On August 14 2010 02:39 iloahz wrote:
China's esports potential is just huge, it takes some action and some luck to transform that potential into the real thing.

exactly

great for E-sports if it turns out to be true

id be pissed if I were korean though

Chewii101

Canada23 Posts

August 15 2010 23:49 GMT

#162

.........why? The WCG is enough, keep the Korean games in Korea.

Tapioca Weasel

81 Posts

August 16 2010 00:03 GMT

#163

IN the tower or NEAR the tower, there a decent size square they could use iirc

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

August 16 2010 01:16 GMT

#164

There is a big hall at the first floor, you can put a few thousand people in there. But if they could do it in Lujiazui park, or any open space that would be great.

EpiK

Korea (South)5757 Posts

August 16 2010 01:40 GMT

#165

This doesn't make much sense.

Why not just organize something in China where they will show the finals live on a giant projector with good chinese commentators. Flying the finalists all the way to China, away from the country with their biggest and most loyal fanbase doesn't make any sense. This will just piss off those Korean fans and there's a good chance they will get a smaller audience than the last final.

zoLo

United States5896 Posts

August 16 2010 01:47 GMT

#166

Chinese fans are no joke. Besides WCG, other tournaments held in China, have had great turn outs in audience attendees. China's eSports scene is growing and their StarCraft is WarCraft 3. They even have televised WC3 matches sometimes from Neo TV. It may piss off Korean fans back home, but I don't think the audience will be small at all in China.

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

August 16 2010 02:00 GMT

#167

I think everyone is aware of the chinese audience. Im not sure if this is good or not

Comet702

China236 Posts

August 16 2010 03:03 GMT

#168

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TriniMasta

United States1323 Posts

August 16 2010 03:33 GMT

#169

wow fantasy and Jaedong flying to Shanghai, that'd be awesome cause my Grandma lives there =D
I could show her that StarCraft is famous world wide and she'd stop flaming me for playing everytime I go to her house xD

iloahz

United States964 Posts

August 16 2010 03:37 GMT

#170

Are Koreans actually really upset about this? Somehow I think maybe Koreans are not as mad as some of us think.

Comet702

China236 Posts

August 16 2010 03:49 GMT

#171

On August 16 2010 12:37 iloahz wrote:
Are Koreans actually really upset about this? Somehow I think maybe Koreans are not as mad as some of us think.

You mean are they really upset about the rumor or just about go abroad the play for the final?

supernovamaniac

United States3046 Posts

August 16 2010 04:52 GMT

#172

Official response from ognlive twitter:

'ongamenet
결승관련 여러 안들이 논의중입니다. 현재 결정된 사안이없어 확답 드리기가 어렵지만, 확정되면 바로 트윗 슈우욱~보내겠습니다~

RT @supernovamaniac: @ognlive 스타리그 결승이 샹하이에서 한다는 말이 있는데사실인가요?'

Translation:

We have lot of possibilities for the finals right now, and we're discussing about every possibility. Right now, nothing's confirmed so it's hard for us to answer, but when it gets confirmed we'll tweet ASAP~ =)

So yes, it's not confirmed 100%. But it seems like it's a high possibility.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21242 Posts

August 16 2010 05:20 GMT

#173

On August 16 2010 13:52 supernovamaniac wrote:
Official response from ognlive twitter:

'ongamenet
결승관련 여러 안들이 논의중입니다. 현재 결정된 사안이없어 확답 드리기가 어렵지만, 확정되면 바로 트윗 슈우욱~보내겠습니다~

Again, saying "it's not confirmed" instead of saying "lol no" is really functionally equivalent to confirming it at this point :3