The time has come for our fourteenth IGN Pro League Team Arena! This is a (follow closely) weekly winner's format team king of the hill showmatch series. For better clarification, check out our
IPL Team Arena General Discussion thread!

IPL Team Arena

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

When: Friday, Dec 02 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Friday, Dec 02 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Prizes

The first team to defeat everyone on the opposing team's roster (5 wins, or a best of 9) will earn $500 for their team to split however they want. To make things even more interesting, we are including a $100 bounty for each victory that a team earns, for new challengers to try and claim. For example, if a team wins 3 weeks in a row, they will have earned themselves $1,500 total, and have $300 worth of bounty on them. If a new team defeats them, they will earn the $500 for winning the week, as well as claim the $300 bounty.

SlayerS is the fourth team to win the IPL Team Arena, and they have earned themselves $2,500 and a $500 bounty on their heads. TyLoo is our first Chinese team to participate in IPL Team Arena, and they stand as good a chance as anyone at taking out the current champions. They are underdogs for sure due to their relative anonymity, but they are anxious to show their skills to the world. Here are their full rosters:

TyLoo

Uhen

XiaoKai

Jim

Kid

Infi

SlayerS

BoxeR

Lots

Dragon

GanZi

MMA

Ryung

TaeJa

Clide

Cella

YuGiOh

Golden

Min

CoCa

Alicia

Brown

Crank

Puzzle

SocceR

New teams will be invited each week to take on the previous week's winner.

The First Match of the IPL Team Arena is on Friday, Dec 02 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Friday, Dec 02 5:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))

Poll: Who Will Win?!

SlayerS (173)

82%

TyLoo (39)

18%

212 total votes

Your vote: Who Will Win?!

(Vote): TyLoo
(Vote): SlayerS

Results!

+ Show Spoiler [SlayerS vs. TyLoo Results] +

Golden < Dual Sight > WP
Golden < Shattered Temple > Jim
Golden < Metalopolis > XiaoKai
Golden < Shakuras Plateau > M
Golden < Tal'Darim Altar > Uhen
Dragon < Antiga Shipyard > Uhen
SocceR < Xel'Naga Caverns > Uhen
Crank < Daybreak > Uhen
Alicia < Crevasse > Uhen
Congratulations to SlayerS for winning 5-4 and stopping Uhen from completing the reverse all-kill!

Map List

Xel'Naga Caverns
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
Crevasse
Tal Darim Altar
Dual Sight
Xel'Naga Fortress
Terminus
Shattered Temple
Daybreak
Antiga Shipyard

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

Casters

This week's games will be commentated by CatsPajamas, HDStarCraft, and/or PainUser

We have already invited several teams and have more in mind, but if you would like your team to be considered for the IPL Team Arena as well, please send a letter of interest as well as a description of your team and a roster to iplquestions@ign.com!

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BankaiPwn

Canada40 Posts

November 29 2011 20:54 GMT

... Who?

I don't see slayers losing this one.

Dexington

Canada7276 Posts

November 29 2011 21:01 GMT

Didn't see this coming when you said we should redefine what we think as foreign teams.

Uhen and Jim are pretty good from what I've seen, but yeah, no way Slayers loses.

babylon

8765 Posts

November 29 2011 21:04 GMT

This is going to be a slaughter.

But maybe Infi will make an appearance -- unless he's too busy jerking off TH000, I guess.

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

November 29 2011 21:04 GMT

Watch slayers troll us all and send out MMA first.

Slakkoo

Sweden1119 Posts

November 29 2011 21:05 GMT

Clide should be in the slayers roster aswell! ;-)
I doubt slayers will lose but I root for Tyloo so we can see some interesting games.

OGKruemmel

Croatia270 Posts

November 29 2011 21:07 GMT

sorry but i dont know the team :s
Would be awesome if they win though

Mohdoo

United States15322 Posts

November 29 2011 21:08 GMT

lol, chinese team. Slayers could send out Jessica and still go 5-0. I wish China was doing as well as they did in WC3, but it just aint happening. I hope that turns around soon, as the BW pros are slowly coming out of BW Korea.. O_O

Tigi

Germany472 Posts

November 29 2011 21:08 GMT

I don't know the team either, but it's obviously a chinese team. Come on guys, think a bit :O
Edit : I dont know anyone but Infi and i don't know his current level as well, so kinda hard to tell how good they are ( i mean they're obviously gonna loose, since it's Slayers, but..)

Joshy.IGN

United States530 Posts

November 29 2011 21:09 GMT

#10

While it's true TyLoo is not well known, this tournament called Stars War 6 is to me the best example of how good Chinese players actually are at StarCraft 2: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/StarsWar_Killer_6

Just look at those brackets and see that 3 of the top 4 were Chinese players. It is true though that none of them were on TyLoo, but it does show that just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they won't surprise you. =)

Hrrrrm

United States2081 Posts

November 29 2011 21:10 GMT

#11

Should be interesting...

Always curious to see how those Chinese are coming along.

Tigi

Germany472 Posts

November 29 2011 21:11 GMT

#12

On November 30 2011 06:09 Joshy.IGN wrote:
While it's true TyLoo is not well known, this tournament called Stars War 6 is to me the best example of how good Chinese players actually are at StarCraft 2: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/StarsWar_Killer_6

Just look at those brackets and see that 3 of the top 4 were Chinese players. It is true though that none of them were on TyLoo, but it does show that just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they won't surprise you. =)

On the other hand that tournement is quite long ago and at the more recent IEM in china the chinese representives kinda failed.

Attilanator

United States154 Posts

November 29 2011 21:11 GMT

#13

They might have a shot, honestly, but....... yeah, its time for IM or oGs to make a showing, honestly.... Slayers won't have any issues.

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

November 29 2011 21:16 GMT

#14

Should be pretty interesting, however I don't think SlayerS will have a problem beating TyLoo.

MajorityofOne

Canada2506 Posts

November 29 2011 21:17 GMT

#15

China is the great unknown in terms of SC2 right now...we know they've got great players, but unfortunately opportunities to see them in action are few and far between. I'm for sure tuning in, who knows, maybe TyLoo is really good

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

November 29 2011 21:21 GMT

#16

Great to see the Chinese scene gain some exposure. China is a huge market, and with millions of gamers, I am sure that many of them would follow competitive SC2. I wonder if these matches will be broadcasted in China.

Slayers wins this though...

babylon

8765 Posts

November 29 2011 21:24 GMT

#17

On November 30 2011 06:11 Tigi wrote:

Show nested quote +

On the other hand that tournement is quite long ago and at the more recent IEM in china the chinese representives kinda failed.

To be fair to them, none of their really top players showed up, except for XiGua, who never really impressed me, though his ZvP wasn't bad. xiaOt quit a while back, which is a shame; during the time of the StarsWar tournament, he was the best Chinese Protoss and showed off some incredible games with great decision-making and crisis management. I honestly thought he was at least Code A level at the time. Then his team got bought out twice and now he's a manager.

SC2 in general was pretty much a flop in China more so than it was in Korea. All the top Chinese progamers are still playing War3 and just mess around in SC2 from time to time (see: Infi), kind of like Lyn and Moon except probably even less seriously than those two.

nokz88

Brazil1253 Posts

November 29 2011 21:25 GMT

#18

My bet? TyLoo proves to be a greater challenge to Slayers than most foreign teams...

We got so few opportunities to watch chinese players in action, thanks a lot to IPL!