








It's revenge time for Cloud9
On the side, an amateur tournament will also take place. Stacked with one of the best teams in Europe, the "amateur" line-up consists of




It is worth mentioning that the games will be played on patch version v3.13, which means that we will not see interesting new shenanigans, the revamped jungle or trinkets. Also, Heimerdinger, Syndra, Olaf and Sivir will be disabled due to bugs or remakes.
With all the technical details out of the way, we can jump right into the matches!
Pro tournament: Europe versus North America, take 2
When we take a simple glimpse of the bracket, what immediately stands out is the "underlying" theme of NA vs EU. Obviously, the organisers have worked hard to provide not only skilled contenders and good show for the crowd, but a strong incentive for the teams as region pride will once again be on the line. Last time we saw North America being outclassed in three sets and having to sit out of the top 4 during the



The two top seeded teams in this tournament (




Brothers versus Brothers. The two Russian teams collide in the quarterfinal match of IEM Cologne. This will mark the official return of the one and only "support-carry"



The original M5 quintet is reunited and many expect a solid performance in their first international showing after finishing among the top 8 at the


IEM tournaments are historically great for Gambit. Let's hope they can showcase their excellence again.
What plays heavily in their favour is not only the fact that they are facing a Challenger team, but also the access they supposedly have to the domestic League of Legends scene. On the other hand,



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- The Russia versus USA bot lane match-up which will heavily depend on either


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If all these are covered, we will be in for a fantastic match!


As one sided as this match may seem on paper, we have seen






Despite,




Link may very well be the key piece in solving the fnatic puzzle. Source clgaming.net
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Go big or go home right from the get go.
The other big clash in terms of nerves and skill will be the AD Carry deadly dance:



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The amateur tournament begins on Saturday, 23rd November while the pro competition begins and ends on Sunday, 24th November.

DanielPY
Former lead editor and interviewer for SK Gaming
Follow me on twitter - @Adddler or LINK
Work experience:
iNNERFiRE - multi-game journalist and Editor-in-Chief: 2012
onGamers - League of Legends Feature Producer: 01.2014 - 02.2015
SK-Gaming - League of Legends Lead Editor: 11.2012 - 08.2015
My journey into eSports started in 2004 when I accidentally caught a small video on TV from the WarCraft 3 WCG 2004 final. I opened up the SK Gaming website from my father's laptop and never stopped reading to this day. In early 2010 I started writing at a Bulgarian news website simply because I disliked how the current editor was handling his job and with time, I got to be Editor-In-Chief. My main writing interests back then were StarCraft 2, QuakeLive and League of Legends.
Fast-forward to 2012, after a small hiatus and moving to England to attend university, I decided to start writing news posts again, inspired by a couple of industry figures who have taken their turns taking eSports writing to a new level. With the beginning of IPL5, I was given a trial with SK Gaming which was successful and I never looked back.
In early 2014, onGamers presented me with an incredible opportunity to join their ranks which I took. Although I believe my 2014 was rather poor (in terms of work ethic and results), I have made changes during the winter break to ensure that sufficient effort will be made to repair that. Unfortunately, due to the collapse of the team, the project was at a stand still which marked the end of my stint with the oG crew.
I continued producing 1 on 1 interviews with SK members until July 2015. After that, other commitments arose and I figured I could not provide the flow of content I promised my superiors and took a step back, leaving SK.
If you are an eSports fan who is looking to get into writing or simply want to chat about eSports across the years, you can always find me on my twitter - @Adddler . Below you can find some trivia about me.
BroodWar / StarCraft 2
Favourites:
BW pro: sAvi0r and
Flash (for different reasons)
BW race: Terran
BW series: Hana Daetoo MSL
SC2 pro: Creator and
Stephano (different reasons)
SC2 race: Terran
SC2 series: ThorZain vs
Polt at DreamHack Open 2012 and any big final played by King
MvP
StarCraft related article: God of the Battlefield
Quake
Pro: Alexey 'Cypher' Yanushevski
Map: Aerowalk, BloodRun (100% Eastern European choices)
Series: Cooller vs
Cypher. Especially the brilliant defensive Cypher game on Aero (game 4).
Rivalry: Rapha vs
Cypher
Quake related articled: The Quadra Interview and the one and only Cypher PoV
League of Legends
Pro(s): FORG1VEN,
Faker,
WeiXiao,
NaMei and
Mata.
Position: AD Carry
Series: All the World Elite games at
IPL5,
KT Bullets versus
SK Telecom T1 K OGN Summer 2013 Final and LPL Summer Final between
StarHorn Royal Club and
EDG (The perfect Jinx game by
Namei).
League related article: Most of TeamLiquid.net's takes on the 2012 and 2013 OGN tournaments.
Counter-Strike
Pro: f0rest
Team: Fnatic (2008-2009)
Series: AGAiN vs
Fnatic at WCG 2009. Literally broke a cup after the game. One of the most emotional series for me as a spectator.
Events attended:
Gfinity League of Legends - August 2013 (SK Gaming)
EU LCS Week 5 London - June 2014 (SK Gaming / onGamers)
GamesCom 2014 Cologne - August 2014 (SK Gaming / onGamers)
EU LCS 2015 Week 7 Spring Split - March 2015 (SK Gaming)
Intel Extreme Masters Season IX Katowice - March 2015 (SK-Gaming)


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