Such a sick format! Isn't this exactly what they were talking about on Inside the Game yesterday? I'm sure this will be great and we will see some upsets in the up and downs between seasons :D

Mekare

Germany393 Posts

May 16 2012 09:05 GMT

#83

Really nice to see these changes! This sounds like it's going to be loads of fun. I'm looking forward to watching

Heathen

Philippines351 Posts

May 16 2012 09:07 GMT

#84

Interesting So many leagues though. And KESPA joining in the Fun

ParkwayDrive

United States328 Posts

May 16 2012 09:07 GMT

#85

taking cue from soccer and using promotion/relegation, awesome.....and then once a year you should have a massive FA cup style tournament where every team has a shot

this has the potential to be absolutely amazing and scene changing

JOJOsc2news

3000 Posts

May 16 2012 09:28 GMT

#86

This is great!
Love the format.

Glurkenspurk

United States1915 Posts

May 16 2012 11:13 GMT

#87

I love anything that allows "up and coming" (I hate that term) teams to participate in big leagues. Lots of smaller NA teams with sick good members that would do super well in any team leagues.

BigLighthouse

United Kingdom424 Posts

May 16 2012 11:51 GMT

#88

Well I think its a step in the right direction BUT a few issues:

The way the round robins in the premier division are going to play out seems very very very strange given that 3 teams are advancing to the playoffs out of four. Match 5 is a match that serves no purpose if im following this correctly. Both teams in match 5 will already have secured a playoff place and neither of them will be able to secure the top seed in their group. If im imagining the playoff situation correctly (top seeds skip into ro4?) then the teams in match 5 are just battling for which quarter final theyr in which is sort of pointless.

Also, and this is more personal preference, I dont like that you have up/downs to get into the premier from challenge. Give some credit to the challenge teams and just put them straight in. Its a good way to get some fresh faces into the premier league and you arnt going to miss the guys that just got beat down in premier.

mrgauva

Vietnam134 Posts

May 16 2012 12:29 GMT

#89

look like same as Code S' fomat

Escape

Canada306 Posts

May 16 2012 13:20 GMT

#90

I am actually excited to see this. It reflects what the some of the real-life sport leagues do. Very nice IPL.

Apollo_Shards

1210 Posts

May 16 2012 13:53 GMT

#91

This is amazing, seems even worthy of being the GSTL outside of Korea.

YourGoodFriend

United States2197 Posts

May 16 2012 14:31 GMT

#92

I love team leagues

makes me so happy

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

May 16 2012 14:39 GMT

#93

If this works out, I think I'll like it more than the previous format.

Crownlol

United States3726 Posts

May 16 2012 15:17 GMT

#94

Whoa. This is like a mixture of CAL and GSL. Fucking awesome, IGN continues to be on the bleeding edge of innovation with IPL, and MLG isn't far behind.

I love to see Western eSports exploding, I just hope IGN and MLG see themselves as partners in the marketplace and not as competitors- they share the same viewerbase, but there's enough room for both!

tofucake

Hyrule19086 Posts

May 16 2012 15:46 GMT

#95

As much as I love these changes, all of these new leagues and leagues changing names and formats and being run every third sunday of the month but only if it's an odd date or within 3 days of a full moon is cluttering up Liquipedia
/rant

I can't wait to see how this turns out. I really hope it works as well as it looks like it should :D

Kznn

Brazil9072 Posts

May 16 2012 16:07 GMT

#96

fantasy IPTL PLEASE.

Firenza

United States51 Posts

May 16 2012 17:00 GMT

#97

I didn't even notice the problem with the pointless Match 5, but that's a great point.

I really like the divisional format, and this is all a step in the right direction. BUT. It seems there's a lot that needs to be worked out with the promotion/demotion between the leagues. As it stands, premier league will barely change. Only two teams drop down, and they still have a great chance to win their up/downs and be right back in the premier league.

And the challenger division offers very little reward. Teams placing 3rd and 4th just get put back into the grind with little to show for their success. Teams will be qualifying from the Amateur Division to the Challenger division on a regular basis and have nothing to show for it. I think a big part of what makes the GSL's divisional format work so well is that there's constantly a financial incentive for advancing at every round of Code A and Code S, not just the status of being in one or the other. I'm sure the prize pool for the premier league is generous, but by placing one large reward at the end of a very long road (starting in Amateur or Challenger), I think it will make the two bottom leagues lack drama. Obviously IPL/IPTL don't have GSL money, and I'm sure there's many challenges to implementing a reward/prize pool like that. But that's the direction things need to go. I really really like the opportunity that's being given to everyone to compete, not they just need to provide a better incentive.