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has the newest news about season 2.



The full post and details were originally posted on SK-Gaming http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32900-IGNs_Edward_Chang_IPL2_to_have_50000_minimum_prize_pool has the newest news about season 2. Over the past couple of days, major American video game site IGN (owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, one of the largest in the world) has made known their intention to become heavily involved in competitive StarCraft 2.



Information has recently come to light to suggest that this will be a new professional StarCraft 2 league in North America, sponsored by IGN and boasting a prize pool between $150,000 and $200,000. This information comes from the mouth of an IGN employee and a credible source who wishes to remain anonymous at this time.



When approached, IGN declined to comment on this information.



Long story short: I've been speaking with someone who I know is a credible source. From that person, I have this information. While I wouldn't go to Vegas and bet your savings on it (things can change), I am personally quite sure that this source has a very good sense of what is going on.



UPDATE: When it rains it pours: bet the savings.



Anyway, I'm psyched. IGN is HUGE, gets tens of millions of hits per month. A league by them is not to be taken lightly.



IGN's site:



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Bringing this to the light and community review will help it more than keeping it in the shadows will. NASL has already improved thanks to community feedback. To be frank, hearing what we have to say will make the IPL better if IGN is willing to listen and knows how to take critiques. I'm sure they do. This is for the best.

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To those who think it is a NASL sponsorship:



Read the article on



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Evoli was not the source, this is not Evoli's info. I love evoli but he is working closely with the league (and will probably be providing top notch coverage once its out). He is not the reason that I know it is a team league. I know it is a team league because my source says teams were contacted as opposed to individuals.



Additionally: my source is saying there is no association between NASL and IGN, neither is sponsoring the other, evoli even mentioned the same thing in his thread, that the two are separate entities.



This is pretty much happening as I stated it in the original article on SK Gaming.



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On March 23 2011 09:56 zere wrote:

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On March 23 2011 08:30 holy_war wrote:

Edit: Some cached stuff from the IGN Proleague website dated March 18th. Doesn't tell much but there's something with ROOT Gaming involved.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4VmEFkoFhb0J:www.ign.com/proleague/players IGN proleague&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com Edit: Some cached stuff from the IGN Proleague website dated March 18th. Doesn't tell much but there's something with ROOT Gaming involved.



Have a look at the lower right corner's links:

http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/4-rootkiwikaki-sixjaxvibe

http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/5-rootminigun-fxosheth

http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/6-novastalife-vtspades

http://www.ign.com/proleague/match/7-egidra-lgagh

Have a look at the lower right corner's links:



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entitled "Announcing the IGN Proleague" has surfaced, apparently posted on March 20th, 2011 (it is easy to fake a blog post's date).



IGN has invited 16 of the most talented Starcraft 2 players from North America, and will be launching a series of tournaments in search for the best players in America.



As the top gaming site on the internet, IGN is passionate about nurturing the gaming scene. We believe that the main reason why America is not yet competitive in the eSports scene is the lack of events and sponsorships to support America's talent. IGN will be investing in accelerating the growth of the eSport scene in America.



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On March 23 2011 12:15 Gudeldar wrote:

It looks like a bunch of progamers have IGN profiles that are all IPL.[name]



Here are all the ones I've found so far

http://people.ign.com/ipl.idra

http://people.ign.com/ipl.incontrol

http://people.ign.com/ipl.sheth

http://people.ign.com/ipl.axslav

http://people.ign.com/ipl.agh

http://people.ign.com/ipl.catz

http://people.ign.com/ipl.vibe

http://people.ign.com/ipl.select

http://people.ign.com/ipl.fenix

http://people.ign.com/ipl.spades

http://people.ign.com/ipl.drewbie

http://people.ign.com/ipl.ttone

http://people.ign.com/ipl.stalife

http://people.ign.com/ipl.minigun

http://people.ign.com/ipl.kiwikaki

It looks like a bunch of progamers have IGN profiles that are all IPL.[name]Here are all the ones I've found so far

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The site's lay out!



On March 23 2011 12:28 DreamScaR wrote:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7HwJ3JLm634J:www.ign.com/proleague/match/4-rootkiwikaki-sixjaxvibe http://www.ign.com/proleague/tournament&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca



http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qrTqW_6DriAJ:www.ign.com/proleague/tournament http://www.ign.com/proleague/tournament&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca





Bringing this to the light and community review will help it more than keeping it in the shadows will. NASL has already improved thanks to community feedback. To be frank, hearing what we have to say will make the IPL better if IGN is willing to listen and knows how to take critiques. I'm sure they do. This is for the best.To those who think it is a NASL sponsorship: Evoli , who was at the meeting, confirmed that this is " very much so a venture of their [IGN's] own".Read the article on SK-Gaming , this and other information being discussed is ALREADY there!--Evoli was not the source, this is not Evoli's info. I love evoli but he is working closely with the league (and will probably be providing top notch coverage once its out). He is not the reason that I know it is a team league. I know it is a team league because my source says teams were contacted as opposed to individuals.Additionally: my source is saying there is no association between NASL and IGN, neither is sponsoring the other, evoli even mentioned the same thing in his thread, that the two are separate entities.This is pretty much happening as I stated it in the original article on SK Gaming.----- A post on IGN.com entitled "Announcing the IGN Proleague" has surfaced, apparently posted on March 20th, 2011 (it is easy to fake a blog post's date).----The site's lay out!



Yeah, I think it's safe to say this is happening. Long story short: I've been speaking with someone who I know is a credible source. From that person, I have this information. While I wouldn't go to Vegas and bet your savings on it (things can change), I am personally quite sure that this source has a very good sense of what is going on.UPDATE: When it rains it pours: bet the savings.Anyway, I'm psyched. IGN is HUGE, gets tens of millions of hits per month. A league by them is not to be taken lightly.IGN's site: http://www.ign.com/proleague counting down to the release day. Theory looking fairly solid. Boom.Yeah, I think it's safe to say this is happening. :O