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IEM Katowice - TY, Maru, Clem advance from Group A

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
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February 22 2021 20:34 GMT
#1
IEM Katowice 2021

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The first day of group play at IEM Katowice saw #1 overall seed TY qualify for playoffs as the 1st place player from group A, trailed by two more Terrans in Maru and Clem. The race for 1st place—and the invaluable quarterfinal seed it confers—ended up being very competitive, with a three-way tie seeming likely as the final series of games neared its end. However, Clem's 1-2 defeat at the hands of an already eliminated Solar determined the standings without any need for coinflips or tiebreakers.

Despite not qualifying, the KaiZi Gaming Zerg was the most compelling player of the group. Starting the group off 1-1 with a loss to TY and victory against ShoWTimE, Solar headed into a pivotal match against Maru in the third round of games. After a grueling 40 minute battle against Maru, it seemed as if Solar would finally crack open the Terran defenses with Brood Lords and take a 1-0 lead. But in an unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime maneuver, Maru managed to land a desperation nuke directly on top of Solar's Brood Lords, turning a certain loss into a victory. Solar looked visibly shaken on stream, and the ruthless Maru followed up with a proxy-barracks into fast stim strategy in game two to seal the series.

It wouldn't have surprised anyone if Solar had become completely broken by that defeat and lost his remaining games to end his IEM Katowice run. However, Solar showed remarkable composure and poise to gather himself in time for his next series with ByuN, where he calmly collected a 2-0 victory in macro games. While Solar's elimination was already confirmed by the time of his final match against Clem, he gave it his all until the very end to take a 2-1 victory over the French Terran and decide the final group standings.

IEM Katowice continues on Monday, Feb 22 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) with Group B of the RO24, featuring Serral, INnoVation, SpeCial, Dark, TIME, and Bunny.


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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany1900 Posts
February 22 2021 20:42 GMT
#2
GGs to all Players in Group A
Sad to see Showtime, Byun and Solar going out, but great for the 3 terrans
Great games all along
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QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
220 Posts
February 22 2021 20:43 GMT
#3
Sad for Solar. He's such a strong player but never quite gets the results it seems like he should. Probably could have advanced in any other group--even having ByuN or ShoWTimE perform better might have done it.
DSh1
Profile Joined April 2017
292 Posts
February 22 2021 22:13 GMT
#4
Sad for Byun. Felt like a lot of uncharistic mistakes from him. Maybe because he also played the days before? Also sad for Showtime not winning a series
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3583 Posts
February 22 2021 22:49 GMT
#5
Damn Maru was so close to first. Wish he would have taken a game off TY.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain3380 Posts
February 22 2021 23:17 GMT
#6
happy for Maru, he delivered some entertaining games, specially his TvT were really fun (well and the nuke ofc)
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Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States13409 Posts
February 22 2021 23:30 GMT
#7
On February 23 2021 07:49 JJH777 wrote:
Damn Maru was so close to first. Wish he would have taken a game off TY.


He would have also gotten first if Byun could have taken a game off of TY.

TY too strong in TvT.
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whiterabbit
Profile Joined June 2009
2583 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-22 23:31:50
February 22 2021 23:31 GMT
#8
Good games today, really enjoyed the coverage. Katowice, even if it's online event this year, is still super hype!

Tomorrow looks to be good, too!
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SpecKROELLchen
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany117 Posts
February 23 2021 00:11 GMT
#9
Really interesting day, am i right or is the nuke at the end really the thing that keeps rogue from advancing? That makes it even more dramatic. But i think Maru, TY and Clem are the best terrans left, so it is fine that they adavnced.
renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1742 Posts
February 23 2021 01:26 GMT
#10
That nuke and the noise nathanias makes leaves me engorged.
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tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
45 Posts
February 23 2021 01:30 GMT
#11
What an outstanding slate of games today. Was rooting for Clem to take the top of his group after a strong showing, but hope he takes it even farther!
Husyelt
Profile Joined May 2020
201 Posts
February 23 2021 01:56 GMT
#12
Fun day to listen / watch. I think everyone knew how close the results were going to be, and that didn't disappoint.
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
1938 Posts
February 23 2021 02:40 GMT
#13
So who was the best TvT performer? Seeing that TY, Clem and Maru all took games off each other in circular fashion.
gg no re thx
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
2422 Posts
February 23 2021 05:59 GMT
#14
On February 23 2021 11:40 RKC wrote:
So who was the best TvT performer? Seeing that TY, Clem and Maru all took games off each other in circular fashion.

well Maru lost a game to Byun so he can't be it, Clem and TY both 2-0'd Byun
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Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa910 Posts
February 23 2021 07:01 GMT
#15
Still so sad vor ShoWTimE
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom1949 Posts
February 23 2021 08:04 GMT
#16
Felt bad for Solar, Terran looking strong
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buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
52 Posts
February 23 2021 08:58 GMT
#17
On February 23 2021 14:59 AzAlexZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2021 11:40 RKC wrote:
So who was the best TvT performer? Seeing that TY, Clem and Maru all took games off each other in circular fashion.

well Maru lost a game to Byun so he can't be it, Clem and TY both 2-0'd Byun


? And ByuN lost to Clem, and Clem lost to Maru, and Maru lost to TY. Each one of them lost to each other. For me, it's either TY or Maru. Both of them seem just that bit better than the rest, which is why they are 1st and 2nd.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8184 Posts
February 23 2021 10:17 GMT
#18
Imagine going out in a 6 man group just because you lost to fucking Maru and TY.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
hyuu
Profile Joined August 2011
138 Posts
February 23 2021 12:18 GMT
#19
On February 23 2021 17:58 buzz_bender wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2021 14:59 AzAlexZ wrote:
On February 23 2021 11:40 RKC wrote:
So who was the best TvT performer? Seeing that TY, Clem and Maru all took games off each other in circular fashion.

well Maru lost a game to Byun so he can't be it, Clem and TY both 2-0'd Byun


? And ByuN lost to Clem, and Clem lost to Maru, and Maru lost to TY. Each one of them lost to each other. For me, it's either TY or Maru. Both of them seem just that bit better than the rest, which is why they are 1st and 2nd.


His point was that Maru lost to TY And lost a game to ByuN so the best tvt plays of group A can't be Maru.
so Clem and TY remains, and well, clem stomped TY so if we had to pick only one, that would be clem

Ofc it does not mean anything I'm glad those 3 came out of group A
FFgringo
Profile Joined December 2015
42 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-24 06:12:44
February 24 2021 06:12 GMT
#20
I watched the vod of the group A games on the ESL twitch channel and I loved the soundtrack. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to know the song names? I especially would like to know the name of the song which starts at 06:04:45 on this twitch vod https://www.twitch.tv/videos/924117600
I'm sorry I know it has nothing to do with the games but I have no idea where to ask. I tried to find but to no avail. The IEM playlist I found on spotify does not include this song.
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