EDG Will Not Attend IEM Cologne 2015

EDG's official team weibo announced earlier today that they're not going to attend the 3 remaining tournaments this year: NEST, WCA and IEM Cologne.

Source (team weibo): http://weibo.com/p/1001603910950657877811

Rough translation: Due to medical reasons, and according to the medical treatment scheduling for our injured player(s), EDG e-sport club makes the following announcement: Our League of Legends team will regretfully miss the National E-Sport Tournament (NEST) holding on November 27th, World Cyber Arena (WCA) holding on December 17th, and IEM Cologne holding on December 20th.


EDG's still gonna attend the Demacia Cup this Saturday, which will be their last tournament for 2015.

Posted Nov 19, 2015, 7:49 PM UTC

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DerpSenpai•

QG iem hype

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Scrub4LIfe734•

HOLY SHIT! THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. IM SO EXCITED! I LOVE QG.

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xormxOnce a Bandle gunner, always a Bandle gunner!•

I just found out that QG's support is Mor from LMQ... Did anyone else know this or am I just dumb

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Brokenmonalisa•

It literally comes up every time qg is mentioned.

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Puppeymaster•

I just found that out recently too and it's weird because I remember his NA solo queue account name was LMQ TcT Mor

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xormxOnce a Bandle gunner, always a Bandle gunner!•

Actually it was LMQ Tc Mor, everyone on LMQ had "LMQ Tc" before their name

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This post is where I learned this. ty.

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andrewgoodrich214 (NA)•

wait what?????????????

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Fjurica•

yup, tct and tnt , tct being mor from lmq and tnt is his adc

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TrustInOppa•

I'm looking forward to seeing TnT and TcT work bottom lane!

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LigerZerOJaegaer•

it was hilarious listening to the LPL finals cast

the TT lane really tripped up the casters xD

same with when LGD played EDG

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FPArceus•

that's surprising since the TT lane existed for the entire split lel

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kitchenmaniac111•

TnT is a god, cant wait

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Waveeeee•

Other then me, there seems to be more people that love QG than I thought by the looks of the comments...or are we all the fans they have hmmm ._.

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homedog24601•

I want it for them so bad. Their unique style is my favorite to watch. No one can win team fights 15 k down like QG can

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JustKhazix•

Koo tigers specialty XD! games like that were always fun to watch

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Zakeruga•

Reminds me of some Samsung Blue games in season 4.

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homedog24601•

^^ This! There are so few teams that can really rock this style!

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Moaning-Lisa•

I voted for them and was surprised that they werent chosen in the first place. Hype indeed

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LaBelette[Les Belettes] (NA)•

I want to see Mor again!

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nazaguerrero•

inb4 pawn got transfered to another team, deft too

injured player(s) BOYZ!

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AuroricFlame•

That would actually be interesting. Hm.

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xCammo•

werent OMG second in the vote?

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GoddamnWeeaboosArsenal is that you?•

Fingers crossed. I think OMG was in front of them in the vote, but there's always, always room for QG hype

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Bryan_is_lyin•

Posted this yesterday but no one believed me lol

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Tyri0n•

maybe its because of your username :v

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OnyxMelon•

He didn't post it yesterday, look at his username.

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Bryan_is_lyin•

Actually I posted 9 hours ago mb check my recent posts....

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Tha_Hama•

So you were lyin

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SergDerpz•

:v

NO PLEASE. STOP

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DropStopHoldUp•

<: stop what. there's :^ nothing :> to s:vtop <:>

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SergDerpz•

ERMAHGERD NO PLZ STOPPPPPP Q_Q Tired of seeing the fucking :v in my games (LAN server). Y U DO DIS 2 ME.

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16blur•

why the fuck u lyin why u always lyin mmmmmmm omg stop fukin lyin

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sigmaproOP•

wait did you post the source as well? Has your post been deleted already? I did a search before I posted this but found nothing...

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Bryan_is_lyin•

Post must have gotten deleted

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TSM_ImagineDragonX•

B R Y A N I S L Y I N

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Seeker8833•

You should start keeping a spreadsheet :>

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Kronesious•

Fnatic was 'medical reasons' too

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RedChronos•

Deft and Rekkless romance getting in way of competition confirmed?

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TheSerendipitist•

Maybe they broke each other's hearts and can't deal with the pain. That's sort of a medical reason.

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VampireBatman•

A broken heart is more painful than any physical injury I have EVER suffered... and I tore a tendon pretty badly before (foot bent the completely opposite way during basketball).

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insanePowerMeFNC•

Someone is pregnant. Get the signs nerd

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whereismyleona•

So Deft and Pawn are leaving to play Support and Jungle in NA ?

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Fedorar•

What's wrong with the Chinese insfracture that so many players get injured? I mean, Korean teams practice equally or even harder than the Chinese ones, yet the medical issues do not occur nearly as often.

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Oficerdude•

if we ask insec, they like jumping off second floors and breaking their legs

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wutdefukk•

Lol have u seen the air?

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Buddharox•

I've lived in Shanghai (same city as all the teams) for 4 years now, and the air isn't that bad 90% of the time.

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SpiritHunterDBD•

Shanghai's air is quite a bit better than many other parts of China. Being near the water really helps

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wutdefukk•

It is bad when ppl got to wear face mask over there

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Faeriewren[Katrova] (NA)•

don't they have those yellow dust storms too

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feyrband•

That's Syria

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StayGarbageNA•

It's not the air, it's that pawn is fat

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RayonXX•

He was fat in Korea too...

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AChieftain•

It's definitely the air lol.

Many are fat, yet they don't go to the hospital every fucking 2 weeks. On top of that, he's not even that fat.

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StayGarbageNA•

Don't think the air can break your back

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DesM0ndo•

Pawn has been suffering from that back injury ever since his SSW time. it has nothing to do with the air, nor his weight, practicing too much caused it.

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atiqah_erlina•

he totes lost weight though ever since he joined EDG.

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ReganDrykeMOD[Void Spirit] (EU-W)•

Please review our rules before commenting or posting again. Next offense will be a ban.

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StoneNRoll•

It's pawn's back pain. He had it since he went pro in korea. It's been a consistent issue for EDG to deal with and it looks like they decide to let him rest for a few months.

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LigerZerOJaegaer•

carrying EDG has its price

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Zandmor•

Pawn was never the carry of EDG, in their prime the carries were Deft Koro1 and sometimes Clearlove.

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fatbadstaymad0-10na•

Pawn only carried blue before the swap, that was it

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gonzaloetjo•

Well, mostly they are Koreans the ones getting injured, and the ones from the Samsung teams, maybe they practiced to much.
But there are also chinese players getting injured. It might have to do with a combination of:
-LPL has more teams than any other league: more numer of injuries if the probablities are the same.
-With so many coaches and players going to CN, they migh have increased their trainging, without the Korean esports infrastucture (best in the world) to back it up.
-If they practice as much as the Koreans, Korea has a better health system. In NA and EU they don't practice near as much.

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fenix925•

what do you mean so many players. pawn and koro are the only ones. insec jumping down from a building doesnt count.

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Fedorar•

Also Imp, Mata, Deft, TBQ coming to my mind right now.

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skarseld•

Imp and Deft have wrist injuries, common among pros. TBQ was just sick during worlds iirc.

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Christian_He•

I do too, and I'm Silver IV.

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fenix925•

imp had wrist injury before he came to china, its very common in pro players. deft had a cold for 1 day. tbq wasnt used to the food in Europe. those arent injuries..

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skarseld•

Insec what?

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Lamat•

He jumped off a ledge along with the rest of Royal Club and broke his leg. Pics of insec on the ground here

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wlan222PhD in Memes•

Sometimes they're not really injured, they just want to get out of their Contract.

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Kactyoglomi•

QG the dream come true

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AsianBarMitzvah•

cant wait to see their bot lane play man, Tnt is a facking beast!!!

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SankaritarinaHypernova•

I'm fine with that if we get QG instead.

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ChibawsyThey call me Bushido Brown•

I really hope people don't vote in OMG now that Uzi and gogoing are gone really wanna see how QG will do or even snake vs the lines of c9 and maybe new roccat

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candours•

Pawn is currently receiving treatment in Guangzhou. EDG went to visit him yesterday.

Photos: http://weibo.com/5264740993/D4xC020xy?type=comment#_rnd1447977375440

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candours•

Can anyone translate Clearlove's mini AMA?

Also from what I get in google translate, Deft and Pawn will be staying in EDG for s6. LOL

 

问题1:小胖和羊驼s6还在EDG吗?

答:还会在EDG继续征战s6。

 

Question 1: chubby and alpacas s6 still EDG it?

A: EDG will continue to campaign in s6.

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DouJiYanLoL•

not at home but ill look at it once i get the chance and translate

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candours•

Thanks :D

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DouJiYanLoL•

Sorry about that im in china at the moment haha so when i replied i just got to work ill try during lunch break!

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whereismyleona•

Yeah. "They should continue to play with EDG in S6". 小胖 is Pawn because he is a bit chubby/fat 羊驼 for Deft because he look like an alpaca (hair style) for chinese fans (IRRC was the same for korean fans)

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wlan222PhD in Memes•

Alpacas is probably Deft

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Oromisu•

Like Fnatic, same "problem" LOL

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david2213•

any information if SKT will attend or not?

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Wijnruit•

Well, they did not won KESPA cup, so no.

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0vv3•

That doesn't matter, they cannot attend any IEM qualifier event at all since they've already qualified for Katowice by winning the World Championship.

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Liniis•

Wait, what? When did that start happening?

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ShAd_1337•

what are you talking about? the world champion didn't automatic qualify for the IEM grand final in katowice the last years. is it different this time or what? source?

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0vv3•

They didn't qualify for the Grand final in Katowice, they qualified for the event of IEM Katowice.

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david2213•

isnt that iem san jose? or both tournaments.

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MriTzii•

skt qualify for iem katowice. ever for cologne and jin air for san jose.

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ElGossito•

winning kespa cup qualified EVER for iem cologne.

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TheOddNico•

It's not San Jose, don't know about the other one.

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i_i_i_i_T_i_i_i_i•

the world champions are not allowed to attend IEM SJ (if fnc or og would have won it somehow they would have been disqualified)

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gonzaloetjo•

EDG doing a Pain!

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TriestVerhaal•

I was hoping for a I was all Fnatic for EU (san jose), then EDG (china) for Cologne. Both gone now. whew.

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Sam0427•

This is a sad, sad moment.

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IAmVoidling•

Get better pawn :(

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Jekaily•

That air though

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Arney0408•

"Medical reasons" thats what I used to tell my teachers as well when I didn't do my homework and would rather stay at home.

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frabadoodle•

This is a real shame they're not going this iem doesn't really seem to be that interesting, what happened to there being group stages with a lot more teams?

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