TY earning the final two spots from Korean qualifier #2, finalizing the twelve players to be seeded into the round-of-24 group stage.

The $400,000 IEM Katowice main event will be held between February 25th and March 3rd, beginning with the round-of-76 double elimination tournament. Twelve players from the Ro76 will join the twelve seeded players in the group stage (visit IntelExtremeMasters.com for more information on the tournament format).

Tempest

United States147 Posts

January 22 2019 20:20 GMT

So Stats and Classic are flying in for the round of 76 RIGHT?!?!?!

Elentos

55583 Posts

January 22 2019 20:24 GMT

On January 23 2019 05:20 Tempest wrote:
So Stats and Classic are flying in for the round of 76 RIGHT?!?!?!

Probably. They both have teams and Katowice is one of the most prestigious and lucrative events in SC2.

phodacbiet

United States1740 Posts

January 22 2019 20:33 GMT

Bunny is really hitting his stride. I hope this will be his breakout year.

FataLe

New Zealand4549 Posts

January 22 2019 21:53 GMT

Wow sick run by zest

freelifeffs

97 Posts

January 22 2019 22:19 GMT

absolutely mindblowing play by zest today. not used to that from him anymore, so was nice to see. class is permanent after all.

ps: terran needs buffs amirite my terran brethren? lol

sneakyfox

8217 Posts

January 22 2019 22:40 GMT

Very impressive play from TY. He almost swept the qualifier save for a BO loss against aLive.

EEk1TwEEk

Russian Federation192 Posts

January 23 2019 10:52 GMT

Quite impressive run by both Zest and Rogue. Falling off to Losers bracket in the first game with 0-2 score and advancing on through

deacon.frost

Czech Republic12129 Posts

January 23 2019 12:02 GMT

On January 23 2019 07:19 freelifeffs wrote:
absolutely mindblowing play by zest today. not used to that from him anymore, so was nice to see. class is permanent after all.

ps: terran needs buffs amirite my terran brethren? lol

Most of the Terrans qualified from the foreigner lands and while I am surprised by microThermal, major Special was the 2nd best foreigner of Blizzcon and TY, Dark or Rogue were not in the NA qualifiers(while TY is mentioned as a notable participant I cannot see him in the bracket on ELS/TL). From the 5 spots in the Korean qualifiers 2 were Terrans, from the 6 spots of the foreigner lands 4 were Terrans, 3 of them really big names(Maru, mjr Special and Innovation)

Edit> Actually thinking about it who else (besides mjr Special and Neeb) should advance through the European qualifier? I think that uThermal is good enough to take a spot when Serral receives the invite.

Akio

Finland1838 Posts

January 23 2019 12:39 GMT

#10

I hope sOs, Classic and Stats could enter the ro76, that's 3 out of 4 absolute top tier KR Protosses not seeded.

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

January 23 2019 12:40 GMT

#11

The PvP between Zest and Classic was great.

egrimm

Poland1201 Posts

January 23 2019 13:16 GMT

#12

On January 23 2019 21:40 Olli wrote:
The PvP between Zest and Classic was great.

Are they any direct links yet?
What other games would you recommend?

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

January 23 2019 13:31 GMT

#13

On January 23 2019 22:16 egrimm wrote:

Show nested quote +

Are they any direct links yet?
What other games would you recommend?

I only caught the very end of the qualifer (Zest vs Gumiho, Classic vs Zest), so can't say. Classic vs Zest was on Wardi and ZG's streams, so check there!

egrimm

Poland1201 Posts

January 23 2019 14:44 GMT

#14

On January 23 2019 22:31 Olli wrote:

Show nested quote +

I only caught the very end of the qualifer (Zest vs Gumiho, Classic vs Zest), so can't say. Classic vs Zest was on Wardi and ZG's streams, so check there!

Ok thx will do

waiting2Bbanned

United States154 Posts

January 23 2019 16:25 GMT

#15

With more than half of all qualified players being terrans (Serral was seeded), I guess more terran buffs incoming LOL

I just hope Serral is in great form, I don't want to have to suffer through 2 TvT semifinals