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IEM Katowice 2021: Final Player Lineup

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33554 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-30 15:24:02
January 29 2021 17:25 GMT
#1
The math has been done and the player list has been up on Liquipedia for a while, but ESL has finally made it official: these are your 36 competitors at IEM Katowice 2021.

IEM Katowice will be held from February 20th to February 28th, with $250,000 in total prize money on the line. Due to ongoing complications from the global pandemic, the competition will be held entirely online (more info here).

IEM Katowice 2021
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19307 Posts
January 29 2021 17:27 GMT
#2
Per Region, everyone who deserves to be there has made it in. Is there anyone who had a late stride and deserves to be here base on recent results?
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BadBorz1
Profile Joined December 2015
5 Posts
January 29 2021 17:31 GMT
#3
Why the map pool has not changed?
Aestey
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada12 Posts
January 29 2021 18:38 GMT
#4
On January 30 2021 02:27 BisuDagger wrote:
Per Region, everyone who deserves to be there has made it in. Is there anyone who had a late stride and deserves to be here base on recent results?


Zoun?
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
January 29 2021 18:41 GMT
#5
On January 30 2021 02:27 BisuDagger wrote:
Per Region, everyone who deserves to be there has made it in. Is there anyone who had a late stride and deserves to be here base on recent results?


Maybe Zoun in Korea? Other than that the cut is very fair.
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
January 29 2021 19:13 GMT
#6
This is an immensely sick lineup of players.
Looking forward to this!
Gina
Profile Joined July 2019
241 Posts
January 29 2021 19:21 GMT
#7
Serral actually made the No.1 seed from EU! Now I see why it was called Last Chance.
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adara85
Profile Joined January 2021
1 Post
January 29 2021 20:02 GMT
#8
On January 30 2021 02:27 BisuDagger wrote:
Per Region, everyone who deserves to be there has made it in. Is there anyone who had a late stride and deserves to be here base on recent results?


maybe not Scarlett (after last years terrible results)
the rest for sure
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
January 29 2021 20:06 GMT
#9
On January 30 2021 03:41 Serimek wrote:
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On January 30 2021 02:27 BisuDagger wrote:
Per Region, everyone who deserves to be there has made it in. Is there anyone who had a late stride and deserves to be here base on recent results?


Maybe Zoun in Korea? Other than that the cut is very fair.

Zoun didn't make it because his stride was too late let's be honest. He missed ASUS ROG, Super Tournament 2, TSL6 and DH Last Chance. Every opportunity to get points to make the cut.
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
January 29 2021 20:51 GMT
#10
On January 30 2021 04:21 Gina wrote:
Serral actually made the No.1 seed from EU! Now I see why it was called Last Chance.


lmao! Yeah, the "last chance" could probably be better designed to make it more exiting, but it was a cool tourney to watch as it turned out.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
January 29 2021 22:10 GMT
#11
The two best players missing are defnatly Zoun and then probably Lambo I gues..
Still absolutly sich lineup.
Now waiting for how they seed the groups and the Ro36
MaxPax
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
January 29 2021 23:14 GMT
#12
Incredibly stoked for this in a few weeks!
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SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
January 30 2021 07:43 GMT
#13
Really love what ESL/Dreamhack and GSL (and all the other tournament organizers) have done for SC2 this circuit. Great storyline all around. All players deserve to be there. Hope for a great world finals

#Gethyped

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AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
January 30 2021 08:58 GMT
#14
Let's go Neeb, Trap, and Innovation!
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Psychonian
Profile Joined March 2012
United States2322 Posts
January 30 2021 21:20 GMT
#15
Sad that Zoun isn't there, the guy got really really hot lately, but that's just the format. Gonna be an awesome tournament regardless
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
January 30 2021 21:49 GMT
#16
I get that people miss Zoun, but Byun and sOs got in, so the next time he has to surge his form earlier
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Heliogabal
Profile Joined May 2015
Germany3 Posts
January 30 2021 22:58 GMT
#17
On January 30 2021 07:10 dbRic1203 wrote:
The two best players missing are defnatly Zoun and then probably Lambo I gues..
Still absolutly sich lineup.
Now waiting for how they seed the groups and the Ro36


100% agree. but as people mentioned, Zoun just came up too late to get points, and as much as I like Lambo, Elazer and Uthermal deserve the spots as well
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
January 31 2021 03:44 GMT
#18
Who cares about Zoun? The real tragedy is no Patience.
warnull
Profile Joined February 2016
United States280 Posts
January 31 2021 07:35 GMT
#19
Super happy to see Scarlett in the world finals, after years of just barely not making the cutoff. And it comes at the end of such an amazing year, with her second premier tournament win, an all-kill in the Chinese team league, and the iconic GSL match vs Rogue that people will likely be talking about decades from now. Here's to wishing Scarlett luck in making a deep run. I can feel it happening.
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
January 31 2021 08:10 GMT
#20
Really good lineup
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Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4960 Posts
January 31 2021 09:26 GMT
#21
is it maru confirmed to attend?

Also, I really like the decision to extend the schedule of the event, it makes it more enjoyable to have few matches per day but in a bigger timespan and since they are not renting a venue its possible to do it so yay!.
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
January 31 2021 09:33 GMT
#22
I hope this is not played on the current patch. Something needs to be done about shield batteries before holding a major tournament - the current state of the game is really bad, and shield batteries are the cause.

User was temp banned for this post.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
January 31 2021 12:48 GMT
#23
On January 31 2021 18:33 MockHamill wrote:
I hope this is not played on the current patch. Something needs to be done about shield batteries before holding a major tournament - the current state of the game is really bad, and shield batteries are the cause.

Well, in that case I would love you to know that Blizzard is no longer caring
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2217 Posts
January 31 2021 14:55 GMT
#24
Exciting
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QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-01 05:09:30
February 01 2021 05:05 GMT
#25
On January 31 2021 18:33 MockHamill wrote:
I hope this is not played on the current patch. Something needs to be done about shield batteries before holding a major tournament - the current state of the game is really bad, and shield batteries are the cause.

User was temp banned for this post.

Since the last balance patch, in Premier tournaments, we have had 5 Zerg victories, 4 Protoss victories, and 3 Terran victories. Or if we stop pretending NA stuff is premier, 4, 3, and 3. This is honestly better than balance has been for a long time, and whatever balance issues there may be can't really be pinned on the Shield Battery, which wasn't even changed with that patch.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17725 Posts
February 01 2021 09:40 GMT
#26
Anyone know when the brackets are being announced? I wonder if they think about how much preparation time they want to allow. Do you want the players to be extra prepared for their first matches, or do you want them to just do more general practice and have less time to prepare for their brackets
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Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
February 01 2021 11:35 GMT
#27
On February 01 2021 18:40 Die4Ever wrote:
Anyone know when the brackets are being announced? I wonder if they think about how much preparation time they want to allow. Do you want the players to be extra prepared for their first matches, or do you want them to just do more general practice and have less time to prepare for their brackets


This can change the outcome of quite a lot of the first matches.
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
February 01 2021 12:36 GMT
#28
On January 31 2021 16:35 warnull wrote:
Super happy to see Scarlett in the world finals, after years of just barely not making the cutoff. And it comes at the end of such an amazing year, with her second premier tournament win, an all-kill in the Chinese team league, and the iconic GSL match vs Rogue that people will likely be talking about decades from now. Here's to wishing Scarlett luck in making a deep run. I can feel it happening.

Was wondering what Scarlett actually won this year. Them´n remembered, that some people count the NA part of EPT premier

Tbh I didn t feel like she was considerably stronger or weaker than in the two years prior. So I d say it would be quite the succes for her, if she managed to make it to the Ro24
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buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
February 02 2021 14:06 GMT
#29
I have just read the recent news about multiple pro players in CoD:Warzone quit over rampant cheating in that game. With IEM Katowice now being run online, I'm now wondering if we have good anti-cheat systems in place for that tournament? How are the tournament organizers making sure that there's no cheating? It has by far the largest prize pool in SC2 currently. I'm not saying that any of the top players are or will do so, but best to put practices in place to make sure that these things don't happen.

What do you all think?
1gragequit
Profile Joined June 2020
31 Posts
February 03 2021 11:15 GMT
#30
Sad that Mana didn't make it. His PvZ has looked as good as anyone's recently and feel like he was not that far behind the EU top 5.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-03 17:42:10
February 03 2021 17:29 GMT
#31
(Wiki)IEM Katowice/2021/Round of 36


Breaket for Ro36 is out
MaxPax
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
February 03 2021 18:06 GMT
#32
Byun vs Dream in round one of the Ro36 oof
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
February 03 2021 19:19 GMT
#33
On February 04 2021 03:06 Darkhorse wrote:
Byun vs Dream in round one of the Ro36 oof

And also Scarlett vs Cyan
Amazing seeding right there...
MaxPax
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17725 Posts
February 03 2021 19:50 GMT
#34
On February 04 2021 03:06 Darkhorse wrote:
Byun vs Dream in round one of the Ro36 oof

Nooooo why lol
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-04 00:04:19
February 04 2021 00:03 GMT
#35
There's a loser bracket? Do I get that bottom advancement to RO24 right?

Edit> Imma an idiot, double elimination is written right in the tweet >< :D
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
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