EPTGOMTV announces the system of GSL in 2011 - Page 5
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Solaris.playgu
Sweden480 Posts
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Trumpet
United States1935 Posts
I don't want to watch the same tournament month after month. And I liked knowing that every player in the ro64 had earned his spot by winning, not by invites. Things like morrow winning the IEM tournament that he wasn't even originally invited to make me wary of all these codes and special qualifiers. I guess we'll have lots of fan favorites at the very least. I'm also really hoping they change up the maps. I'll be watching in any case, can't wait to see it when it actually airs =) | ||
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iGX
Australia414 Posts
gomtv has not set an estimated date for this event? | ||
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robertdinh
803 Posts
I think they are doing this because some foreigners failed to qualify for even code A, despite moving to korea recently. Why not have everyone earn their spots legitimately under the same rules as everyone else? | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
They can inject foreigners. Who'll hold S longest? | ||
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
This means it's difficult to get demoted from Code S but still not too hard to become Code S for newcomers. Can't wait when they announce some sort of PL for sc2 :D | ||
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VonLego
United States519 Posts
On December 11 2010 15:12 Pyrrhuloxia wrote: lol finally I benefit from affirmative action Thats exactly what I was thinking. Not sure how well that will be received in Korea, but apparently it isn't a big deal. I'm glad we'll be able to see our foreign heroes over there more often! | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
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Cep
Germany41 Posts
But on the other hand it seems like they're holding on to this ridiculous BO1, ending up in a mess anyway. The maps aren't balanced and you will see way too much cheesy all-ins. Leaving the allaround better player losing. No doubt it's a viable option but, well at least imo, you'll get much more enjoyment out of good solid macro games. I would really love to see Blizzard announcing a mapping competition or just using some of the ICCup maps. | ||
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Banginglife
United States92 Posts
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
By that I mean, right now we have: - Idra - Jinro That are Code S And Loner and TLO that are code A (from how I understand it). Would that be the 4 foreigner spots, or are they saying that it will be Idra, Jinro, + 4 more? | ||
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Longshank
1648 Posts
On December 11 2010 19:26 robertdinh wrote: Can't say I really agree with giving foreigners spots in code-a based on US and EU tourneys. I think they are doing this because some foreigners failed to qualify for even code A, despite moving to korea recently. Why not have everyone earn their spots legitimately under the same rules as everyone else? The system with offline qualifiers hugely benefits Koreans already. I can't see what's wrong with even it out a wee bit by reserving 4 spots to notable foreigners, after all it's just Class A we're talking about. If it turns out foreigners are so far behind that it hurts the quality of GSL I'm sure they will rethink the decission but I don't see that happening anytime soon. | ||
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mistgun_EU
309 Posts
On December 11 2010 14:46 Brewers wrote:. Good News: 4 spots of Code A are guaranteed for top foreign players who has won recent big tourneys or shown considerable performances in non-Korean competitions. hope we see Sjow and Naama in there.. cant think of other two | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50645 Posts
On December 11 2010 20:27 mistgun_EU wrote: hope we see Sjow and Naama in there.. cant think of other two HuK.....Moonglade!!! | ||
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Cep
Germany41 Posts
On December 11 2010 20:24 aebriol wrote: Would the "top 4 foreigners invite" include or exclude those that are code S ? By that I mean, right now we have: - Idra - Jinro That are Code S And Loner and TLO that are code A (from how I understand it). Would that be the 4 foreigner spots, or are they saying that it will be Idra, Jinro, + 4 more? 4 guarenteed foreign players in Code A + whoever foreigner will make it to Code S. TLO won't participate in the near future so he was dropped out of Code A. | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
I for one am happy that they didn't take on the "if you want to compete compete, we don't give a fuck" attitude of the BW establishment. It makes no sense to ignore the fact that it's a Korean tournament in Korea. This rule is only there to even things out and prevent the skill gap from snowballing just because the center of the Starcraft scene happens to be on the other side of the globe. | ||
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Gingerninja
United Kingdom1339 Posts
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
On December 11 2010 20:33 Cep wrote: 4 guarenteed foreign players in Code A + whoever foreigner will make it to Code S. TLO won't participate in the near future so he was dropped out of Code A. Thank you. I misunderstood it somehow and confused myself  Thanks for clearing it up for me. | ||
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Cep
Germany41 Posts
On December 11 2010 20:36 Talin wrote: The foreigner designated spots are there to ensure that Code A tournament has higher quality of players, not only to keep the foreign community happy and interested. The way things are right now, top 4 non-Koreans are easily good enough for Code A and probably better than the average Korean Code A player. There's nothing wrong in giving the foreigners a fair chance to retain that status rather than forcing them to move to Korea and then having them go through a ridiculous qualifier gauntlet that knocks out Tester regularly. So where's the point in having 4 guarenteed spots if they're better players anyway? Foreign teams take a risk moving their players to korea. Not only financially. As i already said, imo, maps aren't that balanced and invite for cheesy all-ins. So everyone could end up like Tester/Nada/... But having 4 guarenteed spots, sounds quite political to me. | ||
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