2002 NATE OSL

League Information

Series:

OSL

Sponsor(s):

NATE

Type:

Offline

Location:

South Korea

Format:

1v1

Prize Pool:

₩45,000,000 KRW
(≃ $36,702 USD)

Start Date:

2002-03-29

End Date:

2002-06-15

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

16

3

6

7

Maps

Bifrost • Forbidden Zone • Neo Vertigo • Neo Silent Vortex

Chronology

2001 SKY OSL

2002 SKY OSL

Overview[edit]

The 2002 Nate OSL was held from March through June 2002. It is often considered to be the most underwhelming OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) and also the most overlooked. All the fan favorites: Yellow, BoxeR, Garimto, V-Gundam and fOru were knocked out in the round of 16. This left ChRh, who was enjoying the peak of his career at the time, as the most notable player. As the OSL proceeded, the Korean national soccer team was performing very well in the 2002 World Cup, which the country was also hosting. The combination of the Korean attention captured away from StarCraft, the lack of fan favorites, and some underwhelming games left this OSL to be known as "The Worst OSL".^[1]

Tournament Details[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩45,000,000 (~36,702) was awarded to the top finishers per the below:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Players[edit]

Protoss (3)	Terran (6)	Zerg (7)
fOru	BoxeR	CryStal
GARIMTO	ChRh	Eugene
SONJJANG	Oddysay	H.O.T-Forever
—	Sync	JunioR
—	TheMarine	MuMyung
—	V-Gundam	Sinji_NT
—	—	YellOw

Format[edit]

The 2002 NATE OSL used the same format as the previous Starleagues, with group stages for both the round of sixteen and the round of eight, which led into a bracket of best of three semifinals and a best of five finals. However, a new feature was added as Garimto, BoxeR, TheMarine and Yellow, the top four of the previous 2001 SKY OSL were seeded into the group stage without having to advance through the Dual Tournament.

Maps[edit]

2002 NATE OSL
Bifrost	Forbidden Zone	Neo Vertigo	Neo Silent Vortex

Talents[edit]

Caster:
- Caster Jun (Jeon Yong-june)

Commentators:
- Eom Jae-gyung
- Kim Carrier (Kim Tae-hyung)

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16 Group Stages[edit]

Group A
1.	Eugene	2-1
1.	ChRh	2-1
3.	YellOw	1-2
3.	TheMarine	1-2

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	H.O.T-Forever	3-0
2.	Oddysay	2-1
3.	GARIMTO	1-2
4.	Sinji_NT	0-3

Group B Matches

Group C
1.	Junior	3-0
2.	Sync	2-1
3.	fOru	1-2
4.	BoxeR	0-3

Group C Matches

Group D
1.	Crystal	3-0
2.	Sonjjang	1-2
3.	V-Gundam	1-2
3.	Mumyung	1-2

Group D Matches

Round of 8[edit]

Group A
1.	H.O.T-Forever	3-0
2.	Sync	2-1
3.	Sonjjang	1-2
4.	Eugene	0-3

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	ChRh	3-0
2.	Oddysay	2-1
3.	Junior	1-2
4.	Crystal	0-3

Group B Matches

Round of 4[edit]

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Bifrost	14	8	5	3	62.5%	2	1	1	50.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	2	-
Forbidden Zone	14	5	4	1	80.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	-	2	3
Silent Vortex	14	7	1	6	14.3%	1	1	0	100.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	3	1
Vertigo	10	4	3	1	75.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
Total Sum (Σ)	52	24	13	11	54.2%	8	4	4	50.0%	6	2	4	33.3%	-	9	5

Media[edit]

Opening[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Machine Head - Bulldozer
Metal Gear Solid 2 OST - Father And Son
Metal Gear Solid 2 OST - Yell Dead Cell (VR remix)
Metal Geat Solid 2 OST - Tanker Incident (Alternative Remix)
Metal Geat Solid 2 OST - Tanker Incident (Extended)
Sonic Adventure 2 OST - Still Invincible
Sonic Adventure 2 OST - Vengeance Is Mine
Sonic Adventure OST - Invincible ...No Fear!
오 션(5tion) - More Than Words

Full VOD[edit]

Playlist

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

Previous Starleague: SKY2001 OSL \|	2002 NATE OSL	\| Next Starleague: 2002 SKY OSL

[1] 2000 NATE OSL at Wikipedia Korea

[2] PGR21 tournament winnings

[3] Compilation of historical StarCraft prize purses

[4] TL thread on prize money

[5] Prize Pool Card

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