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MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015

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[e][h]MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015
League Information
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Seattle
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2015-08-30
End Date:
2015-08-31
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 5
Terran 2
Zerg 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]

Talents[edit]

  • Other Language Commentators:

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 Protoss (5) Terran Terran (2) Zerg Zerg (9)
Qualified (9)
KT RolsterKT Rolster
South Korea Zest1
SK Telecom T1SK Telecom T1
South Korea INnoVation
France FireCake
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
Netherlands Harstem
CM StormCM Storm
South Korea Polt
mYinsanitymYinsanity
New Zealand Petraeus
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
Taiwan Has
Zenith of OriginZenith of Origin
China TooDming
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China MacSed
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
South Korea Hydra
Invited (7)
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
South Korea PartinG
Samsung GalaxySamsung Galaxy
South Korea Solar
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea sOs1
Team ROCCATTeam ROCCAT
South Korea HyuN
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
South Korea Jaedong
Team EnVyUsTeam EnVyUs
South Korea viOLet
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
Taiwan Ian

1 sOs replaces Zest who forfeited his spot due to Proleague.[2]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

preview lrthread Group A
August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT
1. South Korea Terran INnoVation 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea Zerg Hydra 2-1 4-4
3. China Protoss MacSed 1-2 4-4
4. Taiwan Protoss Has 0-2 0-4

Group B[edit]

preview lrthread Group B
August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT
1. South Korea Protoss PartinG 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea Zerg HyuN 2-1 5-2
3. France Zerg FireCake 1-2 2-5
4. Taiwan Zerg Ian 0-2 0-4

Group C[edit]

preview lrthread Group C
August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT
1. South Korea Protoss sOs 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea Zerg Solar 2-1 5-3
3. China Zerg TooDming 1-2 2-4
4. Netherlands Protoss Harstem 0-2 1-4

Group D[edit]

preview lrthread Group D
August 30, 2015 - 11:00 EDT
1. South Korea Zerg Jaedong 2-0 4-2
2. South Korea Zerg viOLet 2-1 5-3
3. New Zealand Zerg Petraeus 1-2 4-5
4. South Korea Terran Polt 0-2 1-4

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo3)
Semifinals (Bo3)
Finals (Bo5)
South KoreaZergSolar
2
South KoreaZergJaedong
0
August 30, 2015 - 19:30 EDT
South KoreaZergHydra
1
South KoreaProtossPartinG
2
August 30, 2015 - 18:30 EDT
South KoreaZergSolar
2
South KoreaProtossPartinG
1
South KoreaProtosssOs
2
South KoreaZergviOLet
0
August 31, 2015 - 13:15 EDT
South KoreaTerranINnoVation
2
South KoreaZergHyuN
0
August 31, 2015 - 14:05 EDT
South KoreaProtosssOs
2
South KoreaTerranINnoVation
0
August 31, 2015 - 15:45 EDT
South KoreaZergSolar
0
South KoreaProtosssOs
3

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]

ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 16
529
Quarterfinals
215
Semifinals
211
Finals
11
Champion
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Bridgehead521150.0%31233.3%-------
Cactus Valley10----3030.0%21150.0%--5
Coda1932166.7%83537.5%----1-7
Dash and Terminal3----21150.0%------1
Iron Fortress11110100.0%72528.6%110100.0%--2
Moonlight Madness2----2020.0%-------
Terraform1631233.3%65183.3%1010.0%1-5
Total Sum (Σ)6695455.6%31121938.7%42250.0%2-20

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