2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series
The 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is part of the Battle.net World Championship Series, a series of video game tournaments held by Blizzard Entertainment,[1] the creators of the video game StarCraft II (SC2). Tournaments were held in more than 28 countries to find top StarCraft II competitors. The top-ranked players from each continent were then invited to compete in the Global Finals in Shanghai, China. Korean player PartinG (Lee-Sak Won) emerged victorious in the final match against Creator, with third place going to Rain.
Background
Blizzard Entertainment partnered with Turtle Entertainment, the company behind the Electronic Sports League.[2] The Electronic Sports League helped run national level tournaments for the series in eleven countries: Naples, Italy; Wroclaw, Poland; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain; Cologne, Germany; London, England; Singapore; Paris, France; Kiev, Ukraine; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] In addition, ESL hosted an event for citizens of other European countries which did not have a national level tournament.[2] ESL also helped operate the South American Continental Finals which took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil.[2] Blizzard also partnered with DreamHack for the European Continental Finals and the Nordic Nationals, with MLG for the North American Continental Finals and respective nationals, GOM TV for the South Korean Nationals, NetEase for the Chinese Nationals, the Asian Continental Finals and the Global Finals, the Taiwanese eSports League for the Taiwanese nationals, eSports Tournaments NZ for the New Zealand Nationals and the Australian Cyber League for the Australian Nationals and Oceania Finals.
Seeding
The WCS began in April 2012,[2] starting at the local level, with qualifiers held in 28 countries.[1] Players that win a seed at the local level advance to the national level championships.[1] From there, the top seeds are invited to one of several continental championship events, with the winners of those events advancing to the final stage of the series: the WCS Global Finals.[1] The season included more than 30 electronic sports events.[1]
National finals
The United Kingdom national finals were held in London at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on June 30 and July 1, 2012.[3] The top three players from the event were invited to the next stage in the series: the European continental finals.[3] 1000 spectators were estimated to attend the event in person, with others watching it online through live broadcasts hosted by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and casting by Nick "Tasteless" Plott and GomTV's Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski.[3]
Continental finals
The 2012 WCS European finals took place in the Ericsson Globe in Sweden on September 15–16.[4]
Global Finals
The WCS Global Finals were held at the Shanghai Expo Mart in Shanghai, China as part of the Battle.net World Championship event.[5] The event included both the StarCraft II WCS Global Finals as well as the World of Warcraft Arena Global Finals.[5] The event sold out, and the coordinators expected over 10,000 attendees.[5]
Korean player Lee-Sak "PartinG" Won took first place in the StarCraft II WCS,[6] with Creator and Rain following for second and third, respectively.[7]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| PartinG | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Scarlett | 0 | PartinG | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Suppy | 3 | Suppy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| LoWeLy | 1 | PartinG | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sen | 3 | Sen | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Curious | 0 | Sen | 3 | ||||||||||||
| BabyKnight | 1 | HerO | 2 | ||||||||||||
| HerO | 3 | PartinG | 4 | ||||||||||||
| IdrA | 1 | Creator | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rain | 3 | Rain | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TitaN | 0 | KiLLeR | 0 | ||||||||||||
| KiLLeR | 3 | Rain | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||
| LucifroN | 2 | Creator | 3 | ||||||||||||
| VortiX | 3 | VortiX | 2 | Sen | 0 | ||||||||||
| Creator | 3 | Creator | 3 | Rain | 3 | ||||||||||
| Illusion | 0 | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d e Hillier, Brenna (Apr. 5, 2012). "Battle.net World Championship detailed, 28 countries involved". VG247. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b c d e Gaudiosi, John (June 21, 2012). "Blizzard Entertainment Expands StarCraft II World Championship Series With Electronic Sports League". Forbes. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 25, 2012). "StarCraft 2 World Championship Series UK Nationals hit London". Eurogamer. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Amini, Tina (Sept. 10, 2012). "Look At The Impressive Globe That Will House The World Championship StarCraft II Finals". Kotaku. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b c Nunneley, Stephany (Nov. 14, 2012). "StarCraft 2 and WoW Arena Battle.net World Championships takes place this weekend". VG247. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Smith, Graham (2013). "Korea dominates StarCraft II: Eastern e-sports stars prove they're still the best at the WCS Global Finals". PC Gamer (UK): 8.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series Brackets". Battle.net. Blizzard Entertainment. Archived from the original on Dec. 26, 2012. Retrieved Dec. 26, 2012.
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