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[Spoilers] IEM Gyeonggi Invitational Survival Guide

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*This thread will alternate sticky space with the MLG Vegas Survival Guide. Both posts will be found on the sidebar in the "Important" box.

*This thread will update with match results. As such, there will be SPOILERS.

##Key Information

Where: Goyang Sports Complex in Gyeonggi, South Korea

When: December 16th - December 18th

Official Tournament Link

Liquipedia Tournament Link

##Streams

Stream LinkLanguage
ESL_OverwatchEN
esl_RuHub_OverwatchRU
TaKeTV_OverwatchDE
esl_AlphaCastFR
ESL_overwatch_esSP
ESL_Overwatch_KRKO

##Prize Pool

1st: $50,000

2nd: $20,000

3rd: $12,000

4th: $12,000

5th: $5,000

6th: $5,000

##Participating Teams

(Group Links are rosters)

Group AGroup B
MisfitsLW Red
Lunatic-HaiKongDoo Panthera
AF.BlueRogue

##Format

All matches will be best-of-five (Bo5).

##Schedule

IEM Schedule link

*All times are subject to change and/or delay.

###Friday, December 16th starting at 16:55 KST (2:55 AM EST/8:55 AM CET)

GroupMatchupTime
AMisfits vs Lunatic-Hai16:55 KST
BLW Red vs KongDoo Panthera19:15 KST

###Saturday, December 17th starting at 16:00 KST (2:00 AM EST/8:00 AM CET)

GroupMatchupTime
AWinner of Quarterfinal vs AF.Blue16:00 KST
BWinner of Quarterfinal vs Rogue18:00 KST

###Sunday, December 18th staring at 11:20 KST (9:20 PM Dec 17th EST/3:20 AM CET)

MatchupTime
Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B11:20 KST

Posted Dec 16, 2016, 6:30 AM UTC · edited

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cfl1Buckets of balls•

Since every single team involved has either changed roster or roles since they were last in a tournament, here's a nice preview article:

http://www.over.gg/2422/iem-gyeonggi-viewers-guide

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krupamActually able to play now.•

Welp, on one hand I want to root for Rogue's and Mistfit's new national roosters, but on the other, I kinda fear like it's gonna be another "Koreans always win" eSport, which makes it kinda less exciting.

Also, something I don't get, why do Rogue and AF Blue start only from the second tier? Does it mean they basically have at least a guaranteed place 3rd-4th?

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Monday_moon•

but hopefully' EnvyUs already wrecked korean teams in APex :)

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D90TSR 4742 - Hitscan God•

Not even close. There's like one Korean team that actually deserves top 10, the rest are in because of the incessant "KR are gods" circlejerk.

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_quatre•

I believe they are starting in that tier because they advanced the furthest in APEX last month, which was the major Korean tournament. Afreeca advanced to the finals where they lost to EnVyUs. Rogue also lost to EnVyUs in the first knockout round, which is the same round Lunatic Hai were eliminated. For them to give the first round bye to Rogue in this tournament, I'm assuming they are factoring in that Rogue was the number 1 overall seed in APEX going into the knockout round, or possibly because they lost to EnVyUs 3-2 in that round while Lunatic Hai were swept 3-0 by Kongdoo Uncia.

 

I don't know if I'd say that Korean teams are the best right now. I think the fact that a U.S.-based team in EnVyUs won the APEX tournament is a pretty clear indicator that Korea is not the best right now - U.S. teams usually perform sub-par in Korea just because it is a different environment. It might take Misfits and Rogue a little time to work out their current rosters, but I still feel like the west has the OW advantage. At the very least, the best Korean teams like Kongdoo, Lunatic High, and LWred are no better than EnVyUs, Misfits, and Rogue right now.

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omgwtfbbqsrslyend my suffering•

Root for whoever you want to right now. The game is definitely NOT in a "Koreans always win" state right now. Don't let the World Cup show matches deceive you. They managed to vote in a roster that would likely be one of the best KR teams, unlike other countries.

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evanmc•

Koreans have ruled LoL for about 4 years, yet it's still an incredibly popular eSport, especially in NA, EU, Brazil, Russia, China, SEA, Australia. It seems Starcraft is the only game that went the way of Koreans.

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cfl1Buckets of balls•

What did we learn from the first match?

  1. Manneten is a good Roadhog
  2. Misfits didn't practice any comps where he plays DPS
  3. Tank meta sucks balls to watch; nerf nade ASAP
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KanturuHot lesbian waifu•

I highly suggest you guys to use over.gg for finding information about these matches and matches in the future. I found this site recently and it's really makes following the scene much easier. (it's pretty much HLTV for overwatch if you are familiar with that)

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nekomikoLet's break this doooooooooooooooown•

love the lh vs afb match today. they didn't stick to meta that much, and its nice to see genji mei reaper playing

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cfl1Buckets of balls•

It started already!

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WhytroMOD"support" is not in my vocabulary•

Looks like they've started ahead of schedule!

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YonihoChibi Ana•

amm I can't see the ENG stream, does it even works?

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fiftyshadesofswayAna•

LW red breaking the tank meta in style.

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FarEastOctopusEuro Truck Simulator•

Survival guide just an hour before the main event.

And 4 comments so far.

This sub does not give any damn shit about Overwatch eSports.

I guess that's what r/competitiveOverwatch is for...

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zuulbeZul#2665•

its middle of the night in US and early morning in europe. on a weekday, what the fuck do u want lol

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FarEastOctopusEuro Truck Simulator•

I mean, I thought survival guides are posted about one day before the main event. If timezones concern you guys, then why don't the mods here post survival guides earlier for EU or NA viewers?

Survival guides being posted just one hour before the start of the event is rather too late, I think.

Well maybe I'm just being too picky.

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SpriteGuy_000MODBuild 'em up; Break 'em down.•

Yes, the Survival Guides are normally up a little earlier than this one was, but this Invitational fell at an odd time, which led to the Guide getting up at an odd time. EDIT: It also didn't help the first match started 30 minutes before it was supposed to.

However, we've had this tournament and many other tournaments up on the sidebar for weeks, as well as an information consolidation thread up for this week's tournaments (which included IEM and MLG) since Monday.

In addition, both the IEM and the MLG Invitationals will have Survival Guides and are both 3 day tournaments, which means the Guides will get plenty of uptime.

Just because the Surivial Guide is up a little late doesn't mean we "don't give a damn shit" about Esports.

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frapa95WHERE ARE THE CHRISTMAS FLAIRS.•

Most of us is either sleeping or at work :)

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[deleted]•

I think overwatch players in general don't care about overwatch eSports.

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