North American Star League Season 3

[e][h]North American Star League Season 3

League Information

Series:

NASL

Organizer:

NASL

Sponsor(s):

EIZO
Kingston HyperX
GAMER.minder
iBUYPOWER
EPSON

Game version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.4.3 – Patch 1.4.4

Server:

North America

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

Toronto

Venue:

[wikipedia:International Centre|International Centre]

Format:

Group Stage
Single-elimination playoffs

Prize pool:

$100,000 USD

Start Date:

2012-04-11

End Date:

2012-07-15

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Player breakdown

Number of players:

45

14

15

16

Maps

The Shattered Temple • Tal'Darim Altar • Ohana • Odyssey • Bel'Shir Beach Winter • Antiga Shipyard • Daybreak • Shakuras Plateau • Dual Sight • Cloud Kingdom

Chronology

NASL Season 2

NASL Season 4

Champion Stephano celebrating on stage

The North American Star League Season 3 is the third season of the North American Star League. 45 players compete for a $100,000 prize pool over a three-month season.

For Season 3, NASL underwent a number of branding and employee changes. The organization updated the look of their logo, and hired the casting duo of MrBitter and RotterdaM as well as a third caster, Frodan.^[1] A number of changes were made to their regular season play as well: effort is made to play and cast games live, and the winner of each match throughout the regular season is awarded $150.^[2]

The Season 3 finals was held at the International Centre in Toronto, Canada,^[3]^[4] together with the 2012 WCS Canadian Nationals and the Collegiate Starleague Season 5 Canadian Championship. The event was cast by Gretorp & Frodan, RotterdaM & MrBitter, iNcontroL & IdrA, Day9 & Soe, and hosted by Clutch & Lauren Elise, with Kadium & Elemental casting in French.

Format[edit]

The third season is composed of several stages:

The Season 3 Qualifier, an open Single-elimination tournament with the top eight players advancing to the Season 3 Group Stage.
The Group Stage where forty five players compete in five divisions in a round robin - best of three format. The winner of each division and the three 2nd placing players with the best record advance directly to the Top 16 Main Bracket. The fourteen players placing 9th-22nd advance to the Season 3 Wildcards.
The Season 3 Open Tournament where the top two players advance to the Season 3 Wildcards
The Season 3 Wildcards where sixteen players play a single round Best of Five match, with the eight winning players advancing to the Top 16 Main Bracket.
The Top 16 Main Bracket with the first round played online, and the Quarterfinals onward are played at the Season 3 Grand Final event in Toronto, Canada on July 14 to 15.

Map Pool[edit]

The Shattered Temple	Tal'Darim Altar	Ohana	Odyssey	Bel'Shir Beach Winter	Antiga Shipyard	Daybreak	Shakuras Plateau	Dual Sight	Cloud Kingdom

During the season The Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar and TPW Odyssey were removed from the map pool and Cloud Kingdom was added.

Talents[edit]

Hosts
- Clutch (Joshua Gray)
- Lauren Elise

English Commentators
- Day9 (Sean Plott)
- Frodan (Dan Chou)
- Gretorp (Andre Hengchua)
- IdrA (Gregory Andrew Fields)
- MrBitter (Ben Nichol)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Soe (Salome Soe Gschwind-Penski)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

French Commentators
- Elemental (Vincent Doré-Millet)
- Kadium (Guillaume Lavoie)

Prize Pool[edit]

A total prize pool of $100,000 is distributed throughout the season, with $150 awarded for each match won during the Divisions, and an undisclosed amount awarded to the winners of the Wildcards.^[5]

Main Tournament[edit]

$60,000 are distributed as follows:

Participants[edit]

Players (45)
Protoss (14)	Terran (15)	Zerg (16)
HerO	PuMa	Sen
Puzzle	ThorZaIN	MorroW
HwangSin	qxc	CatZ
MaNa	ClouD	DarKFoRcE
Alicia	GanZi	CrazymoviNG
TT1	Jinro	TLO
NonY	DeMusliM	LoWeLy
CrunCher	Brat_OK	ViBE
NightEnD	SeleCT	Zenio
HasuObs	Rain	DIMAGA
Axslav	Polt	TargA
HuK	Ryung	HayprO
White-Ra	Strelok	IdrA
MC	aLive	Sheth
	SjoW	Stephano
		Ret

Results[edit]

Divisions Overview[edit]

The winner of each division advances to the main event bracket
Of the second place finishers in each division, the three with the best record advance to the main event bracket
Players ranked 9-22 (14 players) in the league are placed into a wildcard playoff with the top two of the open tournament to determine the remaining 8 spots in the offline finals
Players ranked 23-33 (11 players) in the league are eliminated but will be invited to return next season
Players ranked 34-45 (bottom 12) in the league are eliminated and will not return

Division 1
1.	PuMa	7-1	14-3
2.	Stephano	6-2	12-4
3.	Zenio	5-3	11-9
4.	TT1	5-3	10-10
5.	NightEnD	4-4	10-8
6.	ClouD	4-4	9-9
7.	HwangSin	3-5	8-11
8.	Brat_OK	2-6	7-14
9.	HayprO	0-8	3-16

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Division 2
1.	HerO	7-1	15-3
2.	DeMusliM	6-2	14-7
3.	DIMAGA	5-3	12-9
4.	Ryung	5-3	11-9
4.	HasuObs	5-3	12-10
6.	CrazymoviNG	4-4	8-9
7.	SjoW	2-6	7-13
8.	NonY	1-7	5-14
9.	DarKFoRcE	1-7	4-15

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Division 3
1.	HuK	7-1	14-4
2.	Strelok	6-2	13-7
3.	Sen	6-2	13-8
4.	GanZi	5-3	12-9
5.	TLO	4-4	10-10
6.	ViBE	3-5	10-12
7.	MaNa	3-5	8-13
8.	Rain	1-7	7-14
9.	Axslav	1-7	5-14

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Division 4
1.	Alicia	6-2	12-5
2.	Ret	6-2	13-6
3.	LoWeLy	6-2	13-8
4.	aLive	5-3	10-8
5.	ThorZaIN	4-4	11-9
5.	SeleCT	4-4	10-8
7.	CatZ	2-6	5-12
8.	IdrA	2-6	5-13
9.	CrunCher	1-7	4-14

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Division 5
1.	Puzzle	7-1	15-3
2.	MC	7-1	14-4
3.	Polt	5-3	11-6
4.	MorroW	5-3	11-10
5.	Sheth	4-4	10-10
6.	TargA	3-5	8-12
7.	qxc	3-5	6-11
8.	White-Ra	2-6	6-14
9.	Jinro	0-8	5-16

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Key

Matches Won-Lost | Games Won-Lost

Advance to Top 16

Advances to Wildcards

Eliminated. Returns next season.

Fate not yet determined.

Eliminated.

In a three person tie-breaker, ThorZaIN advanced to the wildcard playoffs by defeating SeleCT and NightEnD.
DeMusliM beat Ret in a tie-breaker to advance directly to the Main Event Bracket.

Main Event Bracket[edit]

Note: The round of 16 is played online.

Round of 16 (Bo5)

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo7)

Finals (Bo7)

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Other[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 45

14	15	16

Round of 16

6	6	4

Quarterfinals

5	1	2

Semifinals

2	2

Finals

1	1

Winner

1

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-free VODs by SC2Ratings.com

References[edit]

↑ Mr. Bitter, RotterdaM, and Frodan Join for NASL Season 3 NASL.tv, 3/28/12, last accessed 4/17/12
↑ NASL Season 3 Details NASL.tv, 3/29/2012, last accessed 4/17/12
↑ NASL Season 3 Finals - Toronto, Canada AxelTVx, Team Liquid, 4/4/12, last accessed 4/17/12
↑ NASL Season 3 Caster Interview - Mr. Bitter - Part 2 NASL, YouTube, 4/3/12, last accessed 4/17/12
↑ "NASL CEO, Russel Pfister, interviewed on Live On Three". 2012-07-12.

[1] Mr. Bitter, RotterdaM, and Frodan Join for NASL Season 3 NASL.tv, 3/28/12, last accessed 4/17/12

[2] NASL Season 3 Details NASL.tv, 3/29/2012, last accessed 4/17/12

[3] NASL Season 3 Finals - Toronto, Canada AxelTVx, Team Liquid, 4/4/12, last accessed 4/17/12

[4] NASL Season 3 Caster Interview - Mr. Bitter - Part 2 NASL, YouTube, 4/3/12, last accessed 4/17/12

[5] "NASL CEO, Russel Pfister, interviewed on Live On Three". 2012-07-12.

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North American Star League Season 3

Format[edit]

Map Pool[edit]

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Main Tournament[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Divisions Overview[edit]

Main Event Bracket[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Live Coverage[edit]

Write-Ups[edit]

Other[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

References[edit]