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North American Star League Season 4

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[e][h]North American Star League Season 4
League Information
Organizer(s):
NASL
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Long Beach
Format:
Group Stage online
Single-elimination playoff offline
Prize Pool:
$60,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-09-12
End Date:
2012-12-09
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
45
14
15
16
Maps
Chronology

About[edit]

The North American Star League, often abbreviated as NASL, was a competitive StarCraft 2 league that was introduced in February 2011. The North American Star League Season 4 was the fourth season of the North American Star League. 45 players compete for a $60,000 prize pool over a three-month season. four players qualified from the Season 3 open tournament, four players qualified from the Season 4 qualifiers, four players were invited, and the remaining 32 players qualified from their placement in Season 3.

Location[edit]

  • Long Beach, California
  • Center Theater

Format[edit]

The fourth season was composed of several stages:

Map Pool[edit]

To keep the season fresh, NASL announced that the Season 4 map pool would be reviewed after the 4th and 9th weeks of competition for potential revisions based on player feedback and internal analysis.[1]

Initial maps:

After the Review Muspelheim was removed from the pool in Week 7 and it was replaced by Abyssal City

Prize Pool[edit]

$60,000 was spread among the players as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Protoss (14) Terran (15) Zerg (16)
Seeded through Season 3 (35)
South Korea Alicia
South Korea PuMa
France Stephano
South Korea MC
South Korea aLive
Netherlands Ret
South Korea HerO
South Korea Ryung
Taiwan Sen
Canada HuK
Serbia Beastyqt
South Korea Galaxy
Canada TT1
United Kingdom DeMusliM
South Korea Zenio
Germany HasuObs
South Korea GanZi
Belarus LoWeLy
Romania NightEnD
Sweden ThorZaIN
Ukraine DIMAGA
Poland MaNa
Ukraine Strelok
Sweden MorroW
South Korea HwangSin
South Korea Polt
Germany TLO
South Korea finale
South Korea SeleCT
United States Sheth
Italy ClouD
Norway TargA
United States qxc
United States ViBE
Canada MaSa
Qualified (4)
Sweden Bischu
South Korea Dark
South Korea Arthur
South Korea HyuN
Invited via NASL Leaderboard (6)
Sweden NaNiwa *
South Korea TaeJa
South Korea DongRaeGu
South Korea Oz **
South Korea MMA
South Korea viOLet

*NaNiwa replaced CrazymoviNG who was unable to attend due to personal reasons.[2]
**Oz replaced Puzzle who was unable to attend due to personal reasons. Oz was selected as the next highest ranking Protoss on the NASL Leaderboard.

Results[edit]

Divisions Overview[edit]

  • The winner of each division advanced to the main event bracket
  • The standings were by match score, then by total points. So a 2-0 win gives a player 2 points, a 2-1 win gives a player 1 point, a 1-2 loss gives a player -1 point, and a 0-2 loss gives a player -2 points.
  • Of the second place finishers in each division, the three with the best record advanced to the main event bracket
  • Players ranked 9-22 (14 players) in the league were 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 were eliminated but would be invited to return next season
  • Players ranked 34-45 (bottom 12) in the league were eliminated and did not return
Division 1
1. South Korea  Polt 8-0 16-2 +14
2. South Korea  Arthur 6-2 13-7 +6
3. Canada  HuK 5-3 11-9 +2
4. South Korea  DongRaeGu 4-4 9-9 0
5. Canada  MaSa 4-4 8-11 -3
6. Germany  HasuObs 3-5 9-11 -2
6. Netherlands  Ret 3-5 8-10 -2
8. South Korea  aLive 2-6 8-12 -4
9. Sweden  MorroW 1-7 4-15 -11

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Division 2
1. South Korea  HyuN 8-0 16-3 +13
2. South Korea  Oz 6-2 12-6 +6
3. South Korea  Zenio 5-3 12-10 +2
4. South Korea  PuMa 4-4 10-9 +1
5. Sweden  NaNiwa 4-4 9-8 +1
6. South Korea  SeleCT* 4-4 10-10 0
7. South Korea  Galaxy 3-5 7-11 -4
8. Germany  TLO 2-6 7-12 -5
9. Italy  ClouD 0-8 2-16 -14

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Division 3
1. South Korea  viOLet 8-0 16-5 +11
2. South Korea  Dark 5-3 12-7 +5
3. South Korea  HerO 5-3 13-10 +3
3. South Korea  Alicia 5-3 12-9 +3
5. Poland  MaNa 4-4 10-8 +2
6. Serbia  Beastyqt 4-4 10-11 -1
7. South Korea  GanZi 2-6 7-13 -6
8. Belarus  LoWeLy 2-6 5-14 -9
9. Ukraine  Strelok 1-7 6-14 -8

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Division 4
1. South Korea  TaeJa 6-2 14-5 +9
2. South Korea  MC 6-2 13-6 +7
3. United States  ViBE 5-3 12-7 +5
4. United States  Sheth 5-3 10-7 +3
5. South Korea  Ryung 4-4 9-8 +1
6. South Korea  HwangSin 4-4 11-11 0
7. Sweden  Bischu 4-4 8-10 -2
8. Sweden  ThorZaIN 1-7 3-13 -10
9. Norway  TargA 1-7 3-14 -11

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Division 5
1. South Korea  finale 7-1 15-5 +10
2. United Kingdom  DeMusliM 7-1 14-5 +9
3. Taiwan  Sen 6-2 13-5 +8
4. South Korea  MMA 5-3 12-7 +5
5. France  Stephano 4-4 10-10 0
6. Canada  TT1 3-5 7-11 -4
7. Romania  NightEnD 2-6 5-12 -7
8. United States  qxc 1-7 4-14 -10
9. Ukraine  DIMAGA 1-7 3-14 -11

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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.

* SeleCT won't be returning for season 5 as he retired as a Starcraft 2 player.

Playoffs[edit]

Main Event Bracket[edit]

  • Note: The round of 16 is played online.
Round of 16
 South Korea Polt
W
Polt 
 NaNiwa
November 29, 2012
NaNiwa forfeited the match
 Sweden NaNiwa
-
 South Korea Arthur
2
Arthur 
 Golden
November 28, 2012
 South Korea Golden
3
 South Korea TaeJa
3
TaeJa 
 MMA
November 29, 2012
 
TBD
 
TBD
 South Korea MMA
0
 South Korea finale
0
finale 
 HerO
November 29, 2012
 South Korea HerO
3
 South Korea viOLet
3
viOLet 
 Alicia
November 28, 2012
 South Korea Alicia
0
 United Kingdom DeMusliM
3
DeMusliM 
 Sen
November 28, 2012
 Taiwan Sen
0
 South Korea MC
2
MC 
 SortOf
November 29, 2012
 Sweden SortOf
3
 South Korea HyuN
3
HyuN 
 Ryung
November 28, 2012
 South Korea Ryung
1
Quarterfinals
 South Korea Polt
3
Polt 
 Golden
December 8, 2012
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Golden
1
 South Korea TaeJa
0
TaeJa 
 HerO
December 8, 2012
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3
 South Korea HerO
3
 South Korea viOLet
3
viOLet 
 DeMusliM
December 8, 2012
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 United Kingdom DeMusliM
2
 Sweden SortOf
3
SortOf 
 HyuN
December 8, 2012
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3
 South Korea HyuN
0
Semifinals
 South Korea Polt
2
Polt 
 HerO
December 8, 2012
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Watch Game 6
 South Korea HerO
4
 South Korea viOLet
4
viOLet 
 SortOf
December 8, 2012
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 Sweden SortOf
1
Finals
 South Korea HerO
4
HerO 
 viOLet
December 9, 2012
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Watch Game 6
 South Korea viOLet
2
3rd Place Match
 South Korea Polt
4
Polt 
 SortOf
December 9, 2012
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 Sweden SortOf
0

Racial Distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZerg
Round of 16
655
Quarterfinals
134
Semifinals
112
Finals
11
Winner
1

View Games[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Write-Ups[edit]

Coverage Portals[edit]


Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=366434
  2. ↑ NASL Season 4 Roster: CrazymoviNG Withdraws & NaNiwa Invited
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