1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open

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[e][h]1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open
League Information
Series:
OnGameNet StarLeague OSL
Organizer:
OnGameNet
Sponsor:
Tooniverse
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea 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
Winners
South Korea  Freemura
South Korea  TheBOy
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
6
5
5
Maps
Chronology

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]

(Converted USD prizes are based on the currency rate on Dec 30, 1999: 1 KRW ≃ 0.00088 USD.)

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


Maps[edit]

1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open
AshrigoLost TempleShowdownSnowbound
AshrigoLost TempleShowdownSnowbound


Results[edit]

Group Stage: Round of 16[edit]

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


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

*Advanced by tiebreaker

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


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

Group Stage: Round of 8[edit]

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


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


Bracket[edit]

Ro4
 South Korea TheBOy
2
TheBOy 
 SSamJang
December 12, 1999
 South Korea SSamJang
1
 South Korea Freemura
2
Freemura 
 Feel_LOVE
December 12, 1999
 South Korea Feel_LOVE
0
Ro2
 South Korea SSamJang
2
SSamJang 
 Freemura
December 19, 1999
 South Korea Freemura
3
Finals
 South Korea TheBOy
2
TheBOy 
 Freemura
December 30, 1999
Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea Freemura
3

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]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%TerranZergProtoss
Ashrigo102020.0%65183.3%-----11
Lost Temple2021150.0%96366.7%21150.0%16-
Showdown121010.0%42250.0%1010.0%312
Snowbound12----42250.0%21150.0%-24
Total Sum (Σ)5451420.0%2315865.2%52340.0%4107

Media[edit]

Openings[edit]

  • Opening:

References[edit]

  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
  8. ↑ Tooniverse OSL
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