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Announcing a brand new King of the Hill style, Winner's Format, weekly showmatch series!
What does that mean exactly? Well, once a week beginning August 2nd at 5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT / 2 a.m. CEST, IGN eSports will be inviting the world's top teams (yes, even Korean teams!) to put up five players each. The first players will be chosen in secret so that no counter-picking can occur. The winner of each match will stay on until they are defeated or the opposing team has run out of players. Here's an example of how this could play out:
Team 1 chooses Player A, Team 2 chooses Player Z
Player A < Metalopolis > Player Z
Player A < Xel'Naga Caverns > Player Y
Player A < Shattered Temple > Player X
Player B < Terminus RE > Player X
Player C < Tal'Darim Altar > Player X
Player D < Dual Sight > Player X
Player D < Crevasse > Player W
Player E < Shakuras Plateau > Player W
Team 2 wins 5-3 and earns $500!
Team 2 will return next week to face a new challenger!
To make things even more interesting, we are including a $100 bounty for each victory that a team earns, for new challengers to try and claim. For example, if Team 2 wins 3 weeks in a row, they will have earned themselves $1,500 total, and have $300 worth of bounty on them. If Team 7 defeats them, they will earn the $500 for winning the week, as well as claim the $300 bounty.
Map List
Xel'Naga Caverns
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
Crevasse
Tal Darim Altar
Dual Sight
Xel'Naga Fortress
Terminus
Shattered Temple
Daybreak
Antiga Shipyard
The first map will be on a set rotation, and then it is loser's pick.
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The first two teams that will be playing in the IPL Team Arena are Evil Geniuses and Reign. Here are their full rosters:
Evil Geniuses IdrA  iNcontroL LzGaMeR Machine StrifeCro Axslav  DeMusliM PuMa reIGN Spades KiWiKaKi Perfect Future SLush Fayth
New teams will be invited each week to take on the previous week's winner.
The FIRST MATCH of the IPL Team Arena on Tuesday, August 2nd at 5 p.m. PDT IS: RGN.Perfect vs. EG.IdrA!
Casters:
The IPL Team Arena will be cast by IGN's in-house casting team, comprised of HDStarCraft, CatsPajamas, PainUser, and AskJoshy!
We have already invited several teams and have more in mind, but if you would like your team to be considered for the IPL Team Arena as well, please send a letter of interest as well as a description of your team and a roster to iplquestions@ign.com!
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Amazing!
this is going to be great! Can't wait to see the korean teams.
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Quake 3 wants its name back.
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Ooo nice will be interesting to see how reign perform, and who knows EG might reveal they are a powerhouse after the next mlg, will tune in for sure i love team leagues.
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Canada1637 Posts
Awesome, this is what i was hoping IPL would be from when IGN first announced they were doing something. You guys should make the maps loser picks as well.
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Sounds awesome, will tune in!
Are you gonna host the games on NA server exclusively?
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On July 23 2011 07:55 Adebisi wrote:
Awesome, this is what i was hoping IPL would be from when IGN first announced they were doing something. You guys should make the maps loser picks as well.
That is indeed what we are doing. :D
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i love winner league format for team series but why no counter picking?
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If Idra doesn't take down 3 players or more I don't see EG winning. If only Puma was also playing.
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On July 23 2011 07:55 ReactoR wrote:
Sounds awesome, will tune in!
Are you gonna host the games on NA server exclusively?
Games will default to NA server unless otherwise agreed by teams (i.e., we're not going to have 2 KR teams play on NA together :D).
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My obvious question Joshy is when (and if?) PuMa gets signed into EG will he be able to participate or is it too late?
Idra+Demus+Puma = beast
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Very cool to see another team league of sorts emerging, and I have to say the bounty thing has piqued my interest. Looking forward to checking this out, nice as always Joshy!
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Good to see a non-korean league use the winner's league system, should be good if the teams take this seriously enough (unlike certain Korean teams in GSTL ^^)
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Looks great! 
I will say one things that peeves me, why does every team match have to be koth. I really would like to see a proleague format become more common, since it showcases more players and in my opinion produces more interesting matches.
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On July 23 2011 07:59 Dust14 wrote:
Good to see a non-korean league use the winner's league system, should be good if the teams take this seriously enough (unlike certain Korean teams in GSTL ^^)
IM going to agree with you on that.
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United Kingdom38150 Posts
Very cool initiative, looking forward to watching this!
Hopefully Reign demolishes EG, though I guess with the WL format + Idra that might not be too easy.
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This'll be fun, do we know which other teams will be participating and in what order?
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On July 23 2011 08:04 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
"reIGN" xD
Holy crap I never noticed that, subliminal messaging!
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This is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A western winner's league style team league? I LOVE YOU
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awesome concept. I like that IPL is putting together all kinds of content beyond simply IPL2. Will definitely tune in.
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mouz! we want mouz!
nice tournament btw
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I would really like if in longer BoX series the looser gets something for spending his time to our enjoyment. Totalbiscuit for example hands out every invitee of his tournament 100$ even if he drops out in Ro8.
In this case a good solution might be something like:
Winning player gets 30$ for his team, if one teams win they get the rest of the 500$
So 5:4 score for Team 1 they get 500-120=380$. Team 2 gets 120$ for spending several hours and giving a good fight.
5:0 clean sweep will give winning team all 500.
Of course just an example and even if you would introduce something like this it´s to late for your KotH. But I would really like to see something like this in the future.
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No Puma? I guess the games were already played then like the IPL individual league?
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On July 23 2011 08:25 Cassel_Castle wrote:
No Puma? I guess the games were already played then like the IPL individual league?
Unless I am mistaken I believe puma hasn't signed to EG just yet. Check out yesterdays Live on Three for more info.
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nice looks like this will really be a good way to promote foreign teams letting them get more sponsers and the like
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On July 23 2011 08:06 Asha` wrote:
Very cool initiative, looking forward to watching this!
Hopefully Reign demolishes EG, though I guess with the WL format + Idra that might not be too easy.
Would say Kiwikaki has a pretty good win rate vs IdrA
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Idra is 8-6 kiwi
So close that it's really hard to predict who would win that.
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This is a super great idea. Love the idea of a "hold the court" type of competition that also makes for great clan wars and show matches. I hope everything won't be prerecorded a month in advance though (like they are in the main IPL event).
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On July 23 2011 08:31 SafeAsCheese wrote:
Idra is 8-6 kiwi
So close that it's really hard to predict who would win that.
Is that games played or series played?
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idra can probably all kill. Only person i see who can probably stop him is kiwi.
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i thought puma was on eg now :p
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On July 23 2011 08:39 johnnywup wrote:
i thought puma was on eg now :p
I'm sure everyone wants Reign to have a chance, no?
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To those concerned about the date these will be played:
The games will be played very close to the broadcast date, and we will be live casting from replays in house at IGN.
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Whats the story on roster changes, will puma be allowed to play once he signs with eg?
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On July 23 2011 08:04 godemperor wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 07:59 Dust14 wrote:
Good to see a non-korean league use the winner's league system, should be good if the teams take this seriously enough (unlike certain Korean teams in GSTL ^^) IM going to agree with you on that.
oh ic wut you did thar! (i think? :D )
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Please, RGN, sweep the floor with EG.
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On July 23 2011 08:04 godemperor wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 07:59 Dust14 wrote:
Good to see a non-korean league use the winner's league system, should be good if the teams take this seriously enough (unlike certain Korean teams in GSTL ^^) IM going to agree with you on that.
This smiley is fOu!
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This seems like it'll be sicc, can't wait to tune in live!
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On July 23 2011 09:36 Beastyqt wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 08:04 godemperor wrote:On July 23 2011 07:59 Dust14 wrote:
Good to see a non-korean league use the winner's league system, should be good if the teams take this seriously enough (unlike certain Korean teams in GSTL ^^) IM going to agree with you on that. This smiley is fOu!
Who do you think will be the MVP for this first matchup?
EDIT: Who do you think will be ZeNEX team to play?
MUAHAHAH
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Is there any way to apply a team for this KoTH similar to FXO's KoTH ):
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reIGN? IGN sponsoring those guys or something?
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There was a separate tournament called the IPL Team League and I clicked it like 20 times thinking it was IGN announcing a team league. Now I'm glad to see an actual team based series from IGN, should be really awesome and I like the format.
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On July 23 2011 09:54 Ruscour wrote:
reIGN? IGN sponsoring those guys or something?
Not sure if you're joking, but the association is not true.
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Live casts (like Painuser and HD did), or from replays?
Also: dignitas, mouz, liquid and all the korean teams.
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Reign needs more terran...
Also get in Fnatic vs coL! I want a rematch now that Sen can play.
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Will this be streamed for free like the IPL? Can't wait to watch!
is reIGN IGN's proteam or are the capital letters of IGN in reign just a coincidence.
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On July 23 2011 14:45 mardi wrote:
Will this be streamed for free like the IPL? Can't wait to watch!
is reIGN IGN's proteam or are the capital letters of IGN in reign just a coincidence.
They are doing to be silly. It is just Reign.
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On July 23 2011 14:45 mardi wrote:
Will this be streamed for free like the IPL? Can't wait to watch!
This will indeed be free to watch in HD!
On July 23 2011 12:41 Dysorl wrote:
Live casts (like Painuser and HD did), or from replays?
Also: dignitas, mouz, liquid and all the korean teams.
We will be casting it live from recently played replays.
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Too much SC2 to handle these days!
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Awesome! Good luck with the tournament!
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I looovveeeeeeee winner's league format. This is gonna be great!
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On July 23 2011 08:46 Phaded wrote:
Whats the story on roster changes, will puma be allowed to play once he signs with eg?
would like to knwo this as well? Will these be live or like the IPL individual league
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I will definitely tune in for these matches! sounds like they should be really good
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On July 23 2011 15:54 Whiteman103 wrote:
would like to knwo this as well?
I answered the 2nd part of your question only 4 posts above this.
As to the first part, if teams have roster changes, they can change their roster from week to week so long as they notify us in advance.
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This looks like a lot of fun. I look forward to some good games.
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On July 23 2011 16:12 CatsPajamas wrote:I answered the 2nd part of your question only 4 posts above this. As to the first part, if teams have roster changes, they can change their roster from week to week so long as they notify us in advance.
ok thanks 
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United Kingdom14464 Posts
Wow, this looks really awesome! gogogo EG!
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Australia182 Posts
If EG wins you have to invite TSL.
Also, I'd love to see some Chinese teams play, like CCM, WE and TyLoo. Maybe even some TeSL teams.
Should be an awesome event!
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On July 23 2011 07:56 CatsPajamas wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 07:55 ReactoR wrote:
Sounds awesome, will tune in!
Are you gonna host the games on NA server exclusively? Games will default to NA server unless otherwise agreed by teams (i.e., we're not going to have 2 KR teams play on NA together :D).
but 100% of the games between US/EU teams will be on NA?
since you have no live schedule the old 'we dont have time to switch servers' bullshit really doesnt fly ;/ you should be more willing to accommodate everyone
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Very awesome. Seems like an exciting format and with awesome commentators to boot :D
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Haven't watched IPL but this sounds awesome, will definitely tune on for this.
Can't wait till Korean teams vs top foreign teams.
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I don't get why Bel'shir keeps getting used. It's common sense that it's far away from balanced.
Sure, there is allways stuff like loosers choice or map veto but this doesn't justify to have crap like crossfire or bel'shir in the map pool.
Besides that it's great that more team competitions are arround and IPL provides awsome anyway!
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PUMA fighting!!.....maybe
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On July 23 2011 21:16 Psi-Kick wrote:
If EG wins you have to invite TSL.
Also, I'd love to see some Chinese teams play, like CCM, WE and TyLoo. Maybe even some TeSL teams.
Should be an awesome event!
i dont't think IGN will invite teams outside of NA/EU, first ipl had only NA players, second one NA/EU players. so i doubt it 
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On July 24 2011 00:44 hrvoje07 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 21:16 Psi-Kick wrote:
If EG wins you have to invite TSL.
Also, I'd love to see some Chinese teams play, like CCM, WE and TyLoo. Maybe even some TeSL teams.
Should be an awesome event! i dont't think IGN will invite teams outside of NA/EU, first ipl had only NA players, second one NA/EU players. so i doubt it
OP says otherwise...
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I like how every single match is for money so there is huge incentive for each team to always send out their best players.
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Such a cool idea and premise, really looking forward to watching this! The more IGN content, the better.
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Joshy I think you need to fix the Phoenix part of Reign
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really really nice =) cant wait to watch reign!
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Yes! I fucking love this format! We need more team leagues like this because it adds to the excitement, though I understand it is more difficult to run. Looking forward to it!
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Will we have a list of upcoming teams as time goes on or will it always be a surprise?
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On July 23 2011 22:17 turdburgler wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 07:56 CatsPajamas wrote:On July 23 2011 07:55 ReactoR wrote:
Sounds awesome, will tune in!
Are you gonna host the games on NA server exclusively? Games will default to NA server unless otherwise agreed by teams (i.e., we're not going to have 2 KR teams play on NA together :D). but 100% of the games between US/EU teams will be on NA? since you have no live schedule the old 'we dont have time to switch servers' bullshit really doesnt fly ;/ you should be more willing to accommodate everyone
How is allowing the teams to agree upon a server not accommodating? It defaults to NA, but if an EU team wants to play on EU it sounds like the two teams will have the choice to decide. Can't really see how that's not accommodating.
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On July 24 2011 15:06 ArizonaBay wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 22:17 turdburgler wrote:On July 23 2011 07:56 CatsPajamas wrote:On July 23 2011 07:55 ReactoR wrote:
Sounds awesome, will tune in!
Are you gonna host the games on NA server exclusively? Games will default to NA server unless otherwise agreed by teams (i.e., we're not going to have 2 KR teams play on NA together :D). but 100% of the games between US/EU teams will be on NA? since you have no live schedule the old 'we dont have time to switch servers' bullshit really doesnt fly ;/ you should be more willing to accommodate everyone How is allowing the teams to agree upon a server not accommodating? It defaults to NA, but if an EU team wants to play on EU it sounds like the two teams will have the choice to decide. Can't really see how that's not accommodating.
Yeah, that's how we're handling it... Wasn't really sure why the other comment was posted. o.O
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On July 24 2011 00:44 hrvoje07 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 21:16 Psi-Kick wrote:
If EG wins you have to invite TSL.
Also, I'd love to see some Chinese teams play, like CCM, WE and TyLoo. Maybe even some TeSL teams.
Should be an awesome event! i dont't think IGN will invite teams outside of NA/EU, first ipl had only NA players, second one NA/EU players. so i doubt it
They said Koreans will be participating in the original post.
They expanded from NA only to NA/EU in the span of a season, and they've stated they plan to expand further in the future. We may very well see Korean participants in the IPL3 as well.
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totally awesome, Starcraft 2's schedule is getting busier and busier every week
and yeah it would be cool if next week's match was EG vs TSL !!!
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Any rough estimate on when this is going to start?
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On July 25 2011 14:49 DoomsVille wrote:
Any rough estimate on when this is going to start?
From the OP. "tentative start date is August 2nd but is subject to change!"
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Whoops. Completely missed that. Thanks.
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On July 25 2011 15:15 DoomsVille wrote:
Whoops. Completely missed that. Thanks.
No problem! :D
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Wow, nice, looks like a lot of fun. Puma has already been added to the roster I see.. hope he gets some game time.
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AHHHHH, this is less than a week away! I can't wait to cast these games.
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Nice, winner's league format always more enjoyable for me. Gl teams.Surprised EG starts with IdrA already.
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wow this is so great. i'm so tuning into this, hope there will be a rebroadcast for the EU tho
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idra inc demu puma, losing seems impossible
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Slush, Kiwi and Spades won't make it easy for EG
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On July 29 2011 03:32 ilikeLIONZ wrote:wow this is so great. i'm so tuning into this, hope there will be a rebroadcast for the EU tho
Of course there will be an EU rebroadcast! We love our EU fans!
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i thought lzgamer played terran.. when did he switch to zerg?
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On July 29 2011 04:02 Cookie wrote:
i thought lzgamer played terran.. when did he switch to zerg?
A month or two ago? Sometime around then.
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This is indeed airing today!
We have Reign facing off against Evil Geniuses starting at 5:00 pm Pacific, with RGN.Perfect squaring off against EG.IdrA as our first game. Check it out then!!!!
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Is the team that will face the winner being announced tonight? or later on in the week?
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Is this going to be cast from replays or live games?
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It will be live cast from very recently played replays.
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Hmm. Both of these teams have a couple big names players, that the other needs to take down, and then they probably win. EG has IdrA and Demuslim, and Reign has Kiwikaki and Slush. Everyone else will just be there to provide cannon fodder, or to try and snipe the big four.
Edit: That said, EGs Cannon Fodder looks much stronger that Reigns. Incontrol and Machine are probably bigger threats than Future and Spades.
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United Kingdom14464 Posts
Wow, this should be very cool! EG fightiiiiiiing!
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On August 03 2011 02:40 Icekommander wrote:
Hmm. Both of these teams have a couple big names players, that the other needs to take down, and then they probably win. EG has IdrA and Demuslim, and Reign has Kiwikaki and Slush. Everyone else will just be there to provide cannon fodder, or to try and snipe the big four.
Edit: That said, EGs Cannon Fodder looks much stronger that Reigns. Incontrol and Machine are probably bigger threats than Future and Spades.
And if PuMa plays RGN is screwed
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I am excited for this, it will be so awesome!
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Will these games be played live or will they be casted from replays? I just want to know if there is a chance Puma will play. Though even if it is played today I doubt Puma will play, because of the latency.
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On August 03 2011 03:51 agff wrote:
Will these games be played live or will they be casted from replays? I just want to know if there is a chance Puma will play. Though even if it is played today I doubt Puma will play, because of the latency.
5 posts above yours.
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On August 03 2011 03:51 DoomsVille wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2011 03:51 agff wrote:
Will these games be played live or will they be casted from replays? I just want to know if there is a chance Puma will play. Though even if it is played today I doubt Puma will play, because of the latency. 5 posts above yours.
Thank you very much! When I first saw that post I took it as a question
Today's match will be very exciting! Some people have been critical of EG because of their recent results, maybe today they will show them how good they are :D
Also Reign looks pretty scary! Kiwi, Slush and Spades can be dangerous.
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Should be awesome, IPL always is.
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On August 03 2011 03:56 agff wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2011 03:51 DoomsVille wrote:On August 03 2011 03:51 agff wrote:
Will these games be played live or will they be casted from replays? I just want to know if there is a chance Puma will play. Though even if it is played today I doubt Puma will play, because of the latency. 5 posts above yours. Thank you very much! When I first saw that post I took it as a question Today's match will be very exciting! Some people have been critical of EG because of their recent results, maybe today they will show them how good they are :D Also Reign looks pretty scary! Kiwi, Slush and Spades can be dangerous.
No ones been critical of Idra and Puma, and assuming they both play EG should easily win. I don't see anyone else on EG taking Slush or Kiwi out though.
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Will there be an EU Rebroadcast?
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On August 03 2011 04:15 Fyzar wrote:
Will there be an EU Rebroadcast?
There always is
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Great idea, I'm digging this!
Will watch for sure! nice work IGN
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I know you guys probably have plenty of good reasons for casting from replays, but I think it'll really take a lot away from the atmosphere. Obviously an in-person competition like the GSTL is not practical with teams scattered all over the world, but I'd really like to see a setup similar to the team competition that was held between the World All-Stars vs. IM a while back. We had video from the foreign team house at the time, interviews with players before and after their games as they came out victorious or dejected from the game room and the atmosphere ended up almost as good as the GSTL despite the teams not being together.
I think that's the type of thing a foreign team league should really try to strive for.
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every game is a BO1 right?
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Sounds awesome!
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On August 03 2011 04:43 Betsfrox wrote:
every game is a BO1 right?
You are correct! 5v5 format, so 9 games maximum for the whole match.
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why is this event not showing on the Upcoming Event Section of TL
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Wow this is such a good Idea! Plus its scheduled at 8pm on a weekday so I can get together with some friends and chill with more good team league action. Plus I can definitely see some Barcraft happening this season if the casting/production is good enough. It's IPL so shouldn't have any problems there.
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Wow this is awesome, I cant wait.
TY EG for hosting so many tournaments!
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On August 03 2011 08:03 freeloader625 wrote:
Wow this is awesome, I cant wait.
TY EG for hosting so many tournaments!
EG isn't hosting this, its IPL aka IGN
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"No two players are perfect.... @ReignPerfect"
Lulztheirony.
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I really like this format and the art direction! Great work furthering esport IPL!
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"Very impressive for perfect to stay alive past that point."
Are you serious? Like actually serious? It wasn't impressive for perfect, it was just IdrA being overly paranoid and cautious, and Perfect refusing to GG lol.
I know casters say some stuff that doesn't make sense all the time, but that's just talking for the sake of trying to be "unbiased" when its clearly unnecessary.
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RAAAAGE QUIT from idra!!!!
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I'm glad IPL is doing a team event. I'll definitely be watching.
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This is awesome! Hopefully this becomes a teamleague!
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This Spades vs. Machine game is barely watchable. The worst players in Code A do not produce games close to this bad.
Summary:
Machine loses 128712 mutalisks by having them killed by missle turrets while doing other things and having them stop over random parts of Spades' base.
Machine has 7 bases and only 2 queens.
Spades cannot marine micro to save marines from banelings *at all*.
Machine runs random banelings into siege tank lines
hard to tell if they aren't taking it seriously or foreign players that aren't near the top of the foreign scene are just bad or if there's some other factor that made the game hard to play (lag? time? something?)
Basically, I watch a lot of starcraft and do not generally make negative posts, but if this is the game quality of this tournament, it's not going to last.
Oh, also: I'm horrible at SC2 and would probably get mauled by either of these players. But it's like watching Division 3 NCAA Women's basketball.
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I'm LATE. Can anyone post the quick results so far. How did it get to 2-2? thanks
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Just a suggestion... I think you need an overlay with the current score of the match and the $$ on the line (to track the bounty each week) so the casters don't have to repeat this info and people just tuning in will know what's going on. Great format otherwise, looking forward to all the matches.
edit: Looks like there's an overlay now but you can't tell which players are currently playing!
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I love team leagues! This is fun
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i like the fact we get commentated clanwars, but please do not reduce them to simple 1v1 :x this is no more than a "king of the hill"  i really really would love to see 2v2's ! really !
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I get annoyed when tournaments use outdated versions of the maps for no reason sorry. Can you update Bel’Shir Beach to the newest version please I don't think this one is balanced. (The newer one has two xel'naga towers and an extra expansion in the corner)
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i get really exited about this team arena. i think this will bring out story lines that make tournaments interesting. who are the ace players for certain teams? how long can a certain team hold #1 spot? and who will get the $100 bounty for knocking down those strong teams?
i love it! cant wait for next week.
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Great team league I am loving it so far. Even though EG lost I thought Demuslim was showing some really promising play and I am stoked to see a really strong thinking terran like I think he will be.
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Great casting/games!
I wonder, how come you guys don't run advertisements?
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On August 03 2011 11:23 LesPhoques wrote:
Great casting/games!
I wonder, how come you guys don't run advertisements?
They do... you just might not get them in your region
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this looks so amazing, but i can't find the vods :\
edit: o nais, just checked to TL calendar to find the EU rebroadcast! unfortunately for me, i already know the outcome.
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you guys are doing this weekly right? which teams are up for this week?
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We have Complexity facing off against Reign! Live report thread up soon.
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Jesus fucking christ that shark 3d commercial scared the shit out of me.
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EPT
