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2008 Arena MSL

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[e][h]2008 Arena MSL
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Arena
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea South Korea
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
₩116,000,000 KRW
(≃ $115,146 USD)
Start Date:
2008-05-01
End Date:
2008-07-26
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
32
Protoss 9
Terran 15
Zerg 8
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The 2008 Arena MSL was taken by storm by the (then) Lecaf Oz player fOrGG. He defeated both Flash and Jaedong on his way to the title. Jaedong had only lost a single Bo5 series up to that date, and that was way back in an OSC tournament against Rock. Forgg wasn't intimidated by that and won the clash of the teammates handily with a 3-0 scoreline. His series against Kal in the quarterfinals was most remarkable. In g1 and g5, both players opted for the same builds on Colosseum, however with different results. Both games saw a Scout being used to great effect, a rare occurrence in pro games.

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Format[edit]

  • Ro32: Dual Tournament format.
  • The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
  • The losers of these matches will then face each other in the Losers’s match.
  • The loser places fourth in the group and will be out.
  • The winners of the initial matches face each other in the Winner’s match.
  • The victor places first in the group and advances to the next groupplay (Ro8).
  • The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.
  • The winner gets second place in the group and advances.
  • The loser places third in the group and will be out.
  • Single elimination
  • Ro16: Best of 3
  • The players who finished first out of their groups last round will be paired against a player that finished in second.
  • Higher ranked player can veto 1 map.
  • Winner earns a seed into the following MSL and advances to the next round.
  • Ro8: Best of 5
  • From this point onwards both players will pick a map that they do not want to be repeated in the event of a fifth set.
  • Semi Finals: Best of 5.
  • Finals: Best of 5.

Maps[edit]


Group Stage (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
May 1, 2008
1. South Korea Terran Hwasin 2-0
2. South Korea Zerg Jaedong 2-1
3. South Korea Protoss Bisu 1-2
4. South Korea Terran FrOzean 0-2
Group A Matches
South KoreaZergJaedong
1
0
South KoreaProtossBisu
South KoreaTerranHwasin
1
0
South KoreaTerranFrOzean
South KoreaTerranHwasin
1
0
South KoreaZergJaedong
South KoreaProtossBisu
1
0
South KoreaTerranFrOzean
South KoreaZergJaedong
1
0
South KoreaProtossBisu


Group B[edit]

Group B
May 8, 2008
1. South Korea Protoss free 2-0
2. South Korea Protoss Much 2-1
3. South Korea Protoss JangBi 1-2
4. South Korea Protoss Anytime 0-2
Group B Matches
South KoreaProtossJangBi
1
0
South KoreaProtossAnytime
South KoreaProtossMuch
0
1
South KoreaProtossfree
South KoreaProtossJangBi
0
1
South KoreaProtossfree
South KoreaProtossAnytime
0
1
South KoreaProtossMuch
South KoreaProtossJangBi
0
1
South KoreaProtossMuch


Group C[edit]

Group C
May 17, 2008
1. South Korea Terran fOrGG 2-0
2. South Korea Protoss Kal 2-1
3. South Korea Protoss HerO_V_ 1-2
4. South Korea Zerg type-b 0-2
Group C Matches
South KoreaProtossKal
0
1
South KoreaTerranfOrGG
South KoreaZergtype-b
0
1
South KoreaProtossHerO_V_
South KoreaTerranfOrGG
1
0
South KoreaProtossHerO_V_
South KoreaProtossKal
1
0
South KoreaZergtype-b
South KoreaProtossHerO_V_
0
1
South KoreaProtossKal


Group D[edit]

Group D
May 24, 2008
1. South Korea Terran Lomo 2-0
2. South Korea Terran Mind 2-1
3. South Korea Terran Memory 1-2
4. South Korea Zerg Calm 0-2
Group D Matches
South KoreaTerranMind
1
0
South KoreaZergCalm
South KoreaTerranMemory
0
1
South KoreaTerranLomo
South KoreaTerranMind
0
1
South KoreaTerranLomo
South KoreaZergCalm
0
1
South KoreaTerranMemory
South KoreaTerranMind
1
0
South KoreaTerranMemory


Group E[edit]

Group E
May 3, 2008
1. South Korea Protoss LuCifer 2-0
2. South Korea Terran NaDa 2-1
3. South Korea Zerg Shark 1-2
4. South Korea Terran Goodfriend 0-2
Group E Matches
South KoreaTerranNaDa
0
1
South KoreaProtossLuCifer
South KoreaTerranGoodfriend
0
1
South KoreaZergShark
South KoreaProtossLuCifer
1
0
South KoreaZergShark
South KoreaTerranNaDa
1
0
South KoreaTerranGoodfriend
South KoreaTerranNaDa
1
0
South KoreaZergShark


Group F[edit]

Group F
May 10, 2008
1. South Korea Terran firebathero 2-0
2. South Korea Terran Light 2-1
3. South Korea Zerg sAviOr 1-2
4. South Korea Terran fantasy 0-2
Group F Matches
South KoreaTerranLight
1
0
South KoreaTerranfantasy
South KoreaZergsAviOr
0
1
South KoreaTerranfirebathero
South KoreaTerranLight
0
1
South KoreaTerranfirebathero
South KoreaZergsAviOr
1
0
South KoreaTerranfantasy
South KoreaTerranLight
1
0
South KoreaZergsAviOr


Group G[edit]

Group G
May 15, 2008
1. South Korea Terran Canata 2-0
2. South Korea Terran Sea 2-1
3. South Korea Zerg Luxury 1-2
4. South Korea Terran UpMagiC 0-2
Group G Matches
South KoreaTerranUpMagiC
0
1
South KoreaTerranCanata
South KoreaTerranSea
1
0
South KoreaZergLuxury
South KoreaTerranCanata
1
0
South KoreaTerranSea
South KoreaTerranUpMagiC
0
1
South KoreaZergLuxury
South KoreaTerranSea
1
0
South KoreaZergLuxury


Group H[edit]

Group H
May 22, 2008
1. South Korea Terran Flash 2-0
2. South Korea Zerg Kwanro 2-1
3. South Korea Protoss YoonJoong 1-2
4. South Korea Zerg Yarnc 0-2
Group H Matches
South KoreaTerranFlash
1
0
South KoreaZergYarnc
South KoreaZergKwanro
0
1
South KoreaProtossYoonJoong
South KoreaTerranFlash
1
0
South KoreaProtossYoonJoong
South KoreaZergYarnc
0
1
South KoreaZergKwanro
South KoreaProtossYoonJoong
0
1
South KoreaZergKwanro


Single-elimination[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Race distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 32
9158
Round of 16
4102
Quarterfinals
341
Semifinals
121
Finals
11
Winner
1

Recommended Games[edit]

  • Terran fOrGG < Colosseum > Protoss Kal - A truly remarkable game and a turn around that perhaps no one would have expected halfway into the game.

Gallery[edit]

Music used[edit]

Main Theme: Foo Fighters - The Pretender

External links[edit]

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