



The fourth season of the IGN Pro League, held at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas between April 6–8, 2012.

Overview [ edit ]

Roughly one year after its first edition, the IGN ProLeague will hold the main event of its fourth season at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. With a $100,000 prize pool and the attendance of the winners of the three previous editions (IdrA, White-Ra and Stephano) as well as that of several Korean professional players, this tournament aims to be the biggest event ever organized by IGN.

Several qualifiers were held, beginning on October 2011, in order to determine the twelve players who shall be seeded into pool play. 128 other contestants will battle it out in an open bracket at the event itself in order to try to reach pool play. A detailed list of participants can be found here.

Qualifiers [ edit ]

Main Event Format [ edit ]

The tournament format consists of a 128-man double-elimination open bracket, with the top 8 joining the online qualifiers and invitees on a 20-man group stage. Each person in groups is guaranteed prize money. In group stages, only two players from each group will be able to move on to an 8-man, double-elimination bracket for the championship. Every game in the group stage matters, as a player's payout is determined by each their final standing in the group. Group tiebreak procedures are determined by head-to-head results first, followed by map score.[1]

IPL4 Main Tournament format flow chart

Format Summary [ edit ]

Open Bracket 128-player double-elimination bracket Top eight advance to group play

Group Play 12 invited and qualified players Eight players from open bracket Pool play shall determine Championship Bracket seeds.

Championship Bracket Eight-player double-elimination bracket Best of 3 all the way to semifinals, where matches shall be best of 5. [2]



Prize pool [ edit ]

$100,000 spread as indicated below.[1]

Main Event Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A 1. NesTea 4-0 8-2 2. aLive 3-1 6-3 3. TAiLS 2-2 4-5 4. PartinG 1-3 5-6 5. GanZi 0-4 1-8 Pool A Matches April 6, 2012 aLive 0 2 NesTea TAiLS 0 2 NesTea TAiLS 0 2 aLive April 7, 2012 NesTea 2 1 PartinG TAiLS 2 1 PartinG aLive 2 0 GanZi aLive 2 1 PartinG NesTea 2 1 GanZi TAiLS 2 0 GanZi GanZi 0 2 PartinG Group B [ edit ] Group B 1. MarineKing 4-0 8-4 2. Stephano 3-1 7-4 3. Curious 2-2 6-5 4. JYP 1-3 5-6 5. White-Ra 0-4 1-8 Pool B Matches April 6, 2012 Stephano 2 0 White-Ra MarineKing 2 1 White-Ra MarineKing 2 1 Stephano April 7, 2012 MarineKing 2 1 JYP Stephano 2 1 JYP MarineKing 2 1 Curious Stephano 2 1 Curious White-Ra 0 2 JYP White-Ra 0 2 Curious JYP 1 2 Curious Group C [ edit ] Group C 1. Polt 3-1 7-4 2. Squirtle 3-1 7-4 3. Creator 2-2 6-5 4. MC 1-3 3-6 5. PuMa 1-3 3-7 Pool C Matches April 6, 2012 PuMa 1 2 Polt PuMa 0 2 MC Polt 2 0 MC April 7, 2012 PuMa 0 2 Squirtle PuMa 2 1 Creator Polt 2 1 Squirtle Polt 1 2 Creator MC 1 2 Squirtle MC 0 2 Creator Squirtle 2 1 Creator Group D [ edit ] Group D 1. Bomber 3-1 7-4 2. MMA 3-1 6-3 3. jjakji 2-2 5-6 4. ByuN 2-2 6-5 5. IdrA 0-4 2-8 Pool D Matches April 6, 2012 Bomber 2 1 IdrA MMA 2 0 IdrA Bomber 2 0 MMA April 7, 2012 MMA 2 0 jjakji IdrA 0 2 ByuN Bomber 2 1 jjakji MMA 2 1 ByuN IdrA 1 2 jjakji Bomber 1 2 ByuN jjakji 2 1 ByuN

* Player qualified via Open Bracket.

Championship Bracket [ edit ]

Quarterfinals NesTea 2 Squirtle 1 Bomber 0 Stephano 2 MarineKing 2 MMA 0 Polt 1 aLive 2 Semifinals NesTea 2 Stephano 1 MarineKing 1 aLive 2 Winners' Finals NesTea 1 aLive 3 Losers' Round 1 Squirtle 2 Bomber 0 MMA 2 Polt 1 Losers' Round 2 MarineKing 0 Squirtle 2 Stephano 0 MMA 2 Losers' Round 3 Squirtle 2 MMA 0 Losers' Finals NesTea 2 Squirtle 3 Grand Finals aLive 2 3 Squirtle 3 0

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Round of 20 7 9 4 Round of 8 1 5 2 Round of 6 1 3 2 Round of 4 1 2 1 Round of 3 1 1 1 Grand Final 1 1 Winner 1

View Games [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

Detailed List of Participants [ edit ]

The 12 invitees were seeded into pool play based on their results in previous IGN ProLeagues or their results in the IPL 4 qualifiers. A list of notable players who competed in the open bracket can be found below.

Additional Coverage [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

MC and SK Gaming manager reis provided additional casting.[4]

See also [ edit ]