EPTIPL6 Heart of the Swarm Open Bracket - Page 2
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On February 02 2013 05:49 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So excited to play again after playing at IPL4. :D Thanks IGN! I am excited to play in my first major LAN. Can't wait :D | ||
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hellokittySC2
United States395 Posts
On February 02 2013 07:45 blade55555 wrote: I am excited to play in my first major LAN. Can't wait :D hopefully you aren't as bm as you seemed online ^.^ see you there blade  | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On February 02 2013 12:03 hellokittySC2 wrote: hopefully you aren't as bm as you seemed online ^.^ see you there blade It's not like I am that bad sometimes just leave with a rage comment :D. also if everyone was as mean as they were online I would never go to an event in fear of my life :D see you there ^^. | ||
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vthree
Hong Kong8039 Posts
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Shew
United States460 Posts
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Skyling
United States76 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On February 02 2013 13:25 Shew wrote: So the entire HotS tournament will take place on 1 day? I assumed that was just the open bracket? But I guess I wouldn't be to surprised if it was only one day. | ||
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ROOTdrewbie
Canada1392 Posts
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number01
203 Posts
On February 02 2013 03:41 IGNProLeague wrote: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yRfNe.png) There has been much dismay about a lack of Open Brackets in the StarCraft II scene and in the eSports scene in general losing it's openness. At IPL we value underdog and breakout stories; obviously Scarlett got her break out performance at IPL4 and has since blossomed into the best North American player. Such success stories are why we still hold online qualifiers, and have plans to for the forseeable future. We are pleased to announce our Open Qualifier for the Heart of the Swarm Invitational at IPL6. North American Online Qualifier 12:00 PM PST February 20th 2013 Signup European Online Qualifier 15:00 CET February 20th 2013 Signup Korean Online Qualifier 15:00 KST February 21st 2013 Signup Heart of the Swarm Live Open Bracket 10:00 AM PST March 29 2013 at IPL6 Signup The Map Pool for these events are still TBD. Let us know what you want in the comments below. The winner of each Online Qualifier will receive flight and hotel to compete at IPL6 in the Heart of the Swarm Invitational. The top 4 players of the Heart of the Swarm Live Open Bracket will receive spots in the Heart of the Swarm Invitational. We are also here to announce additional information on IPL6: Prize Pool for Wings of Liberty: $75,000 1st - $32,000 2nd - $16,000 3rd - $9,000 4th - $5,000 5th / 6th - $3,000 7th / 8th - $2,000 9th - 12th - $1,000 13th - 16th - $500 17th - 24th - $250 Prize Pool for Heart of the Swarm: $25,000 1st - $12,000 2nd - $6,000 3rd / 4th - $2,500 5th - 8th - $500 If you have any questions, feel free to send them to aharris@ign.com or ffields@ign.com, or post them in the comments below. This is what I wanted to watch. GOOD RIDDANCE MLG!! I will be watching IPL from now on! and btw The customer is always right  | ||
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Rowrin
United States280 Posts
On February 02 2013 16:27 number01 wrote: This is what I wanted to watch. GOOD RIDDANCE MLG!! I will be watching IPL from now on! and btw The customer is always right Weeell technically IPL removed their open bracket first with IPL5, now MLG is doing it. The difference though is IPL replaced the open bracket with open online qualifiers so that the main event could be more streamlined and organized and (from what I can gather) MLG is just doing invites. I kinda have mixed feelings about the whole open bracket vs open online qualifiers. From a spectators perspective at IPL5, the online qualifiers really helped keep the focus on the stage events, and imo it was a much better event. From IPL4 you had a lot of cool players and teams in the open bracket, but it made the event confusing. Most of the popular players were in the open bracket so you had this weird thing where the stage games were going on, but people were watching the games in the open bracket room etc. IMO, as much as everyone loves open brackets, I think the open online qualifiers were the right way to go (at least for the main event) unless an open bracket can be done in a way that doesn't create a logistical nightmare. I am somewhat interested as to why IPL is doing a minor step-back by adding the Open-bracket for the HoTS event. It could be a jab at MLG to gain more viewers/support, or it could be that since it is a smalle/side event it is easier to manage, or it could just be the easiest way to put players in the event without having to schedule too many online qualifiers on top the the WoL qualifiers. Either way, it will be nice to have a small open bracket and see who shows up. Though I wonder what IPL will do with IPL 7&8 now, if they go back to the purely open online or stick with the partial open online, partial open live. | ||
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dustinth
China205 Posts
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Shew
United States460 Posts
On February 02 2013 13:41 blade55555 wrote: I assumed that was just the open bracket? But I guess I wouldn't be to surprised if it was only one day. I thought the open bracket WAS the tournament? what else would there be | ||
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DiMano
Korea (South)2066 Posts
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:04 Shew wrote: I thought the open bracket WAS the tournament? what else would there be The top 4 from the open bracket move into the 8 man HotS main tournament, which I assume takes place on Saturday or Sunday. The other 4 slots come from the 3 online qualifiers, and 1 unknown spot. That's what I've gathered so far. | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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Prplppleatr
United States1518 Posts
PS. told you i would get tickets, goliath jk | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On February 04 2013 05:45 blade55555 wrote: I am curious for the online qualifiers is it anybody no matter the region can play? Example would be could koreans/europeans play in the NA qualifier? because theres only ONE server i am curious too, if so, 3 koreans win | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On February 04 2013 19:46 CoR wrote: because theres only ONE server i am curious too, if so, 3 koreans win If anyone can play in all the qualifiers I would play in the korean one since that's like the only one I can play in lol ^^. | ||
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Glon
United States569 Posts
Great to see skill valued over a popularity contest. I'm assuming that there will be an 8 person live invite-only part - 4 from these, 4 from open bracket? | ||
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