Tournament Roundup - Jun 15-30 2011 - Page 3

On July 06 2011 06:27 JustPassingBy wrote:
So Huk is considered non-Korean since despite his training, he is a canadian and Select is considered a non-Korean since despite his nationality he is active in the foreign community, but what about the other professional Koreans (by nationality) who started to compete in the foreign scene? They were left out in the medal ranking. :-/

On July 06 2011 04:56 Lewan72 wrote:
"Wait what? But.. There were... Koreans!?" That's right, a major LAN event which included some of the highest regarded top Korean player(s) was finally taken down by a non-Korean. Oh... And I guess I should probably mention that he did it TWICE in 2 weeks.

Yes I love Huk hes an amazing player but that statement is kind of wrong.
He beat koreans such as Moon and July but they both aren't the highest regarded
Moon isn't even code A and July got knocked out of code S recently
He didn't beat Bomber or MC who really were the top dogs of the tournement and are code S level

Im not trying to belittle Huk's achievements but everyone is acting like Huk can beat all the top koreans now...uh, no.

On July 06 2011 07:03 Mikilatov wrote:


As a general rule, Koreans who are on Korean progaming teams are not included in the rankings since this is a news post which is meant to focus on non-korean events. If they participate in international events, they are of course credited in the results, but simply aren't noted in the medals ranking or eligible to be featured as a 'top dog'.

It doesn't make logical sense, I know, but the GSL (and Korea) really is a completely different beast. If included, it'd simply dominate the entire feature and take away from the spirit of it, as it is meant to focus on 'non-korean' events. It's also meant to showcase the growth of esports outside of Korea, as well as the amazing players that exist outside of Korea.

edit: as a side note, this may indeed be re-evaluated in the future.

On July 06 2011 05:57 Mikilatov wrote:


Yeap. He definitely beat MC in the Homestory Cup. If July/MC aren't highly regarded, I dunno who is. Also, let's not forget who else is in code S: HuK himself.



Thanks for the clarification dde, that's what I had come to believe.