ESR - IEM5 European Championship Finals

<< Comment #1 @ 09:17 CST, 21 December 2010 >>

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adrenal1ne

titties

Edited by adrenal1ne at 02:23 CST, 18 January 2011

<< Comment #2 @ 10:13 CST, 21 December 2010 >>

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xou - Reply to #1

SarenS will take it!

<< Comment #3 @ 11:30 CST, 21 December 2010 >>

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Gladius

yay, go underdogs!

<< Comment #4 @ 20:12 CST, 21 December 2010 >>

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zar4

strenx will win this tourney

<< Comment #5 @ 16:14 CST, 23 December 2010 >>

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Anonymous (88.90.38.114) - Reply to #4

what have you been drinking?

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<< Comment #6 @ 13:51 CST, 28 December 2010 >>

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Bartender

What the fuck is with the players in the Starcraft tourney

10 terrans and 2 protosses

<< Comment #8 @ 09:17 CST, 1 January 2011 >>

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Mitritch - Reply to #6

New to SC2?

<< Comment #9 @ 18:15 CST, 2 January 2011 >>

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Bartender - Reply to #8

No, the terran op / zerg up trend ended 2 months ago.

<< Comment #37 @ 15:57 CST, 13 January 2011 >>

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fazz - Reply to #9

The qualifications aswell =)

<< Comment #7 @ 14:43 CST, 28 December 2010 >>

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ZeritoN

Needs moar Spermy

Edited by ZeritoN at 14:43 CST, 28 December 2010

<< Comment #10 @ 19:55 CST, 2 January 2011 >>

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jamalz - Reply to #7

-GoHLink (who? rofl)
+ Stermy / MATTEO CAM ^_^

Edited by jamalz at 19:55 CST, 2 January 2011

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<< Comment #11 @ 08:39 CST, 5 January 2011 >>

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paradicsom

GoHLinK came from the Unreal Tournament series

<< Comment #12 @ 21:41 CST, 6 January 2011 >>

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zar4

no stermy in this tourney actually makes it really less attractive.. still gonna be awesome because there's 1 quake tourney every 4 years but ESL should really make an exception for a player like stermy.

<< Comment #13 @ 00:09 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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Leerno - Reply to #12

Of course stermy's absence will make it less attractive. That's as plain as my face which, incidentally, also makes things less attractive.

<< Comment #15 @ 03:45 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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becks - Reply to #13

so you're saying the tournament should be covered with a paper bag?

<< Comment #18 @ 06:34 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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Leerno - Reply to #15

Doubly.

<< Comment #21 @ 07:07 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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noctis - Reply to #12

"because there's 1 quake tourney every 4 years"

huh?

<< Comment #45 @ 00:47 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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ins ' - Reply to #12

"still gonna be awesome because there's 1 quake tourney every 4 years"

i guess you meant weeks? :|

<< Comment #52 @ 08:47 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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zar4 - Reply to #45

It feels like years these days :)

<< Comment #14 @ 01:45 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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amOKchen

Group A will be a very close group compared to Group B

<< Comment #16 @ 03:45 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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becks

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOCTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

<< Comment #17 @ 05:23 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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T1E ' - Reply to #16

inb4:
NOCTIS TO WIN THE IEM EURO-thread by funnyb and his dog

<< Comment #34 @ 20:07 CST, 11 January 2011 >>

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funnyb - Reply to #17

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Edited by funnyb at 20:07 CST, 11 January 2011

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<< Comment #81 @ 16:38 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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0x5f3759df - Reply to #34

!

Edited by rushhh at 16:39 CST, 18 January 2011

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<< Comment #82 @ 18:35 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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funnyb - Reply to #81

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Edited by funnyb at 18:35 CST, 18 January 2011

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<< Comment #84 @ 20:30 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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0x5f3759df - Reply to #82

>8(

<< Comment #27 @ 08:33 CST, 10 January 2011 >>

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horf - Reply to #16

I honestly want to see him smash cypher's face in on aerowalk and ZTN

<< Comment #29 @ 14:37 CST, 10 January 2011 >>

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T1E ' - Reply to #27

:>>>>>

<< Comment #30 @ 15:22 CST, 10 January 2011 >>

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horf - Reply to #29

I seriously personally prefer noctis over cypher

<< Comment #75 @ 05:38 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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Twisp. - Reply to #30

so do i

<< Comment #19 @ 23:30 CST, 7 January 2011 >>

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reload

gl gohlink :))))
at least you could make it to the eu finals :>

<< Comment #20 @ 06:44 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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ZeritoN

Being hosted in Kiev will be epic. That LAN center thing they have there is awesome and it seems every other game I play nowadays is played against someone from the Ukraine (Y)

<< Comment #22 @ 15:19 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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h8m3

http://img.cyberfight.ru/i_c/i1i/50041/orig/img.jpg
the schedule
times are Kiev timezone aka GMT+2/CET+1

<< Comment #23 @ 15:43 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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xou - Reply to #22

I'll wait for the official schedule to be published

<< Comment #24 @ 15:50 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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h8m3 - Reply to #23

this is official schedule published on the Arena lan center website http://cyberarena.tv/news_show.php?news_id=6205

<< Comment #25 @ 16:04 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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xou - Reply to #24

I prefer to wait for my usual solid source :)

<< Comment #35 @ 05:42 CST, 12 January 2011 >>

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xou - Reply to #24

That schedule is gonna be changed, the final schedule should be available tomorrow

<< Comment #26 @ 23:39 CST, 8 January 2011 >>

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CAREEM

I think kas will surprise everyone in sc2 ;) mark my words

<< Comment #97 @ 10:02 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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sLowbi - Reply to #26

What is this "sc2" ?________?

<< Comment #28 @ 08:37 CST, 10 January 2011 >>

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horf

IEM live stream = perfect way to kick start the end of my end of semester tests

Right as I get home the tourney starts

<< Comment #31 @ 16:10 CST, 10 January 2011 >>

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duumed

calipt gonna cast \:D/

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season5/kiev/news/146623/

<< Comment #33 @ 19:42 CST, 11 January 2011 >>

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zar4 - Reply to #31

awesome :>

<< Comment #32 @ 00:49 CST, 11 January 2011 >>

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davis

I tune out of StarCraft 2 for a few months and then this comes along and it's all fucking Terran? Fuck off with that game.

Hopefully Quake will deliver great games.

<< Comment #46 @ 06:12 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Kier - Reply to #32

That's unavoidable since a few months ago it was terran dominance. Now they're not dominating as much but the players were already set months ago.

<< Comment #36 @ 08:22 CST, 12 January 2011 >>

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Nukm

sc2 could have been awesome aswell but with a race distribution like this i am probably only going to watch the semi final and final :( gl my protoss brothers

Edited by Nukm at 08:23 CST, 12 January 2011

<< Comment #38 @ 11:11 CST, 14 January 2011 >>

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lizahd

no stermy,,,, gtfo

<< Comment #39 @ 12:36 CST, 14 January 2011 >>

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pks

Predictions

Group A
1. strenx
2. avekkk
3. k1llsen
4. spart1e
5. madix

Group B
1. cypher
2. cooller
3. noctis
4. fazz
5. tox1c
6. gohlink

dunno how the fuck it goes after the initial group stage but in terms of overall placings this is how it should look

Advance to World Finals
1. cooller
2. avekkk
3. cypher
4. strenx
5. spart1e
6. k1llsen

<< Comment #40 @ 14:24 CST, 14 January 2011 >>

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RMS - Reply to #39

I wish avek would place on top but its not gonna happen

<< Comment #41 @ 19:17 CST, 14 January 2011 >>

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Spart1e - Reply to #40

Why not? He is praccing ALOT :)

<< Comment #42 @ 22:55 CST, 14 January 2011 >>

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pks - Reply to #40

Avek has placed well at every tourney he's attended, with dreamhack winter 2010 being the only inconsistency I can think of, and that seemed to be a weird tournament for a lot of players. I don't see that form changing here, especially since the only styles that can repeatedly shut him down are amazing +back and ludicrous aim, thus, he should only be worried about strenx and k1llsen, the rest he can beat by playing his normal style.

But I guess we'll just have to wait and see :)

Edited by pks at 22:56 CST, 14 January 2011

<< Comment #43 @ 19:41 CST, 16 January 2011 >>

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zar4 - Reply to #42

he always gets raped by rapha at events :/ hope he has found a way to deal with that shitstyle if he makes it to world finals

<< Comment #44 @ 19:47 CST, 16 January 2011 >>

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Ziel - Reply to #43

ESWC 2010????

<< Comment #47 @ 06:13 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Kier - Reply to #43

You're just jealous of Rapha's shit style :)

<< Comment #53 @ 08:49 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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zar4 - Reply to #47

jealous? that's completley the wrong word since i don't even bother to play quake :P if you check some of my recent posts I have already said what rapha does takes extreme skill, however that doesn't mean it's entertaining to watch, so for me it's shit :)

by3

<< Comment #60 @ 10:43 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Kier - Reply to #53

Just a joke. I agree completely that he can be boring to watch.

<< Comment #62 @ 11:16 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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SigningOff - Reply to #53

It's only interesting for those with a brain. sorry.

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<< Comment #48 @ 06:24 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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therm ' - Reply to #43

i wouldnt call it rape

avek just needs to slow a bit down vs rapha thats all

<< Comment #49 @ 06:51 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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becks - Reply to #39

zsx goes straight to the casting booth? :)

<< Comment #56 @ 09:13 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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pks - Reply to #49

haha mah bad

<< Comment #50 @ 07:05 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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syanid

So this is going to be streamed by esl.tv? Bad quality and many advertisements for free stream and slightly less bad for premium stream and still with advertisements. I'm not gonna buy your intel core i7 k thx. Gonna miss lvlup after this

<< Comment #51 @ 08:01 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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dem0n - Reply to #50

when lvlup TV sets up a 10,000$ tournament (and thats only the EU finals) then we can start making comparisons.

cheers

<< Comment #54 @ 09:01 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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syanid - Reply to #51

doesn't change the fact that the esl stream doesn't compare with lvlup

<< Comment #57 @ 09:19 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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becks - Reply to #54

fact, eh?

<< Comment #59 @ 09:45 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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syanid - Reply to #57

yep, unless they've improved their stream quality since I last checked :-)

<< Comment #61 @ 10:59 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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becks - Reply to #59

well, then that means you missed the news that t1e mentioned.

and I'd say having a stream from the same provider should compare quite well.

/edit
after trrance's post I'm not sure anymore O.o

Edited by becks at 13:46 CST, 17 January 2011

<< Comment #92 @ 07:11 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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chubz - Reply to #51

I'd normally agree but the main issue here isn't money, but limiting the shoutcasters equipment and a way they execute their work.

If matches streamed by lvl are not streamed on esl.tv because of cs or sc then they should be free to stream like they stream any match any day. THose matches would not be covered on esl anyway.

If esl is limiting the quality of third party casters as a part of permission to cast their games just to make themselves be on the same level as lvl :) it's wrong and shouldn't happen.

<< Comment #55 @ 09:07 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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T1E ' - Reply to #50

dont they use own3d for premium users now?

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<< Comment #58 @ 09:43 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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syanid - Reply to #55

dunno, haven't had the premium for a long time now

<< Comment #64 @ 12:01 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Trance - Reply to #55

not yet afaik.

<< Comment #63 @ 12:01 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Trance

Level Up Tv teams up with ESL to bring you Quake-Live coverage of the IEM5 European Championship Finals. Schedule of our coverage to follow.

For this event, we will have to use their octoshape-based streaming platform with a certain quality and video bitrate.

I will indicate which games we will cover later.

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<< Comment #65 @ 12:33 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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thero - Reply to #63

:D

<< Comment #66 @ 12:33 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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kK_Storm - Reply to #63

<3 <3 <3

But Trance, does that mean quality of free stream will be around 500kbits as esl always provided? will we get any improvement of quality?

<< Comment #73 @ 15:20 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Trance - Reply to #66

yea most likely somewhere around 500 kbps, but I'll try to squeeze a little more. The tech guy from esl tv told me the own3d switch hasn't been made yet. But I guess we'll see on Thursday.

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becks - Reply to #63

I'm confused now.

Do they use own3d for the premium stream now or not? And if they do, does that mean you guys just stream on the free one? Or something else?

Cause this says the change would happen right away:
http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/142868

<< Comment #67 @ 13:01 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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ToyTiger

Is there a shedule for this somewhere?

<< Comment #68 @ 13:05 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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xou - Reply to #67

not yet

<< Comment #69 @ 13:26 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Sub_

Joe Miller
The Intel Extreme Masters European Championships are coming your way this weekend from Kiev, Ukraine. To celebrate, we have prepared a special package: 5 days premium for just €2,50 with no subscription, just a one off payment! It will give you access to the HQ stream and HQ VODs. Keep your eyes on http://www.esl.tv/ , it will go live on Wednesday!!!!

<< Comment #71 @ 13:55 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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duumed - Reply to #69

nice, just when I bought premium earlier today :/

<< Comment #72 @ 14:22 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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madix - Reply to #71

me too :(

<< Comment #74 @ 20:03 CST, 17 January 2011 >>

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Sub_ - Reply to #71

well, cebit is 6 weeks later, shouldn't be too bad if you got 3 months or smth

<< Comment #76 @ 10:25 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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stnk - Reply to #69

http://eslgfx.net/media/de/news/esltv/web/special/superbanner.jpg

2,50€?

<< Comment #100 @ 12:46 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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Sub_ - Reply to #76

yeh they changed their plans, you get a couple of days more now but who cares for that.

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stnk - Reply to #100

so u got to choose to pay 4 euro for 10 days
or u pay 4 euro for 1 month.. where u get an subscription for 3 month

<< Comment #77 @ 10:56 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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h8m3 - Reply to #69

nice!
e: 3.99e already tho :/

Edited by h8m3 at 10:58 CST, 18 January 2011

<< Comment #78 @ 11:57 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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Trance

These are the games that Level Up Tv will be covering during IEM. Anything not present in this list will be shown on ESL TV.
You need the octoshape plugin to view our stream this time! Get it here

Thursday 20 January:

11:00 CET: noctis vs GoHLinK

13:15 CET: noctis vs fazz

14:00 CET: tox1c vs GoHLinK

14:45 CET: madix vs k1llsen

15:30 CET: strenx vs spart1e

16:15 CET: madix vs zsx

17:00 CET: av3k vs spart1e

17:45 CET: strenx vs k1llsen

18:30 CET: madix vs av3k

19:15 CET: strenx vs zsx

20:00 CET: k1llsen vs spart1e
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Friday 21 January:

11:00 CET: noctis vs tox1c

11:45 CET: Cypher vs GoHLinK

12:30 CET: fazz vs Cooller

13:15 CET: fazz vs GoHLinK

14:00 CET: Cypher vs tox1c

14:45 CET: noctis vs Cooller

15:30 CET: strenx vs madix

16:15 CET: spart1e vs zsx

to be decided with ESL TV, one of these 3 games:

17:45 CET: strenx vs av3k
17:45 CET: madix vs spart1e
17:45 CET: k1llsen vs zsx
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Saturday 22 January:

Quarter Final #1
13:25 CET: A2 vs B3
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Sunday 23 January:

Bronze Final
13:00 CET: SF1 vs SF2
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www.levelupyourgame.net

Edited by Trance at 16:11 CST, 22 January 2011

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<< Comment #91 @ 06:59 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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chubz - Reply to #78

Really sux that you have to lower your normal quality to stream matches, and are forced to use their tech's.
Then again, better that than nothing ...

<< Comment #93 @ 07:12 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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Trance - Reply to #91

Actually after my latest tests, quality will be fine.

<< Comment #96 @ 07:58 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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chubz - Reply to #93

looking forward to it then :)

Some chips, some beer and hopefully not too bored of a gf next to me :)

Edited by chubz at 07:59 CST, 19 January 2011

<< Comment #79 @ 15:40 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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stripy

would rly appreciate if some1 would recommend the best games after each day or smth.

i'll traveling for a week and cant watch the streams:\ so would be rly nice to have some sort of list of the must see games.

pretty please:) and thank you in advance^^

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<< Comment #80 @ 16:00 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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kK_Storm - Reply to #79

really good idea indeed. personally i also might be busy, so i support this thought of yours. [+]s will be there for the person who gonna do this, that's already a kind of motivation :D

<< Comment #83 @ 19:52 CST, 18 January 2011 >>

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Nukm - Reply to #79

then you will be happy about this: http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=2019267

"Poll opens after all Thursday matches have finished. Select all matches that you would recommend watching."

Edited by Nukm at 19:52 CST, 18 January 2011

<< Comment #85 @ 04:22 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #83

Six16 voted: noctis vs fazz, tox1c vs GoHLinK

LOLOL :D

<< Comment #86 @ 04:30 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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Nukm - Reply to #85

reset with one click :D

<< Comment #88 @ 06:47 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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Anonymous (46.129.21.68)

hmm this time its really hard to predict imo.
but..

1.cooller
2.strenx
3.avekkk
4.cypher

<< Comment #89 @ 06:51 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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RMS - Reply to #88

how so?

<< Comment #87 @ 06:45 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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RMS

this one seems to be so boring! last year we had fox, z4muz, stermy etc. I am not very excited to watch it. European scene is dying either as American.

<< Comment #98 @ 10:10 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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0x5f3759df - Reply to #87

there's not much of an american "scene" to be dying off...

<< Comment #90 @ 06:54 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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RMS

1. cypher
2. strenx.
3. cooller

<< Comment #94 @ 07:51 CST, 19 January 2011 >>

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