IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts Last Edited: 2011-12-02 03:27:25 #1







IPL Team Arena General Discussion thread! 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



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

M

Jim

Kid

WP

Infi



SlayerS

BoxeR

Lots

Dragon

GanZi

MMA

Ryung

TaeJa

Clide

Cella

YuGiOh

Golden

Min

CoCa

Alicia

Brown

Crank

Puzzle

SocceR UhenXiaoKaiJimKidWPInfiBoxeRLotsDragonGanZiMMARyungTaeJaClideCellaYuGiOhGoldenMinCoCaAliciaBrownCrankPuzzleSocceR

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



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: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 (173)82%(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!





Twitter, Stay up to date with IPL 4 Qualifiers, IPL TV, IPL Fight Club, and IPL Team Arena by checking our Facebook YouTube , and Justin.TV 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!

BankaiPwn Profile Joined August 2010 Canada 39 Posts #2 ... Who?



I don't see slayers losing this one.

Dexington Profile Blog Joined January 2011 Canada 6519 Posts #3 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. "Man you guys are missing out waving your stats dicks about instead of watching this pvp" - bbm

babylon Profile Blog Joined April 2011 7541 Posts #4 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 Profile Blog Joined March 2011 United States 12350 Posts #5 Watch slayers troll us all and send out MMA first.

Slakkoo Profile Blog Joined October 2010 Sweden 1042 Posts #6 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 Profile Joined March 2011 Croatia 264 Posts #7

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

Mohdoo Profile Joined August 2007 United States 12462 Posts Last Edited: 2011-11-29 21:10:04 #8 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 Profile Joined October 2008 Germany 471 Posts Last Edited: 2011-11-29 21:10:17 #9 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..) §1: Die Units des Hasu sind unantastbar.

Joshy.IGN Profile Joined May 2011 United States 513 Posts #10



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. =) 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. =) IGN eSports Community Marketing Manager || http://www.ign.com/ipl

Hrrrrm Profile Joined March 2010 United States 2025 Posts #11 Should be interesting...



Always curious to see how those Chinese are coming along. alot = a lot (TWO WORDS)

Tigi Profile Joined October 2008 Germany 471 Posts #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:



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. =) 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. On the other hand that tournement is quite long ago and at the more recent IEM in china the chinese representives kinda failed. §1: Die Units des Hasu sind unantastbar.

Attilanator Profile Joined March 2011 United States 154 Posts #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. MC | HuK | TLO |WhiteRa | Tyler | DIMAGA | Naniwa | Boxer | Strelok | HerO Hwaiting!

VirgilSC2 Profile Blog Joined June 2011 United States 5748 Posts #14 VS



Should be pretty interesting, however I don't think SlayerS will have a problem beating TyLoo. Should be pretty interesting, however I don't think SlayerS will have a problem beating TyLoo. Clarity Gaming #1 Fan | Avid MTG Grinder | @VirgilSC2

MajorityofOne Profile Joined December 2010 Canada 1488 Posts #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 Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 18142 Posts #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... Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever

babylon Profile Blog Joined April 2011 7541 Posts #17 On November 30 2011 06:11 Tigi wrote:

Show nested quote +

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:



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. =) 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. 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. 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 Profile Joined October 2010 Brazil 1219 Posts #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! in a state of trance

rauk Profile Blog Joined February 2009 United States 2215 Posts #19 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:



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. =) 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. =)



isn't that the tournament where half the games were played on the china server and genius ragequit and forfeited because it was lagging too hard? isn't that the tournament where half the games were played on the china server and genius ragequit and forfeited because it was lagging too hard?

Emporio Profile Blog Joined December 2010 United States 2808 Posts #20 On November 30 2011 06:16 VirgilSC2 wrote:

VS



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

On the plus side though, both teams have pretty sexy logos On the plus side though, both teams have pretty sexy logos How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?

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