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IGN's new $150k+ SC2 League

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chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-16 07:48:38
March 22 2011 23:24 GMT
#1
The full post and details were originally posted on SK-Gaming.

http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32900-IGNs_Edward_Chang_IPL2_to_have_50000_minimum_prize_pool has the newest news about season 2.

Over the past couple of days, major American video game site IGN (owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, one of the largest in the world) has made known their intention to become heavily involved in competitive StarCraft 2.

Information has recently come to light to suggest that this will be a new professional StarCraft 2 league in North America, sponsored by IGN and boasting a prize pool between $150,000 and $200,000. This information comes from the mouth of an IGN employee and a credible source who wishes to remain anonymous at this time.

When approached, IGN declined to comment on this information.


Long story short: I've been speaking with someone who I know is a credible source. From that person, I have this information. While I wouldn't go to Vegas and bet your savings on it (things can change), I am personally quite sure that this source has a very good sense of what is going on.

UPDATE: When it rains it pours: bet the savings.

Anyway, I'm psyched. IGN is HUGE, gets tens of millions of hits per month. A league by them is not to be taken lightly.

IGN's site: http://www.ign.com/proleague counting down to the release day. Theory looking fairly solid. Boom.

UPDATES and answers:
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Bringing this to the light and community review will help it more than keeping it in the shadows will. NASL has already improved thanks to community feedback. To be frank, hearing what we have to say will make the IPL better if IGN is willing to listen and knows how to take critiques. I'm sure they do. This is for the best.
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To those who think it is a NASL sponsorship: Evoli, who was at the meeting, confirmed that this is " very much so a venture of their [IGN's] own".

Read the article on SK-Gaming, this and other information being discussed is ALREADY there!

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Evoli was not the source, this is not Evoli's info. I love evoli but he is working closely with the league (and will probably be providing top notch coverage once its out). He is not the reason that I know it is a team league. I know it is a team league because my source says teams were contacted as opposed to individuals.

Additionally: my source is saying there is no association between NASL and IGN, neither is sponsoring the other, evoli even mentioned the same thing in his thread, that the two are separate entities.

This is pretty much happening as I stated it in the original article on SK Gaming.

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On March 23 2011 09:56 zere wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2011 08:30 holy_war wrote:
Edit: Some cached stuff from the IGN Proleague website dated March 18th. Doesn't tell much but there's something with ROOT Gaming involved.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4VmEFkoFhb0J:www.ign.com/proleague/players IGN proleague&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com


Have a look at the lower right corner's links:
http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/4-rootkiwikaki-sixjaxvibe
http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/5-rootminigun-fxosheth
http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/6-novastalife-vtspades
http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/7-egidra-lgagh


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A post on IGN.com entitled "Announcing the IGN Proleague" has surfaced, apparently posted on March 20th, 2011 (it is easy to fake a blog post's date).

IGN has invited 16 of the most talented Starcraft 2 players from North America, and will be launching a series of tournaments in search for the best players in America.

As the top gaming site on the internet, IGN is passionate about nurturing the gaming scene. We believe that the main reason why America is not yet competitive in the eSports scene is the lack of events and sponsorships to support America's talent. IGN will be investing in accelerating the growth of the eSport scene in America.


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On March 23 2011 12:15 Gudeldar wrote:
It looks like a bunch of progamers have IGN profiles that are all IPL.[name]

Here are all the ones I've found so far
http://people.ign.com/ipl.idra
http://people.ign.com/ipl.incontrol
http://people.ign.com/ipl.sheth
http://people.ign.com/ipl.axslav
http://people.ign.com/ipl.agh
http://people.ign.com/ipl.catz
http://people.ign.com/ipl.vibe
http://people.ign.com/ipl.select
http://people.ign.com/ipl.fenix
http://people.ign.com/ipl.spades
http://people.ign.com/ipl.drewbie
http://people.ign.com/ipl.ttone
http://people.ign.com/ipl.stalife
http://people.ign.com/ipl.minigun
http://people.ign.com/ipl.kiwikaki

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The site's lay out!

On March 23 2011 12:28 DreamScaR wrote:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7HwJ3JLm634J:www.ign.com/proleague/match/4-rootkiwikaki-sixjaxvibe http://www.ign.com/proleague/tournament&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qrTqW_6DriAJ:www.ign.com/proleague/tournament http://www.ign.com/proleague/tournament&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca





Yeah, I think it's safe to say this is happening.
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RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
March 22 2011 23:25 GMT
#2
another huge league! this is awesome!
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. | coL.Ryan | www.twitter.com/coL_RyanR
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 22 2011 23:25 GMT
#3
I mean if this is true that would be so epic. And would be even more epic if it was actually proleague like bw
When I think of something else, something will go here
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
March 22 2011 23:25 GMT
#4
Awesome NASL 2.0 :D
@ostojiy
Zeri
Profile Joined March 2010
United States773 Posts
March 22 2011 23:25 GMT
#5
Wow this looks like big news, thanks for sharing and definitely excited to hear more.
You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking.
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
March 22 2011 23:26 GMT
#6
your usage of the term "proleague" makes me think it's a teamleague, is this intended? if so, AWESOME
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NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
March 22 2011 23:26 GMT
#7
esport is getting real...
Tachion
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada8573 Posts
March 22 2011 23:26 GMT
#8
It's official. There is now way too much awesome Starcraft for me to watch
i was driving down the road this november eve and spotted a hitchhiker walking down the street. i pulled over and saw that it was only a tree. i uprooted it and put it in my trunk. do trees like marshmallow peeps? cause that's all i have and will have.
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#9
i'm excited for IGN's announcement then.
Life is Good.
DirtYLOu
Profile Joined May 2010
575 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-22 23:27:41
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#10
SC2 PROLEAGUE?!!?! ( TEAM LEAGUES ) AM I DREAMING?!!!?

IGN GOGOGOGO!!!!!
http://sc2ranks.com/c/9051/slayersteam/ <-- SlayerS players in Grandmaster !
the9thdude
Profile Joined March 2011
United States41 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#11
Too many leagues, not enough time.
Those who are overconfident, are careless.
0mgVitaminE
Profile Joined February 2009
United States1278 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#12
Wow that's a crazy amount.

So this is a teamleague? Would really like to see some high quality clan battles
Hi there. I'm in a cave, how bout you?
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#13
Looks awesome, but I'll save some excitement for the announcement.
/commercial
CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#14
Whoa. I wanna be good enough to play!
Kaoriyu
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada276 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#15
Oh my god. I seriously wish I had someone to tell this to IRL. 2011, NA Esports will make it's debut!
Dostov
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada8 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#16
Although has the NASL announced who their sponsors are? Perhaps its IGN who is sponsoring the NASL. And this note makes it sound like IGN is sponsoring a league not necessarily coming out with their own league. I could just be misinformed, but thats what it looks like to me.
Terrakin
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1440 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#17
holy fucking hell, if this is true things are going to be crazy in ESPORTSSSS

I don't really know what to think anymore..
Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
Gigaudas
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Sweden1213 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#18
Wow, we will see a large amount of people making really good money from playing Starcraft 2!

Really wish I was younger and had the motivation to compete!
I
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
March 22 2011 23:27 GMT
#19
damn, 150k.. Hope it's global with plenty of tournaments all over the world and then a huge finals somewhere with the 150k prize pool. ^^
DirtYLOu
Profile Joined May 2010
575 Posts
March 22 2011 23:28 GMT
#20
Proleague GOGOGOG
http://sc2ranks.com/c/9051/slayersteam/ <-- SlayerS players in Grandmaster !
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