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North America gets Go4SC2 Series - Page 3

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Jantix
Profile Joined June 2010
United States48 Posts
October 21 2010 14:09 GMT
#41
Wednesday and Sunday.. the two days of the week I can never be available to play
JinjoBust
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (North)130 Posts
October 21 2010 14:49 GMT
#42
North America getting quality players and great games? Don't make me bloody chuckle until I die. GSL is the only tournament that produces anything vaguely watchable, and that at only 25% rate tops.

Every NA tournament is Huk doing some crap 1-2 base collosi rush and beating people because they suck more than he does.
no one expects jinjos, and by extension, the jinjo bust.
sleepingdog
Profile Joined August 2008
Austria6145 Posts
October 21 2010 15:08 GMT
#43
On October 21 2010 19:35 Carmac wrote:
I do not understand the complaining. National ESL i providing a platform for all gamers to enjoy and compete in on a regular basis. Not everything dobe by ESL, WCG, MLG and other organisations should be geared towards the people that want to make a full time job out of playing StarCraft II.


although I agree, you still seem to miss that Go4Sc2 Europe STILL attracts LOTS of good players....well, at least on Sunday

just some players from last Sunday (tournament #47):

- Goody (winner)
- Morrow
- dimaga
- Tarson
- Adelscott
- Strelok
- Cloud
- LaLush
- Socke (lost early though)
- Nightend

I mean...seriously, that's basicly 50% of the top-players in Europe
"You see....YOU SEE..." © 2010 Sen
Spoh
Profile Joined March 2007
United States57 Posts
October 21 2010 16:23 GMT
#44
This is great news, thanks Midway.
druui
Profile Joined October 2010
United States12 Posts
October 21 2010 17:24 GMT
#45
Interesting online tourney, I just decided and sign up for this tourney. Well i better be prepared to get squashed like an incest. Time to polishing my skills in little time.(even though i just started out playing Sc2 since two(three?) weeks now. I will be surprised if i just got a win in a tourney somehow. :p
I have no quote come to mind.. yet! :p
Arafel
Profile Joined August 2010
United States10 Posts
October 21 2010 17:50 GMT
#46
Sounds awesome. Any tournaments in NA are most welcome
Where we're going we don't need roads
ESL_John
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
October 21 2010 18:53 GMT
#47
Hey Guys.. as Tournament Director of the National ESL.. I too would love to see huge prize pools for these events! This is something that I hope we all look forward to. This is not Korea though and the only way we will get there is to offer up as many organized events as possible and look for sponsors and investors to fit the bill.

National ESL is very new and all of us admins do this for free. We do it for the same reason that many of you play in the cups.. for the passion of it. I wish they offered me $50 to run the events, but they do not at this point. I am looking forward... and for Esports to be Reborn and then sustain growth in the US and even in Europe, we need to all work together.
Currently, National ESL does not have any sponsors for the Go4SC2 series of cups. Europe does and this affords them the opportunity to offer up bigger a prize pool. We hope to do the exact same if not bigger here in the states!

Please, be patient and lets all work together to get Esports and SC2 to the next level in the Americas!

Thanks for those who are participating!

ESL John
umm.. ya!
Trentelshark
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada385 Posts
October 21 2010 18:58 GMT
#48
Signed up, now I need to figure out if I'm busy Sunday night or not. Think I should be available so may as well give it a shot and see how badly I get stomped . Thanks again to Midway for posting this and ESL for bringing it live in NA! If nothing else this should be excellent practice and something to look forward to participating in.
Meatnose
Profile Joined August 2010
United States141 Posts
October 21 2010 19:02 GMT
#49
Will there be a casted stream for these tournaments so we can watch the action?

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question.
Hell is other people.
Trentelshark
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada385 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-21 19:17:43
October 21 2010 19:14 GMT
#50
I just realised something. What data is being requested from the Cup page for sign-up option 3:

3) For skill restricted cups, enter your StarCraft II Web ID

I get #2 (my nickname is unique but get name#charcode) but #3 I'm drawing a blank...

EDIT:

Might have found a thread on it:

http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/forum/1275/9433/823144/
Kyhol
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2575 Posts
October 21 2010 19:17 GMT
#51
I just want to play in tournaments. A prize is secondary.
Wishing you well.
ESL_John
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
October 21 2010 19:18 GMT
#52
We are working on making sure every weekly cup will be casted. Obviously the focus will be to make sure that every Sunday Cash Cup is casted for sure.
I will post any casting information that I get as I get it!

Thank you guys!

John
umm.. ya!
Trentelshark
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada385 Posts
October 21 2010 19:24 GMT
#53
Just an FYI for ESL_John:

When I follow the setup guide there is no option for #3 to setup sc2_bnet_webid_us which the hyperlink references. The link will bring up the default option of BFBC2_xxxx and there is nothing Starcraft 2 in the dropdown to enter this ID.

It may not be required at this point but thought I would point this out in case it's a bug, etc.
ESL_John
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
October 21 2010 19:39 GMT
#54
I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to post a little blog about my experiences at the IEM North American Championship Finals in NYC and where I see SC2 headed!

Just so you all know.. I run tournaments and I love doing it. A lot of times, I do not play the games that I run events for, but I always make it a point to understand the game and especially the community of players that the game embodies. While at the IEM event, I had the chance to meet a few of the SC2 players and eventually I met all of them. I was very impressed. In as many years that I have been doing this, I do not think I met an entire group of gamers as nice as those guys. They were all very respectful and had few complaints and even when they did, they handled it with respect.

The reason that I bring this up is because it reminds me of a lot of my experiences in Esports and some of the reasons that I see games and organizations fail. The community of players is so vital to the success of a game as a viable Esport competition. Each game community has it's own 'quirks' about them and each has its fair share of 'douche bags'.. but I was very impressed with the SC2 players and it made me think....

SC2 could be huge in the Americas, but it will take a community of players like the one's that I met to make it happen. Money was never the driving factor for why these guys play the game or why they competed in the ESL events.... its because ultimately, they love playing the game and they are competitors. I think that even if I had a million dollars to spend only on Esports, I would use very little of it for prize money. I say this because there is so much left to be done in Esports to make it a sustainable entity. If we do not all work together for the love of the game and the love of competition, then we will never create something that will grow and last.

National ESL is about to announce (leak..sorry ) a full LEAGUE for SC2 Players. The league will NOT have huge prize attached to it, but what it will have is stability and weekly competitions that allow the players to continue their enjoyment of the game.

The League could be huge, but it will take the community to make it a success.. which can lead to bigger and better things. If we all want more 'money', then we have to show investors/sponsors that we can create a sustainable and stable product. I have big ideas for the League and how to make it a huge success..... and maybe my ideas are too grand, but I want to think that if we do things right, those ideas can become reality.

This week, I asked my head SC2 Admin (Kevin), if he could round up about 20 of the more active and skilled SC2 players. I wanted to just sit and talk with them (on skype of course) and pick their brains for their ideas on how to make the community better. I wanted to express a lot of what I have just spilled here now. I really have a good feeling about this game and about the players that play it. Trust me.. I have ran many 'console' game tournaments.... these guys were saints compared to them.

If anyone has ideas.. please share them with me.. anything.. lets build this game into something we all want out of it!

OK.. sorry for the rant/blog.. I get a bit long-winded and just carry on.. but I hope you see a lot of what I see in this opportunity and do what you can to help make it a reality!

Thanks,

ESL John
umm.. ya!
ESL_John
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
October 21 2010 19:41 GMT
#55
On October 22 2010 04:24 Trentelshark wrote:
Just an FYI for ESL_John:

When I follow the setup guide there is no option for #3 to setup sc2_bnet_webid_us which the hyperlink references. The link will bring up the default option of BFBC2_xxxx and there is nothing Starcraft 2 in the dropdown to enter this ID.

It may not be required at this point but thought I would point this out in case it's a bug, etc.



Trentelshark, I will look into this and get back with you as soon as I can. I will make it a public post here so that others that might be having the same issue can see the resolution. Thank you for making light of it and I will keep you posted!

ESL John
umm.. ya!
csn_beef
Profile Joined July 2010
United States132 Posts
October 21 2010 20:50 GMT
#56
Trentelshark: You should be able to ignore this step as it is not required.
CSN Head SC2 Admin
Meatnose
Profile Joined August 2010
United States141 Posts
October 21 2010 21:20 GMT
#57
On October 22 2010 04:18 ESL_John wrote:
We are working on making sure every weekly cup will be casted. Obviously the focus will be to make sure that every Sunday Cash Cup is casted for sure.
I will post any casting information that I get as I get it!

Thank you guys!

John


Thanks for the response. I like watching live games but am usually working or unable to watch the korean time zone games.

The times for this are perfect for me.
Hell is other people.
Trentelshark
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada385 Posts
October 21 2010 21:27 GMT
#58
On October 22 2010 05:50 esl-beef wrote:
Trentelshark: You should be able to ignore this step as it is not required.

Thank you to both you and John.
DrakanSilva
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Chile932 Posts
October 21 2010 22:33 GMT
#59
I'm loving wednesdays!
Thanks for bringing more & more cups to US!
I hope someday we get some into LA also.
In the beginning there was nothing... and then exploded
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
October 22 2010 00:09 GMT
#60
On October 21 2010 12:01 JWD wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.)



ROFL


@topic:
better late than never i guess

still i can't understand how people get mad over the price being "only" 50$...
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