1998 PGL Season 3

[e][h]1998 PGL Season 3

League Information

Organizer:

PGL

Sponsor:

AMD

Type:

Offline

Location:

United States

Format:

1v1

Prize pool:

$20,000

Start Date:

1998-08-14

End Date:

1998-11-14

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

128

22

17

27

62

Maps

The Hunters • Discovery • River Styx • Brushfire • Solar Station • Crusader • The Lost Temple • Plains of Snow • Dire Straits

Overview[edit]

The 1998 PGL Season 3 was held from August 14 through November 14, 1998.^[1] The AMD Professional Gamers League had operated two previous seasons, but StarCraft was not included in the earlier iterations of the tournament.^[2] StarCraft was also included the following year in the 1999 PGL Season 4. The PGL was a league operated by Gamers Extreme at Gamers.com^[3]

The tournament was one of the earliest Starcraft tournaments recorded and officially held by Blizzard and the largest prize pool of its time.

Tournament Information[edit]

All the matches in the tournament were played with the best of one format. The top 128 players were selected from online play during August 14 - September 6, 1998. The top 128 played in the "regular season" from September 13 - October 18, 1998 before the top eight played in the offline championships November 12 - November 14, 1998.^[4] The regular season brackets were played single-elimination online, while the final eight played in a double-elimination championship bracket at Club-I, a cyber cafe, in San Francisco, California, USA.^[5]^[6]

Prize Pool[edit]

$20000 cash was awarded among the top placing players according to the following distribution:^[7]^[8]

Place	$ USD	Player
1st	$8,500	Gadianton
2nd	$4,500	Kin-Dom(KoD)
3rd	$3,200	Grrrr...
4th	$1,400	TanthalaS
5th-6th	$300	Maynard
5th-6th	$300	~jolly~
7th-8th	$300	Tillerman
7th-8th	$300	Esp
9th-16th	$150	IN-Bob
		BJ2
		(9)eVERLAST
		~(ZoL)~Cherry
		Zileas
		Charr
		AtlaS
		kindercare

In addition to the above, a variety of computer hardware and other prizes were also awarded to the top 16 participants.

Participants[edit]

Full 128 Players
Protoss (22)	Terran (17)	Zerg (27)	Random (62)
Waitron	Crazy_Jim_PA	~(ZoL)~Franky	TillerMaN
Kalota	Gandalf	Dragonfury3	SIacker
Og	BlackNoise	shadow....	Danthar
BJ2	An_Obliteration	(9)eVERLAST	L0fwyr
Acme_Guy_Ninja	Teln	modrive	Cyberwolfe
Zer0v	Perfect-	SauronLord	IN-Bob
Bellum_LXIX	Death''sHand	~(ZoL)~Cherry	Simkins
Hair_Helmet	Kin-Dom(KoD) aka Lokus	INcinerate	OPeRaTioN_Ivy
Blacklizard	The_Loner	KOTL	Grrrr...
TanthalaS	PyROCOLA	Gemaco	(star)Rayman
((TaiwanJK))	OSiRiX	~TRoPPo~	Absolution
sisyphus	Toothpaste	Medwith	Jellybean
Ra1nz	Aswiko	Unstoppable	Stratus
MogKupo	GalahexN	MerryJayne	Trinista
Sparrow47	SonusVC	Jonny	hammeron
Demolitor	AtlaS	Tobias911	dvn
Zileas	~SpaceBunny~	((Kng))	_SPIDEY_
~jolly~	—	KurtCOBAlN	Starrs
Esp	—	PH_Mom	(PH)PhatmaN
frobitz	—	NutBust3r(SiP)	~Naegling~
Ninja	—	NaBr	Maynard
~WarAngel~	—	(eh-8)hoggle:)	(b)M@GUS
—	—	PabloHoney	Xaanix
—	—	Aldorante	A_Chaos
—	—	(star)inindo	3rdWorldCountry
—	—	Than-yl	NameSucks
—	—	(-o-)Pigernator	Arwen
—	—	—	lllldragon
—	—	—	KillerInstinct
—	—	—	Dr_Cyrus
—	—	—	Dratsabz
—	—	—	ogrelust
—	—	—	Temujin
—	—	—	uppercase~B
—	—	—	Doppler_IG
—	—	—	Ctrl~Alt~Del
—	—	—	SC~Chaplan
—	—	—	inkblot
—	—	—	Jacollo
—	—	—	Bad_Guy_Skrag
—	—	—	Gadianton
—	—	—	NixonElvis
—	—	—	CanadaDry.
—	—	—	Agent911
—	—	—	C.Gloval
—	—	—	Fain0r
—	—	—	SC~Shen
—	—	—	~Mirage
—	—	—	The~Insane~Cow
—	—	—	Kanbe
—	—	—	Thresh
—	—	—	TiIIerman
—	—	—	Vergoth
—	—	—	SirPrize
—	—	—	Charr
—	—	—	_djiNN
—	—	—	LameKing
—	—	—	(9)Happydaz
—	—	—	~DaZ~DillengeR~
—	—	—	kindercare
—	—	—	(PH)Dim-Mack
—	—	—	36th

Note: Due to limited availability of information about the participants, the unknowns are labeled Random. Alternate names and nationalities are from this forum thread

Elimination Stage Only
Protoss (2)	Terran (1)	Zerg (2)	Random (3)
TanthalaS	Kin-Dom(KoD) aka Lokus	Tillerman	~jolly~
Esp	—	Grrrr...	Maynard
—	—	—	Gadianton

Note: The races of all players in the Elimination Stage were fully available and no assumptions/assignments of Random were made.

Maps[edit]

1998 PGL Season 3
The Hunters	Discovery	River Styx	Brushfire	Solar Station	Crusader	The Lost Temple	Plains of Snow	Dire Straits

Results: Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Round of 16

TillerMaN

1

SIacker

0

~(ZoL)~Franky

0

Danthar

1

Crazy_Jim_PA

1

Waitron

0

L0fwyr

0

Cyberwolfe

1

Gandalf

1

Kalota

0

Og

0

IN-Bob

1

Dragonfury3

0

Simkins

1

shadow....

1

OPeRaTioN_Ivy

0

Quarterfinals

TillerMaN

1

Danthar

0

Crazy_Jim_PA

1

Cyberwolfe

0

Gandalf

0

IN-Bob

1

Simkins

1

shadow....

0

Semifinals

TillerMaN

1

Crazy_Jim_PA

0

IN-Bob

1

Simkins

0

Finals

TillerMaN

1

IN-Bob

0

Group B[edit]

Round of 16

Grrrr...

1

(star)Rayman

0

Absolution

1

Jellybean

0

Stratus

1

Trinista

0

BlackNoise

1

hammeron

0

An_Obliteration

0

BJ2

1

Acme_Guy_Ninja

1

dvn

0

Teln

1

_SPIDEY_

0

Perfect-

1

Zer0v

0

Quarterfinals

Grrrr...

1

Absolution

0

Stratus

1

BlackNoise

0

BJ2

1

Acme_Guy_Ninja

0

Teln

1

Perfect-

0

Semifinals

Grrrr...

1

Stratus

0

BJ2

1

Teln

0

Finals

Grrrr...

1

BJ2

0

Group C[edit]

Round of 16

(9)eVERLAST

1

Gemaco

0

~TRoPPo~

0

Medwith

1

Unstoppable

1

MerryJayne

0

Bellum_LXIX

1

Jonny

0

DeathsHand

0

SauronLord

1

Tobias911

0

Starrs

1

Hair_Helmet

1

~Naegling~

0

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

(PH)PhatmaN

0

Quarterfinals

(9)eVERLAST

1

Medwith

0

Unstoppable

0

Bellum_LXIX

1

SauronLord

0

Starrs

1

Hair_Helmet

0

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Semifinals

(9)eVERLAST

1

Bellum_LXIX

0

Starrs

0

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Finals

(9)eVERLAST

0

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Group D[edit]

Round of 16

Maynard

1

(b)M@GUS

0

The_Loner

0

Xaanix

1

A_Chaos

1

3rdWorldCountry

0

NameSucks

1

modrive

0

PyROCOLA

0

~(ZoL)~Cherry

1

OSiRiX

1

Blacklizard

0

KOTL

0

Toothpaste

1

INcinerate

1

Aswiko

0

Quarterfinals

Maynard

1

Xaanix

0

A_Chaos

0

NameSucks

1

~(ZoL)~Cherry

1

OSiRiX

0

Toothpaste

0

INcinerate

1

Semifinals

Maynard

1

NameSucks

0

~(ZoL)~Cherry

1

INcinerate

0

Finals

Maynard

1

~(ZoL)~Cherry

0

Group E[edit]

Round of 16

PH_Mom

1

NutBust3r(SiP)

0

NaBr

0

((TaiwanJK))

1

TanthalaS

1

Ra1nz

0

MogKupo

0

Sparrow47

1

SonusVC

0

(eh-8)hoggle:)

1

KurtCOBAlN

1

((Kng))

0

Demolitor

1

sisyphus

0

Zileas

1

GalahexN

0

Quarterfinals

PH_Mom

0

((TaiwanJK))

1

TanthalaS

1

Sparrow47

0

(eh-8)hoggle:)

0

KurtCOBAlN

1

Demolitor

0

Zileas

1

Semifinals

((TaiwanJK))

0

TanthalaS

1

KurtCOBAlN

0

Zileas

1

Finals

TanthalaS

1

Zileas

0

Group F[edit]

Round of 16

Gadianton

1

NixonElvis

0

CanadaDry.

0

Agent911

1

C.Gloval

1

Fain0r

0

SC~Shen

1

~Mirage

0

The~Insane~Cow

1

Kanbe

0

Thresh

1

TiIIerman

0

Vergoth

0

SirPrize

1

Charr

1

_djiNN

0

Quarterfinals

Gadianton

1

Agent911

0

C.Gloval

0

SC~Shen

1

The~Insane~Cow

1

Thresh

0

SirPrize

0

Charr

1

Semifinals

Gadianton

1

SC~Shen

0

The~Insane~Cow

0

Charr

1

Finals

Gadianton

1

Charr

0

Group G[edit]

Round of 16

Arwen

1

lllldragon

0

AtlaS

1

KillerInstinct

0

Dr_Cyrus

0

Dratsabz

1

ogrelust

0

Temujin

1

uppercase~B

0

Doppler_IG

1

Ctrl~Alt~Del

0

SC~Chaplan

1

inkblot

1

Jacollo

0

~jolly~

1

Bad_Guy_Skrag

0

Quarterfinals

Arwen

0

AtlaS

1

Dratsabz

0

Temujin

1

Doppler_IG

0

SC~Chaplan

1

inkblot

0

~jolly~

1

Semifinals

AtlaS

1

Temujin

0

SC~Chaplan

0

~jolly~

1

Finals

AtlaS

0

~jolly~

1

Group H[edit]

Round of 16

LameKing

1

~SpaceBunny~

0

Esp

1

PabloHoney

0

frobitz

0

(9)Happydaz

1

Ninja

1

~DaZ~DillengeR~

0

~WarAngel~

0

kindercare

1

Aldorante

0

(PH)Dim-Mack

1

36th

1

(star)inindo

0

Than-yl

1

(-o-)Pigernator

0

Quarterfinals

LameKing

0

Esp

1

(9)Happydaz

0

Ninja

1

kindercare

1

(PH)Dim-Mack

0

36th

0

Than-yl

1

Semifinals

Esp

1

Ninja

0

kindercare

1

Than-yl

0

Finals

Esp

1

kindercare

0

Results: Elimination Stage[edit]

Quarterfinals

Tillerman

0

~jolly~

1

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Grrrr...

0

Maynard

1

TanthalaS

0

Gadianton

1

Esp

0

Semifinals

~jolly~

0

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Maynard

0

Gadianton

1

Winners' Finals

Kin-Dom(KoD)

0

Gadianton

1

Losers' Round 1

Tillerman

0

Grrrr...

1

TanthalaS

1

Esp

0

Losers' Round 2

Maynard

0

Grrrr...

1

~jolly~

0

TanthalaS

1

Losers' Round 3

Grrrr...

1

TanthalaS

0

Losers' Finals

Kin-Dom(KoD)

1

Grrrr...

0

Grand Finals

Gadianton

1

Kin-Dom(KoD)

0

The Finals[edit]

Gadianton won the tournament without a loss.

Racial Distribution[edit]

Elimination Stage Only

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 8

2

1

2

3

Round of 6

1

3

Round of 4

1

Round of 3

1

Grand Finals

1

Winner

1

References[edit]

[1] PGL S3 press release

[2] PGL S3 press release

[3] PGL information

[4] PGL S3 press release

[5] s in San Francisco

[6] PGL website description of Starcraft

[7] PGL S3 tournament prize money

[8] PGL S3 prizes

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[2]

[3]

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[5]

[6]

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Contents

1998 PGL Season 3

Contents

Overview[edit]

Tournament Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Maps[edit]

Results: Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

Results: Elimination Stage[edit]

The Finals[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

References[edit]

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