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Italy3645 Posts
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Today, Intel announced plans to bring amazing gaming experiences to PyeongChang ahead of next February’s Olympic Winter Games. As an extension of Intel’s Worldwide TOP Partnership and with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Intel will deliver two distinct gaming experiences to Korea in the lead up to PyeongChang 2018: the Intel® Extreme Masters PyeongChang esports tournament featuring one of the most celebrated esports titles of all time, Blizzard Entertainment’s “StarCraft® II,” and a separate exhibition featuring Ubisoft’s action-sports title “Steep™ Road to the Olympics,” the official licensed game of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.
Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang, an extension of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) brand produced in partnership with ESL, will be open to any player, at any level via global online qualifiers, which will take place in November. A live qualifier event will also take place in Beijing in December between the top two qualifiers from China, with the winner moving on to compete against the rest of the field in PyeongChang in the lead up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
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Too bad there are no suspense, we all know who will win.
Is this IEM Gyeonggi replacement (prizepool etc) ? So we have as many events as 2017.
We can thank Mike Morhaime i guess.
So, how are the qualifiers ? And seeds ?
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Sounds quite similar to IEM Gyeonggi. Which is good, I liked that tournament.
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On November 04 2017 00:52 DieuCure wrote:
Too bad there are no suspense, we all know who will win.
Is this IEM Gyeonggi replacement (prizepool etc) ? So we have as many events as 2017.
We can thank Mike Morhaime i guess.
So, how are the qualifiers ? And seeds ?
Indeed. I know it is not Cure.
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Steep™ Road to the Olympics is going to be the LoL killer
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For a second I thought it said IEM Pyongyang announced
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On November 04 2017 01:08 argonautdice wrote:
For a second I thought it said IEM Pyongyang announced
Kim Jung Un would win with random and a 50% handicap, so they avoid North Korea
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Canada8989 Posts
Nice!
I hope traditional network cover this because it's just before the Olympic, it always delivers a good laugh
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Great news!
I hope the global online qualifiers don't collide with HomeStoryCup, though.
And I wonder, if the qualifier will be on the new balance patch...
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They cant possibly be doing it during HSC as several Koreans will be there, but they might do it during WESG EU finals. I assume the global qualifier will be in Korea so it will be extremely difficult for best EU players to participate in November. If its on the new patch, players attending Blizzcon and HSC will have very little time to practice anything. They should at least move the qualifier to December to make it reasonable.
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On November 04 2017 02:21 Kafka777 wrote:
They cant possibly be doing it during HSC as several Koreans will be there, but they might do it during WESG EU finals. I assume the global qualifier will be in Korea so it will be extremely difficult for best EU players to participate in November. If its on the new patch, players attending Blizzcon and HSC will have very little time to practice anything. They should at least move the qualifier to December to make it reasonable.
It says "the best players in the world", so why talk about the EU ?
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On November 04 2017 02:32 DieuCure wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2017 02:21 Kafka777 wrote:
They cant possibly be doing it during HSC as several Koreans will be there, but they might do it during WESG EU finals. I assume the global qualifier will be in Korea so it will be extremely difficult for best EU players to participate in November. If its on the new patch, players attending Blizzcon and HSC will have very little time to practice anything. They should at least move the qualifier to December to make it reasonable. It says "the best players in the world", so why talk about the EU ?
Elazer top 8 player in the world.
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It says "the best players in the world", so why talk about the EU ?
I assume Dark and Stats are not participating either? You got some strong ignorant bias.
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At first glance I thought this said Pyongyang.
I was really confused.
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On November 04 2017 02:35 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2017 02:32 DieuCure wrote:On November 04 2017 02:21 Kafka777 wrote:
They cant possibly be doing it during HSC as several Koreans will be there, but they might do it during WESG EU finals. I assume the global qualifier will be in Korea so it will be extremely difficult for best EU players to participate in November. If its on the new patch, players attending Blizzcon and HSC will have very little time to practice anything. They should at least move the qualifier to December to make it reasonable. It says "the best players in the world", so why talk about the EU ? Elazer top 8 player in the world.
I mean skillwise, not on a bo3 zvz.
Seriously, TY, Stats, Dark, Rogue, Cure, INno, herO, Gumiho, soO, Neeb, Maru, sOs, Byun, Classic, Solar, Byul, aLive win him in a bo50.
Soul 2-0ed him 2weeks ago, is Soul better than Elazer ? No.
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On November 04 2017 02:35 Kafka777 wrote:I assume Dark and Stats are not participating either? You got some strong ignorant bias.
Hurricane>Neeb
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Seriously, TY, Stats, Dark, Rogue, Cure, INno, herO, Gumiho, soO, Neeb, Maru, sOs, Byun, Classic, Solar, Byul, aLive win him in a bo50.
Soul 2-0ed him 2weeks ago, is Soul better than Elazer ? No.
Seriously? Stats, Byul, aLive, sOs, herO, SoO, Solar, Classic, Cure would most likely lose in a bo50. Dark, Rogue, Maru, Neeb hard to tell, he would most likely lose to Inno, Ty, Byun, Gumiho
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On November 04 2017 03:34 Kafka777 wrote:Show nested quote +
Seriously, TY, Stats, Dark, Rogue, Cure, INno, herO, Gumiho, soO, Neeb, Maru, sOs, Byun, Classic, Solar, Byul, aLive win him in a bo50.
Soul 2-0ed him 2weeks ago, is Soul better than Elazer ? No.
Seriously? Stats, Byul, aLive, sOs, herO, SoO, Solar, Classic, Cure would most likely lose in a bo50. Dark, Rogue, Maru, Neeb hard to tell, he would most likely lose to Inno, Ty, Byun, Gumiho
Lol
WCS system works I guess..
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On November 04 2017 03:00 DieuCure wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2017 02:35 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 04 2017 02:32 DieuCure wrote:On November 04 2017 02:21 Kafka777 wrote:
They cant possibly be doing it during HSC as several Koreans will be there, but they might do it during WESG EU finals. I assume the global qualifier will be in Korea so it will be extremely difficult for best EU players to participate in November. If its on the new patch, players attending Blizzcon and HSC will have very little time to practice anything. They should at least move the qualifier to December to make it reasonable. It says "the best players in the world", so why talk about the EU ? Elazer top 8 player in the world. I mean skillwise, not on a bo3 zvz. Seriously, TY, Stats, Dark, Rogue, Cure, INno, herO, Gumiho, soO, Neeb, Maru, sOs, Byun, Classic, Solar, Byul, aLive win him in a bo50. Soul 2-0ed him 2weeks ago, is Soul better than Elazer ? No.
Also Dear, Ryung, Bunny, Trap, Patience
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Strength is uselss. "Better" is also uselss. The money earned by the strength only matters.
Soul win against Elazer at small tournament doesn't matter, But Elazer win against Dark at the biggest tournament really matters.
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I'm most excited for Tastosis irreverently casting "Steep" while knowing nothing about the game
No one does "we've never played this game before and we don't care that you know it" better than them
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I feel like people are making a big enough deal about this event. Of course more details would be nice but I have a feeling this is going to be a really cool event.
Hell, this is on the Olympic website. It's a big deal!
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On November 04 2017 14:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:I feel like people are making a big enough deal about this event. Of course more details would be nice but I have a feeling this is going to be a really cool event. Hell, this is on the Olympic website. It's a big deal!
The general media reaction to this is going to be pretty hilarious. Actually...the general public reaction is going to be pretty hilarious as well.
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On November 04 2017 00:52 DieuCure wrote:
Too bad there are no suspense, we all know who will win.
Is this IEM Gyeonggi replacement (prizepool etc) ? So we have as many events as 2017.
We can thank Mike Morhaime i guess.
So, how are the qualifiers ? And seeds ?
Clide will win this, I agree!
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On November 04 2017 09:54 Waxangel wrote:
I'm most excited for Tastosis irreverently casting "Steep" while knowing nothing about the game
No one does "we've never played this game before and we don't care that you know it" better than them
I think that was super common during WCG.
I recall that's what made WCG 2012 so ridiculous for Dota, they had LoL casters casting Dota 1 + Dota 2 while the Dota caster was drafted to go cast FIFA.
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On November 04 2017 14:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:I feel like people are making a big enough deal about this event. Of course more details would be nice but I have a feeling this is going to be a really cool event. Hell, this is on the Olympic website. It's a big deal!
Lets cheer for a good repartition between the race
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Waw really looking forward to  great news
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On November 04 2017 14:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:I feel like people are making a big enough deal about this event. Of course more details would be nice but I have a feeling this is going to be a really cool event. Hell, this is on the Olympic website. It's a big deal!
For me this is not a "normal" event for the usual sc2 community. It is the first time AFAIK that and esport is going to have an event so closely related with the Olympic movement. It is a BIG deal for e-sports, and even bigger for sc. All the community should try really hard to make this a success.
This thread should be featured, as a minimum.
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On November 04 2017 01:07 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Steep™ Road to the Olympics is going to be the LoL killer Haha, that's gold! But at least, they're trying, no?
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Will there be online qualifiers for every region?
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Has a date for this been announced? I'm not seeing a date in the press release or on the IEM website.
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Italy3645 Posts
...it seems it will be in february... tomorrow we'll have details I presume...
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