WGTour Speed Ladder

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[e][h]WGTour Speed Ladder
League Information
Organizer:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Online
Location:
TBD
Format:
1v1
Start Date:
2003-10-01
End Date:
2003-12-30
Liquipedia Tier:
Players mentioned in this article are partially not confirmed. See also: WGTour Speed Ladder#Participants

Overview[edit]

The "WGTour Speed Ladder" was hosted in late 2003 by WGTour. The event was both a team- and individual tournament, combined with a ladder phase. The promise of bigger prize pools attracted a great number of notable foreign players, such as FiSheYe, Mondragon and Draco, but also Korean amateurs like JulyZerg, retired KeSPA professionals like OverSky and even the most dominant Koreans like YellOw and allegedly Gundam.


Format[edit]

The WGTour Speed Ladder was not open to the public. Any player could sign up for a ladder within WGTour's ranking system after paying an entrance fee. Each player could furthermore play alone or join a team. Originally, the ladder was planned to only run for two weeks, before the 16 highest ranked players were invited to a "Season Finals Tournament". In these Tournaments team points and money were promised. Initially four seasons should have been played out following this logic.


Participants[edit]

See also: Who is Who WGT/WSL

The signed up players are hard to track. Only few players, mostly foreigners, played under their real accounts, while the Koreans used and shared accounts during all seasons. As a consequence, many of the players can not be confirmed. This article lists only players confirmed by team mates, players themselves or official WGTour admins.

Furthermore, the player listed as "rS.Flash" is most likely not the later OSL and MSL winner Flash.


Public Reception[edit]

During the first two seasons the league was covered on all big fan pages and received a lot of positive feedback, especially since players like YellOw showed up to participate. However, with increasing time the organization was blamed for longer season lengths than originally planned, as well as giving out only small prizes compared to the buy-in.[1] Another Speed Ladder season was not organized, the WSL Season 1 remained the last in WGTour history.[2]

Results[edit]

Season 1[edit]

Final Ladder Standings
No. Player iCCup Rank Stats
1 Germany FiSheYe 4370 81 - 47
2 South Korea Soha 4355 71 - 15
3 South Korea [Oops]Lee 3525 50 - 15
4 Russia Human 3455 50 - 20
5 Germany Socke 3390 47 - 24
6 South Korea Oversky 3355 39 - 5
7 United States FroZ 3350 57 - 39
8 Sweden WiLLeT 3305 51 - 21
9 South Korea YellOw 3275 35 - 7
10 South Korea [EroS]~Rage 3254 48 - 20
11 Australia Legionnaire 3249 44 - 16
12 Poland Draco 3240 59 - 30
13 South Korea Gundam 3235 37 - 4
14 South Korea Sinji 3230 47 - 13
15 South Korea Sonic)Black 3220 50 - 16
16 South Korea Love[30D.O.M] 3175 32 - 3
Season 1 Final Tournament


Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
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
South KoreaZergLove[30D.O.M]
2
GermanyProtossFiSheYe
1
South KoreaZergYellOw
2
SwedenProtossWiLLet
0
South KoreaZergLove[30D.O.M]
0
South KoreaZergYellOw
2
GermanyProtossSocke
2
PolandProtossDraco
0
South KoreaTerranGundam
2
RussiaTerranHuman
0
GermanyProtossSocke
1
South KoreaTerranGundam
2
South KoreaZergYellOw
1
South KoreaTerranGundam
2
South KoreaTerran[Ooops]Lee
2
South KoreaZergSinji
0
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
2
South KoreaZergOverSky
0
South KoreaTerran[Ooops]Lee
0
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
2
United StatesTerranFroZ
2
South KoreaProtoss[EroS]~Rage
0
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
2
South KoreaZergSoha
0
United StatesTerranFroZ
0
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
2
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
0
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
2
South KoreaTerranGundam
2
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
0
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
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
GermanyProtossFiSheYe
0
SwedenProtossWiLLet
1
South KoreaTerran[Ooops]Lee
0
SwedenProtossWiLLet
1
PolandProtossDraco
0
RussiaTerranHuman
1
United StatesTerranFroZ
0
RussiaTerranHuman
1
SwedenProtossWiLLet
0
RussiaTerranHuman
1
South KoreaZergYellOw
1
RussiaTerranHuman
0
South KoreaZergSinji
0
South KoreaZergOverSky
1
GermanyProtossSocke
1
South KoreaZergOverSky
0
South KoreaProtoss[EroS]~Rage
0
South KoreaZergSoha
1
South KoreaZergLove[30D.O.M]
0
South KoreaZergSoha
1
GermanyProtossSocke
0
South KoreaZergSoha
1
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
0
South KoreaZergSoha
1
South KoreaZergYellOw
1
South KoreaZergSoha
0
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
1
South KoreaZergYellOw
0
South KoreaTerranGundam
3
South KoreaZergSonic)Black
0


Season 2[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
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
CanadaZergH_Paul_WII
0
NorwayRandomJoyAtNaver
2
CanadaProtossVasmos
0
PolandProtossPolish)eaR(
2
NorwayRandomJoyAtNaver
2
PolandProtossPolish)eaR(
0
South KoreaZergSoha
2
South KoreaZergSinji
0
PolandZergtomSon
2
South KoreaRandom[random]Black
0
South KoreaZergSoha
2
PolandZergtomSon
0
NorwayRandomJoyAtNaver
1
South KoreaZergSoha
2
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
2
South KoreaTerranYooi
0
South KoreaTerranNal_GG
2
SpainProtossZelotITO
0
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
0
South KoreaTerranNal_GG
2
South KoreaZergCrystal[IncA]
2
South KoreaZergVesta
0
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
0
South KoreaZergOverSky
2
South KoreaZergCrystal[IncA]
2
South KoreaZergOverSky
0
South KoreaTerranNal_GG
0
South KoreaZergCrystal[IncA]
2
South KoreaZergSoha
0
South KoreaZergCrystal[IncA]
2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
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
CanadaZergH_Paul_WII
1
CanadaProtossVasmos
0
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
CanadaZergH_Paul_WII
0
South KoreaZergSinji
1
South KoreaRandom[random]Black
0
South KoreaZergOverSky
1
South KoreaZergSinji
0
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
South KoreaZergOverSky
0
NorwayRandomJoyAtNaver
0
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
South KoreaTerranYooi
1
SpainProtossZelotITO
0
PolandProtossPolish)Ear(
1
South KoreaTerranYooi
0
South KoreaZergVesta
0
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
1
PolandZergtomsOn
1
AustraliaProtossLegionnaire
0
PolandProtossPolish)eaR(
1
PolandZergtomsOn
0
South KoreaTerranNal_GG
1
PolandProtossPolish)eaR(
0
South KoreaTerranNal_GG
0
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
South KoreaZergSoha
1
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
0
South KoreaZergCrystal[IncA]
3
South KoreaZergSoha
0


Season 3[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
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
CanadaZergH_Paul_WII
2
South KoreaRandom[Random]Black
0
South KoreaZergOversky
2
RussiaTerranGerich
0
South KoreaZergH_Paul_WII
1
South KoreaZergOversky
2
ChinaRandomPj
2
SpainProtossZelotITO
0
South KoreaProtossSsoTiNu.J
2
South KoreaZergSaferZerg
1
ChinaRandomPj
2
South KoreaProtossSsoTiNu.J
0
South KoreaZergOversky
2
ChinaRandomPj
1
GermanyZergMondragon
2
RussiaTerranIraq
0
South KoreaZergFlash
2
PolandProtossDraco
0
GermanyZergMondragon
0
South KoreaZergFlash
2
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
SwedenRandomTreK
2
South KoreaZergRenoma
2
RussiaProtossBruce
0
SwedenRandomTreK
1
South KoreaZergRenoma
2
South KoreaZergFlash
0
South KoreaZergRenoma
2
South KoreaZergOversky
1
South KoreaZergRenoma
2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
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
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
RussiaTerranGerich
0
South KoreaProtossSsoTiNu.J
0
South KoreaRandomJulyZerg
1
PolandProtossDraco
0
RussiaTerranIraq
1
CanadaZergH_Paul_WII
0
RussiaTerranIraq
1
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
1
RussiaTerranIraq
0
South KoreaZergFlash
1
South KoreaZergJulyZerg
0
South KoreaProtossSsoTinu.J
1
SpainProtossZelotITO
0
SwedenRandomTreK
0
RussiaTerranSaferZerg
1
South KoreaRandom[random]Black
0
RussiaProtossBruce
1
South KoreaZergMondragon
1
RussiaProtossBruce
0
South KoreaZergSaferZerg
1
GermanyZergMondragon
0
ChinaRandomPj
1
South KoreaZergSaferZerg
0
South KoreaZergFlash
1
ChinaRandomPj
0
South KoreaZergOverSky
0
South KoreaZergFlash
1
South KoreaZergRenoma
2
South KoreaZergFlash
1

Season 4[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
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
ChinaRandomPj
2
South KoreaZergJiB-Tako
0
SpainRandomSignIn
0
South KoreaTerranSJH
2
ChinaRandomPj
2
South KoreaTerranSJH
1
Zergexit
2
South KoreaZergSadlife
0
United StatesTerranHovz
0
South KoreaProtossSasimi
2
Zergexit
2
South KoreaProtossSasimi
1
ChinaRandomPj
0
Zergexit
2
SpainProtossTosstada
0
United StatesTerranFroZ
2
FranceZergAspeak
0
CanadaRandomlim[jo]jang
2
United StatesTerranFroZ
2
CanadaRandomlim[jo]jang
0
South KoreaZergSoda
2
South KoreaZergMuJuK
0
SpainProtossZelotITO
2
PolandProtossDraco
0
South KoreaZergSoda
0
SpainProtossZelotITO
2
United StatesTerranFroZ
2
SpainProtossZelotITO
1
Zergexit
0
United StatesTerranFroZ
2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
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
South KoreaZergJiB-Tako
0
SpainRandomSignIn
1
CanadaRandomLim[Yo]Yang
0
SpainRandomSignIn
1
South KoreaZergSadlife
0
United StatesTerranHovz
1
South KoreaZergSoda
0
South KoreaZergSadlife
1
SpainRandomSignIn
0
South KoreaZergSadlife
1
SpainProtossZelotITO
0
South KoreaTerranSJH
1
SpainProtossTosstada
1
FranceZergAspeak
0
SpainProtossSJH
1
SpainProtossTosstada
0
South KoreaZergMuJuK
1
PolandProtossDraco
0
South KoreaProtossSasimi
1
South KoreaZergMuJuK
0
South KoreaTerranSJH
1
South KoreaProtossSasimi
0
ChinaRandomPj
1
South KoreaZergSadlife
0
South KoreaTerranSJH
0
ChinaRandomPj
1
Zergexit
0
ChinaRandomPj
1
United StatesTerranFroZ
1
ChinaRandomPj
3


References[edit]