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LunarDestiny
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States4177 Posts
September 21 2010 21:13 GMT
#41
With ex-Korean Broodwar progamers like July and Nada, foreigners will have a even harder time in the next GSL.
bakedace
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States672 Posts
September 21 2010 21:13 GMT
#42
yeah after idra and most of the remaining zergs got knocked-out, I really lost interest.
Zizar
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden16 Posts
September 21 2010 21:14 GMT
#43
For me them being eliminated won't change anything. Of course it would be be fun if TLO or Idra would have stayed in it a while longer, but it won't be less entertaining because of that.
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
September 21 2010 21:17 GMT
#44
I am still watching because it is great entertainment. It also helps me see what other styles there are to play.

Hopefully the GSL does a good enough show that other big leagues get more sponsorships ie: MLG, IEM and maybe some new organisations. Think of it in terms of Football. You have the GSL (Your European nation's national league (EPL, La Liga, Series A, Bundesliga and so on(Big name players)). MLG and IEM as a smaller league like(The SPL(Some big players but not as many and a lot that have potential)).
Brood War forever!
prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
September 21 2010 21:31 GMT
#45
i'll probably watch the finals just to see how big of an audience sc2 gets
( ・´ー・`)
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9776 Posts
September 21 2010 21:33 GMT
#46
did people seriously expect non-koreans to have a real chance against the koreans? i was surprised tlo made it as far as he did (tho tbh i didnt watch a single game, only checked results).
+ Show Spoiler +
the fact that he won a game really astonished me, not saying he sucks, but its like that time ret took a game off nada
boomer hands
Goshawk.
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United Kingdom5338 Posts
September 21 2010 21:34 GMT
#47
Dunno why you'd stop watching now, the matches are gonna keep getting better and better. >_< Will be cheering for the ex-WC3 players.
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
September 21 2010 21:36 GMT
#48
i'll keep watching the GSL until TLO drops out. which may never happen and i want him to win the tournament!
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
Goshawk.
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United Kingdom5338 Posts
September 21 2010 21:40 GMT
#49
On September 22 2010 06:36 vectorix108 wrote:
i'll keep watching the GSL until TLO drops out. which may never happen and i want him to win the tournament!


Erm did you read OP?
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9776 Posts
September 21 2010 21:41 GMT
#50
On September 22 2010 06:36 vectorix108 wrote:
i'll keep watching the GSL until TLO drops out. which may never happen and i want him to win the tournament!

you're in for a surprise ;D
boomer hands
KristianJS
Profile Joined October 2009
2107 Posts
September 21 2010 22:04 GMT
#51
On September 22 2010 05:24 GunSlinger wrote:
So all these hopes for equality among foreigners and Koreans with a new game, and this is what happens. ONLY Koreans in a RO16. I don't know whether to laugh or not.



Only 4 foreign players started off in the round of 64. The odds were pretty stacked against them
You need to be 100% behind someone before you can stab them in the back
Speedbump
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
New Zealand338 Posts
September 21 2010 22:16 GMT
#52
To be honest, the timing of the GSL made it hard for me to watch anything apart from the first match in any of the days. When it started at 9pm, and I had to be at work at 11pm, it's no question which one I have to do.

Now that the non-Koreans have gone, I guess I've lost interest in the GSL. At least when IdrA/TLO were in, I'd make the effort to watch their Game 1 matches after the fact, and if they were the first game of the day, I'd watch the series before working. I don't really know enough about the Korean scene to decide if matches are worth watching before I go to work; and the inability to watch anything apart from the first game when you don't watch it live (without having to pay for it) does sap the will somewhat.

I still think that the GSL is a good tournament though, in spite of my lamentations.
Weasel-
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada1556 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-21 22:25:54
September 21 2010 22:24 GMT
#53
I have to say I wouldn't have been nearly as interested in BW progaming without the chance to see the players themselves and the drama behind it. All the Koreans (except for a few of course) seem like some random ID instead of an actual player. Hopefully this will change over time as the fans get to know the players, their personalities, and their styles a bit better, but as for now I don't really know who to cheer for. Takes a lot of the excitement out of the game, even if the skill level has increased.
Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
September 21 2010 22:49 GMT
#54
D= I'm kind of disheartened by most of the replies here... Everyone seems to not really care anymore, or lost huge interest simply because there's no foreign players left? I'll admit that I too was terribly upset at the loss of each foreigner, but come on, we've been watching 100% koreans for YEARS.

There's some crazyskilled players left in the tournament, and the most quality games are yet to come. There's so much shit these guys do that I don't even comprehend, and I'm a relatively skilled diamond player. Many of these players have the potential to end up being the next Boxer or Jaedong, and I'm sure we'll be seeing them again in subsequent seasons of the GSL.

It may seem slightly less entertaining due to the complete lack of knowledge of these players, but just wait until next season, where half the names are the same and you start to put faces, playstyles, personalities, and rivalries with the wash of names you've been hearing over the past month or so.

The GSL is fucking epic, and it'll be even more epic if you keep watching it and familiarize yourself with the currently unidentified korean players.
♥ I used to lasso the shit out of your tournaments =( ♥ | Much is my hero. | zizi yO~ | Be Nice, TL.
ToFu.
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
331 Posts
September 21 2010 22:57 GMT
#55
i don't really understand.. is this some form of covert racism? you don't want to watch korean pro gamers play? did you just not watch PL, OSL, or MSL all these years?

one of the things i liked about starcraft was that [real life] race was lost behind computers and skill [and manners i guess] was the true measure of a person.
Constipation Zerg Fighting!
Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-21 23:04:50
September 21 2010 23:03 GMT
#56
On September 22 2010 07:57 ToFu. wrote:
i don't really understand.. is this some form of covert racism? you don't want to watch korean pro gamers play? did you just not watch PL, OSL, or MSL all these years?

one of the things i liked about starcraft was that [real life] race was lost behind computers and skill [and manners i guess] was the true measure of a person.


It's totally understandable in one sense, and I don't think it has anything to do with racism.

If they made baseball 2.0 tomorrow, and it had 20 new teams + the Tigers, and the Tigers didn't make it to the playoffs, you'd likely be quite disappointed (assuming you're a Tigers baseball fan) and a lot less interested in the baseball 2.0 playoffs.

That being said, as I already stated, the games would still be epic, and after a season or two of watching, you'd become familiar with these other teams and start to enjoy the games much more.

So keep watching!

♥ I used to lasso the shit out of your tournaments =( ♥ | Much is my hero. | zizi yO~ | Be Nice, TL.
Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
September 21 2010 23:17 GMT
#57
On September 22 2010 07:57 ToFu. wrote:
i don't really understand.. is this some form of covert racism? you don't want to watch korean pro gamers play? did you just not watch PL, OSL, or MSL all these years?

one of the things i liked about starcraft was that [real life] race was lost behind computers and skill [and manners i guess] was the true measure of a person.


See thing is, they simply aren't pro, in fact some of the time you feel like your watching the old BW school league.

Quite frankly, I'm just not emotionally invested in the players any more, I'll catch it if I'm awake, but Cellawerra, torch, artosis, Idra and now TLO going out, has really killed my enthusiasm.

If Nada does make an appearance in the next GSL, as is rumoured, I will be watching GSL religiously.
Nerdette // External revolution - Internal revolution // Fabulous // I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity // I don't know what to ask for // What has it got for me? // Kerribear
news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
September 21 2010 23:18 GMT
#58
too bad theWind lost, I met this guy on West randomly a few years ago, I think he used name "suvid". That's when I learned that 9 pool isn't an autowin vs a 12 hat lol, he embarrassed me so bad. Guy is really cool, we talked and hung out together, he actually let me obs his games and played people that I knew. Hope he gets his revenge next time, that game 2 was sweet
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
Asdkmoga
Profile Joined May 2010
United States496 Posts
September 21 2010 23:20 GMT
#59
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HHHHYYYYPPPERRRRDDDDUUUUB! i will kill you if its the last thing i do
"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action and over 600 is clearly the work of an ancient Sumerian demon or some shit."
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-21 23:35:27
September 21 2010 23:27 GMT
#60
On September 22 2010 07:57 ToFu. wrote:
i don't really understand.. is this some form of covert racism? you don't want to watch korean pro gamers play? did you just not watch PL, OSL, or MSL all these years?

one of the things i liked about starcraft was that [real life] race was lost behind computers and skill [and manners i guess] was the true measure of a person.

Most people watch because they have someone to cheer for. It's not only about the level of play that the players will produce. I mean with the players in broodwar you read their interviews and you get to know their personalities and you get a feeling of who you want to watch. It is also easier to feel connected to foreigners for the same reasons. In the GSL I don't think we know much about the players left at this point so we really have nothing to connect with and so we don't really care.

People also watch based on matchups. Right now it's mostly Terrans and Protoss playing each other so there's no entertainment for people who cheer for Zerg. Oh yeah and a lot of people think the game's kinda broken.
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