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Due to undisclosed circumstances, Felipe " dKiLLeR" Zuñiga will be unable to attend IEM Katowice on January 18th-20th. Replacing him (based on North American Qualifier results) will be Kevin " cSiphonn" Bentz. Siphonn will be taking KiLLeR's spot in Group B at the tournament where he will compete against Acer.Bly, K3.LucifroN, and SKT1.PartinG as well as the Open Bracket Qualifiers seeded into the group. He will also be the only representation in the tournament from the United States, the other North American Qualifier spots belonging to his teammate Man Hyeok " cJookTo" Jo, and Cho Myung " ST.Golden" Hwan. I spoke to Siphonn briefly about his last-minute replacement of KiLLeR and his trip to Poland. "After losing to ST.Golden and then to iSAxslav in Stage 3 of the Katowice American Qualifiers, I was pretty bummed out. All the games I lost were close, and I knew it would have been a sick opportunity to go to Europe (for my first time) to compete in a StarCraft tournament. When I found out I would actually have the chance to go, I was ecstatic and couldn't turn down the opportunity. I am heading into Group B with PartinG, Bly, and Lucifron. As tough as a group it is, I'm not going to let myself go into it having doubts about winning, and I am going to be 100% confident in my ability. There is no reason to doubt yourself, no matter the obstacle that stands in front of you. I am going to go to Poland, represent Clarity, represent USA, AND BRING BACK THAT CHAMPIONSHIP!...... but seriously, I won't let myself get last." We'll certainly be cheering hard for both of the Clarity Gaming players at IEM Katowice! EDIT:Photo Source: TeamLiquid, MLG RaleighIt has been confirmed that Illyes " EG.Stephano[RC]" Satouri will also be unable to attend the event, his seed in Group C will be filled by 9th place finisher in the EU Qualifier, Giacomo " aTn.Socke" Thüs. His group opponents will be cJookTo, Acer.Nerchio, and LG-IM.YoDa
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Thanks for the info and good luck to cSiphonn.
Edit: After the OP has been edited heavily - of course good luck Socke!!!
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Damn you guys are serious about marketing yourselves!
The house was pretty awesome news, I'm definitely becoming a fan.
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On January 14 2013 10:43 BreaK wrote: Damn you guys are serious about marketing yourselves!
The house was pretty awesome news, I'm definitely becoming a fan. You should. Clarity Gaming has some really big plans for the future
They are going to become a big name team. I can feel it.
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I am already a fan they have been really making themselves know lately
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Congrats Siphonn, what an opportunity. gl hf ^^
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crush em brah. they weak son
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I saw on Suppy's stream that he was supposed to go but he felt that he wasn't in shape to go. Glad to see another American going over to represent. I got to see Siphonn play in MLG Columbus 2012 and I was pretty impressed. Congrats and hopefully this will be his breakout tourney.
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Glad to see some NA representation there!
Slightly off topic, but I'm always annoyed that NA quali spots get taken by people who aren't North American
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gratz, really cool opportunity. show em your skills!
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Grats Siphonn! You got a tough group though (PartinG and LucifroN will be insanely difficult, Bly is really good too).
Slightly off topic, but I'm always annoyed that NA quali spots get taken by people who aren't North American
Well what can you do =/
EDIT: GL Socke! Also, curious as to how SKTT1.PartinG will work out. I'd assume because of the whole kongregation of DH, MLG and ESL, he can still go (breaking the exclusivity of MLG's deal with KeSPa).
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Like I always say whenever I see Siphon mentioned, I remember the MLG play by play thing he did with PainUser almost 2 years ago now
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On January 14 2013 11:24 Farmer Poopy wrote:Glad to see some NA representation there! Slightly off topic, but I'm always annoyed that NA quali spots get taken by people who aren't North American Most Qualifiers stipulate that they they have to live in the region to participate in the qualifier, IEM Included.
Both Golden, at the time, and JookTo played the qualifier from North America from their respective team houses.
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I wonder what is Killer's financial situation. Every IEM that happens, he manages to qualify, but he is always unable to attend
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i can understand KiLLeR's decision. The costs to fly to europe from chile must be pretty high - IEM's in the past guaranteed him 600€ at least. nowadays, there is open bracket players joining the 4-man groups, and looking at his group now, he would probably have a rought time getting any money out of this tournament.
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Clarity getting all the breaks :D GOGO!
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Thanks for all the support everyone
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