



Overview [ edit ]

56 of the world’s best StarCraft II players will compete in 1 Showdown Match each, playing StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm before it is released to the public on March 12. The 28 winners will receive placement at the Winter Championship in Dallas from March 15-17 where they will compete with Life, Leenock, Flash and Bomber.

Format [ edit ]

Best-of-5 matches.

Winners qualify for 2013 MLG Winter Championship

Map Pool [ edit ]

Note: In each Showdown, both players will veto three maps.

Participants [ edit ]

Protoss (19) Terran (16) Zerg (21)

Caliber replaced Scarlett.

Minigun replaced DdoRo.

Showdowns [ edit ]

Week 1 [ edit ] Week 1 February 04, 2013 17:00 EST PartinG 3 0 FanTaSy February 05, 2013 17:00 EST RorO 2 3 herO February 06, 2013 17:00 EST INnoVation 3 1 TY February 07, 2013 17:00 EST Soulkey 1 3 Last February 08, 2013 17:00 EST Rain 3 2 Flying Week 2 [ edit ] Week 2 February 10, 2013 17:00 EST SaSe 3 0 Snute February 11, 2013 17:00 EST Nerchio 1 3 BabyKnight February 12, 2013 17:00 EST Stephano 3 0 TitaN February 13, 2013 17:00 EST MaNa 1 3 Bly February 14, 2013 17:00 EST Socke 0 3 ThorZaIN February 15, 2013 17:00 EST Ret 3 1 Feast Week 3 [ edit ] Week 3 February 18, 2013 17:00 EST Creator 3 0 NesTea February 19, 2013 17:00 EST Mvp 3 0 Curious February 20, 2013 17:00 EST Sniper 1 3 Seed February 21, 2013 17:00 EST MarineKing 3 1 GuMiho February 22, 2013 17:00 EST DongRaeGu 2 3 jjakji

Week 4 [ edit ] Week 4 February 24, 2013 17:00 EST MC 3 1 aLive February 25, 2013 17:00 EST TaeJa 3 1 viOLet February 26, 2013 17:00 EST HerO 0 3 Polt February 27, 2013 17:00 EST Sen 3 2 mOOnGLaDe February 28, 2013 17:00 EST Grubby 2 3 DIMAGA* March 01, 2013 17:00 EST Caliber 2 3 Goswser Week 5 [ edit ] Week 5 March 03, 2013 17:00 EST IdrA 0 3 Minigun March 04, 2013 17:00 EST Fenix 1 3 State March 05, 2013 17:00 EST ViBE 3 2 Illusion March 06, 2013 18:30 EST Suppy 3 0 Maker March 07, 2013 17:00 EST KiLLeR 3 0 qxc March 08, 2013 17:00 EST HuK 3 0 Sasquatch

European Second Chance [ edit ]

DIMAGA defeated Grubby but wasn't able to attend MLG Dallas. A consolation bracket was made to determine which player would replace him.

Round 1 Socke 0 TitaN 1 Snute 0 Feast 1 Round 2 Grubby 1 TitaN 0 MaNa 0 Feast 1 Finals Grubby 0 Feast 1

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg 56 Invites 19 16 21 28 Winners 12 8 8

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