Format

This double-elimination tournament features 24 teams from around the world and is an All-Kill team format. This match is being played for Losers Round 2. The first team to defeat everyone on the opposing team's roster (5 wins, or a best of 9), will move on in the Losers Bracket, while the loser will be eliminated entirely. Keep in mind that this has a $20,000 prize pool, and only six teams will make it to the money!

Acer

Bly

Mondragon

Nerchio

ParanOid

DarkHydra

Mousesports

HeRoMaRinE

HasuObs

MaNa

biGs

MorroW

The First Game of the IPL Team Arena Challenge 3 is on Tuesday, Jun 19 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Poll: Who Will Win?!

Mousesports (37)

60%

Acer (25)

40%

62 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): Acer
(Vote): Mousesports

Results!

+ Show Spoiler [Acer vs Mouz Results] +

DarkHydra < Tal'Darim Altar > HasuObs
DarkHydra < Entombed Valley > HeroMarine
ParanOid < Metropolis > HeroMarine
ParanOid < Antiga Shipyard > biGs
ParanOid < Atlantis Spaceship > MorroW
ParanOid < Ohana > MaNa
Bly < Daybreak > MaNa
Nerchio < Sanshorn Mist AE > MaNa

Map List

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 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

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Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

June 19 2012 17:28 GMT

Should be a close match. I think Mouz takes it just barely

dragonborn

4781 Posts

June 19 2012 17:29 GMT

Nerchio, i mean Acer will win.

He is just too good for mouz.

VPreboot

United States132 Posts

June 19 2012 17:32 GMT

hmm, could go either way but Mouz seems to have the deeper lineup. MaNa is just off a win at Dreamhack, which shows he is in pretty good shape. Hasuobs and Morrow can also take down any player on Acer. Of course Nerchio can do the same thing to Mouz, but I just don't think he has enough to fully carry his team.

get in there

United Kingdom67 Posts

June 19 2012 17:34 GMT

Hard to predict, hopefully we will se MaNa vs Nerchio ☺♥♥♥☻

zelgadissan

United States389 Posts

June 19 2012 17:38 GMT

Agreed with a tight competition.

I'm guessing 5-4 mouz with Hasu taking his turn as unsung hero, add in MorroW and MaNa and they should survive.

ShoCkeyy

7815 Posts

June 19 2012 17:49 GMT

Acer Fighting! :O

Farone

Netherlands1219 Posts

June 19 2012 18:15 GMT

go mouz~!

and lets see how many did, he won DH summer afterwards though:D

EscPlan9

United States2777 Posts

June 19 2012 18:57 GMT

Mondy!!!! Haven't seen or heard from him in months!

decerto

244 Posts

June 19 2012 18:59 GMT

#10

I see a pol clinching the game for either side!

Lennient

497 Posts

June 19 2012 19:14 GMT

#11

It's time for Nerchio to shine.

MetalPanda

Canada1152 Posts

June 19 2012 19:18 GMT

#12

As long as Mouz plays their protosses last and don't let them get beat by Bly, Mouz should win. But I totally could see Acer win this.

Catatonic

United States699 Posts

June 19 2012 19:27 GMT

#13

On June 20 2012 02:29 dragonborn wrote:
Nerchio, i mean Acer will win.

He is just too good for mouz.

Ignoring the fact that mouz has a) MaNa who just wont Dreamhack, b) Morrow who is amazing, and c) Hasuobs who is no push over then yea Acer can win but as long as those three are on Mouz, Acer has no shot at it lol

dragonborn

4781 Posts

June 19 2012 19:31 GMT

#14

On June 20 2012 04:27 Catatonic wrote:

Show nested quote +

a) Nerchio have 10 winning streak against MaNa, b) also nerchio have 7 winning streak against MorroW c) Acer still have Bly as known as protoss killer.

Psyclon

Bulgaria2443 Posts

June 19 2012 19:48 GMT

#15

If Nerchio has recovered mentally from the loss against Stephano, he is quite capable of all-killing Mouz. Morrow's terran is questionable (he lost to Stephano, Slivko and Cyto with a total mapscore of 0:6). Mana may have just won DH, but his history against Nerchio makes babies cry. Bigs is no match in ZvZ, HeroMarine may be a promising talent but he still has a lot to learn. Hasu, hmmm, i've never been impressed by his ZvP.

So, yeah, go Nerchio!

Benjamin99

4176 Posts

June 19 2012 19:54 GMT

#16

On June 20 2012 04:48 Psyclon wrote:
If Nerchio has recovered mentally from the loss against Stephano, he is quite capable of all-killing Mouz. Morrow's terran is questionable (he lost to Stephano, Slivko and Cyto with a total mapscore of 0:6). Mana may have just won DH, but his history against Nerchio makes babies cry. Bigs is no match in ZvZ, HeroMarine may be a promising talent but he still has a lot to learn. Hasu, hmmm, i've never been impressed by his ZvP.

So, yeah, go Nerchio!

This!

Mouse are the favorites but Nerchio and Bly could do serious dmg

stardog

556 Posts

June 19 2012 19:54 GMT

#17

Nerchio used to beat MaNa pretty easily but it was the old, passive-macro MaNa, not the new, MC-like-aggressive zerg destroyer MaNa from Dreamhack. So this one could be interesting.

MetalPanda

Canada1152 Posts

June 19 2012 20:02 GMT

#18

Mana is definitely the best player from Mouz and how many kills he gets is most likely going to tell who wins between the two teams. Realize that Acer was 4-5 against Prime in their last IPL TAC match, and besides Salmosa who could've been Byun, they took their big guns against Acer. Prime is the most dominant SC2 team at the moment, so expect that match to be close.

RageCommodore

Germany912 Posts

June 19 2012 20:03 GMT

#19

I like both teams pretty equally (Mouz because it's Mouz, and Acer because of their awesome Zergs), but I'd LOVE Marine vs Hydra. They are both of about the same age and play the same race, bu8t I don't remember them competing against each other, so that would be cool to see. Other than that, Bly should totally go 2base Broodlord vs somebody