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20.08.2011 13:48
Live updates, pictures, scores and more
[5:45] We are back with Intel Extreme Masters. Tune in to our Main Stream and watch the last semi final of today with  FnaticRaidCall and  Team SoloMid.[3:05] Thousands of spectators cheered for their German representative when he entered the stage. It turned out this was the only highlight for Socke as he then had to learn another lesson of Do not mess with Koreans and lost three maps in a row, which leads to another all-Korean final. Catch a break, switch to Stage 2 Stream broadcasting the EMS LoL final or enjoy our World of Tanks showmatch. We will be back with our last Intel Extreme Masters match for today later with TSM and fnatic. [2:00] There are so many people in here gamescom closed the gates and they do not let people in! Have a look at the energie³ ESL Arena.  [1:49pm] While the second StarCraft II semi final with  Socke and  PuMa will start in a few minutes at the main stage, all LoL fans should tune in to Stage 2 Stream, where SK Gaming and Team Solomid are determining the EMS VIII Champion.[1:42pm] Unbelievable! MC advances to tomorrow's final still being almost undefeated on all maps he played here at gamescom. His recent 3:0 against  MaNa was his 11th map in a row. The one single map loss he had so far, happened in his first match against  KiLLeR. The Chilean achieved no further map win later one.[12:35am] Loch Ness Cho'Gath was the better choice for Counter Logic Gaming's Hotshot unlike the previous one, where he picked Gentleman Cho'Gath and lost to Millenium. We will now switch to StarCraft II with MC and MaNa. LoL will be back later.[11:50am] Millenium did good with banning Jax and Nidalee. Despite having up to 12.000 gold less than CLG, they managed to turn the game back in their favour and tied the game, which will be decided on the final and third map. Lineups Map #2:  [M]: Alistar - Ashe - Irelia - Cassiopeia - Trundle CLG: Cho'Gath - Zilean - Kogmaw - Nocturne - SonaBans: Nidalee, Gangplank, Orianna, Lee Sin, Brand, Jax [10:48am] After losing the first map, Millenium now bans another champion of HotshotGG's repertoire. Almost every team denied him to play his famous Nidalee, Millenium also banned Jax this time. Lineups Map #2: [M]: Soraka - Ashe - Lee Sin - Brand - Trundle CLG: Cho'Gath - Annie - Caitlyn - Alistar - FiddlesticksBans: Nidalee, Gangplank, Orianna, Udyr, Zilean, Jax [9:50am] Welcome to the fourth day of the Global Challenge Cologne taking place at gamescom, Germany. We are just about to start our first of four semi finals. Both League of Legends semis will feature a battle of two rival continents: America and Europe represented by Millenium and Counter Logic Gaming in our first game. Please note: From now on LoL will be played in Best of Three.Lineups Map #1: [M]: Amumu - Zilean - Alistar - Kogmaw - Anivia CLG: Jax - Nocturne - Brand - Soraka - CaitlynBans: Nidalee, Gangplank, Orianna, Udyr, Annie, Lee Sin Gamescom Weekend HD Pass
19.08.2011 21:50
Gamescom in HD: Now only for €5,00
It'll be an exicting and thrilling weekend. Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne's semi finals will start tomorrow. Therefore we are offering the Gamescom Weekend HD Pass, which allows you to watch all League of Legends and StarCraft II matches in High-Definition for just €5,00 ($7,00). On top of that you can rewatch all available VoD's of the recent tournament days in HD, too. Schedule for Saturday 09:10 - Millenium vs. CL Gaming  11:55 - MC vs. MaNa 13:00 - SK Gaming vs. Team SoloMid (EMS Final) 13:10 - Socke vs. PuMa 16:55 - fnatic vs. Team SoloMid 17:00 -  Kas vs. Strelok (ESET Final)Schedule for Sunday 09:50 - Game for 3rd Place 13:00 - Final 14:40 - Game for 3rd Place 17:30 - FinalIt's Friday, Friday, Friday here at gamescom
19.08.2011 10:17
Live updates, pictures, scores and more
[7:46pm] In today's last match MaNa managed to reach the round of four. Tomorrow we will get one step closer the gamescom's champions. All four semi finals of League of Legends and StarCraft II will be played. Cu tomorrow![6:30pm] Group A's last KiLLeR is still the only one in the entire tournament, who won a map against MC. Korea's dreaded Protoss moves the tomorrow's semis after defeating SeleCt 3 0, where he will meet the winner of today's last match  MaNa vs. mOOnGLaDe   .[5:09pm] The third win for Counter Logic Gaming in their group implies not only the first place of group B, but also to absolve tomorrow's first game at 09:10 CEST against Millenium. SK vs. Frag eXe needs still to be played, but that won't happen on the stream unfortunately. We are back in a few minutes with StarCraft II.[3:35pm] With Counter Logic Gaming winning over SK Gaming all playoff participants are known, although two matches have still to be played. SK is eliminated, but will be seen tomorrow again in the final of the ESL Major Series VIII, which will be played live here at gamescom. If CLG want to avoid meeting their fellow-countrymen from Solomid in their first playoff match, they have to win against fnatic now.[2:30pm] Another Eastern European player leaves the playoffs. PuMa made short shrift of  Socke had a bad start losing the first map on Tal Darim Altar to Kas. After that he avoided to do any more mistakes and went to a straight three map win series becoming the first semi finalist to be known. Next match will be Nerchio vs. PuMa  , while LoL action continues on Stage 2 stream with fnatic and Frag eXecutors.[11:55am] After a long, close and very intense match fnatic came out on top with most of their damage coming from LaMiaZeaLoT, who played an amazing Tristana. We will now Socke vs. Kas in the first playoff match here in Cologne, while League of Legends will continue on Stage 2 stream.[11:00am] Finally the first LoL match is live. As expected we won't see either Shushei's Gragas nor WickD's Irelia, since the respective opponent banned them. Nevertheless this match will be very important for group B's outcome. Lineups: SK: Udyr (WetDreaM) / Lee Sin (Wickd) / Soraka (Nyph) / Ashe (Candy Panda) / Anivia (ocelote) fnatic: Amumu (Cyanide) / Brand (Shushei) / Janna (Mellisan) / Annie (xPeke) / Tristana (LaMiaZeaLoT) Bans: Nocturne, Irelia, Gangplank, Nidalee, Gragas, Orianna [10:10am] Fun, fun, fun, that's what Friday is! And this Friday is all about the StarCraft II Quarter Finals as well as group B of our League of Legends tournament with SK Gaming, fnatic, Frag eXecutors and CLG from America. Now head over to ESL TV and join the show, as we will start any minute. Day 2 at gamescom - SC2 Playoffs determined
18.08.2011 15:13
Live updates, pictures, scores and more
[7:41pm] With Alternate winning over myRevenge the second day here at gamescom is over. This won't have any further consequences, since both of them lost their previous two matches against Team Solomid and Millenium. CU tomorrow with StarCraft II's quarter finals and LoL's group B.[7:15pm] While the last League of Legends matches are running, we want to present tomorrow's quarter finals for StarCraft II.  19/08/11 11:15 CEST Socke vs. Kas 19/08/11 12:45 CEST Nerchio vs. PuMa 19/08/11 17:00 CEST MC vs. SeleCt 19/08/11 18:30 CEST MaNa vs. mOOnGLaDe [6:39pm] All StarCraft II matches are finished, which means all playoff participants have been determined. Each group winner will face random a second placed player of another group. The drawings will be done in approximately 30 minutes. [5:40pm] Group B has a winner. Although two matches haven't been played yet, AcerNerchio remains first no matter what. On the other side,  HuK won't able to get any better than fourth place, even if he beats Nerchio now.[5:22pm] Next match on the main stage will decide, who takes the first and second spot in group D. PuMa or MaNa? [5:05pm] TSM strikes again. Almost! Reginald and his teammates are right in their second game against the other German team and it will most certainly be their second win, as the almost no tower left for Alternate after 27 minutes. Lineups: TSM: Zilean (Reginald) / Tristana (Chaox) / Udyr (TheRainMan) / Gangplank (TheOddOne) / Alistar (Xpecial) Atn: Janna (Lycades) / Caitlyn (CedeoCedeo) / Olaf (CedeoCedeo) / Anivia (CedeoCedeo) / Udyr (CedeoCedeo) Bans: Ashe, Amumu, Nidalee, Orianna, Brand, Nocturne [4:25pm] Despite losing the first map against Stephano, PuMa came back, tied the series and won the final and third map, which his his second victory in group D.[3:37pm] We've got two new results for you of the SC2 and LoL match, you weren't able to follow. MaNa won against SaSe, Millenium made its second victory versus myRevenge e.V.. [3:15pm] CeBIT's best non-Korean mOOnGLaDe just won against Team EG's newest addition HuK. Replays will follow very soon.[2:50pm] If you wonder which items were bought in the recent (and upcoming) League of Legends matches, head over to Riot's Coverage. There are detailed match reports including a screenshot of the scores. [2:34pm] In order to deal with the delay caused by the previous main stage program, the upcoming SC2 match featuring Stephano and PuMa will move to the Stage 2 Stream. Furthermore we also won't show SaSe vs MaNa and Millenium vs myRevenge to cope with the delay coming from non-Intel Extreme Masters factors. Sorry for the delay, guys. [2:00pm] AcerNerchio wins his first game with 2 0 against fellow/countryman Tarson in group C. The next groupmatch will be mOOnGlaDe vs HuK! Tune in at Stage 2 Stream.[1:30pm] There wasn't a real chance for myRevenge. Despite having a small advantage with frags in mid game, Solomid was able to consistently pressurize the Germans, which resulted in an undisputed win. [12:19am] The American LoL stars from Team Solomid are now starting their first match here at gamescom. They will face myRevenge, which replaced the Asian team Aoen. Lineups: TSM: Brand (Reginald) / Tristana (Chaox) / Udyr (TheRainMan) / Lee Sin (TheOddOne) / Alistar (Xpecial) myR: Annie (biggy) / Caitlyn (Cerberus) / Amumu (Cerberus) / Irelia (Syex) / Janna (BrainquicheINC) Bans: Ashe, Orianna, Nidalee, Fiddlesticks, Gangplank, Nocturne [11:51am] First results are here. Millenium played the Germans from Alternate into the ground as seen on ESL TV's Stage 2 Stream. What you couldn't see, was another French losing his game. In group C's first match Stephano lost to MaNa 2:1.[11:10am] The first official League of Legends match as a main title of the Intel Extreme Masters is live. Millenium takes on Team ALTERNATE in group A. All groupstage matches are best of one, but we will switch to best of three in the playoffs.Lineups: [M]: Lee Sin (ShLaYa) / Irelia (sOAZ) / Annie (Linak) / Taric (Kujaa) / Caitlyn (Linak) Atn: Soraka (Lycades) / Vayne (CedeoCedeo) / Olaf (CedeoCedeo) / Lux (CedeoCedeo) / Udyr (CedeoCedeo) Bans: Nidalee, Gangplank, Amumu, Orianna, Anivia, Nocturne [9:50am] Today gamescom opens for all visitors and we expect a large crowd to visit hall 9. Finally the League of Legends tournament gets started, while StarCraft II will see the decisions in group C and D. Be sure to check ESL TV's Stage 2 Stream, since we will start with a German tournament at the Main Stage firstly. SC2 and LoL Shirts available now
18.08.2011 15:12
Get your shirt right here!
Many of you asked, where you can buy the shirts our mods are wearing on the stream. Originally, the shirts were limited to our offline shop here at gamescom. Due to the large demand, we made them available for purchase in our ESL Shop as well.  Head over to the ESL Shop and show everbody your favorite race, strat or role! StarCraft II Terran T-Shirt "3 Rax Allin" StarCraft II Zerg T-Shirt "6 Pool" StarCraft II Protoss T-Shirt "4 Gate" League of Legends T-Shirt "Carry only"Highlight-Video and more Interviews
18.08.2011 10:12
Watch it!
Our host Dennis 'TaKe' Gehlen made some interviews with yesterday's participating StarCraft II players as well as two new faces from ESL TV. Enjoy these videos, while you're waiting for the next match to begin. Interview with our field reporter KellyMILKIES Interwith with Tarson Interwith with DieStar Interwith with Kas and  Beastyqt Interwith with our new caster MrBitterMC, Kas, Socke & SeleCt advance to playoffs
17.08.2011 11:44
Live updates, pictures, scores and more
[7:30pm] Socke won over SeleCT, so both advance to the Quarter Finals from Group B. Earlier MC and Kas advanced from Group A. Goodbye and cu tomorrow morning again for Day 2 of the Global Challenge Cologne. We hope to see many of you live at the event.[5:54pm] Empire.Kas wins his last match in the group and takes the 2nd spot in behind MC, who won all of his matches including his last one against KiLLeR. Group B|s deciding matches will be next.[4:31pm] We've uploaded the fist load of pictures to our GC Cologne Gallery. Check it out for photos of the players, our booth at gamescom and more. [3:52pm] We changed the schedule slightly so you don't have to wait long for the next match. In a few minutes Killer and Empire.Beastyqt facing eachother at our main stream, while DieStar and SeleCT will do so on stream B at the same time. [3:20pm] In the biggest match up so far MC showed why he is one of the best in the world, taking out Empire.Kas 2 0. [2:54pm] Group B seems to get very close. In his second match Killer scored for the first time. Although Socke lost, he won at least one map, which could secure him a slot at the playoffs. Next match will feature group A's MC and Kas.[2:04pm] Germany's only representative Socke pulled off the first 2:0 victory in the tournament against DieStar. That's a good starting position for a possible tie at the end of the groupstage and the map scores get taken into consideration.[1:00pm] In the end KiLLeR lost his first groupstage match, despite a great perfomance facing the superior MC. With two more matches to come, he is still able to advance to the playoffs. In a few moments the first match of group B will be decided as well. The third and final map of Select and our Korean Killer also known as SangHo is going live right now. [12:21am] The first replays are already available in the respective matches. If you don't like to get spoiled by the groupstage overview or the matchsheets, be sure to bookmark this news, where we will upload all StarCraft II replays without spoiling any results. [12:00am] It won't be that easy for MC, that's for sure. In his first match ever outside of America KiLLeR from Chile managed to win a map against the Korean tieing the match. Shattered Temple will bring the final decision. [11:30am] The first official match of the sixth' Intel Extreme Masters Season has ended. Empire.Kas scored the first points here at gamescom. Meanwhile the second match is already live starring the dreaded Korean Protoss MC.Global Challenge Cologne starts now
17.08.2011 09:46
Intel Extreme Masters Season 6 is here
Today is the big day! The gamescom 2011 in Cologne has opened for trade visitors. During the first day a lot of action, entertainment and thrilling StarCraft 2 matches from the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne are waiting for you. Tune in to ESL TV and watch all matches live. The first match to be played is Empire.Kas vs. Empire.Beastyqt and will start any minute. Enjoy these matches in HD! For free!
16.08.2011 20:01
Enjoy ESL TV's HD Stream: Two matches for free!
Five days full of top-notch eSports action lie ahead of us. Five days full of top-notch eSports action in HD, if you have our gamescom HD Pass. You didn't? To give you an impression of how awesome our HD stream is, we asked you recently to vote for your favorite LoL and SC2 match of the groupstage, you want to see in HD quality for free! Results are here, so go and mark you calendars. The following matches will be streamed in HD quality at the free stream, so you don't need to switch the stream. Free HD Match: Killer vs. Socke - Wed, 17/08/11 14:00 CEST Free HD Match: Team Solomid vs. Millenium - Thu, 18/08/11 18:50 CESTAll StarCraft II replays - Spoiler free!
16.08.2011 18:38
Pick your player, pick your match!
We have never withhold the awesome replays our StarCraft II participants create in our tournaments and we won't at Global Challenge Cologne. You will get all replays of all matches in this news without any spoilers! As soon as a match has ended, we will upload the replays to the respective match and link all replays here. You don't have to click on each match trying to ignore the score screen. Each match has three map links. If a match didn't need all three (or five at playoffs) maps, the remaining map links are empty. Download and watch them one by one, if you want to avoid any spoilers. Furthermore we will link all available VoDs. Please notice that some matches won't be streamed and therefore won't have a VoD. But most importantly: HD VoDs will be uploaded as soon as possible, while the free VoDs will follow 48 hours later. One more reason for our gamescom HD Pass. Have fun!
KilleR and myR replacing IdrA and Aeon
15.08.2011 17:51
Last minute replacements
Only two days before season 6 kicks off at gamescom we have to inform you about to replacements due to the cancellation of America's StarCraft II enfant terrible IdrA and Asia's LoL representative  AEON.GreenPotion. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to get an Asian LoL replacement in time. Therefore the German myRevenge e.V. will take their place in Group A. Nevertheless, IdrA's substitute lives in America and was invited to the American qualifier for Cologne. Since TT1 and Fenix couldn't make it on such short notice, KiLLeR from Chile will replace him in Group A.Pick your favorite match for Free HD
13.08.2011 15:40
Enjoy GC Cologne HD quality for €6,00/$8,00!
Next week we will celebrate top-notch StarCraft II and League of Legends with you at the Global Challenge Cologne! If you didn't get your Gamescom HD Pass by now and need to convince yourself of ESL TV's HD quality stream, there will be two great opportunities. You can now vote for your favorite StarCraft II and League of Legends groupstage match. The most voted match of each discipline will be broadcast in HD for free. Which SC2 match should be broadcasted in HD on the free stream? Which LoL match should be broadcasted in HD on the free stream?Gamescom HD Pass - All the best moments in the highest quality!To give you the chance to enjoy every little details, all the big moments and these top notch tournaments in HD (16:9, 720p) on multiple streams, we have a very special offer for you. The Gamescom HD Pass is for all of you who don't want to subscribe to ESL TV Premium, but still want see to this world class event for only €6,00 ($8,00).The schedule: Five days of eSports in HD
12.08.2011 19:23
Don't miss your favorite games on ESL TV
Only one more week till we finally get to see the first official matches of the new Intel Extreme Masters Season. Global Challenge Cologne at gamescom will bring you a lot of matches which are way to many to be broadcasted on only one stream. ESL TV will bring you the full load of eSports live from gamescom in HD on at least two different streams on ESL TV! Stream #1 will feature all matches on stage. Stream #2 will present almost all other Intel Extreme Masters matches, which will not take place at the stage. So you will even be able to see world's best SC2 and LoL action, while something German or trade fair-related takes place on stage. All two streams are available in HD, so you get even more HD with the ESL TV's gamescom HD pass! To give you a full insight on when which games will be play on or off air and when your favorite teams are going to be on stage, we now present the schedule of Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne.
HD VoDs will be available shortly after each match. If you bought the ESL TV gamescom HD pass, you will be able to watch all matches even if you missed one while being at school, work or sleep. Nevertheless, we will still release Free VoDs, but this will happen with a 48 hour delay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Group A Empire.Kas Beastyqt IdrA MC | Group B Socke DieStar SeleCT Killer | Group C Tarson AcerNerchio mOOnGLaDe HuK | Group D Stephano SaSe MaNa PuMa |
MarineKing, HuK, PuMa, Killer & MaNa complete SC2
10.08.2011 16:07
StarCraft II's Groups at Global Challenge Cologne
Only seven days until Intel Extreme Masters will officially start into its sixth season at the Global Challenge Cologne. While all European, American, Chinese and South-East Asian players had been determined via qualifiers some weeks ago, four participants of the StarCraft II tournament were still unknown until now. It's time to raise the curtain, here are our invites from Korea, which resulted from a cooperation with the Korean GSL.
MarineKing is one of the best and most consistent Korean Terrans being the only one, who reached the GSL Finals three times. Next in the list of our Korean invites is NASL's first champion PuMa followed by Killer, an ambitious Protoss from Team SCV Life. Last but not least is a Non-Korean, who currently lives and plays in Korea. It's Canada's export hit HuK, winner of two big tournaments this summer: Dreamhack and HomeStory Cup #3.
Furthermore we had to replace the Chinese representative, which will be replaced by MaNa from Poland. With all participants known, we can now present the final groups for gamescom's tournament. The top two of each group will advance to a Single Elimination bracket, where Cologne's Champion will be determined.
MarineKing is one of the best and most consistent Korean Terrans being the only one, who reached the GSL Finals three times. Next in the list of our Korean invites is NASL's first champion PuMa followed by Killer, an ambitious Protoss from Team SCV Life. Last but not least is a Non-Korean, who currently lives and plays in Korea. It's Canada's export hit HuK, winner of two big tournaments this summer: Dreamhack and HomeStory Cup #3.
Furthermore we had to replace the Chinese representative, which will be replaced by MaNa from Poland. With all participants known, we can now present the final groups for gamescom's tournament. The top two of each group will advance to a Single Elimination bracket, where Cologne's Champion will be determined.
| Group A Empire.Kas Beastyqt IdrA PuMa | Group B Socke DieStar SeleCT Killer | Group C Tarson AcerNerchio mOOnGLaDe HuK | Group D Stephano SaSe MaNa MarineKing |
Gamescom HD Pass: Watch GC Cologne in HD
04.08.2011 14:24
Get your Gamescom HD Pass now!
The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne at gamescom 2011 will be a firework display of eSports. One of the biggest eSports stages Europe has ever seen is expected to be visited by the largest eSports audience that has ever come together in Germany. Enjoy the whole event in HD quality for €6,00 /$8,00 (Pre-sale price) only!
Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne
Multiple streams covering all the different tournaments
ESL Pro Series Germany - 1st Intel Friday Night Game of Winter Season 2011
The best eSports commentators including Joe Miller and Ben 'MrBitter' Nichol
And even more!
(You'll get immediately access to ESL TV's HD stream for Gamescom 2011)
For five days, some very special guests will join our commentating team across multiple streams to bring you the whole event in HD quality! To all of our loyal ESL TV Premium subscribers and those who are now tempted to see what the Global Challenge Cologne would be like in HD: We celebrate top-notch StarCraft II and League of Legends with you by making an offer you can not refuse!
The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne at gamescom 2011 will be a firework display of eSports. One of the biggest eSports stages Europe has ever seen is expected to be visited by the largest eSports audience that has ever come together in Germany. Enjoy the whole event in HD quality for €6,00 /$8,00 (Pre-sale price) only!
This is what you will get in HD from Gamescom
Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne Multiple streams covering all the different tournaments ESL Pro Series Germany - 1st Intel Friday Night Game of Winter Season 2011 The best eSports commentators including Joe Miller and Ben 'MrBitter' Nichol And even more!For five days, some very special guests will join our commentating team across multiple streams to bring you the whole event in HD quality! To all of our loyal ESL TV Premium subscribers and those who are now tempted to see what the Global Challenge Cologne would be like in HD: We celebrate top-notch StarCraft II and League of Legends with you by making an offer you can not refuse!
Gamescom HD Pass - All the best moments in the highest quality!
To give you the chance to enjoy every little details, all the big moments and these top notch tournaments in HD (16:9, 720p) on multiple streams, we have a very special offer for you. The Gamescom HD Pass is for all of you who don't want to subscribe to ESL TV Premium, but still want see to this world class event for only €6,00 ($8,00).gamescom's groups are here
25.07.2011 16:00
Tune in on ESL TV at 20:00 CET!
Today we will draw the groups of our first Global Challenge. Sixteen StarCraft II players and eight LoL teams will compete in groups of four for $53,000 and two slots each at the World Championship. ESL TV will broadcast the drawing today at 20:00 CET.
With SK Gaming, fnatic, Millenium, Adversa advancing from the European LoL Final on Saturday, all participants for gamescom's tournament are known except the four StarCraft II players from Korea. Each group will consist of one team or players of each of the following pools.
Update: The groups were drawn, so these teams and players will compete with eachother for the top two spots of each group to advance to the playoffs.
League of Legends
Group A: Millenium, Team SoloMid, AEON.GreenPotion, Team ALTERNATE
Group B: FnaticRaidCall, SK Gaming, CLG, Frag eXecutors
StarCraft II
Group A: Empire.Kas, Beastyqt, IdrA, Korean Invite
Group B: Socke, DieStar, SeleCT, Korean Invite
Group C: Tarson, AcerNerchio, mOOnGLaDe, Korean Invite
Group D: Stephano, SaSe, 
WE.Lovecd, Korean Invite
Today we will draw the groups of our first Global Challenge. Sixteen StarCraft II players and eight LoL teams will compete in groups of four for $53,000 and two slots each at the World Championship. ESL TV will broadcast the drawing today at 20:00 CET.
With SK Gaming, fnatic, Millenium, Adversa advancing from the European LoL Final on Saturday, all participants for gamescom's tournament are known except the four StarCraft II players from Korea. Each group will consist of one team or players of each of the following pools.
Update: The groups were drawn, so these teams and players will compete with eachother for the top two spots of each group to advance to the playoffs.
League of Legends Group A: Millenium, Team SoloMid, AEON.GreenPotion, Team ALTERNATE Group B: FnaticRaidCall, SK Gaming, CLG, Frag eXecutors StarCraft II Group A: Empire.Kas, Beastyqt, IdrA, Korean Invite Group B: Socke, DieStar, SeleCT, Korean Invite Group C: Tarson, AcerNerchio, mOOnGLaDe, Korean Invite Group D: Stephano, SaSe, WE.Lovecd, Korean InviteSK, fnatic & more in Europe's LoL Final on ESL TV
22.07.2011 16:32
League of European Legends
This Saturday the eight best League of Legends teams will meet to determine who is going to represent Europe at Global Challenge Cologne live on ESL TV. Four qualifiers have been hold, where four teams from West and another four teams from East/Nordic advanced to tomorrow's final. The top four teams coming out on top of the Double Elimination bracket will qualify for the main tournament at gamescom. Here they will compete with TSM and CLG from America, Aeon from Asia and Competo for $32,000 and two slots for the World Championship.
Round 1's Matches
23/07/11 16:00 CEST fnatic vs. unRestricted 
23/07/11 16:00 CEST Gameburg Team vs. myRevenge
23/07/11 16:00 CEST SK Gaming vs. wood elo 
23/07/11 16:00 CEST Adversa eSports vs. Millenium
This Saturday the eight best League of Legends teams will meet to determine who is going to represent Europe at Global Challenge Cologne live on ESL TV. Four qualifiers have been hold, where four teams from West and another four teams from East/Nordic advanced to tomorrow's final. The top four teams coming out on top of the Double Elimination bracket will qualify for the main tournament at gamescom. Here they will compete with TSM and CLG from America, Aeon from Asia and Competo for $32,000 and two slots for the World Championship.
Round 1's Matches 23/07/11 16:00 CEST fnatic vs. unRestricted 23/07/11 16:00 CEST Gameburg Team vs. myRevenge 23/07/11 16:00 CEST SK Gaming vs. wood elo 23/07/11 16:00 CEST Adversa eSports vs. Millenium All gamescom qualifiers finished (almost)!
18.07.2011 14:36
So, who's at gamescom?
One month to go until Intel Extreme Masters Season 6 takes off at gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Almost all qualifiers in America, Europe and Asia have been played by now. The European LoL final as well as the Korean StarCraft II invites are the only slots, which are still to be determined.
Yesterday's third and final EU SC2 Qualifier determined the sixth, seventh and eighth European contender for Cologne's Global Challenge. One of them is Tarson, who underwent kind of an odyssey. He attended all three qualifiers and managed to advance to the semi finals in all of them. Unfortunately he managed to lose in all these semi finals, too. Since the third qualifier implied three instead of two slots, the Polish received a fourth chance in a decider match for the third place. He took this chance! IdrA and SeleCT will represent America, as they came out on top at the American Final. Stay tuned, as we will announce the Korean invites soon.
8 European Players 2 American Players 1 South-East Asian Player 1 Chinese Player 4 Korean Players
Global Challenge Cologne will be League of Legends' first tournament as an official discipline of the Intel Extreme Masters. Eight teams from three continents will meet at Summoners Rift. America sends their all-star casts in the form of Counter Logic Gaming and Team SoloMid. AEON.GreenPotion from Singapore will be the Asian team, who will challenge favourites from the West. The four remaining European teams will be determined in an European Final with teams such as SK Gaming and fnatic on July 23rd.
5 European Teams 2 American Teams 1 Asian Team
Global Challenge Cologne - StarCraft II Participants
Yesterday's third and final EU SC2 Qualifier determined the sixth, seventh and eighth European contender for Cologne's Global Challenge. One of them is Tarson, who underwent kind of an odyssey. He attended all three qualifiers and managed to advance to the semi finals in all of them. Unfortunately he managed to lose in all these semi finals, too. Since the third qualifier implied three instead of two slots, the Polish received a fourth chance in a decider match for the third place. He took this chance! IdrA and SeleCT will represent America, as they came out on top at the American Final. Stay tuned, as we will announce the Korean invites soon. 8 European Players- Socke (National Champion of Host Nation)
- Empire.Kas / DieStar (EU Qualifier #1)
- SaSe / AcerNerchio (EU Qualifier #2)
- Empire.Beastyqt / Stephano / Tarson (EU Qualifier #3)
2 American Players- SeleCT / IdrA (American Final)
1 South-East Asian Player 1 Chinese Player 4 Korean Players- Invitees to be announced
Global Challenge Cologne - League of Legends Participants
Global Challenge Cologne will be League of Legends' first tournament as an official discipline of the Intel Extreme Masters. Eight teams from three continents will meet at Summoners Rift. America sends their all-star casts in the form of Counter Logic Gaming and Team SoloMid. AEON.GreenPotion from Singapore will be the Asian team, who will challenge favourites from the West. The four remaining European teams will be determined in an European Final with teams such as SK Gaming and fnatic on July 23rd. 5 European Teams- Competo (National Champion of Host Nation)
- 4 teams to be determined on July 23rd (European Final)
2 American Teams 1 Asian TeamWatch European SC2 & American LoL
17.07.2011 15:35
Final qualifiers!
Right now, the final and third European StarCraft II Qualifier is live on ESL TV. Three more Europeans will qualify for gamescom's tournament. A few hours later America will see, which of their League of Legends teams will receive their tickets for Cologne, as the final matches will be played and aired.
European StarCraft Qualifier #3
17/07/11 14:00 CEST
Brackets - Stream: ESL TV
American LoL Final Qualifier
17/07/11 21:00 CEST
Brackets - Stream: NESL TV
Right now, the final and third European StarCraft II Qualifier is live on ESL TV. Three more Europeans will qualify for gamescom's tournament. A few hours later America will see, which of their League of Legends teams will receive their tickets for Cologne, as the final matches will be played and aired.
European StarCraft Qualifier #3 17/07/11 14:00 CEST Brackets - Stream: ESL TV American LoL Final Qualifier 17/07/11 21:00 CEST Brackets - Stream: NESL TVmOOnGLaDe in Cologne
17.07.2011 14:30
South-East-Asia's Number 1
After a stunning perfomance at the World Championship 2010/11, he will be back in Germany this summer. In March mOOnGLaDe topped all Europeans and Americans at CeBIT and placed fourth. With his victory at the SEA Gamescom Qualifier, the Australian will travel again to Germany to mess with the international StarCraft II elite.
After a stunning perfomance at the World Championship 2010/11, he will be back in Germany this summer. In March mOOnGLaDe topped all Europeans and Americans at CeBIT and placed fourth. With his victory at the SEA Gamescom Qualifier, the Australian will travel again to Germany to mess with the international StarCraft II elite.
American Finals for Cologne starting
13.07.2011 18:57
Who will represent America at gamescom?
During the past few weeks sixteen StarCraft II players and fifteen LoL teams from America were else invited or qualified via three Go4SC2 and Go4LoL tournaments for the American Final. The top two of both disciplines will receive the American slots for season 6's first Global Challenge at gamescom, Cologne, Germany (August 17 - 21). Here are the participants and all the information you need to know.
American Final in StarCraft II
American Final in League of Legends
During the past few weeks sixteen StarCraft II players and fifteen LoL teams from America were else invited or qualified via three Go4SC2 and Go4LoL tournaments for the American Final. The top two of both disciplines will receive the American slots for season 6's first Global Challenge at gamescom, Cologne, Germany (August 17 - 21). Here are the participants and all the information you need to know.
American Final in StarCraft II Fenix IdrA SeleCT KiLLeR Attero drewbie KawaiiRice TT1 View Bracket Streams AxelToss KatuStarcraft RageQuit.TV | vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. | StrifeCro DREAMlegosu Everize  Sixjaxdde.778 SonKiE NamhciR.918 Agh Axslav | Round 1 WB - July 13th 8:00pm EST Round 1 LB - July 13th 9:00pm EST Round 2 WB Quarter Finals - July 14th 8:00pm EST Round 2 LB - July 14th 9:00pm EST Round 3 WB Semi Finals - July 15th, 8:00pm EST Round 3 LB - July 15th 9:00pm EST Round 4 LB Quarter Finals - July 15th 10:00pm EST Round 5 LB Semi Finals - July 16th 8:00pm EST Round 4 WB Finals - July 16th 9:00pm EST Round 6 LB Finals - July 16th 10:30pm EST | |
American Final in League of Legends| CLGaming Gum Cobblers compLexity Team Dignitas Team SoloMid TeamLiquid Its Gosu eSports Team Curse View Bracket Streams NESL TV | vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. | bye  Shenanigans Optimal Butterfly United 4Not.Fire Team Crackers Korean Supremacy No-Clue | Round 1 WB - July 16th 1:00pm EST Round 1 LB - July 16th 2:00pm EST Round 2 WB Quarter Finals - July 16th 2:00pm EST Round 2 LB - July 16th 3:00pm EST Round 3 WB Semi Finals - July 16th, 4:00pm EST Round 3 LB - July 16th 6:00pm EST Round 4 WB Finals - July 16th 6:00pm EST Round 4 LB Quarter Finals - July 17th 1:00pm EST Round 5 LB Semi Finals - July 17th 2:00pm EST Round 6 LB Finals - July 17th 3:00pm EST | |
SaSe, Nerchio qualified for gamescom & more
11.07.2011 18:30
Qualifiers coming to an end
America, Europe and Asia have seen a lof of qualifiers during the weekend. Almost all pre qualifiers are finished and it's time for the continental finals, where teams and players compete for the remaining Global Challenge Cologne slots. Here is an overview of what exactly happened, in case you missed something.
In StarCraft II, AcerNerchio and SaSe won the second qualifier and will follow Kas, DieStar and Socke to Cologne, as the European SC2 slots are distributed directly. Furthermore the first LoL tournaments took place. FnaticRaidCall and Millenium.LOL topped the West bracket, while Frag eXecutors and MeetYourMakers.LoL claimed top two in East. Next Saturday four more teams will qualify for the European Final, where four slots for gamescom are up for the grabs.
All participants of America's Final in StarCraft II and League of Legends are determined via their recent Go4- tournaments. Both of them will start this Wednesday. With the final matches played on Friday, we will know which two teams and players are going to represent America in Cologne. You can already check all fifteen LoL teams at the official bracket; the 16 StarCraft II players are listed here and in our qualification overview at the GC Cologne event page.
South-East-Asians StarCraft II slot will be determined on Friday and Saturday among eight participants from four Go4SC2 cups. iM Mafia, mOOnGLaDe, MiTHRedArchon, Shuffle, bosser and Ninja qualified via the recent three Go4SC2's, the final one takes place on Thursday. Flash.LoL, AEON.GreenPotion, VOiD.PH and Team Immunity made their way through the League of Legends qualifiers in Singapore/Malaysia:, Philipinnes and the rest of Asia. They will meet with four Chinese team to determine the Asian LoL slot for GC Cologne.
European Qualifiers
In StarCraft II, AcerNerchio and SaSe won the second qualifier and will follow Kas, DieStar and Socke to Cologne, as the European SC2 slots are distributed directly. Furthermore the first LoL tournaments took place. FnaticRaidCall and Millenium.LOL topped the West bracket, while Frag eXecutors and MeetYourMakers.LoL claimed top two in East. Next Saturday four more teams will qualify for the European Final, where four slots for gamescom are up for the grabs. American Qualifiers
All participants of America's Final in StarCraft II and League of Legends are determined via their recent Go4- tournaments. Both of them will start this Wednesday. With the final matches played on Friday, we will know which two teams and players are going to represent America in Cologne. You can already check all fifteen LoL teams at the official bracket; the 16 StarCraft II players are listed here and in our qualification overview at the GC Cologne event page.
Asian Qualifiers
South-East-Asians StarCraft II slot will be determined on Friday and Saturday among eight participants from four Go4SC2 cups. iM Mafia, mOOnGLaDe, MiTHRedArchon, Shuffle, bosser and Ninja qualified via the recent three Go4SC2's, the final one takes place on Thursday. Flash.LoL, AEON.GreenPotion, VOiD.PH and Team Immunity made their way through the League of Legends qualifiers in Singapore/Malaysia:, Philipinnes and the rest of Asia. They will meet with four Chinese team to determine the Asian LoL slot for GC Cologne.gamescom Qualifiers ongoing
10.07.2011 17:22
Watch StarCraft II and League of Legends
Today a lot of qualifiers for season 6's first event are taking place. Two European StarCraft II players will qualify for gamescom, while Americans will qualify for their final in StarCraft II and League of Legends. Right now, the second European StarCraft II Qualifier is live on ESL TV. Only a few hours later it's America's turn.
European StarCraft Qualifier #2
10/07/11 14:00 CEST
Brackets - Stream: ESL TV
American LoL Qualifier #3
time2011-07-10 15America/New_York:
Brackets - Stream: Overview
American StarCraft Qualifier #3
time2011-07-10 20America/New_York:
Brackets - Stream: Overview
Today a lot of qualifiers for season 6's first event are taking place. Two European StarCraft II players will qualify for gamescom, while Americans will qualify for their final in StarCraft II and League of Legends. Right now, the second European StarCraft II Qualifier is live on ESL TV. Only a few hours later it's America's turn.
European StarCraft Qualifier #2 10/07/11 14:00 CEST Brackets - Stream: ESL TV American LoL Qualifier #3 time2011-07-10 15America/New_York: Brackets - Stream: Overview American StarCraft Qualifier #3 time2011-07-10 20America/New_York: Brackets - Stream: OverviewKas & DieStar in Cologne and more updates
04.07.2011 18:22
Gamescom Qualifiers get going!
Yesterday was the start of our worldwide qualification progress for Season 6's first event at Cologne's gamescom in Germany. DieStar and 
Empire.Kas managed to win the first European StarCraft II qualifier; Europe has two more qualifiers to come. Although there were qualifiers in America and South-East Asia as well, nobody qualified for GC Cologne directly yet.
Unlike Europe, players need to qualify for a regional final first, where the respective continental slots finally are determined. The top four of America's Go4SC2 #70 and Go4LoL #18 follows the already known invites into the American Final pool. Furthermore the fourth StarCraft II invitee is now known: last year's American Champion Fenix. Last but not least 
mOOnGLaDe, who placed fourth at our World Championship 2010-11, managed to qualify along with iM Mafia for the South-East Asian Final.
Due to the upcoming server split of the European LoL servers by Riot, we had to change the qualification system. All you need to know is explained in this news and to be seen at the overview on our Global Challenge Cologne website.
DieStar and Empire.Kas managed to win the first European StarCraft II qualifier; Europe has two more qualifiers to come. Although there were qualifiers in America and South-East Asia as well, nobody qualified for GC Cologne directly yet.Unlike Europe, players need to qualify for a regional final first, where the respective continental slots finally are determined. The top four of America's Go4SC2 #70 and Go4LoL #18 follows the already known invites into the American Final pool. Furthermore the fourth StarCraft II invitee is now known: last year's American Champion
Fenix. Last but not least mOOnGLaDe, who placed fourth at our World Championship 2010-11, managed to qualify along with iM Mafia for the South-East Asian Final.Due to the upcoming server split of the European LoL servers by Riot, we had to change the qualification system. All you need to know is explained in this news and to be seen at the overview on our Global Challenge Cologne website.
First gamescom Qualifiers on Sunday
01.07.2011 19:32
Cologne's first participants
Only a few days after announcing the new season of Intel Extreme Masters and its first event, the Global Challenge Cologne, we already get started. On Sunday, July 3rd, Europe will determine two StarCraft II players at the first IEM Qualifier. ESL TV's RotterdaM will cover the qualifier from start to finish, expect a very stacked grid and find out which star we will see in Cologne, Germany.
European StarCraft II Qualifier #1
Sun, 03/07/11 14:00 CEST live at ESL TV
Tournament Bracket
Top2 qualifies for Global Challenge Cologne
On the same day North America will hold one cup each for StarCraft II and League of Legends. Their Go4SC2 and Go4LoL Series will work as a qualifier, where the top4 will receive a spot for the American Final.
American StarCraft II Qualifier #1
Mon, 04/07/11 02:00 CEST - Streams will be listed here
Tournament Bracket
Top4 qualifies for American Final
American League of Legends Qualifier #1
Mon, 04/07/11 02:00 CEST - Streams will be listed here
Tournament Bracket
Top4 qualifies for American Final
Furthermore the invitees of the American Final have been announced. For League of Legends the 6 invites will be the Premier Playoff teams:
1. Team SoloMid
2. Counter Logic Gaming
3. Team Dignitas
4. compLexity
5. Team Curse
6. TeamLiquid
For Starcraft II the 4 invites will be as follows:
1. IdrA
2.
SeleCT
3. KiLLeR
4. to be announced
Only a few days after announcing the new season of Intel Extreme Masters and its first event, the Global Challenge Cologne, we already get started. On Sunday, July 3rd, Europe will determine two StarCraft II players at the first IEM Qualifier. ESL TV's RotterdaM will cover the qualifier from start to finish, expect a very stacked grid and find out which star we will see in Cologne, Germany.
European StarCraft II Qualifier #1 Sun, 03/07/11 14:00 CEST live at ESL TV Tournament Bracket Top2 qualifies for Global Challenge CologneOn the same day North America will hold one cup each for StarCraft II and League of Legends. Their Go4SC2 and Go4LoL Series will work as a qualifier, where the top4 will receive a spot for the American Final.
American StarCraft II Qualifier #1 Mon, 04/07/11 02:00 CEST - Streams will be listed here Tournament Bracket Top4 qualifies for American Final American League of Legends Qualifier #1 Mon, 04/07/11 02:00 CEST - Streams will be listed here Tournament Bracket Top4 qualifies for American FinalFurthermore the invitees of the American Final have been announced. For League of Legends the 6 invites will be the Premier Playoff teams:
1.
Team SoloMid2.
Counter Logic Gaming3.
Team Dignitas4.
compLexity5.
Team Curse6.
TeamLiquidFor Starcraft II the 4 invites will be as follows:
1.
IdrA2.
SeleCT3.
KiLLeR4. to be announced
How to qualify for Global Challenge at gamescom
29.06.2011 18:24
Your way to Cologne
With the announcement of Intel Extreme Master's first event in season 6, we'd like to share the details on how to qualify for both tournaments. From 17th to 21st of August we will hold a Global Challenge at gamescom, Germany. 16 StarCraft II players will compete for a World Championship slot and $21,000, while 8 LoL teams will battle it out for $32,000 and another World Championship slot.
We will run several online qualifiers in Europe, America and Asia to determine most of the 24 participants for our very first event in season 6 starting this Sunday, July 3rd 2011. In StarCraft II four Korean top-notch players will be invited as well as the National Champions from the host nation Germany in both disciplines.
Detailed information on how to qualify in your region will be available at the respective website.
ESL Europe - ESL America - ESL South-East Asia - ESL China
In Europe all participants will be determined directly via dedicated cups. Americans and Asians have to qualify via their Go4SC2 & Go4LoL Series or additional cups for an Regional Final, where they then determine their participants for our Global Challenge at gamescom.
Global Challenge Cologne
We will run several online qualifiers in Europe, America and Asia to determine most of the 24 participants for our very first event in season 6 starting this Sunday, July 3rd 2011. In StarCraft II four Korean top-notch players will be invited as well as the National Champions from the host nation Germany in both disciplines.| StarCraft II 7 European Players via Qualifier 2 American Players via Qualifier 4 Korean Invitees 1 Chinese Player via Qualifer 1 South-East Asian Player via Qualifier Socke (National Champion of Host Nation) | League of Legends 4 European Teams via Qualifier 2 American Teams via Qualifier 1 Asian Team via Qualifier SK Gaming (National Champion of Host Nation) |
Detailed information on how to qualify in your region will be available at the respective website.
ESL Europe - ESL America - ESL South-East Asia - ESL ChinaIn Europe all participants will be determined directly via dedicated cups. Americans and Asians have to qualify via their Go4SC2 & Go4LoL Series or additional cups for an Regional Final, where they then determine their participants for our Global Challenge at gamescom.
| European StarCraft II Qualifier | European LoL Qualifier |
| American StarCraft II Qualifier | American LoL Qualifier |
South-East Asian StarCraft II Qualifier Chinese Asian StarCraft II Qualifier |  Asian LoL Qualifier |
Intel Extreme Masters season 6 kicks off at gamescom
29.06.2011 17:08
StarCraft II & LoL at gamescom 2011
The sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters, the global league of the video game champions, will take off with its first Global Challenge at gamescom 2011 in Cologne (August 17 - 21). The event will host the world's best gamers fighting for a share of 53,000 US Dollar and a slot in the World Championship competition, the grand finale of each season of the league.
Gallery of gamescom 2010
The competition at gamescom 2011 will be played in two disciplines. One of them is StarCraft II - a well established eSports title and an Intel Extreme Masters discipline in season 5. The second discipline is League of Legends, the newest addition to the Intel Extreme Masters.
Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz, Director of Pro Leagues at Turtle Entertainment:
Intel Extreme Masters is a series of competitions for eSports champions from over 35 countries organised by Turtle Entertainment GmbH in cooperation with Intel. Live events are held in some of the world's major cities like Shanghai, Kiev or New York. Throughout the entire season the best professional gamers compete for a share of 635,000 US Dollars and the title of the World Champion.
Gallery of gamescom 2010
The competition at gamescom 2011 will be played in two disciplines. One of them is StarCraft II - a well established eSports title and an Intel Extreme Masters discipline in season 5. The second discipline is League of Legends, the newest addition to the Intel Extreme Masters.
Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz, Director of Pro Leagues at Turtle Entertainment:
"Last year's Intel Extreme Masters at gamescom was one of the best events we have ever had. We are thrilled to be coming back and we have every intention of making this year's event even better for the swarm of fans in the hall and on the streams."
Intel Extreme Masters is a series of competitions for eSports champions from over 35 countries organised by Turtle Entertainment GmbH in cooperation with Intel. Live events are held in some of the world's major cities like Shanghai, Kiev or New York. Throughout the entire season the best professional gamers compete for a share of 635,000 US Dollars and the title of the World Champion.
