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IEM Katowice Ro24 concludes, Playoff Bracket Set

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-01 23:14:38
March 01 2019 23:00 GMT
#1
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IEM Katowice: Round of 24

Day two of the IEM Katowice group stage concluded with six more players moving onto the playoffs, setting the table for an epic grand finale over the next two days.



(Wiki)Serral lived up to his Global Champion billing in Group C, conquering the 'group of death' to claim first place. However, the other two advancing players from the group were anything but the usual suspects, with (Wiki)Ragnarok and (Wiki)Solar qualifying at the expense of INnoVation, Rogue, and GuMiho.



Group D saw (Wiki)Dear take first place in what many saw as a wide-open field. The playoff qualification picture went down to the wire in the final series of matches, with (Wiki)TY taking second place while (Wiki)soO barely won a four-way tie-breaker for third place on the difference of a single map win.



IEM continues at Saturday, Mar 02 10:40am GMT (GMT+00:00) with the round of 12 and round of 8 in the playoffs. IEM will conclude with the semis and grand finals on March 3rd. You can catch up on the games at IEM's official Youtube channel.
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herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
March 01 2019 23:06 GMT
#2
lol people were pretending it's hard to predict who makes it out of group D when there were 2 foreigners guaranteed to take last places

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33388 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-01 23:23:35
March 01 2019 23:19 GMT
#3
Dear's largely here on the strength of his PvT (14-0 for the tournament!) but now he can't have another T opponent until the finals (if TY even makes it). Still, an impressive surprise (or is it?) run from him. Also, I think it's fun to point out that Stats, Zest, Dark, and Dear all had better records than Serral. (Yes, I know Serral was in a very hard group and that his last match had no competitive stakes. That's why I said it was for FUN )
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herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-01 23:30:23
March 01 2019 23:27 GMT
#4
On March 02 2019 08:19 Waxangel wrote:
Dear's largely here on the strength of his PvT


weeeell he 2-0d sOs and soO as well so his other matchups don't look all that bad either. losing to ragnagod is no shame, and scarlett was a mere fluke
Tommy131313
Profile Joined May 2016
Germany153 Posts
March 01 2019 23:30 GMT
#5
On March 02 2019 08:06 herwo wrote:
lol people were pretending it's hard to predict who makes it out of group D when there were 2 foreigners guaranteed to take last places



Why on earth should the 2 foreigners be guaranteed to take last places? What a troll...
It's been a 4 way tie - so they were extremely close, right?
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 01 2019 23:32 GMT
#6
Hopefully we get the soO v Serral bo5. Other than that, I'd say Stats v Dark is pretty much a given semifinals, but it's harder to say who is going to face Serral in the other one.

And now for TY to Regenerate the Glory and give us all the epic seven-game grand finals that we deserve
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15961 Posts
March 01 2019 23:33 GMT
#7
hoping for a Dark vs soO finals here. soO hasn't gotten 2nd at Katowice yet so it's time.
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herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
March 01 2019 23:34 GMT
#8
On March 02 2019 08:30 Tommy131313 wrote:
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On March 02 2019 08:06 herwo wrote:
lol people were pretending it's hard to predict who makes it out of group D when there were 2 foreigners guaranteed to take last places



Why on earth should the 2 foreigners be guaranteed to take last places? What a troll...
It's been a 4 way tie - so they were extremely close, right?



they collectively took 1 series from the 3 players that advanced so no, not close at all.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4408 Posts
March 01 2019 23:35 GMT
#9
Damn the only way Serral will face TY is if they both make the finals. That is disappointing. At least TY doesn't have to deal with protoss until the ro4. Hope he can make a deep run.
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
March 01 2019 23:40 GMT
#10
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed
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herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
March 01 2019 23:56 GMT
#11
On March 02 2019 08:40 BerserkSword wrote:
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed


ikr it gets old seeing everyone is one class below serral
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19239 Posts
March 01 2019 23:57 GMT
#12
Amazing bottom bracket. No matter the finalist it will be tough for Serral if he makes it there too.

We saw a huge weakness in Serral's ability to close out late game ZvT against top tier Terrans. If TY plays Serral he now has a game plan on how to win.
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Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-02 00:46:47
March 02 2019 00:00 GMT
#13
On March 02 2019 08:34 herwo wrote:they collectively took 1 series from the 3 players that advanced so no, not close at all.


What part of “Both TY and soO advanced by winning a single map more than uThermal” don’t you understand?
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ssregitoss
Profile Joined September 2004
Turkey241 Posts
March 02 2019 00:00 GMT
#14
sure it will be dark vs serral
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
March 02 2019 00:03 GMT
#15
On March 02 2019 08:40 BerserkSword wrote:
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed


Naw.

soO and TY have a better chance imo. soO for just having incredible ZvZ that can match Serral and TY for being a Terran with a huge arsenal to throw at him.

Seral vs TY is the best finals possible. Dark or Stats will likely ruin that though.
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herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
March 02 2019 00:03 GMT
#16
On March 02 2019 09:00 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
What part of “Both TY and soO advanced by winning a single map more than uThermal” don’t you understand?


the part where this is false lol
starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
March 02 2019 00:06 GMT
#17
On March 02 2019 09:03 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
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On March 02 2019 08:40 BerserkSword wrote:
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed


Naw.

soO and TY have a better chance imo. soO for just having incredible ZvZ that can match Serral and TY for being a Terran with a huge arsenal to throw at him.

Seral vs TY is the best finals possible. Dark or Stats will likely ruin that though.

someone was trying to argue with me earlier that soO has terrible ZvZ, I was like ????? soO vs serral would be pretty exciting, much better than Zest Serral
herwo
Profile Joined January 2019
199 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-02 00:23:54
March 02 2019 00:18 GMT
#18
On March 02 2019 09:06 starkiller123 wrote:
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On March 02 2019 09:03 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On March 02 2019 08:40 BerserkSword wrote:
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed


Naw.

soO and TY have a better chance imo. soO for just having incredible ZvZ that can match Serral and TY for being a Terran with a huge arsenal to throw at him.

Seral vs TY is the best finals possible. Dark or Stats will likely ruin that though.

someone was trying to argue with me earlier that soO has terrible ZvZ, I was like ????? soO vs serral would be pretty exciting, much better than Zest Serral


he did lose to bly in hsc... i know it's a meme by this point, but his zvz is better in korean zvz where games don't go past mid game. soO's late game has not been great in any matchup, and he definitely doesn't get much training for late game zvz while serral gets plenty on the european ladder. i doubt a bo5 between soO and serral would go any different than expected. once serral gets lurkers, soO is gonna panic throw

(don't get me wrong though, serral would beat him in mid game zvz as well )
Carminedust
Profile Joined October 2014
487 Posts
March 02 2019 00:20 GMT
#19
eeey we get blessed with soo vs Zest
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BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
March 02 2019 00:23 GMT
#20
On March 02 2019 09:03 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2019 08:40 BerserkSword wrote:
i feel like stats is the only guy there who can make serral bleed


Naw.

soO and TY have a better chance imo. soO for just having incredible ZvZ that can match Serral and TY for being a Terran with a huge arsenal to throw at him.

Seral vs TY is the best finals possible. Dark or Stats will likely ruin that though.


soO has an nice ZvZ but Serral is a completely different beast....i think soO would get eviscerated. Serral has already dismantled the premier Zergs in Dark and Rogue en route to his GSL vs the WCS finals i dont think soO is as good as they are at this level.

TY is interesting but recently he can barely hang with the Dark's and Rogue's....there is nothing that makes me think he can beat Serral.

meanwhile Stats met him in the GSL vs world and WCS finals and took games off of him
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