IEM has announced the brackets for the round-of-76 (the "open qualifier") of IEM Katowice, which is set to take place during February 24th-25th. Twelve players from the Ro76 will join twelve seeded players in the Ro24 of the tournament.
IEM Katowice is the first major event of the new ESL Pro Tour, the successor to Blizzard's World Championship Series system. IEM Katowice features a total prize pool of $400,000, with the champion winning $150,000 and a seed at the Masters Finals (equivalent to the old WCS Global Finals).
Qualifier 1: sOs, Heromarine and Denver/Showtime Pretty obvious unless Mana pulls a miracle run.
Qualifier 2: Neeb, Innovation and Time Time/Neeb/Innovation have an easy bracket, Time has almost no competition in the top bracket (unless Impact shows up big), and the only player that should pose a threat to Neeb/Innovation is each other, so one of them wins their part of the bracket and the other one wins the lower bracket
Qualifier 3: Special/Clem, Taeja and soO this bracket is more yikes, with better *mediocre* players and not really top tier 'obvious would advance' players. Top bracket is between soO and Taeja in my opinion. Special should take the bottom bracket, maybe Clem can one up him but I doubt it.
Qualifier 4: Trap, Ragnarok and Dear Trap has an easy top bracket and the bottom bracket is probably decided between Dear and Ragnarok. the loser takes the win in the loser bracket.
On January 30 2020 08:50 AzAlexZ wrote: My Predictions for the Offline Qualifiers:
Qualifier 1: sOs, Heromarine and Denver/Showtime Pretty obvious unless Mana pulls a miracle run.
Qualifier 2: Neeb, Innovation and Time Time/Neeb/Innovation have an easy bracket, Time has almost no competition in the top bracket (unless Impact shows up big), and the only player that should pose a threat to Neeb/Innovation is each other, so one of them wins their part of the bracket and the other one wins the lower bracket
Qualifier 3: Special/Clem, Taeja and soO this bracket is more yikes, with better *mediocre* players and not really top tier 'obvious would advance' players. Top bracket is between soO and Taeja in my opinion. Special should take the bottom bracket, maybe Clem can one up him but I doubt it.
Qualifier 4: Trap, Ragnarok and Dear Trap has an easy top bracket and the bottom bracket is probably decided between Dear and Ragnarok. the loser takes the win in the loser bracket.
I wouldn't sleep on Scarlett in the fourth bracket(uThermal is in great shape, too).
On January 30 2020 08:50 AzAlexZ wrote: My Predictions for the Offline Qualifiers:
Qualifier 1: sOs, Heromarine and Denver/Showtime Pretty obvious unless Mana pulls a miracle run.
Qualifier 2: Neeb, Innovation and Time Time/Neeb/Innovation have an easy bracket, Time has almost no competition in the top bracket (unless Impact shows up big), and the only player that should pose a threat to Neeb/Innovation is each other, so one of them wins their part of the bracket and the other one wins the lower bracket
Qualifier 3: Special/Clem, Taeja and soO this bracket is more yikes, with better *mediocre* players and not really top tier 'obvious would advance' players. Top bracket is between soO and Taeja in my opinion. Special should take the bottom bracket, maybe Clem can one up him but I doubt it.
Qualifier 4: Trap, Ragnarok and Dear Trap has an easy top bracket and the bottom bracket is probably decided between Dear and Ragnarok. the loser takes the win in the loser bracket.
I think taeja probably got defeated by bunny and dns and drogo can take him down in the loser bracket
TaeJa vs Bunny in the first round, that is probably a Bunny win. Aligulac says that they have about equal terran score. They are within eachother's confidence intervals. No matter who wins, they'll lose to soO in the end.
Hey, i just looked up: there are no tickets left for the event according to www.intelextrememasters.com any tipps for getting one ticket? pm if you know.
How do they generate revenue to boost the prize pool? I saw it went from 250k to 400k USD but couldn't seem to find out where the money is coming from even on their site
On February 18 2020 03:22 LimeNade wrote: How do they generate revenue to boost the prize pool? I saw it went from 250k to 400k USD but couldn't seem to find out where the money is coming from even on their site
It's increased by Blizzard because of SC2's upcoming 10-year anniversary.
On February 18 2020 03:22 LimeNade wrote: How do they generate revenue to boost the prize pool? I saw it went from 250k to 400k USD but couldn't seem to find out where the money is coming from even on their site
on Liquipedia it says Prize pool is increased by Blizzard
On February 18 2020 03:22 LimeNade wrote: How do they generate revenue to boost the prize pool? I saw it went from 250k to 400k USD but couldn't seem to find out where the money is coming from even on their site
It's increased by Blizzard because of SC2's upcoming 10-year anniversary.
On February 18 2020 03:22 LimeNade wrote: How do they generate revenue to boost the prize pool? I saw it went from 250k to 400k USD but couldn't seem to find out where the money is coming from even on their site
Prize Money
The main events (excluding qualifiers) of the six Masters tournaments and IEM Katowice 2021, the grand final, will be allocated a total of $1.6m in prize money. IEM Katowice 2020 — $400,000 DreamHack SC2 Masters Dallas — $125,000 DreamHack SC2 Masters Valencia — $125,000 DreamHack SC2 Masters Montreal — $125,000 TBA — $200,000 DreamHack SC2 Masters TBA — $125,000 IEM Katowice 2021 — $500,000 Important to note here is that all events, with the exception of both IEM Katowice tournaments, have been additionally supplemented for the 2020-21 season with a total budget of $325,000 to celebrate StarCraft II's 10-year anniversary. The prize pool for all non-Katowice events had been set at $75,000 prior to that boost.
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