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RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9950 Posts
August 18 2009 15:30 GMT
#181
On August 19 2009 00:11 motbob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2009 23:54 nadafanboy42 wrote:
I think what happened is the following:

(T)Flash, (T)Iris, (Z)EffOrt get invited.
(T)Flash passes because he wants to rest/play Masters.
(T)Iris passes to practice for the MSL.
(Z)EffOrt agrees.

They need two more, so they go to all the quarterfinalist:
In order of KeSPA rankings, those are: (Z)Jaedong, (T)sKyHigh, (Z)July, (P)Shuttle, (P)Tempest get invited.
(Z)Jaedong passes, playing in the OSL finals.
(T)sKyHigh agrees.
(Z)July, (P)Shuttle, (P)Tempest decline. (Dunno why?)

With still one spot left, they go back to the Ro16. (Z)ZerO at KeSPA ranked 9 is the highest ranked of them all.
(Z)ZerO agrees.

If you look at it this way, it makes sense why no Protoss. Though, not sure why (Z)July, (P)Shuttle, (P)Tempest would decline. Maybe they're preparing for the STX Masters/on holiday? Or GOM just ignored the difference between quarterfinal/ro16.

This needs to be in the OP

I think they had to know who could come well in advance, and since July/Shuttle/Tempest probably had games planned for the STX Masters if they advanced, they didn't want to / weren't allowed to go.

The Beckham thing still puzzles me, though. I guess it might be Visa issues like so often with the Chinese?
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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
August 18 2009 15:37 GMT
#182
WCG China is at the same time, so i suppose most of the better players passed the opportunity over?

another Chinese Netizen:
Aren't you ashamed of taking a foreigner name!!!, They invited him because this game will attract many people outside of Starcraft.

(lol)
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Tekin
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2711 Posts
August 18 2009 15:38 GMT
#183
someone is gonna get rape!
Cheers! //¯◡◡¯\\ 문채원 | 한지우 -___-
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
August 18 2009 15:40 GMT
#184
Hopeful predictions:
(Z)sAviOr > Beckham
(T)sKyHigh > (Z)ZerO
(T)NaDa = (Z)(nl)ret (I'm assuming NaDa will win, but if ret did it'd be sick and he TvZs anyway, so it's all good :O )
(Z)EffOrt > (T)IdrA

(Z)sAviOr < (T)sKyHigh
(T)NaDa < (Z)EffOrt

(T)sKyHigh < (Z)EffOrt
Entusman #12
VictorW
Profile Joined May 2009
United States157 Posts
August 18 2009 15:42 GMT
#185
On August 18 2009 11:44 anch wrote:
[image loading]

[image loading]

anyone notice this?

edit:
nvm they fixed it up.


This explains why there's no Protoss. Blizzard thought they invited Jangbi.

+ Show Spoiler [KT vs CJ] +
Effort must have tanked against Firefist so he could go to Blizzcon.
Process is more important than the result
On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
August 18 2009 15:45 GMT
#186
A lot of blind rage here. Just from actually READING the posts, it seems all the hate towards blizzard is unwarranted.

Multiple people have said that it was Kespa, not blizzard, who deteremined which korean players went.

The chinese wcg qualifier is going on during the same time, hence their good toss' don't come to blizzcon.

About the non-asian foreigners... I suppose they felt that Ret and Idra were the top 2, so race wasn't a factor.

Yes, the lack of protoss does suck, but it seems this is the best we could get based upon what was available.
Pufftrees
Profile Joined March 2009
2449 Posts
August 18 2009 15:51 GMT
#187
Blizzard just released the schedule

http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/events/schedule.xml
Chance favors the prepared mind.
fert
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada71 Posts
August 18 2009 15:55 GMT
#188
from the blizzcon main page, the map pool:

StarCraft:

-Colosseum II
-Destination
-Heartbreak Ridge
-Neo Medusa
-Outsider
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
August 18 2009 16:00 GMT
#189
On August 19 2009 00:42 VictorW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2009 11:44 anch wrote:
[image loading]

[image loading]

anyone notice this?

edit:
nvm they fixed it up.


This explains why there's no Protoss. Blizzard thought they invited Jangbi.

+ Show Spoiler [KT vs CJ] +
Effort must have tanked against Firefist so he could go to Blizzcon.



lol at Effort
Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-18 16:13:39
August 18 2009 16:12 GMT
#190
my predictions:

sAviOr > Beckham
sKyHigh < ZerO
NaDa < ret
EffOrt > IdrA

sAviOr < Zero
Ret< EffOrt

Zero < (EffOrt
hi
TheTeamLiquidTiger
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States627 Posts
August 18 2009 17:05 GMT
#191
effort vs Idra
LOL
SlayerS_BoxeR FTW ///// Long live the Emperor
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
August 18 2009 17:08 GMT
#192
poor effort
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Frieder
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Italy231 Posts
August 18 2009 17:09 GMT
#193
On August 18 2009 21:09 MrHoon wrote:
they should've atleast sent Much as a goodbye present for him D:
God I love Much


Is he going to retire?
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
August 18 2009 17:12 GMT
#194
On August 19 2009 02:08 IdrA wrote:
poor effort



I know, if he doesn't go 2-0, think of how much he'll be laughed at!
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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
August 18 2009 17:15 GMT
#195
On August 19 2009 02:08 IdrA wrote:
poor effort

lets see some pwnage.
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
August 18 2009 17:15 GMT
#196
On August 19 2009 02:08 IdrA wrote:
poor effort

LOLO
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
August 18 2009 17:19 GMT
#197
On August 19 2009 02:08 IdrA wrote:
poor effort

Is it true that you've beaten Effort before? If so, how?
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
August 18 2009 17:21 GMT
#198
On August 18 2009 13:29 IntoTheWow wrote:
I love the picks, thought i would have loved to see iris too.

With all Ts and Zs, skyhigh has good chances of taking this.

effort too!

go cj!


same. Would have been nice to add a token protoss, but other than that I have no complaints about the lineup at all
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
August 18 2009 17:25 GMT
#199
ROFL IdrA makes an appearance
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
August 18 2009 17:28 GMT
#200
AHAHAH EFFORT vs IDRA
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