting this negative feedback even though you do not deserve it. Let the fans know which players declined.
Why does it matter though?
Most probably declined because Taipei is in a very awkward position for EU/NA. Takes so long time to travel there compared to Korea. This is the roster we will get, whether we know who declined doesn't really change anything. Ppl blindly hating is always going to be a thing, even if they put the fact right there in front of them.
And what foreigner did you want to be there? Except for Snute there are barely anyone who can compete with koreans nowadays anyway. I hope Snute does very well. But most foreigners has already abandoned ship and gone to heroes of the storm. (grubby pls come back tt)
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Daymn pretty stacked... gl to Snute getting out of that open bracket ha
Bit of a shame when after the 4 qualified US/EU players only one of them is actually from that region, but oh well, not like they wouldn't just get crushed anyway (gl Kas)
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Hope the Terrans make a splash. I couldn´t endure PvZ all day or even ZvZ finals...
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United States23455 Posts
This tournament is incredibly stacked. Can't wait!
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zergy open bracket but a good lineup overall. Cant decide witch group is harder, slightly c over d. cant tell much about hydra since he switched teams.
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Poll: What is the group of Deathyou idiot obviously group D (2) 33% A Sen will surprise you (2) 33% B Kas Europe hope<3 (2) 33% C ForGG>Hydra cuz terran imba (0) 0% 6 total votes Your vote: What is the group of Death (Vote): you idiot obviously group D
(Vote): C ForGG>Hydra cuz terran imba
(Vote): A Sen will surprise you
(Vote): B Kas Europe hope<3
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On January 18 2015 12:42 omcritzy wrote:Poll: What is the group of Deathyou idiot obviously group D (2) 33% A Sen will surprise you (2) 33% B Kas Europe hope<3 (2) 33% C ForGG>Hydra cuz terran imba (0) 0% 6 total votes Your vote: What is the group of Death (Vote): you idiot obviously group D
(Vote): C ForGG>Hydra cuz terran imba
(Vote): A Sen will surprise you
(Vote): B Kas Europe hope<3
Hydra is in group D, I think you meant Life
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There has been an update:  Kas has dropped out (according to Liquipedia, because of visa issues.) As is verified by the IEM website:  Harstem replaces him in his group, where he will presumably continue his Taiwanese Tinder conquests.
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Anyone actually going to see it live?
I can't find where you can buy tickets, Garena's official website for the stadium doesn't even have the event listed under their events page...yet?
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France7248 Posts
On January 21 2015 17:22 rkshox wrote:
Anyone actually going to see it live?
I can't find where you can buy tickets, Garena's official website for the stadium doesn't even have the event listed under their events page...yet?
this is where it happens: http://taipeigameshow.biz/index.php
IEM is not selling tickets, it's part of a game show
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On January 21 2015 11:50 Circumstance wrote:There has been an update: Kas has dropped out (according to Liquipedia, because of visa issues.) As is verified by the IEM website: Harstem replaces him in his group, where he will presumably continue his Taiwanese Tinder conquests.
Are you kidding me...?
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On January 21 2015 22:35 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2015 11:50 Circumstance wrote:There has been an update: Kas has dropped out (according to Liquipedia, because of visa issues.) As is verified by the IEM website: Harstem replaces him in his group, where he will presumably continue his Taiwanese Tinder conquests. Are you kidding me...?
Well Harstem was third in the EU qualifier, so him replacing Kas is legit, no?
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On January 21 2015 22:24 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2015 17:22 rkshox wrote:
Anyone actually going to see it live?
I can't find where you can buy tickets, Garena's official website for the stadium doesn't even have the event listed under their events page...yet? this is where it happens: http://taipeigameshow.biz/index.phpIEM is not selling tickets, it's part of a game show
True, that's what I read as well. However, it's very odd because the game show is located at the world trade center, but according to Liquidpedia, the tournament is located at the Garena stadium. Two completely different places.
Unless Liquidpedia was not updated?
Not many Starcraft2 fans here in Taipei, so I'm sure tickets didn't get sold out too quickly. If there are even tickets to buy?
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France7248 Posts
On January 22 2015 11:34 rkshox wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2015 22:24 Yhamm wrote:On January 21 2015 17:22 rkshox wrote:
Anyone actually going to see it live?
I can't find where you can buy tickets, Garena's official website for the stadium doesn't even have the event listed under their events page...yet? this is where it happens: http://taipeigameshow.biz/index.phpIEM is not selling tickets, it's part of a game show True, that's what I read as well. However, it's very odd because the game show is located at the world trade center, but according to Liquidpedia, the tournament is located at the Garena stadium. Two completely different places. Unless Liquidpedia was not updated? Not many Starcraft2 fans here in Taipei, so I'm sure tickets didn't get sold out too quickly. If there are even tickets to buy?
I think there was a misunderstanding when the Taipei page was created. It seems that what happened at the Garena Stadium was the LoL qualifiers.
the main event of IEM will be at the Taipei Game Show
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On January 22 2015 11:44 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2015 11:34 rkshox wrote:On January 21 2015 22:24 Yhamm wrote:On January 21 2015 17:22 rkshox wrote:
Anyone actually going to see it live?
I can't find where you can buy tickets, Garena's official website for the stadium doesn't even have the event listed under their events page...yet? this is where it happens: http://taipeigameshow.biz/index.phpIEM is not selling tickets, it's part of a game show True, that's what I read as well. However, it's very odd because the game show is located at the world trade center, but according to Liquidpedia, the tournament is located at the Garena stadium. Two completely different places. Unless Liquidpedia was not updated? Not many Starcraft2 fans here in Taipei, so I'm sure tickets didn't get sold out too quickly. If there are even tickets to buy? I think there was a misunderstanding when the Taipei page was created. It seems that what happened at the Garena Stadium was the LoL qualifiers. the main event of IEM will be at the Taipei Game Show
Ah, that's too bad. The Garena eSports stadium is pretty awesome.
However, this makes it much easier to buy tickets. Time to take off of work to see HerO in action.
Thanks for your help Yhamm
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IEM Season IX - Taipei (January 28th to February 1st)
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