Wow. If SC2 isn't popular enough, it sure will be now! I like how Gom TV is taking the initiative here with the SC2 tourneys.
And there is a really large sum of prize money, more than twice what the MSL/OSL offer. (but i imagine that there might be a modest registration fee for that much money to be offered for prizes)

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

August 05 2010 14:32 GMT

#283

Wow. Seriously wow.

Brad

2754 Posts

August 05 2010 14:33 GMT

#284

This sort of hurts MLG (and others) in the short-term. I can't see top foreigners teams spending cash for MLG then they can spend on the GSL.

chocoed

United States398 Posts

August 05 2010 14:34 GMT

#285

This is going to be awesome!

Trizz

Netherlands1318 Posts

August 05 2010 14:37 GMT

#286

oh my fucking god.

fantomex

United States313 Posts

August 05 2010 14:38 GMT

#287

From what I understand GomTV never releases replays. Yawn....

Dyno.

United States286 Posts

August 05 2010 14:38 GMT

#288

good thing CJ isn't one of the teams that withdrew from GOM due to pressure from kespa. would hate to see kespa ruin idra's shot.

xMauix

Sweden1 Post

August 05 2010 14:38 GMT

#289

This will be awsome, can't wait to watch this tournaments!

-Maui.

razkuth

Germany11 Posts

August 05 2010 14:39 GMT

#290

Okay, this is ........................ °Ô_Ô°

i am going to make a joyful dance on my balcony!

imPERSONater

United States1324 Posts

August 05 2010 14:39 GMT

#291

Unbelievable! This is going to be insane, but sadly, much harder to keep track of with the 5 days a week of playing. It would be amazing if there was just a solid single players league and a team league. Players can focus on one and a dominant player can emerge at the end of every season!

Also on a good note, we can finally stop hearing Tasteless say "I'm working on something huge, but I can't release it yet. Just know that it's huge."

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

August 05 2010 14:41 GMT

#292

geez 500k

that's quite incentive enough ^^

Khaymus

United States750 Posts

August 05 2010 14:42 GMT

#293

omgomgomgomgomg. This is going to be so fun to watch

. Gogo GomTV!

ckw

United States1018 Posts

August 05 2010 14:42 GMT

#294

Finnaly you CAN make a living if you are good at SC2!!! Shit! If you get first place and 80 grand in monies holy cow you would be making more than some people make with a regular job!!! I hope GomTV says f*** you to the teams that left and practically boycotted them. Now the Korean pros will HAVE to switch because heres the money maker.

caughtjoo

United States14 Posts

August 05 2010 14:43 GMT

#295

At least I will be able to watch it once it gets rolling.

Hopefully some of the big name EU and US competitors can make it over for the prelims.

Brad

2754 Posts

August 05 2010 14:44 GMT

#296

paralleluniverse

4065 Posts

August 05 2010 14:44 GMT

#297

How are they going to get observers?

There's no observers functionality in SC2 yet.

Rewera

Poland354 Posts

August 05 2010 14:44 GMT

#298

Ok more thoughts:

1) Blizzard wants to create big buzz to promote product which isn't cheap. That means it falls under their promotion budged so 500k$ is very little. I feel that GSL will be big at least to one or two years after Legacy of the Void comes out. Then it will be left on it's own. Prepare!

2) Korean progamers WILL quit BW, but which ones? Not the top players who earn good money and splendor. The B-Teamers and lesser A-Teamrs, practicion partners and so on. The fillars of BW progaming.

3) I hope we will get tasteless, day[9] and others to commentate. Blizzard will provide. Time for them to make some living from e-sports!

4) We will see probably something which in BW is not seen. Early retirements due to amounts of money won.

5) This will be probably Korea vs Rest of the World at first, then Korea vs China vs RotW, ten China vs RotW. I'm calling it.

789

United States959 Posts

August 05 2010 14:46 GMT

#299

Wow this sounds pretty awesome. I wonder if there is a mininum requirement for the open monthly tournaments. It would be weird for like a bunch of bronze league players to sign up lol. Although they would only be in the offline preliminaries so it doesn't matter I guess.

Either way, monthly tournaments with 170k prize pool culiminating into bigger tournament with even more prize money with players from all over the globe? What's not to like? PUMPED.

Edit: Also hoping for awesome commentators!