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GOMTV presents the Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1!
A total of 12 teams have competed in the spectacular Team League. This is the GSTL final week as a regular full league. Which team will close out Venus Group victorious, Startale or FXOKorea?
The pennant race will be Bo7, and the play-offs and the final will be Bo9.
Prizepool :
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1st: 30,000,000KRW (~20,000EUR, 28,000USD)
2nd: 15,000,000KRW (~10,000EUR, 14,000USD)
Coach award: 5,000,000KRW (~3,200EUR, 4,500USD)
2nd: 15,000,000KRW (~10,000EUR, 14,000USD)
Coach award: 5,000,000KRW (~3,200EUR, 4,500USD)
Format :
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GSTL will be broadcasted twice a week on Thursday and Friday
12 teams will be participating. The league will be divided into two groups
Groups that play on Thursdays will be in the Jupiter league and groups that play on Fridays will be in the Venus league. *In Korea, Thursday is called the day of Jupiter and Friday is called the day of Venus.
The Jupiter League includes: SlayerS, TSL, oGs, MVP, PRIME, F.United
The Venus League includes: IM, StarTale, fOu, Zenex, NS, FXOpen e-Sports
Each team will play every team of its group once, this process will take 10 weeks.
This group stage will be called the “Pennant Race”
Once the Pennant Race is over, the top 3 teams from each group will advance to the Play-offs
Ranking will be decided using the following factors in order: Number of Wins -> Number of Set Losses -> If two teams have same number of wins and set losses, the winner of the two from the pennant race match will receive a higher ranking -> Number of Warnings Received
The Pennant Race will be best Bo7, Play-offs and finals Bo9. “King of the hill”-type format.
The Play-offs will be played out as follows:
12 teams will be participating. The league will be divided into two groups
Groups that play on Thursdays will be in the Jupiter league and groups that play on Fridays will be in the Venus league. *In Korea, Thursday is called the day of Jupiter and Friday is called the day of Venus.
The Jupiter League includes: SlayerS, TSL, oGs, MVP, PRIME, F.United
The Venus League includes: IM, StarTale, fOu, Zenex, NS, FXOpen e-Sports
Each team will play every team of its group once, this process will take 10 weeks.
This group stage will be called the “Pennant Race”
Once the Pennant Race is over, the top 3 teams from each group will advance to the Play-offs
Ranking will be decided using the following factors in order: Number of Wins -> Number of Set Losses -> If two teams have same number of wins and set losses, the winner of the two from the pennant race match will receive a higher ranking -> Number of Warnings Received
The Pennant Race will be best Bo7, Play-offs and finals Bo9. “King of the hill”-type format.
The Play-offs will be played out as follows:
Week 9 Wrap up/Week 10 Preview
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Week 10 Preview
Starters: Lucky, Bomber
In a more tense scenario, FXO Korea (fOu of old) can make it in with a win, but unlike oGs they have to face a wolf-in-goofy-logo by playing StarTale to do it. With Bomber starting for ST it seems like they're not messing around, meaning FXOKorea has their work cut out for them. StarTale should have the stronger lineup but with the quality of games players like TheBest have been showing maybe it is much closer than it first looks. Again, ST has nothing to lose by not performing so they can always choose the route of playing lesser-knowns to give them exposure and valuable booth time before more is on the line.
StarTale seems poised to take it but there are a lot of unknown factors working here, the variance is high in these situations. StarTale more likely.
Starters: Lucky, Bomber
In a more tense scenario, FXO Korea (fOu of old) can make it in with a win, but unlike oGs they have to face a wolf-in-goofy-logo by playing StarTale to do it. With Bomber starting for ST it seems like they're not messing around, meaning FXOKorea has their work cut out for them. StarTale should have the stronger lineup but with the quality of games players like TheBest have been showing maybe it is much closer than it first looks. Again, ST has nothing to lose by not performing so they can always choose the route of playing lesser-knowns to give them exposure and valuable booth time before more is on the line.
StarTale seems poised to take it but there are a lot of unknown factors working here, the variance is high in these situations. StarTale more likely.
by Heyoka
Friday, Sep 02 9:10am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Week 10, Venus Group
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+ Show Spoiler [StarTale] +
Lucky <Dual Sight> Bomber
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+ Show Spoiler [Overall lineup] +
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
+ Show Spoiler [Overall results] +
+ Show Spoiler [Recommended games] +
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Poll: Recommend game 1 ?
Yes (47)
78%
No (7)
12%
If you have time (6)
10%
60 total votes
No (7)
If you have time (6)
60 total votes
Your vote: Recommend game 1 ?
Poll: Recommend game 2 ?
Yes (42)
95%
No (1)
2%
If you have time (1)
2%
44 total votes
No (1)
If you have time (1)
44 total votes
Your vote: Recommend game 2 ?
Poll: Recommend game 3 ?
Yes (9)
36%
No (8)
32%
If you have time (8)
32%
25 total votes
No (8)
If you have time (8)
25 total votes
Your vote: Recommend game 3 ?
Poll: Recommend game 4 ?
Yes (5)
63%
No (2)
25%
If you have time (1)
13%
8 total votes
No (2)
If you have time (1)
8 total votes
Your vote: Recommend game 4 ?
Poll: Recommend game 5 ?
No (12)
71%
Yes (4)
24%
If you have time (1)
6%
17 total votes
Yes (4)
If you have time (1)
17 total votes
Your vote: Recommend game 5 ?
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http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstls1/live/
Implications for Today
On September 02 2011 14:55 blahz0r wrote:
Maybe this should be added to the OP so people stop asking:
If fOu wins, they advance to playoffs.
If Startale wins, IM advances to playoffs and HoSeo still remains first (even if it's a 4-0).
There are only two outcomes, the only difference is who places 2nd and 3rd. That matters if they want to be picky about who they want to face in the first and second rounds.
I personally don't care who wins this match. I just want a great series from both teams.
Maybe this should be added to the OP so people stop asking:
If fOu wins, they advance to playoffs.
If Startale wins, IM advances to playoffs and HoSeo still remains first (even if it's a 4-0).
There are only two outcomes, the only difference is who places 2nd and 3rd. That matters if they want to be picky about who they want to face in the first and second rounds.
I personally don't care who wins this match. I just want a great series from both teams.
Well, season one is history. All that's left now is.. a thrilling playoff! Here is the official GOM playoff bracket.+ Show Spoiler +
Of course Liquipedia has all you need! GSTL Playoffs
- Previous results & lineups :
Venus group
Jupiter group
- Most valuable players interviews by Phosgene
All GSTL interviews
2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1
TeamLiquid GSTL and GSL presentation
Teams that will be participating in this exciting GSTL will be: SlayerS, MVP, IM, oGs, Prime, TSL, , ZeNEX, StarTale, NS_Hoseo, FXOKorea and F.United.
Thanks to HawaiianPig for the section headers.
Thanks to Heyoka for the updated team league ranking!