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Introduction
The most prestigious tournament in E-Sports turns in 2012 to Blizzard's latest real-time strategy offering, Starcraft II, sequel to the greatest game ever made: Starcraft: Brood War. The younger game has produced stars and captured audiences by thousands world wide, and OGN now introduces their premier casters and production values to bring us a tournament series which should be nothing short of spectacular.
History
tving 2012 [Brood War] OSL
OnGameNet Starleague (OSL)Format
Best of 3 single-elimination preliminary brackets place
12 players Into
The Dual Tournament,
where they join
12 seeds in
6 ONE game double-elimination groups, from which
12 qualfiers join
4 seeds
in the
Round of Sixteen,
where four groups of four contestants each play
round-robin, and
(with tie-breakers if necessary),
eight, two from each group, are placed in the
Final Bracket,
a single-elimination,
best of five,
winner-take-all showdown,
which ends with the crowning of the
NEW CHAMPION
12 players Into
The Dual Tournament,
where they join
12 seeds in
6 ONE game double-elimination groups, from which
12 qualfiers join
4 seeds
in the
Round of Sixteen,
where four groups of four contestants each play
round-robin, and
(with tie-breakers if necessary),
eight, two from each group, are placed in the
Final Bracket,
a single-elimination,
best of five,
winner-take-all showdown,
which ends with the crowning of the
NEW CHAMPION
(The four semi-finalists are then seeded Into the next tournament's round of sixteen,
while the remaining twelve participants from the round of sixteen return to the next Dual Tournament, and the process begins again.)
Amendments to Format
The OSL format has changed periodically to accommodate unique circumstances: e.g. after the match-fixing scandal, in the wake of retirements, etc. As well, for several years the OSL instead used a format which paired up 24 qualifiers mano-a-mano for the right to play the 12 seeds.
In this case, due to the transition, the seeds were heavily restricted: Only the finalists from the tving OSL are seeded Into the Round of Sixteen, and only the 3rd and 4th place finishers were seeded to the Dual Tournament. The KeSPA players therefore have a total of eight of the season's Round of Sixteen players. GOM players were given the remaining eight spots through four Dual Tournament groups of their own with four seeds into those groups going to top GSL players so they would not have to play preliminaries.
I suspect the process will return to normal next season with GOM and KeSPA players combined since both will be playing exclusively Starcraft II; however if a settlement is not reached between the two arbitrating bodies the split preliminaries and even Dual Tournament could continue for some time.
The Players
KeSPA Preliminaries
GOM Preliminaries
Non-indented players qualified for the Dual Tournament through the preliminaries.
Indented players qualified for the Dual Tournament through placement (3rd & 4th) in the tving 2012 OSL or were GOM
seeds (4).
Doubly indented players are seeded directly Into the Round of 16 by finishing as finalists in the tving 2012 OSL
Protoss: Victory After Victory -- 10
BeStBisAnGFlyingOzPartinGSanBy.SunVampireMCJangBiTerran: The Pride of War -- 9
BaByBogusByunClassicLastMarineKingFlashMVPfantasyZerg: Overcome All -- 11
CoCaMinRyul2SealSniperNeo.G_SoulkeySymbolYuGiOhDongRaeGuNesTeaZerOTeams
Fnatic RaidCall (1):
OzIncredible Miracle (2):
MVP, NesTeaKT Rolster (1):
FlashMVP (3):
DongRaeGu, Sniper, VampireNew Star HoSeo (2):
San, SealPrime (2):
Byun, MarineKingSamsung KHAN (1):
JangBiSK Gaming (1):
MCSK Telecom T1 (3):
BeSt, fantasy, By.SunSlayerS (3):
CoCa, Min, YuGiOhStarTale (1):
PartinGSTX SouL (3):
Bogus, Classic, LastTeam 8 (2):
BaBy, Ryul2Team SCV Life (1):
SymbolWoongjin Stars (4):
BisAnG, Flying, Neo.G_Soulkey, ZerOThe Maps
Antiga Shipyard
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Entombed Valley
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ESV Ohana LE
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The Dual Tournament
Group A, GOM: 16/7/2012, 19:30 KST
Live Report
MVP <Antiga Shipyard> MinOz <Antiga Shipyard> SniperMVP <ESV Ohana LE> OzMinSniperMVP <Entombed Valley> SniperFXOz (2-0) and MVP (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group B, GOM: 16/7/2012, 21:30 KST
Live Report
DongRaeGu <Antiga Shipyard> SanSymbol <Antiga Shipyard> ByunDongRaeGu <ESV Ohana LE> SymbolSan <ESV Ohana LE> ByunSymbolSanDongRaeGu (2-0) and San (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group C, GOM: 23/7/2012, 19:30 KST
Live Report
MC <Antiga Shipyard> CoCaPartinG <Antiga Shipyard> SealMC <ESV Ohana LE> PartinGCoCaSealMC <Entombed Valley> SealPartinG (2-0) and MC (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group D, GOM: 23/7/2012, 21:00 KST
Live Report
NesTea <Antiga Shipyard> VampireMarineKing <Antiga Shipyard> YuGiOhNesTea <ESV Ohana LE> MarineKingVampireYuGiOhNesTea <Entombed Valley> YuGiOhMarineKing (2-0) and NesTea (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group E, KeSPA: 31/7/2012, 19:30 KST
Live Report
Neo.G_Soulkey <Antiga Shipyard> By.SunBogus <Antiga Shipyard> FlyingBy.Sun <ESV Ohana LE> FlyingNeo.G_SoulkeyBogusBy.Sun <Entombed Valley> BogusFlying (2-0 and By.Sun (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group F, KeSPA: 7/8/2012, 19:00 KST
Live Report
ZerO <Antiga Shipyard> ClassicBeSt <Antiga Shipyard> BaByBeSt <ESV Ohana LE> ZerOClassicBaByZerOBaByBeSt (2-0) and BaBy (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!Group G, KeSPA: 7/8/2012, 21:30 KST
Live Report
Flash <Antiga Shipyard> Ryul2Last <Antiga Shipyard> BisAnGFlash <ESV Ohana LE> LastRyul2 <ESV Ohana LE> BisAnGLast <Entombed Valley> Ryul2Flash (2-0) and Last (2-1) advance to the Round of Sixteen!The Round of Sixteen
Qualified Players:
Seeds:
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/snowdrift86/gold3.png)
JangBi, ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/snowdrift86/silver.png)
fantasyFrom Dual Tournament:
Oz, MVP, DongRaeGu, San, PartinG, MC, MarineKing, NesTea,Flying, By.Sun, BeSt, BaBy, Flash, LastGroup Selection
21/8/2012, 17:30 KST
Live Report
The Process: The four seeds take turns drafting players into their groups. The previous OSL champion picks first, then the other finalist, then the 3rd (lost to champion) and 4th (lost to runner-up). Then the first round of draftees picks the second round, and the second chooses the third. (However, this time there are only two seeds, so the group selection started with Jangbi and fantasy each choosing a player as "seed" for the other groups.)
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Round 0
JangBi picks BaBy as the Group C "seed"
fantasy picks BeSt as the Group D "seed"
Round 1
1.JangBi drafts DongRaeGu into Group A.
2.fantasy drafts NesTea into Group B
3.BaBy drafts PartinG into Group C
4.BeSt drafts MC into Group D
Round 2
5.MC drafts Flash into Group D
6.PartinG drafts MVP into Group C
7.NesTea drafts Oz into Group B
8.DongRaeGu drafts MarineKing into Group A
Round 3
9.MarineKing drafts By.Sun into Group A
10.Oz drafts Last into Group B
11.MVP drafts Flying into Group C
12.San into group D (Flash)
JangBi picks BaBy as the Group C "seed"fantasy picks BeSt as the Group D "seed"Round 1
1.
JangBi drafts DongRaeGu into Group A.2.
fantasy drafts NesTea into Group B3.
BaBy drafts PartinG into Group C4.
BeSt drafts MC into Group DRound 2
5.
MC drafts Flash into Group D6.
PartinG drafts MVP into Group C7.
NesTea drafts Oz into Group B8.
DongRaeGu drafts MarineKing into Group ARound 3
9.
MarineKing drafts By.Sun into Group A10.
Oz drafts Last into Group B11.
MVP drafts Flying into Group C12.
San into group D (Flash)Final Groups:
Group A:
JangBi, DongRaeGu, MarineKing, By.SunGroup B:
fantasy, NesTea, Oz, LastGroup C:
BaBy, PartinG, MVP, FlyingGroup D:
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Day 1: 28/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:JangBi <Entombed Valley> DongRaeGu
Group B:Fantasy <Entombed Valley> NesTea
Group C:BaBy <Entombed Valley> PartinG
Group D:Flash <Ohana> San
Day 2: 29/8/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:MarineKing< Daybreak > By.Rain
Group B:Oz < Daybreak > Last postponed
Group C:Mvp <Ohana> Flying
Group D:BeSt <Antiga Shipyard> MC
Day 3: 4/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:JangBi <Entombed Valley> MarineKing
Group B:NesTea <Daybreak> Last
Group C:BaBy <Antiga Shipyard> Mvp
Group D:MC <Ohana> San
Day 4: 5/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:DongRaeGu <Entombed Valley> By.Rain
Group B:Fantasy <Antiga Shipyard> Oz
Group C:PartinG < Entombed Valley > Flying
Group D:BeSt < Daybreak> Flash
Day 5: 11/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:By.Sun < Ohana > JangBi
Group B:NesTea < Entombed Valley > Oz
Group C:Flying < Daybreak > BaBy
Group D:MC < Antiga Shipyard > Flash
Day 6: 18/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:DongRaeGu <Ohana> MarineKing
Group B:Last < Antiga Shipyard > Fantasy
Group C:PartinG < Daybreak > Mvp
Group D:San < Entombed Valley > BeSt
Group A:
JangBi <Entombed Valley> DongRaeGuGroup B:
Fantasy <Entombed Valley> NesTeaGroup C:
BaBy <Entombed Valley> PartinGGroup D:
Flash <Ohana> SanDay 2: 29/8/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:
MarineKing< Daybreak > By.RainGroup B:
Oz < Daybreak > Last postponedGroup C:
Mvp <Ohana> FlyingGroup D:
BeSt <Antiga Shipyard> MCDay 3: 4/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:
JangBi <Entombed Valley> MarineKingGroup B:
NesTea <Daybreak> LastGroup C:
BaBy <Antiga Shipyard> MvpGroup D:
MC <Ohana> SanDay 4: 5/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:
DongRaeGu <Entombed Valley> By.RainGroup B:
Fantasy <Antiga Shipyard> OzGroup C:
PartinG < Entombed Valley > FlyingGroup D:
BeSt < Daybreak> FlashDay 5: 11/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:
By.Sun < Ohana > JangBiGroup B:
NesTea < Entombed Valley > OzGroup C:
Flying < Daybreak > BaByGroup D:
MC < Antiga Shipyard > Flash Day 6: 18/9/12, 19:30 KST
Group A:
DongRaeGu <Ohana> MarineKingGroup B:
Last < Antiga Shipyard > FantasyGroup C:
PartinG < Daybreak > MvpGroup D:
San < Entombed Valley > BeStGroup Play
Group A
[VOD]
JangBi <Entombed Valley> DongRaeGu[VOD Pt. 2]
MarineKing< Daybreak > By.SunJangBi <Entombed Valley> MarineKingDongRaeGu <Entombed Valley> By.SunBy.Sun < Ohana > JangBiDongRaeGu <Ohana> MarineKingBy.Sun: 3-0DongRaeGu: 2-1MarineKing: 1-2JangBiGroup B
[VOD Pt. 2]
Fantasy <Entombed Valley> NesTeaOz < Daybreak > LastNesTea <Daybreak> LastFantasy <Antiga Shipyard> OzNesTea < Entombed Valley > OzLast < Antiga Shipyard > FantasyOz: 2-1Last: 2-1Fantasy: 1-2NesTeaGroup C
[VOD]
BaBy <Entombed Valley> PartinG[VOD]
MVP <Ohana> FlyingBaBy <Antiga Shipyard> MVPPartinG < Entombed Valley > FlyingFlying < Daybreak > BaByPartinG < Daybreak > MVPFlying: 2-1PartinG: 2-1MVP: 1-2BaBy: 1-2Group D
[VOD]
Flash <Ohana> San[VOD]
BeSt <Antiga Shipyard> MCMC <Ohana> SanBeSt < Daybreak> FlashMC < Antiga Shipyard > FlashSan < Entombed Valley > BeStFlash: 3-0MC: 2-1BeStSanTiebreakers: Not Needed
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Tiebreakers are needed with 3 players at 2-1 (two advance) or 3 players at 1-2 (one advances). Players play consecutive round-robin sets, 1. A vs B -> 2. Winner 1 vs. C -> Winner 2 vs. Loser 1 etc. (sometimes very etc.). The first player to win two straight advances. In the event a second player is needed to advance, the two remaining players play 1v1 and the winner advances.
The Final Bracket
Quarterfinalists
DongRaeGu, Flash, Flying, Last, MC, Oz, PartinG By.SunUntil such time as I have an hour or so to make this spiffy, Liquipedia is actually pretty cool.
With thanks to flamewheel who did the tving 2012 OSL R&S thread, to the TLPD and Liquipedia teams and editors who keep our database and wiki up to date, to LR creators whose records I borrow from shamelessly, whoever added the banner, and everyone else who has contributed.
