Why MSL Group Selection cancelled? - Page 6

On November 06 2009 10:29 justiceknight wrote:
I really dont see how do you compare a good sponsor and a bad sponsor,what difference would it make?

On November 09 2009 15:27 FieryBalrog wrote:
This is really sad.

Anyway, I feel that the SC pro-scene has been gradually dwindling in Korea over the past year or so. Not enough interesting characters to follow in the narratives of the leagues.

On November 10 2009 08:47 sky_slasher wrote:
This appears to be MBC responding to an user's question about whether the Group Selection will occur:

http://www.mbcgame.co.kr/client/VI_Board_View.asp?Top_CD=G_VI&Sub_Title=BBS&Sub_sTitle=bbs&page=1&itemid=23359&txt_Search=&txt_Key

There's gonna be Group Selection on the 19th, this post by MBC Game said.

On November 10 2009 09:58 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Maple Story MSL

On November 09 2009 15:27 FieryBalrog wrote:
This is really sad.

Anyway, I feel that the SC pro-scene has been gradually dwindling in Korea over the past year or so. Not enough interesting characters to follow in the narratives of the leagues.

On November 10 2009 10:03 konadora wrote:

holy fuck

On November 06 2009 11:57 d_so wrote:


you guys are talking about a nation that still uses internet explorer 6.0 and windows xp.

this is a stereotype but there is truth it: koreans stick to what they know and what they feel they have a connection or 정 with. they won't move over to sc2 even if it's better. maybe after a year or two some people will start to switch over, but i'm willing to bet that sc2 won't replace starcraft, it'll just compete with it.

simply put, MSL having a late sponsor is nothing new and is not a sign of diminishing demand for BW.

On November 09 2009 06:45 Jayson X wrote:
Late sponsor is nothing new.
The problem lies within how this sport is being looked at. It's a team sport that is played in 1vs1s.
On one side you have the tennis like Grand Slam's, lots of prestige for a player, big hype and prices and on the other side this heavy focus on a team league. The problem is that both is played at the same time, all the time.

Imagine Federer to play Wimbledon on Saturday and then Davis Cup on Sunday. That would be physicaly counter productiv like hell. But since broodwar players are that much more tied to their team and korean work ethic is kinda insane good players squeeze themselves out to the maximum. Until they loose focus and crash. Tell me, why does a team like SKT1 need more than 20 players? Just imagine how many hours upon hours most of these players do nothing else but practice. They don't play in any individual league, they dont play in proleague and suprisingly, online events barely exist. Shure there are bench-players in all sports but give me a break.

There is something fundamentaly wrong in how this sport is "played out" in that we want both at the same time all the time. Just try transfer the system to any other sport on this planet, it's a totaly insane and fragile composition. And not just for the players, but the teams and sponsors too.

Is a player to blame for playing so much? Is a coach to blame for sending out his ace so much? No! But at some point they should decide what this sport is. Either we focus on individual leagues, treat it like tennis, lots of grand slams and trow in the occasional "cup" OR go down the team road, tone down individual leagues and build up on the winners league <-> normal system thing.

We simply can't have both. And if kespa wasnt that greedy they would realise that!
Yes this game is great, yes i love it as a fan, so STOP fucking it up, give these players some space, make it worthwhile for the sponsors to stick around and start using your fucking brains to make it a better expirience for the fans!