GSTL 2012 Season 2 Details

Almost four weeks have passed since the epic conclusion of GSTL Season 1 at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

We would like to thank everyone for their support for GSTL and hope you enjoyed our first season. In the meantime we have been working hard to prepare an even better and more exciting Season 2 of our team league.

Today, we are happy to announce that for GSTL Season 2 two additional teams will be joining the competition, increasing the lineup to 12 teams in total.

These two additional teams are none other than TeamLiquid and Fnatic! We hope our international fans are looking forward to the two teams' performances and look forward to Season 2 of GSTL as much as we do.

With the addition of two new teams the format for GSTL has been adjusted slightly.
However, the overall structure of the tournament has stayed the same: Round 1 -> Round 2 - > Round 3. With 12 teams participating, we will be able to enjoy more GSTL matches than in Season 1 and a tighter, more action packed schedule. Since the season length was not increased but the number of matches is higher, we will have more consecutive GSTL games which should be good news for all GSTL fans!

Round 1 (Preliminaries)

Best of 9
8 participating teams: TSL, ZeNEX, NSH, oGs, IM, SlayerS, Fnatic, TeamLiquid
(the top 4 teams of last season are seeded into Round 2)
2 randomized groups with 4 teams each. Dual Tournament format, 2 teams advance, 2
teams are eliminated. (Same system as Code S Ro32, Ro16)

Group A	Group B
SlayerS	IM
NS HoSeo	oGs
ZeNEX	TSL
Liquid`	Fnatic

Round 2 (Pennant Race)

Best of 9
8 participating teams: PRIME, StarTale, MVP, FXO (Top 4 teams from GSTL S1) + top 4
teams from Round 1
2 groups with 4 teams each. Dual Tournament format, 2 teams advance, 2 teams are
eliminated. (Same system as Code S Ro32, Ro16)[/list

Group A Group B
Prime (Seed) StarTale (Seed)
R1 Group B 2nd Round 1 Group A 2nd
R1 Group A 1st R1 Group B 1st
MVP (Seed) FXO (Seed)

Round 3 (Playoffs)
Best of 9
Semi-Finals: Group A 1st vs Group B 2nd, Group A 2nd vs Group B 1st
Grand Finals

GSTL Season 2 is planned to run from 2012/05/28 - 2012/08/04.

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Last edit: 2012-05-03 17:08:56

Ghostalker United States. May 03 2012 17:03. Posts 19

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Oh damn liquid as their own. Sweet!

monk United States. May 03 2012 17:03. Posts 6781

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LIQUID!

@TL_monk

snowbird Korea (South). May 03 2012 17:04. Posts 1968

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Oops there's two threads now, mods feel free to delete mine if it's not needed.

Edit: But mine is prettier.

Last edit: 2012-05-03 17:04:47

@gosnowbird

Ldawg United States. May 03 2012 17:04. Posts 308

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YES SIR!!! GET'EM!!

"Terran so...ice cream!" MKP/MC at HSC IV

joofro92 United States. May 03 2012 17:04. Posts 89

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Liquid Fighting! ♥

RPR_Tempest Australia. May 03 2012 17:05. Posts 6887

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FNATIC AND LIQUID HOLY FUUUUUUUUUCK

ETL.Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. Currently representing Eternal E-Sports (ETL)

Torte de Lini Canada. May 03 2012 17:06. Posts 26995

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Curious about fnatic, excited about TL!

https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)

Big-t Austria. May 03 2012 17:07. Posts 589

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Which players will be in the TL-roster? ATM there are only 3 liquid player in korea...

monchi | IdrA | Flash

Silent12ill United States. May 03 2012 17:07. Posts 355

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gl hf liquid now I wont be lazy and just buy a ticket

Gamegene United States. May 03 2012 17:08. Posts 6609

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TLO ALL KILL INCOMING.

"My love for Jaedong is like this: when I think of him practicing for 14 hours a day, my heart hurts and I want to massage his shoulders and make hot soups for him."

Philipd122 Australia. May 03 2012 17:08. Posts 770

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Yes! Jinro, TLO and HayprO in GSTL!

Oz | Leenock | GuMiho | Lucky | MC | PartinG | DRG | Mvp

Raelcun United States. May 03 2012 17:09. Posts 3574

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FXO seed is cool, but also means seeing less of FXO. I'm quite literally torn.

On May 03 2012 17:07 Big-t wrote:
Which players will be in the TL-roster? ATM there are only 3 liquid player in korea...

What? Hero Taeja Zenio Jinro Haypro are all in Korea atm aren't they?

imMUTAble787 United States. May 03 2012 17:09. Posts 575

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gonna be awesome

*eternalenvy fanboy*

joofro92 United States. May 03 2012 17:09. Posts 89

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On May 03 2012 17:07 Big-t wrote:
Which players will be in the TL-roster? ATM there are only 3 liquid player in korea...

Hero, Taeja, Zenio, Jinro, and Haypro are in Korea currently as far as i know

Toastie Netherlands. May 03 2012 17:09. Posts 104

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On May 03 2012 17:08 Gamegene wrote:
TLO ALL KILL INCOMING.

WANT WANT!

Never give up, never surrender!

juked United States. May 03 2012 17:11. Posts 622

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GL TL!

dCc Canada. May 03 2012 17:11. Posts 86

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What about the oGs partnership?

DreamOen Spain. May 03 2012 17:11. Posts 1101

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For me it still feels half ogs playing on their own. Feels weird to train in other team house and play against them,at least from the outside.

T0fuuu Australia. May 03 2012 17:12. Posts 2262

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I am pretty excited for this! GSTL has provided some of the best games and best finals of sc2 so far and I am hoping for some good games from liquid and fnatic.