IGN Pro League is thrilled to be able to bring you another unique StarCraft II tournament! This one is called Tournament of Champions, and is a 16-man, double elimination tournament for a $12,000 prize pool! Each team from the IPL Team Arena Challenge was asked to pick one player from their roster to represent them in this global tournament, that will span the month of March. The WINNER of the Tournament of Champions will receive a spot in our live, open qualifier at IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL as well as an all expenses paid flight and hotel stay for the event!

The time has come for our Winners Round 3 match of the IGN Pro League Tournament of Champions!

IPL Tournament of Champions

IPL Tournament of Champions General Discussion

Bracket: Official IPL Tournament of Champions Bracket

Stream Link: http://www.ign.com/ipl

When: Saturday, Mar 31 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Saturday, Mar 31 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Format

This double-elimination tournament features 16 players from around the world and is an best of 5 format. This match is being played for Winners Round 3. The winning player will move on to the Winners Final, and the loser will drop into the lower bracket! Keep in mind that the top 8 spots receive prize money!

Liquid`HerO vs

Creator.Prime [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

HerO (51)

67%

Creator (25)

33%

76 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): HerO
(Vote): Creator

Results

+ Show Spoiler [HerO vs Creator] +

HerO < Daybreak > Creator
HerO < Antiga Shipyard > Creator
HerO < Cloud Kingdom > Creator
Congratulations to Creator, winning 3-0! He moves on to the Winners Final, while HerO drops to LR4!

NSH.Jjakji vs

mouz.ThorZaIN [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

Jjakji (39)

51%

ThorZaIN (37)

49%

76 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): Jjakji
(Vote): ThorZaIN

Results

+ Show Spoiler [Jjakji vs ThorZaIN] +

Jjakji < Daybreak > ThorZaIN
Jjakji < Shattered Temple > ThorZaIN
Jjakji < Shakuras Plateau > ThorZaIN
Jjakji < Tal'Darim Altar > ThorZaIN
Congratulations to Jjakji, winning 3-1! He moves on to the Winners Final, while ThorZaIN falls to LR4!

The First Game for this match of IPL Tournament of Champions is on Saturday, Mar 31 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Saturday, Mar 31 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Map List

IPLMap Sanshorn Mists AE
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Tal'Darim Altar LE
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis

All the maps can be found on NA, EU, or KR by searching for IPLMap!

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 and Doa!

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IGNProLeague

1184 Posts

March 30 2012 17:27 GMT

Just a quick follow-up post!

We have altered the schedule a bit since the tournament started, so we want to make sure that nobody misses any important ToC matches!

Saturday, March 31st: Losers Round 4!

Sunday, April 1st: Losers Round 5 AND Winners Final!

Monday, April 2nd: Losers Final AND Grand Final!

Tuesday, April 3rd: Fight Club! Empire.viOLet vs SK.MC! (Thread coming soon)

We will not be broadcasting anything on Wednesday or Thursday evening, because we will be prepping the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for IPL4! That event begins streaming at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, April 6th. =)

KING CHARLIE :D

United States447 Posts

March 30 2012 17:35 GMT

Wow these games look amazing! Hats off to IPL for yet another great day of broadcasts! =D

ragnorr

Denmark6097 Posts

March 30 2012 17:41 GMT

Creator>Hero
Jjakji>Thorzain

Azuroz

Sweden1630 Posts

March 30 2012 18:08 GMT

Gogo jjakji, we need you at IPL to redeem yourself from the gsl loss :<

Ventor

United States336 Posts

March 30 2012 18:13 GMT

jjakji's tvt is amazing. Sorry thorzain but you need to get out of the way or this guy is going to streamroll you.

Promethelax

Canada7089 Posts

March 30 2012 18:13 GMT

Gogo Thorzain! Last foreigner hope, and my favourite spoon terran.

Losloslos

Germany7 Posts

March 30 2012 18:14 GMT

Amazing matches! But really sad that it is on a friday night. Rebroadcast gogogo! And ThorZaIN of course!

TheRealNanMan

United States1471 Posts

March 30 2012 18:20 GMT

Both of these matches are going to be insane! Jjaki has one of the strongest tvt in the world and Hero has some of the best protoss play out there!

CrazyBirdman

Germany3509 Posts

March 30 2012 18:20 GMT

#10

I just checked TLPD and the this tournament is referred to as "Tournament of Terran"

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-international/leagues/2584_2012_IPL_ToC

But it should be fun anyway, a PvP cannot hurt with so many terrans involved and Thorzain in the WR semis ist nice too.

Gladiator6

Sweden7024 Posts

March 30 2012 18:23 GMT

#11

Both matches can go either way I almost feel!

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

March 30 2012 21:44 GMT

#12

gogo creator/thorzain! :D
and wow, mc vs violet haha

Promethelax

Canada7089 Posts

March 30 2012 23:25 GMT

#13

On March 31 2012 03:20 CrazyBirdman wrote:
I just checked TLPD and the this tournament is referred to as "Tournament of Terran"

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-international/leagues/2584_2012_IPL_ToC

But it should be fun anyway, a PvP cannot hurt with so many terrans involved and Thorzain in the WR semis ist nice too.

Oh man, I should have looked. That makes me laugh.
At this point though I think that there will be a protoss in third or higher no matter what.
I'm rooting for all the non-terran players and Thorzain. So far my hopes are high.