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2012 MLG Summer Arena

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[e][h]2012 MLG Summer Arena
League Information
Series:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States New York
Format:
1v1
Double-elimination Brackets
Grand Finals
Prize Pool:
$26,400 USD
Start Date:
2012-07-20
End Date:
2012-07-22
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
32
Protoss 9
Terran 11
Zerg 12
Maps
Chronology


The 2012 MLG Summer Arena is a 32-player tournament held on July 20 to July 22 in New York City. It is the Arena event in the 2012 MLG Summer Season. The top eight finishers from 2012 MLG Spring Championship will join the winners of each invite-only online regional qualifier to compete for an $26,400 prize pool, seeding for pool play, and all-expenses paid trips to the 2012 MLG Summer Championship in Raleigh.

Format[edit]

  • Two double-elimination brackets.
    • All matches are Bo3.
    • Extended Series rule: Rematches are Bo7 starting from the results of the previous meeting.
  • Bo7 Grand Finals between the two bracket winners.

Map Pool[edit]

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$26,400 spread as indicated below.

The top 16 players will be seeded into pool play and will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the 2012 Summer Championship in Raleigh. The bottom 16 players will get seeded into the open winners bracket round 5.

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (9) Terran Terran (11) Zerg Zerg (12)
Qualified through 2012 MLG Spring Championship (8)
SlayerSSlayerS
South Korea Alicia
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
South Korea PuMa
MilleniumMillenium
France Stephano
Quantic GamingQuantic Gaming
Sweden SaSe
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
South Korea GanZi
FnaticFnatic
South Korea Oz
FnaticFnatic
South Korea aLive
Team GrubbyTeam Grubby
Netherlands Grubby **
Qualified through the Korean Qualifier (9)
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
South Korea HerO
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
South Korea TaeJa
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea LosirA
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea First
SlayerSSlayerS
South Korea Ryung
Team SCV LifeTeam SCV Life
South Korea Revival
South Korea TOP
FnaticFnatic
South Korea Rain
MVPMVP
South Korea Dream
Qualified through the North American Qualifier (6)
Quantic GamingQuantic Gaming
United States Illusion
LighT eSportsLighT eSports
South Korea Golden
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
United States qxc
South Korea viOLet
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
United States Sheth
United States Sasquatch
Qualified through the European Qualifier (9)
Type GamingType Gaming
South Korea ReaL
ESC IcyboxESC Icybox
Germany GoOdy *
Western WolvesWestern Wolves
Sweden SortOf
ESC IcyboxESC Icybox
South Korea Daisy
Team GamersLeagueTeam GamersLeague
Norway Snute
EclypsiaEclypsia
Finland Welmu
BLASTBLAST
Germany roof
Alien InvasionAlien Invasion
Sweden Cytoplasm
BLASTBLAST
Poland Tefel **
* Nerchio is not able to attend and will be replaced by GoOdy.[2]
** Leenock is not able to attend, and his seed from the Spring Championship will be taken by Grubby, who already qualified through the European Qualifier. Tefel will be the replacement for the European Qualifier position vacated by Grubby.[3]

Results[edit]

Bracket 1 (Top)[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Bracket Finals
South KoreaProtossAlicia
2
United StatesZergSasquatch
1
South KoreaTerranRyung
2
United StatesZergSheth
0
South KoreaProtossAlicia
2
South KoreaTerranRyung
0
South KoreaProtossHerO
2
SwedenZergCytoplasm
1
PolandZergTefel
0
NetherlandsProtossGrubby
2
South KoreaProtossHerO
2
NetherlandsProtossGrubby
1
South KoreaProtossAlicia
2
South KoreaProtossHerO
1
South KoreaProtossOz
2
GermanyZergroof
0
South KoreaTerranRain
1
South KoreaZergviOLet
2
South KoreaProtossOz
2
South KoreaZergviOLet
1
United StatesTerranIllusion
1
South KoreaZergRevival
2
United StatesTerranqxc
0
FranceZergStephano
2
South KoreaZergRevival
1
FranceZergStephano
2
South KoreaProtossOz
2
FranceZergStephano
1
South KoreaProtossAlicia
2
South KoreaProtossOz
1
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
South KoreaTerranRain
2
GermanyZergroof
1
NetherlandsProtossGrubby
0
South KoreaTerranRain
2
United StatesTerranqxc
0
United StatesTerranIllusion
2
South KoreaTerranRyung
2
United StatesTerranIllusion
0
South KoreaTerranRain
0
South KoreaTerranRyung
2
FranceZergStephano
2
South KoreaTerranRyung
1
United StatesZergSheth
1
United StatesZergSasquatch
2
South KoreaZergRevival
2
United StatesZergSasquatch
0
PolandZergTefel
1
SwedenZergCytoplasm
2
South KoreaZergviOLet
2
SwedenZergCytoplasm
0
South KoreaZergRevival
0
South KoreaZergviOLet
2
South KoreaProtossHerO
2
South KoreaZergviOLet
0
FranceZergStephano
2
South KoreaProtossHerO
1
South KoreaProtossOz
4
FranceZergStephano
1
South KoreaProtossAlicia
4
South KoreaProtossOz
3

Bracket 2 (Bottom)[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Bracket Finals
South KoreaTerranPuMa
0
FinlandProtossWelmu
2
South KoreaTerranDream
1
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
2
FinlandProtossWelmu
0
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
2
SwedenZergSortOf
2
South KoreaProtossFirst
0
NorwayZergSnute
0
South KoreaTerranGanZi
2
SwedenZergSortOf
0
South KoreaTerranGanZi
2
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
2
South KoreaTerranGanZi
0
South KoreaTerranaLive
2
South KoreaProtossDaisy
0
South KoreaTerranTOP
2
South KoreaZergGolden
1
South KoreaTerranaLive
2
South KoreaTerranTOP
0
South KoreaProtossReaL
0
South KoreaZergLosirA
2
GermanyTerranGoOdy
1
SwedenProtossSaSe
2
South KoreaZergLosirA
2
SwedenProtossSaSe
0
South KoreaTerranaLive
0
South KoreaZergLosirA
2
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
2
South KoreaZergLosirA
1
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
South KoreaZergGolden
0
South KoreaProtossDaisy
2
SwedenZergSortOf
1
South KoreaProtossDaisy
2
GermanyTerranGoOdy
2
South KoreaProtossReaL
0
FinlandProtossWelmu
0
GermanyTerranGoOdy
2
South KoreaProtossDaisy
2
GermanyTerranGoOdy
1
South KoreaTerranaLive
4
South KoreaProtossDaisy
0
South KoreaTerranDream
0
South KoreaTerranPuMa
2
SwedenProtossSaSe
0
South KoreaTerranPuMa
2
NorwayZergSnute
1
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaTerranTOP
0
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaTerranPuMa
0
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaTerranGanZi
0
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaTerranaLive
1
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaZergLosirA
0
South KoreaProtossFirst
2
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
2
South KoreaProtossFirst
0
Extended Series rule:
Players who have met before play a best-of-seven series starting with the results from previous meeting.

Finals[edit]

Grand Finals
South KoreaProtossAlicia
2
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
4

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Top 32
91112
Top 16
574
Top 8
422
Top 4
31
Grand Finals
11
Winner
1

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Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Coverage[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Write-Ups[edit]

Gallery[edit]

External links[edit]

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