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Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! It's the Year of the Dragon now and Proleague coverage is back with a vengeance. Did you experience Broodwar withdrawal symptoms this week? We sure did. Our writers were on edge and with no games being played (and having watched a Kakaru get stasised at least 300 times) we had to actually talk to each other. It was horrible.

The 2012 http://t.co/nszHXcLS World Champsionship via @teamliquidnet... http://t.co/YoCDyI6d

No BlizzCon in 2012 http://t.co/S84iQFuH #blizzcon http://t.co/EPksvEob

It was confirmed on Battle.net that Blizzard will not host their annual convention in 2012. Instead, the company's attention will be focused on their upcoming titles and the next edition of the Battle.net World Invitational. In October 2011, Anaheim hosted the Battle.net World Invitational that brought together some of the best StarCraft 2 players and World of WarCraft 3v3 arena teams. This year, the show is moving out of the United States and will travel to Asia. The announcement of the Bnet World Invitational comes with the news that there will be no BlizzCon held this year. The annual convention will not return until 2013 because of Blizzard's busy schedule, that includes three titles currently under development. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of...

TeamLiquid previews the second IPL Team Arena Challenge, including a look at all the first round match-ups, some thoughts about why teamleagues are the best, and an interview with one of IPL's top staff about the event.