2011 Global StarCraft II League July

Overview

Preliminaries

Code S

Code A

Up & Down

Code S Statistics

Code A Statistics

Global StarCraft II League July [edit]
League Information
Organizer:	GOMTV
Sponsor:	PepsiG.SKILL
Game Version:	Wings of Liberty Patch 1.3.4 – Patch 1.3.6
Server:	South Korea
Event Type:	Offline
Location:	South Korea
Format:	Code Ro32 Group play Ro16 and on Single-elimination Code Ro32 and on Single-elimination
Start Date:	2011-06-27
End Date:	2011-07-30
Winners
NesTea  LosirA  HongUn  ByuN
Winners
Puzzle  Tassadar  Leenock  Happy
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:	32    32
20    27    17
Maps
Bel'Shir Beach • Crevasse • Crossfire SE • Dual Sight • Metalopolis • Tal'Darim Altar LE • Terminus SE • Xel'Naga Caverns • Xel'Naga Fortress

Map Pool

This tournament used the same map pool as the Super Tournament:

• Bel'Shir Beach
• Crevasse
• Crossfire SE
• Dual Sight
• Metalopolis
• Tal'Darim Altar LE*
• Terminus SE*
• Xel'Naga Caverns
• Xel'Naga Fortress

Note: GOM still showed the names "Terminus RE" and Tal'Darim Altar" in their broadcasts, while Terminus SE and Tal'Darim Altar LE are played.

Information

Code S

• Main Tournament.
• 32 Players competed for the Championship.
• 8 Players lost Code status and entered the Up & Down Matches, where they had the chance to reclaim it.
• Code Casters:

• Nick "Tasteless" Plott
• Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski

Code A

• Secondary Tournament.
• 32 Players, 16 from the previous GSL, 15 new qualifiers and one MLG Columbus participant.
• Losers in the first Round lost their Code status.
• The Winner of this tournament received Code status for the next GSL.
• Players who reached the Round of 8 (except for Code winner) entered the Up & Down Matches.
• Code Casters:

• "Wolf" Schröder
• Daniel "Unstable" Siddel
• Justin "TheGunrun" Ignacio
• Trevor "TorcH" Housten
• Kevin "qxc" Riley

Up & Down Matches

• 8 Code Players and 7 Code Players.
• These 15 Players were divided into 3 groups of 5.
• 6 Players, first and second place from each group, received Code status.
• Up & Down Casters:

• "Wolf" Schröder
• Daniel "Unstable" Siddel
• Trevor "TorcH" Housten

Prize Pool

Code S

The total prize pool was ₩144 900 000 (Approximately $134 000 USD, €94 000 EUR), divided among participants as follows:

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	≈ EUR
Champion	₩60,000,000	$46,000	€32,000
Runner-up	₩20,000,000	$18,500	€13,000
Semifinalists	₩5,000,000	$4,500	€3,200
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,800	€1,900
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,850	€1,300
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,400	€1,000
Total	₩132,000,000	$121,900	€85,400

Code A

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	≈ EUR
Champion	₩1,500,000	$1,400	€1,000
Runner-up	₩1,000,000	$930	€650
Semifinalists	₩800,000	$740	€510
Ro8	₩600,000	$550	€380
Ro16	₩400,000	$370	€255
Ro32	₩200,000	$185	€130
Total	₩12,900,000	$11,930	€8,310

Trivia

• The MLG<>GSL exchange program started with this GSL.
• YellOw, a Brood War legend did the ID Call for Code A players starting from the Round of 8.
• This was the first GSL to have a Protoss in the finals of Code A. It also happened to be the first time to have PvP finals in either Code A or S.
• This was the first GSL to have a ZvZ finals in Code S. It also happened that this was the first time to have a teamkill in the finals.
• The Code S champion, NesTea, won without dropping a single game, getting him his third GSL win.
• Capital ship watch: Games where these units were a major factor in the outcome:

Unit	W	L
Battlecruiser	None	None
Brood Lord	None	None
Carrier	None	None
Mothership	None	None

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Code Winner	1
: Final Match	2
: Semi Finals	1 1 2
: Round of 8	3 2 3
: Round of 16	5 7 4
: Round of 32	9 15 8
UD: Promotions	6
UD: Before	2 4 1
UD: + Total	4 9 2
UD: Before	2 5 1
UD: Demotions	4 3 2
Code Winner	1
: Final Match	2
: Semi Finals	2 1 1
: Round of 8	3 4 1
: Round of 16	4 7 5
: Round of 32	11 13 8

See also

• Leagues Portal
• Premier Tournaments

External links

• GOMtv