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On August 19 2014 18:50 Stratos wrote:
No set date, but sOoL (main organizer) released an update, which I'll try to very freely (mobile sucks) sum up in:
~"First of I'm sorry about the delay, it is caused by the fact that unlike the first two seasons which were sponsored by me, this time we're dealing with another sponsor which makes things awkward.
Originally, the sponsorship was to kick in for the fourth season as the sponsor would observe the first three seasons, but I got greedy and wanted to start big with this season already. The final meeting is to happen, the amount of TBA players should play a big role. This season the star league will grow in scale considerably. There should be a change in the caster composition (t/n: I assume another caster joins Love, or just the fact that there's a person for obsing), and there's also talk about the league not being online, but offline (t/n: not sure how much of the league).
I work hard every day dealing with the sponsor and players to bring you the coolest season yet, so please wait a little while longer and show us your support."
Idk about u guys but I'm pretty pumped. Let's hope it all works out!
Yeah I'm pumped too:
LoveTV SL = MSL
Sonic SL = OSL
Next thing you know, LoveTV and Sonic will jointly run a Proleague next year. That being said, I really don't see a lot of new blood, and with many star players joining the army, I still have mixed feelings. It's like the scene is growing and shrinking at the same time.
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Personally I view the current afreeca scene as means for retired players to make some bucks at the transition period before joining military or finding a job, and as such it is working better than I could imagine. The final fan support ^^ At the same time, there's plenty of amateurs and even ex-pros who play with little or no monetary gain and are in it for the people and the fun and they're not going anywhere. That'll probably be the future, and I'm not really afraid of it, I look forward to it.
But it'll take some time to get there and in that time we'll still be able to observe expros drill games for hours daily so there will sure be great games and tourneys to come. Just enjoy it and dont worry.
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TLADT24920 Posts
On August 19 2014 19:23 endy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2014 18:50 Stratos wrote:
No set date, but sOoL (main organizer) released an update, which I'll try to very freely (mobile sucks) sum up in:
~"First of I'm sorry about the delay, it is caused by the fact that unlike the first two seasons which were sponsored by me, this time we're dealing with another sponsor which makes things awkward.
Originally, the sponsorship was to kick in for the fourth season as the sponsor would observe the first three seasons, but I got greedy and wanted to start big with this season already. The final meeting is to happen, the amount of TBA players should play a big role. This season the star league will grow in scale considerably. There should be a change in the caster composition (t/n: I assume another caster joins Love, or just the fact that there's a person for obsing), and there's also talk about the league not being online, but offline (t/n: not sure how much of the league).
I work hard every day dealing with the sponsor and players to bring you the coolest season yet, so please wait a little while longer and show us your support."
Idk about u guys but I'm pretty pumped. Let's hope it all works out! Yeah I'm pumped too: LoveTV SL = MSL Sonic SL = OSL Next thing you know, LoveTV and Sonic will jointly run a Proleague next year. That being said, I really don't see a lot of new blood, and with many star players joining the army, I still have mixed feelings. It's like the scene is growing and shrinking at the same time.
Would cool to see it that way though LoveTV SL is not on Sonic SL's level imo then again, MSL seemed to be considered the inferior SL by some people so I guess that works lol. Would also be nice to see a joint PL but I doubt that'll happen. I would be satisfied to see SSL continue indefinitely with prizes rivaling OSL with the usual and some new players for new blood. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever see things go back to KeSPA times in any degree but if we can have that one league that has a lot of participants (and some streaming), that might be enough for now.
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Is the Love Starleague considered "professional" in recent times or are we only counting events sonic hosts in korea as professional?
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i still wont say its pro by any chance, just a relatively large "amateur" scene. many of the afreeca streamers should have regular/parttime jobs in addition to streaming, so they still dont fully rely on afreeca balloons/tourney wins to make a living.
not to mention bw is still much more played than sc2 in korea based off pcbang stats. perhaps with more tourneys and bigger prizepools we might see a second bw coming, but with not many new players coming in these days I doubt it.
most of the expros still dedicate regular time for playing serious bw so they are still pretty hardcore about it.
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Magic Woods9326 Posts
The sponsor is a drink called e or something~~
owned by google translate
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On August 20 2014 17:18 Epoxide wrote:
The sponsor is a drink called e or something~~
owned by google translate
This is a very perplexing post to read
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Magic Woods9326 Posts
On August 21 2014 06:12 neptunusfisk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2014 17:18 Epoxide wrote:
The sponsor is a drink called e or something~~
owned by google translate This is a very perplexing post to read
I got owned by google translate ~_~
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On August 17 2014 07:18 IntoTheheart wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On August 17 2014 02:29 eviltomahawk wrote:On August 17 2014 02:18 Qikz wrote:On August 17 2014 01:47 HyralGambit wrote:
"For all of you speculating about FanTaSy's retirement, Bisu said that there isn't even such a rumor on Korean boards and he guaranteed that FanTaSy is still practicing pretty despite not being in the line-up during last week's Proleague Finals." - Endy, after interviewing Bisu
Doesn't this just confirm it's Leta? Pretty much, unless Flash goes into shock retirement haha. What if Flash doesn't even retire And he plays in this tournament in his free time without practice And he wins Because he is Flash And he is unimpressed would be something lol Sounds like... typical Flash. Just wins... somehow.
8 base mech every map, takes 3 corners and islands, mass cloak wraith
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I honestly think that TurN might be one of those Terran here.
But does anyone when will this tournament starts?
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It hasn't been announced yet. I check for updates daily.
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On August 23 2014 01:07 Stratos wrote:
It hasn't been announced yet. I check for updates daily.
Ah thanks for the update Stratos.
I'm really surprised that they didn't give you a star yet for all the hard work you've put for the English BW community. You've done so much.
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Wow at all these old maps. Katrina isn't balanced man, Bisu can't play carriers PvT. 
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EPT
