2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 3

[e][h]2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 3

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

GOMeXP
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Hot6ix

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.10 – Patch 2.1.12

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Seoul

Format:

Code
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination

Prize Pool:

₩103,200,000 KRW
(≃ $93,135 USD)

Start Date:

2015-07-08

End Date:

2015-10-04

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Participants

Number of Players:

56

21

18

17

Maps

Cactus Valley LE • Coda LE • Echo LE • Expedition Lost • Iron Fortress LE • Terraform LE • Vaani Research Station

Chronology

2015 GSL Season 2

2016 GSL Season 1

Information

The 2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 is one of the two Korean leagues of the 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series.

Format

Code A

Unlike previous years, Code dropped the double-elimination group format and uses the same format as WCS.

• Each player from the previous Code Round of 32, minus the 8 players who advanced to the playoffs, is matched up against a qualified player.
  • The winner of the Bo5 advances to the Code Round of 32.
  • The loser of the Bo5 is eliminated and may qualify through next season's qualifiers.

• Code A Commentators:
  •  Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
  •  Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
  •  Valdes (Brendan Valdes)
  •  Wolf (Wolf Schröder)

Code S

• Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament format.

• Best-of-three.
• The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
• The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match.

• The victor places first in the group and advances to the Round of 16.

• The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.

• The loser places third and fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

• The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.

• The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
• The loser places third and fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

• Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.

• Group Nominations.
• Best-of-three.
• The 4 players of each group in Round of 16 will face off similar to Round of 32.
• The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match.

• The victor places first in the group and advances to the Quarterfinals.

• The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.

• The loser places third and fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

• The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.

• The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Quarterfinals.
• The loser places third and fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

• Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
  • All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's Code .

• Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
• Semifinals: Best-of-seven.
• Finals: Best-of-seven.

• Code S Commentators:
  •  Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
  •  Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)

Prize Pool

Code S

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	Points
1st	₩40,000,000	$36,099	2,000
2nd	₩10,000,000	$9,025	1,250
3rd-4th	₩4,000,000	$3,610	900
5th-8th	₩2,500,000	$2,256	600
9th-12th	₩1,500,000	$1,354	400
13th-16th	₩1,500,000	$1,354	300
17th-24th	₩850,000	$767	150
25th-32nd	₩850,000	$767	100
Total	₩93,600,000	$84,471	12,250

Code A

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	Points
1st-24th	₩0	$0
25th-48th	₩400,000	$361	50
Total	₩9,600,000	$8,664	1,200

View Games

• Official Stream
• Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com: YouTube - Twitch

See Also

• Premier Tournaments
• GOMeXP
• 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series