When: Thursday, Dec 22 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Thursday, Dec 22 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Format
This double-elimination tournament features 8 teams from around the world and is an All-Kill team format. This match is being played for Losers Round 3. The first team to defeat everyone on the opposing team's roster (5 wins, or a best of 9), will move on to the Losers Final, while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament. Keep in mind that this has a $10,000 prize pool, and only three teams will make it to the money!
SlayerS is the most dominant team from our weekly team king of the hill, Team Arena Challenge. They went 5-1 against Dignitas in Winners Round 1, but lost against the very powerful European team, Mousesports! coLMVP fought a very hard battle against Quantic IM but ended up losing 4-5, and must now face SlayerS for their tournament life. Here are their full rosters:
SlayerS BoxeR Lots Dragon GanZi MMA Ryung TaeJa Clide Cella YuGiOh Golden Min CoCa Miya Alicia Brown Crank Puzzle SocceR
The First Game of the IPL Team Arena Challenge is on Thursday, Dec 22 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Thursday, Dec 22 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Finale < Daybreak > Alicia Monster < Xel'Naga Caverns > Alicia Keen < Antiga Shipyard > Alicia Keen < Shattered Temple > GanZi Keen < Tal'Darim Altar > Puzzle Keen < Dual Sight > Golden Keen < Terminus > MMA Congratulations to Keen for winning 5 games straight for the All-Kill against SlayerS! SlayerS is now eliminated and coLMVP moves on to the Losers Final!
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.
Casters
This week's games will be commentated by CatsPajamas, HDStarCraft, and/or PainUser
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UPDATE: SlayerS vs. coLMVP has been scheduled too late for us to broadcast today, so we will likely be re-airing a previous series or coming up with some live content for today. Stay tuned here to find out. The series will be played today and should be aired at the usual time tomorrow instead.
Edit: For today's broadcast, we'll be doing live 1v1's with our viewers! Tune in at 5 p.m. PST to watch or play against HDStarCraft and Lani! =) http://www.ign.com/ipl
On December 21 2011 03:19 IGNProLeague wrote: UPDATE: SlayerS vs. coLMVP has been scheduled too late for us to broadcast today, so we will likely be re-airing a previous series or coming up with some live content for today. Stay tuned here to find out. The series will be played today and should be aired at the usual time tomorrow instead.
Edit: For today's broadcast, we'll be doing live 1v1's with our viewers! Tune in at 5 p.m. PST to watch or play against HDStarCraft and Lani! =) http://www.ign.com/ipl
I really doubt coL.MVP would send any coL players as the last time they faced off against a Korean Team (QIM) all they sent out were only from the MVP roster and considering they're against Slayers, I really believe that no coL player will be fielded. This really just makes me sad as it might as well be only MVP competing if coL doesn't send anyone out from their team, really makes the team partnership really seem one sided.
One a slightly brighter note we might see a DRG vs MMA rematch from the Blizzard Cup and GSTL, still looking forward to this.
On December 22 2011 08:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: SlayerS vs. MVP surely incoming ^^ I doubt that coLMVP will pull any punches, and hopefully SlayerS takes this match seriously.
Considering they get to play at convenient times, not many of them have GSL matches left, and the relatively 'easy' money this offers to teams, I'm really expecting some big names to play.
they only said neither team would be afraid to throw in their aces at this stage of the tournament... but did not back that up by any statements or other facts
On December 22 2011 10:36 jeeneeus wrote: What was Monster doing? He had Alicia contained forever. He should have had like 6 bases or at least more macro hatches.
Idk he kinda just herp derped his roaches into a deathball.
On December 22 2011 10:38 Ashent wrote: I just tuned in at the end of Monster vs Alicia and missed match 1. Could someone pm me about that first match?
On December 22 2011 10:44 Gorlin wrote: Wait what. Did they just say the grand finals could be 2 best of 9s? Hooooly shit that'd be insane.
Yup. IM knocked Mouz down (double elimination), so if Mouz makes its way back into the finals by beating the winner of coLMVP vs. SlayerS, then beats IM in the first Bo9, then IM finally gets to use its extra life and play a super-final Bo9
On December 22 2011 10:44 Gorlin wrote: Wait what. Did they just say the grand finals could be 2 best of 9s? Hooooly shit that'd be insane.
Yup. IM knocked Mouz down (double elimination), so if Mouz makes its way back into the finals by beating the winner of coLMVP vs. SlayerS, then beats IM in the first Bo9, then IM finally gets to use its extra life and play a super-final Bo9
Insane indeed!
I think IM gets the extra life regardless for winning the winners bracket in a double elim tourney. It has nothing to do with who they play
On December 22 2011 10:44 Gorlin wrote: Wait what. Did they just say the grand finals could be 2 best of 9s? Hooooly shit that'd be insane.
Yup. IM knocked Mouz down (double elimination), so if Mouz makes its way back into the finals by beating the winner of coLMVP vs. SlayerS, then beats IM in the first Bo9, then IM finally gets to use its extra life and play a super-final Bo9
Insane indeed!
I think IM gets the extra life regardless for winning the winners bracket in a double elim tourney. It has nothing to do with who they play
Yep, the second bo9 would just be a product of QIM not yet dropping a series to anyone.
On December 22 2011 11:09 Leifish wrote: Keen playing pretty sickly!
Keen seems to have bounced back recently. Ever since he got knocked down to code a, it must have been like a serious wake up call. he's back to kicking a lot of ass lately
Holy shit, perfect play by Keen. Delays the expansion, kills 5 sentries, is back home in time to defend against warp prism harass, and even scouts the warp prism with his hellions. O.o
So dumb, there needs to be some fix to floating your buildings to get the undeserved tie.
edit: Nevermind, Puzzle was stupid there. Still it was an unwinnable game for him and that is just so dumb that something like that can be in a competitive game.
On December 22 2011 11:27 Hall0wed wrote: So dumb, there needs to be some fix to floating your buildings to get the undeserved tie.
That wasn't undeserved, keen would have won whether or not he decided to go for the base race. If he hadn't sent out his mmm army to snipe puzzle's base, he could've easily defended. He just chose a riskier way to win the game.
On December 22 2011 11:30 urasyupi2 wrote: Is it just me, or did flying buildings get a little faster because I swear, when I lift, they move like ovies.
They need a building speed upgrade for scouting rax and factories :D
On December 22 2011 11:29 Shellshock1122 wrote: If the protoss are such an advanced race, why havent they made their buildings able to move?
Their buildings are able to move though.
If you remember from SC1 lore, buildings are made elsewhere and then warped in within a power zone powered by a pylon. Basically the buildings are teleported in and theoretically lore wise those buildings can be teleported out somewhere else.
On December 22 2011 11:29 Shellshock1122 wrote: If the protoss are such an advanced race, why havent they made their buildings able to move?
Their buildings are able to move though.
If you remember from SC1 lore, buildings are made elsewhere and then warped in within a power zone powered by a pylon. Basically the buildings are teleported in and theoretically lore wise those buildings can be teleported out somewhere else.
That's true. everything is technically warped in. Imagine if you could just warp your nexus around the map? It should just be like a max energy 10 min cooldown
On December 22 2011 11:29 Shellshock1122 wrote: If the protoss are such an advanced race, why havent they made their buildings able to move?
Their buildings are able to move though.
If you remember from SC1 lore, buildings are made elsewhere and then warped in within a power zone powered by a pylon. Basically the buildings are teleported in and theoretically lore wise those buildings can be teleported out somewhere else.
That's true. everything is technically warped in. Imagine if you could just warp your nexus around the map? It should just be like a max energy 10 min cooldown
Whoa. Huh, I could totally imagine that and using that actually to grab a 4th when my main is mined out.
Btw, I never checked up why, but why was the movable photon cannon cancelled?
On December 22 2011 11:29 Shellshock1122 wrote: If the protoss are such an advanced race, why havent they made their buildings able to move?
Their buildings are able to move though.
If you remember from SC1 lore, buildings are made elsewhere and then warped in within a power zone powered by a pylon. Basically the buildings are teleported in and theoretically lore wise those buildings can be teleported out somewhere else.
That's true. everything is technically warped in. Imagine if you could just warp your nexus around the map? It should just be like a max energy 10 min cooldown
Whoa. Huh, I could totally imagine that and using that actually to grab a 4th when my main is mined out.
Btw, I never checked up why, but why was the movable photon cannon cancelled?
probably made cannon rushes really good or they thought it was a balance concern is what I would expect
I kind of hate when casters talk about possible future matches when they have all the replays there, even if it's just hype it affects my perception of what's likely to happen. Especially when something they say might happen then does come to pass.
Hmmm I kinda think SlayerS should have played Taeja at some point, he seems to be a really solid player in all 3 matchups so should be relatively difficult to snipe.
On December 22 2011 11:50 delayed reflex wrote: Hmmm I kinda think SlayerS should have played Taeja at some point, he seems to be a really solid player in all 3 matchups so should be relatively difficult to snipe.
On December 22 2011 11:50 delayed reflex wrote: Hmmm I kinda think SlayerS should have played Taeja at some point, he seems to be a really solid player in all 3 matchups so should be relatively difficult to snipe.
Taeja has up/down matches coming up tomorrow.
Yeah, and these tournaments were played earlier today. All the updown people are no goes.
I wonder if CoCa is allowed (by SlayerS) to participate in this. Would've been better to throw out CoCa against Keen, then MMA and end with Brown as the ace to stop DRG.
On December 22 2011 11:50 delayed reflex wrote: Hmmm I kinda think SlayerS should have played Taeja at some point, he seems to be a really solid player in all 3 matchups so should be relatively difficult to snipe.
Wow, MVP have come a long way. In their first GSTL, DRG was essentially their only reliable team-league player. Flash forward to their GSTL championship where they didn't even need to use DRG, and now players like Keen, Finale, Noblesse, Genius, GuineaPig and Tails are very strong. Such an improvement.
OMG is this for real? One of my favorite SC2 players all-killing my least favorite team, and taking down my least favorite player in the process? Christmas has come early for me this year.
Bio users stepping it up in TvT. Polt in ytd's gsl and today keen. They finally switch over to bio-mech after finding out the limitations of pure bio, and they are probably one of the best in understanding how to engage favourably.
I think MVP's style is just countered by MMA's. MVP usually does safe open into greedy econ game and MMA's aggression usually gets MVP before MVP can get the third up. Seems MMA has more trouble dealing with more aggressive terrans like Polt and Keen.
All I remember is huk saying something about keen not being one of the better terrans when someone asked him about his upcoming code A match ... ever since I dont think I have seen him lose
On December 22 2011 12:12 Jisall wrote: GJ Keen. Been a fan ever sense this Gif. Enjoy your new round of fanboys
I was really impressed with his first code A run too. Kind of cooled off on him when he sort of just faded into mediocrity (by korean pro standards) and then dropping from code s, but this result is impressive as! Will definitely be checking the vods of this.
On December 22 2011 12:10 red4ce wrote: OMG is this for real? One of my favorite SC2 players all-killing my least favorite team, and taking down my least favorite player in the process? Christmas has come early for me this year.
On December 22 2011 12:28 ArtisaBang wrote: Keen's TvZ and TvP is really really good,his TvT is okay but TvN(TvNaDa) is pretty bad!
Keen always eliminated by NaDa at GSL...
LOL!!!
But, really, Keen has been impressive of late. He took out Revival, YuGiOh (not that impressive), and Huk to regain Code S status. As long as he doesn't get a group of death like GSL October, he should perform well.
On December 22 2011 12:28 ArtisaBang wrote: Keen's TvZ and TvP is really really good,his TvT is okay but TvN(TvNaDa) is pretty bad!
Keen always eliminated by NaDa at GSL...
LOL!!!
But, really, Keen has been impressive of late. He took out Revival, YuGiOh (not that impressive), and Huk to regain Code S status. As long as he doesn't get a group of death like doesn't get NaDa in GSL October, he should perform well.
On December 22 2011 12:23 yawnoC wrote: All I remember is huk saying something about keen not being one of the better terrans when someone asked him about his upcoming code A match ... ever since I dont think I have seen him lose
Oh how i love this statement.
On December 22 2011 12:29 1Eris1 wrote: Slayers got All keened
Quoted for Justice.
His slow push was IMMVPlike.
He seems to value tanks less then other TvTers, guess that coming from his bio background (according to some other people in this thread)
Edit:
On December 22 2011 12:12 jeeneeus wrote: We should start calling him MVP_Sheen because hes winning.
GJ Keen. Been a fan ever sense this Gif. Enjoy your new round of fanboys
Damn shame on GOMtv for didn't nominate Keen for the best ceremonies. ACE sucks compare to Keen
agreed! GOMTv nominates was completely bullshit.
IM coach winned best coach award,wtf? and Ace for ceremony award? bullshit.
Ya IM coach getting best coach award? It's not like his players have won the most gsls or anything.
you should watch GSTL,IM coach player choices is completely bullshit.
NesTea and MVP not even live in IM house,how can IM coach help them?
It's not like they're never in the house, they probably just don't sleep there and spend a little less time there than the other players, but they'll still frequently visit.
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