http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/ipl-5
The IGN Pro Leauge returns to the beautiful Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas from November 29th to December 2nd! We are proud to bring a $100,000 League of Legends tournament, a $100,000 StarCraft II tournament, the Global StarCraft II Code S Semifinals and Finals, the Global StarCraft II World Championship, and more back to Sin City for the best eSports event in history!
StarCraft II returns to the IPL5 circuit bigger and better than ever. In contrast to the past IPL tournaments, there will be no group stage as we will have 72 qualified contestants participating in a giant double elimination bracket! Our eight Regional winners will be seeded directly into Winners’ Round 4 including, Sleep, Snute, MarineKing, TaeJa, Polt, Xigua, Crank and IPL4 defending champion aLive! In addition, the GSL Code S Semifinals and Grand finals will take place at the event over the course of the weekend showcasing four of the top players in the world! We’ll also have the GSL World Championship featuring Korea’s best five against the Allstars of the world to see who can prove is best in the StarCraft world! More information can be found here! http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2/ipl-5
Looks like they're hosting GSL Season 5 Semi-Finals and Finals.
Thanks to our ongoing partnership with GSL, they will be at IPL5 to assist IPL in all our production and in addition, the GSL Code S Semifinals and Grand finals will take place at the event over the course of the weekend showcasing four of the top players in the world to close our the GSL season!
We’ll also have the GSL World Championship featuring Korea’s best five against the IPL chosen Allstars of the world to see who can prove is best in the StarCraft world!
Players will be nominated through a community poll to take place in an open bracket to determine the 2 best NA and 3 best EU players! Keep your eyes open for the community poll that will be coming within the next few weeks!
On August 24 2012 04:56 CatsPajamas wrote:
Hey everyone! Wanted to give you guys some background on the decisions we've made for this event:
Regarding the new format:
We found that people have the most interest in following the up and comers through a bracket (hence why players like Illusion and Scarlett were receiving the most attention during IPL4). This tournament system is a reflection of that. It's intended to remove group play and ensure that everyone who enters could have an awesome bracket run and a shot at the title. However, it is a new experiment for us, and we may find significant flaws. We are certainly open to criticism and suggestions moving forward.
Regarding the change in GSL Code S:
We listened to the community and found that most were upset with having the entire Round of 8 through the finals at the event. As such, we've modified the format so that there's still a significant amount of content from the GSL as we're working closer and closer with them but ensures that the players involved still have time to prepare for their opponents. As I mentioned before, anyone involved in the Code S semifinals is in no way, shape, or form forced to participate in IPL5. If they choose to withdraw to concentrate on the GSL title, more power to them!
We should have a schedule of the actual events themselves coming up soon, but we're happy to have a long lead time for this event. Also, it's our hope to announce IPL 6 in the relative near future as well.
See you at the event! ^__^
Last edit: 2012-08-24 08:31:31 | 
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