IGN Pro League Season 5 League of Legends Recap

***Badfur*** · December 3, 2012

This weekend was IPL 5 (IGN Pro League Season 5), a 4 day event that has been amazing. With amazing games, and a few pentakills, it has been an interest series of matches.

IPL 5 started off with an exciting group stage where 16 teams duked it out to see who would advance into the winners and losers brackets. IPL 5 is using a system where after the group stages are done, the top two teams from each group proceed into the winners bracket, with the bottom two going into the losers bracket. In group A, Team WE, Fnatic, Team Dynamic, and Azubu Blaze faced off; Team WE and Fnatic finished 2-0, and 2-1 respectively, securing their spots in the winners bracket, with Team Dynamic and Azubu Blaze finishing with scores of 0-2, and 1-2 respectively.

Group B consisted of ICELAND (an Asian team), CLG.EU, CLG.NA, and FeaR. Both Counter Logic Gaming teams advanced into the winners bracket with a score of 2-0 for CLG.EU and 1-1 for CLG.NA. ICELAND and Fear, 0-2, and 1-1, proceeded to the losers bracket.

Group C contained Singapore Sentinels (SGS), Curse.EU, Team SoloMid (TSM), and MeatPlayground(MP). Curse.EU and TSM advanced into the winners bracket (2-0, and 1-1), while SGS and MP (1-1, 0-2), were dropped into the losers bracket.

The final group in the group stages held Moscow 5 (M5), Taipei Assassins (TPA), Curse.NA, and Black Bean (BB). The Season 2 World Championship winners, TPA proceeded into the winners bracket 2-0, with M5 1-1. Curse.NA, 1-1, and BB, 0-2, went to the losers bracket.

As the tournament went on, Iceland, Black Bean, Fear, and Dynamic were eliminated early, with Dynamic, Fear, and Iceland failing to win any games. MP beat Fear 2-0, but then lost to Moscow 5 and also was eliminated from the tournament. TSM eventually lost to Azubu Blaze, 2-0. So far TSM has yet to win a game against a Korean team.

Fnatic worked through the winners bracket like a storm. Sending top teams, including the Season 2 World Championship winners, TPA to the losers bracket in a completely dominated 2-0 set. Curse EU faced off against Counter Logic Gaming NA, and after a solid 3 games, Curse.EU lost 2-1 and was sent to the losers bracket to face their brother team, Curse.NA.

In a battle between the two Curse teams, Curse.NA came out on top, winning 2-1, where they would go on to face TPA, who just 2-0'd the Singapore Sentinels. In the winners bracket, Fnatic faced off against CLG.NA. Fnatic lost the first game in a completely one sided match. They rolled with the punch and recovered to win the second game, returning it in a crushing victory over CLG.NA in the third game.

CLG EU faced off against World Elite (WE), and completely lost the first game. The next game however, will be remembered as one of the best League of Legends games ever played. 69 minutes long, 61 kills, over 200,000 gold earned between the two teams, and epic base races made this game into a match to remember. That said, CLG.EU lost 0-2 against WE and went to the losers bracket, where they would lose again to TPA in a 2-1 set.

Moscow 5 dueled CLG.NA in the losers bracket, and though they lost the first game, Alex Ich, M5's AP mid proceeded to rock the games, carrying his team to victory 2-1. After that, M5 faced off against TPA and lost 2-0. TPA would then face off against Fnatic, who was dropped to the losers bracket after losing to WE. Like the previous matches between them, TPA couldn't stand up to the might of Fnatic and they lost again, in a 2-0 set.

In a fantastic face off between Fnatic, the Season 1 World Champions and Team WE, the grand finals was held on the main stage. Fnatic started off strong, taking the first game against WE, but they couldn't keep the momentum. WE came back strong and secured objective after objective, and won the next two games, making them the winners of IPL 5.

Sungazer's Wife · December 3, 2012

This weekend was the IPL 5 (IGN Pro League Season 5) took place,a 4 day event that has been amazing. With amazing games, and a few pentakills, it has been an interest series of matches.

IPL 5 started off with an exciting group stage where 16 teams duked it out to see who would advance into the winners and losers brackets. IPL 5 is using a system where after the group stages are done, the top two teams from each group proceed into the winners bracket, with the bottom two going into the losers bracket. In group A, Team WE, Fnatic, [<- typo?]Team Dynamic, and Azubu Blaze faced off; Team WE and Fnatic finished 2-0, and 2-1 respectively, securing their spots in the winners bracket, with Team Dynamic and Azubu Blaze finishing with scores of 0-2, and 1-2 respectively.

Group B consisted of ICELAND (an Asian team), CLG.EU, CLG.NA, and FeaR. Both Counter Logic Gaming teams advanced into the winners bracket with a score of 2-0 for CLG.EU and 1-1 for CLG.NA. ICELAND and Fear, 0-2, and 1-1, proceeded to the losers bracket.

Group C contained Singapore Sentinels (SGS), Curse.EU, Team SoloMid (TSM), and MeatPlayground(MP). Curse.EU and TSM advanced into the winners bracket (2-0, and 1-1), while SGS and MP (1-1, 0-2), were dropped into the losers bracket.

The final group in the group stages held Moscow 5 (M5), Taipei Assassins (TPA), Curse.NA, and Black Bean (BB). The Season 2 World Championship winners, TPA proceeded into the winners bracket 2-0, with M5 1-1. Curse.NA, 1-1, and BB, 0-2, went to the losers bracket.

As the tournament went on, Iceland, Black Bean, Fear, and Dynamic were eliminated early, with Dynamic, Fear, and Iceland failing to win any games. MP beat Fear 2-0, but then lost to Moscow 5 and also was eliminated from the tournament. TSM eventually lost to Azubu Blaze, 2-0. So far ,TSM has yet to win a game against a Korean team.

Fnatic <- typo?worked through the winners bracket like a storm. Sending top teams, including the Season 2 World Championship winners, TPA to the losers bracket in a completely dominated 2-0 set. Curse EU faced off against Counter Logic Gaming NA, and after a solid 3 games, Curse.EU lost 2-1 and was sent to the losers bracket to face their brother team, Curse.NA.

In a battle between the two Curse teams, Curse.NA came out on top, winning 2-1, where they would go on to face TPA, who just 2-0'd the Singapore Sentinels. In the winners bracket, Fnatic faced off against CLG.NA. Fnatic lost the first game in a completely one sided match. They rolled with the punch and recovered to win the second game, returning it in a crushing victory over CLG.NA in the third game.

CLG EU faced off against World Elite (WE), and completely lost the first game. The next game however, will be remembered as one of the best League of Legends games ever played. 69 minutes long, 61 kills, over 200,000 gold earned between the two teams, and epic base races made this game into a match to remember. That said, CLG.EU lost 0-2 against WE and went to the losers bracket, where they would lose again to TPA in a 2-1 set.

Moscow 5 dueled CLG.NA in the losers bracket, and though they lost the first game, Alex Ich, M5's AP mid proceeded to rock the games, carrying his team to victory 2-1. After that, M5 faced off against TPA and lost 2-0. TPA would then face off against Fnatic, who was dropped to the losers bracket after losing to WE. Like the previous matches between them, TPA couldn't stand up to the might of Fnatic and they lost again, in a 2-0 set.

In a fantastic face off between Fnatic, the Season 1 World Champions and Team WE, the grand finals was held on the main stage. Fnatic started off strong, taking the first game against WE, but they couldn't keep the momentum. WE came back strong and secured objective after objective, and won the next two games, making them the winners of IPL 5.

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I'm almost done being sick, so I'll be on the uphill no time and more useful.

***Badfur*** · December 3, 2012

This weekend IPL 5 (IGN Pro League Season 5) took place, a 4 day event that has been amazing. With amazing games, and a few pentakills, it has been an interest series of matches.