IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts Last Edited: 2013-03-09 00:46:13 #1



The time has come for our forty-ninth IGN Pro League Fight Club! In this special edition IPL Fight Club, we've got our current Champion, Polt, facing off against our returning Champion, HyuN, in a Bo11 for $8,000 dollars and all the marbles at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. This match will be played in Wings of Liberty.





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IPL Fight Club

When: Friday, Mar 08 9:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also broadcast the match repeatedly afterwards!)





Polt

Polt took down one of the best Wings of Liberty players, Creator.Prime last week, and he's back to take all of HyuN's Fight Club glory. HyuN had an outstanding run last year, but Polt advanced further at IPL 5 and has proved his mettle over and over in live events. On top of that, he lives in Austin! The hometown hero doesn't have to travel at all - he's studying English at UT Austin - while HyuN will be fresh in from Korea. Note: this may be the only match-up in which IPL staff are not biased towards HyuN. We're great friends with Polt and I know I'm rooting for a 6-5, all-the way, nail-biter in favor of ... damn, I just can't decide who to root for!



VS.



Quantic.HyuN

HyuN performed so well in Fight Club, we renamed it HyuN Club. The kid went 14-1 against some of the best players in the world - PartinG, Squirtle, GuMiho, Life etc. - and only lost to Leenock fresh off of a win from IPL 5 and the MLG Fall Championship. However, SXSW won't be played in HyuN's bedroom, and he'll be jet-lagged, playing on new maps, and hoping to live up to everyone's expectations. Can the HyuN reclaim his title and become the Ultimate Fight Club Champion?

Polt took down one of the best Wings of Liberty players, Creator.Prime last week, and he's back to take all of HyuN's Fight Club glory. HyuN had an outstanding run last year, but Polt advanced further at IPL 5 and has proved his mettle over and over in live events. On top of that, he lives in Austin! The hometown hero doesn't have to travel at all - he's studying English at UT Austin - while HyuN will be fresh in from Korea. Note: this may be the only match-up in which IPL staff are not biased towards HyuN. We're great friends with Polt and I know I'm rooting for a 6-5, all-the way, nail-biter in favor of ... damn, I just can't decide who to root for!HyuN performed so well in Fight Club, we renamed it HyuN Club. The kid went 14-1 against some of the best players in the world - PartinG, Squirtle, GuMiho, Life etc. - and only lost to Leenock fresh off of a win from IPL 5 and the MLG Fall Championship. However, SXSW won't be played in HyuN's bedroom, and he'll be jet-lagged, playing on new maps, and hoping to live up to everyone's expectations. Can the HyuN reclaim his title and become the Ultimate Fight Club Champion?



Poll: Who will win?



Polt (53)

51%



HyuN (51)

49%



104 total votes (53)51%(51)49%104 total votes Your vote: Who will win? (Vote): Polt

(Vote): HyuN





Results!

+ Show Spoiler [IPL Fight Club Results] + Polt < DF Atlas > HyuN

Polt < Daybreak > HyuN

Polt < Cloud Kingdom > HyuN

Polt < Icarus > HyuN

Polt < Ohana > HyuN

Polt < Akilon Flats > HyuN

Polt < Daybreak > HyuN

Polt < Icarus > HyuN

Polt < DF Atlas > HyuN







Map List

Daybreak

Cloud Kingdom

Ohana

GSL Icarus

GSL Akilon Flats

DF Atlas



The first map will be on a set rotation, and then it is loser's pick. Maps will be played twice if required.



Casters



This event will be cast by Andrew "Kibbelz" Dunne and Kevin Knocke!





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Note: This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome.

Ace Frehley Profile Joined December 2012 2022 Posts #2 Hmm..

This looks awesome, but any news on the IPTL finals?

Will you at least have it played on-line? ...

IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts #3 On March 08 2013 11:22 Ace Frehley wrote:

Hmm..

This looks awesome, but any news on the IPTL finals?

Will you at least have it played on-line?



With everyone gone at SXSW, we haven't had time to sit down and plan out how we'll address the IPTL Finals. We'll have more news next week. I know it sounds straight forward, but I don't want to promise anything and then be unable to deliver. People don't like it when you cancel things last minute... With everyone gone at SXSW, we haven't had time to sit down and plan out how we'll address the IPTL Finals. We'll have more news next week. I know it sounds straight forward, but I don't want to promise anything and then be unable to deliver. People don't like it when you cancel things last minute...

Bagration Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 18112 Posts Last Edited: 2013-03-08 03:42:04 #4 Should be a great match Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever

IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts Last Edited: 2013-03-08 03:33:53 #5 On March 08 2013 11:30 Bagration wrote:

Should be a great match. But why so early? 5 am local time?



edit: looks like I really messed it up. 1:30 PST is the correct time everyone. edit: looks like I really messed it up.

Meadowlark Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 344 Posts #6 Bummed that it's WoL, but I'll probably watch anyways. ''Three bottles of Monster in a day; I'm pumped as fuck." -Stephano

PhoenixVoid Profile Blog Joined December 2011 Canada 16298 Posts #7 A bit disappointed that it had to become WoL, but this should still be an epic match. Being WoL and all, and looking at their TvZ and ZvTs, I would say HyuN is favored here by a long shot, but Polt might be able to pull off some victories.



HyuN 6-3 Polt



(P.S. Does this count as an official FC, and the winner continues to next week? Or is this a standalone showmatch under the guise of a FC?) I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants

ragz_gt Profile Blog Joined April 2012 8084 Posts #8 Wait... so Poilt takes out Creator in HoTS after Creator's streak in WoL and then go back to WoL O.o? I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.

IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts #9 On March 08 2013 12:09 ragz_gt wrote:

Wait... so Poilt takes out Creator in HoTS after Creator's streak in WoL and then go back to WoL O.o?



This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome. This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome.

ragz_gt Profile Blog Joined April 2012 8084 Posts #10 On March 08 2013 12:14 IGNProLeague wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 08 2013 12:09 ragz_gt wrote:

Wait... so Poilt takes out Creator in HoTS after Creator's streak in WoL and then go back to WoL O.o?



This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome. This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome.



So Creator lost his shot at $8000 in WoL by losing in HoTS after 4 win in WoL? Not sure how that works but OK. So Creator lost his shot at $8000 in WoL by losing in HoTS after 4 win in WoL? Not sure how that works but OK. I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.

IGNProLeague Profile Joined April 2011 1147 Posts #11 On March 08 2013 12:25 ragz_gt wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 08 2013 12:14 IGNProLeague wrote:

On March 08 2013 12:09 ragz_gt wrote:

Wait... so Poilt takes out Creator in HoTS after Creator's streak in WoL and then go back to WoL O.o?



This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome. This is a special showmatch as part of the Fight Club series. Polt will remain HotS Fight Club Champion and HyuN will be eligible to challenge regardless of outcome.



So Creator lost his shot at $8000 in WoL by losing in HoTS after 4 win in WoL? Not sure how that works but OK. So Creator lost his shot at $8000 in WoL by losing in HoTS after 4 win in WoL? Not sure how that works but OK.



We asked Creator if he'd like to pause his streak until he felt comfortable playing HotS. He declined and decided to continue straight into HotS. HyuN and Polt were already decided as the SXSW Showmatch, and it was just coincidence that Polt was the fight club champion at the time and we thought, hey, this would be a fun theme! We asked Creator if he'd like to pause his streak until he felt comfortable playing HotS. He declined and decided to continue straight into HotS. HyuN and Polt were already decided as the SXSW Showmatch, and it was just coincidence that Polt was the fight club champion at the time and we thought, hey, this would be a fun theme!

Bagration Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 18112 Posts #12 On March 08 2013 11:32 IGNProLeague wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 08 2013 11:30 Bagration wrote:

Should be a great match. But why so early? 5 am local time?



edit: looks like I really messed it up. 1:30 PST is the correct time everyone. edit: looks like I really messed it up.



Oh, that makes much more sense. Thanks Oh, that makes much more sense. Thanks Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever

LiLSighKoh Profile Blog Joined October 2010 United States 584 Posts #13 Damn 8k$ match, gogo polt! "Want some? Go get some!"

ragz_gt Profile Blog Joined April 2012 8084 Posts #14 That's just ... random I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.

Talack Profile Joined September 2010 Canada 2673 Posts #15 WoL?



No thank you

Shellshock Profile Blog Joined March 2011 United States 95641 Posts #16 WoL? HyuN should win easily Moderator http://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png

PhoenixVoid Profile Blog Joined December 2011 Canada 16298 Posts #17 Why was HotS not available during this event? IEM got HotS servers, and if IEM can get HotS, surely IPL could, or am I just forgoing/ignorant of an important detail? People expected HotS because it would continue the trend of FC, but the sudden change to WoL did come suddenly, and it caught people off guard. Any reason why WoL was chosen? Would appreciate an answer if you can give one IPL. I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants

Dodgin Profile Blog Joined July 2011 Canada 38851 Posts #18 Conspiracy theory: Hyun has in fact become IPL Hyun and the $5000 for winning this event is part of his salary, they are playing on WoL to ensure his victory.



I'm onto you guys...

Fionn Profile Blog Joined October 2009 United States 20365 Posts #19 Pretty sure the split is $5,000/$3,000. So the loser still makes more than most tournament winners get. Writer https://twitter.com/FionnOnFire

BakedButters Profile Joined November 2011 United States 748 Posts #20 Polt is a TvP master, but against Z in WoL, I don't think it's gonna be close Snute <3 Bomber <3 Parting <3 Life <3

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