IGN ProLeague

About[edit]

The IGN ProLeague, commonly abbreviated as the IPL, was a StarCraft 2 league held and organized by IGN Entertainment's eSports division. A countdown finishing on the April 4th, 2011 was viewable prior to the league announcement on the official IGN home page. The first tournament was an invitational featuring players primarily from North America. In March 2013, IGN announced the cancellation of IPL6.^[1] A month later, after much speculation ^[2] the IGN ProLeague was purchased by Blizzard Entertainment who have announced they have no plans to continue any of IPL's business operations.^[3]

Tournaments[edit]

IPL StarLeagues[edit]

Starleague	Date	Winner	Runner-Up	TL Articles
IGN ProLeague Season 1 "Best of the West"	2011 (2011-04-21 – 2011-05-01)	IdrA	KiWiKaKi	R&S
IGN ProLeague Season 2 "Across the Atlantic"	2011 (2011-07-14 – 2011-08-14)	White-Ra	Nerchio	R&S
IGN ProLeague Season 3 "Origins"	2011 (2011-10-06 – 2011-10-09)	Stephano	Lucky	[ R&S]
IGN ProLeague Season 4	2012 (2012-04-06 – 2012-04-08)	aLive	Squirtle	[ R&S]
IGN ProLeague Season 5	2012 (2012-11-29 – 2012-12-02)	Leenock	viOLet	[ R&S]

IPL Team Leagues[edit]

Team League	Date	Winner	Runner-Up	TL Articles
IGN ProLeague Team Arena Challenge 1	2011 (2011-12-05 – 2011-12-22)	QIM	MOUZ	R&S
IGN ProLeague Team Arena Challenge 2	2012 (2012-01-23 – 2012-03-09)	Prime	New Star HoSeo	R&S
IGN ProLeague Team Arena Challenge 3	2012 (2012-05-06 – 2012-08-11)	Incredible Miracle	Team Liquid	[ R&S]
2012 IGN Pro Team League Season 1	2012 (2012-08-15 – 2012-11-21)	Freecs	Incredible Miracle	[ R&S]
2013 IGN Pro Team League Season 1	2012 (2012-12-12– 2013-03-28)	MVP	Incredible Miracle	[ R&S]

Trivia[edit]

To generate community buzz, IGN had a countdown timer on their main website that counted down until the IPL site was launched.
The first Final ended with all 5 Games being played.
Each player had a comic book style cartoon drawn of them, and graphics and pregame introductions were reminiscent of comic book / fighting video game battles.