Location:
Long Beach
Format:
Group Stage online
Single-elimination playoff offline
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]
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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]
*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
| Key
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| Matches Won-Lost | Games Won-Lost
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| Advance to Top 16
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| Advances to Wildcards
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| Eliminated. Returns next season.
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| Fate not yet determined.
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| Eliminated.
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* 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.
Racial Distribution[edit]
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Protoss |
Terran | Zerg | Random |
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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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| Winner |
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Additional Coverage[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Hype, Interviews & Photos |
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References[edit]
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Team Liquid
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Team SCV Life
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Western Wolves
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