MLG Pro Circuit 2012 – Winter Championship

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Overview

European Qualifier

Korean Qualifier

North American Qualifier

Arena

Championship

The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship, held in Columbus, Ohio from March 23 to 25, will be the first championship event in the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit.^[1]

2012 MLG Winter Championship

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League Information

Organizer:

Major League Gaming

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.3

Server:

North America

Event Type:

Offline

Location:

United States

Prize pool:

$76,000

Start Date:

2012-03-23

End Date:

2012-03-25

Links:

Website

Winners

MarineKing

DongRaeGu
Heart	HuK

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

272

Maps

MLG Antiga Shipyard • MLG Daybreak • MLG Dual Sight • MLG Entombed Valley • MLG Metalopolis • MLG Shakuras Plateau • MLG Tal'Darim Altar

[edit] Overview

The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship is the final event of the 2012 MLG Winter season. It will be broadcast by Tasteless, Artosis, djWHEAT, Day(9), Tumba, Adebisi, Rob Simpson, itmeJP, Robin, Kibblez, Psylence, and Axel.^[2] Furthermore, this championship will be the first MLG StarCraft II event to feature an official stream in a foreign language, as Pomf et Thud will broadcast it in French.^[3] The tournament's format is similar to previous MLG Pro Circuit events with two preliminary stages - a round-robin Group Stage for the highest seeded players and a double-elimination Open Bracket. They are conjoined in a culminating double-elimination Championship Bracket. For more details see the Format section.

[edit] Prize Pool

$76,000 is spread among the players as seen below:

Place	Prize	ID	Team
1st	$25,000	MarineKing	Prime
2nd	$15,000	DongRaeGu	coL.MVP
3rd	$9,000	Heart	compLexity
4th	$5,500	HuK	Evil Geniuses

5th/6th	$3,500	Click "Show" to see players
5th/6th	$3,500	PartinG	StarTale
5th/6th	$3,500	GanZi

7th/8th	$2,250	Click "Show" to see players
7th/8th	$2,250	viOLet	Team Empire
7th/8th	$2,250	NaNiwa	Quantic Gaming

9th-12th	$1,500	Click "Show" to see players
9th	$1,500	MC	SK Gaming
10th	$1,500	aLive	Fnatic
11th	$1,500	Socke	Team ALTERNATE
12th	$1,500	JYP	Evil Geniuses

13th-16th	$1,000	Click "Show" to see players
13th-16th	$1,000	TheStC	Old Generations
13th-16th	$1,000	Ret	Team Liquid
13th-16th	$1,000	Polt	Team SCV Life
13th-16th	$1,000	SaSe	Quantic Gaming

[edit] Participants

The 32 players who qualified through the MLG Winter Arena are joined by 256 signups. For a list of highlighted participants see the detailed participants section.

[edit] Results

[edit] Open Bracket

Winners' Bracket
Losers' Bracket

[edit] Pools

[edit] Pool A

Pool A
1.	MarineKing	5-0	10-1
2.	GanZi	3-2	8-5
3.	MC	2-3	5-8
4.	CrazymoviNG *	2-3	5-6
5.	SaSe	2-3	5-7
6.	ThorZaIN *	1-4	2-8

Pool A Matches
MarineKing	2	0	MC
Entombed Valley Antiga Shipyard
GanZi	1	2	SaSe
Shakuras Plateau Antiga Shipyard Dual Sight
MarineKing	2	1	GanZi
Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau Entombed Valley
MC	2	1	SaSe
Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau Antiga Shipyard
MarineKing	2	0	SaSe
Dual Sight Tal'Darim Altar
GanZi	2	1	MC
Entombed Valley Antiga Shipyard Dual Sight
GanZi	2	0	ThorZaIN
Antiga Shipyard Shakuras Plateau
MC	0	2	ThorZaIN
Dual Sight Daybreak
SaSe	0	2	CrazymoviNG
Daybreak Shakuras Plateau
MarineKing	2	0	CrazymoviNG
Dual Sight Daybreak
CrazymoviNG	2	0	ThorZaIN
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard
MarineKing	2	0	ThorZaIN
Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau
MC	2	1	CrazymoviNG
Shakuras Plateau Antiga Shipyard Tal'Darim Altar
SaSe	2	0	ThorZaIN
Entombed Valley Shakuras Plateau
GanZi	2	0	CrazymoviNG
Dual Sight Metalopolis

[edit] Pool B

Pool B
1.	DongRaeGu	5-0	10-2
2.	NaNiwa	3-2	7-4
3.	JYP *	3-2	7-5
4.	HayprO	2-3	4-8
5.	DeMusliM	1-4	5-9
6.	Ostojiy *	1-4	3-8

Pool B Matches
DongRaeGu	2	0	NaNiwa
Antiga Shipyard Dual Sight
DeMusliM	1	2	HayprO
Tal'Darim Altar Metalopolis Entombed Valley
DongRaeGu	2	1	DeMusliM
Tal'Darim Altar Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau
NaNiwa	1	2	HayprO
Metalopolis Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau
DongRaeGu	2	0	HayprO
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard
NaNiwa	2	0	DeMusliM
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard
DeMusliM	2	1	Ostojiy
Antiga Shipyard Shakuras Plateau Metalopolis
NaNiwa	2	0	JYP
Antiga Shipyard Dual Sight
DongRaeGu	2	0	Ostojiy
Dual Sight Shakuras Plateau
HayprO	0	2	JYP
Daybreak Dual Sight
JYP	2	0	Ostojiy
Metalopolis Antiga Shipyard
DeMusliM	1	2	JYP
Entombed Valley Shakuras Plateau Tal'Darim Altar
NaNiwa	2	0	Ostojiy
Antiga Shipyard Metalopolis
DongRaeGu	2	1	JYP
Daybreak Tal'Darim Altar Antiga Shipyard
HayprO	0	2	Ostojiy
Dual Sight Metalopolis

[edit] Pool C

Pool C
1.	Heart *	5-0	10-4
2.	HuK	4-1	9-3
3.	viOLet	3-2	8-5
4.	Ret	1-4	5-8
5.	KawaiiRice *	1-4	3-8
6.	Socke	1-4	2-9

Pool C Matches
HuK	2	0	Socke
Antiga Shipyard Shakuras Plateau
viOLet	2	1	Ret
Dual Sight Daybreak Metalopolis
Ret	1	2	Socke
Antiga Shipyard Dual Sight Tal'Darim Altar
HuK	2	1	viOLet
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard Tal'Darim Altar
viOLet	2	0	Socke
Antiga Shipyard Tal'Darim Altar
HuK	2	0	Ret
Daybreak Metalopolis
HuK	1	2	Heart
Metalopolis Antiga Shipyard Entombed Valley
Socke	0	2	KawaiiRice
Entombed Valley Tal'Darim Altar
Ret	2	0	KawaiiRice
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard
viOLet	2	0	KawaiiRice
Daybreak Entombed Valley
KawaiiRice	1	2	Heart
Entombed Valley Shakuras Plateau Antiga Shipyard
HuK	2	0	KawaiiRice
Daybreak Entombed Valley
viOLet	1	2	Heart
Antiga Shipyard Daybreak Tal'Darim Altar
Ret	1	2	Heart
Metalopolis Shakuras Plateau Daybreak
Socke	0	2	Heart
Antiga Shipyard Tal'Darim Altar

[edit] Pool D

Pool D
1.	PartinG	4-1	9-4
2.	aLive *	3-2	8-4
3.	TheStC	3-2	6-5
4.	Oz	3-2	6-7
5.	Rain *	2-3	7-7
6.	Grubby	0-5	2-10

Pool D Matches
Oz	2	1	PartinG
Entombed Valley Antiga Shipyard Daybreak
Grubby	0	2	TheStC
Antiga Shipyard Entombed Valley
Oz	2	1	Grubby
Daybreak Shakuras Plateau Entombed Valley
PartinG	2	0	TheStC
Daybreak Shakuras Plateau
Oz	0	2	TheStC
Antiga Shipyard Entombed Valley
PartinG	2	0	Grubby
Daybreak Antiga Shipyard
Grubby	1	2	Rain
Entombed Valley Daybreak Shakuras Plateau
PartinG	2	1	aLive
Metalopolis Entombed Valley Tal'Darim Altar
TheStC	0	2	aLive
Forfeited Daybreak
Oz	2	1	Rain
Entombed Valley Antiga Shipyard Shakuras Plateau
Oz	0	2	aLive
Antiga Shipyard Tal'Darim Altar
Grubby	0	2	aLive
Entombed Valley Daybreak
PartinG	2	1	Rain
Shakuras Plateau Entombed Valley Tal'Darim Altar
TheStC	2	1	Rain
Dual Sight Antiga Shipyard Entombed Valley
Rain	2	1	aLive
Shakuras Plateau Entombed Valley Daybreak

* Player qualified via Open Bracket.

[edit] Championship Bracket

Championship Losers' Bracket Round 1-6


From OLB Round 9		#6 from Pool Play		#5 from Pool Play		#4 from Pool Play		#3 from Pool Play		#2 from Pool Play


										GanZi	2
								JYP	2
						Ret	2			JYP	0
				Rain	0			Ret	1
		ThorZaIN	1			Golden	1
DdoRo	0			Golden	2
		Golden	2							aLive	0
Golden	2							viOLet	2
						HayprO	0			viOLet	2
				SaSe	2			SaSe	0
		Grubby	0			SaSe	2
SeleCT	2			SeleCT	0
		SeleCT	2							HuK	4
HasuObs	0							TheStC	1
						CrazymoviNG	1			Socke	1
				DeMusliM	0			Socke	2
		Socke	2			Socke	2
Axslav	0			Socke	2
		PuMa	1							NaNiwa	2
PuMa	2							MC	2
						Oz	1			MC	1
				KawaiiRice	0			Polt	1
		Ostojiy	0			Polt	2
Polt	2			Polt	2
		Polt	2
IdrA	0

Championship Bracket Round 7-11


Losers' Round 7 (Ro8)		#1 from Pool Play			4th Place Match		Winners' Final		Grand Final



		MarineKing	2

		PartinG	1
							MarineKing	2


							DongRaeGu	1
				Heart					0

		DongRaeGu	2

									MarineKing	5


									DongRaeGu	2

		Heart	2
GanZi	2
		GanZi	1				DongRaeGu	4
viOLet	1				Heart	4
							Heart	1
					HuK	2
		PartinG	1
HuK	2

		HuK	2
NaNiwa	0

Extended Series rule:

Players who have met before play a best-of-seven series starting with the results from previous meeting. Extended finals will be best of 9.

[edit] Additional Coverage

[edit] TeamLiquid.net

[edit] Write-Ups

[edit] Other

[edit] Detailed Participants

Seeded into Pool Play via 2012 MLG Winter Arena (16)
Protoss	Terran	Zerg
Oz	MarineKing	HayprO*
HuK	TheStC	Ret
PartinG	DeMusliM	viOLet
MC	GanZi	DongRaeGu
NaNiwa
Socke
Grubby
SaSe*
Seeded into Open Winners Bracket Round 5 via 2012 MLG Winter Arena **
Minigun	dde	Sheth
DdoRo	ThorZaIN	IdrA
Axslav	Drewbie
Notable open bracket sign-ups
HasuObs	SeleCT	Stephano
JYP	Jinro	TLO
NonY	Polt	Machine
iNcontroL	Rain	Symbol
BlinG	Artist	Sleep
Killer	Heart	MorroW
inori	PuMa	CatZ
Attero	Illusion	Destiny
Ailuj	aLive	Goswser
	Pokebunny	LzGaMeR
	KawaiiRice	CrazymoviNG
	flo	ViBE

* NesTea and Leenock had to cancel, HayprO and SaSe were the next two seeds determined in the 2012 MLG Winter Arena, and thus will be seeded into Group Play.^[4]

** San, Mvp, LosirA, Pomi, merz and SjoW forfeited their seeds for various reasons and will not play in the tournament.

[edit] Format

[edit] Layout

256 Open Bracket Players + 16 Seeded Pool Play Players.
- Pool Play.
- Open Bracket.
  - Losers and Winners Bracket.
- Championship Bracket
  - Top 32 Players.
  - Losers and Winners Bracket.

[edit] Players

Seeds:
- Top 16 players of 2012 MLG Winter Arena are seeded into Pool Play.
- Bottom 16 players of 2012 MLG Winter Arena are seeded into the Open Winners Bracket round 5.
Advancement:
- Top 8 players of the Open Winners Bracket will advance into Pool Play.
- Top 8 players of the Open Losers Bracket will advance into the Losers Championship Bracket round 1.
- Each Pool’s 1st Place Player will advance into the Winners Championship Bracket Semifinals.

[edit] Tiebreakers

Ties will be broken using the following Tiebreakers in this order:

Head-to-head match winning percentage
Pool Play games winning percentage
Pool Play Seed.

Ties between more than two players will progress until one can be separated, then restart from head-to-head.

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[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

↑ "2012 Pro Circuit Dates and StarCraft 2 Winter Championship Prize Money". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 26 January 2012. TeamLiquid.net Forum thread
↑ "StarCraft 2 at the Winter Championships: Casters, Pools and More". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 19 March 2012. Thread on TeamLiquid.net
↑ "Gamekult official partner of MLG". Gamekult.com, 14 March 2012. Translated version
↑ Adam Apicella's Twitter. Twitter.com, 20 March 2012.

[0] "2012 Pro Circuit Dates and StarCraft 2 Winter Championship Prize Money". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 26 January 2012. TeamLiquid.net Forum thread

[1] "StarCraft 2 at the Winter Championships: Casters, Pools and More". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 19 March 2012. Thread on TeamLiquid.net

[2] "Gamekult official partner of MLG". Gamekult.com, 14 March 2012. Translated version

[3] Adam Apicella's Twitter. Twitter.com, 20 March 2012.

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