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The KeSPA premier team league SK Telecom Proleague returns for 2014 on December 28th! This will be the first Proleague to be broadcast exclusively by SPOTV.
Eight teams return to compete this year but only KT Rolster, SK Telecom T1 and CJ Entus remain of the original teams that last participated. The formerly known 8th Team and Samsung Khan were rebranded as Jin Air Green Wings and Samsung Galaxy, respectively, with the former having finally found official sponsorship. The foreigner fan favorite from last season, EG-TL (Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid partnership) disbanded after finishing at the bottom of the standings. After 12 amazing years in the StarCraft scene and an incredible performance that allowed them to finish the season as the number one ranked team, the illustrious Brood War squad Woongjin Stars was forced to disband due to growing financial struggles with their sponsor. Even the champion of last season, STX SouL, lost its sponsor and left Proleague for the eSF's GSTL. With three spots having opened up and Incredible Miracle, MVP and Prime removing themselves from eSF around the same time, it was recently announced that each of these teams are now officially associated with KeSPA and will be participating in Proleague. Many player retirements and transfers later, Proleague is back with new teams and new rosters that promise to provide a very entertaining new season.
- Regular Season
- Four rounds of round-robin tournaments between all participating teams.
- Best of 5 matches in Proleague format.
- Teams are awarded points based on what place they finish in each round with the four teams that earn the most points by season's end advancing to the playoffs. - Round Playoffs
- The top four teams of each round will compete for the round championship.
- Best of 7 matches in all-kill format.
- Teams are seeded into a bracket where the winner of 3rd vs 4th place plays the 2nd place team and that winner plays the 1st place team. - Season End Playoffs
- The four teams that have earned the most points from the regular season advanced to the playoffs.
- Teams are seeded in a single-elimination bracket (1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd semifinals).
- Semifinal match-ups are Best of 3. Each individual match is a Best of 7 that alternates from Proleague format, to All-Kill format, to Proleague format.
- Grand final is a single Best of 7 match.
- Season End Playoffs
>1st Place - ₩50,000,000 | $47,450
>2nd Place - ₩20,000,000 | $19,000
- Round Playoffs
>1st Place - ₩15,000,000 | $14,235
>2nd Place - ₩5,000,000 | $4,745
- Individual Awards
> Player With Most Wins - ₩5,000,000 | $4,745
> Rookie of the Year - ₩2,000,000 | $1,900
> Head Coach of the Year - ₩1,000,000 | $950
> Finals MVP - ₩3,000,000 | $2,850
Wolf Schröder |
The 23-year-old Protoss player and hairstyle aficionado is getting his first shot at casting Proleague. Wolf began his StarCraft II casting career during the beta, commentating in numerous online events and hosting several of his own tournaments. In May of 2011, Wolf received his first big break that sent him to Korea to cast GOM's 2011 GSL Super Tournament. Just months later Wolf announced that he would remain in Korea as a permanent GSL caster. He would eventually become a full-time caster with Khaldor for both GSL Code A and the GSTL. Since then Wolf has built a very successful casting career, commentating in a number of premier StarCraft II events including MLG, IPL, DreamHack, ASUS ROG, Iron Squid, and WCG.
Brendan Valdes |
A former OnGameNet League of Legends caster that went by the name "Groople" and occasional fill-in caster for Dota 2, Brendan received the opportunity of his career when it was announced that he would be casting the 2014 season of Proleague alongside Wolf. Brendan was a close follower of the StarCraft II scene in the era of Wings of Liberty and a frequent player of the game but he doesn't appear to have any previous experience as a StarCraft caster. With the new year soon approaching, Brendan is incredibly excited about this new direction in his eSports career and looks forward to getting back into StarCraft II by giving it his all in commentating for the new Proleague season.
Andrew Pender |
Australia's charismatic fan favorite Zerg player that goes by the handle "mOOnGLaDe" will come on as the third member of the casting team for the 2014 Proleague season. Andrew was an accomplished WarCraft III and StarCraft: Brood War player who has been committed to StarCraft II since the beta and has long emerged as one of the greatest players in Southeast Asia. Some of his greatest accomplishments in Wings of Liberty included taking first place at the 2011 Southeast Asian Battle.net Invitational and 2012 WCS Oceania Finals, second place at the 2012 WCS Australia Nationals and fourth place at the IEM Season V World Championship while in Heart of the Swarm his best finish came in making the quarterfinals of the 2013 Season 1 Premier League in WCS America. With his only known prior casting experience having been at the recent WCG 2013, Andrew has expressed his excitement about this incredible opportunity but has also mentioned that it doesn't mean the end for his player career.
- Preseason
- Round 1 | Round 1 Playoffs
- Round 2 | Round 2 Playoffs
- Round 3 | Round 3 Playoffs
- Round 4 | Round 4 Playoffs
- Playoffs
- Sundays - 18:30 KST | 10:30 CET | 01:30 PST
- Mondays - 18:30 KST | 10:30 CET | 01:30 PST
- Tuesdays - 18:30 KST | 10:30 CET | 01:30 PST
FPL is finally back to kick off the 2014 Proleague season! Below is a list of pertinent links based on the current round of the season as well as NeoGAF group standings from all rounds.
- Round 2 Signups, Rules and Scoring
- Round 2 Team Rosters
- Round 2 NeoGAF Group --> Click HERE to join!
- Twitch (English) + VODs (Requires a montly subscription fee of $4.99 USD)
- YouTube (English + Korean) + VODs (Free!)
