2011 Global StarCraft II League October

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[e][h]2011 Global StarCraft II League October
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Sony Ericsson, Intel, G-Skill
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Seoul
Format:
Code
Ro32 Group play
Ro16 and on Single-elimination
Code
Ro32 and on Single-elimination
Prize Pool:
₩144,900,000 KRW
(≃ $126,105 USD)
Start Date:
2011-09-19
End Date:
2011-10-22
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
64
Protoss 17
Terran 28
Zerg 19
Maps
Chronology

Map Pool[edit]

Note: GOM shows the names “Terminus RE” and “Tal'Darim Altar” in their broadcasts, while the newer versions Terminus SE and Tal'Darim Altar LE are played.
The following maps have been modified starting this season: Bel'Shir Beach and Terminus SE.[2]

Information[edit]

Code S[edit]

  • Main Tournament.
  • 32 Players compete for the Championship.
  • 8 Players will lose Code status and enter the Up & Down Matches, where they might reclaim it.
  • Code Casters:

Code A[edit]

  • Secondary Tournament.
  • 32 Players, 16 from the previous GSL, 12 new qualifiers and 4 foreigner seeds.
  • Losers in the first Round will lose their Code status.
  • The Winner of this tournament will receive Code status for the next GSL.
  • Players who reach the Round of 8 (except for Code winner) will enter the Up & Down Matches.
  • Code Casters:

Up & Down Matches[edit]

  • 8 Code Players and 7 Code Players.
  • These 15 Players will be divided into 3 groups of 5.
  • 6 Players, first and second place from each group, will receive Code status.
  • Up & Down Casters:
  • TBA

Prize Pool[edit]

The total prize pool is ₩144,900,000 (Approximately $126,105 USD), divided among participants as follows:

Code S[edit]

The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $115,053 USD), divided among participants as follows:

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on October 22, 2011: 1,000 KRW = 0.87161 USD.

Code A[edit]

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on October 10, 2011: 1,000 KRW = 0.85675 USD.

Trivia[edit]

  • Curious, the Code A champion, managed to win without dropping a single game. He would be the first player to achieve this in Code A.
  • The Code S final, held at BlizzCon, was the first GSL finals to be held outside of Korea.[3] Gom later released a mini-documentary entitled GSL: To The Next Level, Start (free to view and in Korean with some English subtitles) focusing on Mvp, MMA and their experiences at BlizzCon 2011. The documentary also featured Artosis, Tasteless, NesTea, Ryung, DongRaeGu and more.
  • Capital ship watch: Games where these units were a major factor in the outcome:
Unit W L
Battlecruiser None None
Brood Lord None None
Carrier 1 None
Mothership None None

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Code Winner
1
: Final Match
2
: Semi Finals
4
: Round of 8
62
: Round of 16
1105
: Round of 32
5207
UD: Promotions
231
UD: Before
341
UD: + Total
663
UD: Before
322
UD: Demotions
432
Code Winner
1
: Final Match
11
: Semi Finals
211
: Round of 8
323
: Round of 16
457
: Round of 32
12812

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ New Maps for GSL August!
  2. ↑ October map revisions thread
  3. ↑ What is the GSL?
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