1998 PGL Season 3
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1998 PGL Season 3
League Information
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
AMD
Type:
Offline
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
$20,000 USD
Start Date:
1998-08-14
End Date:
1998-11-14
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
128




Maps
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]
In addition to the above, a variety of computer hardware and other prizes were also awarded to the top 16 participants.
Participants[edit]
Note: Due to limited availability of information about the participants, the unknowns are labeled Random. Alternate names and nationalities are from this forum thread
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TanthalaS | Kin-Dom(KoD) aka Lokus | ![]() |
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Note: The races of all players in the Elimination Stage were fully available and no assumptions/assignments of Random were made.
Maps[edit]
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The Hunters | Discovery | River Styx | Brushfire | Solar Station | Crusader | The Lost Temple | Plains of Snow | Dire Straits |
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Results: Group Stage[edit]
Results: Elimination Stage[edit]
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
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
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
The Finals[edit]
Gadianton won the tournament without a loss.
Racial Distribution[edit]
Elimination Stage Only
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Round of 8 |
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Round of 6 |
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Round of 4 |
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Round of 3 |
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Grand Finals |
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Winner |
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