Unfortunately he won't be able to make the qualifiers. (Assumption since they are currently being played.) I really hope he gets some consideration for the available GSL seeds. Besides Stephano and Polt, I'm not sure if there is another player that deserves to be in the discussion more considering his recent results (3rd at assembly and 2nd at the IEM championships)

Shellshock

United States97274 Posts

March 11 2012 22:52 GMT

#845

Congratulations on advancing in Iron Squid and your great performance at the IEM World Championship! Hope to see you in the GSL soon!

arfyron

518 Posts

March 11 2012 22:57 GMT

#846

Sign me up!

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 12 2012 15:44 GMT

#847

I cannot believe that Puma was passed over for a seed again. This is really getting a bit outrageous. He is one of the most accomplished players in terms of foreign tournaments.

RJGooner

United States2038 Posts

March 12 2012 16:04 GMT

#848

On March 13 2012 00:44 Bagration wrote:
I cannot believe that Puma was passed over for a seed again. This is really getting a bit outrageous. He is one of the most accomplished players in terms of foreign tournaments.

The Naniwa pick is all about bringing in more foreign viewers. GSL really wants to get more subscriptions and increase viwership and having players like Naniwa in Code S is a big part of that.

With that said, I definitely think Puma would have been the better pick. Puma has shown that he can compete with top Koreans on a much more consistent basis (beating MMA for goodness sake)

vlkv

61 Posts

March 12 2012 17:03 GMT

#849

I really like Puma and I am rooting for EG in the GSL and all that. But picking Naniwa over Puma I can understand and I support that decision. Not only does he bring more foreign interest to the GSL, he also gave up on his Code S spot previously to show that he was truly sorry for the Nestea incident. He learned his lesson and it only seems fair to me to condone him. Giving him the Code S spot back, that he also earned in the first place, shows that GOM is willing to give someone a second chance that screwed up but matured as a competitive player and human being. It is the right signal I believe.

Also, I hope that Puma earns himself a Code S spot the hard way, qualifying for Code A, going through the whole process and all of that. He definitely has the skill to do so and one should not take away from him the possibility of that accomplishment as I am sure it would mean a lot for him in itself. He will get there.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 12 2012 18:08 GMT

#850

On March 13 2012 02:03 vlkv wrote:
I really like Puma and I am rooting for EG in the GSL and all that. But picking Naniwa over Puma I can understand and I support that decision. Not only does he bring more foreign interest to the GSL, he also gave up on his Code S spot previously to show that he was truly sorry for the Nestea incident. He learned his lesson and it only seems fair to me to condone him. Giving him the Code S spot back, that he also earned in the first place, shows that GOM is willing to give someone a second chance that screwed up but matured as a competitive player and human being. It is the right signal I believe.

Also, I hope that Puma earns himself a Code S spot the hard way, qualifying for Code A, going through the whole process and all of that. He definitely has the skill to do so and one should not take away from him the possibility of that accomplishment as I am sure it would mean a lot for him in itself. He will get there.

I'm not against Naniwa getting the spot. Naniwa deserved his spot more than Polt because he was given a spot from Providence. When GSL retracted that seed from him, it was controversial on GSL because they appeared to be backtracking on the MLG-GSL agreement.

I would have liked to see Puma get the spot rather than Polt. Polt did win Assembly, but Puma has won more major tournaments and done so more consistently. He should have gotten the spot last season as well.

Ah well, it's pointless to debate this now, as seeds are set and done now. Polt is not undeserving of the seed, I just hope that GSL will stop snubbing Puma in Season 3.

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

March 20 2012 17:50 GMT

#851

Hardigan

Switzerland1297 Posts

March 20 2012 17:52 GMT

#852

On March 21 2012 02:50 Luepert wrote:
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lol, where did you find that?
and.. what exactly is going on??^^

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

March 20 2012 19:15 GMT

#853

I added puma on facebook and he uploaded this yesterday. As for what's going on... your guess is as good as mine lol.

Pulimuli

Sweden2766 Posts

March 20 2012 19:44 GMT

#854

lmao thats hilarious!

also gj on advancing in the iron squid! Pjuma hwaiting

reDDevil7

South Africa72 Posts

April 03 2012 13:39 GMT

#855

Sign me up!

KvltMan

Sweden1609 Posts

April 04 2012 20:52 GMT

#856

Thought you guys might appreciate this. A young PuMa (then known as By.Funny) taking on MVP. ^_^

Angelbelow

United States3728 Posts

April 05 2012 09:39 GMT

#857

On April 05 2012 05:52 KvltMan wrote:
Thought you guys might appreciate this. A young PuMa (then known as By.Funny) taking on MVP. ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCwGZe6MvaI

haha he really looks like Killer/sangho at the beginning.