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MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015
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MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015
League Information
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2015-08-30
End Date:
2015-08-31
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
5
2
9
Maps
Chronology
About[edit]
The MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015 will feature six online qualifiers for the following regions: Europe, America, South Korea, Asian Pacific (China and Japan), Taiwan and South East Asia/Oceania. The sixteen best players will compete in the offline Grand Finals at PAX Prime in Seattle, United States.
Format[edit]
- Qualifiers:
- 2 spots from the Europe Qualifier.
- 2 spots from the America Qualifier.
- 2 spots from the South Korea Qualifier.
- 2 spots from the China and Japan Qualifier.
- 1 spot from the Taiwan Qualifier.
- 1 spot from the Oceania and SEA Qualifier.
- 6 invites.
- Main Tournament:
- Group Stage:
- Four groups of four players played out in dual tournament format.
- Top 2 of each group advance to Playoffs.
- Playoffs:
- Single-elimination bracket of eight players.
- Group Stage:
Talents[edit]
- Host:
- Chobra (Will Cho)
Prize Pool[edit]
$25,000 USD and 4,000 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:
* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.[1]
Participants[edit]
Protoss (5) | Terran (2) | Zerg (9) |
Qualified (9) | ||
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INnoVation | FireCake |
Harstem | Polt | Petraeus |
Has | TooDming | |
MacSed
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Hydra | |
Invited (7) | ||
PartinG | Solar | |
sOs1 | HyuN | |
Jaedong
| ||
viOLet | ||
Ian |
1 sOs replaces Zest who forfeited his spot due to Proleague.[2]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A | ||||||
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August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT | ||||||
1. | INnoVation | 2-0 | 4-0 | |||
2. | Hydra | 2-1 | 4-4 | |||
3. | MacSed | 1-2 | 4-4 | |||
4. | Has | 0-2 | 0-4 |
Group A Matches
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Group B | ||||||
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August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT | ||||||
1. | PartinG | 2-0 | 4-0 | |||
2. | HyuN | 2-1 | 5-2 | |||
3. | FireCake | 1-2 | 2-5 | |||
4. | Ian | 0-2 | 0-4 |
Group B Matches
[edit]
Group C | ||||||
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August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT | ||||||
1. | sOs | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||
2. | Solar | 2-1 | 5-3 | |||
3. | TooDming | 1-2 | 2-4 | |||
4. | Harstem | 0-2 | 1-4 |
Group C Matches
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo3)
Semifinals (Bo3)
Finals (Bo5)
Trivia[edit]
- By winning this tournament, sOs, who replaced Zest, earned 750 precious WCS points. He went from 17th place to 13th place in the WCS Standings, two months before the Global Finals.
Racial Distribution[edit]
Protoss | Terran | Zerg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Map Statistics[edit]
vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
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Map | # | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | |||||||||
Bridgehead | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cactus Valley | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | 5 |
Coda | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
Dash and Terminal | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Iron Fortress | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | 2 |
Moonlight Madness | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Terraform | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | - | 5 |
Total Sum (Σ) | 66 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | 31 | 12 | 19 | 38.7% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 2 | - | 20 |
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
Replays[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ↑ https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/493604-zest-forfeits-his-msi-spot-replaced-by-sos