1998 PGL Season 3
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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 |
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 1st
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$8,500 | Gadianton
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 2nd
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$4,500 |  Kin-Dom(KoD)
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 3rd
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$3,200 |  Grrrr...
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 4th
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$1,400 | TanthalaS
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| 5th-6th | $300 | Maynard
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| ~jolly~
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| 7th-8th | $300 | Tillerman
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| Esp
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| 9th-16th | $150 | IN-Bob
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| BJ2
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 (9)eVERLAST
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| ~(ZoL)~Cherry
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| Zileas
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| Charr
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| AtlaS
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| kindercare
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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
| Protoss (2)
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Terran (1)
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Zerg (2)
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Random (3)
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| TanthalaS | Kin-Dom(KoD) aka Lokus | Tillerman | ~jolly~
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| Esp | — | Grrrr...
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Maynard
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| — | — | — | Gadianton
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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]
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Cyberwolfe
OPeRaTioN_Ivy[edit]
Stratus BlackNoise Acme_Guy_Ninja[edit]
(PH)PhatmaN[edit]
Maynard (b)M@GUS 3rdWorldCountry NameSucks INcinerate[edit]
NutBust3r(SiP)[edit]
Gadianton NixonElvis Agent911 Agent911 Fain0r ~Mirage Kanbe TiIIerman SirPrize _djiNN SC~Shen Thresh Charr Gadianton SC~Shen Charr Gadianton Charr[edit]
lllldragon KillerInstinct Dratsabz Temujin Doppler_IG SC~Chaplan Jacollo ~jolly~ Bad_Guy_Skrag AtlaS Temujin SC~Chaplan ~jolly~ ~jolly~ Temujin ~jolly~ ~jolly~ ~jolly~ ~jolly~[edit]
~SpaceBunny~Results: Elimination Stage[edit]
The Finals[edit]
Gadianton won the tournament without a loss.
Racial Distribution[edit]
Elimination Stage Only
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| Round of 3 |
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| Grand Finals |
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