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IGN Pro League Season Two - Page 16

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LightWireEX
Profile Joined September 2010
United States387 Posts
May 05 2011 18:14 GMT
#301
I was the 1st or 2nd person to sign up, and I'll definitely be the 1st or 2nd one knocked out! GLHF everyone.
ghOst.3344
AdreN-
Profile Joined November 2010
United States503 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-05 19:14:56
May 05 2011 19:12 GMT
#302
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!


Pretty solid breakdown, though I wish we'd see only 10-12.5K (20-25%) of prize pool going to first. Still a huge improvement over most tournament prize distribution (mainly the GSL, where first gets so much more money than everyone else).

Just a quick question though... wouldn't the payouts be 5-8th, 9-16th, 17-32nd? Why so many brackets?
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
May 05 2011 19:38 GMT
#303
Just in case anyone capable to change stuff reads this, please use some better VOD system in the next season. It was extremely annoying to be forced to jump between different sites to watch hd vods and then to VOD list. Other then than i enjoyed the tournament. GL with season 2.
Kennigit: "Chill was once able to retire really young, but decided to donate his entire salary TO SUPPORT ESPORTS"
Hoju
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
May 05 2011 20:53 GMT
#304
On May 06 2011 04:12 AdreN- wrote:
Just a quick question though... wouldn't the payouts be 5-8th, 9-16th, 17-32nd? Why so many brackets?

Because it's double elimination, the loser's bracket breaks down like that. See their season 1 bracket: http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft2/tournaments/best-of-the-west


Looks like a pretty good prize money break down.
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AmiPolizeiFunk
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany804 Posts
May 05 2011 22:09 GMT
#305
Glad to see the money split runs so deep. This is a better model for future events and sustainability of the profession.
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
May 05 2011 22:12 GMT
#306
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!

Probably the best prize distribution out of any major tournament. Huge props for that.
gulden
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany205 Posts
May 05 2011 23:12 GMT
#307
awesome quality, free to watch, good price distribution, good map pool, Open qualifying, NA and EU ... this is gonna be the best tournament in the west so far!!!
Nerdslayer
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark1130 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-06 03:50:39
May 06 2011 03:50 GMT
#308
Love it, Awesome. Time for the EU train of slaughter to have an impact. I expect Kas, Dimaga, White-ra, De-muslim, Strelok, TLO, Thorzain to be there:D

Darion
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada265 Posts
May 06 2011 04:04 GMT
#309
522 players already! The notables I saw:

coL.CrunCher
VT.Pokebunny
FXOqxc
FXOpTiKzErO
LG.Agh
ROOT.Minigun
sixjax.ViBe
dignitas.SeleCT
ROOT.Drewbie
EG.StrifeCro
coL.stalife
LaLuSh
ROOT.CatZ
FXOmOoNan
aTn.DaRkFoRcE(using socke's account it seems)
ROOT.Destiny
RoX.KiS.BRAT_OK
mouz.Strelok
mTw-DIMAGA
Empire.Nerchio
MYM.ClouD
FnaticMSI.TT1
FXO.LoWeLy
Prae.NightEnD
ESC.GoOdy

Megiddosc
Profile Joined April 2011
United States966 Posts
May 06 2011 04:28 GMT
#310
I'm really confused why SeleCT is signed up... did he not win 3rd place in IPL? He should already be qualified.
Alex.IGN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1050 Posts
May 06 2011 04:32 GMT
#311
Yeah, I included him on my spam reminder to sign up message to the pros on my skype by accident. He doesn't have to qualify and is no longer signed up.
IGN eSports StarCraft 2 Division Manager
luxx
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States140 Posts
May 06 2011 06:12 GMT
#312
On May 06 2011 02:58 Ipp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!


Oh man that basically means each qualifier has a $200 Prize pool; and if they do well it gets exponentially larger.


8 will move on from the first, second and third qualifier, so each of these qualifiers is $1,600 at least.

Pretty awesome for an open event.
Lead Developer Z33K.com
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
May 06 2011 06:48 GMT
#313
On May 06 2011 15:12 luxx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2011 02:58 Ipp wrote:
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!


Oh man that basically means each qualifier has a $200 Prize pool; and if they do well it gets exponentially larger.


8 will move on from the first, second and third qualifier, so each of these qualifiers is $1,600 at least.

Pretty awesome for an open event.

All the tournaments combined are actually worth $15,000. That is saying that the top 4 people from last season are top 4 again, and the rest of the prize money is distributed to the rest of the qualifying players. Very impressive.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
Nifel
Profile Joined June 2010
706 Posts
May 06 2011 07:36 GMT
#314
Yeah I'll just chime in and say the prize pool has the best distribution I've seen so far. This way, no effort will be a wasted effort.

Tons of big names already :o This will be stacked.
Euclid
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada126 Posts
May 06 2011 07:57 GMT
#315
Nice to see a prize pool that isn't as top heavy as a lot of tourneys around.
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-06 08:22:43
May 06 2011 08:22 GMT
#316
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!


Smart people work at IGN. I applaud you. I will be subscribing/paying to watch IPL 2. For me it is GSL>DreamHack=IGN>NASL>MLG.
I had a good night of sleep.
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-06 09:02:41
May 06 2011 09:02 GMT
#317
On May 06 2011 13:28 Megiddosc wrote:
I'm really confused why SeleCT is signed up... did he not win 3rd place in IPL? He should already be qualified.


select is already qualified so he wont need to sign up for the qualifiers unless he can still enter them but surely not?
Live and Let Die!
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
May 06 2011 09:03 GMT
#318
On May 06 2011 17:22 Koshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2011 02:44 Alex.IGN wrote:
Good news everyone, I just got our prize pool approved!

Prize Pool breakdown: $50,000 total

1st - $15,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,000
5th/6th - $1300
7th/8th - $1000
9th-12th - $800
13th-16th - $600
17th-24th - $400
25th-32nd - $200

Basically, we want to still reward people for their time, so anyone who qualifies will receive at least $200 for their efforts, while still scaling up for some nice rewards for the top players!


Smart people work at IGN. I applaud you. I will be subscribing/paying to watch IPL 2. For me it is GSL>DreamHack=IGN>NASL>MLG.


Yeh thats some great distrubution better then a winner takes all tourney, means people will still earn something if they work hard and get through!!! Thats a lot of prize money though
Live and Let Die!
Handfromabov
Profile Joined April 2011
United States103 Posts
May 06 2011 11:02 GMT
#319
i think this prize pool and the open brackets is so rockstar. Maybe see some break free from the pack no one has ever seen. I am also hoping someday to cast the ipl.
theliman2000
Profile Joined August 2010
United States45 Posts
May 06 2011 15:00 GMT
#320
Fabulous production on IPL 1! Can't wait for this tourney. Just...try to avoid the spoilers pl0x?
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