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Hello everyone! IGN Pro League is thrilled to announce our third iteration of Team Arena Challenge, featuring many respected and elite invited teams! This edition of Team Arena Challenge also has a semi-open, application-based qualifier element. If you are unfamiliar with IPL Team Arena Challenge, check out the following links:
Stream Link: http://www.ign.com/ipl
(Temporary) Official Bracket: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2CT0E.jpg)
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The Invited Teams!
Already Accepted:
compLexity![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/forum/wiki_icon.png)
MVP- Mousesports
- NSHoSeo
- Team Liquid
- Quantic
- Evil Geniuses
- Empire
- oGs
- Incredible Miracle
- FXO
- Prime
- StarTale
- TSL
- SlayerS
Qualified Teams:
- Infinity Seven
- CheckSix Gaming
- Karont3 e-Sports Club
- Eclypsia
- FXO.CIS
- Acer
- It&
- Dignitas
- Dream Team Gaming - Replacing the now defunct Vile, based on overall Qualifier performance
The Format!
This tournament is a double-elimination bo9 Winner's Format. Each match will consist of five players from each team. Teams choose their first player blind, then the winner of the first game stays on to play a new player from the losing team. The winner of each game stays on until all five players from the opposing team have been defeated. This can result in an all-kill, where one player defeats all five of the opposing players in a row. It can also result in a reverse all-kill, where a team's anchor player can come back from 0-4 to win it all for their team!
If Team A loses to Team B in their first match, they will drop into the lower or losers bracket and will have another chance to fight their way to the finals. The grand finals will require the team coming from the lower bracket to win twice in order to become the champions, while the team coming from the winners or upper bracket will only need to win one bo9. There will be 24 total teams competing from around the world!
Prize Breakdown
- 1st Place: $9,000 split between the team any way they see fit.
- 2nd Place: $4,000
- 3rd Place: $3,000
- 4th Place: $2,000
- 5th/6th Place: $1,000
Schedule
As always, our live casts will begin at 5 p.m. PDT, or 00:00 GMT (+00:00) each day and tournament broadcasts will begin on Tuesday, May 15th! The main tournament will begin the week of May 15th. The grand finals are currently scheduled for early July.
There will be a European rebroadcast each day following the first broadcast at 19:30 CEST (17:30 GMT (+00:00))
Keep watching for more information on a fully-defined schedule.
Map Pool
IPLMap Sanshorn Mists AE
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Tal'Darim Altar LE
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley
IPLMap Sanshorn Mists AE
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Tal'Darim Altar LE
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley
*All of our maps can be found easily by searching "IPLMap" when creating a game on NA! =D
Casters
Every game will be commentated by our in-house IGN Pro League casting team of CatsPajamas and Doa!
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