ESL reveal Extreme Masters Dubai groups

Posted by Corbie corbie Corbie on 2009-10-13 20:48:15

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Details of the group draws for the upcoming IEM Dubai QuakeLive tournament have been revealed today by ESL. The $6,500 event has attracted the hottest talents from Europe, Asia and North America and there will be no easy games from the kick off on October 17th to the finals on the 19th.

Group A provides the mouth-watering prospect of seeing Quakecon champion Shane "rapha" Hendrixson take on returning star Anton "Cooller" Singov with mousesports' newest signing Magnus "fox" Olsson thrown into the mix for good measure in what is perhaps the toughest group. Groups B, C and D might be slightly more straightforward for the higher seeds but none of them will be taking anything for granted with the likes of "Jibo", "fazz" and "Chance" all gunning for an upset.

The top two from each group will advance into a single elimination, best-of-five playoff system with every single match streamed live on ESL-TV. Regular hosts James Harding and Joe Miller will be making the trip to the United Arab Emirates and you can follow all the action on either the free video stream or via the high quality subscription service available for less than €3 a month.

Update: ESL have announced that "Jibo" and "Cooller" will swap groups in order to avoid the latter playing his new mousesports teammate, "fox". This ties in with ESL's previous announcement that the seedings would be done in such a way as to avoid group stage matches between teammates and players from the same country.

Group A Shane "rapha" Hendrixson Magnus "fox" Olsson Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier	Group B Richard "noctis" Gansterer Alessandro "stermy" Avallone Pelle "fazz" Söderman Felix "smoke" Pafel
Group C Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty Anton "Cooller" Singov Anas "spammah" Ilyas	Group D Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Kevin "strenx" Baeza Chance "Chance" Lacina Michael "madix" Hindersson

IEM Dubai Maplist

DM6 (Campgrounds)
ZTN (Blood Run)
DM13 (Lost World)
T7 (Furious Heights)
T9 (House of Decay)

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#1 tek9.messiosoftw 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Some evil groups there. Group matches will be as good as playoffs.

#2 adzmoY//aDZMkio 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	looks sick. gl to all the participants!

#3 wild silkysalmon 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	messiosoftw said: Some evil groups there. Group matches will be as good as playoffs. indeed, such a sick turnout tho its expected

#4 [R]D1ablo 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Group A is a fucking joke

#5 nanoob 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Going to be some awesome games, looking forward to this.

#6 Azn 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Excited about the event but I just don't understand why t9 is featured in all these events. It pretty much ruined the otherwise excellent Quakecon final.

#7 corbie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	A: rapha, Cooller :D B: noctis, stermy C: Spart1e, DaHanG D: Cypher, strenx (unless Cypher hasn't practiced much) imo :d

#8 tek9.dfb 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Looking forward to some great games. Group A looks like the group of death to me but actually all the other groups look tough as well. Gonna be interesting!

#9 nanoob 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	corbie said: A: rapha, Cooller :D B: noctis, stermy C: Spart1e, DaHanG D: Cypher, strenx (unless Cypher hasn't practiced much) imo :d A= ralpha,fox B= noctis, stermy C= Dahang, Jibo d= Cypher, strenx

#10 tek9.messiosoftw 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Gotta love ESLTV Premium for events like this I must add.

#11 Azn 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Cooller's a big question mark. If he's been practicing like mad then he might have a shot but after the QC disappointment fox is out for blood. Gonna go with the swede. Chance vs. Strenx is another mystery. Completely random guess, I'll give the spot to chance. A Rapha, fox B Noctis, Stermy C Spart1e, DaHang D Cypher, chance Any idea how Jibo's doing?

#12 supreme 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	A: Rapha, fox B: noctis, stermy C: Spart1e, DaHanG D: Cypher, strenx #1 Cypher #2 Rapha #3 noctis #4 Spart1e #5 strenx

#13

mat_

30 months ago

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Azn said:

Cooller's a big question mark. If he's been practicing like mad then he might have a shot but after the QC disappointment fox is out for blood. Gonna go with the swede.
Chance vs. Strenx is another mystery. Completely random guess, I'll give the spot to chance.

A Rapha, fox
B Noctis, Stermy
C Spart1e, DaHang
D Cypher, chance

Any idea how Jibo's doing?

cooller has been practicing like 6 hours per day for the last two weeks, if he can get back to his shape he will definitely get top4 and might even win the whole thing. Jibo is playing some QL aswell, mostly against cooller, so he might not learn alot from the new maps and new tactics but i expect him to do good. And strenx is better than chance skill-wise, but the american might play smarter so u never know.

#14 \|]luke-ie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	GL all Gonna be awesome

#15 k46 pennywise 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Azn said: Excited about the event but I just don't understand why t9 is featured in all these events. It pretty much ruined the otherwise excellent Quakecon final. I don't understand how it's a competitive map at all. No matter how much I play it, it never feels right like some of the others. Even ca1/ca2 are more interesting to play...

#16

corbie

30 months ago

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pennywise said:

Azn said:

Excited about the event but I just don't understand why t9 is featured in all these events. It pretty much ruined the otherwise excellent Quakecon final.

I don't understand how it's a competitive map at all. No matter how much I play it, it never feels right like some of the others. Even ca1/ca2 are more interesting to play...

It's a bit like Phrantic with lots of lg/rl and no rail.

I like it but haven't played it much.

#17 supreme 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	T9 is pretty good, CA2 is just clueless.. Get HUB back! :))

#18 supreme 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	messiosoftw said: Gotta love ESLTV Premium for events like this I must add. iznice, I'm going to london then.. demos2lose ? :D

#19 tomzki 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	noctis has got this, ez

#20 tek9.twrs 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	GROUP A O____O

#21 livebot.Bleffex 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	A= ralpha,fox B= noctis, stermy C= Spart1e, Jibo d= Cypher, strenx

#22 click/namechanged 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	mat_ said: but the american might play smarter so u never know. HeeHEHehEehH

#23 MERild z1n0 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	messiosoftw said: Gotta love ESLTV Premium for events like this I must add. +1 to you sir iz gonna be gooooooood

#24 fss ~ itzmintz 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	I have no idea what any of this is about, but gl all!

#25 test ALEPOV 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	rofl group A

#26 .le0nidas 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	supreme said: T9 is pretty good, CA2 is just clueless.. Get HUB back! :)) +1 to hub

#27 cYan 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Did they put them into groups according to country and not how good they are? To me it seems like it :/

#28 S2P SENSEZ 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	gonna be huuuuugeee :DDD gl all

#29 nanoob 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	cYan said: Did they put them into groups according to country and not how good they are? To me it seems like it :/ No players were allowed to be in the same group as another fellow countryman. Same for team, with the exception of mouz, as they announced fox too late. Edit-Not anymore! www.esl-world.net/masters/news/102739/ edited 2009-10-14 18:59:29

#30 corbie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	New groups look a little better but Cooller still has a VERY tough job to progress. He's lost to DaHanG before (in Q4 if I remember correctly).

#31 test ALEPOV 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	corbie said: He's lost to DaHanG before (in Q4 if I remember correctly). that doesnt matter like, AT ALL ? :D

#32 corbie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	KNALLER said: corbie said: He's lost to DaHanG before (in Q4 if I remember correctly). that doesnt matter like, AT ALL ? :D Just wanted to show that DaHanG is no slouch for those who don't realise. Yeh, Q4 results are probably not relevant as you say though :)

#33

davjie

30 months ago

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corbie said:

KNALLER said:

corbie said:

He's lost to DaHanG before (in Q4 if I remember correctly).

that doesnt matter like, AT ALL ? :D

Just wanted to show that DaHanG is no slouch for those who don't realise.

Yeh, Q4 results are probably not relevant as you say though :)

Q4 was totally on another planet, this is real quake so i don't think dahang can be much of a problem in most of the maps, could be totally wrong tho if the russian practiced drunk all the time :D

#34

corbie

30 months ago

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davjie said:

corbie said:

KNALLER said:

corbie said:

He's lost to DaHanG before (in Q4 if I remember correctly).

that doesnt matter like, AT ALL ? :D

Just wanted to show that DaHanG is no slouch for those who don't realise.

Yeh, Q4 results are probably not relevant as you say though :)

Q4 was totally on another planet, this is real quake so i don't think dahang can be much of a problem in most of the maps, could be totally wrong tho if the russian practiced drunk all the time :D

Ok, maybe it would be better to say that DaHanG beat Stermy and fox at Quakecon... in QuakeLive.

#35 davjie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	corbie said: Ok, maybe it would be better to say that DaHanG beat Stermy and fox at Quakecon... in QuakeLive. Every event have its own story :]

#36 nanoob 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Total cooller fanboys here. Be interesting to see DaHanG beat him, just to see your reactions :>

#37 Mamut.si AagaarD 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	fuck quake. CS <3 and cod <3

#38 davjie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	nanoob said: Total cooller fanboys here. Be interesting to see DaHanG beat him, just to see your reactions :> I'm not a fanboy i'm just saying what every quake player or fan known :]

#39 fS*steelr 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	Gl frenchies !

#40 davjie 30 months ago +0 thumbs
	davjie said: nanoob said: Total cooller fanboys here. Be interesting to see DaHanG beat him, just to see your reactions :> I'm not a fanboy i'm just saying what every quake player or fan known :] So i was right or?

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