Sen, SoftBall, Dus to play in GSL3 - Page 4

On October 29 2010 13:42 madcow305 wrote:Looking at it from a monetary perspective, I just looked up the price of a flight from Taipei, Taiwan, to Seoul, SK. It's roughly $500 USD. Let's say Sen eats and stays for free during his time in South Korea, and the only thing he has to pay for is the plane ticket. He'll need to make at least Ro32 to cover most of the ticket, and he'll need to make Ro16 to make a profit.

On October 29 2010 13:42 madcow305 wrote:
If Sen and his buddies are going to take a vacation, see the sights, and play in the GSL for fun and to see how they match up to the Korean pros, then awesome, good for them.

If Sen is going to seriously compete in SC2 and try to become a progamer, he's wasting his money and time.

GSL3 is the last of the "open" GSL's where anyone can sign up and try to qualify. After these, the real GSLs begin, with S-class and A-class progamers being seeded into separate tournaments.

What this means is that if Sen fails to make it to the Ro16, he won't be considered S-class, and if he can't make Ro32, he won't be A-class, and won't be qualified for any tournaments at all.

Looking at it from a monetary perspective, I just looked up the price of a flight from Taipei, Taiwan, to Seoul, SK. It's roughly $500 USD. Let's say Sen eats and stays for free during his time in South Korea, and the only thing he has to pay for is the plane ticket. He'll need to make at least Ro32 to cover most of the ticket, and he'll need to make Ro16 to make a profit.

Now, if Sen had flown over for GSL 1 and stayed until now, it would be a much more worthwhile investment of his time. He'd have more practice with Korea pros, and he'd have more chances to qualify for the GSL when there are no restrictions on who can sign up.

As it is now, it's likely too little too late. If he's flying over with the mindset of seriously competing, he's probably wasting his time and money.

On October 29 2010 13:09 StarSense wrote:


Select is a Korean citizen. Seriously, think about what it means to be a "foreigner". From the Korean perspective it is quite literally anyone who is not Korean, foreign to Korea. He's not Korean-American, his English is not great, though I'm not sure how long he has been in the U.S.

On October 29 2010 17:12 Frugalicious wrote:
Softball has shown some underwhelming play at Blizzcon and on his ladder matches (seen on Cella's stream). Don't think he will qualify with all the talent heading into GSL3. Sen, is definitely better than a lot of the current qualifiers, so hopefully he won't get unlucky in the prelims.

On October 29 2010 18:24 Tobberoth wrote:

Think about it this way instead: He has to pay a measly 500 dollars to go to Korea, compete in a game he loves on the highest level and if he does well, he might even make money. Personally, having a korean girlfriend, I go from Sweden to Korea once a year or so, and it costs me more than double the price.

500 dollars is not a lot of money for anything, and as a bonus, this is an investment into a possible future.

On October 29 2010 19:02 NHY wrote:


Select is a US citizen. He immigrated around 2005.

On October 29 2010 22:25 Roychez wrote:
Taiwan has its own proleague, on tv. Professional teams are being build and salaries are pretty good.