IGN ProLeague Season 4
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IGN ProLeague Season 4
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Online
Location:
Las VegasFormat:
1v1
Open Bracket
Group Stage
Double-elimination Playoffs
Open Bracket
Group Stage
Double-elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-04-06
End Date:
2012-04-08
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
140
Maps
Chronology
IGN ProLeague Season 4 was held at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas between April 6–8, 2012. 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, the tournament was 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.
Format
[edit]Qualifiers
[edit]Main Event
[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.
- Open Bracket
- Double-elimination bracket.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Top 8 advance to Group Play.
- Group Play
- 5 round robin groups of 4 players.
- 12 invited and qualified players, and 8 players from the Open Bracket.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Top 4 advance to Championship Bracket
- Tiebreaks are: head-to-head, then map score.[1]
- Championship Bracket
- 8 players in a double-elimination bracket.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Losers' Finals, Winners' Finals, and Grand Finals are Bo5.
Prize pool
[edit]$100,000 spread as indicated below.[1]
1st
2nd
3rd
4th 
Results
[edit]Open Bracket
[edit]- Main article: IGN ProLeague Season 4 Open Bracket
Group Stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]
Pool A Matches
Group C
[edit]Pool C Matches
Group D
[edit]Pool D Matches
* Player qualified via Open Bracket.
Championship Bracket
[edit]Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
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2:3(Bo5)
During Game 5 NesTea was unable to control his units, forcing a regame.
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2:3(Bo5)
3:0(Bo5)
Racial Distribution
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| Round of 20 |
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| Round of 8 |
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| Round of 6 |
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| Round of 4 |
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| Round of 3 |
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| Grand Final |
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| Winner |
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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.
| Protoss
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Terran
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Zerg
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| Invites (12) | ||
|---|---|---|
| TAiLS
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MarineKing
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 Stephano
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 White-Ra
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aLive
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IdrA
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| MC
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PuMa
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NesTea
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| Polt
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| Bomber
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| MMA
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| Notable open bracket sign-ups | ||
 TT1  |
 DeMusliM |
ViBE |
| HuK |
 Jinro |
DIMAGA |
| JYP |
binski |
viOLet |
| HerO |
Spades |
Machine |
| NonY |
Dragon |
Zenio |
| Perfect |
Flo |
 TLO |
| CranK |
ThisIsJimmy |
HayprO |
| Caliber |
STX |
 Ret |
| KiWiKaKi |
 HasHe |
Sheth |
| SaSe |
Illusion |
Sleep |
| Future |
GanZi |
Golden |
| BlinG |
TaeJa |
Heavens |
| DdoRo |
Heart |
ChAnCe |
| ToD |
Ryung |
Moon [2] |
| State |
Mvp |
Mystik |
| Oz |
KawaiiRice |
Hawk |
| Killer |
qxc |
Leenock |
| Axslav |
Drewbie |
 CatZ |
| AcE |
jjakji |
July |
| Squirtle |
Virus |
Curious |
| PartinG |
Sound |
AnNyeong |
| Creator |
ByuN |
Terius |
| Classic |
Maru |
BBoongBBoong |
Additional Coverage
[edit]Gallery
[edit]Trivia
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IPL4 in Las Vegas Early Information!". TL.net, 25 February 2012
- ↑ FNATIC's Twitter. Twitter.com, 5 April 2012.
- ↑ reis' Twitter. Twitter.com, 8 April 2012.