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Hello everyone! IGN Pro League is thrilled to announce our newest tournament! The Ye Olde Map Tournament features some of the most amazing maps ever created by Blizzard and has a lineup of some of the best players in all of North America! This tournament is meant to be a fun throwback to the early days of StarCraft II and may serve as a way for us to see how far the strategy and skill have progressed since the first time players set foot on Scrap Station or Kulas Ravine. If you're a fan of nostalgia, not-so-balanced maps, and some fun StarCraft games, you better not miss this! Oh, and these games will be played LIVE for your entertainment. =)
We are starting off with two Ro16 matches for the IGN Pro League Ye Olde Map Tournament
When: Thursday, Apr 19 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Thursday, Apr 19 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Format
This single-elimination tournament features 16 players from the North America server and is a best of 5 format. This match is being played for the round of 16. The winning player will move on to the Quarter-finals and the loser will be eliminated entirely! Keep in mind that each round increases the prize money!
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/2273.jpg)   Vile.State vs  EG.Machine ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1131.jpg) Poll: Who Will Win?!Machine (32) 52% State (30) 48% 62 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): State
(Vote): Machine
Results+ Show Spoiler [State vs Machine] +State < Incineration Zone > Machine
State < Blistering Sands > Machine
State < Jungle Basin > Machine
State < Scrap Station > Machine
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1595.jpg)  SLush vs  coL.qxc ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1596.jpg) Poll: Who Will Win?!qxc (30) 58% SLush (22) 42% 52 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): SLush
(Vote): qxc
Results+ Show Spoiler [SLush vs qxc] +SLush < Incineration Zone > qxc
SLush < Lost Temple > qxc
SLush < Scrap Station > qxc
SLush < Steppes of War > qxc
The First Game for this match of IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament is on Thursday, Apr 19 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Thursday, Apr 19 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Ye Olde Map Pool
Steppes of War
Kulas Ravine
Desert Oasis
Jungle Basin
Lost Temple
Blistering Sands
Scrap Station
Incineration Zone
Casters
Every game will be commentated by our in-house IGN Pro League casting team of Kevin Knocke and Doa!
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Can't wait for another day of Ye Olde!
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Really fun idea for a tournament, thanks for doing this!
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Would someone for the love of all things holy sign SLush to a team already?
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How to determine the results? Vote against the zergs.
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On April 19 2012 03:09 StarVe wrote:
How to determine the results? Vote against the zergs.
No, it's okay. Slush knows how to make roaches.
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On April 19 2012 03:09 StarVe wrote:
How to determine the results? Vote against the zergs.
Unless your Violet and your miles better than your opponent.
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GO MACHINE (even though I love State)
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On April 19 2012 03:11 McFeser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2012 03:09 StarVe wrote:
How to determine the results? Vote against the zergs. Unless your Violet and your miles better than your opponent.
Miles may have been an understatement in the case of the matches he played last night.
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Oh man, it'll be fun to see qxc's strategies on these maps. And one of those two Zergs had better do a twelve drone rush on Steppes!
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Looking forward to this. Yesterdays matches were so much fun to watch, brings back memorys of me 3 raxing on pretty much all of these maps.
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Wicked tournament, excited for tonight!!!
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On April 19 2012 03:11 McFeser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2012 03:09 StarVe wrote:
How to determine the results? Vote against the zergs. Unless your Violet and your miles better than your opponent.
Yeah, that's an exception, viOlet is much better than anyone else in the tournament.
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i hope to see one of the players choose desert oasis. was always my favourite "hated map". reapers were so good on that map (before multinerfs). can't wait to watch tonight!! casting is excellent imho.
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On April 19 2012 03:39 bahunto28 wrote:
i hope to see one of the players choose desert oasis. was always my favourite "hated map". reapers were so good on that map (before multinerfs). can't wait to watch tonight!! casting is excellent imho.
Wasn't that the map that everyone was saying "One day people will figure out this map but their just not good enough yet"? I remember Artosis talking about in the very early days of the GSL, saying it was like BW maps in it's complexity and that one day pros would figure out when to take out the rocks in middle.
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Wow, polls really close. Looking forward to this!
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United States97276 Posts
use steppes!! it's the best map ever made!!
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Just about 40 minutes until we begin!
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Terrible A/V sync?
Edit: Video is like 2 seconds behind the sound.
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And Machine lost the first map with a failed 7 pool all-in into roach all in vs a 2 gate forge expand by State.
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Seriously, what is going on with the desync? Is it on Twitch's end?
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I want to see Desert Oasis.
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On April 19 2012 09:40 Warpish wrote:
I want to see Desert Oasis.
Steppes of war please... I want to see if it's possible to go 3 vs 3 base on that map at all lol
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We're aware of the sound desync and will be restarting the stream momentarily. We're working with some new tech and we hope to get everything resolved soon!
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These games are HILARIOUS. State showing machine why playing today's "standard" is not a very good idea on these maps.
My favourite thing to do on scrap was to take down the rocks to my opponent's 4th and stealing that one, almost never scouted. :D
Also burrowing banes on their side of the middle rocks vT. Ahhhhh old days. God I hated scrap though, 35% win rate as a Z D:
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Poor Slush never had a chance
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LOL, that was great. Still wish Slush would have played that out.
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Ugh, rough times for Z's tonight.
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That was the weirdest strat by slush ever...
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Some really awesome games yesterday, but today's not quite up to that standard, though we had some really awesome matchups yesterday, too.
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"He's coming really hard and he's coming really fast" Doa's best line ever methinks.
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This game is awesome. What an absolutely ridiculous map.
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Doa: "when's the last time you saw an island in sc2?"
um... sanshorn mists?
derp
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
This is the best tournament ever
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yup..this is scrap station
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Oh qxc, I knew you would be entertaining.
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Rats, I wanted to see Brood Lords siege the island expansion. It's like a mission straight out of campaign
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YES!
Steppes of war!
Best worst map ever. I "predict" a fast game!
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"And he DOES pick Steppes of War!" This is both so retarded and hilarious at the same time^^
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Slush goes hatch first.
That's probably the ballsiest move I've ever seen.
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why slush dont use 2-2 ling /bling? he would crush qxc
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Omg, this nat siege makes me angry even now lol, this is such a great tourney, thanks against for this IGN!
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Steppes of War: Where a player can turtle and contain at the same time :p
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LOL another great game thanks IGN
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Hope you're all enjoying the tournament! Tomorrow we're bringing you our TAC3 Qualifier games, and YOMT will return on Tuesday!
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the map poool makes me laugh :D
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On April 19 2012 09:40 Warpish wrote:
I want to see Desert Oasis.
agreed :D, sadly not tonight though...
maybe they can make it a starting map in the Ro8
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Hmmm, the rebroadcast should be live now, still nothing is happening... :/
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The rebroadcast has begun, a bit later than usual. Our apologies, but you can see the games now at http://www.ign.com/ipl =D
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On April 19 2012 10:49 Bagration wrote:
Steppes of War: Where a player can turtle and contain at the same time :p
LOL
That game was so painful to watch. I would've felt so guilty playing against Zergs on that map.
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On April 20 2012 02:24 McFeser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2012 10:49 Bagration wrote:
Steppes of War: Where a player can turtle and contain at the same time :p LOL That game was so painful to watch. I would've felt so guilty playing against Zergs on that map.
You are joking, right? The zerg took 3 different expansions (and attempted to take o fourth too). Also he had qxc on the ropes after the baneling bust... that Steppes of Wars game was so cool and intensive, wow!
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