EPT
December 2003 - March 2004
First, let Snorlax's First Disciple talk:
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Hangame is a website that allows you to play all sorts of games online. While they have various free games, they also have several pay services as well. Since OGN is a channel for gamers, Hangame really makes sense as a sponsor.
New maps are always the biggest issue when a new league starts. Nostalgia has been kept in it's original form, the statistics showed it had fairly good race balance. Guillotine has been modified into Neo Guillotine, probably because of the TvP difficulties. Paradoxxx stays, but underwent some heavy changes to emerge as Paradoxxx II. Hopefully OGN spent some more time balancing it this time. The last map is a new one, "Namja Iyagi" which means "The story of a man" in Korean.
Before an OGN Starleague, you can't leave out the all important group drawing ceremony. Being a filthy rich company, OGN decided to hold the group drawings on a grand scale. Rather than holding it at the cramped Megawebstation, they rented out a grand performance hall. It resembled the Starleague finals in some ways, with quite a few people there to watch the players select their groups live.
So, on to the group drawings!
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Players:
- Seeded from MyCube Starleague: 1.Kingdom(P) 2.Nal_Ra(P) 3.Junwi(Z)
- Winner of the Challenge League: Gorush(Z)
- Qualified through the Dual Tournement:
(T) Nada, Boxer, Doggi, Silent_Control, V-Gundam
(Z) Chojja, JJu, Mumyung
(P) Zeus, Reach, IntoTheRainbow
(R) Elky
Total: 5T,5Z,5P,1R
They used the standard OGN method where the players pick their own groups.
A: Kingdom -> Mumyung -> Silent_Control -> Zeus
B: Nal_rA -> Boxer -> Doggi -> JJu
C: Junwi -> Rainbow -> Elky -> Nada
D: Gorush -> Chojja -> V-Gundam -> Reach
(0) is the week number of the game:
(1) = December 12th, 2003
(6) = January 16th, 2004
(8) = January 30th, 2004
ROUND OF 16
Group A
Silent_Control 2-1 (2-0), Zeus 2-1 (1-1), Mumyung 2-1 (0-2), Kingdom 0-3
(1) Mumyung > Kingdom @ Nostalgia
(2) Zeus > Control @ Paradoxxx2
(3) Control > Kingdom @ Neo Guillotine
(4) Mumyung > Zeus @ Neo Guillotine
(5) Zeus > Kingdom @ Namja Iyagi
(6) Control > Mumyung @ Namja Iyagi
Group B
Nal_rA 2-1 (2-0), JJu 2-1 (1-1), Boxer 2-1 (0-2), Doggi 0-3
(1) JJu > Doggi @ Paradoxxx2
(2) Nal_rA > Boxer @ Neo Guillotine
(3) Boxer > JJu by forfeit
(4) Nal_rA > Doggi @ Namja Iyagi
(5) Boxer > Doggi @ Nostalgia
(6) JJu > Nal_rA @ Nostalgia
Group C
Nada 2-1 (2-0), Junwi 2-1 (1-1), IntoTheRainbow 2-1 (0-2), Elky 0-3
(1) Junwi > Rainbow @ Neo Guillotine
(2) Nada > Elky (rT) @ Namja Iyagi
(3) Junwi > Elky (rZ) @ Nostalgia
(4) Rainbow > Nada @ Nostalgia
(5) Nada > Junwi @ Paradoxxx2
(6) Rainbow > Elky (rZ) @ Paradoxxx2
Group D
Gorush 3-0, Reach 2-1, Chojja 1-2, V-Gundam 0-3
(1) Gorush > Chojja @ Nostalgia
(2) Reach > V-Gundam @ Namja Iyagi
(3) Reach > Chojja @ Paradoxxx2
(4) Gorush > V-Gundam @ Paradoxxx2
(5) Chojja > V-Gundam @ Neo Guillotine
(6) Gorush > Reach @ Neo Guillotine
(7)Tie breakers
Group A
Control > Zeus @ Namja Iyagi
Control > Mumyung @ Paradoxxx II
Zeus > Mumyung @ Neo Guillotine
Group B
Jju > Boxer @ Namja Iyagi
Nal_Ra > Jju @ Neo Guillotine
Nal_Ra > Boxer @ Nostalgia
Group C
Nada > Junwi @ Namja Iyagi
Junwi > Rainbow @ Neo Guillotine
Nada > Rainbow @ Nostalgia
ROUND OF 8
Group A
Control 2-1, Jju 2-1, Gorush 1-2, Junwi 1-2
(8) Control > Jju @ Namja Iyagi
(8) Gorush > Junwi @ Neo Guillotine
(9) Jju > Junwi @ Nostalgia
(9) Control > Gorush @ Nostalgia
(10) Junwi > Control @ Paradoxxx II
(10) Jju > Gorush @ Paradoxxx II
Group B
Nal_Ra 2-1, Zeus 2-1, Reach 1-2, Nada 1-2
(8) Reach > Nada @ Nostalgia
(8) Nal_rA > Zeus @ Paradoxxx II
(9) Zeus > Reach @ Namja Iyagi
(9) Nada > Nal_rA @ Namja Iyagi
(10) Zeus > Nada @ Neo Guillotine
(10) Nal_rA > Reach @ Neo Guillotine
SEMI-FINAL
Zeus 3 - 0 Control
1. Zeus > Control @ Nostalgia
2. Zeus > Control @ Neo Guillotine
3. Zeus > Control @ Namja Iyagi
Nal_rA 3 - 1 Jju
1. Nal_rA > Jju @ Paradoxxx II
2. Nal_rA > Jju @ Neo Guillotine
3. Jju > Nal_rA @ Nostalgia
4. Nal_rA > Jju @ Namja Iyagi
3rd PLACE
Control 3 - 2 Jju
Control > JJu @ Neo Guillotine
Control > JJu @ Namja Iyagi
JJu > Control @ Nostalgia
JJu > Control @ Paradoxxx II
Control > JJu @ Neo Guillotine
FINAL (March 21st, 2004)
Nal_rA 3 - 1 Zeus
1. Nal_rA > Zeus @ Paradoxxx II
2. Zeus > Nal_rA @ Nostalgia
3. Nal_rA > Zeus @ Namja Iyagi
4. Nal_rA > Zeus @ Neo Guillotine
