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i will walk every inch of it.

I suppose trying

to get the emotion,

capture it, keep it inside me,

and then deliver it

in tune with the crowd

to the way that they feel

the same excitement

I do about the games

that are about to take place.

And also just

about how far we've come.

It always feels like that to me.

It feels like,

"yeah, we're gonna deliver

something really special.

I mean, super special,

that will make your spine tingle

and the hairs

on your arms stand up."

And when that moment arrives

and the music plays

and the lights Blaze

and I'm standing backstage

and my stomach

is doing somersaults

and the producer tells me

in my ear, "go"...

It's just... it's magical.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome

to the intel extreme masters

world championship!

From my personal point of view,

going out in front of a crowd

like that

at a video-game tournament...

It's extraordinary.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome once again

to the intel extreme masters

world championship.

It's double-elim...

Lose two, you're out.

Win two, and you're in.

The opening match!

Game one of group "a."

The first team...

The undefeated, the g.E. Tigers!

And their challengers,

a staple name from north America

and the winners of the intel

extreme masters San Jose...

None other than cloud9!

Can cloud9 beat

the g.E. Tigers?

Anything

is theoretically possible,

but in the realistic universe

in which we reside currently,

it's a very low chance.

And we are ready to get it on

here in our first game

in the intel extreme masters

katowice.

Cloud9 lurking in the brush.

Oh, and there he is...

Lemonnation.

Can they get him with some c.C.?

They already get the flash.

He's gonna try the aqua prison.

And that's first blood

for cloud9... balls!

Well, I mean, gorilla was

not exactly paying attention,

so it's gonna be very helpful

for c9.

They've got the start

that they wanted here.

Well, look at this.

We all see an le

waiting around in the middle.

Here we go.

They manage to get the chains

down,

and Hai is dead just like that.

Coming in.

Here's a teleport.

Smeb may have

overstayed his welcome here.

Meteos is taking the...

But he's gonna go down!

- Are you kidding me?!

- It's over for you, my friend.

And just like that,

it's 5-1 to the g.E. Tigers.

It is looking pretty one-sided

so far.

I'm just really surprised

at c9.

I just... the desperation

is such a huge factor right now.

I think that's a perfect word

for it right now.

I think it certainly

is just desperation.

I mean, this game

is just a slaughter.

The g.E. Tigers are gonna

pick up the first game

of the intel extreme masters

world championship.

The g.E. Tigers.

What a statement

for their first game, huh?

Hai is extremely emotional.

He takes losses extremely hard.

This tournament

is double elimination,

so we have one more chance.

Let's not make

another unicorns of love.

Oh, yeah.

Any time

you guys want to get complacent,

just think unicorns of love.

Yeah, just think

unicorns of love.

I would retire.

I would really retire.

C.J. Entus versus tsm,

and the winner moves on

to tomorrow.

As far as the Korean teams

of this tournament, obviously,

g.E. The big favorite,

but c.J. Is a beatable team.

So I don't think it's out of

the realm of possibility for tsm

to take this one.

Wildturtle will destroy him,

and that did not go to plan

for c.J. Entus.

They're gonna go for the fight.

Space will be caught

completely out of position.

That's two kills for tsm.

And if they play this right,

maybe they can finish.

I think they might be able to.

Guys, at 29 minutes,

can you believe it?

Team solomid takes down

c.J. Entus.

They're moving on.

G.G. Wow.

You guys have been doing

very well in north America,

coming in as that first seed

and also beating a Korean team.

Is this tsm in your prime?

We're slowly getting rid

of international fear

of not performing onstage.

We're trying to learn faster,

and there's a lot of things

we still need to learn.

- We beat a Korean team.

- We beat a Korean team!

Monte said it was "in the realm

of possibility"

that we beat them.

I tweeted, "does anybody believe

that tsm can win tomorrow?"

Pretty much, very few people

actually answered yes.

Now I think a lot

of people believe.

At the expo, we're highlighting

these other parts of esports

that are coming back up.

Tons of stuff going on,

like "starcraft ii."

This is gonna be over.

The last marauder

has been picked off,

and bbyong is gonna lose Magnum.

Hearthstone is really

picking up this year.

Female fps is coming back.

So I think it's something

to really pay attention to how

these things are gonna all come

together in future conventions

and maybe have their own

main stage at future events.

It kind of reminds us

that in the end,

we're all in the same group.

Do it up.

We play the wolves.

They're the best team

in southeast Asia.

All right, guys, it is

our first elimination match

here at the intel extreme

masters world championships.

Cloud9, yoe flash wolves...

One of these guys

is moving on to tomorrow.

One is going home.

We got this, guys.

Do it for yourselves.

Take that respect back.

The only thing I do want to see

from cloud9 is whether or not

they can adapt

from their game earlier today.

As a team,

they were down on themselves.

They didn't really have a lot

of faith in a victory.

Is this gonna be first blood?

He doesn't have a lot

of health up.

They really want it... cloud9.

Will they get this first blood?

They will.

No, they won't!

They won't!

Ohh!

Meteos... he's so low now.

This is dangerous.

They have to back off.

What a colossal mistake

by cloud9.

I can't believe

they didn't get that.

Big loss really

affects your mentality.

Kind of lose confidence.

This is not going well

for cloud9.

Only meteos remaining.

This could easily be an Ace.

Yoe flash wolves

stepping up, digging deep.

Cloud9 is simply not in it

here in katowice.

I honestly thought cloud9

would be one

of the contenders for the semis.

It's just really sad

seeing them go out like that.

It's part of the game.

Losses happen.

How you deal with it

to keep your team on point still

is a big part of what I do.

So, time to pick up the pieces.

This I.E.M. Makes no sense.

We beat a Korean team.

C9 went full choke

this tournament.

It makes no sense to me.

Maybe it's the jet lag.

I'm just gonna blame it

all on jet lag.

What they wanna make...

What they wanna make...

- He's already here.

- Oh, no!

All I really care about

is winning for my teammates

and then not being belittled

by other regions.

Tsm's done a great job of

catching all of yoe's mis-plays.

That is tsm taking down

four men.

They're gonna push

through this one to move

on to the intel extreme masters

world championship final.

I think tsm is good team.

So maybe final match is

tsm versus g.E. Tigers.

G.E. Tigers for sure.

100% g.E. Tigers.

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