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Reynor, Maru, Zest qualify for IEM Katowice (NA server)

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
January 08 2020 06:10 GMT
#1
IEM Katowice 2020: Qualifiers


The North American server qualifier for IEM Katowice 2020 has concluded, with (Wiki)Reynor, (Wiki)Maru, and (Wiki)Zest winning seeds into the round-of-24 of the main event, as well as flights and accommodation. Three more qualifiers will be held—one EU server qualifier and two Korean server qualifiers—awarding eight more seeds into the Ro24. (Wiki)Dark, the 2019 WCS Global Champion, has received an automatic seed.

The next qualifier for IEM Katowice is Korean server qualifier #1, held between January 8th-9th with community streamers broadcasting the matches.

The main IEM Katowice tournament will be held between February 24th and March 1st. It is set to be the first event in the newly announced ESL Pro Tour—the official successor to the previous World Championship Series system.


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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
January 08 2020 06:40 GMT
#2
GGs to Reynor!! Good for him, that TY didn t make it to the qualifying match. He would be been the only one in his breaket to stop him
MaxPax
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
January 08 2020 07:20 GMT
#3
Nice I wanted Zest and Reynor to Qualify, awesome.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4967 Posts
January 08 2020 07:54 GMT
#4
Shame Cure lost to impact, I am really excited about what he can do this year. But the nerves, oh those nerves he has can block him to deliver when it matters.
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
January 08 2020 07:57 GMT
#5
Was TY losing to MaSa about the ping or did he send John Sun in his stead?
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
January 08 2020 08:57 GMT
#6
Fuck yeah Maru managed to qualify!
Good start of the year so far
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
January 08 2020 09:01 GMT
#7
On January 08 2020 16:57 sneakyfox wrote:
Was TY losing to MaSa about the ping or did he send John Sun in his stead?

Considering everyone else he beat after losing to Masa he probably sent John Sun to start the bracket.
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
January 08 2020 09:17 GMT
#8
On January 08 2020 18:01 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2020 16:57 sneakyfox wrote:
Was TY losing to MaSa about the ping or did he send John Sun in his stead?

Considering everyone else he beat after losing to Masa he probably sent John Sun to start the bracket.


Good to see the old cowboy is still dusted off from time to time.

Btw should we make a LP page for John Sun with a list of notable series?
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
January 08 2020 09:49 GMT
#9
On January 08 2020 18:17 sneakyfox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2020 18:01 Elentos wrote:
On January 08 2020 16:57 sneakyfox wrote:
Was TY losing to MaSa about the ping or did he send John Sun in his stead?

Considering everyone else he beat after losing to Masa he probably sent John Sun to start the bracket.


Good to see the old cowboy is still dusted off from time to time.

Btw should we make a LP page for John Sun with a list of notable series?

yes please!
MaxPax
Mekare
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany393 Posts
January 08 2020 09:54 GMT
#10
Yay Zest!!!
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4967 Posts
January 08 2020 10:05 GMT
#11
oh shit I didn't saw it, TY losing to Masa lol. Best TvTer in the world, yeah right.
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Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2106 Posts
January 08 2020 10:22 GMT
#12
0:3? really, soO? ehhhh
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 10:37:51
January 08 2020 10:25 GMT
#13
On January 08 2020 19:05 Argonauta wrote:
oh shit I didn't saw it, TY losing to Masa lol. Best TvTer in the world, yeah right.

He was on the last patch. Now it's Cure until he plays a TvT that actually matters and he chokes. Definitely doesn't take rocket science to figure out that TY's TvT has been shaky on this patch, his WESG run almost ended with TaeJa.

Having seen the games he was definitely somewhat affected by ping but that shouldn't be enough of an issue to go 0-2 since he also had that ping when he 2-0'd Scarlett with bio.
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blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
January 08 2020 11:35 GMT
#14
On January 08 2020 19:25 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2020 19:05 Argonauta wrote:
oh shit I didn't saw it, TY losing to Masa lol. Best TvTer in the world, yeah right.

He was on the last patch. Now it's Cure until he plays a TvT that actually matters and he chokes. Definitely doesn't take rocket science to figure out that TY's TvT has been shaky on this patch, his WESG run almost ended with TaeJa.

Having seen the games he was definitely somewhat affected by ping but that shouldn't be enough of an issue to go 0-2 since he also had that ping when he 2-0'd Scarlett with bio.


Yeah, TvT went full baboon in this patch and map pool, and TY has the least baboonery of any korean terran.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
January 08 2020 11:39 GMT
#15
Zest filling me with false promises again? Please be as good as you're handsome, Zest!
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dr3am_b3ing
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada188 Posts
January 08 2020 14:46 GMT
#16
Maruuuu
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Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
January 08 2020 14:56 GMT
#17
The boy Clem did beat innovation during the qualifier!
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 15:18:58
January 08 2020 15:16 GMT
#18
On January 08 2020 23:56 Cosmos wrote:
The boy Clem did beat innovation during the qualifier!

It s the year of Clem :D
His chances to qualify in the EU qualifier are quite good as well.
He is in the Serral-less breaket, as long as he keeps his nerves against potential Koreans, he should be favoured.
MaxPax
narusensei22
Profile Joined October 2018
31 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 16:35:48
January 08 2020 16:34 GMT
#19
On January 09 2020 00:16 dbRic1203 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2020 23:56 Cosmos wrote:
The boy Clem did beat innovation during the qualifier!

It s the year of Clem :D
His chances to qualify in the EU qualifier are quite good as well.
He is in the Serral-less breaket, as long as he keeps his nerves against potential Koreans, he should be favoured.




Well Inno seems very off recently he even lost to Korean amateur protoss Zoun 0-3 yesterday...

And considering MaSa also beated TY 2-0. The online matches are meaningless as always been unless offline accomplishment from Serral.
Pentarp
Profile Joined August 2015
227 Posts
January 08 2020 21:21 GMT
#20
On January 08 2020 20:35 blooblooblahblah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2020 19:25 Elentos wrote:
On January 08 2020 19:05 Argonauta wrote:
oh shit I didn't saw it, TY losing to Masa lol. Best TvTer in the world, yeah right.

He was on the last patch. Now it's Cure until he plays a TvT that actually matters and he chokes. Definitely doesn't take rocket science to figure out that TY's TvT has been shaky on this patch, his WESG run almost ended with TaeJa.

Having seen the games he was definitely somewhat affected by ping but that shouldn't be enough of an issue to go 0-2 since he also had that ping when he 2-0'd Scarlett with bio.


Yeah, TvT went full baboon in this patch and map pool, and TY has the least baboonery of any korean terran.

It's all about flexibility when it comes to baboonery in a mirror match-up. Whatever your opponent can you, you can do it too,
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Jeremy Reimer
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1126 Posts
January 08 2020 22:44 GMT
#21
I'm a little confused about how these qualifiers work with the new ESL Pro Tour. It seems like there is no region lock, ie, anyone can play on any server qualifier. So how does that fit in with the whole "11 pro tour + 16 + 9 Korea" thing on the ESL Pro Tour page? My apologies in advance for being dumb.
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
January 08 2020 22:52 GMT
#22
On January 09 2020 07:44 Jeremy Reimer wrote:
I'm a little confused about how these qualifiers work with the new ESL Pro Tour. It seems like there is no region lock, ie, anyone can play on any server qualifier. So how does that fit in with the whole "11 pro tour + 16 + 9 Korea" thing on the ESL Pro Tour page? My apologies in advance for being dumb.


This edition of Katowice is still working as it were in the past.
Jeremy Reimer
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1126 Posts
January 08 2020 23:19 GMT
#23
Ah, okay, thanks.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-09 00:32:01
January 09 2020 00:18 GMT
#24
Note that even under the new ESL Pro Tour, 2 of the 6 Masters events are supposed to be the equivalent of the global events under the WCS system (which is also why it's 11 spots from the Master events and 9 from Korea, since 2 of the Master spots go to the winners of the global events).
TheRealNanMan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1471 Posts
January 09 2020 00:19 GMT
#25
I'm a little sad none of our NA players (Scarlett, Masa, Neeb, Astrea) were able to qualify for the NA qualifier hopefully they make it on another qualifier. Reynor Maru and Zest doing work in the first qualifier though
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33592 Posts
January 09 2020 01:19 GMT
#26
It's interesting that the order of the server scheduling can matter so much

if you play out KR first, then that's probably 5 less top players who will play in the NA qualifier. Instead, you begin everything with the the NA qualifier, which means you get frickin' Maru trying for a spot. That's not so say NA players would necessarily succeed in a 'softer' NA qualifier (it might be the Euro players who benefit), but it's crazy how the order of the server qualifiers has the potential to affect who gets seeded to IEM.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
January 09 2020 01:26 GMT
#27
On January 09 2020 10:19 Waxangel wrote:
It's interesting that the order of the server scheduling can matter so much

if you play out KR first, then that's probably 5 less top players who will play in the NA qualifier. Instead, you begin everything with the the NA qualifier, which means you get frickin' Maru trying for a spot. That's not so say NA players would necessarily succeed in a 'softer' NA qualifier (it might be the Euro players who benefit), but it's crazy how the order of the server qualifiers has the potential to affect who gets seeded to IEM.


Wouldn't the KR qualifiers be accordingly easier by three to five players then? Of course there's some asymmetry there since everyone wants their lowest ping server's qualifier to be last, and there's probably some difference in participants (e.g Serral would have participated in the NA qualifier if the order of qualifiers were swapped and he lost in the EU qualifier), but overall is does balance out a bit. I feel like NA players are more doomed by geography (which allows both EU and KR to have doable ping) rather than scheduling.
NExt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia1651 Posts
January 09 2020 02:04 GMT
#28
Any VODs sorry if it was already asked
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