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On January 03 2006 21:54 tfeign wrote:
And MBC Starleague requires the same exact qualifications. Players have to qualify through MML / Survivors League
24 players also compete for the MSL title.
4 of the top seeded players from the previous MSL remains.
OGN is also more popular? Only in teamliquid. MBC provides the same exact prize rewards for its top finishers. It air on its own cable channels. It has the same exact players trying to qualify for it as OGN (Name me 1 OSL participant who tried to qualify for OSL and not MSL). It's the same f'n starleague deal, just different name.
If anything, winning an MSL is HARDER than winning an OSL simply because it has a double elimination format. Double elimination >>>>>>> single elimination, that's not even debatable. Double elimination reduces the luck factor by a significant amount. In OSL, players even get to pick their opponent. MSL in general has produced more skilled champions than OSL. IPXZerg is certainly more dominating than Anytime, and so was pretty much almost every single previous MSL winner. Take the list of MSL champions in each starleague and line them up against OSL champions in each starleague and compare.
And MBC Starleague requires the same exact qualifications. Players have to qualify through MML / Survivors League
24 players also compete for the MSL title.
4 of the top seeded players from the previous MSL remains.
OGN is also more popular? Only in teamliquid. MBC provides the same exact prize rewards for its top finishers. It air on its own cable channels. It has the same exact players trying to qualify for it as OGN (Name me 1 OSL participant who tried to qualify for OSL and not MSL). It's the same f'n starleague deal, just different name.
If anything, winning an MSL is HARDER than winning an OSL simply because it has a double elimination format. Double elimination >>>>>>> single elimination, that's not even debatable. Double elimination reduces the luck factor by a significant amount. In OSL, players even get to pick their opponent. MSL in general has produced more skilled champions than OSL. IPXZerg is certainly more dominating than Anytime, and so was pretty much almost every single previous MSL winner. Take the list of MSL champions in each starleague and line them up against OSL champions in each starleague and compare.
I'm not sure if this has been anwsered before (i haven't gone through all 9 pages of posts.)
but anyway, not only on TLnet but also among koreans, when you said just "starleague",
most of people recognize it as OSL conventionally or for whatever reasons,
unless he/she asks back "which SL?" on top of it, I heard OGN registered "Starleague"
normally people don't say just "a starleague" for MSL. they say "MBC starleague or MSL"
specifically. yeah, it sounds kinda confusing but that's the fact anyway.
as for popularity, it's the same in general in korea that more weights are put on OSL than MSL.
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