The Intel Extreme Masters at San Jose, California took place this weekend playing host to tournaments for both Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. Top teams and players from around the world fought it out for a share of the $75,ooo prize pool.
The League of Legends bracket saw a mix of fresh talent and veterans facing off for a place at IEM Katowice next year. Newly qualified European LCS team Unicorns of Love put in a surprise showing over the weekend by defeating current North American LCS champions Team Solo Mid 2 – 0. This put them up against Cloud 9 in a best of five final for $25, 000 and the spot at IEM Katowice. Cloud 9 then proceeded to make short work of UoL taking them down 3 – 0.
Both the C9 – UoL best of five final and the C9 – Alliance best of three semifinal are recommended viewing, but if you’ll watch just one game it should be this one.
Failing that, watch the big play highlight reel below.
The Starcraft 2 tournament was a much longer affair, with players battling through open and group stages to make their way to the playoffs. The final saw herO and Rain taking each other on in a best of seven Protoss vs Protoss match up.
Watching the whole final series is recommended, which can be found in 2 parts, below:
Full results and VODs can be found here.
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