IEM Katowice dates announced

25-11-2015 00:26

ESL has announced the dates and location for the 2016 IEM Katowice event.

Season 10 of the Intel Extreme Masters will come to a close with the World Championship, to be held at the Spodek Arena from March 4-6.

It is the same venue that hosted this year's IEM Katowice and the grand final of ESL One Katowice, but according to ESL the 2016 expo will be expanded to encompass over 8,000 square meters, making it "the largest esports event in the world to date."

IEM Katowice returns to the Spodek Arena

As Michal Blicharz, ESL's Vice-president for Pro Gaming, announced earlier this month, the CS:GO tournament will have a minimum prize fund of $250,000, but the final payout could be much bigger as ESL will turn to crowdfunding.

"It's been an incredible ten seasons of the Intel Extreme Masters, and the grand finals to each season - the World Championship - has truly established itself as one of the main events in the calendar of any esports fan," Blicharz told ESL's website.

"This year's event in Katowice was one of the largest the esports industry has ever seen. With the return of Counter-Strike to the main stage, expanded EXPO part and increased prize money, IEM World Championship in 2016 will be even better."

Admission to IEM Katowice will be free of charge, but fans will be able to purchase tickets enabling earlier entrance, which will go on sale next month.

2015-11-25 00:26

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2015-11-25 00:33

damn so long :(

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3 days

2015-11-25 00:37

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4march to 6march 6-4=2

2015-11-25 00:40

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holy fuck u retad :D 4th, 5th, 6th in be4 TOOK THE BAIT

2015-11-25 00:43

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u r8 da b8 8/8 ?

2015-11-25 00:49

2015-11-25 04:22

hah rly man? 4-1st day, 5-2nd day, 6-3rd day...

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read the comment right above yours (#53) and think

2015-11-25 00:48

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yeap good excuse :P

2015-11-25 00:54

haha

2015-11-25 00:55

another french tard lol

2015-11-25 08:54

Lawl ! He can't be french really xD Frenchs Knows maths please.

2015-11-25 12:17

French known aswell to recognize a bait. and there is 95% of chance that i simply destroy your ass in maths

2015-11-25 16:34

i agree about the recognizing. But for the mathematics, i'm not sure x)

2015-11-26 09:59

trhbuirs

lets go

rly nice! lets do this.

2015-11-25 00:27

Nice polacks!

2015-11-25 00:28

16 teams pls

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16 teams confirmed dont worry.

Why only 16? I miss old WCG/ESWC with 32 teams.

2015-11-25 00:30

Or CPL with 64 team lans

or malmö superleage major with 1k teams

2015-11-25 00:35

CPH Games?

2015-11-25 00:36

No, I would say that but I remembered how boring the first rounds of the bracket were... tons of 16x1, 16x2, etc.

2015-11-25 00:38

Is ticket money going to the prizepool or to Carmac's pocket?

probably carmac pocket

Is this going to be a major?

2015-11-25 00:29

no, but ESL can still easily pump out 250k+

Which they thankfully will

2015-11-25 00:39

no major = no valve support = low amount of online views

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less stupid kids more real cs fans

2015-11-25 00:57

This man is the truth.

2015-11-25 06:24

same amount, thank to csgolounge

2015-11-25 01:49

i think this will have more viewers than that crap major MLG in NA... cuz: - 1-5am matches for EU timezone - no twitch stream for MLG - crap audience from NA, cuz all NA teams won`t get out of groups, and they won`t cheer as much for EU teams

2015-11-25 07:54

If you saw IEM you know the crowd was great in NA

2015-11-25 09:18

But still polish crowd best crowd

2015-11-25 16:57

Don't disagree the polish crowd is amazing, but iem was good

2015-11-25 21:33

firstt

March ;-;

I'm going :D

I will be there!

3 day event

2015-11-25 00:31

Katowice>>>>>MLG Major

2015-11-25 07:55

nice

2015-11-25 00:34

250 [*]

no 2014 katowice stickers = no big interest.

csgo needs to become the main game for IEM and kick this dweeb game called LoL from the throne. IEM is/was the original counter-strike. definitely looking forward to it regardless how esl turned their back in the early stages of csgo.

2015-11-25 00:44

you cant kick out a game that is played by millions all over the world

2015-11-25 07:41

No sponsorship from valve? I guess noone will see the money from esl :D

2015-11-25 00:41

I'm afraid it is true D:

I hope i will be there like in 2014 but now location look even more awesome with thouse buldings around. ESL>MLG so i dont care if this is major or not VELVE is shit too me anyway...

2015-11-25 00:42

HYPE

2015-11-25 00:50

free of charge?? damn i think 99% of poorland will be there since they dont have any jobs

ohhhh srly? thats why we take and do your job better... it was always free of charge you mooron...

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excaly the people that accualy work dont live in poorland anymore.. they go to other countries to work.

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ohh i see 40milions of ppl. dont work and how many dutchs have work like 2millions? men you should be ashamed of yourself we could easly split on your stupid small full of muslims shit country...

2015-11-25 01:01

ok racist..

2015-11-25 01:02

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ok multiculti have a nice bomb planted...

2015-11-25 01:04

i will be the one who plants it.

2015-11-25 01:15

"poorland" proceeds to call someone racist kids these days...

2015-11-25 03:08

its basic knowledge that people from poland are heavily racist.. thats the reason why i talk to him in that way.

2015-11-25 12:22

you started the shit talk first, racist.

2015-11-25 18:58

yea you poorlanders never say anything racist..

2015-11-25 20:29

I never said that, but I quote: "its basic knowledge that people from poland are heavily racist.. thats the reason why i talk to him in that way.". what did you expect when you sterted to be racist first. You are pointing out other's people mistaces, while doing the same thng, that's called being a hypocrite.

2015-11-26 16:17

Minimum of 250k $. Let's see the crowdfunding getting it to ~2-3 mil and then 3 weeks later the 250k CS:GO MAJOR. That would be fun.

+1 but how are they gonna crowdfund if valve doesn`t get involved ? i would actually sponsor this event so that valves major in NA would be a sad joke, and they would never do one again... in NA :D

2015-11-25 07:58

Two big tournaments in the same month but until then two and a half months without any big LAN, srsly?

yes 2 days :D edit: 3 days, no more 5 days :D

2015-11-25 01:51

This should be a major :|

2015-11-25 02:31

in poland=vp take it

2015-11-25 03:48

Best event of the year.

2015-11-25 03:49

the crowdfunding needs to go off the charts to outplay the major after this

2015-11-25 07:23

Pls 500k or 1 mln prize pool and rekt mlg major

2015-11-25 07:33

ESL do crowdfund !!!!! 1 million euros prize purse !!!!!!!!!! we will all chip in, so that valves major in NA would be a sad joke with their 250k prize

2015-11-25 07:59

Will they give more tickets for sale this year? I don't want to stand up at 3 AM again to stay and this fucking queue and FALL ASLEEP WATCHING GRAND FINAL BECAUSE I WAS FUCKING VEGTABLE CUZ I CAME BACK AT MIDNIGHT AND AT 3 AM I HAD TO TAKE THE FUCKING BUS TO GO TO THE FUCKING QUEUE TO WATCH THE FUCKING FINAL AND FALL ASLEEP CUZ I WAS TO TIRED Valve, plz fix

2015-11-25 08:05

You can buy tickets in December and u won't stay so many hours

2015-11-25 08:21

Last time the tickets were gone 2 minutes after ESL put them on sell, I think they should increase the ammount of tickets. They will make more money + more people would be happy.

2015-11-25 08:22

Nice

Via crowdfunding we will reach atleast 500k

2015-11-25 08:32

Nobody in their right mind would want to give ESL money.

2015-11-25 09:01

Lol true :D

2015-11-25 09:50

I won't fund esl's pockets lol

2015-11-25 08:42

Katowice: Cool IEM: Shit Event: Mediocre

2015-11-25 09:00

why now when katowice isn't a major and it's supposed that they will get less money than a major they will put more money? is this the first step to finally get a decent prize pool on the next big tournaments?

2015-11-25 09:34