North American Star League Season 3

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Overview

North American Star League Season 3

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League Information

Organizer:

NASL

Sponsor:

EIZO
Kingston HyperX
GAMER.minder
iBUYPOWER
EPSON

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.4.3 – Patch 1.4.4

Server:

North America

Event Type:

Offline

Location:

Canada

Format:

Group Stage online
Single-elimination playoff offline

Prize pool:

$100,000

Start Date:

2012-04-11

End Date:

2012-07-15

Winners

Stephano

Alicia
MC	Ret

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

45

14

15

16

Maps

The Shattered Temple • Tal'Darim Altar • Ohana • Odyssey • Bel'Shir Beach Winter • Antiga Shipyard • Daybreak • Shakuras Plateau • Dual Sight • Cloud Kingdom

The North American Star League Season 3 is the third season of the North American Star League. 45 players compete for a $100,000 prize pool over a three-month season.

[edit] About

The North American Star League, often abbreviated as NASL, is a competitive StarCraft 2 league that was introduced in February 2011. For Season 3, NASL underwent a number of branding and employee changes. The organization updated the look of their logo, and hired the casting duo of MrBitter and RotterdaM as well as a third caster, Frodan.^[1] A number of changes were made to their regular season play as well: effort is made to play and cast games live, and the winner of each match throughout the regular season is awarded $150.^[2]

Finally, it was announced that the Season 3 finals are going to be held at the International Centre in Toronto, Canada,^[3]^[4] together with the World Championship Series: Canadian Nationals and the The Collegiate Starleague Canadian Championships. The event is cast by Gretorp & Frodan, RotterdaM & MrBitter, iNcontroL & IdrA, Day[9] & Soe and hosted by Clutch & Lauren Elise, with Kadium & Elemental casting in French.

[edit] Format

The third season is composed of several stages:

The Season 3 Qualifier, an open Single-elimination tournament with the top eight players advancing to the Season 3 Group Stage.
The Group Stage where forty five players compete in five divisions in a round robin - best of three format. The winner of each division and the three 2nd placing players with the best record advance directly to the Top 16 Main Bracket. The fourteen players placing 9th-22nd advance to the Season 3 Wildcards.
The Season 3 Open Tournament where the top two players advance to the Season 3 Wildcards
The Season 3 Wildcards where sixteen players play a single round Best of Five match, with the eight winning players advancing to the Top 16 Main Bracket.
The Top 16 Main Bracket with the first round played online, and the Quarterfinals onward are played at the Season 3 Grand Final event in Toronto, Canada on July 14 to 15.

[edit] Map Pool

The original map pool for the season was The Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar, ESV Ohana, TPW Odyssey, Bel'Shir Beach Winter, Antiga Shipyard, Daybreak,Shakuras Plateau and Dual Sight. During the season The Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar and TPW Odyssey were removed from the map pool and Cloud Kingdom was added.

[edit] Prize Pool

A total prize pool of $100,000 is distributed throughout the season, with $150 awarded for each match won during the Divisions, and an undisclosed amount awarded to the winners of the Wildcards.^[5]
The remaining $60,000 is distributed as follows:

Place	Prize (USD)	ID	Team
1st	$30,000	Stephano	Millenium
2nd	$15,000	Alicia	SlayerS
3rd	$10,000	MC	SK Gaming
4th	$5,000	Ret	Team Liquid

[edit] Participants

Players (45)
Protoss (14)	Terran (15)	Zerg (16)
HerO	PuMa	Sen
Puzzle	ThorZaIN	MorroW
HwangSin	qxc	CatZ
MaNa	ClouD	DarKFoRcE
Alicia	GanZi	CrazymoviNG
TT1	Jinro	TLO
NonY	DeMusliM	LoWeLy
CrunCher	Brat_OK	ViBE
NightEnD	SeleCT	Zenio
HasuObs	Rain	DIMAGA
Axslav	Polt	TargA
HuK	Ryung	HayprO
White-Ra	Strelok	IdrA
MC	aLive	Sheth
	SjoW	Stephano
		Ret

[edit] Results

[edit] Divisions Overview

The winner of each division advances to the main event bracket
Of the second place finishers in each division, the three with the best record advance to the main event bracket
Players ranked 9-22 (14 players) in the league are placed into a wildcard playoff with the top two of the open tournament to determine the remaining 8 spots in the offline finals
Players ranked 23-33 (11 players) in the league are eliminated but will be invited to return next season
Players ranked 34-45 (bottom 12) in the league are eliminated and will not return

Division 1
1.	PuMa	7-1	14-3
2.	Stephano	6-2	12-4
3.	Zenio	5-3	11-9
4.	TT1	5-3	10-10
5.	NightEnD	4-4	10-8
6.	ClouD	4-4	9-9
7.	HwangSin	3-5	8-11
8.	Brat_OK	2-6	7-14
9.	HayprO	0-8	3-16

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Division 2
1.	HerO	7-1	15-3
2.	DeMusliM	6-2	14-7
3.	DIMAGA	5-3	12-9
4.	Ryung	5-3	11-9
4.	HasuObs	5-3	12-10
6.	CrazymoviNG	4-4	8-9
7.	SjoW	2-6	7-13
8.	NonY	1-7	5-14
9.	DarKFoRcE	1-7	4-15

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Division 3
1.	HuK	7-1	14-4
2.	Strelok	6-2	13-7
3.	Sen	6-2	13-8
4.	GanZi	5-3	12-9
5.	TLO	4-4	10-10
6.	ViBE	3-5	10-12
7.	MaNa	3-5	8-13
8.	Rain	1-7	7-14
9.	Axslav	1-7	5-14

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Division 4
1.	Alicia	6-2	12-5
2.	Ret	6-2	13-6
3.	LoWeLy	6-2	13-8
4.	aLive	5-3	10-8
5.	ThorZaIN	4-4	11-9
5.	SeleCT	4-4	10-8
7.	CatZ	2-6	5-12
8.	IdrA	2-6	5-13
9.	CrunCher	1-7	4-14

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Division 5
1.	Puzzle	7-1	15-3
2.	MC	7-1	14-4
3.	Polt	5-3	11-6
4.	MorroW	5-3	11-10
5.	Sheth	4-4	10-10
6.	TargA	3-5	8-12
7.	qxc	3-5	6-11
8.	White-Ra	2-6	6-14
9.	Jinro	0-8	5-16