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**ToR.Arnor** · Thu, 27th-Jun-2013, 3:59 PM

The Intel Extreme Masters Shanghai event is fast approaching, and we’d like to share the details on how to qualify for South East Asia / Oceania.

1 Player from SEA/OC is eligible to attend the IEM Directly event directly.

You must be 16 years of age or older by the end of IEM Shanghai to participate.

Here is how we will determine who the SEA/OC players will be:
• Stage 1: Open bracket (Double Elimination)
Dates: 5th and 6th of July.
The top 2 players from each open bracket will go through to the second stage

• Stage 2: Qualification + Invite (Double Elimination)
Dates: 7th of July.
4 automatically seeded players will be invited, and compete against the 4 qualifiers.
The Winner receives a Qualification into IEM Shanghai included a paid flights and accommodations.

The Player Seeds:
mOOnGLaDe
Ninja
PiG
Blysk

Stage 1 – SC2 IEM Shanghai Qualifiers

Location: Battle.net SEA
Prize: Top 2 players from each Qualifier will progress to Stage 2.

Qualifier 1:

Date: 5th July 2013
Time: 8pm AEST / 6pm SGT
Signup Link: http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...china1/signup/
Qualified:
xGKingPoker
NvRossi

Qualifier 2:

Date: 6th July 2013
Time: 4pm AEST / 2pm SGT
Signup Link: http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...china2/signup/
Qualified
fray'iaguz
fray'Petraeus

**YOU MUST CHECK IN ON CUP DAY**
Check-in Starts: One hour before the cup start time.
Check-in Ends: 10 minutes before the cup start time. Late entries have no guarantee of acceptance.

Check in here:
Qualifier 1: http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...hina1/checkin/
Qualifier 2: http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...hina2/checkin/

Where to be: Be in the ESLAU channel in Battle.net.

Map Pool:
ESL Belshir Vestige
ESL Derelict Watcher
ESL Neo Planet S
ESL Newkirk Precinct TE
ESL Red city
ESL Star Station
ESL Whirlwind

Casting:
www.twitch.tv/ESL_Australia - DuckvilleLOL and Nvdeth

Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft.../SEA_Qualifier

STAGE 2

Stage 2 will take place on the 7th of July 2013, the competition will begin at 4pm SGT/6pm AEST

Brackets
http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...ais2/rankings/

SLCN.Kez · Thu, 27th-Jun-2013, 4:07 PM

Timezone should be aest*

Keen!

**x5_dot** · Thu, 27th-Jun-2013, 4:19 PM

Wow SEA GETS SOMETHING!!

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	\|Erasmus\|:	<3 IEM
	inFeZa:	of course. this is why IEM one of the best ever

**Eddie** · Thu, 27th-Jun-2013, 4:27 PM

Love IEM

Always supporting the different regions and giving all players a chance. Good luck guys!

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inFeZa:

likes this

asdfSchnitzel · Thu, 27th-Jun-2013, 4:30 PM

Sigh 1 year off

NvRossi · Fri, 28th-Jun-2013, 6:42 PM

so glad we got our own qualifier, definitely gives us something to aspire and train towards

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inFeZa:

i want to see you in china buddy

**syfChadMann** · Sun, 30th-Jun-2013, 4:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToR.Arnor

The Player Seeds:
mOOnGLaDe
Ninja
PiG
*TBA*

Just for transparencies sake - these seeds were selected from WCS points and IEM points from last season. I believe Tilea will be the fourth seed should she accept her invite.

**ToR.Arnor** · Sun, 30th-Jun-2013, 5:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Just for transparencies sake - these seeds were selected from WCS points and IEM points from last season. I believe Tilea will be the fourth seed should she accept her invite.

Seed eventually went to Blysk

Tilea couldnt participate (due to playing in the NA Qualifier)

Mafia no longer plays starcraft, KingKong declined due to studies restricting his ability to attend the main event, so the seed was passed to Blysk who happily accepted

NvRossi · Sun, 30th-Jun-2013, 5:17 PM

is there a list of IEM points from last season?

**ToR.Arnor** · Sun, 30th-Jun-2013, 5:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NvRossi

is there a list of IEM points from last season?

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...d_Championship

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NvRossi:

thanks

Another · Tue, 2nd-Jul-2013, 8:47 AM

awesome to see flights and accom paid for, i know it can be tough for some players to go if they qualify, really sick

**ToR.Arnor** · Tue, 2nd-Jul-2013, 6:09 PM

DuckvilleLOL and Nvdeth will be casting

remember guys this is only 3 days away, plenty of big names havent signed up yet, so get to it!

DUCKVILLELOL · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 7:00 AM

For the first time ever I will be casting something in SEA with someone who isn't a god damn Zerg. Deth and I are going to only talk about hellbats and widowmines and there's nothing you can do about it, come at me Zerg scum!

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FLuX:

noob.

Another · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 2:05 PM

wtf it STARTS at 10pm?

Thats so stupid

**|Erasmus|** · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 2:06 PM

That's only 6pm in singapore though... you want it to start while people there aren't home from work/school?

We've been dealing with this in sea for years. There's no particularly good solution.

Another · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 2:07 PM

why cant it start at like 3pm SG on saturday or something?

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ROOTPetraeus:

cause tourny needs to finish this weekend and there are 3 parts

**ToR.Arnor** · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 2:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrisAnother

why cant it start at like 3pm SG on saturday or something?

Qualifier #2 starts at 6pm NZT on Saturday*, we've tried to be as accommodating as well could given the time frame, the main event is 3 weeks away, so getting it done asap is essential, it sucks but itll be worth it if you qualify for China

LordByrnsy · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 6:18 PM

Hey guys
Anyone playing in the qualifier tonight please come to ESL AU group

raZiel · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 8:14 PM

isnt this open to all SEA ? my friend from india and admin disqualified him saying we r not part of SEA lol..

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ROOTPetraeus:

wow racist

LordByrnsy · Fri, 5th-Jul-2013, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by raZiel

isnt this open to all SEA ? my friend from india and admin disqualified him saying we r not part of SEA lol..

To clarify our position on why we disqualified WhoopsyEX from the bracket tonight I will explain our reason and apologize.

Technically India is not apart of South East Asia, they may play on our server because of Blizzards region settings, but according to all the maps I've looked at India is actually apart of Asia. We believed at the time that there was an Asian qualifier that he could partake in and that participating in the SEA qualifier was against our region participation rules. We couldn't double check right away as it was super busy making the bracket and doing all the first round walk overs. (believe us there was a lot)

After double checking at a later time we found out that there is indeed no other Asian qualifier and that indeed India is apart of the region allowed to participate with the SEA IEM qualifier.

So we would like to offer an apology to that player. We are very sorry, there was a misunderstanding of the region covered by our qualifier and that caused you to miss out.

There is another Qualifier tomorrow and I encourage you and any other friends you may have to sign up and have a go.

All the best from myself and ESL
-LordByrnsy

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FLuX:

Good response.