Group A Schedule: Liquid vs EG: September 11
SlayerS vs MVP: September 18
Liquid vs MVP: September 25
SlayerS vs EG: October 2
SlayerS vs Liquid: October 9
MVP vs EG: October 16

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When: Tuesday, Oct 09 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Format

Premier Division Group A is made up of four teams: Team Liquid, SlayerS, MVP, and Evil Geniuses. Group B contains LG-Incredible Miracle, StarTale, Prime, and TSL. 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 in a playoff for the $9,000 first prize!

SlayerS
Alicia
Brown
Cella
CoCa
Genius
Min
Miya
MMA
Puzzle
Ryung
YugiOh
Eve
Dark
KDY
Arthur
Miso

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Team Liquid
TaeJa
Sea
Zenio
HerO
TLO
Ret
Sheth
NonY

The First Game of the IPTL Premier Division Group A is on Tuesday, Oct 09 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Poll: Who will win?

SlayerS (29)

53%

Team Liquid (26)

47%

55 total votes

Your vote: Who will win?

(Vote): Team Liquid
(Vote): SlayerS

Results!

+ Show Spoiler [Liquid vs SlayerS Results] +

HerO < Daybreak > Dark
Taeja < Ohana > Dark
Zenio < Antiga Shipyard > Dark
Zenio < Cloud Kingdom > Brown
Sheth < Metropolis > Brown
TLO < Entombed Valley > Brown

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.

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Kznn

Brazil9072 Posts

October 09 2012 18:03 GMT

GO LIQUID!

mijellin

China740 Posts

October 09 2012 18:03 GMT

I'm likin' the new TeamLiquid roster. Gone are the days of "Team Taeja". I've seen every one of those guys show good games in team/individual matches. What a group effort.

Oh wait...

xXFireandIceXx

Canada4296 Posts

October 09 2012 18:07 GMT

wait isn't liquid technically out of contention regardless?

mijellin

China740 Posts

October 09 2012 18:09 GMT

Liquid has to win and EG has to win over MVP. Then EG is in first and the rest are in 3way tie for second.

At least I think that's right. Somebody correct me if necessary.

Toozxious

4 Posts

October 09 2012 18:14 GMT

Yeah they are, but I think mapscore will count before that, so besides what you said they also need better mapscore than Slayers and MVP

mijellin

China740 Posts

October 09 2012 18:19 GMT

So TL has to win at LEAST 5-3, which would put them at 12-13

And then MVP would have to lose by a score of 2-5 or worse. 3-5 puts them at 12-13, tied with TL, at which point I assume it goes to head to head?

HotGlueGun

United States1409 Posts

October 09 2012 18:23 GMT

If TL wins their map score will be 12 wins and 10+X loses depending on how many games they drop today, and Slayers will have at best a map score of 10-14 (assuming they lose 4-5). TL also needs EG to win next week by a decent margin (5-3 or 5-2) to get second place. I wouldn't be surprised if TL opens with Taeja or Hero.

tl:dr TL must win this match by a large margin and hope EG wins next week to advance from the group.
P.S If TL wins today EG will get top 2 in the group even if they lose next week vs MVP (so go TL!).

HotGlueGun

United States1409 Posts

October 09 2012 18:24 GMT

I'd be very surprised if TL actually decides to throw out a foreigner in this match considering the importance of map score.

mijellin

China740 Posts

October 09 2012 18:30 GMT

#10

For all intents and purposes, they have more Koreans than foreigners at this point.

skyflyfish

Canada499 Posts

October 09 2012 18:34 GMT

#11

I guess bye bye slayers and TL, see you next season

TheDougler

Canada8307 Posts

October 09 2012 18:40 GMT

#12

This match is huge. If Liquid wins by a good margin then they can still make it to the playoffs if EG beats MVP by 5-2 or better. It's a long shot but EG is tearing up this league so we'll see.

Edit: Calling it now: Hero all-kill incoming.

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

October 09 2012 18:41 GMT

#13

Tbh I can't favour zombie slayers vs most teams (Except hoseo) I think TL's 4 Koreans should be able to defeat zombie slayers unless ryung, mma, genius and alicia decide to really put it together or perhaps the return of coca from illness (Don't think puzzle can recover in time sadly)

PhoenixVoid

Canada32747 Posts

October 09 2012 19:45 GMT

#14

I doubt SlayerS can win this even if they send their A-team. The Liquid Koreans are looking better and better, while SlayerS slowly declines further and further.

Liquid 5-1 SlayerS
(Or if SlayerS gives it their all, Liquid 5-3 :p)

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

October 09 2012 19:47 GMT

#15

On October 10 2012 03:24 HotGlueGun wrote:
I'd be very surprised if TL actually decides to throw out a foreigner in this match considering the importance of map score.

They only have 4 koreans...

TheDougler

Canada8307 Posts

October 09 2012 19:50 GMT

#16

On October 10 2012 04:47 The_Templar wrote:

Show nested quote +

They only have 4 koreans...

And they played this match before Sea was an official member, according to the liquidpro write-up.

Nevertheless I'm sure HotGlueGun is predicting a Hero All-Kill which I wholeheartedly agree with.