2012 MLG Winter Arena
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2012 MLG Winter Arena
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
New YorkFormat:
1v1
Playoffs
Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$26,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-02-24
End Date:
2012-02-26
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
32
13
10
9Maps
Chronology
The 2012 MLG Winter Arena was a 32-player tournament held from February 24 to 26 at the MLG headquarters in New York City. It marked MLG's first 2012 LAN event as well as the debut for the new MLG Pro Circuit system. The event had no live audience and could only be watched through online streams.[1] On February 13, it was announced that the Winter Arena would be completely pay-per-view, with no free stream option.[2] Tasteless, Artosis, djWHEAT, and Rob "Malarh" Simpson were confirmed as the event's main casters. Additionally, Tumba, itmeJP, Robin, and Adebisi were confirmed as side casters for the event.[3]
Format[edit]
- Double-elimination bracket:
- All matches are Bo3.
- Extended Series rule: Rematches are Bo7 starting from the results of the previous meeting.
Talents[edit]
- Main Stream Commentators:
Prize Pool[edit]
The $26,000 prize pool was spread amongst the players as shown below:
- The top 16 players were seeded into pool play and received an all-expenses paid trip to the 2012 Winter Championship in Columbus. The bottom 16 players were seeded into the open winners bracket round 5.
Participants[edit]
Protoss (12) Terran (10) Zerg (9)Qualified through 2011 MLG Providence (8)
Qualified through the European Qualifier (7)
Qualified through the Korean Qualifier (8)
Qualified through the North American Qualifier (8)
1 
1 Artist was able to qualify but canceled his participation, a consolation bracket was played where DeMusliM came out victorious.[4]
Results[edit]
Main Bracket[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 2
UB Round 2
UBR2
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
1
2
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
2
1
0
2
1
2
0
2
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
Lower Bracket Round 4
Lower Bracket Round 4
LB Round 4
LBR4
Lower Bracket Round 5
Lower Bracket Round 5
LB Round 5
LBR5
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
1
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
2
1
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
3
4
3
4
Extended series
2
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
2
2
0
2
1
0
2
1
3
2
0
| Extended Series rule: | Best-of-seven series start off 2-0 or 2-1 based on results from previous meeting. In the Grand Final, an extended series occurs when the finalist coming from the losers' bracket wins the first best of three. |
| Coming from the Winners Bracket, MarineKing only had to win a best of 3 to take first place. If not, the series would extend into a best of 7. DongRaeGu won the first series 2-1, but MarineKing came back to take the overall best of 7 series with a 4-2 score. |
Consolation Bracket[edit]
February 26, 2012
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
0
W
L
2
0
W
L
W
L
W
L
2
1
This bracket was used to determine the 17 and 18th placed finishers. In the event one of the top 16 does not attend MLG Columbus the next highest finisher will be seeded directly in to pool play. [5][6]
Note: It is unknown whether or not some of these matches were played or if they were walkovers.
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| Round of 32 |
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| Round of 24 |
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| Round of 16 |
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| Round of 12 |
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| Round of 8 |
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| Round of 6 |
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| Round of 4 |
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| Round of 3 |
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| Finals |
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| Winner |
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Additional Coverage[edit]
External links[edit]
- "First Details about the MLG 2012 Pro Circuit". February 14th 2012. Thread on TL.net
- "2012 Pro Circuit Dates and StarCraft 2 Winter Championship Prize Money" Thread on TL.net
References[edit]
- ↑ "First Details about the MLG 2012 Pro Circuit" MajorLeagueGaming.com, 19 January 2012. Thread on TL.net
- ↑ "Winter Arena Pay-Per-View" MajorLeagueGaming.com, 13 February 2012. Thread on TL.net
- ↑ "Tasteless, Artosis, DJ Wheat and JP McDaniel to Cast MLG Winter Arena" MajorLeagueGaming.com, 14 February 2012. Thread on TL.net
- ↑ "Surprise! A New Addition to the Arena Player List" MajorLeagueGaming.com, 17 February 2012
- ↑ "MLG Office Bracket" Article on Business Insider Article on Business Insider
- ↑ 2012-02-26 | Liquid`HayprO MLG Winter Arena Day 3 Interview by HotBid of TL.net at MLG Pro Circuit 2012 – Winter Arena