ZvT finals curse? - Page 3

it is true that an OSL win is valued more and considered more prestigious than an MSL win, but is it really harder? probably a bit, but not as much as people think. it's ridiculously hard to qualify for either, and even harder to win either.

if MSL was really that much easier than OSL, why has July never made an MSL finals? Same reason why it took Savior this long to make the OSL: it's fucking hard, either league.

if you look at the list of MSL finals, there aren't really any "fluke" finalists, no Sync, no GoodFriend, et cetera. many of the MSL finalists have multiple appearances or wins, and many consider the league to have better, more balanced maps. what it lacks is the "OSL Mystique," that magical feeling you have when you watch it. there's simply no way to duplicate that crazy atmosphere during OSL finals.

but does mean that we should value an OSL victory over an MSL one? should July's 2 be considered greater than Savior's 3 (possible 4)? is an OSL victory really quantified as "more" than a MSL victory simply because of the history, mystique, and public opinion?

in a way you could say that the OSL caters more to the "hot" player with more controversial maps, so you could say that its harder to be consistent in it... but i mean they are two leagues both with qualification systems and brackets and whatever, so how can one really be significantly "tougher"? i just think OSL has been around longer and has a deeper history, and thats what makes valued more, but i don't think it's significantly "tougher" or "harder" to win.

if that was true, wouldn't multiple osl winners like nada or july or whoever have many more MSL wins? it doesn't make any sense that two players who were so dominant in the OSL somehow can't even make many recent MSL finals. it's a testament to how tough the MSL is and how it should be viewed more equally as the OSL (note how i said more equally, not exactly equal).

and the argument about only being able to practice for one league doesn't hold, nal_ra, iloveoov, and now savior have been able make two finals in both leagues relatively at the same time, which shows just how dominant those players were during those time periods.