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2012 Global StarCraft II League
Season 2
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League Information
Organizer: GOMTV
Sponsor: Hot6iX
Game Version: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.3
Server: South Korea
Event Type: Offline
Location: South Korea South Korea
Format: Code Sicon.png
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination
Code Aicon.png
Single-elimination
Start Date: 2012-03-10
End Date: 2012-05-19
Winners
Gold.png Ticon small.png Mvp
Silver.png Picon small.png Squirtle
SF.png Picon small.png HerO SF.png Picon small.png PartinG
Player Breakdown
Number of Players: Sicon.png 32   Aicon.png 40
Picon small.png 25   Ticon small.png 29   Zicon small.png 18   
Maps
Antiga Shipyard • Bel'Shir Beach • Cloud Kingdom • Atlantis Spaceship • Daybreak • Dual Sight • Entombed Valley • Metropolis • ESV Ohana • Crossfire SE*


Contents

[edit] Map Pool

Antiga Shipyard • Cloud Kingdom • Crossfire SE* • Daybreak • Dual Sight • Entombed Valley • Metropolis • ESV Ohana** • Atlantis Spaceship**

* Crossfire SE will be used only for Up & Down matches.[1]

** Crossfire SE and Bel'Shir Beach were removed from the map pool and subsequently replaced by ESV Ohana and Atlantis Spaceship [2]

The following maps have been modified: Antiga Shipyard, Bel'Shir Beach, Crossfire SE, and Dual Sight.[3] Gold bases have been turned into normal expansions on all maps.

[edit] Information

2012 Schedule compared to 2011.
The New 2012 GSL Sponsorship League format.

[edit] Code S

This is the GSL's main tournament, where 32 players compete for the Sicon.png championship. See the Code S page for more details.

  • Round of 32:
  • 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
  • 1st and 2nd places will advance to Sicon.png Ro16
  • 3rd place will drop into Code Aicon.png Ro32
  • 4th place will drop into Code Aicon.png Ro48
  • Round of 16:
  • 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
  • 1st and 2nd places will advance to Sicon.png Ro8
  • 3rd and 4th places will drop into Code Aicon.png Ro24
  • Round of 8:
  • Single-elimination tournament for the Sicon.png championship
  • All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next tournament's Code Sicon.png
  • Code Sicon.png Casters:

[edit] Code A

Simultaneous "tournament" closely integrated with Code Sicon.png.

  • Round of 48
  • Round consists of 40 qualified players and 8 Sicon.png Ro32 4th place finishers
  • Winners advance to Ro32
  • Losers must requalify
  • Round of 32
  • Round consists of 24 Ro48 winners and 8 Sicon.png Ro32 3rd place finishers
  • Winners advance to Ro24
  • Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
  • Round of 24
  • The Code Sicon.png qualification round
  • Round consists of 16 Ro32 winner and 8 Sicon.png Ro16 3rd and 4th place finishers
  • Winners advance to next tournament's Code Sicon.png
  • Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
  • Code Aicon.png Casters:

[edit] Up & Down Matches

  • The losers from Code Aicon.png Ro32 and Ro24 will join 2 seeded international players to make 30 Up & Down players.
  • These 30 players will be divided into 5 groups of 6.
  • First and second place from each group, a total of 10 players, will receive Code Sicon.png status.
  • The remaining 20 players will be in Code Aicon.png for the next GSL.
  • Up & Down Casters:

[edit] Prize Pool

The total prize pool is ₩172,800,000 (Approximately $153,970,USD, €112,640 EUR) divided among participants as follows:

[edit] Code S

The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $112,551 USD, €88,048 EUR) divided among participants as follows:

Place Prize (KRW) ≈ USD ≈ EUR Player Team
Champion ₩50,000,000 $42,633 €33,351 South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp IMlogo std.png Incredible Miracle
Runner-up ₩20,000,000 $17,053 €13,340 South Korea Picon small.png Squirtle Startalelogo std.png StarTale
Semifinalists ₩5,000,000 $4,263 €3,335 South Korea Picon small.png PartinG Startalelogo std.png StarTale
South Korea Picon small.png HerO Liquidlogo std.png Team Liquid

[edit] Code A

Place Prize (KRW) ≈ USD ≈ EUR
Ro12 ₩1,000,000 $852 €667
Ro24 ₩800,000 $682 €533
Ro32 ₩600,000 $511 €400
Ro48 ₩400,000 $341 €266
Total ₩40,800,000 $34,794 €27,220

* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on May 20th, 2012. [₩1000 KRW ≈ $0.85 USD ≈ €0.66 EUR]

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Racial Distribution

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Code Sicon.png Winner
1
Sicon.png: Final Match
11
Sicon.png: Semi Finals
31
Sicon.png: Round of 8
53
Sicon.png: Round of 16
772
Sicon.png: Round of 32
10157
UD: Sicon.png Promotions
253
UD: Sicon.png Before
733
UD: Sicon.png+Aicon.png Total
10117
UD: Aicon.png Before
464
UD: Aicon.png Demotions
864
Aicon.png: To Code Sicon.png
255
Aicon.png: Round of 24
3147
Aicon.png: Round of 32
8159
Aicon.png: Round of 48
171813

[edit] Additional Coverage


[edit] Code S

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Up & Down Match Groups and Information
  2. ↑ GOM's announcement of Code S RO32 groups
  3. ↑ GSL Nov Map changes
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