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 continuing 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 25 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Apr 25 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!

x6.Sleep vs

LgN.avilo

Poll: Who Will Win?!

Sleep (104)

81%

avilo (24)

19%

128 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): Sleep
(Vote): avilo

Results

+ Show Spoiler [Sleep vs avilo] +

Sleep < Incineration Zone > avilo
Sleep < Scrap Station > avilo
Sleep < Lost Temple > avilo
Sleep < Jungle Basin > avilo

EG.DeMusliM vs

Liquid`NonY [image loading]

Poll: Who Will Win?!

NonY (134)

53%

DeMusliM (121)

47%

255 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): DeMusliM
(Vote): NonY

Results

+ Show Spoiler [DeMusliM vs NonY] +

DeMusliM < Incineration Zone > NonY
DeMusliM < Jungle Basin > NonY
DeMusliM < Kulas Ravine > NonY
DeMusliM < Blistering Sands > NonY

The First Game for this match of IPL Ye Olde Map Tournament is on Wednesday, Apr 25 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Wednesday, Apr 25 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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Bagration

United States18282 Posts

April 24 2012 17:21 GMT

Oh boy it's back!

I think Sleep and Demuslim win.

DoA

Korea (South)599 Posts

April 24 2012 18:44 GMT

I love casting these and I don't feel guilty for saying it.

CarlosOmse

Germany507 Posts

April 24 2012 18:47 GMT

blizzard should add 1 odf the old maps rotation wise to ladder evry season ^^

best idea ever u had with that tournament i love watching this and dont feel guilty for it neither

Merikh

United States918 Posts

April 24 2012 18:53 GMT

Avilo vs sleep heh

Elite__

Canada976 Posts

April 24 2012 18:55 GMT

On April 25 2012 03:44 DoA wrote:
I love casting these and I don't feel guilty for saying it.

i love watching them ^^! very cool idea

Gentso

United States2218 Posts

April 24 2012 20:17 GMT

don't mean to be a negative nancy but I think this is a terrible idea. forces players to practice on old maps which is basically a waste of time, not to mention they're all unbalanced. I think this is something that's more appropriate for random people instead of pro gamers who should be spending their time trying to actually improve.

Chriscras

Korea (South)2812 Posts

April 24 2012 20:27 GMT

CAN THE NEXT TOURNAMENT BE ALL ISLAND/AIR MAPS!?

<3

Cyro

United Kingdom20284 Posts

April 24 2012 20:28 GMT

Why have i never heard of this? I think it was mentioned a while back somewhere, but i give TL like a hundred hits every day, r/starcraft a ton also and i had no idea that 16 games had been played? Are there VODS?

IGNProLeague

1184 Posts

April 24 2012 20:30 GMT

#10

VODs:
qxc vs SLush: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL923DB411E27C3E44&feature=plcp
Machine vs State: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL849C6B58AF09B45A&feature=plcp
SeleCT vs Axslav: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL683CAF2006C75EEA&feature=plcp
viOLet vs wbc: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFAAEA0203DC9393D&feature=plcp

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37013 Posts

April 24 2012 20:36 GMT

#11

C'MON NONY!!!! DO IT FOR TL!!!

Cyro

United Kingdom20284 Posts

April 24 2012 20:39 GMT

#12

On April 25 2012 05:30 IGNProLeague wrote:
VODs:
qxc vs SLush: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL923DB411E27C3E44&feature=plcp
Machine vs State: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL849C6B58AF09B45A&feature=plcp
SeleCT vs Axslav: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL683CAF2006C75EEA&feature=plcp
viOLet vs wbc: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFAAEA0203DC9393D&feature=plcp

Thankyou, Mr. IGN god

*bows before icon* :D

Harbinger631

United States376 Posts

April 24 2012 20:39 GMT

#13

On April 25 2012 05:17 Gentso wrote:
don't mean to be a negative nancy but I think this is a terrible idea. forces players to practice on old maps which is basically a waste of time, not to mention they're all unbalanced. I think this is something that's more appropriate for random people instead of pro gamers who should be spending their time trying to actually improve.

You are a negative nancy and players don't have to practice these maps if they don't want to. It's super fun for the audience to see old, imbalanced maps being used in a nostalgia-tourney.

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

April 24 2012 20:55 GMT

#14

As if they're practicing for this

Adebisi

Canada1637 Posts

April 24 2012 21:00 GMT

#15

On April 25 2012 05:55 TotalBiscuit wrote:

Show nested quote +

As if they're practicing for this

I bet avilo is.

Drowsy

United States4876 Posts

April 24 2012 21:03 GMT

#16

hahaha this is a great idea for a tournament!

Why did we even play this game back then? Incineration zone looooooool so bad.

LunaSea

Luxembourg369 Posts

April 24 2012 21:26 GMT

#17

Besides entertainment, is there even a reason to see a DeMusliM vs. Nony show-match ?
I mean there skill level aren't even close even if DeMusliM isn't in the best shape lately.