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IEM Katowice RO24 - Group B & C results

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-24 22:24:29
February 24 2021 20:11 GMT
#1
IEM Katowice 2021

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Dark joined elite company in Group B of IEM Katowice 2021, becoming the first player to achieve a perfect 10-0 map score in the IEM World Championship since MMA in Season VI (2012).

Serral came in second place, mangling the Terrans in the group but losing in a surprisingly one-sided fashion to Dark (he tapped out to Dark's speedling all-in in game one, and then failed to bust Dark with Nydus-Roach-Queen in game two). INnoVation claimed the third place spot in the group, losing to both Zergs but managing to win all his TvT's against SpeCial, TIME, and Bunny to earn a 3-2 record.

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Group C was the site of a shocking upset, with title contender Trap crashing out in flames with a 1-4 record. Trap was only able to defeat Dream, who was also eliminated with a 1-4 record.

First place ended up going to IEM Katowice 2020 runner-up Zest, who finished with a 4-1 record despite face-tanking Corrosive Biles and accumulating the infamous Zest-bank at times. Surprisingly, Zest's only loss came to Astrea, who Zest had considered the weakest opponent heading into the group. It was no surprise to see Reynor also advance to the playoffs (despite his IEM woes in past years), with the Italian Zerg also putting up a 4-1 record (only losing to Zest).

Trap's poor play opened the door for one of the underdogs to reach the playoffs, and it ended up being HeroMarine who rose to the occasion. HeroMarine took down Trap, Dream, and Astrea, securing a 3-2 record that was good for third place.

While Astrea was eliminated in 4th place with a 2-3 record, he certainly deserves a shoutout for executing the most audacious strategy of the group. Not only did Astrea defeat Trap and throw Group C into chaos, but he did so by using a bizarre proxy-Nexus strategy.

IEM Katowice continues on Thursday, Feb 25 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) with Group D of the RO24, featuring Rogue, Stats, Cure, PartinG, Neeb, and RagnaroK.

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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
February 24 2021 20:14 GMT
#2
Hell yeah, Big Dark and Big Gabe getting some Big Results! Very happy! Awesome games as well overall.
Special shoutout to Harstem and Lambo, fantastic coverage from them. Wish they'd do all the playoffs as well.
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AzBozz
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany518 Posts
February 24 2021 20:34 GMT
#3
trap got jinxed hard by that preview :D
MMA | MVP|Teaja|Polt|MKP|Byun|Maru|Thorzain|Creator|HasuObs|Socke|Lucifron|Vortix|Mana|Heromarine / PRIME and Mousesports fighting!!
Dave4
Profile Joined August 2018
494 Posts
February 24 2021 20:37 GMT
#4
Congratulations Zest on being selected runner up of this ongoing tournament by TL.

Lold at Trap getting Trapped by a nexus
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4414 Posts
February 24 2021 20:43 GMT
#5
What a sad day for Trap and for Korean pros in general. I would not have imagined Astrea and Heromarine both finishing above Trap and Dream in a round robin group. This result plus Serral and Clem advancing also confirms that in terms of ro12 representation this is the worst result for Korea at a Katowice.
CatheadSC2
Profile Joined September 2020
26 Posts
February 24 2021 20:55 GMT
#6
Yeah, I'm sure Trap is taking it hard, he's been on such a roll lately. I saw one of the losses and he immediately threw his face into his hands. I wonder what the Korean community thinks about this.
renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1840 Posts
February 24 2021 21:58 GMT
#7
Trap was tilted pretty hard after biggest gabe. Also Zest’s hoodie wins the tournament.
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ZugzwangSC
Profile Joined October 2019
87 Posts
February 24 2021 22:25 GMT
#8
Just when you think Zest doesn't have another gear... he proves you wrong.
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Obamarauder
Profile Joined June 2015
697 Posts
February 24 2021 22:41 GMT
#9
I feel like Astrea can be one of the best players if he only plays PvP. his game against trap was something else.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
February 25 2021 00:37 GMT
#10
Can we crown Zest as the best Protoss Player in the World now, he deserves it.
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
February 25 2021 00:50 GMT
#11
Congrats to Zest, Reynor and HeroMarine for advancing! Excited for tomorrow's games.
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EEk1TwEEk
Profile Joined June 2017
Russian Federation169 Posts
February 25 2021 06:36 GMT
#12
Oh Trap...
This man suffers from a bad heart, but I have plenty of medicine.
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2216 Posts
February 25 2021 09:09 GMT
#13
INno did basically what was expected and I think will struggle in the next round.

Shocking from Trap, I also thought Dream would sneak through.

Zest looking good, Dark surely the favourite now.
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4220 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-25 10:32:28
February 25 2021 10:32 GMT
#14
some nice games and interesting results so far
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ExpatRights
Profile Joined February 2021
53 Posts
February 25 2021 10:58 GMT
#15
there might be 'other' reasons when Koreans suddenly lose to foreigners they're a 99% favorite against
atchosvk
Profile Joined April 2018
55 Posts
February 25 2021 11:04 GMT
#16
The protoss race is very versatile. Not saying that it is the weakest of all 3 but there is literally 0 room for mistakes, compared to the other 2 races. You can lose to top foreigners in any P vs. ? . Now Trap made mistakes that he usually does not make, I was even under the impression he was lagging hard.
zhghjgnsdasdf
Profile Joined February 2021
5 Posts
February 25 2021 12:43 GMT
#17
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Locutos
Profile Joined January 2017
Brazil271 Posts
February 25 2021 12:46 GMT
#18
Astrea going FULL NA
EEk1TwEEk
Profile Joined June 2017
Russian Federation169 Posts
February 26 2021 10:49 GMT
#19
Heromarine was really good
But Maru will still overwhelm him
This man suffers from a bad heart, but I have plenty of medicine.
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