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2013 Global StarCraft II League Season 1
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2013 Global StarCraft II League Season 1
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game version:
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Prize pool:
₩172,800,000 KRW
(≃ $161,836 USD)
(≃ $161,836 USD)
Start Date:
2013-01-06
End Date:
2013-03-09
Liquipedia tier:
Player breakdown
Number of players:
72
Maps
GSL Akilon Flats|Akilon Flats|GSL Akilon Flats • GSL Bel'Shir Vestige SE|Bel'Shir Vestige|GSL Bel'Shir Vestige SE • GSL Cloud Kingdom|Cloud Kingdom|GSL Cloud Kingdom • GSL Daybreak|Daybreak|GSL Daybreak • GSL Icarus|Icarus|GSL Icarus • KeSPA Neo Planet S|Planet S|KeSPA Neo Planet S • GSL Whirlwind SE|Whirlwind|GSL Whirlwind SE
Chronology
Information[edit]
The 2013 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 is the first season of the GSL in 2013. 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.
Format[edit]
Map Pool[edit]
The new map pool for the first GSL season of 2013 is:[1]
- GSL Whirlwind SE • GSL Bel'Shir Vestige SE • KeSPA Neo Planet S • GSL Akilon Flats • GSL Icarus • GSL Daybreak • GSL Cloud Kingdom
Some maps have been modified:
- On Akilon Flats:
- Neutral supply depot have been added to the bottom of the ramp of the main base.
- destructible rocks have had their health lowered to 1000.
- the Xel'Naga Tower in the center area will lose power for the rest of the game after 7 minutes.
- On Whirlwind:
- Destructible rocks have been added to both second expansions.
- On Bel'Shir Vestige:
- The tower at the fast expansion where overlords can hide has been removed.
- Destructible rocks have been added to second expansions.
- The route from the second expansions to the center area is now a slope.
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.
- Third Place from each group (5 Players), will be placed into a Wild Card Group
- The remaining 15 players (those that placed 4th -6th) will be in this season's Code
Ro48.
- Up & Down Casters:
Prize Pool[edit]
The total prize pool is ₩172,800,000 (Approximately $161,836 USD, €122,445 EUR) divided among participants as follows.
Code S[edit]
The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $123,624 USD, €93,534 EUR) divided among participants as follows:
Code A[edit]
* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on December 29th, 2012. [₩1000 KRW ≈ $0.936549 USD ≈ €0.708593 EUR]
Trivia[edit]
- Code
newcomers:
Stephano,
ByuL
- Code
newcomers:
Grubby,
Trust,
HS,
LabyRinth,
s2,
TRUE,
Shine,
Arthur,
Tear,
Reality,
Sola,
soO,
Crazy
- This is the first season where Terran is not the most numerous race in Code
.
- This is the last GSL played on Wings of Liberty.
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See also[edit]
VODs[edit]
- Official VODs @ GOMTV Channel
- Organized and spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ GOM.chung (2013-01-16). "New Maps for 2013 GSL season 1". GOMTV.net. Retrieved 2013-01-16.