Carmac Profile Joined August 2007 Poland 374 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 12:28:48 #1



The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship is the climax of a story that started in July. The season was a long series of events that consisted of international Global Challenge exhibition events (Shanghai and Cologne), national qualification to the Continental Championships, then the Continental Championships themselves.





Intel Extreme Masters structure



And now the World Championship. The very best participants from those events have qualified to fight for a prize purse of $143,500 for StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000) and League of Legends ($13,500).



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I am the Intel Extreme Masters product manager. For the upcoming seven days, I have hands down the worst job in the world. This week I should be either sitting at my couch and watching all the streams, or trolling around the stage at CeBIT with some pop corn, watching the games there. The world can be so cruel...



On March 1-5 Hanover's CeBIT trade show will stage the event of the year for ESL – the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. The event of the year in all of esports, perhaps.The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship is the climax of a story that started in July. The season was a long series of events that consisted of international Global Challenge exhibition events (Shanghai and Cologne), national qualification to the Continental Championships, then the Continental Championships themselves.And now the World Championship. The very best participants from those events have qualified to fight for a prize purse of $143,500 for StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000) and League of Legends ($13,500).I am the Intel Extreme Masters product manager. For the upcoming seven days, I have hands down the worst job in the world. This week I should be either sitting at my couch and watching all the streams, or trolling around the stage at CeBIT with some pop corn, watching the games there. The world can be so cruel...



We will be streaming this event in English, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish and Chinese (and hopefully one more language) on a minimum of 14 channels. 10 of those channels will be available in HD for ESL TV Premium ticket holders. The streaming quality will be very high – check it out here. We've never done anything close to this before.



Arguably, the visitors of CeBIT will have it even better – we have got an entire trade show hall to ourselves. Inside we have built an enormous stage with two major screens showing the matches in Full HD (ESL TV's stream A content will be showing all the stage matches).





Crowd at IEM World Championship 2010



Dennis “TaKe” Gehlen hosting the show and our favourite casting crew will help get you more excited: Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi, Sean “Day[9]” Plott and Dario “TLO” Wuensch.



If you come to CeBIT, make sure to make a sign for your favourite player and bring it with you. You may just win yourself a $1,500 CPU (see TL sponsored threads later today or go





RELEVANT INFORMATION:

MARCH 1-5 HANOVER



General info, prize distribution, galleries.

Groups and schedule

Playoffs bracket and schedule

(You will find the replays in each match page.)



Stream ovewview and schedule

HD pass link

HD stream will look like this



(contests and updates)

IEM Twitter





The medals for this year's IEM World Championship



Every season we engrave the name of the previous winner on our big-ass cup. One player will have his name engraved on the trophy. Who will it be?



P.S. If you have questions about the event, I will answer them in this thread. We will be streaming this event in English, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish and Chinese (and hopefully one more language) on a minimum of 14 channels. 10 of those channels will be available in HD for ESL TV Premium ticket holders. The streaming quality will be very high – check it out here. We've never done anything close to this before.Arguably, the visitors of CeBIT will have it even better – we have got an entire trade show hall to ourselves. Inside we have built an enormous stage with two major screens showing the matches in Full HD (ESL TV's stream A content will be showing all the stage matches).Dennis “TaKe” Gehlen hosting the show and our favourite casting crew will help get you more excited: Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi, Sean “Day[9]” Plott and Dario “TLO” Wuensch.If you come to CeBIT, make sure to make a sign for your favourite player and bring it with you. You may just win yourself a $1,500 CPU (see TL sponsored threads later today or go here for another one ). Hell, bring your signs just to make this event even more awesome with your excitement.MARCH 1-5 HANOVER www.intelextrememasters.com General info, prize distribution, galleries.(You will find the replays in each match page.) IEM Facebook page (contests and updates)Every season we engrave the name of the previous winner on our big-ass cup. One player will have his name engraved on the trophy. Who will it be?P.S. If you have questions about the event, I will answer them in this thread. www.intelextrememasters.com

bmml Profile Joined December 2009 United Kingdom 958 Posts #2 I'm pumped, same university is biting me in the ass really would've liked to do a roadtrip.

shaunnn Profile Joined October 2010 Ireland 1230 Posts #3 Did shangai happen before sc2 came out?,

Also im soooo pumped for this, luckily it coinsided with my reading week in college, so week off + this is gonna be epic:DD The naniwa - Unit of protoss skill, defined as the number of gates you build off of one base

Sobba Profile Joined August 2010 Sweden 576 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 12:11:50 #4 Excited to see TLO cast!

And Morrow vs Idra ZvZ omg!

Carmac Profile Joined August 2007 Poland 374 Posts #5 On February 27 2011 21:10 shaunnn wrote:

Did shangai happen before sc2 came out?,



Shanghai took place as SC2 was coming out (it had CS and exhibition events for DotA and WC3), but considering SC2 has only just been approved in China and not released yet, we couldn't have had SC2 this season in China. Shanghai took place as SC2 was coming out (it had CS and exhibition events for DotA and WC3), but considering SC2 has only just been approved in China and not released yet, we couldn't have had SC2 this season in China. www.intelextrememasters.com

DISHU Profile Blog Joined April 2010 United Kingdom 348 Posts #6 i want to know whats the time frames of paying players because i hurd that players still haven't been payed yet for the previous tournaments? and how will this affect there decision to skip or overlook this tournament for other that pay in a more reasonable time frame such as MLG (4 months ) or other such Lans? Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. But what are timeflies and why do they like an arrow?

Carmac Profile Joined August 2007 Poland 374 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 12:30:36 #7 On February 27 2011 21:28 DISHU wrote:

i want to know whats the time frames of paying players because i hurd that players still haven't been payed yet for the previous tournaments? and how will this affect there decision to skip or overlook this tournament for other that pay in a more reasonable time frame such as MLG (4 months ) or other such Lans?



The players have been paid out for Cologne and New York City. Kiev will be paid out within weeks (3 months from event is our target time). The players have been paid out for Cologne and New York City. Kiev will be paid out within weeks (3 months from event is our target time). www.intelextrememasters.com

Zorgaz Profile Joined June 2010 Sweden 2825 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 12:55:25 #8 StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Furthermore, I think the Collosi should be removed! (Zorgaz -Terran/AbrA-Random/Zorg-Dota2) Guineapigs <3

Incanus Profile Joined October 2009 Canada 692 Posts #9 On February 27 2011 21:55 Zorgaz wrote:

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StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway!

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.



Both the StarCraft tourney and the Quake Live lineups are full of interesting matchups. I can't wait to see how the likes of WhiteRa, Ace, Moon, moonglade, czm, Vo0, and dandaking perform! That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.Both the StarCraft tourney and the Quake Live lineups are full of interesting matchups. I can't wait to see how the likes of WhiteRa, Ace, Moon, moonglade, czm, Vo0, and dandaking perform! Flash: "Why am I so good?" *sob sob*

SmoKim Profile Joined March 2010 Denmark 10002 Posts #10 On February 27 2011 22:02 Incanus wrote:

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On February 27 2011 21:55 Zorgaz wrote:

StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway!

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.



1st $13,000

2nd $6,500

3rd $4,000

4th $2,500

5th/6th $800

7th/8th $400

9th/10th $400

11th/12th $400

1st $13,0002nd $6,5003rd $4,0004th $2,5005th/6th $8007th/8th $4009th/10th $40011th/12th $400 "LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon

Mischi Profile Joined September 2010 Germany 132 Posts #11 On February 27 2011 23:09 SmoKim wrote:

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On February 27 2011 22:02 Incanus wrote:

On February 27 2011 21:55 Zorgaz wrote:

StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway!

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.



1st $13,000

2nd $6,500

3rd $4,000

4th $2,500

5th/6th $800

7th/8th $400

9th/10th $400

11th/12th $400

1st $13,0002nd $6,5003rd $4,0004th $2,5005th/6th $8007th/8th $4009th/10th $40011th/12th $400



If you wanted to contradict him by that, I'm pretty sure not all of the 80k go to the first place finisher in CS, so it is more per player in Starcraft.

If you wanted to contradict him by that, I'm pretty sure not all of the 80k go to the first place finisher in CS, so it is more per player in Starcraft.

Azuroz Profile Joined November 2010 Sweden 1626 Posts #12 will vods be uploaded? if so how fast will they show up?

The match times are quite problematic for me and i guess many other europeans with work/school. Team NSHoseo <3

SmoKim Profile Joined March 2010 Denmark 10002 Posts #13 On February 27 2011 23:22 Mischi wrote:

Show nested quote +

On February 27 2011 23:09 SmoKim wrote:

On February 27 2011 22:02 Incanus wrote:

On February 27 2011 21:55 Zorgaz wrote:

StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway!

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.



1st $13,000

2nd $6,500

3rd $4,000

4th $2,500

5th/6th $800

7th/8th $400

9th/10th $400

11th/12th $400

1st $13,0002nd $6,5003rd $4,0004th $2,5005th/6th $8007th/8th $4009th/10th $40011th/12th $400



If you wanted to contradict him by that, I'm pretty sure not all of the 80k go to the first place finisher in CS, so it is more per player in Starcraft.

If you wanted to contradict him by that, I'm pretty sure not all of the 80k go to the first place finisher in CS, so it is more per player in Starcraft.



no contradiction, just posting the prize pool for people i agree with him no contradiction, just posting the prize pool for peoplei agree with him "LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon

Endrew Profile Joined February 2011 Poland 72 Posts #14 Why most of the games gotta be played in the morning

PredY Profile Joined September 2009 Czech Republic 1731 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 15:49:41 #15 On February 27 2011 21:30 Carmac wrote:

Show nested quote +

On February 27 2011 21:28 DISHU wrote:

i want to know whats the time frames of paying players because i hurd that players still haven't been payed yet for the previous tournaments? and how will this affect there decision to skip or overlook this tournament for other that pay in a more reasonable time frame such as MLG (4 months ) or other such Lans?



The players have been paid out for Cologne and New York City. Kiev will be paid out within weeks (3 months from event is our target time). The players have been paid out for Cologne and New York City. Kiev will be paid out within weeks (3 months from event is our target time).

i've been paid for Kiev already i've been paid for Kiev already http://www.twitch.tv/czelpredy

GTR Profile Blog Joined September 2004 48897 Posts #16 Dennis “TaKe” Gehlen hosting the show



FUCK YEAH. best mc ever.



need to post the compilation from gamescom. FUCK YEAH. best mc ever.need to post the compilation from gamescom. Commentator Twitter: @GTR1H

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/GTR1H

Carmac Profile Joined August 2007 Poland 374 Posts #17 On February 28 2011 00:46 Endrew wrote:

Why most of the games gotta be played in the morning Why most of the games gotta be played in the morning



Our show is staged at the CeBIt trade show our match hours have to fit within the opening hours. Our show is staged at the CeBIt trade show our match hours have to fit within the opening hours. www.intelextrememasters.com

GenoZStriker Profile Blog Joined February 2010 United States 2638 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 16:31:51 #18 On February 27 2011 23:09 SmoKim wrote:

Show nested quote +

On February 27 2011 22:02 Incanus wrote:

On February 27 2011 21:55 Zorgaz wrote:

StarCraft II ($30,000), QUAKE LIVE ($20,000), Counter-Strike 1.6 ($80,000)



Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/



Will be a fun event to watch anyway! Damn it annoys me to see that the CS price-pool is so much bigger than the SC2 one =/Will be a fun event to watch anyway!

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.

That's split between the 5 players on the team, so it comes down to 16000 per player, which is less than SC2.



1st $13,000

2nd $6,500

3rd $4,000

4th $2,500

5th/6th $800

7th/8th $400

9th/10th $400

11th/12th $400

1st $13,0002nd $6,5003rd $4,0004th $2,5005th/6th $8007th/8th $4009th/10th $40011th/12th $400

CS prize pool

1st - $35,000 -> $7,000pp

2nd - $17,000 -> $3,500pp

3rd - $8,500 -> $1,700pp

4th - $4,000 -> $800pp

5th/6th - $2,500 -> $500pp

5th/6th - $2,500 -> $500pp

7th/8th - $1,750 -> $350pp

7th/8th - $1,750 -> $350pp

9th/10th - $1,750 -> $350pp

9th/10th - $1,750 -> $350pp

11th/12th - $1,750 -> $350pp

11th/12th - $1,750 -> $350pp



Anyways, don't see why one game having more prize money than SC2 always has to be a big deal. CS1.6 showed at EU finals that it's just as capable of generating as much viewers as SC2. In fact the amount of viewers was much higher during the CS finals, but then again there are some factors that could have come into play for that.

1st - $35,000 -> $7,000pp2nd - $17,000 -> $3,500pp3rd - $8,500 -> $1,700pp4th - $4,000 -> $800pp5th/6th - $2,500 -> $500pp5th/6th - $2,500 -> $500pp7th/8th - $1,750 -> $350pp7th/8th - $1,750 -> $350pp9th/10th - $1,750 -> $350pp9th/10th - $1,750 -> $350pp11th/12th - $1,750 -> $350pp11th/12th - $1,750 -> $350ppAnyways, don't see why one game having more prize money than SC2 always has to be a big deal. CS1.6 showed at EU finals that it's just as capable of generating as much viewers as SC2. In fact the amount of viewers was much higher during the CS finals, but then again there are some factors that could have come into play for that. eSports Prodigy & Illuminati member.

Xiron Profile Joined August 2010 Germany 1203 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-27 16:36:05 #19 Im sorry but I cant find the information about when the finals will take place, could anyone tell me please? In addition, I would like to ask if there will be VOD's (and replays live updated, so we wont have to wait weeks or months for them) available to watch?



Edit: I found the Information for the finals. "The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin

mdma-_- Profile Joined October 2010 Nauru 1041 Posts #20 On February 28 2011 01:34 Xiron wrote:

Im sorry but I cant find the information about when the finals will take place, could anyone tell me please? In addition, I would like to ask if there will be VOD's (and replays live updated, so we wont have to wait weeks or months for them) available to watch?

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season5/hanover/schedule/

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