Format

This single-elimination tournament features 26 teams from around the world and is an All-Kill team format. This match is being played for Ro8. The first team to defeat everyone on the opposing team's roster (5 wins, or a best of 9), will move on to the Contender Division, while the loser will be eliminated. Keep in mind that the top 4 teams of this bracket will graduate into the IPTL Contender Division next season!

ROOT Gaming
CatZ
Drewbie
Fayth
Fitzyhere
KiWiKaKi
ToD
MajOr
MaSa
puCK
RotterdaM
SLush
TT1
ViBE

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LighT
Binski
Caliber
LefNaij
KawaiiRice
KnighT
RockEr
SeoHyeon
Sson
StarDust
Stalife
Heavens

The First Game of the IPTL Amateur Division is on Tuesday, Sep 04 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Poll: Who Will Win?!

ROOT Gaming (26)

68%

LighT (12)

32%

38 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): LighT
(Vote): ROOT Gaming

Results!

+ Show Spoiler [ROOT vs LighT Results] +

Slush < Daybreak > SSon
Slush < Entombed Valley > Kawaii
Slush < Metropolis > Caliber
Slush < Antiga Shipyard > SeoHyun
MaSa < Whirlwind > SeoHyun
MaSa < Atlantis Spaceship > binski
ROOT wins 5-1! They move on to the Contender Division, and LighT has been eliminated!

Map List

IPLMap Khaydaria
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Whirlwind
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley

The first map will be on a set rotation, and then it is loser's pick.

Casters

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Devise

Canada1131 Posts

September 04 2012 21:19 GMT

Should be fun, too bad light no longer has Golden

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

September 04 2012 21:21 GMT

I think root has the slight edge with major, tod, puck, masa and vibe and without zergs to make tod insta tilt and get sniped that goes in root's favour but light certainly has a good shot with binksi, kawaii, SeoHyeon and stalife.
But let's go with OMFG ELEPHANT and say sson all kills lolololol.

Kyhol

Canada2575 Posts

September 04 2012 21:22 GMT

Best of luck LighT. Get 'em fellas.

zeratul_jf

United States808 Posts

September 04 2012 21:29 GMT

I wanna see rotterdam play since he joined a team just for the specific reason of playing for them in a team league. Lets hope he gets to play.

SilSol

Sweden2744 Posts

September 04 2012 21:32 GMT

This might be very interesting tho!! gl to both teams since both of them have good players!

Talionis

Scotland4085 Posts

September 04 2012 21:37 GMT

I hope to see a good amount of Stardustu ^^

nath

United States1788 Posts

September 04 2012 21:40 GMT

major + tod imo push this in favor of root on paper. now that i think about it though, i havent seen most of the guys from both teams playing in a while, so i have no idea

caliber is more solid than people give him credit for, and kawaii could win his match. add in light's dark horse unknown koreans and they could win

paradoxOO9

United Kingdom1123 Posts

September 04 2012 21:47 GMT

I can see ROOT winning this, but only just. It will be close.

TheDougler

Canada8323 Posts

September 04 2012 21:49 GMT

#10

Woh shit! This is a good matchup. I'll give root the edge here with Vibe, Major or Tod closing it out.

Xeris runs team Light correct?

Edit: Ouch, Gosu vs FXO Europe is happening earlier in the bracket than most would have liked. But that's the way she goes. Sometimes she goes sometimes she doesn't this time that's the way she goes.

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

September 04 2012 21:58 GMT

#11

This should be a real battle, but with Sson and SeoHyeon, I'm picking LighT. Calibre, binski, Kawaii, Heavens, and JF is a fine line as well that could probably take on MajOr, ToD, ViBE anyway.

TheDougler

Canada8323 Posts

September 04 2012 22:04 GMT

#12

On September 05 2012 06:58 tree.hugger wrote:
This should be a real battle, but with Sson and SeoHyeon, I'm picking LighT. Calibre, binski, Kawaii, Heavens, and JF is a fine line as well that could probably take on MajOr, ToD, ViBE anyway.

OH MY GOD I GET IT! THAT'S THE LORAX. HE SPEAKS FOR THE TREES.

Sorry. Been on these forums for a while and my brain just exploded.

On topic though, you serious tree-hugger? I mean sure, generally I agree that random korean X is better than famous American Y... but the American champion, ToD, and Major? Those are no slouches.

Then again, I know nothing about Sson and SeoHyeon. Just how good are they?

Megiddosc

United States966 Posts

September 04 2012 22:06 GMT

#13

I want to see MaSa in action in this team league. He was the one who stomped pretty much all of ROOT in the Battle Royales and I believe he'll be in the next NASL as well. He's gotta be really good and is honestly the only one I don't particularly know too well.

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

September 04 2012 22:15 GMT

#14

On September 05 2012 07:04 TheDougler wrote:

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Then again, I know nothing about Sson and SeoHyeon. Just how good are they?

SeoHyeon beat thorzain in ESEA. Make of it what you will.