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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33723 Posts
On February 16 2011 15:23 Moonling wrote: Umm pretty sure GSL is 50k while MLG is like 13kish so no... where are you getting this info from? The prizepool for GSL is over 100k, its first place thats 50k. | ||
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canadianhockee
Canada1 Post
User was banned for this post. | ||
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Char711
United States862 Posts
1) Colbi, that's a totally awesome banner. IdrA should use it officially for stuff, lol. 2) IdrA continues to show that he's gotten really amazing at interviews. Seeing his evolution as a player and personality has been truly impressive and I'm happy to say that I'd be okay with IdrA as a figurehead in the Western media for eSports going forward. | ||
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Mithriel
Netherlands2969 Posts
Best of luck in NA! And gsl should just put ret in code S now  | ||
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Scrandom
Canada2819 Posts
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Fenrisulf
United States325 Posts
A tournament in Korea is a major sporting event, a tournament in NA is just a video game tournament =/. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:41 Manifesto7 wrote: Let's see. Option A) Stay in Korea with a ridiculously difficult tournament which you have to place in the top 2 to be really worth it. Be away from your friends / family / language / culture (already has been two years or more by now anyway). Be hindered in your ability to participate in far more numerous and less competitive tournaments. Option B) Go back to your country of birth. Rejoin teammates. Have the freedom to fly around the world on the sponsor's dime. Have a much higher chance of winning. Give your sponsor better promotion. Keep reasonable hours. Enjoy eating natural cheese and drink beer that doesn't look like tap water. He would be crazy to stay in Korea, especially when he isn't supported by a team or house there. The upcoming scene in the US will put the GSL to shame anyway. Beautifully put. | ||
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imPERSONater
United States1324 Posts
IdrA Fighting!!!! | ||
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rift
1819 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:41 Manifesto7 wrote: Let's see. Option A) Stay in Korea with a ridiculously difficult tournament which you have to place in the top 2 to be really worth it. Be away from your friends / family / language / culture (already has been two years or more by now anyway). Be hindered in your ability to participate in far more numerous and less competitive tournaments. Option B) Go back to your country of birth. Rejoin teammates. Have the freedom to fly around the world on the sponsor's dime. Have a much higher chance of winning. Give your sponsor better promotion. Keep reasonable hours. Enjoy eating natural cheese and drink beer that doesn't look like tap water. He would be crazy to stay in Korea, especially when he isn't supported by a team or house there. The upcoming scene in the US will put the GSL to shame anyway. Do you recommend Liquid members leave as well if they don't achieve anything in GSL March? Which, by your standards, is the finals of Code S. | ||
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ageai
Germany81 Posts
shame? are you kidding me? the price for the 1st wont be any bigger than in the gsl. the players in the gsl will be the best in the future too. nobody in the west will be as good as mvp for example. but its a nice illusion.... all the west vs asia bullshit. korea will be always dominant. face it | ||
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kash2k
139 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:25 War Horse wrote: That's the clear reason he's doing it. Its the same reason White-Ra stays in Europe. I think we're going to see most of the foreigners disappear from the GSL though =\ And then suddenly no one can keep up with Koreans again. Cause obviously no Non-Korean teams can's keep the same team environment and improvement as Koreans, ESPECIALLY outside Korea. | ||
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ReaperX
Hong Kong1758 Posts
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precisioNist
Philippines18 Posts
Personally, I really wanted Idra to stay and represent the west in korea. Having that elite status of being one of the only Americans to make it far in the GSL, I expected him to atleast finish GSL March before making this decision. But then again, I guess he'd be missing out if he wasn't here for Incontrol's "Big Announcement" *cough*NASL*cough*... He's American after all and a part of an American Team, so it makes sense he'd want to be a part of the boom in Western Esports.. I salute you Idra, GLHF! I hope you dominate the western tournaments.. | ||
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
I can tell you there is tons of crazy stuff in the works for the west. Everyone should be very, very excited. | ||
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Animostas
United States568 Posts
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:44 Char711 wrote: So there's no prestige and pride in Western eSports? I think that's both incorrect and short-sighted. Not only are some Western players absolutely amazing, but winning major tournaments here isn't exactly a small feat. Do you think winning Dreamhack, MLG or Assembly is just some easy walk in the park? Oh, well . . . I guess. It's not like it took someone with the skill to reach Top 4 in GSL two times in a row to win the last MLG national championship or anything. . . . You know, like a Jinro or something. Oh, wait. Sorry buddy but you kind of just proved his point. The last two MLG winners have been players coming from Korea, and they rolled through their brackets. | ||
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kagemucha
United States326 Posts
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mufin
United States616 Posts
 ... what about the imbalanced show :o!!?? | ||
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kash2k
139 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:41 Manifesto7 wrote: Let's see. Option A) Stay in Korea with a ridiculously difficult tournament which you have to place in the top 2 to be really worth it. Be away from your friends / family / language / culture (already has been two years or more by now anyway). Be hindered in your ability to participate in far more numerous and less competitive tournaments. Option B) Go back to your country of birth. Rejoin teammates. Have the freedom to fly around the world on the sponsor's dime. Have a much higher chance of winning. Give your sponsor better promotion. Keep reasonable hours. Enjoy eating natural cheese and drink beer that doesn't look like tap water. He would be crazy to stay in Korea, especially when he isn't supported by a team or house there. The upcoming scene in the US will put the GSL to shame anyway. Rofl...with this type of attitude we can just stop doing any type of competitive sport. Sport is magical when you see people with passion and nothing else matters. As soon as it turn material things start going down. It is job of people around the "star" to make sure he stays in that "passion" mode for as long as possible. Option A makes Champions, Option B makes those guys on a bench. | ||
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Yergidy
United States2107 Posts
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