2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 2: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 4.2.4 – Patch 4.4.0

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

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

Prize Pool:

₩170,000,000 KRW
(≃ $159,474 USD)

Start Date:

2018-04-18

End Date:

2018-06-23

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

9

10

13

Maps

Acid Plant • Backwater • Blackpink • Catalyst • Darkness Sanctuary • Eastwatch • Neon Violet Square • Dreamcatcher • Lost and Found

Chronology

2018 GSL Season 1

2018 GSL Season 3

The 2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 is the second of the three 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series seasons.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

Played offline on March 27 and March 28, 2018 at the AfreecaTV PC Bang, Hongik University, Seoul.
Day 1
- Double elimination bracket
- Top two of each group advances to Code .
Day 2
- Players who fail to qualify on Day 1 can participate again on Day 2
- Single-elimination until round of 4, then double elimination
- Top two of each group advances to Code .
All rounds are Best of 3.
28 players qualify for 2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 2: Code S.

Code S[edit]

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 fourth in the group, and is eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
- 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 in the group, and is eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
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.
- Players who place 3rd and 4th in their group are eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
- Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
- Semifinals: Best-of-seven.
  - All 4 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's Code .
- Finals: Best-of-seven.

Map Pool[edit]

Acid Plant	Backwater	Blackpink	Catalyst	Darkness Sanctuary	Eastwatch	Neon Violet Square	Dreamcatcher	Lost and Found

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $159,474 USD *) and 25,000 WCS Korea Points are divided among participants.

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.
* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2018-03-09. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.9381 USD]