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and normal people who have been

forced to grow up very rapidly.

They were put into this world

where they are all of a sudden

on camera,

they are all of a sudden

competing for a lot of money.

Do you kind of feel

that the problems

you run into here

are the same problems

you run into when you

play the European teams?

We have the same problems

because we kind of lack

the team coordination.

I'm not actually sure

why we're not doing it.

We will, for sure,

focus on it in the future

and have a more solid

and consistent performance.

There's something

about rekkles leaving fnatic.

I think he has a problem

with some of his teammates,

like motivation.

So I think he wanted to leave

the team for that reason.

Rekkles came in,

this new superstar last year.

He broke records.

He was a player

that was not completely happy

in his current role at fnatic.

Wanted more.

Had a bit more passion.

He was only a 17-year-old kid

coming through,

so it seemed obvious

that after

a somewhat disappointing

year for fnatic,

maybe changes would happen.

Now, alliance,

this new super team

coming up, piqued his interest,

and it's no surprise to suddenly

see these transfers happening.

This is the growth of sports,

if it were.

Once sports get big enough,

people start paying

for the big players.

Esl America offices.

My second visit.

Coming in for a chat

with the President

and to see

an immigration lawyer,

figure out if I can move over

and if I can transition

to America.

We are moving to America now...

L.A. district, California...

Earthquakes.

He always wanted to work

in America at some point.

So when this opportunity came,

we've decided that if we're ever

going to do this

it has to be now.

Hi. I'm michal.

Hi, nice to meet you, sir.

Nice to meet you.

I work at the Europe office.

Oh, of course.

So, yeah,

we're moving to America.

Welcome back.

Like what you did

with the place.

I love them. I love them.

I love this setup, by the way.

This thing.

We've had 50-plus events in

intel extreme masters history.

San Jose's the most difficult,

and at the same time,

the most important event.

If we fail, anything can happen.

Maybe what I'm doing

will not be there anymore.

Maybe that will be obsolete

completely and just...

You know,

jousting used to be a sport.

It's no longer here.

We won the fan vote

for San Jose,

so we are going

to the San Jose I.E.M.

Cool!

And we are going against

the unicorns of love...

Is also the qualified

European team.

I'm glad we're going.

We have to play against

unicorns of love first round,

and then later on,

we're expecting

to face cloud9 or alliance.

Rekkles is very good,

and he's one of the best

a.D. Carries

I've ever played against.

So I just hope we don't choke

or anything.

If we win this tournament, that

means we go to the grand finals

in katowice,

which is very big for us.

A lot of people in the tsm

organizations are from San Jose,

and I can tell

that it's something

that they want us to do well at.

We've actually never won

an I.E.M. Event.

I.E.M. San Jose is the one

that I want.

It's by far... that's...

I need to take that home.

I'm gonna have my family

in the audience.

I'm gonna fly my dad down.

I want to win this event.

We're selling tickets

to this event.

We're counting on thousands

of people to show up.

And we need thousands of people

to show up in order

for us to call the event

a success

because we work with real money

and we have to break even

and if we don't do it,

maybe, just maybe,

people will doubt us.

Maybe they'll think,

"guys, maybe this is not

the right time.

Let's wait another couple

of years."

We took a leap of faith

on San Jose,

and we need this to work

in order to move forward.

We really do need this to work.

San Jose

with a season-high seven.

That's a good night here

at s.A.P.

For the San Jose sharks.

My TV said that one of

the stages is facing that way?

Come on.

I'll show you a rendering.

Other side... "Starcraft ii."

If we want to change it,

let's change it at the very end

WHEN EVERYTHING IS CLEAR.

All right, 104. Thank you.

We never done anything

like it before,

not on this scale,

not in this time pressure.

And it's taken its toll

on everybody on the team.

We only have three more rows.

You also have to build a stage.

Looking good?

I mean, not good.

Not great.

What time will have

full dress rehearsals?

Dress rehearsals?

My crew is here,

and their tools are not.

I remember when esports was

in the bottom of the basement

at the Hilton hotel,

and it looked

like a video casino.

As we grew,

and then esl brought in michal,

we took this to the next level.

My first tournament

that I ever organized

WAS IN AN Internet CAF.

IT HAD 12 OR 14 P.C.s TOTAL.

Do we have the countdown

in the corner?

Paul should have his headset

on the other way, right?

Do you get me now?

We need to be done

by 11:
00, latest,

with everything.

I haven't eaten yet,

i just realized.

All right. Time to really start

moving them.

They're officially late

as of now.

That's esl wondering

where the hell we are.

Hey, what's up?

I don't like it like that.

I wanted the players backstage,

and we can show them backstage

waiting, like in football.

Just, please, get me that.

All right. You're the boss.

When I walked in, the energy

and the noise was orders

of magnitude greater than

what I expected to experience.

I've had two heart attacks,

and the sensation

that I got with sitting in here

was the same kind of feeling...

Pressure built up.

- It's good?

- Yeah.

Are we beginning?

No.

Are we?

4, 3, 2, 1!

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the intel

extreme masters San Jose!

It's going to be

an incredible weekend

as we go looking for

our next I.E.M. Champion.

It's right now the pressure

is off.

First up, it's the fans

that got them here,

with 42% of the fan vote.

They're on their home turf.

Give it up for cloud9!

"League of legends"

is extremely complex,

but there are a few things

to watch that can help

you understand the game.

The teams alternate

between red and blue sides,

depending on the game.

And the number of kills

a team has

is a good indication

of how well the team is doing.

Formal shot!

There it is!

Hai gets the kill!

An Ace means that every member

of the enemy team

has been killed,

which gives the surviving team

completely free reign

of the map for a while.

And it's all now

going cloud9's way.

Individual players can obtain

double...

Double kill.

- Triple...

- Triple kill.

Quadra, or the extremely

rare penta kill,

by killing multiple enemies

themselves.

Sneaky with the quadra!

Wait, he got the penta! Oh!

Wow!

Oh, they tried so hard

to give that over to sneaky.

Every champion

has different abilities.

For example,

a champion that lemonnation

often plays has a hook

that he throws out to catch

and hold enemies

so his teammates can kill them.

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