Heyoka Profile Joined March 2008 Temple of EE-Sama 2467 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-03 00:58:32 #1







The teams will fight it out for the three remaining slots, with the winner of each bracket getting a direct invite and the third being decided with a playoff between the two teams who finished second.



No Kaipi! Brutal beat.



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Format



will be running the Western qualifier, and have announced the dates and format. BTS is running the East one and the format will be the same.



Basically it's 2 Dual Tournament/GSL groups stages, finishing with a single best-of-5 to decide the winner.







From The International 3 website just now.The teams will fight it out for the three remaining slots, with the winner of each bracket getting a direct invite and the third being decided with a playoff between the two teams who finished second.No Kaipi! Brutal beat. The GD Studio will be running the Western qualifier, and have announced the dates and format. BTS is running the East one and the format will be the same.Basically it's 2 Dual Tournament/GSL groups stages, finishing with a single best-of-5 to decide the winner. Each of the 8 teams will be initially placed into two groups of four. Two teams will advance from each group in the initial group stage to play in the second group stage. The two advancing teams from the second group stage will compete in the grand finals which will be a BO5 series in which the winner will advance to The International 3 main tournament, and the loser will be flown to Seattle to compete live for the Wildcard slot. All group stage matches will be BO3.



Schedule



May 13th 13:30CET: Group Stage 1: Group A, initial matches and winner’s match (3xBO3)



May 14th 17:00CET: Group Stage 1: Group A, loser’s match and final match (2xBO3)



May 15th 14:00CET: Group Stage 1: Group B, initial matches and winners’ match (3xBO3)



May 16th 17:00CET: Group Stage 1: Group B, loser’s match and final match (2xBO3)



May 17th 14:00CET: Group Stage 2: Initial matches and winner’s match (3xBo3)



May 18th 17:00CET: Group Stage 2: Loser’s match and final match (2xBO3)



May 19th 17:00CET: Grand Final (1xBO5)



Groups will be announced on a live stream show that will be at 8pm CEST on Saturday. Groups will be announced on a live stream show that will be at 8pm CEST on Saturday. @RealHeyoka | DreamHack StarCrafty Man

bOneSeven Profile Joined January 2012 Romania 82 Posts #2 wow Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

GManSta Profile Joined September 2010 United States 26 Posts #3 Ha no Kaipi lol

PSIDefenseUp Profile Joined January 2011 United States 123 Posts #4 ICCup over Kaipi confuses me a bit. EternaLAniMe1991

Spicy_Curry Profile Joined March 2011 United States 7410 Posts #5 qpad over kaipi... I dont know what to say... High Risk Low Reward

Numy Profile Joined June 2010 South Africa 3690 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:47:58 #6 Just wow. I don't even know what to say how can't they invite Kaipi? This just seems completely silly. Seems like all valve cared about in the qualifiers is starpower since that's the only common factor. A lot of these teams haven't shown anything. Just realized no Forlove either.

SFC Profile Joined December 2011 1024 Posts #7 DD over Kaipi as well

K-poptosis Profile Joined April 2013 United States 106 Posts #8 ICCup over Kaipi confuses me a bit.





Same here. I really thought the lack of exposure would seriously limit their chances. Same here. I really thought the lack of exposure would seriously limit their chances. @Kpoptosis

Kipsate Profile Joined July 2010 Netherlands 15304 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:47:20 #9 ICCup over Kaipi



meh.



Also, no ForLove? Staff Xiao8~~

SKC Profile Joined October 2010 Brazil 11086 Posts #10 I guess it kinda makes sense that Kaipi wasn't invited, considering they have only been relevant very recently, and the invites for both the qualifiers and the main tournament don't appear to take very recent results/news in much regard.

Testuser Profile Joined June 2011 2792 Posts #11 Wait - what? Kaipi has been doing extremely well lately - they've shown some really strong play and with their latest two pickups they're only looking to get stronger. I must echo the confusion about not having them in the qualifier. https://soundcloud.com/papercranesdk

Makenshi Profile Joined February 2010 Sweden 942 Posts #12 im really happy to see dd invited, really interested to see how they fare in the qualfiying

andyrau Profile Joined December 2010 9884 Posts #13 iccup over a-god?

icefrog have you even 1v1'd the guy? he beat s4



minski over forlove is weird too. "Zai is legitimately not as good as bulba." | kaipi ti3 champions

pdd Profile Joined November 2010 Australia 862 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:52:35 #14 On May 03 2013 08:44 Spicy_Curry wrote:

qpad over kaipi... I dont know what to say...

I don't get what's with the hate for QPAD. They've proven themselves to be capable of going competitive against some of the Top tier teams. Won the qualifiers for SL6 (which included Kaipi also). Won the SK Trophy tournament over Mouz, aL and dd (arguably the toughest route of all teams in that tourney). Yeah they lost to Kaipi recently, but what the fuck did Kaipi do to deserve it more than Qpad?



If anything, aL, dd or iCCup are a bit more contentious, but each have their arguments to be picked over Kaipi. I personally would have replaced iCCup with Kaipi though. I don't get what's with the hate for QPAD. They've proven themselves to be capable of going competitive against some of the Top tier teams. Won the qualifiers for SL6 (which included Kaipi also). Won the SK Trophy tournament over Mouz, aL and dd (arguably the toughest route of all teams in that tourney). Yeah they lost to Kaipi recently, but what the fuck did Kaipi do to deserve it more than Qpad?If anything, aL, dd or iCCup are a bit more contentious, but each have their arguments to be picked over Kaipi. I personally would have replaced iCCup with Kaipi though. TI4 Champions: EE-Sama | B7-God | A-God_2000 | Kappa Lord | pieliedie

Zozo Profile Joined April 2010 Brazil 869 Posts #15 So... predictions?



mouz+rox.kis and Tongfu+Vici (heart > brain) EGM guides me

BuLba Profile Joined June 2011 United States 782 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:51:43 #16 I am sooooo sad and disappointed. A high schooler has put more dedication and time into this game than people who get paid and are 'sponsored.'

And then a person who basically sacrificed an entire year for this 1 goal, also didn't get the chance to prove himself.



I sincerely thought they had a good chance to win. their individual skill, in my opinion, is higher than arguably 6/8 teams in the qualifier. My opinion may be biased but it is still my honest opinion.

justinpal Profile Joined September 2010 United States 530 Posts #17 And I continue to hate on the concept of an invitational and once a year tournament. Envy had been on nth for a half of this past DotA season (seasons being the in between period of TIs). Then, he forms another formidable team. So, instead of rewarding his efforts they invite a team that has barely done anything (QPad). Several other teams that only recently got put together and have not even played together publicly (Empire) and several other teams that recently changed their rosters (mouz, EG, etc).



It just seems more like a popularity contest. It's a good thing there is not a very high amount of strong DotA teams otherwise teams would inevitably be left out. Never make a hydralisk.

K-poptosis Profile Joined April 2013 United States 106 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:55:33 #18 On May 03 2013 08:46 Kipsate wrote:

ICCup over Kaipi



meh.



Also, no ForLove?



For.Love has struggled a bit after losing a couple players to TongFu, losing early in the G-1 quals to an uninvited team in ChainStack. I'm not terribly surprised. For.Love has struggled a bit after losing a couple players to TongFu, losing early in the G-1 quals to an uninvited team in ChainStack. I'm not terribly surprised. @Kpoptosis

hmsrenown Profile Joined July 2010 Canada 336 Posts #19 I can't see iCCup over Kaipi, I can see Mineski over For.Love though as FL's recent form has not been impressive at all.

yawnoC Profile Joined December 2010 United States 620 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-02 23:54:47 #20



What has iCCup done besides beat VP and Na'Vi on LAN at one event? I mean that is a big achievement but do they have anything besides that 2nd place at TechLabs?

Feel bad for EE that Kaipi isn't in the qualifierWhat has iCCup done besides beat VP and Na'Vi on LAN at one event? I mean that is a big achievement but do they have anything besides that 2nd place at TechLabs? GG - UNiVeRsE is the best player in the WORLD

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