1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open

[e][h]1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open

League Information

Series:

OSL

Organizer:

OnGameNet

Sponsor(s):

Tooniverse

Type:

Offline

Location:

South Korea

Format:

1v1

Prize Pool:

₩45,000,000 KRW
(≃ $39,750 USD)

Start Date:

1999-10-02

End Date:

1999-12-30

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

16

6

5

Maps

Ashrigo • Lost Temple • Showdown • Snowbound

Chronology

2000 Hanaro OSL

Overview[edit]

The 1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open was held from October through December 1999. It was one of the earliest professional StarCraft tournaments organized and eventually became the first in the OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) series.^[1] The tournament was broadcast from one of the Tooniverse-owned offices in Seongnam on the outskirts of Seoul. The event was one of the first to include live commentary, carried out by the iconic trio of Jeong Il Hun, Eom Jae Gyeong, and the legendary Kim Carrier - Kim Do Hyeong.^[2]^[3]

Tournament Details[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

The ₩45,000,000 (~$40,000) prize pool was divided as follows:^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Information concerning further cash prizes for other top finishers is not readily available.

Format[edit]

The 1999 Tooniverse PKO format featured a group stage consisting of four round robin groups, with the top two members of each group advancing to another group stage for the round of eight where again the top two members advanced. The winners of each group played a best of three with the winner advancing directly to the finals, while the second place players had another best of three between themselves. The winner of that second place match played a best of five with the loser of the winner's match to advance to the best of five finals.

Players[edit]

Protoss (6)	Terran (5)	Zerg (5)
Feel_LOVE	eVERLAST	Freemura
MiMi	Kill	October
Neo(E)Protoss	(B_Blade)Leader	Savage
resisa	RandomParkSa	SKELTON
SSamJang	V-Gundam	TheBOy
TAENI	—	—

Maps[edit]

1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open
Ashrigo	Lost Temple	Showdown	Snowbound

Results[edit]

Group Stage: Round of 16[edit]

Group A
1.	SKELTON	2-1
2.	Freemura	2-1
3.	TAENI	1-2
4.	resisa	1-2

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	TheBOy*	2-1
2.	Feel_LOVE*	2-1
3.	Neo(E)Protoss	2-1
4.	MiMi	0-3

Group B Matches

*Advanced by tiebreaker

Group C
1.	SSamJang	3-0
2.	RandomParkSa	2-1
3.	Kill	1-2
4.	eVERLAST	0-3

Group C Matches

Group D
1.	(B_Blade)Leader	3-0
2.	Savage	2-1
3.	V-Gundam	1-2
4.	October	0-3

Group D Matches

Group Stage: Round of 8[edit]

Group A
1.	SSamJang	3-0
2.	Feel_LOVE	2-1
3.	Savage	1-2
4.	SKELTON	0-3

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	TheBOy	3-0
2.	Freemura	2-1
3.	(B_Blade)Leader	1-2
4.	RandomParkSa	0-3

Group B Matches

Bracket[edit]

Upper Bracket Final

UB Final

UBF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Lower Bracket Semifinal

LB Semifinal

LBSF

Lower Bracket Final

LB Final

LBF

Notes[edit]

The Progamer Korea Open allowed race-picking, with both eventual finalists Freemura and TheBOy switching races at least once, and Freemura playing at least one match as each race in his semifinal win over SSamJang.^[8]

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Ashrigo	9	1	0	1	0.0%	6	4	2	66.7%	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Lost Temple	19	2	1	1	50.0%	8	3	5	37.5%	2	1	1	50.0%	1	6	-
Showdown	11	1	0	1	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	1	0	1	0.0%	3	1	2
Snowbound	11	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	75.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	2	4
Total Sum (Σ)	50	4	1	3	25.0%	21	12	9	57.1%	4	2	2	50.0%	4	10	7

Media[edit]

Openings[edit]

Opening:

References[edit]

Previous Starleague: OSL \|	Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open	\| Next Starleague: 2000 Hanaro OSL

[1] 1999 PKO offiical site

[2] Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open at Wikipedia Korea

[3] Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open at namu.wiki

[4] Tournament details

[5] The Dong-A Ilbo News

[6] Recap of 1999 tournaments

[7] Compilation of historical StarCraft prize purses

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