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The time has come for the Contender group matches of the IGN Pro Team League!
Group B Schedule: NSHoSeo vs Empire - September 14
Karont3 vs Dignitas - September 21
NSHoSeo vs Dignitas - September 28
Karont3 vs Empire - October 5
Empire vs Dignitas - October 12
Karont3 vs NSHoSeo - October 19
When: Friday, Sep 28 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)
Format
Contender Division Group A is made up of four teams: Acer, aTn Type, compLexity, and FXO. Group B contains NSHoSeo, Empire, Karont3, and Dignitas. Both groups will play round robin against each other team in their group. When group stages are over, the top two teams from each Group will play against the bottom two from each Premier Group for a chance to enter that division! The bottom 2 teams from each Contender Group automatically fall to the Amateur Division and their spots are taken by our top performing Amateur teams.
![[image loading]](http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7158/dignitasicon.png) DignitasApollo Bischu BlinG DreAm JonnyREcco KiLLeR merz SeleCT ![[image loading]](http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/922/nshsicon.png) NSHoSeoTassadar jjakji Seal Sculp Brave SalvatioN
The First Game of the IPTL Contender Division Group B is on Friday, Sep 28 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)
Poll: Who Will Win?!NSHoSeo (18) 72% Dignitas (7) 28% 25 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): Dignitas
(Vote): NSHoSeo
Results!+ Show Spoiler [Dignitas vs NSHoSeo Results] +JonnyREcco < Khaydaria > Brave
JonnyREcco < Ohana > Salvation
JonnyREcco < Entombed Valley > Tassadar
JonnyREcco < Antiga Shipyard > Sculp
JonnyREcco < Cloud Kingdom > Jjakji
Bischu < Metropolis > Jjakji
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
Today's games will be commentated by AskJoshy and Frank Fields!
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
NSH roster is so small  But I still think they will take it 
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quality > quantity my friend! For once, I don't think it will be clean sweep for nshoseo.. 5-2 nshoseo.
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Lets see if Dignitas can beat the worst GSTL team...
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
On September 29 2012 06:37 ibo422 wrote:
quality > quantity my friend! For once, I don't think it will be clean sweep for nshoseo.. 5-2 nshoseo.
Yeah I know hahaha Just seems kinda sad that their roster is so small hope they can bounce back
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Looking forward to watching Salvation play again
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I have to go with NSHS, but it is really depending on how their playing.
It might be closer than usual, but I don't expect Dignitas to take more than 3 games.
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United States97276 Posts
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I hope NSH has a good showing and gain more confidence as they move forward.
NSH fighting!
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One of the few times I'm rooting for Koreans over foreigners.
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That went poorly for Brave.
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It seems like brave might have been affected by cross-server lag. All his ability usage seemed delayed by half a second.
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Kinda the worst GSTL team against the worse big european team.
Nothing against dignitas tho. I just feel their sc2 departement has always been a bit weaker than expected.
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Did salvatioN forget combat shields?
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Looking pretty good for Dignitas so far. Go JonnyRecco!
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go tassadaaaar! king of cheese.
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JRECCO! What a beast he is.
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DTs into 7 gate blink, I love tassadar
But then he goes ahead and takes a third...
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I don't understand why Tassadar don't focus down the hatcheries when he does these warp prism harass
His zealots / dts just wander and don't kill anything usefull
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lol his voids were attacking Overlords while corrupters killed the voids.
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I have a bad feeling JonnyRecco is gunna all kill :/
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Lol JRecco looking good for g3.
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Pretty sure the obs just missed all of JRecco's infestors getting killed.
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On September 29 2012 09:08 Doubting wrote:
I have a bad feeling JonnyRecco is gunna all kill :/
Jjakji is still here.. But TvZ can be dicy so.. yeah.
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On September 29 2012 09:09 Noocta wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2012 09:08 Doubting wrote:
I have a bad feeling JonnyRecco is gunna all kill :/ Jjakji is still here.. But TvZ can be dicy so.. yeah.
Let's give Sculp a chance. But yes, we need to post that jjakji image with the world on his shoulders. 
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JRecco starting to make me regret my predicition....
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Hoseo has fallen so far, in the process of getting AK'd by JohhnyRecco =/
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Impressive run so far by the brit.
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Sculp.... that's a face palm rush
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On September 29 2012 09:13 PeaCeR wrote:
patchzergs...
I don't believe in patch Zergs but if there were path Zergs he would be one of them...
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I really didn't think Jonnyrecco would do this good against all these koreans. He might even take down a 4th one. Would be nice to see Dignitas do well again
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Haha! England! England! England! 
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Wow. It's depressing seeing NSH look like this.
Sculp with a bad 2 rax, then no vikings.
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Somebody get the jjakji carrying the world on his back picture.
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On September 29 2012 09:19 Doubting wrote:I don't believe in patch Zergs but if there were path Zergs he would be one of them...
Man its so frustrating to see these guys do the SAME thing every game in ZvT also in ZvP, so one dimensional players.
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I want a JREcco all-kill sooooo fucking bad right now. How badass would that be?
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United Kingdom38257 Posts
On September 29 2012 09:36 Falconblade wrote:
I want a JREcco all-kill sooooo fucking bad right now. How badass would that be?
It would make me cry tears of blood
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Johnny should be proud of himself.. beating tassadar and sculp, thats a notable achievement.
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On September 29 2012 09:37 Asha` wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2012 09:36 Falconblade wrote:
I want a JREcco all-kill sooooo fucking bad right now. How badass would that be? It would make me cry tears of blood
Meh, I have little love for upholding the primacy of deteriorating Korean teams.
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Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he?
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What the fuck is going on with Seal anyway, did he leave or retire, too, or what? In which world could he be any worse than the first three players they sent out? The state of NSHoSeo depresses me.
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Disappointing Banshee considering how little JRecco had to deal with it.
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On September 29 2012 09:40 Dexington wrote:
Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he?
He's actually completely out of the GSL now.
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On September 29 2012 09:40 Dexington wrote:
Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he?
He didn't do that bad. Floated in Code S/A, kept raking in kills for NSHS, won a couple things and qualified/did well in qualifiers for others. He was tied second-best terran in GTSL during zerg-season.
It's just hard to do that well when your team is dying around you and you are not sent anywhere. T_T
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United States15275 Posts
So...good games so far or what?
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I refuse to see Jumanji losing TT
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United Kingdom38257 Posts
Stomped
I don't think i can justify staying up to see if Jjakji can reverse AK though since I'll be sad if he loses but too tired if he does
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Well, at least jjakji saved NSHS from total embarrassment. Still a huge mountain for jjakji to climb though.
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Jjakji making it look easy
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GJ jjakji!
But can't ignore what JRecco did. Definitly wasn't expecting it.
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Anything else would've made me turn off my PC.
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Really nice mech play from Jjakji, let's see how far he can go now.
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reverse all-kill incoming.
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This is one of the problems with having a 5 man lineup. The other team knows EXACTLY who's coming out and can prepare for each of the players and how they'll defeat them. Even having a sixth man allows you the flexibility to avoid using a player too easily countered. Poor Hoseo.
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Jjakji made it look like Johnny didn't belong in the same universe, let alone the same game. Damn.
Gogogogogogogo Team Jjakji!
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Alright he's back to being Scottish then. Well done nonetheless.
+ Show Spoiler +
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Not looking good for jjakji.
Noooooooo NSHS
This is depressing seeing such a great team like NSHS fall so flat like this.
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These casters are really terrible. It's unfortunate, as IPL had such a great casting crew for so long, with Doa and Cats Pajamas being the notable ones and HD/Painuser being alright. Now, this new guy (don't know his name) and Joshy say many flat-out wrong things ("So many infestors died right there!" when two died), and more just boring, we-can-see-that-you-don't-need-to-say-it-again statements, like, "The supply is now/has been/always is/is changed to favoring X").
I realize I just tuned in to a heavily disadvantaged johnny recco and it's difficult to commentate games when someone is trying to come back, but when I stop expecting quality from IPL, it stops being fun to watch it.
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Was a good read by Bischu to throw down a Robo the second he saw how few Marines Jjakjji had.
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United Kingdom38257 Posts
Aaaand the b/o loss
lol =___=
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United States97276 Posts
aw man pretty surprised :/. Grats to dignitas and nice 4 kills from jrecco
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United States15275 Posts
This was the poorest set of games I've seen in a long time.
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Well, Asha, save some space in your corner for me when you go to cry there.
Good job by Dignitas, JohnnyRecco showing his worth. NSHS freefalling. T_T
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Woah, sick result for Dignitas. gg Bischu! :D
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I feel so dumb now
Dignitas proved me wrong.
NSHS.... What's going on!?!
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Lol NSHS, what happened to you.
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Jonnyrecco so close to all-kill Bischu finishing of Jjakji. Quite lack luster game by Jjakji, congratulation Dignitas you might still get to premier division
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doomsday is in the near future!!
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I'm not even mad, it's just sad.
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Honestly IPL please work with your casters... Frank Fields seriously needs to learn how to talk on Camera (hint monotone is not it)....
I just started to watch while Sculp got killed, but it seems Dignitas deserved that win. jjakji was cutting quite a few corners in the last game (bunker on lowground immediatly, only 5 marines). Guess he felt a bit too safe after scouting the fast nexus.
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USA29055 Posts
jonnyrecco is an absolute boossssssssssssss
Shit he played so well!
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I like these casters, they are such a laid back and chill duo. Thanks for the games. ^_^
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Wow congrats to jr for playing like a super human right now. Total beast it took jjakji to win.
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On September 29 2012 09:40 Dexington wrote:
Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he?
Can't agree more- even when he won the GSL, he got the luckiest series of events to get to the finals, yet EVERY SINGLE ipl caster seems to things hes da bomb. Heck, hes not even in the GSL anymore.
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Bad casters ¬.¬
NSHS are one step closer to disbanding after this humiliation.
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On September 29 2012 10:36 Walnuts wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2012 09:40 Dexington wrote:
Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he? Can't agree more- even when he won the GSL, he got the luckiest series of events to get to the finals, yet EVERY SINGLE ipl caster seems to things hes da bomb. Heck, hes not even in the GSL anymore.
He was lucky with his GSL win and very unlucky falling out of GSL now.
He is still a top player (not top10, more like top30). He was one of the best players in last GSTL and also was 4-2 in the actual GSTL (where NsHoseo didnt make it far). He also beat Taeja in WCG.
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Wow. Congrats to Dignitas, especially JonnyRecco obviously. Very impressive.
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5-1? Johnnyreco beat them?? Wow. Hoseo is in BIg trouble. They have nobody in GSL, they're out of GSTL and they're losing to midlevel foreigner teams in other teamleagues. Not good. At least Jjakji was able to take a game.
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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On September 29 2012 10:36 Walnuts wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2012 09:40 Dexington wrote:
Why do all the IPL casters seem to want Jjakji in bed? He's pretty much fallen off after his GSL win, hasn't he? Can't agree more- even when he won the GSL, he got the luckiest series of events to get to the finals, yet EVERY SINGLE ipl caster seems to things hes da bomb. Heck, hes not even in the GSL anymore.
Jjakji won a GSL. That's a title that you can't write off as lucky. He crushed Oz and Puzzle (went 6-0, if my memory doesn't fail me, which is sick). In the finals, he played a tremendous TvZ series against Leenock, who had just beaten MVP on two previous occasions.
Jjakji is damn good, and he's basically carrying an entire team on his shoulders now. Don't forget he's like 18 years old and has all this pressure.
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jjakji always shows that he's the best player on his team in team leagues
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On September 29 2012 12:39 ThePlayer33 wrote:
jjakji always shows that he's the best player on his team in team leagues
Sadly, that's only good enough for one game off Dignitas.
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On September 29 2012 12:39 ThePlayer33 wrote:
jjakji always shows that he's the best player on his team in team leagues
Shame that he loves hoseo too much to leave them. I guess they helped him prepare wins for this gale win.
Jjakji should just leave nshs and join a good foreign team or like MVP or something.
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On September 29 2012 12:44 brokenLoL wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2012 12:39 ThePlayer33 wrote:
jjakji always shows that he's the best player on his team in team leagues Shame that he loves hoseo too much to leave them. I guess they helped him prepare wins for this gale win. Jjakji should just leave nshs and join a good foreign team or like MVP or something.
EG Jjakji has a nice sound to it
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Wow, Jonnyrecco..really impressive.
Really hope NSHS can pull it together soon
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I feel so sorry for Jjakji...
I know that he's no longer a top-tier Terran anymore, and he's probably not even in the top 25 player range, but I just love watching him play, and I can't help but feel that if he got into a team with better training partners or a foreign team that can send him to more events, he would be so much better
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On September 29 2012 11:08 Havik_ wrote:
5-1? Johnnyreco beat them?? Wow. Hoseo is in BIg trouble. They have nobody in GSL, they're out of GSTL and they're losing to midlevel foreigner teams in other teamleagues. Not good. At least Jjakji was able to take a game.
Yeah they have looked bad in GSTL but getting stomped like this by a foreign zerg is pretty terrible. I don't see how they recover from their current state really.
I would say Prime should absorb them to gain a little extra depth but NSHS really doesn't even offer them much. If Seal (don't actually know the story with him, but I don't think he has shown up to anything recently) and Freaky were still around then it might be a different story but Prime doesn't really need another (inconsistent) Terran in Jjakji and a bunch of B-teamers, even if it means picking up future TvZ bonjwa Sculp. >_>
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
to be honest i would say prime's not really in that good of a financial position - i have no idea how their clothing store is going, but i expect it isn't as large as like, ASOS or something haha. ttesports and ocz seem to be fairly small-scale sponsors (ie not title-sponsors). so i'm not sure if prime can really afford to absorb a team, haha (all their recent talent are really really young, home-developed players; byun is the only player i can really think of who had results before joining prime)
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