2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5
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2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Prize Pool:
₩172,800,000 KRW
(≃ $160,727 USD)
(≃ $160,727 USD)
Start Date:
2012-10-22
End Date:
2012-12-14
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
56
9
14
9
Maps
Chronology
GOMTV's Premier 1v1 Global StarCraft II League returns with its fifth and last season in 2012 boasting a prize pool of over $150,000 spread across the 72 participants.
Information[edit]
The 2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5 is the fifth season of the GSL in 2012. The GSL is the league where many of the best Korean and foreign professional gamers come to compete. The format allows up to a week's preparation before each of your matches, promoting well thought out play.
For Season 5, the GSL Code S semifinals and Code S finals—along with the 2012 GSL World Championship—will take place at IPL5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]
Format[edit]
Map Pool[edit]
GOMTV announced that for Season 5 Ohana was removed and Bel'Shir Vestige was added. All maps played are GSL versions which feature a neutral supply depot below a spawning location's ramp, the absence of Gold minerals and tweaks to spawning positions. The resulting map pool is:
- Whirlwind • Cloud Kingdom • Entombed Valley • Antiga Shipyard • Daybreak • Abyssal City • Bel'Shir Vestige
Code S[edit]
This is the GSL's main tournament, where 32 players compete for the championship. See the Code S page for more details.
Code A[edit]
Simultaneous "tournament" closely integrated with Code . Players who lose in the first round drop out of the GSL entirely and players who win their brackets advance directly to the next season's Code S. All other players play in next season's Up and Down matches.
- Round of 48:
- Round of 32:
- Round of 24:
Up and Down Matches[edit]
The Up and Down matches take place at the beginning of the season, they are composed of the losers of previous season's Code Ro32 and Ro24 and 2 seeded international players to make 30 Up & Down players. These 30 players are divided into 5 groups of 6 players.
- First and second place from each group, a total of 10 players, will receive Code status.
- The remaining 20 players will be in this season's Code Ro48.
- Up & Down Casters:
Prize Pool[edit]
The total prize pool is ₩172,800,000 (Approximately $160,727 USD) divided among participants as follows.
Code S[edit]
The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $122,778 USD) divided among participants as follows:
Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on December 14, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.9301356 USD.
Code A[edit]
Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on December 14, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.9301356 USD.
Trivia[edit]
- Code newcomers: Vampire, Bbyong, RorO, sOs, INnoVation, finale, BaBy, Soulkey, HyuN, Hack
- Code newcomers: JangBi, Flying, hyvaa, Center, FanTaSy, Brain, Dark, ByuL, YongHwa, Sin, Brave
Racial Distribution[edit]
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: Finals |
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: Semifinals |
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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: 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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