IGN Pro League is thrilled to be able to bring you another unique StarCraft II tournament! This one is called Tournament of Champions, and is a 16-man, double elimination tournament for a $12,000 prize pool! Each team from the IPL Team Arena Challenge was asked to pick one player from their roster to represent them in this global tournament, that will span the month of March. The WINNER of the Tournament of Champions will receive a spot in our live, open qualifier at IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL as well as an all expenses paid flight and hotel stay for the event!

The time has come for another Losers Round 2 match of the IGN Pro League Tournament of Champions!

IPL Tournament of Champions

IPL Tournament of Champions General Discussion

Bracket: Official IPL Tournament of Champions Bracket

Stream Link: http://www.ign.com/ipl

When: Wednesday, Mar 28 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Mar 28 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Format

This double-elimination tournament features 16 players from around the world and is an best of 5 format. This match is being played for Losers Round 2. The winning player will move on in the Losers Bracket, and the loser will be eliminated entirely! Keep in mind that the top 8 spots receive prize money!

dignitas.SeleCT vs

Empire.Kas [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

SeleCT (28)

55%

Kas (23)

45%

51 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): SeleCT
(Vote): Kas

Results

+ Show Spoiler [SeleCT vs Kas] +

SeleCT < Daybreak > Kas
SeleCT < Antiga Shipyard > Kas
SeleCT < Cloud Kingdom > Kas
Congratulations to SeleCT, winning 3-0! He moves on to LR3 and Kas is eliminated!

oGs.SuperNoVa vs

FXO.GuMiho [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

SuperNoVa (25)

63%

GuMiho (15)

38%

40 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): SuperNoVa
(Vote): GuMiho

Results

+ Show Spoiler [SuperNoVa vs GuMiho] +

SuperNoVa < Daybreak > GuMiho
SuperNoVa < Tal'Darim Altar > GuMiho
SuperNoVa < Atlantis Spaceship > GuMiho
SuperNoVa < Cloud Kingdom > GuMiho
SuperNoVa < Antiga Shipyard > GuMiho
Congratulations to GuMiho, winning 3-2! He moves on to LR3 and SuperNoVa is eliminated!

The First Game for this match of IPL Tournament of Champions is on Wednesday, Mar 28 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Mar 28 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Map List

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

All the maps can be found on NA, EU, or KR by searching for IPLMap!

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

Casters

This week's games will be commentated by CatsPajamas and Doa!

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Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 27 2012 17:17 GMT

Close matchups today, hard to predict who wins for me

Asha

United Kingdom38256 Posts

March 27 2012 17:20 GMT

On March 28 2012 02:17 Bagration wrote:
Close matchups today, hard to predict who wins for me

Indeed. Been a long time since I saw SeleCT and Kas play each other, should be a good game though.

Leaning towards SuperNova over Gumiho if their GSL performances are any indicator of current form.

ragnorr

Denmark6097 Posts

March 27 2012 17:32 GMT

On March 28 2012 02:20 Asha` wrote:

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Indeed. Been a long time since I saw SeleCT and Kas play each other, should be a good game though.

Leaning towards SuperNova over Gumiho if their GSL performances are any indicator of current form.

Depending on when their games were played, i would give supernova an edge if they were very recently. Gumiho otherwise(Supernova had a bad couple of weeks >_>)

BoxedLunch

United States387 Posts

March 27 2012 17:41 GMT

so... many... terrans...

quannguyen

Vietnam1390 Posts

March 27 2012 17:49 GMT

Very close matches. Hard to choose who will win.

I'll have to go with Kas and Supernova for this one. Select is not in a good shape lately, and so is Gumiho.

Badfatpanda

United States9719 Posts

March 27 2012 23:42 GMT

HYPE! Everyone should know about this, the LR is so hidden in SC2 Tourneys, tell your friends, elders, and siblings! Should both be close matches, but if the replays are <1month old I'll go with SeleCT and SuperNoVa, otherwise flipflop lol

IGNProLeague

1184 Posts

March 28 2012 00:01 GMT

Stream is live now! http://www.ign.com/ipl

bittman

Australia8759 Posts

March 28 2012 00:09 GMT

On March 28 2012 02:32 ragnorr wrote:

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Depending on when their games were played, i would give supernova an edge if they were very recently. Gumiho otherwise(Supernova had a bad couple of weeks >_>)

Completely agree. If this was played recently Supernova should have it. A couple of weeks ago though he wasn't looking great and flying around tournaments. In which case Gumiho.

Xcobidoo

Sweden1871 Posts

March 28 2012 00:15 GMT

#10

On March 28 2012 02:20 Asha` wrote:

Show nested quote +

Indeed. Been a long time since I saw SeleCT and Kas play each other, should be a good game though.

Leaning towards SuperNova over Gumiho if their GSL performances are any indicator of current form.

Have they played eachother? I guess at one of the IEM's then.

THELEHGOTERRAN

United States1837 Posts

March 28 2012 00:25 GMT

#11

Radiculous!

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

March 28 2012 00:26 GMT

#12

Hihihi Kas.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

March 28 2012 00:27 GMT

#13

Supernova and idk... select?

nokz88

Brazil1253 Posts

March 28 2012 00:37 GMT

#14

wtf was that supposed to mean? Did Kas imply that Select was causing game to lag?

Too_MuchZerg

Finland2818 Posts

March 28 2012 00:38 GMT

#15

Kas should not mention lag issues as Select can abuse that fact (by going micro heavy harass)

Badfatpanda

United States9719 Posts

March 28 2012 00:40 GMT

#16

On March 28 2012 09:37 nokz88 wrote:
wtf was that supposed to mean? Did Kas imply that Select was causing game to lag?

Nah, he was just bringing up the fact that bnet was lagging a bit, it was really funky a week ago or so, a lot of my opponents complained and I got a few spikes. Sometimes it just hiccups, bad luck for Kas

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

March 28 2012 00:41 GMT

#17

On March 28 2012 09:38 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
Kas should not mention lag issues as Select can abuse that fact (by going micro heavy harass)

I don't think you care about that when you're raging.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 28 2012 00:51 GMT

#18

Kas seemed a bit dejected at the end. But dominating performance by Select and congrats to him.

Nick_54

United States2230 Posts

March 28 2012 00:51 GMT

#19

Lost a lot of respect for Kas. Lag sucks obviously, but theres a professional way to go about it. Bitching about it constantly to your opponent is not the way.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

March 28 2012 00:54 GMT

#20

Aw, it's a shame these games went the way they did.