EPTMLG 2011 Circuit Prize Money Announced - Page 4
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
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imyzhang
Canada809 Posts
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
Bring on MLG 2011! | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
32 seeded players 32 open players. | ||
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
United Kingdom617 Posts
Hopefully more interviews and inbetween coverage too And get day9/jp and wheat on the commentary | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
On February 04 2011 01:13 Gingerninja wrote: I think that's a good thing, if you want to be in the finals, you gotta play in the pre events. It's no different to GSL, you can't now qualify for Code S without going through Code A. Has to be a barrier for entry, that way only the best and most dedicated make it through, and also adds a bit of stability and recognisability to the player lineups. If someone comes out the blue and takes the Final, that'd just discredit the entire thing. Now if players want to be the best and win that big prize at the end, they have to the best over a longer period of time, not just that one weekend. So effectively, this means that MLG will be shutting out the Korean players. If you're going to make the Korean Players and the GSL foreigners to choose between GSL and MLG, they'll chose GSL. So, you won't have someone like Jinro come out of nowhere and win the national championship in Dallas. If you want MLG to be a global tournament, you need to have top level Koreans participating. | ||
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Cenja
Sweden498 Posts
On February 04 2011 00:51 BLinD-RawR wrote: I doubt it,the money is there but where is the suspense and the prestige? If the prizepool is huge more top players will come to the event and there you have the suspense and the prestige. | ||
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Airship
United States465 Posts
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TrueRedemption
United States313 Posts
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TestSubject893
United States774 Posts
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Gingerninja
United Kingdom1339 Posts
On February 04 2011 01:17 ptbl wrote: So effectively, this means that MLG will be shutting out the Korean players. If you're going to make the Korean Players and the GSL foreigners to choose between GSL and MLG, they'll chose GSL. So, you won't have someone like Jinro come out of nowhere and win the national championship in Dallas. If you want MLG to be a global tournament, you need to have top level Koreans participating. Then it's up to them to come compete.. the prize money is there. Admittedly the resources such as accommodation and stuff isn't set up like GSL's. but MLG events take place over 1 weekend, not over the course of week's like a GSL. So fitting a flight, compete and flight back in between GSL rounds, or in the off season won't be as difficult. I mean some of the players managed it for Blizzcon, which runs a similar timeframe. | ||
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
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strongandbig
United States4858 Posts
On February 04 2011 01:17 ptbl wrote: So effectively, this means that MLG will be shutting out the Korean players. If you're going to make the Korean Players and the GSL foreigners to choose between GSL and MLG, they'll chose GSL. So, you won't have someone like Jinro come out of nowhere and win the national championship in Dallas. If you want MLG to be a global tournament, you need to have top level Koreans participating. Um, it is called the "national championship" ... I think this is actually great for esports. As it stands, Korea is the only place with a tournament that is big enough to say "you want to participate, you come to us and dedicate a significant amount of time to it." If qualifying for MLG actually requires the time commitment to go to a number of smaller tournaments, then maybe there will be something similar outside of Korea, which would be great. There is not and there has not been a true "global tournament," since it's so hard for foreigners to get to Korea and the Koreans so rarely leave. I think the real future lies in something like this, having a significant esports scene in the west rather than making the ultimate goal of all western esports to be an outgrowth of the Korean scene for one weekend. | ||
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
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eNtitY~
United States1293 Posts
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compscidude
176 Posts
We stay, let the koreans come ova to our homeland. Kudos | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
On February 04 2011 01:21 Gingerninja wrote: Then it's up to them to come compete.. the prize money is there. Admittedly the resources such as accommodation and stuff isn't set up like GSL's. but MLG events take place over 1 weekend, not over the course of week's like a GSL. So fitting a flight, compete and flight back in between GSL rounds, or in the off season won't be as difficult. I mean some of the players managed it for Blizzcon, which runs a similar timeframe. I think you're right. This will probably be how it will play out, but I'm not sure if Koreans will attend the MLG regular events. I hope that the championship was like the one in Dallas. Have seeded players and unseeded players, though it would be weird to see someone like MVP play Incontrol in the first round or something  . | ||
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btlyger
United States470 Posts
Anyways, super excited about Starcraft 2, I think we may see more EU people in these tournaments because of the prize pool and hopefully a better and smoother experience compared to last years MLGs. | ||
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oXoCube
Canada197 Posts
If the finals have open registration spots you could probably attract some talent, but I would be hard pressed to call that 'rivaling the prestige of the GSL.' | ||
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
United Kingdom617 Posts
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