OGN has slightly changed the system for the Proleague. Last time around, it was 10 teams playing for around 6 months. This time, there are only 8 teams playing.
Other than that, the system is pretty similar to the previous league. The each team plays every other team for the first round. After that, the top 4 ranking teams go onto the next round to play against each other yet again. After that round, the combined statistics of round 1 and 2 are added to rank the teams. 2nd place and 3rd place face off, the winner then goes against the no.1 ranked team for the championship.
A long and hard preliminary, probably more games played there than in the actual league itself, was held a week ago. The top 4 teams from the previous league, Orion, Hanbitsoft, KTF, and GO received seeds. The remaining for slots were up for grabs. Soul, AMD, Kor, Toona, Ktec, POS, and Samsung battled it out for the remaining 4 places. In the end, it was Soul, AMD, Kor, and Toona coming out on top of the prelims.
The prelims were actually quite close if one looks at the results, while Soul went 4-2 and Samsung went 2-4 vs the other teams, all of the remaining teams went 3-3. However they applied the rules of more points for a 3-0 win etc, and came up with rankings without tie-breakers.
So, here's the final list of teams!
Dongyang Orion, Hanbitsoft Stars, KTF Magic N's, Suma Greatest Ones, Soul, AMD Dream Team, Kor, and Toona SG
And we can't have a new league without new maps, can we?
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As usual, the maps are locked so they cannot be opened in the map editor. Fortunately the map maker put up some large pics.
So, here's right to the week one results!
KOR vs Soul
1: Junior(Soul) defeated Heaven(Kor) on Sin Gaema Gowun
2: Eji&SC_side(P&rP, Kor) defeated Junior&TheWind(Z&random Z, Soul) on Vertigo plus. Haha, 2 Z lost -_-
3: Eji(Kor) defeated Jju(Soul) on Nostalgia
Kor 2 : 1 Soul
KTF vs Orion
1: Yellow(KTF) defeated Kos(Orion) on Another Day
2: Rainbow&Zerglee(P&Z, Orion) defeated Black&Yellow(Z&random P, KTF) on The Huntress. Finally, Black and Yellow as a team ;D
3: Autumn(KTF) defeated Iloveoov(Orion) on Guillotine
KTF 2 : 1 Orion