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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Chicago
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Chicago Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-11-06
End Date:
2018-11-11
Liquipedia Tier:
Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Chicago is the final tournament of Season XIII before the World Championship in Katowice. The tournament marks the start of IEM's new flagship North American events in Chicago as well as featuring the usual $250,000 USD prize pool, 16 teams, and being part of the Intel Grand Slam.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Secondary Broadcast[edit]
- Commentators:
Jacky (Jack Peters)- Esio (Benjamin Doughty)
- Tombizz (Tom Bissmire)
- James Banks (James Banks)
- Observer:
UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: November 6th - 8th, 2018
- Two double-elimination format groups
- Each group has eight teams
- The group stage is seeded using a new "Player-Selected Seeding" [1]
- Click here for more details on the seeding
- Two double-elimination format groups
- All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
- The total scores are summed up for each team
- 2 ratings from each team furthest away from average are removed
- The final rankings are formed
- Click here to show the rankings
- The initial matches are Bo1
- All following matches are Bo3
- The top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs:
- Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
- Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
- Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
- Playoffs: November 9th - 11th, 2018
- Single-elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st | $100,000 |  Astralis |
 2nd | $42,000 |   Team Liquid |
 3rd-4th | $20,000 |  Fnatic |
  FaZe Clan | ||
| 5th-6th | $10,000 |   Team LDLC |
 mousesports | ||
| 7th-8th | $6,000 |   NRG Esports |
 Luminosity Gaming | ||
| 9th-12th | $5,000 |   MIBR |
  North | ||
  BIG | ||
 eUnited | ||
| 13th-16th | $4,000 |  MVP PK |
 Renegades | ||
 Natus Vincere | ||
 AVANGAR |
Participants[edit]
For "News and Roster Changes" Click here.
- 1 August 14th - Due to an internal error, ESL announce that the North American Qualifier will only have 1 slot to the tournament, with the last slot qualification process to be announced at a later date. [5]
- 2 September 21st - Fnatic bench
flusha. [6] - 3 September 24th - Ryu steps down from Renegades. [7]
- 4 September 27th - North sign cadiaN from Rogue to replace MSL. gade is recalled from his loan to OpTic Gaming back to North to replace niko. [8]
- 5 September 27th - Nifty leaves Renegades to join Team Envy. [9]
- 6 September 29th - Renegades part ways with
USTILO. [10] - 7 September 30th - Renegades sign liazz and
Gratisfaction. [11] - 8 October 2nd - Fnatic sign twist to replace draken. [12]
- 9 October 8th -
kassad returns to Renegades as coach. [13] - 10 October 15th -
STYKO returns to the active lineup of mousesports, replacing 
Snax who is benched. [14] - 11 October 17th - Brollan joins Fnatic. [15]
- 12 October 23rd -
FNS replaces -Ace. [16] - 13 November 4th - Renegades' coach kassad will miss IEM Chicago due to visa issues. [17]
- 14 November 6th - NRG Esports' coach ImAPet will miss the rest of IEM Chicago due to family issues. [18]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
FaZe Clan
Astralis
Lower Bracket Round 1
MVP PK
1
NRG Esports
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
MIBR
1
NRG Esports
2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Team LDLC
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
Fnatic
Team Liquid
Lower Bracket Round 1
Natus Vincere
0
BIG
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
mousesports
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Team Liquid2
Team LDLC1
Semifinals
FaZe Clan1
Team Liquid2
Collegiate Invitational[edit]
Participants[edit]
Format[edit]
- Grand Final:
- Single-Elimination
- Match is Bo1
Results[edit]
Illini Esports  Illini | 5 | 16 |  RMU Eagles Eagles |
|---|---|---|---|
November 11, 2018 - 12:00 CST  ·  ·  | |||
Prize Pool[edit]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| W | RMU Eagles |
| L | Illini Esports |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2018-11-05 | IEM Chicago 2018 viewer's guide by Yossarian of HLTV
- 2018-11-05 | Five key storylines of IEM Chicago by LucasAM of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2018-11-12 | device scoops IEM Chicago MVP award by MIRA of HLTV
- 2018-11-16 | IEM Chicago: the EVPs by Striker of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-11-06 | cadiaN: "You could clearly see NRG were caught off-guard" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-06 | moose: "Everyone is putting in 110% because nobody wants to get cut" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-06 | daps: "I don't believe in carrying momentum from a win into another LAN" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-07 | ALEX: "(AmaNEk and devoduvek) are bringing a lot of firepower, which we lacked before" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-07 | steel: "When I was leading, yeL and NEKIZ weren't playing at their best, so we decided to change" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-07 | tabseN: "We really wanted revenge (against Na`Vi) for both Cologne and the Major" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-07 | JW: "When we lost flusha it was like a completely new start" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-08 | NAF: "I'm excited to play against brollan I'm happy fnatic gave him a shot" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-08 | chrisJ: "The match against luminosity is going to be a more momentum-based game than usual" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-09 | Xyp9x: "We're not at our best level, but we can get there by the end of the tournament" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-10 | rain: "We're finally getting our confidence back after a rough start to the season" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-10-11 | jks: "We need playtime and official matches to see where we're at" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-11 | device: "There have been a lot of great teams, we're just grateful to be considered one of them" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2018-11-12 | devoduvek: "We have the potential to go on and do great things" by LucasAM of HLTV
Videos and Photos[edit]
VODs[edit]
- 2018-11-07 | Quickfire with Astralis - dev1ce & Magisk by ESL
- 2018-11-07 | Quickfire with MIBR - tarik & FalleN by ESL
- 2018-11-08 | 20 Questions with BIG - smooya's Doom Hammer by ESL
2018-11-09 | Your Favourite Playoff Opponent by ESL- 2018-11-10 | Getting to Know Fnatic: KRIMZ & JW by ESL
- 2018-11-10 | GuardiaN analyses: GuardiaN 1v5 vs Fnatic by ESL
- 2018-11-11 | What the Pros Think: The CS:GO Economy Changes by ESL
- 2018-11-12 | karrigan analyses: karrigan 1v4 vs SK Gaming by ESL
- 2018-11-12 | The Pros Plays: Counter-Strike Taboo by ESL
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-11-07 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2018-11-07 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2018-11-08 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2018-11-09 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2018-11-10 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 5 by HLTV
- 2018-11-11 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 6 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
- 2018-11-07 | Xyp9x - 1V5 NINJA DEFUSE by ESL
- / 2018-11-08 | CeRq and xeta by filq of HLTV
- 2018-11-10 | Twistzz vs. fnatic by djuhana of HLTV
- 2018-11-16 | device - HLTV MVP by betway of IEM Chicago 2018 by MAKKU of HLTV
References[edit]
- ↑ Hans Oelschlägel (2018-11-02). "Intel® Extreme Masters Chicago 2018 group stage brackets announced". ESL.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Hans Oelschlägel (2018-08-09). "Intel Extreme Masters selects Chicago as its new home for 2018, 2019 & 2020". IEM.
- ↑ "They tasted IEM glory in Katowice and now they're coming for the Windy City!". IEM. 2018-08-17.
- ↑ "They took the title in Cologne, now they're hungry for another win towards the Intel Grand Slam!". IEM. 2018-08-18.
- ↑ Hans Oelschlägel (2018-08-14). "Intel® Extreme Masters: Chicago 2018 - NA Qualifier Distribution Modified". ESL.
- ↑ "Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
- ↑ Steve "Ryu" Rattacasa (2018-09-24). "As of today, I am no longer the coach of the Renegades CS:GO team.".
- ↑ "North welcomes cadiaN - gade returns from loan". North. 2018-09-27.
- ↑ Nicholas "Taffy" Taifalos (2018-09-27). "Once a Renegade, always a Renegade". Renegades.
- ↑ "THANK YOU KARLO". Renegades. 2018-09-29.
- ↑ Nicholas "Taffy" Taifalos (2018-09-30). "Newest Pair from Down Under". Renegades.
- ↑ "twist Returns". Fnatic. 2018-10-02.
- ↑ LucasAM (2018-10-08). "AZR: "Bringing kassad back is a permanent thing"". HLTV.
- ↑ "STYKO returns to starting lineup". mousesports. 2018-10-15.
- ↑ Fnatic (2018-10-17). "Brollan becomes our fifth".
- ↑ eUnited (2018-10-23). "Welcome to eUnited, FNS".
- ↑ Joe "tolkienfanatic" Cardali (2018-11-04). "kassad to miss IEM Chicago". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Chet "ImAPet" Singh (2018-11-06). "Quick announcement, not going to be attending the rest of @IEM Chicago due to personal family issues.".