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IGN Pro League Qualifier #4
Saturday, May 28 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (Check-In 60 minutes prior) and Sunday, May 29 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Updates and Information
I will 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
+ Show Spoiler +Players entering the Round of 32: Fighting for Qualifier Spot 1:  ROOTMinigun vs ONEwbc hnr vs Strintern  SuperKiller vs RAZERiNSo coLCrunCher vs  ieSfireball Fighting for Qualifier Spot 2: Zelniq vs ROOTCatZ sixjaxdde vs RevShadow FnaticMSiTTi vs xiGerbil revboxerkr vs FXOpTiKzErO Fighting for Qualifier Spot 3: VTPerfect vs tQyrUseCC icGsAfuRos vs iNkA Aldehyde vs FXOqxc aTnSocke vs uniqueKalin Fighting for Qualifier Spot 4: sPsLogiC vs uSiN LiquidTyler vs dignitasSjoW JediGamer vs Usurp FXOmOoNan vs rmdx
Qualified Players
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Players qualified from Qualifier #4:
Casting
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 - AskJoshy IPL Wednesdays (RO 16) - 3 PM PDT to 6 PM PDT
June 2nd - Raelcun IPL Thursdays (RO 8/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!
VODs
Qualified Players:
Seed 1: EGIdrA
Seed 2: ROOTKiWiKaKi
Seed 3: dSeleCT
Seed 4: EGAxslav
Seed 5: 1st Place Qualifier #1
Seed 6: roxkisBratOK
Seed 7: 1st Place Qualifier #3
Seed 8: 1st Place Qualifier #4
Seed 9: 2nd Place Qualifier #1
Seed 10: dignitasmerz
Seed 11: 2nd Place Qualifier #3
Seed 12: 2nd Place Qualifier #4
Seed 13: 3rd Place Qualifier #1
Seed 14: Lalush
Seed 15: 3rd Place Qualifier #3
Seed 16: 3rd Place Qualifier #4
Seed 17: 4th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 18: MYMClouD
Seed 19: 4th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 20: 4th Place Qualifier #4
Seed 21: 5th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 22: sixjaxCocoA
Seed 23: 5th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 24: 6th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 25: RGlFuRy
Seed 26: 6th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 27: 7th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 28: aTnDarKFoRcE
Seed 29: 7th Place Qualifier #3
Seed 30: 8th Place Qualifier #1
Seed 31: mouzStrelok
Seed 32: 8th Place Qualifier #3
Qualified but not yet seeded:
Qualifier #1:
MillDiestar
MillTarson
FnaticFenix
coLstalife
MouzMana
LiquidRet
ROOTDestiny
sixjaxVibe
Qualifier #3:
ROOTDrewbie
mouzThorZaIN
ESCGoOdy
vileState
DuckloadRa
FnaticNightEnD
Ranged
Nerchio
Qualifier Information
Dates for IPL Season 2 Qualifiers
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/939-ign-pro-league-season-two-qualifier-4
7) Click 'Sign me up!'
8) Join the IPL group for automatic notifications of when Qualifier 4 comes 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/939-ign-pro-league-season-two-qualifier-4
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Huge qualifier, will be some real competition for the final spots
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Can't wait! IPL is the best thing that has happened.
Is DuckloadRa or Whitera now known as TtWhiteRa? (Perhaps a name change would be welcomed)
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On May 28 2011 06:29 archonOOid wrote:
Can't wait! IPL is the best thing that has happened.
Is DuckloadRa or Whitera now known as TtWhiteRa? (Perhaps a name change would be welcomed)
He's still DuckloadRa from my understanding.
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Have the seeding games for qualifiers 1 and 3 still not been played out? If not, any idea when that will happen?
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site isnt loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooading
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Notable players are: DDoro, Socke, HasuObs, DDE, Moonan, Tyler, Pokebunny, Spanishiwa, StrifeCro, InControl, Avilo, Grubby, Agh, Catz
Only 4 seeds for so many good players. Hope that the best will survive.
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Glad Tyler is trying for this one (hopefully Grubby has a bit better luck lol).
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Check-in is now open, remember to check in if you signed up!
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Our bnet chat channel today will be IPL Qualifier 4 - if you need help, login to that channel on bnet or log into the z33k irc chat (found at the bottom of the IPL Qual 4 page).
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Canada1637 Posts
Hmm, last qualifier and I open the bracket to see HasuObs vs Minigun in round 1 as the first match, that's kind of sad T_T;
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On May 29 2011 02:43 Adebisi wrote:
Hmm, last qualifier and I open the bracket to see HasuObs vs Minigun in round 1 as the first match, that's kind of sad T_T;
There's a lot of hectic matchups ;(. Cruncher JF first round too.
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Why are you guys sad about those matchups? They should make some awesome games, particularly Hasu vs. Minigun.
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No naniwa/morrow/sase/dimaga etc? =(
Only see Sjow and Hasu as notable EU players this qualifier..
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I think for futue events it would be really nice to award seeding points in the qualifiers as you go:
Qualifier 1 could still be as it is now if you don't want to seed from past events.
Then award points based on performance in #1 to help seed #2. From #1 and #2 to help seed #3 etc.
There's just been a few too many occasions for my taste where several great players end up in the same bracket segment, while some much lower calibre players end up in another, and as a result the level of qualified players is fluctuating a bit more than one might hope.
On May 29 2011 03:01 Kentakky wrote:
No naniwa/morrow/sase/dimaga etc? =(
Only see Sjow and Hasu as notable EU players this qualifier..
Inso, Bischu, and Socke are in there too
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It's so hard not to...
What would be acceptable? Refreshing every 30 minutes?
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On May 29 2011 03:07 Mordiford wrote:It's so hard not to... What would be acceptable? Refreshing every 30 minutes?
Just use common sense.
Also, keep in mind, we're only taking the top 4 from this event, so it will be a lot of crazy matchups, regardless if they get them in round 1 or round 5.
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Yay, Catz has a good bracket! After getting knocked out of the last round before qualification last qualifier by a teammate, I hope he can make it to the top four this time.
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On May 29 2011 03:15 SiguR wrote:
Yay, Catz has a good bracket! After getting knocked out of the last round before qualification last qualifier by a teammate, I hope he can make it to the top four this time.
He actually withdrew instead of playing Drewbie.
But yeah, decent bracket this time around, he'll have to face big names though eventually, because it's top 4 to qualify this time.
In Other News: Mouz.HasuObs was just eliminated by ROOTMinigun.
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Mini took out Hasuobs?
Awesome!
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Wow Hasu is out already, hope Grubby can capitalize. I wanted to say this since long ago but didn't: congratulations to alex for the way he promotes this event and for the respect he shows the comunity. I wish all tournament organizers would make their threads as good as his.
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Tyler is on course to face sjow. So excited!
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WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Lost third game in ro32 to InkA after a 20 minute 4 gate battle...he wins with 4 stalkers after we both mine out
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On May 29 2011 05:03 sAfuRos wrote:
WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Lost third game in ro32 to InkA after a 20 minute 4 gate battle...he wins with 4 stalkers after we both mine out
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Woah, that's pretty crazy lol, always wanted to see a 4 gate vs 4 gate game where the players mine out.
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I wanted to see Hasu in the ipl 
I hope that Socke makes it
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On May 29 2011 03:37 LeCruci wrote:
Wow Hasu is out already, hope Grubby can capitalize. I wanted to say this since long ago but didn't: congratulations to alex for the way he promotes this event and for the respect he shows the comunity. I wish all tournament organizers would make their threads as good as his.
Grubby already out...damm I also wanted him to make it.
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Is that Orly, as in the Orly from Beta??
Edit: It is :D:D:D
Finally a good Belgian player
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Are the results in the bracket already or are those just random highlights ?
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Hmm... I'd have to bet on
Cruncher (unfortunately)
OptikZero
Socke
Sjow
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On May 29 2011 07:06 Dexington wrote:
Hmm... I'd have to bet on
Cruncher (unfortunately)
OptikZero
Socke
Sjow
Check the brackets, looks like he's out
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Let's go CatZ!! 
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dont spoil guys the ro32 is going to be broadcastet :/
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On May 28 2011 10:24 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Glad Tyler is trying for this one (hopefully Grubby has a bit better luck lol).
He's tried in 3 of the 4. He just didn't get very far in any for you to have noticed.
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On May 29 2011 07:20 DBS wrote:
dont spoil guys the ro32 is going to be broadcastet :/
We'll probably just cast the RO 16 and on this week, as the results hider isn't worker properly, and only the top 4 qualify anyways!
Likely looking at this new schedule:
Monday - RO 16
Tuesday - RO 8
Wednesday - Rest of RO 8 and RO 4
Thursday - Finals and 3rd Place Match
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Cast me vs InkA anyways!
I need exposure ;;
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On May 29 2011 06:27 Alex.IGN wrote:Players entering the Round of 32: Fighting for Qualifier Spot 1: ROOTMinigun vs ONEwbc hnr vs Strintern SuperKiller vs RAZERiNSo coLCrunCher vs ieSfireball Fighting for Qualifier Spot 2: Zelniq vs ROOTCatZ sixjaxdde vs RevShadow FnaticMSiTTi vs xiGerbil revboxerkr vs FXOpTiKzErO Fighting for Qualifier Spot 3: VTPerfect vs tQyrUseCC icGsAfuRos vs iNkA Aldehyde vs FXOqxc aTnSocke vs uniqueKalin Fighting for Qualifier Spot 4: sPsLogiC vs uSiN LiquidTyler vs dignitasSjoW JediGamer vs Usurp FXOmOoNan vs rmdx
My picks
Minigun
TT1
Socke
Sho
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Players, as a reminder, we are starting back up in 15 minutes. Good luck to all participants!
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On May 30 2011 17:02 Alex.IGN wrote:Day 1 Broadcast - Monday, May 30 at 3 PM PDT with CatsPajamas and PainUser Round of 32 aTnSocke vs uniqueKalin LiquidTyler vs dignitasSjoW xiGerbil vs FnaticMSiTTOne coLCrunCher vs ieSFireball Round of 16 aTnSocke or uniqueKalin vs FXOqxc
for the casters: i am the german grandmaster player DBS and i played this qualifier with my team's NA acoount ieSfireball. Please call me DBS instead of fireball. i hope you get this info, ty.
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On May 30 2011 17:33 DBS wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2011 17:02 Alex.IGN wrote:Day 1 Broadcast - Monday, May 30 at 3 PM PDT with CatsPajamas and PainUser Round of 32 aTnSocke vs uniqueKalin LiquidTyler vs dignitasSjoW xiGerbil vs FnaticMSiTTOne coLCrunCher vs ieSFireball Round of 16 aTnSocke or uniqueKalin vs FXOqxc for the casters: i am the german grandmaster player DBS and i played this qualifier with my team's NA acoount ieSfireball. Please call me DBS instead of fireball. i hope you get this info, ty.
Ah thank you DBS, not going to lie, I was confused. I'll pass on the note!
Edit: Just DBS, or like ieSDBS or anything?
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its just DBS, and im playing for ieS obviously (swiss team). saying ih-ee-es-dee-bee-es every time would be a pain in the ass so DBS is just fine, but plz mention my team is ieS to support them!
http://sc2ranks.com/eu/868804/DBS
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Argh... tyler is in a harder side (IMO). Hope he does well and show off his amazing double forge PvT style. When are these actually played? if its not too long ago we can see how hard Tyler has been preparing for his MLG group (with select and Bomber)
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On May 30 2011 17:54 Hopelessnoob wrote:
Argh... tyler is in a harder side (IMO). Hope he does well and show off his amazing double forge PvT style. When are these actually played? if its not too long ago we can see how hard Tyler has been preparing for his MLG group (with select and Bomber)
Everything was played over the past weekend. Tyler's games should have already been played.
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On May 30 2011 17:54 Hopelessnoob wrote:
Argh... tyler is in a harder side (IMO). Hope he does well and show off his amazing double forge PvT style. When are these actually played? if its not too long ago we can see how hard Tyler has been preparing for his MLG group (with select and Bomber)
ro32 has been played saturday, ro16 onwards sunday (yesterday)
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On May 30 2011 17:43 DBS wrote:its just DBS, and im playing for ieS obviously (swiss team). saying ih-ee-es-dee-bee-es every time would be a pain in the ass so DBS is just fine, but plz mention my team is ieS to support them! http://sc2ranks.com/eu/868804/DBS
Will do thanks for the info!
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On May 29 2011 09:01 sAfuRos wrote:
Cast me vs InkA anyways!
I need exposure ;;
I just have to ask why do you write your name like that, its on the brink of unreadable.
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So.. many.. terrans.. :O haha!
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very surprised to see almost all of them are from NA :D GOGO!
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On June 01 2011 12:41 Alex.IGN wrote:Matches for 6/1 - all in the Round of 8 (Qualifying Round) FXOmOoNan vs dignitasSjoW aTnSocke vs InKa
please socke do it!
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Going to cast any Orly games? :p
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On June 01 2011 23:47 najreteip wrote:
Going to cast any Orly games? :p
no, he lost to me in the Ro16 and this game wasnt casted, was a cool series though, like 20 minutes avergame game duration. its too bad :/
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On June 02 2011 00:15 DBS wrote:no, he lost to me in the Ro16 and this game wasnt casted, was a cool series though, like 20 minutes avergame game duration. its too bad :/
Oh ok thx
I was just happy a Belgian player was doing ok :p
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A bit of critique, i have to say i find your qualifying procedure really confusing.
without reading TL you wouldn't have any idea on who is where in the qualifiers, and which qualifier was played when, and so on.
You just have some seemingly random casts.
I prefered the TSL qualifier style with an open qualifier (like you do iirc) with everything open for any caster, and then semis and finals casted from replays...but on the same afternoon!
Your style really really confuses me
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On June 02 2011 01:10 Ramuh wrote:A bit of critique, i have to say i find your qualifying procedure really confusing. without reading TL you wouldn't have any idea on who is where in the qualifiers, and which qualifier was played when, and so on. You just have some seemingly random casts. I prefered the TSL qualifier style with an open qualifier (like you do iirc) with everything open for any caster, and then semis and finals casted from replays...but on the same afternoon! Your style really really confuses me
I think the biggest problem here is that there are way too many threads.
There is an IPL2 thread, one for each qualifier, and each playday of each qualifier. The information about each is spread out between all of them and so unless you're actively following and paying attention to each day and every thread it is next to impossible to keep up.
Worst of all there are no full brackets. z33k brackets end in 6th round and never get updated beyond that even when the results are known.
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It's problematic that you can't just go to an IPL website and see a clean, full list of who has or has not qualified yet, etc.
Pretty troublesome to track all that information down in all of the different threads.
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This is all legit concerns and I appreciate the feedback. The main issue right now is I didn't make it clear which thread should be the go-to thread for information, which should probably be the main season thread.
About our website, we're in a process of a complete overhaul of the site, which is delaying pushing new content. We're trying to get more information pushed out today on the site as well.
About the brackets, the first brackets wasn't played on z33k past the 6th round, as that was before we had hidden brackets. The rest should be up to date though!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
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On June 02 2011 03:12 Alex.IGN wrote:
This is all legit concerns and I appreciate the feedback. The main issue right now is I didn't make it clear which thread should be the go-to thread for information, which should probably be the main season thread.
About our website, we're in a process of a complete overhaul of the site, which is delaying pushing new content. We're trying to get more information pushed out today on the site as well.
About the brackets, the first brackets wasn't played on z33k past the 6th round, as that was before we had hidden brackets. The rest should be up to date though!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Don't worry, the sheer quality of the casts makes up for any logistics problems xD
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any word on when we'll know the seeding of the players from qualifiers 1 and 3?
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On June 02 2011 03:12 Alex.IGN wrote:
This is all legit concerns and I appreciate the feedback. The main issue right now is I didn't make it clear which thread should be the go-to thread for information, which should probably be the main season thread.
About our website, we're in a process of a complete overhaul of the site, which is delaying pushing new content. We're trying to get more information pushed out today on the site as well.
About the brackets, the first brackets wasn't played on z33k past the 6th round, as that was before we had hidden brackets. The rest should be up to date though!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
So, err, maybe I'm stupid, but, where should I look for all the info on this tournament? Care to link? Updated brackets (the one on z33k isn't updated)?
Also, where can I find out who's playing today on the IGN Pro League, season 2, qualifier 4, day 4 (slightly complicated aswell).
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one more thing: if u had a jpeg or something from the brackets and update it after he cast, not only the first games (ro32). This might confuse people, cause u say in op there are 4 "groups" of 8 players fighting for one spot each. how it came to finals? what was the patch that each player had to take till finals?
so the brackets in a pic or some would be really really awesome
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Last night it was announced by the caster (sorry don't know his name) that their would be 2 casting duos for IPL2. Is there any more information available or will you wait until a specific date?
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I hope Thorzain gets the 8th seed from qualifier three, so we get an opening round match of Idra vs. Thorzain!
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On June 03 2011 05:57 Dexington wrote:
I hope Thorzain gets the 8th seed from qualifier three, so we get an opening round match of Idra vs. Thorzain!
I think he lost his RO8 match... so that actually is a possibility.
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On June 03 2011 05:46 archonOOid wrote:
Last night it was announced by the caster (sorry don't know his name) that their would be 2 casting duos for IPL2. Is there any more information available or will you wait until a specific date?
I remember reading somewhere (probably TL) they they have hired some new casters. But they won't announce anything until the contracts are finalized.
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Minigun still in?
MINIGUN FIGHTING
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Minigun qualified to the main season from the 4th place of Qualifier#4
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