Ongamenet Starleague

The Starleague, or the Ongamenet Starleague (OSL), was a professional South Korean StarCraft individual league run by Ongamenet. It first ran StarCraft: Brood War competitions but transitioned to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty after that game's release. The Starleague was broadcast on Korean cable television. The league folded after the 2012 season.

Ongamenet Starleague
The emblem of Ongamenet Starleague
SportStarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft II
Founded2000
Ceased2012
Owner(s)Ongamenet
Last
champion(s)
Heo "JangBi" Yeong Moo
Most titles3:
Lee "NaDa" Yun-yeol
Park "JulyZerg" Sung-joon
Lee Jae Dong
Lee "Flash" Young-ho
TV partner(s)Ongamenet
Related
competitions
MBCGame StarCraft League

History of Starleague

2007 EVER OSL match

Starleague started out as a program on Tooniverse, following the immense popularity of StarCraft in Korea, and the success of broadcast-gaming on other Korean channels. In 2000, Starleague was spun off into a gaming-dedicated channel, OnGameNet.

Starleague started out modestly, with a small prize sum and a few cult followers. In its seven-year history, it has evolved into a major sport in Korea, with more viewers than most other professional sports. Recently in the related Proleague finals, 120,000 fans came out to watch the match between SK Telecom T1 and KT Rolster. Finals for Starleague now regularly attract more than 50,000 fans, and viewed nationwide on television by millions. Famous gamers like Lim Yo Hwan (Boxer) have more than 500,000 registered fans. Pro gamers are organized into teams supported by major Korean firms, and prizes, contracts, and endorsements are now huge in comparison to even 3 or 4 years ago.

Starleague started to attract major attention with the rise of the "Boxer Terran" in the HanbitSoft Starleague in 2001. Professional gamer Lim Yo Hwan swept the scene with a 3:0 victory against Jang Jin Nam, using a rare race at the time (Terran) and using the Terran dropship. Boxer continued to win the next league, Coca-Cola Starleague, against Hong Jin-Ho (Yellow), and ended up 2nd to Kim Dong Soo (Garimto) in the 2001 Sky Starleague. By this time, first-prize was 20,000,000 Korean Won, about US$20,000.

Starleague became so popular that it began to attract several foreign players, including Elky (Bertrand Grospellier) from France and Grrrr... (Guillaume Patry) from Canada.

Starleague started to gain its own "color" with the 2003 MyCube Starleague, with a distinctive red, black, and white emblem and a much more polished opening computer-generated cinematic. Prize money by this time was more than double the amount in the 2001 Coca-Cola championships, and regular games started to attract more people, with a refurbishing of the Ongamenet studio.

In the start of 2003, with the rise of pro gaming teams and their popularity, Ongamenet decided to create a spin-off of the Starleague, simply named 'Proleague', in which pro teams play against each other for the championship title. These pro leagues go at least twice as long as a normal Starleague.

The winner of 3 OSLs receives a special award called "The Golden Mouse". Until this day 4 players have accomplished that: Lee Yun Yeol (NaDa), winner of the 2002 Panasonic Starleague, 2004 IOPS Starleague, and 2006 Shinhan Bank Starleague; Park Sung-Joon (JulyZerg), winner of the 2004 Gillette Starleague, 2005 EVER Starleague, and 2008 EVER Starleague; Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong), winner of the 2007 EVER Starleague, 2009 Batoo Starleague, and 2009 Bacchus Starleague; and most recently Lee Young-Ho (Flash), winner of the 2008 Bacchus Starleague, winner of the 2009 EVER Starleague, and 2010 Korean Air 2 Starleague. Winners of 5 OSLs and 7 OSLs will receive the "Platinum Mouse" and the "Diamond Mouse," respectively. No player has achieved this as of today.

On June 5, 2012, it was officially announced that the 34th Starleague, TVing Starleague, will be the last Starleague that uses StarCraft: Brood War. It was announced that the next Starleague will be held using StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

StarCraft: BroodWar League Champions

YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-up
2000Hanaro Telecom Tooniverse StarleagueGuillaume "XD's~Grrrr..." Patry (U2U4)3–2Kang "H.O.T.-Forever" Do Kyung (SM)
2000Freechall OnGameNet StarleagueKim "GARIMTO" Dong Su (SM)3–0Bong "SKELTON" Jun Gu (Hanaro Telecom)
2001HanbitSoft OnGameNet StarleagueLim "BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (IS)3–0Jang "Jinnam" Jin Nam (KISS)
2001Coca-Cola OnGameNet StarleagueLim "BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (IS)3–2Hong "[NC]...YellOw" Jin Ho (Gamei)
2001SKY OnGameNet StarleagueKim "GARIMTO" Dong Su (Hanbit)3–2Lim "SlayerS 'BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (IS)
2002NATE OnGameNet StarleagueByun "Sync" Gil Sub (Hanbit)3–2Kang "H.O.T.-Forever" Do Kyung (Hanbit)
2002SKY OnGameNet StarleaguePark "Reach" Jung Seok (Hanbit)3–1Lim "SlayerS_'BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (IS)
2002Panasonic OnGameNet StarleagueLee "NaDa" Yun Yeol (KTF)3–2Cho "ChOJJa"Yong Ho (SOUL)
2003Olympus OnGameNet StarleagueSeo "XellOs" Ji Hun (GO)3–2Hong "[NC]...YellOw" Jin Ho (KTF)
2003MyCube OnGameNet StarleaguePark "KingdOm" Yong Wook (Orion)3–1Kang "Nal_rA" Min (GO)
2003NHN Hangame OnGameNet StarleagueKang "Nal rA" Min (GO)3–1Chun "Zeus" Tae Kyu (KOR)
2004Gillette StarleaguePark "JulyZerg" Sung Joon (POS)3–1Park "[Oops]Reach" Jung Seok (KTF)
2004EVER StarleagueChoi "iloveoov" Yeon-Sung (SKT)3–2Lim "SlayerS_'BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (SKT)
2004IOPS StarleagueLee "NaDa" Yun Yeol (PANTECH)3–0Park "JulyZerg" Sung Joon (POS)
2005EVER StarleaguePark "JulyZerg" Sung Joon (POS)3–2Lee "GoodFrienD" Byung Min (PANTECH)
2005So1 StarleagueOh "AnyTime..[gm]" Young Jong (PLUS)3–2Lim "SlayerS_'BoxeR"' Yo Hwan (SKT)
2005Shinhan Bank StarleagueChoi "iloveoov" Yeon-Sung3–0Park "JulyZerg" Sung Joon (POS)
2006Shinhan Bank Starleague Season 1Han "Casy" Dong Wook (OnGameNet)3–1Cho "ChOJJa" Yong Ho (KTF)
2006Shinhan Bank Starleague Season 2Lee "NaDa" Yun Yeol (PANTECH)3–2Oh "AnyTime..[gm]" Young Jong (Lecaf OZ)
2006Shinhan Bank Starleague Season 3Ma "sAviOr" Jae-Yoon (CJ)3–1Lee "NaDa"Yun Yeol (PANTECH)
2007Daum StarleagueKim "GGPlay" Jun Young (Hanbit)3–2Byun "Iris[gm]" Hyung Tae (CJ Entus)
2007EVER StarleagueLee "Jaedong" Jae Dong (Lecaf OZ)3–1Song "Stork[gm]" Byung Goo (Samsung KHAN)
2008Bacchus StarleagueLee "FlaSh" Young Ho (KTF MagicNs)3–0Song "Stork[gm]" Byung Goo (Samsung KHAN)
2008EVER StarleaguePark "JulyZerg" Sung Joon (STX)3–0Do "BeSt[WHITE]" Jae Wook (SKT T1)
2008Incruit StarleagueSong "Stork" Byung Goo (Samsung KHAN)3–2Jung "By.Fantasy" Myung Hoon (SKT T1)
2008BATOO StarleagueLee "Jaedong" Jae Dong (Lecaf OZ)3–2Jung "By.Fantasy" Myung Hoon (SKT T1)
2009Bacchus StarleagueLee "Jaedong" Jae Dong (Hwaseung OZ)3–0Park "YellOw[ArnC]" Myung Soo (hite SPARKYZ)
2009EVER StarleagueLee "FlaSh" Young Ho (KT Rolster)3–1Jin "Movie" Young Hwa (CJ Entus)
2010Korean Air Starleague Season 1Kim "Effort" Jung Woo (CJ Entus)3–2Lee "FlaSh" Young Ho (KT Rolster)
2010Korean Air Starleague Season 2Lee "FlaSh" Young Ho (KT Rolster)3–1Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong (Hwaseung OZ)
2010Bacchus StarleagueJung "By.Fantasy" Myung Hoon (SK Telecom T1)3–0Song "Stork" Byung Goo (Samsung Khan)
2011Jin Air StarleagueHeo "JangBi" Yeong Moo (Samsung Khan)3–2Jung "By.Fantasy" Myung Hoon (SK Telecom T1)
2012Tving StarleagueHeo "JangBi" Yeong Moo (Samsung Khan)3–1Jung "By.Fantasy" Myung Hoon (SK Telecom T1)

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty League Champions

Only one OSL was run during the lifespan of Wings of Liberty due to OGN's late switch to StarCraft II.

YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-up
2012Auction All-Kill StarleagueJung "Rain" Yoon Jong (SK Telecom T1)4–1Park "DongRaeGu" Soo Ho (MvP)

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm League Champions

YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-up
2013Auction All-Kill StarleagueCho "Maru" Sung Choo (Prime)4–2Jung "Rain" Yoon Jong (SK Telecom T1)

League Brackets

2009 Bacchus OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
YellOw[ArnC] 2
go.go 1 YellOw[ArnC] 3
type-b 2 type-b 0
Leta 1 YellOw[ArnC] 0
fantasy 2 Jaedong 3
Canata 0 fantasy 1
ZerO 0 Jaedong 3
Jaedong 2

2009 Ever OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Flash (T) 2
Jaedong (Z) 0 Flash (T) 3
Calm (Z) 2 Calm (Z) 1
Pure (P) 0 Flash (T) 3
Movie (P) 2 Movie (P) 1
Zero (Z) 0 Movie (P) 3
Shine (Z) 2 Shine (Z) 1
Stork (P) 1

2010 Korean Air OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
FlaSh (T) 2
BaBy (T) 0 FlaSh (T) 3
Movie (P) 0 Pure (P) 0
Pure (P) 2 FlaSh (T) 2
ZerO (Z) 0 EffOrt (Z) 3
EffOrt (Z) 2 Effort (Z) 3
Kal (P) 2 Kal (P) 0
fOrGG (T) 1

2010 Korean Air OSL Season 2

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Action (Z) 0
Jaedong (Z) 2 Jaedong (Z) 3
Sea (T) 0 Stork (P) 2
Stork (P) 2 Jaedong (Z) 1
ZerO (Z) 0 Flash (T) 3
Free (P) 2 Free (P) 1
Flash (T) 2 Flash (T) 3
Leta (T) 0

2010 Bacchus OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Hyuk 0
Fantasy 2 Fantasy 3
Calm 2 Calm 2
Mind 1 Fantasy 3
Modesty 2 Stork 0
Kal 1 Modesty 0
HiyA 1 Stork 3
Stork 2

2011 Jin Air OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Fantasy 2
Hyuk 0 Fantasy 3
By.Hydra 2 By.Hydra 1
Modesty 1 Fantasy 2
n.die_soO 2 Dream.t)Jangbi 3
Sea.Baxter 1 n.die_soO 0
Dream.t)Jangbi 2 Dream.t)Jangbi 3
Flash 1

2012 tving OSL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Dream.t)JangBi 3
Ever)P(mini 1 Dream.t)JangBi 3
MenSol[ZerO] 3 MenSol[ZerO] 2
hyvaa[S.G] 1 By.Fantasy 1
By.Fantasy 3 Dream.t)JangBi 3
n.Die_soO 0 By.Flash 0
Shine[kaL] 1 By.Fantasy 3
By.Flash 3

See also

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