IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan - All Information

IGNProLeague

1184 Posts

March 06 2012 00:28 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEuRAL3RKdU

Hello and welcome to the comprehensive information and discussion thread for IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL! In this thread you'll find every relevant piece of information including schedule, pools, open bracket players, ticket information, hotel information, prize pool, map pool, casters, HD pass information, and more! We're very excited to bring you this $100,000 StarCraft II tournament and $50,000 League of Legends tournament, as well as the first GSTL finals ever held outside of South Korea! IPL4 is an all ages event!

New information includes specific schedule, competitor waiting list, press passes, manager passes, discounted room rates, full Open Bracket competitor list, updated map pool, announcement of Wolf and Khaldor casting, League of Legends tournament details, sponsors and partners list, and Q&A section!

When

IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL takes place from Friday, April 6th through Sunday, April 8th. There will be games to watch nearly all day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Here is the Facebook event, so you can RSVP and comment: http://www.facebook.com/events/315196598537730/

Schedule

On Friday, the action begins at 10:00 PDT, beginning with Group Play between our known contenders as well as Open Bracket play. On Saturday, streamed games begin at 10:00 PDT again and the GSTL finals will begin at 17:00 PDT! On Sunday, streamed games begin at 10:00 PDT and the Grand Finals are scheduled to begin at 19:00 PDT! To see a more specific schedule, keeping in mind that all matches and times are subject to change, click here: http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2/ipl4/schedule/ This schedule already has specific matches on it, take a look!

Where

IPL4 will take place at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL!
Official Website: http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com
Special Room Packages THESE ARE SELLING OUT, 3 NIGHTS MAY BE REQUIRED: Click Here for ALMOST SOLD OUT $120-$160 Room Rates at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas!
Directions from Las Vegas International airport to Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas: Airport to Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas directions
Parking is free at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas!
Pictures of the hotel and its amenities: + Show Spoiler [Map and Pictures] +

Tickets - Spectator, Competitor, Press, and Manager

Spectator Passes: http://ipl4.eventbrite.com
VIP passes are currently sold out. They guarantee premium seating as well as limited edition collector's items from IPL4. They cost $175 for the weekend, while normal spectator passes are $25.
Attention: Online ticket sales have ended effective Tuesday, April 3rd! Tickets must be purchased at the door after that.

Competitor Passes for StarCraft II are currently sold out, but we are going to start a waiting list in case there are cancellations. At 12:00 Pacific on Tuesday, March 6, we will open up requests for the waiting list on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will need your full name, Battle.net ID, and registration e-mail and will handle the ticket sales internally. The e-mail contact to get added to the backup list is ffields (at) ign (dot) com!

Press Passes: http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/ipl4/press/
Please follow the instructions listed on the above link for all press inquiries.

Team Manager Passes: If you are a team manager and are requesting a pass for yourself, send an e-mail to aconn (at) ign (dot) com with your full name, e-mail, and the full names and Battle.net IDs of the players you will be managing. Manager Passes are not guaranteed and will be issued at the discretion of IGN Pro League.

Stream

In-depth information regarding our HD subscription: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=325767

As with IPL3, we will be using our IPL TV player to bring you multiple streams at once. http://www.ign.com/ipl/tv will include our two StarCraft II streams, our League of Legends stream, and our roaming LiveU backpack camera stream via TwitchTV.

Stream resolutions up to 480p will be absolutely free to all stream viewers. 720p and 1080p will be available only to channel subscribers. Subscriptions to our TwitchTV channels will be $5 per month, including all live and online content. Subscriptions will open up starting Thursday, April 5th. You will be able to subscribe or cancel your subscription at any time.

UPDATE: You can now purchase our monthly $5 HD pass directly here: https://secure.justin.tv/ignproleague/subscribe 720p and 1080p will require this subscription beginning the morning of April 6th, the first day of IPL4!

StarCraft II Tournament

The $100,000 StarCraft II Tournament at IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL will have three distinct tournament elements. The first is an open, live qualifier bracket with 128 players and a double-elimination format. The top 8 players from this open qualifier will make it into the Group Stage, which has guaranteed prize money.

The Group Stage is comprised of 20 players: 2 previous live event qualifiers, 6 invitations, 4 online qualifiers, and 8 live, open qualifiers. There will be 4 groups of 5 players each, with 2 players from each group progressing to the final Championship Bracket.

The Championship Bracket is an 8-man, double-elimination bracket, with each round earning the players more prize money. The Winners Final, Losers Final, and Grand Final will each be best of 5 series. In the Grand Final, the player coming from the Losers Bracket will need to win 2 full best of 5 series, while the Winners Bracket player will only need to win 1.

Open Bracket

The official Rules for the Open Bracket can be found here: http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2/ipl4/rules/

Here is an incomplete list of Open Bracket signups (GSTL competitors as well as a few team-reserved tickets do not have specific players associated with them yet): + Show Spoiler [Open Bracket Competitors] +

xOCHL
Eritou
vGSmiLe
CypherX
DJTyrant
Axslav
Prplppleatr
Epyon
twttrNvictus
twttrCeaser
MafiaCheese
Mike
Light
Dragon
Lookitslan
Demonlord
GoldenMule
SaSe
Flo
OrbraY
ThisIsJimmy
Blink
Mettaur
Heathen
SRuff
Kyrize
Exiledz
wabachaw
Future
Garthmeister
RxNinja
RxSnoWy
SilvaWare
Stilborn
IcedragonCF
CryMoar
Moon
ToD
Mystik
Dalguno
Wailord
STX
FallenAngel
Bling
TenryuRH
Papabear
Duwie
Kukaracha
Crank
Woody
SeizeTheDay
Ranged
Sleep
Kiwikaki
ClashJPEG
ClashPanther
ClashMook
Perfect
Mockturtle
Spades
InsaneRabbi
IMBAOracle
Heavens
Golden
KawaiiRice
Binski
Caliber
Wind
TaeJa
HasHe
Rowrin
Ddoro
Illusion
PanzerRH
State
Hawk
Chance
Sync
Vibe
Violet
JYP
Demuslim
Huk
Machine
Dimaga
TT1
TLO
Jinro
Haypro
Nony
Ret
Sheth
HerO
Zenio
Heart
Killer
qxc
CatZ
drewbie
GanZi
MVP
Ryung
Oz
Leenock
GSTL Player 1
GSTL Player 2
GSTL Player 3
GSTL Player 4
GSTL Player 5
GSTL Player 6
GSTL Player 7
GSTL Player 8
GSTL Player 9
GSTL Player 10
GSTL Player 11
GSTL Player 12
GSTL Player 13
GSTL Player 14

Here is the Open Bracket! http://challonge.com/ipl4open

Group Stage

Group A:

coLMVP.TAiLS (Live event Qualifier)

FnaticRaidCall.aLive (Online Qualifier)

IM.NesTea (Invitee)
Live Qualifier (Winners Bracket)
Live Qualifier (Losers Bracket)

Group B:

MarineKingPrime (Live event Qualifier)

Mill.Stephano (IPL3 Winner / Invitee)

White-Ra (IPL2 Winner / Invitee)
Live Qualifier (Winners Bracket)
Live Qualifier (Losers Bracket)

Group C:

EG.PuMa (Online Qualifier)

TSL.Polt (Online Qualifier)

SK.MC (Invitee)
Live Qualifier (Winners Bracket)
Live Qualifier (Losers Bracket)

Group D:

ST.Bomber (Online Qualifier)

SlayerS`MMA (Invitee)

EG.IdrA (IPL1 Winner / Invitee)
Live Qualifier (Winners Bracket)
Live Qualifier (Losers Bracket)

$100,000 Prize Pool
1st - $40,000
2nd - $16,000
3rd - $7,000
4th - $5,000
5th / 6th - $4,000
7th / 8th - $3,000
9th - 12th - $2,000 (3rd in each Group)
13th - 16th - $1,500 (4th in each Group)
17th - 20th - $1,000 (5th in each Group)

Map Pool
IPLMap Sanshorn Mists AE
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Tal'Darim Altar LE
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis

Casters
CatsPajamas, Doa, HDStarCraft, PainUser, TotalBiscuit, dApollo, Wolf, and Khaldor!

We are also extremely happy to announce that the Global StarCraft II Team League FINALS will take place at IPL4 at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL!

Thanks to a partnership with GOMTV, the two finalist teams for the Global StarCraft II Team League will be flown in to Las Vegas to compete on stage for the ₩30,000,000 ($26,000) first prize! As an extension of this partnership, any and all players brought over for the GSTL finals will be invited to play in our IPL4 open, live qualifier for a chance at a piece of our $100,000 StarCraft II prize pool!

The GSTL finals will be cast in both English and Korean and will be broadcast all over the world.

The teams still remaining in the GSTL at this moment are: FXOpen eSports, NSHoSeo, Incredible Miracle, MVP, oGsTL, Prime, SlayerS, StarTaleQ(uantic)

The GSTL is in its 5th iteration and is a series of best of 9, all-kill format matches. Previous winners are Incredible Miracle, SlayerS, who won twice in a row, and MVP, the reigning champions. For more information about the GSTL's new schedule, check here!

GOMTV will be bringing some of its own crew to assist with the production of both the GSTL finals and IPL4. On Sunday, April 8th, GOMTV will broadcast in Korean to its South Korean viewers.

League of Legends Tournament

StarCraft II is not the only game in town at IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL! Our $50,000 League of Legends tournament will showcase some of the best teams in the world and also spans all three days of IPL4. The LoL tournament is an 8-team, double-elimination tournament, all best of 3 series.

Competing Teams
Dignitas
EPIK
Team SoloMid
CLG.na
Curse Gaming
v8 eSports
aAa
Mono eSports

Schedule
The full schedule with specific matches can be seen here: http://www.ign.com/ipl/league-of-legends/ipl4/schedule/

$50,000 Prize Pool
1st place: $25,000
2nd place: $12,500
3rd place: $5,000
4th place: $2,500
5th - 8th place: $1,250

Casters
Red Baron, HatPerson, Phreak, Rivington, and Guests!

Sponsors and Partners
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
GOMTV
AMD
Astro Gaming
Kingston Technology
Twitch.tv
Playhem
Team Liquid
Blizzard
Riot Games

Please feel free to comment, discuss, and ask questions in the thread, and pertinent Q&A will go in this space. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in Las Vegas in April!

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FirmTofu

United States1956 Posts

March 06 2012 00:31 GMT

That video cracks me up everytime lol

In other news...

On March 06 2012 09:28 IGNProLeague wrote:

StarCraft II Tournament

O.o That's a lot of money.

marcesr

Germany1383 Posts

March 06 2012 00:45 GMT

Hopefully the Koreans are not going to dominate too hard!

LowEloPlayer

United States205 Posts

March 06 2012 00:49 GMT

Heh... Good luck IdrA!

I really hope NesTea does well in this tournament... it's really sad to see him do so poorly in these past days T_T

fortheGG

United Kingdom1002 Posts

March 06 2012 00:51 GMT

wow ipl always make the best events, can't wait for it!

Khaldor

Germany861 Posts

March 06 2012 00:53 GMT

Gonna be legen.... DARY!

Soooo locking forward to this! #EPIC

Apollo_Shards

1210 Posts

March 06 2012 00:53 GMT

No visine sponsor??!!?!?
Oh nooooo!
But this looks awesome, IPL3 was my favorite tournament lat year.

Magrath

Canada292 Posts

March 06 2012 00:53 GMT

Dang! This looks sick.

Vei

United States2845 Posts

March 06 2012 00:54 GMT

Really really nice commentary for that video. Should be great.
If visine sponsored IPL I'd have to stop buying rohtos ;x

Smix

United States4549 Posts

March 06 2012 00:54 GMT

#10

Holy crap, going to be so epic!!!!!!

Zeburial

Sweden1126 Posts

March 06 2012 00:59 GMT

#11

Crazy stuff!

Will GSL bring along the casting archon for the GSTL finals?

monitor

United States2408 Posts

March 06 2012 01:00 GMT

#12

This is going to be awesome. Thank you so much for removing Terminus and Calm Before the Storm, it will make the tournament much more enjoyable to watch!!!!!!!!!! The only thing I can bitch about is that TalDarim is getting old and Metropolis is so stale, but they're both fine maps (taldarim being balanced and metropolis being new).

IGNProLeague

1184 Posts

March 06 2012 01:03 GMT

#13

On March 06 2012 09:59 Zeburial wrote:
Crazy stuff!

Will GSL bring along the casting archon for the GSTL finals?

Unfortunately, no. Artosis will be participating in the State of the Game PAX podcast, and I assume Tasteless will be enjoying some rest and recreation during the downtime. =)

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 06 2012 01:06 GMT

#14

Awesome, open bracket already stacked, and most Koreans aren't even here yet.

Kompicek

Czech Republic245 Posts

March 06 2012 01:07 GMT

#15

This event is going to be the most epic, wish all luck to you guys so everything will go as smooth as possible. Cant wait to see it, you will at least get my 5dollar pass

Just wanted to point out, that i really dont like the prize money distribution. First places get way too much and I dont really understand why is it distrbuted the way it is. It basically only supports the 2 best players out there while other top guys dont get much regarding the flight costs etc.. Isnt the point to support as many players possible to get the scene larger and more interesting?

Magic_Mike

United States542 Posts

March 06 2012 01:08 GMT

#16

My wife bought me tickets for my birthday. My first time in Vegas and my first live Starcraft event. So effing excited.

zantomun

United States37 Posts

March 06 2012 01:09 GMT

#17

Thank you for the discounted rooms link, I was just about to book my hotel a couple of hours ago but didn't. Saved myself $200+

Seriox

Germany373 Posts