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Sign-ups are up for Qualifier #2 - http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/779-ign-pro-league-season-two-qualifier-2
Who were the 8 players who qualified? Find out here: http://www.ign.com/ipl/news/2011/05/13/congratulations-to-our-qualified-players-from-the-first-ipl-season-two-qualifier
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IGN Pro League Qualifier #1
Saturday, May 07 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (Check-In 60 minutes prior) and Sunday, May 08 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Updates and Information
PLAYERS: MAKE SURE AT THE ROUND OF 32, YOU STOP SUBMITTING REPLAYS AND RESULTS TO Z33K. INSTEAD EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AND REPLAYS AT ACONN@IGN.COM. I will also be online as ROOTSunDevil.158 to answer any questions or concerns.
At the Round of 32, transition to this map pool:
TSL3 Xel'Naga Caverns Cloaked *Starter Map*
TSL3 GSL Crossfire SE
TSL3 Crevasse Cloaked
TSL3 GSL Tal'Darim Altar Cloaked
TSL3 GSL Terminus RE Cloaked
TSL3 Metalopolis Cloaked
TSL3 Shakuras Plateau Cloaked
Results
Players entering the RO 32
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VPDaedalus vs Theory
MouzMana vs coLRyze
Paranoid vs MYMCloud
LiquidRet vs Nerchio
ROOTCatZ vs Iefnaij
FnaticFenix vs Gensulitor
FnaticMSITTI vs FXOmOoNaN
MillDieStar vs fkcXions
SixjaxViBE vs Virus
NrGdde vs MouzHasuObs
MillTarson vs Serp
EGLzGaMeR vs ROOTDdoro
ROOTDestiny vs Sterling
Edge vs Holder
XxElitexX vs FnaticNightend
coLstalife vs RevShadow
Qualified Players
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►MillDieStar is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►MillTarson is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►sixjaxViBE is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►FnaticFenix is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►LiquidRet is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►coLstalife is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►MouzMana is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
►ROOTDestiny is qualified for the IPL 2 Main Event!
Casting
We're going to be doing casting a little different from how most people normally do qualifiers. I'll get the first talking point out of the way first - we are not streaming live qualifiers. We were trying to figure out a way to improve the qualifier viewer experience, which is normally large amounts of time of casters trying to find games, waiting for players to finish games, checking the brackets, etc. What we are trying for IPL 2 Qualifiers is that we will be allowing anyone to check out the brackets up to the round of 32, and then at that point the games will still be played, but the results and replays will be sent directly to me. Then, during the week we will have a crew of casters pick some of the best matches from the Round of 32 and on and stream for you guys! The schedule follows:
Week 1 Broadcast Dates:
May 12th - IPL Qualifier Thursday with AskJoshy, starting at 3 PM PDT
 FnaticMSITTOne vs  MillDieStar
MillTarson vs EGLzGaMeR
 SixjaxViBE vs MouzHasuobs
May 13th - IPL Qualifier Friday with Raelcun, starting at 3 PM PDT
Iefnaij vs FnaticFenix
MYMCloud vs LiquidRet
FnaticNightend vs coLstalife
Week 2 Broadcast Dates:
May 16th - CatsPajamas IPL Mondays (RO 32) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 17th - EdwardStarcraft IPL Tuesdays (RO 16) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 18th - Raelcun IPL Wednesdays (RO 8) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 19th - AskJoshy IPL Thursdays (Semi-Finals/Finals) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
Week 3 Broadcast Dates:
May 23th - CatsPajamas IPL Mondays (RO 32) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 24th - EdwardStarcraft IPL Tuesdays (RO 16) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 25th - Raelcun IPL Wednesdays (RO 8) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 26th - AskJoshy IPL Thursdays (Semi-Finals/Finals) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
Week 4 Broadcast Dates:
May 30th - CatsPajamas IPL Mondays (RO 32) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
May 31th - EdwardStarcraft IPL Tuesdays (RO 16) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
June 1st - Raelcun IPL Wednesdays (RO 8) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
June 2nd - AskJoshy IPL Thursdays (Semi-Finals/Finals) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
We will then reveal the full RO 32 bracket on Friday and update our website and the main IPL 2 thread with those who qualified!
Thank you everyone who applied to cast the IPL 2, we got flooded with applications and I really appreciate the interest. The casters picked to cast the IPL 2 Qualifiers does not absolutely mean they will be casting the IPL 2 Main Event (aside from CatsPajamas, of course) so your applications are not out the window until we make final decisions for IPL 2!
Qualified Players:[/center]
Seed 1: EGIdrA
Seed 2: ROOTKiWiKaKi
Seed 3: dSeleCT
Seed 4: EGAxslav
Seed 5: 1st Place Qualifier #1
Seed 6: 1st Place Qualifier #2
Seed 7: 1st Place Qualifier #3
Seed 8: 1st Place Qualifier #4
Seed 9: 2nd Place Qualifier #1
Seed 10: 2nd Place Qualifier #2
Seed 11: 2nd Place Qualifier #3
Seed 12: 2nd Place Qualifier #4
Seed 13: 3rd Place Qualifier #1
Seed 14: 3rd Place Qualifier #2
Seed 15: 3rd Place Qualifier #3
Seed 16: 3rd Place Qualifier #4
Seed 17: 4th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 18: 4th Place Qualifier #2
Seed 19: 4th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 20: 4th Place Qualifier #4
Seed 21: 5th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 22: 5th Place Qualifier #2
Seed 23: 5th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 24: 6th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 25: 6th Place Qualifier #2
Seed 26: 6th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 27: 7th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 28: 7th Place Qualifier #2
Seed 29: 7th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 30: 8th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 31: 8th Place Qualifier #2
Seed 32: 8th Place Qualifier #3
Qualifier Information
Dates for IPL Season 2 Qualifiers
Qualifier #1: May 7-8 starting each day at 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 7:30 PM CEST (Top 8 advance to Main Event)
Qualifier #2: May 14-15 starting each day at 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 7:30 PM CEST (Top 8 advance to Main Event)
Qualifier #3: May 21-22 starting each day at 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 7:30 PM CEST (Top 8 advance to Main Event)
Qualifier #4: May 28-29 starting each day at 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 7:30 PM CEST (Top 4 advance to Main Event)
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
1) Go to http://www.z33k.com
2) Register an account
3) Click on 'Profile'
4) Click on 'Account'
5) Fill out your NORTH AMERICAN SERVER BNet Character Name, Character Code, and Race, then put in the League that you are highest ranked at (ex. you're masters on NA and grandmasters on EU, put grandmasters) and MAKE SURE TO COPY/PASTE YOUR NORTH AMERICAN BATTLE.NET PROFILE URL into the designated space
6) Either find the first qualifier tournament on the website or go to this link: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/710-ign-pro-league-season-two-qualifier-1
7) Click 'Sign me up!'
8) Join the IPL group for automatic notifications of when Qualifiers 2, 3 and 4 come online.
9) Remember to check back in one hour before start time to check in and secure your spot. If you do not check in your spot will be forfeited!
Restrictions
• Player must be in a Master or Grand Master league on the North American, South American or European ladder to participate and LIVE in one of those regions.
• All games must be played on the North American server for both the qualifier and the main event.
• Account sharing is not allowed, players must own a North American account.
• By signing up for the qualifiers, it is agreed that the player will be available on the following dates leading up to the main event of the tournament (in the event that the player is eligible):
On June 11th we will do WR 1, WR 2 and LR 1, LR 2
On June 12th we will do WR 3, WR 4 and LR 3, LR 4, LR 5
On June 18th we will do WR Finals and LR 6, LR 7
On June 19th we will do LR Finals and Grand Finals
If you will be at Dreamhack or GSL Super Tournament we will work with you to play your games early! No exceptions will be tolerated for the scheduled dates unless you have a seriously urgent issue. If a player wins a qualifying spot and fails to be present for the tournament, IGN reserves the right to find the next highest finisher from the qualifier as a replacement. The penalty for a qualifier no show is a two season ban for future IPL qualifiers.
Seeding
The top 4 finishers from IPL 1 receive seeds 1 through 4 in order of their finishes. The place awarded to the player in the qualifiers will determine the seed for the IPL 2 Main Event, descending from seed 5, in order of qualifier. For example, if a player were to finish first in the first qualifier, he will receive the overall seed of 5. If a player finished first in the second qualifier, he would receive the overall seed of 6.
Rules
All qualifier rules are located at the tournament page on Z33K - http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/710-ign-pro-league-season-two-qualifier-1
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I haven't actually heard any of the casters casting so far except for catspyjamas at NASL today.. Going to be interesting I guess :o
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Looks like solid casting so far, hyped for IPL2!
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Yay gogo Raelcun on the casting  !
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On May 07 2011 08:41 FliedLice wrote:
I haven't actually heard any of the casters casting so far except for catspyjamas at NASL today.. Going to be interesting I guess :o
askjoshy is casting the V as we speak.
as for Raelcun, he casts alot for iccup tv. like MLG relays and stuff.
only one i dont think i've seen is edward.
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Absolutely amazing IPL ! Keep up the great work.
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On May 07 2011 08:48 bkrow wrote:Hey Alex, have you thought of maybe using something like Challonge for brackets when the player pool is decided; reading previous threads you have done it all in text like: A vs B A goes to winners round 1 B goes to losers round 1 etc. I think a visual depiction would be much easier to understand and more useful and challonge is pretty good with brackets I'd vote for Raelcun as caster he is awesome
We have the bracket up on the IPL website for the actual main event, and we're working on making it getting it updated quicker then it was for IPL 1.
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I'm really excited for this 
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I took a cursory glance at the list so far, and here's some the big names in the sc2 scene registered thus far (if I missed you, I'm sorry!)
FXOSLoG
coLCruncher
FXOqxc
FXOpTiKzErO
LGAgh - IPL 1 Player
ROOTMinigun - IPL 1 Player
sixjaxSkew
sixjaxViBE - IPL 1 Player
ROOTDdoro
ROOTdrewbie - IPL 1 Player
EGStrifeCro
ThisIsJimmy
DignitasMerz
coLstalife - IPL 1 Player
dKiller
Lalush
Nadagast
ROOTCatZ - IPL 1 Player
NrGdde
VTSpades - IPL 1 Player
FXOmOoNan
ATNDarkforce
ROOTDestiny
roxkisBratOK
mouzStrelok
mTwDimaga
Diestar
MYMCloud
FnaticMSITT1 - IPL 1 Player
aTnSocke
EGLzGaMeR
PraeNightEnD
MYMSase
DuckloadRa
mouzNova
mouzHasuobs
sixjaxTerran
Grubby
I am so freaking excited, there's a crazy amount of great talent and SC2 history here.
PS. Didn't post this to start a debate on the quality of players that I considered big names, just to let everyone know some of the talent pool of the IPL qualifiers. I can't wait to see who qualifies! Will we get an unknown winner in the first qualifier or will it be dominated by the insanely strong players already signed up?
Also, keep in mind that you can sign up and check in for tomorrow's qualifier until about 5 minutes before the event starts, so don't think you're too late to sign up!
Last reminder, we will be removing from the player list anyone who does not fit the qualification requirements for either geographic area or ladder ranking (qxc fix your ladder ranking, you're not in diamond, and I almost remove you everytime I go through the list).
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z33k.com is down. hopefully it works for my match when I wake up in the morning!
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Hooray for cloaked maps! I'm not all that much into watching qualifiers. But I will follow who is making it or not.
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will the results be revealed before the cast takes place?
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As I understand it, semis and finals results of each qualifier won't be posted until after the casts. I'm not sure about the rest. Either way, can't wait to cast. =D
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Cant believe that such a great qualifier with such big names will not be casted live, and that many rounds not be shown at all. 
Was so looking forward to this today, makes me quite angry tbh.
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You realize the qualifiers have over 400 people participating, right? To show every game would take weeks straight. =P
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Well, obviously all rounds can't be casted, but they should at least make the cast live. All this "stream cheating" is really exaggerated.
European tournaments like Black Dragon League or ESL Dailymotion Cup are casted live and no one complained about "stream cheating".
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On May 08 2011 00:45 JoshSuth wrote:
You realize the qualifiers have over 400 people participating, right? To show every game would take weeks straight. =P
Where did I say I want to see every game? I said whole rounds will not be casted, not individual games.
At least my impression was that they would only show games starting from round of 32. While it starts at round of 1024. And that they will not show any games today, but only 5/6 days after they are played.
If that is really the case, then of course I am disappointed.
Never heard any other tournament of that caliber where it is done that way,
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I was looking forward to watching the different streams for the qualification round today.
Really disappointing
EDIT: If players wanted to stream their matches, would you be against it? Only talking about the early rounds of course, not the ones that will be streamed later in teh week.
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wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_-
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Sure do wish that these were being streamed today in some capacity. But then again I'm the type of person that would watch the GSL qualifiers if they streamed those too ^^
This qualifier is going to be pretty stacked.
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Check-in is now started, please keep in mind you can continue to sign up for the event during this time.
As for streaming correct, we are delaying the streams of this until Thursday and Friday this week to make sure we have everything setup correct, and next week we will begin streaming games on Monday through Thursday. Also, correct, player streams aren't allowed. I know this is unusual but we want to 1) minimize the chance of cheating and 2) maintain creative control over IPL related content. Sorry to disappoint but we think the streams during the week will make sure for not being able to watch it live.
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Really disappointed that there is no live streaming for the qualifiers....I would rather have the questionable quality than have to wait 5 days.
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On May 08 2011 01:28 Naniwa wrote:
wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_-
We have 3 more, one a week, after this one, hope to see you in future qualifiers!
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On May 08 2011 01:36 Alex.IGN wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 01:28 Naniwa wrote:
wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_- We have 3 more, one a week, after this one, hope to see you in future qualifiers!
i know, but they all crash with alot of other dates .
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On May 08 2011 01:36 Naniwa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 01:36 Alex.IGN wrote:On May 08 2011 01:28 Naniwa wrote:
wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_- We have 3 more, one a week, after this one, hope to see you in future qualifiers! i know, but they all crash with alot of other dates .
Nooooooooo!
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As a reminder, you must live within the North American, European or Latin American regions to participate. We hope to open it up in the future but for now we're rolling out including geographical regions in waves.
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I can understand your decision, but you had said in previous threads that there would be a large amount of casters just casting live whichever game they feel like. I understand saving the Ro32 and beyond for later in order to give it the glossy finish that we all love, but I have no idea why in these Round of 512/256/128/64 matches that all we'll be able to do is see the results as they come in on z33k.
Sigh. Well, with all that had been going well with IPL, I guess I'll just look past this little stumble.
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Also, our chat channel in bnet for this is IPL Qualifier 1, and if you need help, use that or (preferably) use the chat channel on z33k.com's website.
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Think the first few rounds shouldn't be a bo3 but still good stuff.
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On May 08 2011 01:49 Flashback- wrote:
Think the first few rounds shouldn't be a bo3 but still good stuff.
This is a big tournament and bo3 is the best decision even if it's a 1k players qualifier.
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On May 08 2011 01:54 cyclone25 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 01:49 Flashback- wrote:
Think the first few rounds shouldn't be a bo3 but still good stuff. This is a big tournament and bo3 is the best decision even if it's a 1k players qualifier.
yeah nvm i didn't notice the amount of people that signed up.
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MLG Shakuras is the old version of Shakuras, right?
Shall we play on that, or use the new version?
Edit: Nvm, I just found the v1.2 too ^_^
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New version for everything.
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As a reminder, if you sign up with the flag of a country not in the NA, EU or LA regions, you will be kicked.
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The BNET chat channel for this qualifier is IPL Qualifier 1
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Cruncher checked in, bad news for the other players.
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You think the long waiting periods between matches is disruptive to the viewing experience so your solution is to not broadcast any of them? Eh?
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On May 08 2011 02:23 mighty_honour_korea wrote:
You think the long waiting periods between matches is disruptive to the viewing experience so your solution is to not broadcast any of them? Eh?
Pretty sure he explained their reasoning here :
On May 08 2011 01:35 Alex.IGN wrote:
Check-in is now started, please keep in mind you can continue to sign up for the event during this time.
As for streaming correct, we are delaying the streams of this until Thursday and Friday this week to make sure we have everything setup correct, and next week we will begin streaming games on Monday through Thursday. Also, correct, player streams aren't allowed. I know this is unusual but we want to 1) minimize the chance of cheating and 2) maintain creative control over IPL related content. Sorry to disappoint but we think the streams during the week will make sure for not being able to watch it live.
Its understandable, but very disappointing ^^
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On May 08 2011 02:23 mighty_honour_korea wrote:
You think the long waiting periods between matches is disruptive to the viewing experience so your solution is to not broadcast any of them? Eh?
We will be broadcasting matches during the week instead of taking up time with a lower quality production on the weekend when there's so much else to watch (ie. TSL in 30 minutes)
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We are delaying bracket generation for 10 minutes to allow for the final wave of people to sign up or check in
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Surprisingly low turnout for the first qual...i think the TLOpen was like this as well?
Hopefully subsequent qualifiers have more players!
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hmm also not to take a jab at the IPL cause they are doing such a great job so far compared to past leagues. But why isn't there a small cash prize for the qualifier tournament winner. Cause as much as some pro players just love Sc2, sometimes they are a bit short sighted and need to be lead to a gold mine with a carrot on a stick.
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brackets are 17 seconds late
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On May 08 2011 02:40 VTPerfect wrote:
hmm also not to take a jab at the IPL cause they are doing such a great job so far compared to past leagues. But why isn't there a small cash prize for the qualifier tournament winner. Cause as much as some pro players just love Sc2, sometimes they are a bit short sighted and need to be lead to a gold mine with a carrot on a stick.
There is, all qualifiers are guaranteed $200.
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On May 08 2011 02:40 LightWireEX wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 02:40 VTPerfect wrote:
hmm also not to take a jab at the IPL cause they are doing such a great job so far compared to past leagues. But why isn't there a small cash prize for the qualifier tournament winner. Cause as much as some pro players just love Sc2, sometimes they are a bit short sighted and need to be lead to a gold mine with a carrot on a stick. There is, all qualifiers are guaranteed $200.
gee i look dumb now but at least ill play better
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so like 300 people didn't check in. what happens...
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First 6 rounds all start with Xel'Naga ? :o
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Looking at the brackets, my predictions to qualify:
Darkforce
White-ra
Tyler
TT1
Elfi
Tarson
Destiny
NightEnd (or Grubby)
Some people have relatively easy sections (Destiny has probably the easiest way through). Tyler doesn't have a bad bracket either. Should be him or Drewbie qualifying.
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Q: Can you sponsor z33k.com with new servers or more bandwidth?
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Nerchio, Ret, Lalush, Whitera, Goody, Cloud, Insolence all fighting for a single spot. Wow that section is stacked. Whereas other ones are almost completely devoid of any pros. Sucks how random brackets sometimes come out.
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I don't see myself anywhere in the bracket?
I was signed up and checked in I believe
Edit: I appear in players list but not bracket. Weird!
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I'm vs cruncher first round but he's not online or msging me...gonna wait a while longer.
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Group 4 is stacked -
goody
ret
mtw-rine
white-ra
nerchio
darkcell
Terran
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I don't understand why you used random brackets. Surely some ladder (bnet? TLPD?) could have been used to seed players.
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On May 08 2011 02:51 Nadagast wrote:I don't see myself anywhere in the bracket? I was signed up and checked in I believe
Looking into it
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On May 08 2011 02:53 AmiPolizeiFunk wrote:
I don't understand why you used random brackets. Surely some ladder (bnet? TLPD?) could have been used to seed players.
there are 4 qualifiers, they can deal.
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can the bye people start their matches ahead of time?
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On May 08 2011 02:51 Nadagast wrote:I don't see myself anywhere in the bracket? I was signed up and checked in I believe Edit: I appear in players list but not bracket. Weird!
You're in now
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On May 08 2011 02:56 Signum wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 02:53 AmiPolizeiFunk wrote:
I don't understand why you used random brackets. Surely some ladder (bnet? TLPD?) could have been used to seed players. there are 4 qualifiers, they can deal. -- can the bye people start their matches ahead of time?
Yes
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We are playing until the round of 32 today, that is the first 5 rounds.
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On May 08 2011 02:52 LuckyFool wrote:
I'm vs cruncher first round but he's not online or msging me...gonna wait a while longer.
Unlucky and extremely lucky at the same time, lol.
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ouch ra against nerchio in round 2 o;
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On May 08 2011 02:57 Alex.IGN wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 02:51 Nadagast wrote:I don't see myself anywhere in the bracket? I was signed up and checked in I believe Edit: I appear in players list but not bracket. Weird! You're in now
Thank you!
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On May 08 2011 01:28 Naniwa wrote:
wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_-
Make time.
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On May 08 2011 03:00 LetoAtreides82 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 02:52 LuckyFool wrote:
I'm vs cruncher first round but he's not online or msging me...gonna wait a while longer. Unlucky and extremely lucky at the same time, lol.
If that's not enough for ya we also got tt1, sockeh, spades and moonan in this bracket. section 7 is a facerape bracket.
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-.- bracket is broken noo!
My part is so stacked i have pro every round lol!
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Winning your section only gets you to RO16 so you'll still have to win one more series, likely against the winner of section 8
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On May 08 2011 03:00 supp wrote:
ouch ra against nerchio in round 2 o;
wow, what? WTF? Seeding?
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On May 08 2011 03:07 Nerchio wrote:
-.- bracket is broken noo!
My part is so stacked i have pro every round lol!
That's very unlucky. I don't recognize anyone on my side of the bracket.
But I bet they fear u more than u fear them 
Go Nerchio!
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can't load bracket to see round 2 opponent tt
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The brackets are being hammered, they are bringing on more servers, just have some patience and keep trying.
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z33k site going crazy? can't submit results
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Please do not spam f5 on the bracket, do it max once every 30 seconds, it's loading for me every time, but it's just slow
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ohhh man I just filled out the report and then it crashed.. doing it again. I'm sure it'll work eventually and will get better the further it goes from less traffic
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Z33K is making me a sad panda.
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Yeah the site isn't working at all for me either. Need to report first round results!
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If this goes on for another 20-30 minutes I suggest you postpone. Unless you got some rock solid guarantees from z33k.
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Possible to make the brackets only viewable by registered users?
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On May 08 2011 03:35 LaLuSh wrote:
If this goes on for another 20-30 minutes I suggest you postpone. Unless you got some rock solid guarantees from z33k.
They are working on it right now
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z33k bugged out for me while reporting too :\
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I have to go volunteering soon! Quick everyone crash z33k some more so it gets postponed to tomorow!!!!
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works for me as well, just super slow.
edit: can't report my match though...
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On May 08 2011 01:36 Naniwa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 01:36 Alex.IGN wrote:On May 08 2011 01:28 Naniwa wrote:
wish i could participate in the qualifiers.. but seems no time -_- We have 3 more, one a week, after this one, hope to see you in future qualifiers! i know, but they all crash with alot of other dates .
Hmm what does it clash with next weekend...
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On May 08 2011 03:51 Newguy wrote:
z33k is horrible ugh
Its just not used to having this many people on it at the same time, give them a break geez.
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On May 08 2011 03:54 laharl23 wrote:Its just not used to having this many people on it at the same time, give them a break geez.
Lol. Wouldn't wanna know what would have happened if that 2048 bracket filled up.
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We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then!
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On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then!
so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh...
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On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh...
Obviously this is not the ideal situation we would like to have, but this is the reality of the situation.
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On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then!
is this final? i dont want to head out and come back disqualified.
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On May 08 2011 04:10 Signum wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! is this final? i dont want to head out and come back disqualified.
Yes
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I'm gonna play sockeh now anyway, the brackets wont change will they?
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No the brackets won't change, if you already have your opponent go ahead and play as much as you can today.
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I signed up via z33k and my name isnt on the bracket?
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On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh...
Seriously, this is not very cool :/ A lot of us adults tend to make plans in advanced, it's hard to find the time to take an entire day off to play a tournament when you live a busy life. Especially on mothers day.
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On May 08 2011 04:21 vdek wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh... Seriously, this is not very cool :/ A lot of us adults tend to make plans in advanced, it's hard to find the time to take an entire day off to play a tournament when you live a busy life. Especially on mothers day.
yes change date or something, this ruins mothers day
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I agree vdek, I would have liked to have played, but this is quite dissapointing, I guess there's no other way around it :/... <--BugRancher
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On May 08 2011 04:21 vdek wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh... Seriously, this is not very cool :/ A lot of us adults tend to make plans in advanced, it's hard to find the time to take an entire day off to play a tournament when you live a busy life. Especially on mothers day.
No offense, but if you made plans for tomorrow you clearly had no intention of advancing in the tournament far enough to quality anyway, so you have little right to be complaining and should simply submit your forfeiture. Anyone serious about making the top 8 in this thing blocked out the two days necessary to do so.
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On May 08 2011 04:26 puzzl wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:21 vdek wrote:On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh... Seriously, this is not very cool :/ A lot of us adults tend to make plans in advanced, it's hard to find the time to take an entire day off to play a tournament when you live a busy life. Especially on mothers day. No offense, but if you made plans for tomorrow you clearly had no intention of advancing in the tournament far enough to quality anyway, so you have little right to be complaining and should simply submit your forfeiture. Anyone serious about making the top 8 in this thing blocked out the two days necessary to do so.
theres a difference between committing most of morning/afternoon, and committing the whole day
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It's better to do this on mother's day than on a weekday as people have work/school/real lives during the week. There really is no choice but to do it tomorrow so I don't see what all the complaints are about. I don't think IGN can push each qualifier back a week since they probably have some sort of schedule they are running on for the main tournament.
It's not like tomorrow is the only qualifier. There are still 3 more chances. No one likes the situation but there isn't really much of a choice.
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On May 08 2011 04:26 puzzl wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 04:21 vdek wrote:On May 08 2011 04:07 Lz wrote:On May 08 2011 04:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
We are POSTPONING the tournament until the same start time tomorrow, 10:30 AM PDT, to give time for z33k to finish fixing the servers. Sorry for the trouble everyone, z33k is working hard on making sure the same issues don't happen tomorrow.
If you are in the middle of a match or about to start one, go ahead and finish it and wait to report the results. Otherwise, come back tomorrow at the same start time and we'll finish everything then! so.. you expect me to play a all-day tournament on mothers-day? sigh... Seriously, this is not very cool :/ A lot of us adults tend to make plans in advanced, it's hard to find the time to take an entire day off to play a tournament when you live a busy life. Especially on mothers day. No offense, but if you made plans for tomorrow you clearly had no intention of advancing in the tournament far enough to quality anyway, so you have little right to be complaining and should simply submit your forfeiture. Anyone serious about making the top 8 in this thing blocked out the two days necessary to do so.
agree but people will always find things to complain about, thats the internet
Even if you completed like 2 or 3 rounds (and most people have) you would of only had 1-2 more rounds until you would have stopped to play until tomorrow anyway.
So what would they have done if they won another round or two? complain that its a two day tournament the next day?
Give me a break...
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man, the website is slow atm
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A lot of people are done through round 3 or 4 anyways, so we don't have all that much catchup to do, and if we end up starting to run late we'll run the rest of the matches at some point during the week. Maybe ro8 and beyond or something similar, only if we start to run significantly late in the day.
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Tomorrow, is R4 a Bo5? b/c Ro2048 and 1024 didnt happen?
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no it's as stated in the rules
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Some of the bigger results I know right now:
LGAgh lost to LGRanged
MouzNova lost to goatrope
Drewbie lost to Fenix
DuckloakRa lost to Nerchio
REQDarkcell lost to sixjaxTerran
LGShew lost to arttherapist
Zelniq lost to Virus
Minigun lost to Virus
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On May 08 2011 05:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
Some of the bigger results I know right now:
LGAgh lost to LGRanged
MouzNova lost to goatrope
Drewbie lost to Fenix
DuckloakRa lost to Nerchio
REQDarkcell lost to sixjaxTerran
LGShew lost to arttherapist
Zelniq lost to Virus
Minigun lost to Virus
MouzNova is MouzSyck
Virus is elfi
insolence lost to thisisjimmy
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So can we keep going if we want or just wait till tomorrow? I'm currently in round 3.
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On May 08 2011 05:13 DaedalusX wrote:
So can we keep going if we want or just wait till tomorrow? I'm currently in round 3.
If your opponent agrees, you can play now.
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If you want to keep going, feel free to keep going!
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On May 08 2011 05:12 PhiLtheFisH wrote:
MouzNova is known as MouzSyck
afaik Nova is a shared Mousesports acc between all Mouz members for the NA server
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The bracket server is back up and approaching stability if you can report your results that you were waiting on that would be appreciated!
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On May 08 2011 05:18 zere wrote:afaik Nova is a shared Mousesports acc between all Mouz members for the NA server
Yes it is. In this cup its mouzsyck.
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Thanks for being patient guys.
A problem occurred with the load balancer early on in the tournament, resulting in fewer servers being available in the fleet. This, combined with a configuration problem on the master database server, resulted in significant slowness, specifically for match reporting. We had finished our migration to new servers last night and sadly did not pick this up in our testing.
The problems are now fixed, and we will be monitoring the server closely tomorrow.
z33k remains committed to building a reliable sc2 tournament platform, and in the coming weeks we will be doing a number of development projects to drastically improve performance. I understand it can be frustrating, but if you feel strongly about it, consider helping us out by showing support in any way you can. Thanks!
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Also guys, a lot of people ended up just figuring out who they were going to play next and played them. The bracket is not exactly where I wanted it after night one, but it's relatively close to our stopping point anyways, so our goal for tomorrow is a smooth, easy finish for this bracket. A lot of us, including me, have mothers hoping for a phone call or visit, so I get that. Thanks for your patience today!
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grubby lost to a guy named XxelitexX : o
im not sure if this is good or bad, i play the winner soon
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On May 08 2011 17:31 Caliber wrote:
grubby lost to a guy named XxelitexX : o
im not sure if this is good or bad, i play the winner soon
Awww I bet you wish you were playing Grubby  . Ah thats shame Grubby had been putting up some good results lately
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While things dont seem to go as smooth as planned, good job keeping us up to date Alex.
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On May 08 2011 17:41 Benjef wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 17:31 Caliber wrote:
grubby lost to a guy named XxelitexX : o
im not sure if this is good or bad, i play the winner soon Awww I bet you wish you were playing Grubby . Ah thats shame Grubby had been putting up some good results lately
haha yeah, im a wc3 player, never touched sc1 so when i saw i might play vs grubby i went into surreal mode because i used to follow him and watch his replays, vods, etc
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On May 08 2011 05:02 Alex.IGN wrote:
DuckloadRa lost to Nerchio
Nerchio is a goddamn beast.
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Are the matches not being streamed?
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With the Ign qualifiers, if you dont make it in the first one does that prohibit you from signing up for the second?
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As a reminder guys, we will be starting back up in an hour. Feel free to start early if both you and your opponent are ready to go.
On May 08 2011 22:12 MobiusOne wrote:
With the Ign qualifiers, if you dont make it in the first one does that prohibit you from signing up for the second?
No, you can sign up for as many as you want until you make it in.
On May 08 2011 21:10 freakeh wrote:
Are the matches not being streamed?
Correct, we will be streaming them later this week, the schedule is in the OP.
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On May 09 2011 01:27 Alex.IGN wrote:As a reminder guys, we will be starting back up in an hour. Feel free to start early if both you and your opponent are ready to go. Show nested quote +On May 08 2011 22:12 MobiusOne wrote:
With the Ign qualifiers, if you dont make it in the first one does that prohibit you from signing up for the second? No, you can sign up for as many as you want until you make it in. Correct, we will be streaming them later this week, the schedule is in the OP.
Ok thx god so that means that White-ra even though he lost to Nerchio he can still qualify?
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On May 09 2011 01:31 Nerdslayer wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 01:27 Alex.IGN wrote:As a reminder guys, we will be starting back up in an hour. Feel free to start early if both you and your opponent are ready to go. On May 08 2011 22:12 MobiusOne wrote:
With the Ign qualifiers, if you dont make it in the first one does that prohibit you from signing up for the second? No, you can sign up for as many as you want until you make it in. On May 08 2011 21:10 freakeh wrote:
Are the matches not being streamed? Correct, we will be streaming them later this week, the schedule is in the OP. Ok thx god so that means that White-ra even though he lost to Nerchio he can still qualify?
Yes he has up to 3 more chances.
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PLAYERS: MAKE SURE AT THE ROUND OF 32, YOU STOP SUBMITTING REPLAYS AND RESULTS TO Z33K. INSTEAD EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AND REPLAYS AT ACONN@IGN.COM. The map pool changes at this time also, to the cloaked versions.
The Round of 32 = Round 6 on the Z33K tournament page.
Also, bnet chat channel is IPL Qualifier 1 again
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Round of 32 = Round 5 on the z33k bracket, btw
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doesnt round 6 = round of 16?
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On May 09 2011 02:46 Caliber wrote:
doesnt round 6 = round of 16?
Yes it does, my counting sucks!
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I'm sorry to say that but the lack of live streaming makes this event 100 times less entertaining
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Question: When you release the full brackets on friday, will you also release all the replays? Would be nice, since there are only some games casted from RO32 onwards.
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On May 09 2011 02:11 Alex.IGN wrote:
PLAYERS: MAKE SURE AT THE ROUND OF 32, YOU STOP SUBMITTING REPLAYS AND RESULTS TO Z33K. INSTEAD EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AND REPLAYS AT ACONN@IGN.COM. The map pool changes at this time also, to the cloaked versions.
The Round of 32 = Round 6 on the Z33K tournament page.
Also, bnet chat channel is IPL Qualifier 1 again
Can you at least post the results in a spoiler for those who want to know who qualified?
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On May 09 2011 04:34 cyclone25 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 02:11 Alex.IGN wrote:
PLAYERS: MAKE SURE AT THE ROUND OF 32, YOU STOP SUBMITTING REPLAYS AND RESULTS TO Z33K. INSTEAD EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AND REPLAYS AT ACONN@IGN.COM. The map pool changes at this time also, to the cloaked versions.
The Round of 32 = Round 6 on the Z33K tournament page.
Also, bnet chat channel is IPL Qualifier 1 again Can you at least post the results in a spoiler for those who want to know who qualified?
They actually want to people watch the games when they finally get streamed so that's rather unlikely
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We will be releasing the replays and the results after our stream on friday yes
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Thanks for the fast answer Alex, you guys at IGN are doing an incredibly good job
Nerchio you are too beasty to not qualify, regardless of your bracket :p
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A few surprises so far, and I agree some seeding system should be implemented, if possible, in the next qualifiers
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On May 09 2011 04:38 syllogism wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 04:34 cyclone25 wrote:On May 09 2011 02:11 Alex.IGN wrote:
PLAYERS: MAKE SURE AT THE ROUND OF 32, YOU STOP SUBMITTING REPLAYS AND RESULTS TO Z33K. INSTEAD EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AND REPLAYS AT ACONN@IGN.COM. The map pool changes at this time also, to the cloaked versions.
The Round of 32 = Round 6 on the Z33K tournament page.
Also, bnet chat channel is IPL Qualifier 1 again Can you at least post the results in a spoiler for those who want to know who qualified? They actually want to people watch the games when they finally get streamed so that's rather unlikely
Select post-Round-of-32 matches will be cast later this week (The OP has the full casting schedule)
After they are cast, they will be uploaded in to the bracket, where you can download the replays.
Also, this thread will be updated with who qualified, once the games are cast
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Have you guys considered having seedings for the coming qualifiers based on performance in previous IPLs and qualifiers? I mean some of the bracket sections were so stacked with pros while others were completely empty. Probably a good idea to spread them out atleast a little bit for the coming qualifiers.
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Here are the people currently fighting for the 8 slots
1: vpdaedalus/theory vs mouzmana/ryze
2: SLoG/ParanOid/mym.cloud vs liquidret1/nerchio
3: rootcatz/iefnaij vs fnaticfenix/gensulitor
4: tt1/FXOmOoNan vs MillDieStar/fkcxions
5: vibe/elfi vs NrGdde/mouzhasu
6: Tarson/serp vs eglzgamer/kokodasi
7: ROOTDestiny/sterling vs edge/znow
8: clairvoyance/NightEnD vs stalife/revshadow
One of the players inadvertently posted RO32 results to z33k, so disregarding that in case it gets fixed to avoid spoilers
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Poor ranged. Had to defeat Agh, then Tyler, then Fenix(who had to beat Drewbie). That was one stacked bracket section.
My picks for top 8:
Mana
Nerchio
Fenix
tt1
dde
Tarson
Destiny
NightEnD
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Thank you everyone for participating in our first qualifier! I know we had a rocky start yesterday but thanks to your feedback and patience, we resolved those issues today and were able to move on. We do have our 8 qualifiers and I think everyone will be very pleased with who they are. We will be casting games on Thursday and Friday and then will reveal the full qualifiers and seeding after the broadcast on Friday. We will have links up to register for the next event tomorrow, so stay tuned!
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Match-ups as they go into the Round of 32!
VPDaedalus vs Theory
MouzMana vs coLRyze
Paranoid vs MYMCloud
LiquidRet vs Nerchio
ROOTCatZ vs Iefnaij
FnaticFenix vs Gensulitor
FnaticMSITTI vs FXOmOoNaN
MillDieStar vs fkcXions
SixjaxViBE vs Virus
NrGdde vs MouzHasuObs
MillTarson vs Serp
EGLzGaMeR vs ROOTDdoro
ROOTDestiny vs Sterling
Edge vs Holder
XxElitexX vs FnaticNightend
coLstalife vs RevShadow
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Sweet that we can D/L the replays from the bracket. Some heavy-hitter match-ups are already posted for the rounds leading up to the Ro32. So many "pros" got knocked out in R1 or R2. Thx for making these replays accessible! It would be cool if someone would make a replaypack.
Gonna watch Tyler vs. lgranged now!
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Destiny has a pretty easy road to RO8 if he dosen't mess this up.
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Man, no offense to destiny, but he has had such an easy path up to the ro8...sad to see a lot of toehr players go out when hes still in ;;
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So...
Mana
Cloud
Fenix
TT1
HasuObs
Tarson
Destiny
Nightend
Are gonna qualify. Cloud vs. ret will probably be the interesting match. Tarson vs. LZ could be interesting.
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IGN staff decided to be a little bit assholes to Virus aka VirusElfi , because when he asked if he could play zotac finals he was disqualified. Im not exactly sure because he is still shown in the brackets.
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On May 11 2011 13:29 KinQuh wrote:
IGN staff decided to be a little bit assholes to Virus aka VirusElfi , because when he asked if he could play zotac finals he was disqualified. Im not exactly sure because he is still shown in the brackets.
I highly doubt he was DQ'ed when he asked if he could play in another tournament... I don't know the situation but the IGN staff are very understanding (from my experience with IPL 1) Perhaps he got DQ'ed when he went on to play the zotac finals :/
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I want to see Destiny's mass infestors game casted!
I think you guys should maybe pick out 1 or 2 joke / funny games out of ro32 for each of these qualifiers, should be good fun amongst the more serious games :D
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On May 13 2011 03:17 spacebarbarian wrote:
I want to see Destiny's mass infestors game casted!
I think you guys should maybe pick out 1 or 2 joke / funny games out of ro32 for each of these qualifiers, should be good fun amongst the more serious games :D
Next week we will be casting 4 days a week, instead of 2, this is our trial run week!
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On May 13 2011 03:21 Alex.IGN wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 03:17 spacebarbarian wrote:
I want to see Destiny's mass infestors game casted!
I think you guys should maybe pick out 1 or 2 joke / funny games out of ro32 for each of these qualifiers, should be good fun amongst the more serious games :D Next week we will be casting 4 days a week, instead of 2, this is our trial run week!
Yeah I meant that as a suggestion for future casts
Also are there any plans for casting the ro8 and beyond in the future ?
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On May 13 2011 03:22 spacebarbarian wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 03:21 Alex.IGN wrote:On May 13 2011 03:17 spacebarbarian wrote:
I want to see Destiny's mass infestors game casted!
I think you guys should maybe pick out 1 or 2 joke / funny games out of ro32 for each of these qualifiers, should be good fun amongst the more serious games :D Next week we will be casting 4 days a week, instead of 2, this is our trial run week! Yeah I meant that as a suggestion for future casts Also are there any plans for casting the ro8 and beyond in the future ?
It depends on the quality of the games, but since we'll have 4 days, yeah we would like to do that.
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On May 13 2011 03:24 Alex.IGN wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 03:22 spacebarbarian wrote:On May 13 2011 03:21 Alex.IGN wrote:On May 13 2011 03:17 spacebarbarian wrote:
I want to see Destiny's mass infestors game casted!
I think you guys should maybe pick out 1 or 2 joke / funny games out of ro32 for each of these qualifiers, should be good fun amongst the more serious games :D Next week we will be casting 4 days a week, instead of 2, this is our trial run week! Yeah I meant that as a suggestion for future casts Also are there any plans for casting the ro8 and beyond in the future ? It depends on the quality of the games, but since we'll have 4 days, yeah we would like to do that.
yo alex, have you thought about maybe making some kind of seeding for the qualifier? I understand that a "proper" seeding list is too hard to do, but maybe you could just "spread out" all the grandmaster players who sign up?
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There were 90 grandmasters players that signed up.
That's not exactly easy to "spread out".
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On May 13 2011 03:30 Megiddosc wrote:
There were 90 grandmasters players that signed up.
That's not exactly easy to "spread out".
well its better than nothing?
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On May 13 2011 03:30 Megiddosc wrote:
There were 90 grandmasters players that signed up.
That's not exactly easy to "spread out".
Not sure what you imply by not "easy" ?
Its math ... to give everyone an equal oppurtunity you would want to spread the 90 GMs evenly in the bracket.
So if you have 512 players, 90 of who are GM: going from top to bottom in a ro512 bracket, you place 1 GM player after every 5 non-GM.
This way, all the way up to ro128, non-GM players have to play AT MOST 1 GM player. sounds like a fair way to do it I think.
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Honestly, I'm not all that impressed by Grandmasters League. It just seems like a first-come-first-serve basis for the 200 people that ladder-whored the most and then after that as long as you're somewhat active you're still in it. It's not like it's all-that competitive, just luck of the draw really. There are plenty of Masters players that impress me more than some of the GM players,
EDIT: Looking at the matches quickly I can see the lalush (GM) lost to FXOSLoG (M), NrGMalice (GM) lost to Paranoid (M), Noctis (GM) and Maker (GM) both lost to SCDPride (M). And we know from the Ro32 results that Sterling (GM) lost to ROOTDestiny (M).
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Yeah, and shouldn't the objective of a tournament be to show that you're the best player in the tournament anyway? You should have to face good players to be rewarded. =)
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Darkforce is no Masters player dude. He just made an new account to play in the IPL
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He can use his European account info, so why didn't he? That's what Nerchio did at least.
Oh, then Darkforce (GM) lost to coLRyze (M)
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Hey Alex if you can present this information in the form of a bracket (here or on the IPL website) that would be really nice.
On May 11 2011 11:35 Alex.IGN wrote:Hey everyone, since we're only casting two days this week (Thursday and Friday) instead of our normal four days starting next week, we've decided to go ahead and release the information on who made it through round of 32 to the round of 16. As you all know, the round of 16 is incredibly important because the winner of that round is qualified for IPL Season Two! All further games past the round of 16 is simply for seeding spots. Round of 32 VPDaedalus vs Theory MouzMana vs coLRyze Paranoid vs MYMCloud
LiquidRet vs Nerchio ROOTCatZ vs Iefnaij
FnaticFenix > Gensulitor FnaticMSITTI > FXOmOoNaN MillDieStar > fkcXions SixjaxViBE > Virus NrGdde < MouzHasuObs
MillTarson > Serp EGLzGaMeR > ROOTDdoro ROOTDestiny > Sterling Edge < Holder
XxElitexX < FnaticNightend
coLstalife > RevShadow This of course leaves for the Round of 16 the following matches... VPDaedalus vs MouzMana MYMCloud vs LiquidRet Iefnaij vs FnaticFenix FnaticMSITTOne vs MillDieStar SixjaxViBE vs MouzHasuobs MillTarson vs EGLzGaMeR ROOTDestiny vs Holder FnaticNightend vs coLstalife Our broadcast schedule for this week will be broadcasting the following games (all of which are Best of 5): IPL Qualifier Thursday with AskJoshy, starting at 3 PM PDT FnaticMSITTOne vs MillDieStar MillTarson vs EGLzGaMeR SixjaxViBE vs MouzHasuobs IPL Qualifier Friday with Raelcun, starting at 3 PM PDT Iefnaij vs FnaticFenix MYMCloud vs LiquidRet FnaticNightend vs coLstalife Depending on the time and interest level, we may broadcast more games, but those are the ones guaranteed for us to show you all. All games will be broadcast on the IPL Justin.TV channel and you can tune in at http://www.ign.com/ipl - hope everyone enjoys seeing who makes it in!
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When will we find out the results of Destiny vs Holder and VPDaedalus vs Mana which are not being cast?
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On May 13 2011 10:29 ScyHigh wrote:
When will we find out the results of Destiny vs Holder and VPDaedalus vs Mana which are not being cast?
Tomorrow after the broadcast
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Why not cast Destiny? You have something against more viewers? /sarcasm
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Any chances of using a bracket instead of free text typing!? It makes things so much easier and aesthetically pleasing. Challonge.com is a great resource
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Still no bracket updates? What even happened today? Please keep the brackets updated on z33k, or *somewhere*, at least. I kind of wish the results of this thing were just posted, even if you plan on casting some of the qualifier games.
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On May 13 2011 12:27 puzzl wrote:
Still no bracket updates? What even happened today? Please keep the brackets updated on z33k, or *somewhere*, at least. I kind of wish the results of this thing were just posted, even if you plan on casting some of the qualifier games.
The results on the first page of this thread is updated and you can also check the live thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=222267
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Just for the record I was given some "bonus footage" that I was given the option to cast beyond the first three matches. And I do intend to do as much of it as I can. So plan on sticking around for some extra matches after the first three.
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Are we going to see how they ended up placing or do we have to wait after the 4th qualifier finishes?
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We didn't get a chance to finish on Sunday because of lag issues from Saturday pushing back the schedule, and due to travel we haven't been able to finish everything. I'm not hiding it on purpose, as soon as it's done I will reveal it.
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Can we expect vods of the Qualification tournament broadcasts?
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Why is it so hard to get the results posted? First z33k.com doesn't update at all, now it says 'result hidden' everywhere. Some of the games are posted in this thread, but not on the bracket. I understand you want to broadcast some stuff later on but people who don't want spoilers should be smart enough to not search for results. Hiding information really doesn't increase the viewer count to those broadcasts.
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It's maybe not possible to make this more confusing.
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Yes Ret, Ret has been tearing it up in the NASL I hope hes out of his slump and ready to own because hes just so good..
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On May 15 2011 22:46 AmiPolizeiFunk wrote:You really need to update the first post with more information. Sending me to http://www.ign.com/ipl/news/2011/05/13/congratulations-to-our-qualified-players-from-the-first-ipl-season-two-qualifier for your one sentence description of the 8 qualifiers is not what I'm looking for as a fan. Total buzzkill. Can I watch VoDs from the Ro32 and beyond? Where? Can you add links to the first post pls? Will you be updating the Z33k brackets? Can we d/l replays of match-ups that we are interested in but were not cast? The qualis for this tournament are becoming very difficult to follow.
You're right, there's a ton of info I need to compress into one post and it gets a little long, but I'm also not 100% sure how much more info you need. In the OP, I have the players that entered the round of 32 and the final qualified players, as well as a VOD link to our two days of casting. The z33k brackets are no longer important, you know the results of the important round (ro 16), everything else is for seeding. And no we're not releasing the replays because we might cast them at a later point in time. Would you like for me to include links to the two live report day threads that were used for this round also? To be honest, I kind of thought this thread would die off, as we already know the 8 qualified players, which was the whole point of the qualifier. Seriously, let me know what you would like in terms of info in future OPs and I'll make sure to include it.
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I dunno... but I can guarantee you that being wishy washy ("we might cast them at a later point in time") is never a good idea. I hope you make a decision and either tell us when they will be casted or release the replays and fill in the brackets. Personally I'd prefer the latter, since out-of-date/spoiled casts wouldn't be all that interesting. I'd prefer to see the whole brackets filled in with the replays released, so I can go watch the match-ups that I want to see.
I clicked on the 4 hour video but I don't really wanted to spend time scanning through it to find Cloud vs. Ret. I'd also love to see how the rest of the tourney went (beyond the Ro16). Replays are great! Replays allow me to 4x or 8x to the interesting parts without having to sit through the whole cast.
Thanks for everything... love this event and would like to follow it closely. I've been encouraging all of my friends to sign up for Quali #3.
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Hey Alex have you posted the results for the ro8 and beyond from the first qualifier ? Im dying to find out how the rest of those games played out, replays would be sick :D
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On May 16 2011 10:52 spacebarbarian wrote:
Hey Alex have you posted the results for the ro8 and beyond from the first qualifier ? Im dying to find out how the rest of those games played out, replays would be sick :D
Due to one set of players having bad travel schedule, it has not been finished. I will release that info when I get it.
We will not be releasing replays for any of these unfortunately.
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