Group B Schedule: NSHoSeo vs Empire - September 14
Karont3 vs Dignitas - September 21
NSHoSeo vs Dignitas - September 28
Karont3 vs Empire - October 5
Empire vs Dignitas - October 12
Karont3 vs NSHoSeo - October 19

Special note - AlternateType did not respond to compLexity in time and were forfeited for this match. Therefore we moved the schedule up a day. Tomorrow's match slot will be replaced shortly and this thread will be updated when it is.

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When: Friday, Oct 12 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Format

Contender Division Group A is made up of four teams: Acer, aTn Type, compLexity, and FXO. Group B contains NSHoSeo, Empire, Karont3, and Dignitas. Both groups will play round robin against each other team in their group. When group stages are over, the top two teams from each Group will play against the bottom two from each Premier Group for a chance to enter that division! The bottom 2 teams from each Contender Group automatically fall to the Amateur Division and their spots are taken by our top performing Amateur teams.

Dignitas
Apollo
Bischu
BlinG
DreAm
JonnyREcco
KiLLeR
merz
SeleCT

Empire
Aristeo
Beastyqt
Brat_OK
Happy
ho8ot
Kas
TheMista

The First Game of the IPTL Contender Division Group A is on Friday, Oct 12 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)

Poll: Who will win?

Empire (12)

63%

Dignitas (7)

37%

19 total votes

Your vote: Who will win?

(Vote): Empire
(Vote): Dignitas

Results!

+ Show Spoiler [Dignitas vs Empire Results] +

Beastyqt < Daybreak > JonnyREcco
Beastyqt < Ohana > Bischu
Beastyqt < Antiga Shipyard > DreAm
Beastyqt < Cloud Kingdom > BlinG
Happy < Entombed Valley > BlinG
TheMista < Metropolis > BlinG
TheMista < Khaydaria > SeleCT
Kas < Whirlwind > SeleCT

Map List

IPLMap Khaydaria
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Whirlwind
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley

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

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emis

Estonia409 Posts

October 12 2012 19:19 GMT

Why is Empire in the contender group? They've always been one of the strongest foreign teams in team leagues.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

October 12 2012 19:21 GMT

On October 13 2012 04:19 emis wrote:
Why is Empire in the contender group? They've always been one of the strongest foreign teams in team leagues.

Because it's sorted by placement in the last IPL TAC and therefore the premier division contains only Korean teams and Team Taeja.

I'll be disappointed if they don't win this, hopefully someone can snipe JonnyREcco, the whole team is pretty vulnerable to Zergs. Bischu is quite good in team leagues as well but Kas/Happy should be strong enough to beat him.

Edit: Actually, I forgot EG in the list above, sorry for that.

Darion

Canada265 Posts

October 12 2012 19:22 GMT

On October 13 2012 04:19 emis wrote:
Why is Empire in the contender group? They've always been one of the strongest foreign teams in team leagues.

There are no invites to divisions - everyone is in their division because they earned it. Empire is in the contender's division because they weren't able to make the top 8 of IPL TAC3 - they beat It's Gosu and FXO Europe, but lost to Slayers and Karont3.

emis

Estonia409 Posts

October 12 2012 19:23 GMT

OK, fair enough.

Mirhi

United States389 Posts

October 12 2012 22:20 GMT

Only 40 minutes until it starts! Definitely some big playoff / Up & Down implications on this one.

ibo422

Belgium2844 Posts

October 12 2012 22:31 GMT

Yea, top zergs are really pain in the ass for empire atm but jonny and killer shouldn't be that big of a problem. Bishu and bling might cause some upsets.. still, lets be humble and predict 5-4 for empire!