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koolaid1990
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SiguR
Canada2039 Posts
Would you rather have no tournament at all? Its not like the majority of you complaining would even have a chance of winning a single dollar, even if the prize was $1,000,000. Jesus. I, for one, am ecstatic that we're getting these cups. I've been waiting for some regular, automated tournaments for the NA scene. Now if only we could get Take commentating for these too :D. | ||
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IndridCold
United States385 Posts
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
On October 21 2010 10:41 koolaid1990 wrote: this is why starcraft will never be a sensation as it is in Korea, frekin 80,000 prize pool to 50 dollars.. My little sister organized a soccer game with her friends at the park. koolaid1990 drove by and yelled "this is why soccer will never be a sensation as it is in Europe, frekin Wembley Stadium to cones for goals.." (Tweeted.) | ||
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Vindubs
United States110 Posts
plus its weekly. so thats another positive. | ||
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drekk
91 Posts
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
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AmiPolizeiFunk
Germany804 Posts
And now they want to branch into the NA market, but kick it off with this joke of a prize pool? It's a bad move. I'm 100% for growing E-Sports on all fronts, so don't give me this "stop complaining, any organized event is good for E-Sports." I think they should have waited until they found a proper sponsor, and could have at least matched the European prize pools. 1/5th? Seriously? That's a slap in the face of NA players. | ||
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sleepingdog
Austria6145 Posts
don't you realize nobody cares about the prize money in Europe when it comes to Go4Sc2? Go4Sc2 is a way for top gamers to match themselves, to test their skill on tournament level; for pride and for practice; in every 1v1-sport you have FEW prestigeous events and MANY low-tier events....but of course the pros also go to the low-tier events to keep themselves in shape because training isn't everything that matters; do you think nadal, federer etc. would be so good if they played just at the grand slams? of course not, they play a shitton of tournaments nobody cares about to keep themselves "in the game", to stay focused, to have tournament-experience; Go4Sc2 Europe is the perfect analogon to this - basicly you can't expect pro-gamers to perform amazingly when it comes to the big stuff when all they have is to play ladder games 24/7; Go4Sc2 provides the perfect platform to have the adrenaline-shot only tournaments (with casts/etc.) can give you....twice a week; why the hell do you think many of the european top-gamers play Go4Sc2 AND Zotac at the same time? because they are sooo dependent on the prize-money? seriously? also Go4Sc2 is a perfect way for amateurs to show their skill and to play the occasional game vs top-notch gamers; I improved a lot from winning 1-2 rounds each tourney and then getting stomped by a FAR better player who showed me some weaknesses of my strats my ladder-opponents couldn't, because they were too bad themselves; Go4Sc2 has always been packed, 1024 players every Sunday speaks for itself and now Go4Sc2 comes to NA and all you can do is complain about the prize-money; as if this was all that matters when it comes to regular tournament experience....Jesus.... | ||
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
And if you think ESL is just taking advantages of premium accounts that pay to watch the stream don't forget ESL also runs huge lan tournaments like IEM! You might argue that the pro's will eventually leave this and it might be true but won't the regular player ou wannabe pro benefit from this competion much more then 10 ou 20 ladder games? If you wan't to talk about the diference in money from korea to usa then also talk of the difference of money in USA to the world in basketball money! Or the money football has in england and china for instance.. E-sports are only pro in korea where hundreds live of games.. they have TV channels and USA have streams.. is totally different.. | ||
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Baby_Seal
United States360 Posts
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Weavel
Finland9223 Posts
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Carmac
Poland375 Posts
I would even argue that the amateurs are much more important - the next IdrA will not magically appear out of nowhere. Today "the next IdrA" is one of the nameless amateurs that needs a weekly competition to keep wanting to play and compete until he's picked up by a coL or an EG. He needs to come up somehow. It's quite simple. And if you happen to not like it, ignore it, but do acknowledge that amateur competitions are immensely important for the community. | ||
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NrG.ShyToSs
United States16 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On October 21 2010 09:37 AmiPolizeiFunk wrote: lol if you think top players will continue to play for these ridiculously meager prize pools. Many have already ducked out of Go4SC2 Europe. Go4SC2 will become a nice "stepping stone" where amatuers can cut their teeth (and cheat off livestreams, etc), but that's about it. It shows no ambition for ESL to start this league in NA and only offer $50 for the Sunday prize. Couldn't they find a sponsor?! What kind of position are you in to criticize this? If people want to compete in their tournament, they will. They'll see themselves if the prizepool is not big enough (not attracting decent players). Many people play tournaments for fun and experience. | ||
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cYaN
Norway3322 Posts
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MinoMino
Norway1103 Posts
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reg0ner
United States56 Posts
On October 21 2010 08:07 Tha_Docta wrote: Hope this grows in the future, or at least plants seeds for even bigger tournaments User was warned for this post Who's doing the moderating around here. smh.. I also agree even if people are complaining about the small prize pools, its better than nothing and its FREE! | ||
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dANiELcanuck
Canada217 Posts
PS: The greatest piano player in the world was at a party and decided to leave. His friend asked him where he was going. The pianist responded, "Well I'm going home, I must practice". His friend said, "But you're the greatest pianist in the world, surely you needn't practice". To this the pianist said, "If I didn't practice I wouldn't be the best player in the world". This is what these low tier tournaments is all about, giving the no-names a place to practice, have fun, enjoy their time spent playing this great game and even giving some of you "take everything for granted and appreciate nothing" people some games to watch. | ||
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Trentelshark
Canada385 Posts
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