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NEO Star League 2012 Season 2: Overview
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NEO Star League 2012 Season 2
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
NEOTV
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
China
Type:
Offline
Format:
1v1, Team league into single elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
¥83,000 CNY
(≃ $13,315 USD)
(≃ $13,315 USD)
Start Date:
2012-12-24
End Date:
2013-01-18
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
4
4
8
Maps
Chronology
NEO Star League 2012 Season 2 is a StarCraft II Tournament hosted by Chinese Esports broadcasting company NEOTV, and is its second event featuring StarCraft II. The previous NSLs featured StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III.
Overview[edit]
Format[edit]
At the nomination ceremony, instead of picking players into groups, each player pick one player into his/her team, starting from the top 4 players of NEO Star League 2012 Season 1. 16 total players will be drawn into 4 teams.
- Stage 1 - Working as a team
- The four teams play in a EGMCSL format, single-elimination mini team league, to determine numbers of RO8 seeds given to each team.
- Winner of the mini team league wins three seeds to round of 8.
- Runner-up wins two and a half seeds to round of 8.
- Third place team wins one and a half seed to round of 8.
- Only one player from the last place team can advance to round of 8.
- Stage 2 - Brothers into enemies
- Once seeds have been decided, each team turns into a normal tournament group, in which 4 players will play a 4-man double elimination bracket to determine who will advance to round of 8.
- Top 3 players from the winning team advance to round of 8.
- Top 2 players from the runner-up team advance to round of 8. The third place player will have to play a extended BO3 series against the second place player from the third place team for one round of 8 spot.
- First place from the third place team advances to round of 8. The second place player will have to play a extended BO3 series against the third place player from the runner-up team for one round of 8 spot.
- Only the first place player from the last place team will advance to round of 8.
- Stage 3 - Road to victory
- Round of 8 and above will be a normal single elimination bracket.
- RO8, semifinals and third place match are BO5.
- Grand Finals is BO7.
Prize Pool[edit]
83,000 CNY (~13,315 USD) is spread among the players as seen below:
*Converted prizes calculated on December 22, 2012 with a currency rate of 1 CNY = 0.160404 USD provided by http://www.xe.com/.
Participants[edit]
Protoss (4) | Terran (4) | Zerg (8) |
NEO Star League Round of 4 (4) | ||
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LoveCD | Loner | TooDming |
F91 | ||
Qualified Players (8) | ||
Jim | XY
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Comm |
MacSed
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Loup | YHY
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XiGua
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Courage | ||
Foreign Invites (4) | ||
Lure | dreamertt | Slam
|
Ian * |
* Ian replaces DreAm, who is not able to participate due to passport/visa issues.[1][2]
Racial Distribution[edit]
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Ro16 |
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Ro8 |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Winner |
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View Games[edit]
See Also[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ s.163.com. "NSL2012第二赛季 16强选手名单" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "做个小调查 如果我规律性的直播 会有人看吗?" (in Chinese). 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-12-01.