Hello everyone! IGN Pro League is thrilled to announce our newest tournament! The Ye Olde Map Tournament features some of the most amazing maps ever created by Blizzard and has a lineup of some of the best players in all of North America! This tournament is meant to be a fun throwback to the early days of StarCraft II and may serve as a way for us to see how far the strategy and skill have progressed since the first time players set foot on Scrap Station or Kulas Ravine. If you're a fan of nostalgia, not-so-balanced maps, and some fun StarCraft games, you better not miss this! Oh, and these games will be played LIVE for your entertainment. =)

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

We are starting off with two Ro16 matches for the IGN Pro League Ye Olde Map Tournament

IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament

IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament General Discussion

Bracket: Official IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament Bracket

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

When: Wednesday, Apr 18 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Apr 18 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Format

This single-elimination tournament features 16 players from the North America server and is a best of 5 format. This match is being played for the round of 16. The winning player will move on to the Quarter-finals and the loser will be eliminated entirely! Keep in mind that each round increases the prize money!

iS.Axslav vs

dignitas.SeleCT [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

SeleCT (113)

66%

Axslav (57)

34%

170 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): Axslav
(Vote): SeleCT

Results

+ Show Spoiler [Axslav vs SeleCT] +

Axslav < Incineration Zone > SeleCT
Axslav < Lost Temple > SeleCT
Axslav < Jungle Basin > SeleCT
Axslav < Scrap Station > SeleCT
Axslav < Kulas Ravine > SeleCT

Empire.viOLet vs

GoSu.wbc

Poll: Who Will Win?!

viOLet (121)

82%

wbc (27)

18%

148 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): viOLet
(Vote): wbc

Results

+ Show Spoiler [viOLet vs wbc] +

viOLet < Incineration Zone > wbc
viOLet < Jungle Basin > wbc
viOLet < Steppes of War > wbc

The First Game for this match of IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament is on Wednesday, Apr 18 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Apr 18 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Ye Olde Map Pool
Steppes of War
Kulas Ravine
Desert Oasis
Jungle Basin
Lost Temple
Blistering Sands
Scrap Station
Incineration Zone

Casters
Every game will be commentated by our in-house IGN Pro League casting team of Kevin Knocke and Doa!

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jabberwockzerg

United States294 Posts

April 17 2012 17:46 GMT

Axslav Hwighting!

Bunn

Estonia934 Posts

April 17 2012 17:52 GMT

Uh oh, this is going to be fun. Steppes of War and Blistering Sands...
We're going to see so much chee.. ugh I mean aggressive strategies.

GoSuSocrates

206 Posts

April 17 2012 17:57 GMT

excited to see some amazing games from WBC

Rokevo

Finland1033 Posts

April 17 2012 17:57 GMT

I can feel my face getting red from anger, ohh god the memories of playing these maps..

But anyway.. These should be some 'fun' matches :p

Otolia

France5805 Posts

April 17 2012 17:59 GMT

People are voting for violet to win ? It's wbc we are talking about. The man who is redefining the definition cheese by doing it every time is bound to win in small rush maps.

Mirhi

United States389 Posts

April 17 2012 19:02 GMT

I really am curious to see how these matches go.

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

April 17 2012 19:04 GMT

Let's start taking bets on how many cannons will be made during violet vs wbc.
I've got my money on 20 at least.

KoDo

United States683 Posts

April 17 2012 19:05 GMT

excited to see some amazing games from Axslav

LeeDawg

United States1306 Posts

April 17 2012 19:08 GMT

#10

excited as hell for this

Brosy

United States254 Posts

April 17 2012 19:21 GMT

#11

On April 18 2012 04:04 Fusilero wrote:
Let's start taking bets on how many cannons will be made during violet vs wbc.
I've got my money on 20 at least.

per game right?

StarBrift

Sweden1761 Posts

April 17 2012 19:26 GMT

#12

This is going to be an amazing tournament with no zergs winning a single game. These maps are long since removed for a reason.

KalWarkov

Germany4126 Posts

April 17 2012 19:32 GMT

#13

autovote for terran on old maps + violet 10 times better than wbc.

See.Blue

United States2673 Posts

April 17 2012 19:37 GMT

#14

This is beautiful. I can't wait. Whatever sick bastard dreamt up this one deserves a pat on the back and a firm handshake.

Nimic

Norway1360 Posts

April 17 2012 21:17 GMT

#15

On April 18 2012 04:26 StarBrift wrote:
This is going to be an amazing tournament with no zergs winning a single game. These maps are long since removed for a reason.

Scrap Station

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

April 17 2012 21:18 GMT

#16

Incineration Zone! Woooo! :D

Fandango

291 Posts

April 17 2012 21:23 GMT

#17

The old days of starcraft 2 is the silliest idea i've ever heard of, it's not even 2 years old and the ladder maps are still pretty mediocre. Still it's silly fun so it'll be good to watch but I think some people heavily involved in SC2 have maybe lost a bit of perspective on time in general!

BathTubNZ

New Zealand2556 Posts

April 17 2012 21:26 GMT

#18

On April 18 2012 04:37 See.Blue wrote:
This is beautiful. I can't wait. Whatever sick bastard dreamt up this one deserves a pat on the back and a firm handshake.

I believe it was the idea of Erik "CatsPajamas" Lonnquist.

Rannasha

Netherlands2398 Posts

April 17 2012 21:41 GMT

#19

On April 18 2012 06:26 BathTubNZ wrote:

Show nested quote +

I believe it was the idea of Erik "CatsPajamas" Lonnquist.

Erik Lonnquist is DoA, Kevin Knocke is CatsPajamas. DoA came up with the idea for this tournament. He spouted it out at some point during the IPL Tournament of Champions.