2011 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Global StarCraft II League March

[e][h]2011 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Global StarCraft II League March

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizer:

GOMTV

Sponsor(s):

Intel Sony Ericsson emTek Incheon Tourism Organization Coca-Cola Razer

Game version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.2.2

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

1v1, Group play + Playoffs

1v1, Single-elimination

Prize pool:

₩144,900,000 KRW
(≃ $128,960 USD)

Start Date:

2011-02-21

End Date:

2011-03-19

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

64

15

27

22

32

Maps

Metalopolis • Scrap Station • Xel'Naga Caverns • Crossfire SE • Terminus RE • Tal'Darim Altar • Crevasse • Shakuras Plateau

Chronology

2011 GSL January

2011 GSL WC

Map Pool[edit]

This tournament used the same map pool as GSTL 1 with the exception of Lost Temple:

Crevasse • Crossfire SE • Metalopolis • Scrap Station • Shakuras Plateau • Tal'Darim Altar • Terminus RE • Xel'Naga Caverns •

Information[edit]

Ro32~Ro16[edit]

Code S players each eliminated 1 map
Code A players each eliminated 1 map

Casters[edit]

Daniel "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott remained the casters for Code .

At the start of the season, Kelly "kellyMILKIES" Ong Xiao Wei was hired as a Code caster to give all casters an easier casting schedule.^[1] She cast the Code games together with either Tasteless or Artosis until March 7, when another new caster, Erik "doa" Lonnquist began casting the Code Ro8 along with Kelly. ^[2]

Prize Pool[edit]

Code S[edit]

The total prize pool was ₩144,900,000 (Approximately $128,960 USD), divided among participants as follows:

Code A[edit]

* Approximate USD amounts taken from http://xe.com on January 3rd, 2011. [₩1,000 KRW = $0.89 USD]

Trivia[edit]

Jinro became the only Code Foreigner when IdrA withdrew to return to the United States.
Four Foreign players were given invites to Code : HuK, HayprO, Ret, and mOOnGLaDe, in addition to Loner, a Chinese player who had maintained Code status from GSL 4. Of those, HuK was the only one to advance past the Ro32. HuK went on to reach the Ro8 and advance to Code S in the Up/Down Matches.
GSL 4 Champion Mvp went out in the first round after losing to July twice, then fell down to Code in the Up/Down Matches.
Three of the four previous GSL winners (NesTea, Mvp, and FruitDealer) failed to reach the Ro16, with MC being the only exception. MC went on to win the finals.
Three out of the four semi-finalists from GSL 4 (NesTea, Mvp and MarineKing) failed to reach the Ro16 this season, with Jinro being the only one to advance.
Seven out of the eight quarter-finalists from GSL 4 (NesTea, Choya, Mvp, Tester, Jinro, IdrA and MarineKing) failed to reach the quarterfinals this season, with NaDa being the only one to make it a second time
For the first time in a GSL, no Terrans reached the final four. (Code )
Coca-Cola became the new beverage sponsor halfway through, replacing Pepsi.
Finals were held in Daejong.
MC Became the first player to win 2 GSL Finals.

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Code

Winner

1

: Final Match

1	1

: Semi Finals

3	1

: Quarter Finals

4	3	1

: Round of 16

5	7	4

: Round of 32

9	15	8

UD:

Promotions

5	7	4

UD:

Before

4	8	3

UD:

+

Total

8	11	5

UD: