EPTGomTV Global SC2 League Announced! - Page 23
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Phil4994
United States143 Posts
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
Gonna probably see a lot of gamers around the world going to korea to participate in this, as the prize pool looks like it'll provide a lot of the funding in itself... | ||
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AdamBanks
Canada996 Posts
On August 06 2010 02:45 KudoJoe wrote: Why is everyone so surprised/angry that the preliminaries and tournaments would be held in Korea? Blizzard contracted GomTV which is a Korean company so it's obvious they would have the preliminaries in another country and spend more money. If Blizzard contracted lets say an American broadcasting company, tournaments and preliminaries would be held in America. Same goes for any other country. Starcraft Esports was started in Korea and the big money will be in Korea because Esports is stable in Korea. Just like major league sports in America will have the big bucks. And yes, this was obviously catered toward Koreans since the announcement for a "Global" Tournament was announced in Korea first....which is very odd. Seems like most of the complaints are comming from people with > 500 post's. Not that it's a bad thing; Competitive game isn't easy and it takes a huge commitment that many people overlook, it also requires you to go to places to find tournies with cash, its been that way since thresh and fatality first picked up a mouse and it won't change anytime soon (unless ur from korea). It is very awsome tho to see such a hefty prize pool. edit: >476  | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On August 06 2010 02:20 PanzerDragoon wrote: Are you kidding? Except for the top level, best of the best, their salaries are not that high. Only guys like Jaedong or Flash or Bisu make big money. I would guess many of the b-teamers and lower level A-teamers are going to switch over, and without them, BW falls apart because the best guys no longer have anyone to practice with (and teams don't have the depth for any sort of team league) So long as they have even a little bit of security in BW, I don't even see lower A-teamers switching over since there's absolutely no guarantee that they can even compete at a comparable level in SC2. I don't doubt that the BW scene will take a hit and most likely gradually die out, but I really don't see any significant amount of current BW pros jumping ship because of this unless their team instructs them to. I think you vastly undervalue the feeling of security, even if it's only a perception of security. | ||
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Lexpar
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Taku
Canada2036 Posts
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Pablols
Chile517 Posts
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Iakya
United States7 Posts
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
On August 06 2010 02:58 Pablols wrote: IdrA must be really happy :D until he gets eliminated by some stupid korean cheese. | ||
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askke
United States5 Posts
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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KudoJoe
Korea (South)66 Posts
On August 06 2010 02:56 AdamBanks wrote: Seems like most of the complaints are comming from people with > 500 post's. Not that it's a bad thing; Competitive game isn't easy and it takes a huge commitment that many people overlook, it also requires you to go to places to find tournies with cash, its been that way since thresh and fatality first picked up a mouse and it won't change anytime soon (unless ur from korea). It is very awsome tho to see such a hefty prize pool. edit: >476 I have less than 50 posts but I've been a lurker here since 2003 when I was going to school in the states. OT: I'm pretty sure that Blizzard will be contracting other companies in different countries in the future after the GomTV thing gets big. Another thought...will Idra be able to play if they do not accept contracted/KESPA players? Isn't Idra contracted by CJ in the "solo" SC2 team XD? I'm pretty sure if contracted players are allowed, KESPA league teams will start making SC2 teams. | ||
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FakeKisser
United States159 Posts
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HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
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Zegu
Canada52 Posts
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YunhOLee
Canada2470 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
I guess I'll just edit and say that it's really great to see this sort of thing for SC2. | ||
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goswser
United States3546 Posts
On August 06 2010 03:00 Black Gun wrote: until he gets eliminated by some stupid korean cheese. except if he even makes it to the ro16 in a single one of these tournaments he wins almost $2000 USD. | ||
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
Is Tasteless gonna be casting this for us? | ||
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