As the 2013 IPTL Season 1 steams ahead for it's finish, it's time for IPL to bring you the Playoffs and Up & Down matches to both determine the winner and who earns the $9,000 in prize money and who will move down to Contender, and who will ascend to Premier. The winners of the playoff matches will also receive 6 seeds into the WoL Main Bracket and paid trips to IPL 6!.

Playoff Schedule:
EG v LG-IM: February 26th
StarTale v MVP: March 5th

Up & Down Schedule:
Team Liquid v NsHoSeo: February 19th
ROOT v FXO: February 20th
coL v Prime: February 21st
Acer v Karont3: February 28th

IGN Pro Team League General Discussion

Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2013_IGN_Pro_Team_League_Season_1

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When: Wednesday, Feb 20 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Format

MVP, StarTale, EG and LG-IM will remain in Premier Division. The winners of NsHoseo v Team Liquid, ROOT v FXO, compLexity v Prime and Acer v Karon3 will join them. Stay tuned for more announcements about the 2013 IPTL Season 2.

The playoff teams battle for the $9,000 and a trip to IPL 6. Here is the prize distribution:

Premier Playoff Teams:
1st - $9,000
2nd - $4,000
3rd - $2,000
4th - $2,000

Premier Teams:
5th - $1,000
6th - $1,000
7th - $1,000
8th - $1,000

Contender Teams:
9th - $250
10th - $250
11th - $250
12th - $250

Team Liquid
TaeJa
Zenio
HerO
TLO
Ret
Sheth
Snute
NonY

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NSHoSeo
Tassadar
jjakji
Brave
SalvatioN
KySarr
Tible
MadBull
SSanaEE

The Final Game of the IPTL Up & Downs is on Wednesday, Feb 20 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Poll: Who will win?

Team Liquid (21)

64%

NsHoSeo (12)

36%

33 total votes

Your vote: Who will win?

(Vote): NsHoSeo
(Vote): Team Liquid

Results!

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TLO < Ohana > Brave
HerO < Cloud Kingdom > Brave
HerO < Entombed Valley > Jjakji
HerO < Daybreak > Madbull
HerO < Whirlwind > Tassadar
Snute < Abyssal City > Tassadar
Snute < Antiga Shipyard > Salvation

Liquid remains in Premier!

Map List

IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Whirlwind
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley
**Abyssal City**

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

Casters

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Bagration

United States18282 Posts

February 19 2013 20:27 GMT

Go NSHoseo! This is definitely a team that I would like to see in the Premier division. I just hope that they haven't practiced too much HotS to a point where their WoL has become rusty.

Inzan1ty

1163 Posts

February 19 2013 20:31 GMT

I can see Liquid take it, given that its WoL and both HerO and TaeJa are available

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

February 19 2013 21:26 GMT

i think TL might well take this, if NSH really has been playing a lot of HotS

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

February 19 2013 21:40 GMT

Hopefully one of the starters all-kill. I would love to see the LR thread for that. XD

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 19 2013 21:40 GMT

Go HoSeo! Brave all-kill!

magicallypuzzled

United States588 Posts

February 19 2013 22:26 GMT

don't care much for either of these teams they're both rivals as far as I am concerned but I suppose I like team liquid a little better then the other. so go hero all kill.

Elite_

United States4259 Posts

February 19 2013 23:19 GMT

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NSH practicing HotS + Liquid (HerO and TaeJa) practicing WoL = ???

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The games were played 2 weeks ago and HerO wasn't streaming HotS then. Don't argue.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 19 2013 23:28 GMT

On February 20 2013 08:19 Elite_ wrote:
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NSH practicing HotS + Liquid (HerO and TaeJa) practicing WoL = ???

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The games were played 2 weeks ago and HerO wasn't streaming HotS then. Don't argue. https://twitter.com/LiquidZenio/status/298806425172451328

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OMG TLO didn't all-kill, what a surprise

DODswe4

Sweden2157 Posts

February 19 2013 23:59 GMT

#10

go TL stay in premier division.
dunno how much hots the different players have been playing... might be a difficult match up without us really knowing

Elite_

United States4259 Posts

February 20 2013 00:09 GMT

#11

Is Kevin saying 10 teams in next season's Premier division on purpose?

I haven't seen an announcement of a change from 8 to 10 teams yet...

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 20 2013 00:12 GMT

#12

On February 20 2013 09:09 Elite_ wrote:
Is Kevin saying 10 teams in next season's Premier division on purpose?

I haven't seen an announcement of a change from 8 to 10 teams yet...

Look here.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/18ueiv/iptl_expands_premier_and_contender_to_10_teams/

DODswe4

Sweden2157 Posts

February 20 2013 00:13 GMT

#13

On February 20 2013 09:09 Elite_ wrote:
Is Kevin saying 10 teams in next season's Premier division on purpose?

I haven't seen an announcement of a change from 8 to 10 teams yet...

sounded like the loser would get a second chance so 10teams I think?

what an terrible attack from TLO