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MMA, Violet, JYP grouped together at IEM Hanover
Posted by Radoslav "Nydra" Kolev 3 months ago
Photos by: WellPlayed, Fragster, SC2 Zerg Lair
With three Koreans and two champions in it, one could argue that the group of death of IEM World Championship Hanover is very easy to spot. A second glance at all the stacked to burst groups, however, would alter this first impression.
With the completion of IEM Sao Paulo (with Violet, Supernova and Ret as the top three), the player line-up for the World Championship in Hanover was finalized. A total of 24 players are divided into four groups, awaiting the tournament's start on March 6.
Group A
Violet
MMA
JYP
Killer
Socke
Strelok
Group B
MC
Sound
Elfittaja
Ret
HasuObs
Nerchio
Group C
Puma
Dimaga
FruitDealer
Mana
Gatored
Zenio
Group D
DongRaeGu
Idra
Supernova
Kas
ReaL
Feast
Violet MMA JYP Killer Socke StrelokGroup B
MC Sound Elfittaja Ret HasuObs NerchioGroup C
Puma Dimaga FruitDealer Mana Gatored ZenioGroup D
DongRaeGu Idra Supernova Kas ReaL FeastThe tight know of SC2 excellency will be untied by March 10 when IEM will crown its Hanover champion awarding him the title of World Champion. The prize pool is of the hefty $75,000 so the stakes are indeed high.
Source: ESL-World
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| Lol wonder why Startale bothered sending FD. |
| Well, he won his spot fair and square, so why not? |
| i saw badboy idra playing this tourney HF IDRA!  |
| No swedes =( |
| #2 Oh thanks for the info. Didn't realise that. |
| I bet Killer, Socke, Strelok feel very confident about going out of the group :) LOLOLOL |
| Wow great groups! I like it that it's always 3koreans/3foreigners. It's very balanced and no one will whine that there are too many koreans or etc. Still a korean will take the tournament for shooo! |
full of Koreans  that's not nice, where is diversity?edit: Just saw the comment above me LOL, I guess not still people will whine... |
| #8 Diversity in WC events scales how well which players perform. If Koreans win every single stop, then it's only logical that the World Championship is full of them. I see nothing wrong here. |
| In a tournament with many top Koreans, its more valuable for a foreigner to get top 3. Kas and Nerchio might make it to top 3. |
| I predict match fixing here... |
| Thought FruitDealer went full time LoL player. Guess i was wrong. |
| #11 Huh? What do you mean?? |
| #13 he probably means that Koreans dont take foreigners seriously and will lose a few games on purpose to either avoid other koreans in the RO16 or help fellow teammates to get out of group Koreans have always done this in broodwar Since currently in SC2 they are as dominant as in BW its high chance it will happen here , too Allthough i dont think there is much need for this currently |
| MMA for the win! |
| some epic battles before us ;] |
| With Koreans in every group, I'd be surprised to see any foreigners making it to the next stage |
| "Since currently in SC2 they are as dominant as in BW its high chance it will happen here , too" Did you see WCG 2010? |
| Nothing wrong with the Koreans, just all tournaments have turned to be Korea vs The World format :D |
| $14 Thanks for the explanation.. I kinda neglected all the nationality bullshit, but yeah, it makes a lot of sense. |
| Y SO MANY TERRANS? |
| FML, I live in Hannover and can't fucking watch it. |
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