2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3

Overview

Preliminaries

Up & Down

Code S

Code A

Up & Down Statistics

Code S Statistics

Code A Statistics

2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 [edit]
League Information
Organizer:	GOMTV
Sponsor:	Monsieur J
Game Version:	Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.3 – Patch 1.4.4
Server:	South Korea
Event Type:	Offline
Location:	South Korea
Format:	Code Ro32 & Ro16 Group play Ro8 and on Single-elimination Code Single-elimination
Start Date:	2012-05-21
End Date:	2012-07-27
Winners
Seed  MC  DongRaeGu  ByuN
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:	32    40
22    27    23
Maps
Atlantis Spaceship • GSL Antiga Shipyard • GSL Cloud Kingdom • GSL Daybreak • GSL Entombed Valley • GSL Metropolis • GSL Ohana • Whirlwind

Map Pool

• Atlantis Spaceship
• GSL Antiga Shipyard
• GSL Cloud Kingdom
• GSL Daybreak
• GSL Entombed Valley
• GSL Metropolis
• GSL Ohana
• Whirlwind

Information

2012 Schedule compared to 2011.

The New 2012 GSL Sponsorship League format.

Code S

This is the GSL's main tournament, where 32 players compete for the 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 Ro16
• 3rd place will drop into Code Ro32
• 4th place will drop into Code Ro48

• Round of 16:

• 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
• 1st and 2nd places will advance to Ro8
• 3rd and 4th places will drop into Code Ro24

• Round of 8:

• Single-elimination tournament for the championship
• All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next tournament's Code

• Code Casters:

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

Code A

Simultaneous "tournament" closely integrated with Code .

• Round of 48

• Round consists of 40 qualified players and 8 Ro32 4th place finishers
• Winners advance to Ro32
• Losers must requalify

• Round of 32

• Round consists of 24 Ro48 winners and 8 Ro32 3rd place finishers
• Winners advance to Ro24
• Losers will play in the Up & Down matches

• Round of 24

• The Code qualification round
• Round consists of 16 Ro32 winner and 8 Ro16 3rd and 4th place finishers
• Winners advance to next tournament's Code
• Losers will play in the Up & Down matches

• Code Casters:

• Wolf "Wolf" Schröder
• Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian

Up & Down Matches

• The losers from Code 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 status.
• The remaining 20 players will be in Code for the next GSL.
• Up & Down Casters:

• Wolf "Wolf" Schröder
• Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian
• Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski

Prize Pool

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

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	Seed	Incredible Miracle
Runner-up	₩20,000,000	$17,053	€13,340	MC	SK Gaming
Semifinalists	₩5,000,000	$4,263	€3,335	ByuN	Prime
				DongRaeGu	MVP

Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,558	€2,001
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,558	€2,001	Symbol	Team SCV Life
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,558	€2,001	NesTea	Incredible Miracle
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,558	€2,001	TaeJa	Team Liquid
Ro8	₩3,000,000	$2,558	€2,001	NaNiwa	Quantic Gaming

Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	viOLet	Team Empire
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	Mvp	Incredible Miracle
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	Squirtle	StarTale
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	MarineKing	Prime
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	Genius
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	KeeN	MVP
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	SuperNova
Ro16	₩2,000,000	$1,705	€1,334	Ryung	SlayerS

Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Curious	StarTale
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	HerO	Team Liquid
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Creator	Prime
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	TheStC	Quantic Gaming
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	ThorZaIN	Evil Geniuses
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	GuMiho	FXOpen e-Sports
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Happy	Incredible Miracle
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	SuHoSin	ZeNEX
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	GanZi	compLexity Gaming
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Sniper	MVP
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	PartinG	StarTale
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	YugiOh	SlayerS
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Maru	Prime
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Oz	Fnatic
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	AcE	StarTale
Ro32	₩1,500,000	$1,279	€1,000	Leenock	FXOpen e-Sports

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]

Trivia

• Code newcomers:   Line,   AcE,   Symbol,   Sniper,   Creator,   ThorZaIN
• Code newcomers:   First,   CranK,   Punisher,   Harrier,   Freaky,   Miya,   Shine,   JKS
• Capital ship watch: Games where these units were a major factor in the outcome:

Unit	W	L
Battlecruiser	None	None
Carrier	None	None
Mothership	None	None

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Code Winner	1
: Final Match	2
: Semi Finals	2 1 1
: Round of 8	3 2 3
: Round of 16	5 7 4
: Round of 32	10 13 9
UD: Promotions	3 4 3
UD: Before	7 8 5
UD: + Total	8 14 6
UD: Demotions	5 10 3
: To Code	4 6 2
: Round of 24	5 13 6
: Round of 32	9 15 8
: Round of 48	14 16 18

Additional Coverage

TeamLiquid.net Write-Ups Round of 32, Day One Preview

Other ESFI World Coverage Portal

See also

• Leagues Portal
• Premier Tournaments
• Team Liquid StarLeague 3

See also

• GOMTV Global Starcraft II League
• GOMTV
• Leagues Portal
• Premier Tournaments

External links

• GOMTV