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Location:

Seoul
Format:
Code 
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination
Code 
Single-elimination
Number of Players:

32

40
Map Pool[edit]
- Antiga Shipyard • Cloud Kingdom • Crossfire SE* • Daybreak • Dual Sight • Entombed Valley • Metropolis • ESV Ohana** • Atlantis Spaceship**
* Crossfire SE will be used only for Up & Down matches.[1]
** Crossfire SE and Bel'Shir Beach were removed from the map pool and subsequently replaced by ESV Ohana and Atlantis Spaceship [2]
The following maps have been modified: Antiga Shipyard, Bel'Shir Beach, Crossfire SE, and Dual Sight.[3] Gold bases have been turned into normal expansions on all maps.
Information[edit]
2012 Schedule compared to 2011.
The New 2012 GSL Sponsorship League format.
This is the GSL's main tournament, where 32 players compete for the
championship. See the Code S page for more details.
- 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
- 1st and 2nd places will advance to
Ro16
- 3rd place will drop into Code
Ro32
- 4th place will drop into Code
Ro48
- 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
- 1st and 2nd places will advance to
Ro8
- 3rd and 4th places will drop into Code
Ro24
- Single-elimination tournament for the
championship
- All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next tournament's Code

- Code
Casters:
Simultaneous "tournament" closely integrated with Code
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- Round consists of 40 qualified players and 8
Ro32 4th place finishers
- Winners advance to Ro32
- Losers must requalify
- Round consists of 24 Ro48 winners and 8
Ro32 3rd place finishers
- Winners advance to Ro24
- Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
- The Code
qualification round
- Round consists of 16 Ro32 winner and 8
Ro16 3rd and 4th place finishers
- Winners advance to next tournament's Code

- Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
- Code
Casters:
Up & Down Matches[edit]
- The losers from Code
Ro32 and Ro24 will join 2 seeded international players to make 30 Up & Down players.
- These 30 players will be divided into 5 groups of 6.
- First and second place from each group, a total of 10 players, will receive Code
status.
- The remaining 20 players will be in Code
for the next GSL.
- Up & Down Casters:
Prize Pool[edit]
The total prize pool is ₩172,800,000 (Approximately $147,945 USD) divided among participants as follows:
The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $112,936 USD) divided among participants as follows:
Place | $USD | ₩ KRW | Player | Team |
1st | $42,778.92 | ₩50,000,000 | Mvp | Incredible Miracle |
2nd | $17,111.57 | ₩20,000,000 | Squirtle | StarTale |
3rd-4th | $4,277.89 | ₩5,000,000 | PartinG | StarTale |
HerO | Team Liquid |
5th-8th | $2,566.74 | ₩3,000,000 | NaNiwa | Quantic Gaming |
Oz | FXOpen e-Sports |
SuperNova | Old Generations |
TaeJa | Team Liquid |
9th-12th | $1,711.16 | ₩2,000,000 | Virus | StarTale |
Leenock | FXOpen e-Sports |
MarineKing | Prime |
Maru | Prime |
13th-16th | $1,711.16 | ₩2,000,000 | Genius | MVP |
July | StarTale |
TheStC | Old Generations |
MC | SK Gaming |
17th-24th | $1,283.37 | ₩1,500,000 | jjakji | New Star HoSeo |
Seed | Incredible Miracle |
Zenio | Team Liquid |
Curious | StarTale |
NesTea | Incredible Miracle |
MMA | SlayerS |
Ryung | SlayerS |
ForGG | Old Generations |
25th-32nd | $1,283.37 | ₩1,500,000 | DongRaeGu | MVP |
BBoongBBoong | Prime |
aLive | Fnatic |
GuMiho | FXOpen e-Sports |
InCa | Old Generations |
NaDa | compLexity Gaming |
Puzzle | SlayerS |
Polt | Team SCV Life |
Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on May 19, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.8555784 USD.
Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on May 17, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.8580509 USD.
- Code
newcomers:
HerO,
Seed,
NaNiwa,
Squirtle,
BBoongBBoong,
Maru,
TheStC
- Code
newcomers:
Sting,
dreamertt,
Vampire,
Skit,
Tree,
Sound,
GGanDoL
Racial Distribution[edit]
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Protoss |
Terran | Zerg |
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Code Winner |
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: Final Match |
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: Semi Finals |
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: Round of 8 |
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: Round of 16 |
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: Round of 32 |
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UD: Promotions |
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UD: Before |
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UD: + Total |
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UD: Before |
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UD: Demotions |
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: To Code  |
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: Round of 24 |
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: Round of 32 |
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: Round of 48 |
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See also[edit]
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