You Are the Golf King MSL

This MBC Starleague took place from September 04 through February 05 entitled "You are the Golf King MSL". DoubleStormIII explained the reasoning behind this bizarre name:

NHN is a big portal company that has many services (a big search engine called Naver and a big game site called Hangame). Hangame is one of them with many online games, from simple ones like Tetris to MMORPGs.

You are The Golf King is one of the games that they made. Since NHN sponsered this MSL season, they wanted to use their game's name as the league name.

Thanks to SonuvBob for finding all the information for each game for this tournament!

The Maps
Arizona

Into The Darkness

Luna 2.01

Raid Assault

The Format
Firstly, each of the 4 seeds from SPRIS MSL are assigned a group, these are Ra, Iloveoov, Goodfriend and Kingdom. The groups were then randomly generated by assigning a random player to each group. Thus the following groups were generated;

Group A
Ra (P, KTF Magic N's) -- SEED
GoRush (Z, Greatest One)
JulyZerg (Z, Pirates of Space)
Ddang[gm] (Midas[gm]) (T, Greatest One)

Group B
Iloveoov (T, SK Telecom T1) -- SEED
Sync (T, KTF Magic N's)
Xellos (T, Greatest One)
ArtOfTerran (T, Hexatron Dream Team)

Group C
GoodFriend (T, Pantech & Curitel Curriors) -- SEED
TheMarine (T, KTF Magic N's)
Mingu (Z, KTF Magic N's)
Chojja (Z, KTF Magic N's)

Group D
Kingdom (P, SK Telecom T1) -- SEED
Jju (Z, SouL)
Rage (P, Greatest One)
Nada (T, Pantech & Curitel Curriors)

The Brackets
The brackets are as follows:
Here
Note: Losers go to the loser bracket
Note 2: All games are Bo3 except for Winner and Loser Finals which are Bo5 and Grand Final is Bo7

The Schedule
Week 1: Groups A and B first matches
Week 2: Groups C and D first matches
Week 3: Groups A and B second matches
Week 4: Groups C and D second matches
Week 5: Groups A and B third matches (if needed)
Week 6: Groups C and D third matches (if needed)
Week 7: Loser Bracket Round of 8 - Groups A & B
Week 8: Loser Bracket Round of 8 - Groups C & D
Week 9: Winner Bracket Round of 8 - Groups A & B
Week 10: Winner Bracket Round of 8 - Groups C & D
Week 11: Loser Bracket Round of 8 Upper Half
Week 12: Loser Bracket Round of 8 Lower Half
Week 13: Loser Bracket Round of 4-1
Week 14: Winner Bracket Semi-Finals
Week 15: Loser Bracket Round of 4-2
Week 16: Winner Bracket Finals
Week 17: Loser Bracket Round of 2
Week 18: Loser Bracket Finals
Week 19: Grand Finals

First Round

Week 1 (30/09/04): Reports here
Midas > Ra @ Arizona
JulyZerg > Gorush @ Into The Darkness II
Iloveoov > ArtOfTerran @ Luna
Sync > Xellos @ Raid Assault

Week 2 (07/10/04): no reports or interviews

Mingu > Goodfriend @ Arizona
Chojja > TheMarine @ Into The Darkness II
Kingdom > Rage @ Luna
Jju > Nada @ Raid Assault

Week 3 (14/10/04): Reports here
Ra > Midas @ Raid Assault
Gorush > July @ Arizona
ArtOfTerran > Iloveoov @ Into The Darkness II
Xellos > Sync @ Luna

Week 4 (21/10/04): no reports or interviews

Mingu > Goodfriend @ Raid Assault
TheMarine > Chojja @ Arizona
Rage > Kingdom @ Into The Darkness II
NaDa > Jju @ Luna

Week 5 (28/10/04): Reports here
Midas > Ra @ Luna
Gorush > Julyzerg @ Raid Assault
Iloveoov > ArtOfTerran @ Arizona
Xellos > Sync @ Into The Darkness II

Week 6 (04/11/04): Reports here
TheMarine > Chojja @ Raid Assault
Kingdom > Rage @ Arizona
NaDa > Jju @ Into The Darkness II

Summary
Midas > Ra 2-1
Gorush > Julyzerg 2-1
Iloveoov > ArtOfTerran 2-1
Xellos > Sync 2-1
Mingu > Goodfriend 2-0
TheMarine > Chojja 2-1
Kingdom > Rage 2-1
Nada > Jju 2-1

The Loser Bracket
Bracket Here

Week 7 (11/11/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Ra > Julyzerg @ Raid Assault
Ra < Julyzerg @ Luna
Ra < Julyzerg @ Arizona

Game 2:
ArtOfTerran > Sync @ Into The Darkness II
ArtOfTerran < Sync @ Raid Assault
ArtOfTerran > Sync @ Luna

Week 8 (18/10/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Goodfriend < Chojja @ Arizona
Goodfriend < Chojja @ Into The Darkness II

Game 2:
Jju < Rage @ Luna
Jju > Rage @ Arizona
Jju > Rage @ Into The Darkness II

The Winner Bracket Ro8
Bracket Here

Week 9 (25/11/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Midas < Gorush @ Into The Darkness II
Midas < Gorush @ Raid Assault

Game 2:
Iloveoov < Xellos @ Arizona
Iloveoov < Xellos @ Into The Darkness

Week 10 (02/12/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Mingu > TheMarine @ Raid Assault
Mingu < TheMarine @ Arizona
Mingu < TheMarine @ Into The Darkness II

Game 2:
Nada < Kingdom @ Luna
Nada > Kingdom @ Raid Assault
Nada > Kingdom @ Arizona

Loser Bracket Round of 8
Bracket Here

Week 11 (09/16/04): Interviews Reports
Game 1:
Midas < Julyzerg @ Raid Assault
Midas < Julyzerg @ Luna

Game 2:
Iloveoov > ArtOfTerran @ Into The Darkness II
Iloveoov > ArtOfTerran @ Raid Assault

Week 12 (16/11/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Mingu < Chojja @ Arizona
Mingu > Chojja @ Luna
Mingu < Chojja @ Into The Darkness

Game 2:
Kingdom > Jju @ Luna
Kingdom > Jju @ Arizona

Loser Bracket Round of 4-1
Bracket Here

Week 13 (23/12/04): Reports here
Game 1:
Julyzerg < Iloveoov @ Luna
Julyzerg < Iloveoov @ Raid Assault

Game 2:
Chojja > Kingdom @ Raid Assault
Chojja > Kingdom @ Arizona

Winners Bracket Semi-Finals
Brackets Here

Week 14 (30/12/04): Reports and Summaries here
Game 1:
Gorush < Xellos @ Arizona
Gorush > Xellos @ Into The Darkness II
Gorush > Xellos @ ?

Game 2:
Nada > TheMarine @ Into The Darkness II
Nada > TheMarine @ ?

Loser Bracket Round of 4-2
Bracket Here

Week 15 (06/01/05): Reports here
Game 1:
Xellos > Iloveoov @ Luna
Xellos < Iloveoov @ Raid Assault
Xellos > Iloveoov @ Arizona

Game 2:
TheMarine < Chojja @ Raid Assault
TheMarine < Chojja @ Arizona

Winners Final
Brackets Here

Week 16 (13/01/05): Reports here
Gorush > NaDa @ Raid Assualt
Gorush < Nada @ Into the Darkness II
Gorush < Nada @ Arizona
Gorush > NaDa @ Luna
Gorush < Nada @ Raid Assualt

Loser Bracket Round of 2
Bracket Here

Week 17 (20/01/05): Reports here Interview
Xellos > Chojja @ Into The Darkness II
Xellos > Chojja @ Raid Assault
Xellos > Chojja @ Luna

Loser Bracket Final
Bracket Here

Week 18 (27/01/05): Reports here
Interview
Gorush > Xellos @ Into The Darkness II
Gorush > Xellos @ Raid Assault
Gorush > Xellos @ Arizona

GRAND FINALS
Brackets Here

Week 19 (03/02/05): Game Summaries Interview
Nada < Gorush @ Luna
Nada < Gorush @ Arizona
Nada > Gorush @ Into The Darkness II
Nada < Gorush @ Raid Assault
Nada > Gorush @ Luna
Nada < Gorush @ Arizona

Gorush wins You are the Golf King MSL
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Summaries
Winner Bracket
Loser Bracket

Like others gone before him, Gorush has cemented his place in the MSL hall of fame amongst greats...
Now this MSL is apart of the history books...

thedeadhaji

37921 Posts

March 03 2007 16:51 GMT

oh man, that's super sexy

Plexa

Aotearoa38188 Posts

March 03 2007 17:04 GMT

its only 2 years late!! no worries

Carnac

Germany16592 Posts

March 03 2007 18:19 GMT

Thanks, Plexa. Like promised, I uploaded the map pictures (and the one of Gorush) on tl.net space, so they stay permanently.

I moved this to the Tourney Forum for now, so maybe someone can point out what the two missing maps were, as well as maybe make some nice brackets with paintshop. I will move it to articles in a couple of days!

Slipgoon

Sweden382 Posts

March 03 2007 18:30 GMT

Thanks, interesting for one who joined the scene right after the finals 05. And everyone else i guess.
Damn thats a funky format.

The Jju vs Kingdom game @ luna seems to be a bit of a classic but the second game (@arizona) sounds even cooler, but I suppose no one knows of a site with old vods?

Aepplet

Sweden2908 Posts

March 03 2007 18:30 GMT

raid assault looks like a cool map

Carnac

Germany16592 Posts

March 03 2007 18:34 GMT

It produced some really, relly cool games, I liked it a lot.

freelander

Hungary4089 Posts

March 03 2007 18:54 GMT

well the two most effective storms ever were casted there ^^
nal_ra vs julyzerg on raid assault

iNcontroL

USA29048 Posts

March 03 2007 20:27 GMT

that was back when kingdom won games!

IdrA

United States11540 Posts

March 03 2007 21:05 GMT

#10

that season was fun. nada and gorush were head and shoulders above everyone else.

amoxicilline

France1124 Posts

March 03 2007 21:09 GMT

#11

I miss gorush now , he was pretty cool back then

btw thanks for this post , great job

Tarte

Canada933 Posts

March 03 2007 22:48 GMT

#12

On March 04 2007 05:27 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
that was back when kingdom won games!

lolol.

Nice report Plexa

jkillashark

United States5261 Posts

March 04 2007 00:18 GMT

#13

Sweet. Mod please bump this to Articles. Very nice job Plexa and SonuvBob!

NHN Hangame also sponsored an OSL. NHN Hangame OSL was won by Nal_rA. It was right after Mycube and right before Ever 1 OSL.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11359 Posts

March 04 2007 00:29 GMT

#14

I miss TheMarine T_T

sOnagi[3.33]

Korea (South)886 Posts

March 04 2007 00:31 GMT

#15

this MSL was really nice to watch. especially the game between NaDa and GoRush on Luna...back and forth game.

Guybrush

Spain4744 Posts

March 04 2007 01:46 GMT

#16

On March 04 2007 09:18 jkillashark wrote:
Sweet. Mod please bump this to Articles. Very nice job Plexa and SonuvBob!

NHN Hangame also sponsored an OSL. NHN Hangame OSL was won by Nal_rA. It was right after Mycube and right before Ever 1 OSL.

Gillette not Ever

Oh and nicely written

Recommended games here are all Nada vs Gorush games, Sync vs Xellos on Raid Assault, rA vs July on Raid Assault, Kingdom vs JJu on Luna

Carnac

Germany16592 Posts

March 04 2007 02:05 GMT

#17

I'm adding Nal_rA vs Midas on Raid Assault to that list

RaiZ

2807 Posts

March 04 2007 02:44 GMT

#18

Interesting note : Final was best of 7 !
Indeed nice tournament gorush proved that he was a very strong player and made me happy since i was expecting him for doing so well and never managed to get in high places. Until this. :p