MLG Pro Circuit 2012 – Summer Championship

The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Summer Championship, held in Raleigh, North Carolina from August 24 to 26, will be the third championship event in the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit.

[e][h]2012 MLG Summer Championship

League Information

Series:

Major League Gaming

Organizer:

Major League Gaming

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.5.2

Server:

North America

Type:

Offline

Location:

Raleigh

Format:

See Format section

Prize pool:

$76,000

Start Date:

2012-08-24

End Date:

2012-08-26

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Winners

Leenock

First

TaeJa

TheStC

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

224

Maps

MLG Antiga Shipyard • MLG ESV Cloud Kingdom • MLG Daybreak • MLG Entombed Valley • MLG Metropolis • MLG Shakuras Plateau • MLG Tal'Darim Altar

Chronology

Summer Arena 2012

Fall Championship 2012

Overview[edit]

The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Summer Championship is the final event of the 2012 MLG Summer season. As with previous MLG Pro Circuit events, the tournament has two preliminary stages - a Group Stage for the highest seeded players and a double-elimination Open Bracket. However, the Group Stage has a new name and format: double-elimination Group Play replaces the round-robin Pool Play from previous Championships. The Open Bracket and Group Play are conjoined in a culminating double-elimination Championship Bracket. For more details see the Format section.

In addition to the regular tournament, MLG will also be hosting the WCS North America Finals. After recent community^[1] outrage,^[2] MLG released the following statement:

"After listening to extensive community feedback, MLG worked closely with Blizzard to ensure that the participants in the WCS NA Finals would not be forced to choose between participating in that event and the MLG Pro Circuit Summer Championship. It is critically important to both Blizzard and MLG that players be able to compete as they choose. Schedules will now be staggered so that players can compete in both events. North American Finals competitors; you can now participate in all aspects of the MLG Summer Season, including the Open and Invite-Only Online Qualifiers, the Arena, and the Summer Championship. Registration for the Open Online Qualifiers is open now."^[3]

Location[edit]

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh Convention Center

Prize Pool[edit]

$76,000 is spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$25,000	Leenock	FXOpen e-Sports
2nd	$15,000	First	Incredible Miracle
3rd-4th	$7,250	TaeJa	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$7,250	TheStC	Quantic Gaming
5th-6th	$3,500	HerO	Team Liquid
5th-6th	$3,500	viOLet	AZUBU
7th-8th	$2,250	Revival	Team SCV Life
7th-8th	$2,250	Heart	compLexity Gaming
9th-12th	$1,500	Stephano	Millenium
		aLive	Fnatic
		CranK	Axiom
		Daisy	ESC Icybox
13th-16th	$1,000	Sasquatch	compLexity Gaming
		LosirA	Incredible Miracle
		Alicia	SlayerS
		Ryung	SlayerS

Participants[edit]

The 16 players who qualified through the 2012 MLG Summer Arena are joined by 208 open bracket signups and eight invited players. For a list of players see the Detailed Participants list.

Results[edit]

Open Bracket[edit]

Winners' Bracket
Losers' Bracket

Group Play[edit]

Group A[edit]

Round 1

TaeJa

1

CranK

2

Illusion

0

Revival

2

Ryung

2

qxc

0

TriMaster

0

HerO

2

Round 2

CranK

2

Revival

0

Ryung

1

HerO

2

Round 4

CranK

0

HerO

2

Round 1

qxc

2

TriMaster

0

TaeJa

2

Illusion

1

Round 2

Revival

2

qxc

0

Ryung

1

TaeJa

2

Round 3

Revival

0

TaeJa

2

Round 4

CranK

4

TaeJa

3

Group Final

HerO

4

CranK

3

Group B[edit]

Round 1

Alicia

2

Leenock

1

Sheth

1

PuMa

2

GanZi

0

binski

2

EifeR

0

aLive

2

Round 2

Alicia

2

PuMa

1

binski

0

aLive

2

Round 4

Alicia

0

aLive

2

Round 1

GanZi

1

EifeR

2

Leenock

2

Sheth

1

Round 2

PuMa

2

EifeR

0

binski

0

Leenock

2

Round 3

PuMa

0

Leenock

2

Round 4

Alicia

2

Leenock

4

Group Final

aLive

1

Leenock

2

4

Group C[edit]

Round 1

Oz

1

TheStC

2

Grubby

2

Rain

1

viOLet

2

giX

0

Heart

1

Stephano

2

Round 2

TheStC

2

Grubby

0

viOLet

2

Stephano

1

Round 4

TheStC

1

viOLet

2

Round 1

giX

0

Heart

2

Oz

0

Rain

2

Round 2

Grubby

0

Heart

2

Stephano

2

Rain

0

Round 3

Heart

2

Stephano

4

Round 4

TheStC

0

Stephano

2

Group Final

viOLet

4

Stephano

1

Group D[edit]

Round 1

First

1

IdrA

2

Sasquatch

2

GoOdy

1

Daisy

2

Caliber

0

Hawk

2

LosirA

1

Round 2

IdrA

1

Sasquatch

2

Daisy

2

Hawk

1

Round 4

Sasquatch

0

Daisy

2

Round 1

Caliber

0

LosirA

2

First

2

GoOdy

0

Round 2

IdrA

1

LosirA

2

Hawk

0

First

2

Round 3

LosirA

0

First

2

Round 4

Sasquatch

0

First

2

Group Final

Daisy

1

First

2

4

Group Final: If the Player who came from the Losers Bracket wins the initial Match, the Match will expand to a Best of 7, include the initial Match, and pick up where that Match left off.
Extended Series rule: Players who have met before play a Best of 7 series starting with the results from previous meeting.

Championship Bracket[edit]

Championship Losers' Bracket Round 1-6[edit]

Losers Round 1

Oz

1

Killer

2

giX

0

MarineKing

2

GanZi

-

goswser

W

Sheth

2

HwangSin

0

Illusion

0

HuK

2

TriMaster

0

asd

2

Caliber

2

Maker

1

GoOdy

2

SeleCT

0

Losers Round 2

binski

1

Killer

2

EifeR

0

MarineKing

2

Grubby

2

goswser

0

Rain

0

Sheth

2

Hawk

2

HuK

1

IdrA

1

asd

2

qxc

1

Caliber

2

Ryung

2

GoOdy

0

Losers Round 3

Killer

0

MarineKing

2

Grubby

0

Sheth

2

Hawk

0

asd

2

Caliber

0

Ryung

2

Losers Round 4

Revival

2

MarineKing

1

LosirA

2

Sheth

1

Heart

2

asd

0

PuMa

0

Ryung

2

Losers Round 5

Sasquatch

1

Revival

2

TaeJa

2

LosirA

1

Alicia

1

Heart

2

TheStC

2

Ryung

0

Losers Round 6

Stephano

0

Revival

2

aLive

0

TaeJa

2

CranK

1

Heart

2

Daisy

1

TheStC

2

Championship Bracket Round 7-10[edit]

Losers Round 7

Revival

0

TaeJa

2

Heart

0

TheStC

2

Winners Round 1

HerO

1

First

2

HerO

1

TaeJa

2

viOLet

0

Leenock

2

viOLet

0

TheStC

2

Semifinals

First

2

TaeJa

0

Leenock

4

TheStC

3

Grand Final

First

1

Leenock

4

Note: The Semifinals are the only round where an Extended Series can occur during the Championship Bracket, due to results from previous stages of the tournament not being carried over.
Semifinal match: If the Player who came from the Losers Bracket wins the initial Match, the Match will expand to a Best of 7, include the initial Match, and pick up where that Match left off.

Format[edit]

Layout[edit]

208 Open Bracket Players + 24 Seeded Group Play Players.
- Open Bracket.
  - Losers and Winners Bracket.
- Group Play.
  - 24 Seeded Players + Final 8 Open Winners Bracket Players = 32 Players.
  - Four 8-player double-elimination Groups.
- Championship Bracket
  - Top 40 Players (32 Group Play Players + Final 8 Open Losers Bracket Players).
  - Losers and Winners Bracket.

Rule Changes[edit]

The extended series rule will now go into effect only if the players have met before in the same phase of the tournament. This means that a match result in the Open Bracket or Group Play will not trigger an extended series in the Championship Bracket.
Like the Summer Arena, the Championship Bracket is now split into two double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a best-of-seven Final series. This ensures that the Finalists will not have met earlier in the Championship Bracket.
- As a consequence of the above two changes, extended series are not possible in the Championship Bracket except for the Semifinal matches.

Players[edit]

Seeds:
- Top 16 players of 2012 MLG Summer Arena are seeded into Group Play.
- ~~A further 8 invited players are seeded into Group Play.~~ The eight invited KeSPA players will be replaced in Group Play by the next highest qualifiers from the Summer Season (based on Arena and Invite Qualifier results).
- The 16 highest Open Bracket seeds (determined by Qualifier results and MLG Rank) will begin play in Open Winners Bracket Round 5.
Advancement:
- Top 8 players of the Open Winners Bracket will advance into Group Play.
- Top 8 players of the Open Losers Bracket will advance into the Championship Losers Bracket Round 1.
- Each Group’s 1st Place Player will advance into the Championship Winners Bracket quarterfinals.

Detailed Participants[edit]

Seeded into Group Play via 2012 MLG Summer Arena (16)
Protoss	Terran	Zerg
Alicia	TaeJa	LosirA
Oz	Ryung	Stephano
First	aLive	viOLet
HerO	Rain	Revival
Daisy	GoOdy
	PuMa
	GanZi
Seeded into Group Play via Qualifier Ranking (8)
Grubby	Illusion	Sheth
Caliber	qxc	Sasquatch
	binski	giX
Notable open bracket sign-ups
HuK	TheStC	IdrA
Axslav	MarineKing	LzGaMeR
Agh	TriMaster	Spanishiwa
HwangSin	asd	Destiny
Killer	ThorZaIN	goswser
CranK	Apocalypse	Hawk
JYP	SeleCT	Fitzyhere
iNcontroL	KawaiiRice	Suppy
TT1	DeMusliM	ViBE
Minigun	Beastyqt	Machine
puCK	Drewbie	Leenock
desRow	flo	SLush
	Maker	JimRising
	Heart
	dde
	KnighT
	IceCream