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DirtYLOu
Profile Joined May 2010
575 Posts
July 13 2011 22:10 GMT
#121
On July 14 2011 06:52 ShadeR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2011 06:30 DirtYLOu wrote:
On July 13 2011 12:54 reincremate wrote:
On July 12 2011 22:01 Harem wrote:
On July 12 2011 21:35 reincremate wrote:
On July 12 2011 21:28 Paragleiber wrote:
So this is the OSL, right? Should have put that instead of "Starleague" or at least mentioned it in the OP. When I read Starleague I had no idea which league is actually meant, I thought it might be Proleague at first, lol.

Starleague always refers to individual leagues and usually to the OSL.

No, starleague always refers to OSL, never to MSL. It's trademarked by OGN.

The SL in MSL stands for (MBCGame) Starcraft League.

Oh lol. I went 3 years without knowing that >_<.


OGN - Ongamenet StarLeague - OSL
MBCGame - MBCGame StarLeague - MSL

MSL - MBCGame Starcraft League.


It is? I was always thinking its StarLeague. Thanks for correction :p
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FlydRaLiSK
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada110 Posts
July 13 2011 22:22 GMT
#122
Technically, osl is the only starleague. Msl is starcraft league. People often refer to both as starleagues though for simplicity's sake. If someone says a player has never won a star league, they likely mean the player has never won an osl OR msl.
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Tenhou
Profile Joined April 2011
1052 Posts
July 13 2011 22:42 GMT
#123
On July 14 2011 07:22 FlydRaLiSK wrote:
Technically, osl is the only starleague. Msl is starcraft league. People often refer to both as starleagues though for simplicity's sake. If someone says a player has never won a star league, they likely mean the player has never won an osl OR msl.


That's weird because I've seen people refer to the leagues as "Individual leagues"
Crisium
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1618 Posts
July 14 2011 00:13 GMT
#124
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.
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JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
July 14 2011 01:07 GMT
#125
wish they would sponsor team liquid so we can get some jinro jokes in here
chogoling
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia173 Posts
July 14 2011 04:37 GMT
#126
On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


It's more so the Koreans that refer to it as individual leagues, whilst foreigners refer to them as starleagues.
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Royalcommand
Profile Joined September 2008
Korea (South)189 Posts
July 15 2011 00:03 GMT
#127
On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


other way around sir. also koreans consider osl more prestigious anyway.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
July 15 2011 00:14 GMT
#128
Yay, glad to finally see a sponsor announced :D
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xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
July 15 2011 00:37 GMT
#129
On July 15 2011 09:03 Royalcommand wrote:
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On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


other way around sir. also koreans consider osl more prestigious anyway.

I dont think so man.. I mean look at MSL: It has the best commentators, best show factor, rank based play offs to guarantee good semis & finals: and legendary Kim Chul Min also hosting finals gives it a real aura that OSL lacks. Because its a big deal, even at proleague matches when you see that MBC channel is showing game, you know you gonna get good rollercoaster and the casters are gonna go apeshit at stuff going on.
Aah thats the stuff..
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
July 15 2011 00:47 GMT
#130
On July 15 2011 09:37 xarthaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2011 09:03 Royalcommand wrote:
On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


other way around sir. also koreans consider osl more prestigious anyway.

I dont think so man.. I mean look at MSL: It has the best commentators, best show factor, rank based play offs to guarantee good semis & finals: and legendary Kim Chul Min also hosting finals gives it a real aura that OSL lacks. Because its a big deal, even at proleague matches when you see that MBC channel is showing game, you know you gonna get good rollercoaster and the casters are gonna go apeshit at stuff going on.


basically koreans (and i myself also) think the very opposite, especially in reference to the bolded portions
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
July 15 2011 00:58 GMT
#131
Personal preference I guess but Kim Chul Min is fucking awesome imo.
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Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
July 15 2011 01:11 GMT
#132
A fair number of fans in Korea are annoyed with OGN at the moment.
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mansa
Profile Joined May 2011
Philippines336 Posts
July 15 2011 04:30 GMT
#133
@xarthasz MBC's caster are just more noisy than OGN caster when I listen to OGN casters I think they talk more deeply about the game rather than shouting over a zergling killing a drone. If only I understand korean...

Why did OGN delay the OSL anyways?
moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 04:35:34
July 15 2011 04:34 GMT
#134
OSL was delayed for the MyStarleague thing (the open tournament). Was a waste having it take 3 months though seeing as how all the rookies that qualified went 0-2 anyway (it was useful as a scouting tool, but still shouldn't have delayed the OSL by so much imo).
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Royalcommand
Profile Joined September 2008
Korea (South)189 Posts
July 15 2011 05:23 GMT
#135
On July 15 2011 09:37 xarthaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2011 09:03 Royalcommand wrote:
On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


other way around sir. also koreans consider osl more prestigious anyway.

I dont think so man.. I mean look at MSL: It has the best commentators, best show factor, rank based play offs to guarantee good semis & finals: and legendary Kim Chul Min also hosting finals gives it a real aura that OSL lacks. Because its a big deal, even at proleague matches when you see that MBC channel is showing game, you know you gonna get good rollercoaster and the casters are gonna go apeshit at stuff going on.

exactly what the other guy above me said, we koreans prefer the osl commentators ( deeper, more entertaining, and not just AHHHHH KANG MINNNNNNN over and over), the finals stage is always grander, and has that certain aura the msl lacks when the winner wins that gold.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
July 15 2011 06:30 GMT
#136
On July 15 2011 09:47 phosphorylation wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2011 09:37 xarthaz wrote:
On July 15 2011 09:03 Royalcommand wrote:
On July 14 2011 09:13 Crisium wrote:
It's both, Tenhou. People are not drones that follow 1 supreme hive mind. When most people say "Starleague" or "SL" they usually are referring to the OSL and MSL combined. But there are also a lot of people who realize that this is technically incorrect, and only say "Individual Leagues".

That being said. the MSL is more prestigious than the OSL now-a-days. In my opinion of course. Unless you think random = better.


other way around sir. also koreans consider osl more prestigious anyway.

I dont think so man.. I mean look at MSL: It has the best commentators, best show factor, rank based play offs to guarantee good semis & finals: and legendary Kim Chul Min also hosting finals gives it a real aura that OSL lacks. Because its a big deal, even at proleague matches when you see that MBC channel is showing game, you know you gonna get good rollercoaster and the casters are gonna go apeshit at stuff going on.


basically koreans (and i myself also) think the very opposite, especially in reference to the bolded portions

No I think MSL has better commentators than OSL, especially w/ Lee Seung "Wonjwa" (who was voted best commentator by the Korean community). However, if we add in OGN's ex-progamer commentators to the mix, then i think OGN has the better commentators, but those 3 don't ever cast for OSL anyways. I like watching MBCGame/MSL a lot more than OGN/OSL, but I do think OSL is more prestigious for a variety of reasons, like always having the better sponsors, overall more difficult to win, smaller group stages, etc etc.
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Cpadolf
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden1199 Posts
July 15 2011 18:36 GMT
#137
Huh, for some reason I was always under the impression that only 1st and 2nd place got any money in the individual leagues. Always thought that was weird, and it wasn't even true, lol
white_horse
Profile Joined July 2010
1019 Posts
July 15 2011 20:02 GMT
#138
one big reason why OSL is considered more prestigious is because it's older
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Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
July 15 2011 20:10 GMT
#139
On July 16 2011 05:02 white_horse wrote:
one big reason why OSL is considered more prestigious is because it's older

So older = better?
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kuroshiroi
Profile Joined November 2010
3149 Posts
July 15 2011 20:23 GMT
#140
On July 16 2011 05:10 Xiphos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2011 05:02 white_horse wrote:
one big reason why OSL is considered more prestigious is because it's older

So older = better?

In Korean culture? Pretty much. We westerners may not respect our elders but countries like Korea certainly do. Hyung, noona, oppa, bowing to your elders etc. etc.
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