2011 Global StarCraft II League October

Overview

Preliminaries

Code S

Code A

Up & Down

Code S Statistics

Code A Statistics

Global StarCraft II League October [edit]
League Information
Organizer:	GOMTV
Sponsor:	Sony Ericsson, Intel, G-Skill
Game Version:	Wings of Liberty Patch 1.3.6 – Patch 1.4.1
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:	2011-09-19
End Date:	2011-10-22
Winners
MMA  Mvp  GanZi  Happy
Winners
Curious  Oz  GuMiho  Sage
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:	32    32
17    28    19
Maps
Antiga Shipyard • Bel'Shir Beach • Crossfire SE • Daybreak • Dual Sight • Metalopolis • Tal'Darim Altar LE • Terminus SE • Xel'Naga Fortress

Map Pool

• Antiga Shipyard
• Bel'Shir Beach
• Crossfire SE
• Daybreak
• Dual Sight
• Metalopolis
• Tal'Darim Altar LE*
• Terminus SE*
• Xel'Naga Fortress

Note: GOM shows the names “Terminus RE” and “Tal'Darim Altar” in their broadcasts, while the newer versions Terminus SE and Tal'Darim Altar LE are played.
The following maps have been modified starting this season: Bel'Shir Beach and Terminus SE.

Information

Code S

• Main Tournament.
• 32 Players compete for the Championship.
• 8 Players will lose Code status and enter the Up & Down Matches, where they might reclaim it.
• Code Casters:

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

Code A

• Secondary Tournament.
• 32 Players, 16 from the previous GSL, 12 new qualifiers and 4 foreigner seeds.
• Losers in the first Round will lose their Code status.
• The Winner of this tournament will receive Code status for the next GSL.
• Players who reach the Round of 8 (except for Code winner) will enter the Up & Down Matches.
• Code Casters:

• Wolf "Wolf" Schröder
• Erik "DoA" Lonnquist
• Noah "Moletrap" Kalb

Up & Down Matches

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

• TBA

Prize Pool

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

Code S

The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $121,900 USD, €85,400 EUR), divided among participants as follows:

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	≈ EUR	Player	Team
Champion	₩50,000,000	$46,000	€32,000	MMA	SlayerS
Runner-up	₩20,000,000	$18,500	€13,000	Mvp	Incredible Miracle
Semifinalists	₩5,000,000	$4,500	€3,200	GanZi	SlayerS
				Happy	Incredible Miracle

Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,800	€1,900
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,800	€1,900	NesTea	Incredible Miracle
				SuperNova	Old Generations
				Clide	Team SCV Life
				CoCa	SlayerS

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

• Curious, the Code A champion, managed to win without dropping a single game. He would be the first player to achieve this in Code A.
• This would be the first GSL finals to be held outside of Korea. Gom later released a mini documentary focusing on the finalists and their experiences at Blizzcon.
• 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	1	None
Mothership	None	None

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Code Winner	1
: Final Match	2
: Semi Finals	4
: Round of 8	6 2
: Round of 16	1 10 5
: Round of 32	5 20 7
UD: Promotions	2 3 1
UD: Before	3 4 1
UD: + Total	6 6 3
UD: Before	3 2 2
UD: Demotions	4 3 2
Code Winner	1
: Final Match	1 1
: Semi Finals	2 1 1
: Round of 8	3 2 3
: Round of 16	4 5 7
: Round of 32	12 8 12

See also

• Premier Tournaments

External links

• GOMtv