2003 Stout MSL

2003 Stout MSL [edit]
League Information
Organizer:
Event Type:	Offline
Location:	South Korea
Format:	1v1, Double-elimination
Start Date:	2003-04-17
End Date:	2003-07-19
Links:	TLPD R&S Website
Winners
Nal_rA   NaDa   Zeus
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:	16
4    7    5
Maps
Charity • Dark Sauron • Gauntlet 2003 • Jim Raynor's Memory J

Overview

Following the four KGPA Tours, this was the first official MSL, and it was interesting on many accounts.

ChoJJa was the only Zerg who managed to go deep in the tournament, despite very tough maps, proving his ZvT was nothing to laugh about.

BoxeR played some very inspired games and came the closest to defeating the eventual winner, proving that his TvP was formidable, but was eliminated 2-1 in the loser's bracket by NaDa.

Zeus had an impressive run going up to the winner's final, and even came one game away from advancing to the grand final.

NaDa, in the running for his fourth consecutive title, made an impressive run to the Loser's Bracket finals after being knocked out of the Upper Bracket in the first round. His run culminated in an intense series against Zeus where he came back from a two game deficit to advance to the Grand Finals.

But this MSL was above all the one that revealed Nal_rA. This was the first individual league he qualified for, and he won it in a very impressive fashion, dropping only one game to BoxeR in their Bo3. While he did not have to play PvZ, he completely dominated Zeus in PvP, and showcased a very strong macro oriented PvT. He also showed hints of the creativity that he would later be famed for, especially in his series against BoxeR and in the second game of his series against Zeus.

Players

Protoss (4)	Terran (7)	Zerg (5)
BrEEzE	BoxeR	ChoJJa
Nal_rA	kOs	GoRush
Rage	NaDa	JinSu
Zeus	Sync	JJu
	TheMarine	YellOw
	V-Gundam
	XellOs

Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3				Round 4				Round 5				Round 6				Grand Finals
	Winner's bracket
	YellOw	0
	V-Gundam	1
					V-Gundam	1
					GoRush	0
	GoRush	1
	JJu	0
													V-Gundam	1
													Zeus	2
	ChoJJa	1
	Rage	0
					ChoJJa	0
					Zeus	1
	Zeus	1
	XellOs	0
																					Zeus	0
																					Nal_rA	2
	BoxeR	1
	JinSu	0
					BoxeR	1
					TheMarine	0
	TheMarine	1
	BrEEzE	0
													BoxeR	1
													Nal_rA	2
	NaDa	0
	Nal_rA	1
					Nal_rA	1																			Nal_rA	3
					Sync	0																			NaDa	0
	kOs	0
	Sync	1
	Loser's bracket
					GoRush	1
	YellOw	0
					JJu	0							V-Gundam	0
	JJu	1							GoRush	0
													ChoJJa	2
									ChoJJa	2
					ChoJJa	1
	Rage	0																			Zeus	2
					XellOs	0									ChoJJa	1
	XellOs	1																		NaDa	3
																		NaDa	2
					TheMarine	0
	JinSu	1
					JinSu	1							BoxeR	1
	BrEEzE	0							JinSu	1
													NaDa	2
									NaDa	2
					Sync	0
	NaDa	1
					NaDa	1
	kOs	0

Detailed results

Upper Bracket Round of 16 April 17th, 2003 GoRush vs. JJu on Jim Raynor's Memory J ChoJJa vs. Rage on Charity Zeus vs. XellOs on Dark Sauron kOs vs. Sync on Dark Sauron April 24th, 2003 YellOw vs. V-Gundam on Gauntlet 2003 BoxeR vs. JinSu on Gauntlet 2003 TheMarine vs. BrEEzE on Jim Raynor's Memory J NaDa vs. Nal_rA on Charity Round of 8 May 8th, 2003 V-Gundam vs. GoRush on Jim Raynor's Memory J ChoJJa vs. Zeus on Charity BoxeR vs. TheMarine on Gauntlet 2003 Nal_rA vs. Sync on Dark Sauron Round of 4 May 29th, 2003 V-Gundam vs. Zeus on Dark Sauron V-Gundam vs. Zeus on Gauntlet 2003 V-Gundam vs. Zeus on Charity BoxeR vs. Nal_rA on Jim Raynor's Memory J BoxeR vs. Nal_rA on Charity BoxeR vs. Nal_rA on Gauntlet 2003 Finals June 12th, 2003 Zeus vs. Nal_rA on Dark Sauron Zeus vs. Nal_rA on Charity

Lower Bracket Initial Round of 8 May 1st, 2003 YellOw vs. JJu on Dark Sauron Rage vs. XellOs on Charity JinSu vs. BrEEzE on Gauntlet 2003 NaDa vs. kOs on Jim Raynor's Memory J Dropdown Round of 8 May 15h, 2003 GoRush vs. JJu on Gauntlet 2003 ChoJJa vs. XellOs on Charity TheMarine vs. JinSu on Dark Sauron Sync vs. NaDa on Jim Raynor's Memory J Winners Round of 4 May 22nd, 2003 GoRush vs. ChoJJa on Charity GoRush vs. ChoJJa on Jim Raynor's Memory J JinSu vs. NaDa on Gauntlet 2003 JinSu vs. NaDa on Charity JinSu vs. NaDa on Jim Raynor's Memory J Dropdown Round of 4 June 5th, 2003 V-Gundam vs. ChoJJa on Gauntlet 2003 V-Gundam vs. ChoJJa on Dark Sauron BoxeR vs. NaDa on Dark Sauron BoxeR vs. NaDa on Charity BoxeR vs. NaDa on Jim Raynor's Memory J Winners Round of 2 June 12th, 2003 ChoJJa vs. NaDa on Dark Sauron ChoJJa vs. NaDa on Charity ChoJJa vs. NaDa on Gauntlet 2003 Finals June 19th, 2003 Zeus vs. NaDa on Dark Sauron Zeus vs. NaDa on Gauntlet 2003 Zeus vs. NaDa on Jim Raynor's Memory J Zeus vs. NaDa on Charity Zeus vs. NaDa on Dark Sauron

Grand Finals
Nal_rA vs. NaDa on To Be Decided - Nal_rA receives a BYE Nal_rA vs. NaDa on Charity Nal_rA vs. NaDa on Jim Raynor's Memory J

Maps

• Charity
• Dark Sauron
• Gauntlet 2003
• Jim Raynor's Memory J

Recommended Games

• Nal_rA < Jim Raynor's Memory J > BoxeR - Game 1 of their series. A long and tense macro game which features heavy harassment, a great comeback, ghosts and end-game shield batteries.
• Nal_rA < Charity > Zeus - Winner's final game 2. A successful PvP rush only seen on island maps.
• BoxeR < Gauntlet 2003 > JinSu - Great display of creativity by the Emperor himself.

Gallery

Music used:

• Linkin Park - Papercut -
• Linkin Park - By myself -
• Shadow of Twilight - Zelda Metal Remix
• Seo Taiji - Daekyungsung

External links

• TLPD Page
• MSL VoD Thread

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