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Hello everyone! IGN Pro League is thrilled to bring you more of 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 continuing with the two semi-final matches for the IGN Pro League Ye Olde Map Tournament
When: Friday, May 11 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Friday, May 11 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Format
This single-elimination tournament features 16 players from the North America server and is a best of 5 format. These matches are being played for the semi-finals. The winning player will move on to the 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/1596.jpg)   coL.qxc vs   Empire.viOLet ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/2626.jpg) Poll: Who Will Win?!viOLet (34) 56% qxc (27) 44% 61 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): qxc
(Vote): viOLet
Results+ Show Spoiler [qxc vs viOLet] +qxc < Desert Oasis > viOLet
qxc < Jungle Basin > viOLet
qxc < Incineration Zone > viOLet
qxc < Kulas Ravine > viOLet
qxc < Scrap Station > viOLet
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/3659.jpg) Quantic.illusion vs x6.Sleep ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/2086.jpg) Poll: Who Will Win?!illusion (38) 63% Sleep (22) 37% 60 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): illusion
(Vote): Sleep
Results+ Show Spoiler [illusion vs Sleep] +illusion < Desert Oasis > Sleep
illusion < Lost Temple > Sleep
illusion < Blistering Sands > Sleep
illusion < Jungle Basin > Sleep
illusion < Kulas Ravine > Sleep
The First Game for this match of IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament is on Friday, May 11 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Friday, May 11 5:30pm 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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Feels hard to bet against qxc in this context but I'm gonna go with Violet anyway. Looking forward to that series.
Violet and illusion.
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2 foriegnor Terrans against 2 Korean zergs? I think we finally found a way to level the playing field - reintroduce Steppes of War.
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Just wanted to pop in and say I LOVE this tournament. I don't know how no one ever thought of this before.
Sure, the maps are imbalanced. But it is hilarious and nostalgic at the same time to see them being played today. Oh... scrap station how I miss you and 1 base 2 dropshipping everyone to smithereens
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Another NOTE for everyone, we are moving our European rebroadcasts to 10:30 PDT each morning, which is 19:30 CEST, one hour later than usual.
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On May 09 2012 02:59 WarrickHunt wrote:
-.- steppes of war...
yeah... you can't be an official old map tournament without it. Duh!
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Good luck QXC >.<; you'll need it :X
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Gotta go with QXC...he actually played these maps when they were in the map pool.
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Lol. Thanks for the Desert Oasis stats. The greatest map ever.
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If there was ever a tournament setting where two foreign terrans were favorites over Korean zergs, this is probably it!
I'll take viOLet over qxc 3-1, and Illusion over Sleep 3-1.
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Crossing fingers for a TvZ finals, that's the way it should be. Wish that there was a Protoss in the mix, but oh well.
(Go Zerg!!!)
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On May 09 2012 09:18 IGNProLeague wrote:It looks like YOMT will have to be postponed, so instead we're bringing you ESC vs Dignitas from IPL #TAC3 Qualifiers! http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2
Wait so neither Bo5 will be broadcasted?
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United States1050 Posts
Due to player travel, we will likely need to do the YOMT games on Thursday and Friday, and will finish TAC 3 Qualifier 4 tomorrow.
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United States97276 Posts
Too bad about the delay but I'm interested in seeing the TAC qualifiers so it's ok
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These matches are now being played today, Thursday May 10th! Don't miss them! =D
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Live and kickin', let's go! :D
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awesome game on scrap station <3
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That QXC vs Violet series was fantastic. Especially the Kulas game.
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That first series was pretty sweet.
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these games have been awesome. i think have different map styles makes the game so much more interesting. desert oasis = best/worst map ever. great tourney/casting lads!!
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Go Illusion! Let's do this!
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That was next level thinking by Illusion, sweet move there.
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Let's start a petition to bring Desert Oasis back to the ladder. 
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what was that hold position trick they were talking about?
game on LT that illusion just 2 rax'd
@warpish. i'd sign that petition!! bring back desert oasis!
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Ah, I love this tournament so much.
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Well... that was interesting...
Olde map win for Illusion!
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On May 11 2012 11:03 bahunto28 wrote:
what was that hold position trick they were talking about?
game on LT that illusion just 2 rax'd
hold position on the scv in the chocke in front of the marines - the zerg must attack the scv manually
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Who won between qxc and violet? The results aren't updated.
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On May 11 2012 11:03 bahunto28 wrote:
what was that hold position trick they were talking about?
You block your ranged units (marines in this case... in most cases actually) with your workers and spam "stop" on your workers. The attacking units then must be manually directed to attack each worker, amove doesn't work.
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Germany2153 Posts
I hope we get to see steppes of war in this series.
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On May 11 2012 11:04 mcmartini wrote:
Who won between qxc and violet? The results aren't updated.
QXC won 3-2.
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hilarious games between sleep and illusion, chatting with each other a lot :D
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Arrested Development reference!
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Great series into goofy series. TT but still entertaining.
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Reaper, hellions and cloaked banshees. Wow.
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Yeah! He did it! Into the finals!
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Surprise, surprise. Ye Olde Map Tournament ends with a TvT final.
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I have to say, Illusion really played "in the spirit" of the tournament, well done XD
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On May 11 2012 11:33 tomatriedes wrote:
Surprise, surprise. Ye Olde Map Tournament ends with a TvT final.
^^ this haha. the old maps were not exactly.... balanced...
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I can't believe people picked against qxc in this match up.
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sick series =] Quantic.BitByBit fighting!!! :D
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I've been watching since beta and this is truly one of the most entertaining online tournaments I've seen. Seeing new builds/meta on the old maps has kept a smile on my face all night. Well done fellas.
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On May 11 2012 11:35 cmcaneff5502 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 11:33 tomatriedes wrote:
Surprise, surprise. Ye Olde Map Tournament ends with a TvT final. ^^ this haha. the old maps were not exactly.... balanced...
Not quite... now if they played with "patch 1.0" mode somehow, that would have been interesting.
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On May 11 2012 11:38 AysiktiriX wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 11:35 cmcaneff5502 wrote:On May 11 2012 11:33 tomatriedes wrote:
Surprise, surprise. Ye Olde Map Tournament ends with a TvT final. ^^ this haha. the old maps were not exactly.... balanced... Not quite... now if they played with "patch 1.0" mode somehow, that would have been interesting.
Well, interesting if you like TvT.
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Fun games, thanks for the tournament!
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so much imba in the maps, but was fun to watch
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Thank you IPL for funding my Terran brothers
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So, the rebroadcast is a lie?
Edit: ah crap, you haven't updated the TL calendar, so it still shows it starting at 16:30 GMT (+00:00).
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Starts in 14 minutes... I submitted to the calendar for the old time by force of habit. x.x Hopefully the calendar item will still be there when we turn it on!
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