My vote goes to Naniwa. Much more deserving than HuK at the very least from the result of MLG Arena.

- HuK's run ... Minigun (2:1), Socke (2:0), Ret (2:1), Oz (2:0)
- Naniwas run ... LosirA (2:1), Sheth (2:1), Nestea (2:1), Leenock (2:1)
- They both got knocked out of the tournament by MKP+DRG

And don't give me the HuK finished 3rd Naniwa was 7/8 crap if you have not seen all games they played at the arena tournament.

Sumahi

Guam5609 Posts

February 27 2012 12:27 GMT

#63

Stephano sounds good to me. He had a decent showing last time in Korea. If the seeds are meant to help get a more global viewership for GOMTV, than someone controversial like Idra or Naniwa would be good.

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

February 27 2012 12:32 GMT

#64

The only player I wouldn't mind getting seeded into Code S right now is Stephano.

Invites to people who have just been knocked out or have tried multiple times to qualify and failed just does not seem right to me. I could stomach MLG because at least there you had to win a tournament and it was pretty clear how that works. When it's just an invite system though. . .eh.

Kazuki

Netherlands121 Posts

February 27 2012 12:36 GMT

#65

On February 27 2012 21:26 Shinobi1982 wrote:
My vote goes to Naniwa. Much more deserving than HuK at the very least from the result of MLG Arena.

- HuK's run ... Minigun (2:1), Socke (2:0), Ret (2:1), Oz (2:0)
- Naniwas run ... LosirA (2:1), Sheth (2:1), Nestea (2:1), Leenock (2:1)
- They both got knocked out of the tournament by MKP+DRG

And don't give me the HuK finished 3rd Naniwa was 7/8 crap if you have not seen all games they played at the arena tournament.

Actually, Naniwa beat Grubby after which Grubby beat Losira.

I agree that Naniwa deserves it, while Huk doesn't deserve to be even mentioned as one of the three biggest contenders in my opinion.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

February 27 2012 12:36 GMT

#66

My picking order would be:

1. Huk (MLG Winter Arena - Top 3 and highest non-code S finisher)
2. Polt (Assembly Winter - Champion)
3. viOlet (IEM Sao Paolp - Champion; MLG Winter Arena - Top 6 and second highest non-code S finisher)
4. Naniwa (MLG Winter Arena - Top 8 and third highest non-code S finisher)

I don't think that stuff from 2011 should go into the decision of the march seeds, as they already went into the decision of the january seeds (at least officially).

ELlminator1

Australia344 Posts

February 27 2012 12:41 GMT

#67

Huk and stephano are my two picks for best foreigners. Doubt stephano would go to Korea unless he got paid a lot of money.

MayorITC

Korea (South)798 Posts

February 27 2012 12:42 GMT

#68

They should make a tournament for the Code S seed and have the winner get it. Therefore the player earns his Code S seed (somewhat).

Asha

United Kingdom38257 Posts

February 27 2012 12:46 GMT

#69

Polt is the only person who I think should be a certainty, he crushed a litarny of great players in dominant fashion. His recent GSL exit is the only shadow on him, but he was ill shortly before his games so there's an argument that that hurt him, and then there's precedent with MC, MMA, and DRG all having got their spots from foreign events and look where they are now.

Stephano won't take one so the point is moot, all he needs to do is express interest though and GSL will ship him over instantly. Best foreigner by a mile.

Huk did the best of the foreigners but he got a gift draw and looked out of his depth playing the top Koreans (outside of PvP) so I don't know what to think there. I'd more inclined to give it to him if he hadn't been struggling in the EWM tournaments too.

Naniwa beat a better range of players while losing to the same, but his terrible GSL record doesn't exactly inspire confidence and his series wins (whilst exciting) weren't exactly the cleanest games ever either.

Demuslim outperformed himself and with a good showing at IEM you could argue the new blood angle, but I think he still has an invite to an up and down spot sometime which would probably be a better fit than Code S.

viOlet is the other person I think who's probably earned it with his great placings at HSC, win at IEM, and another top finish at MLG. I don't think he's that interested in going back to Korea to play in the GSL though since he seems to be enjoying life in NA for now.

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

February 27 2012 12:53 GMT

#70

On February 27 2012 21:42 MayorITC wrote:
They should make a tournament for the Code S seed and have the winner get it. Therefore the player earns his Code S seed (somewhat).

and call it code A

I agree that polt's performance would make him #1 to get it. However, I also think if they could convince stephano to go.......

Jealous

10321 Posts

February 27 2012 12:55 GMT

#71

It is actually very pleasing to see that foreigner performance is as terrible as it has been in the past year. It's evidence that hard work and dedication still pay off, and that Koreans are still the most hard-working.

Warpath

Canada1242 Posts

February 27 2012 12:59 GMT

#72

I'd love to see Naniwa in there if he was game. If he wants to be there I can't see him repeating previous performance, and his games are just so much fun to watch.

Mementoss

Canada2595 Posts

February 27 2012 13:01 GMT

#73

I would honestly love to see Stephano in GSL Code S. Not because i'm a huge fanboy, but because I think no matter what group he would be placed in, I think he honestly would have a good chance at making it out of his group. Also I think it should be sort of an unwritten rule that people given seeds one season, cannot be given seeds in the season directly after. Idra shouldn't get it, simply because he doesn't deserve it. There is no indication that if he arrives in code S again he won't just drop straight back to code B. Same goes to Sen.

I think HuK will be given a seed and not sure who else. Out of everyone Polt deserves it most. But I think he is solid enough to make it back up on his own merits.

1sz2sz3sz

Andorra173 Posts

February 27 2012 13:04 GMT

#74

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Premier_Tournaments

When will it end? 12 in a row for Korea

Ziken

Ghana1743 Posts

February 27 2012 13:08 GMT

#75

I agree with most of the points made here, and Polt TRULY deserves that spot.

GuitarBizarre

United Kingdom332 Posts

February 27 2012 13:11 GMT

#76

The whole article just comes off as some sort of vague, baseless whine about Gomtv losing "integrity" without ever clarifying what classes as having integrity in the first place. Terrible article really. There was no explicit statement made that the seeds were meant to be rigid or results based anyway, and why should they be? Giving weird players a chance isn't going to kill the hopes of sure bets like DRG and Genius getting in, and it has two possible results. Make the tournament exciting by providing upsets from unexpected players, or have them get knocked out and ultimately not affect the later rounds anyway.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

February 27 2012 13:11 GMT

#77

On February 27 2012 21:23 FlamingForce wrote:

Show nested quote +

Uh, Jinro?

He can stick around, not he could stick around. But I myself am hoping for a great comeback of Jinro as well.

Lorch

Germany3692 Posts

February 27 2012 13:11 GMT

#78

Given that they probably still hate on nani I could see it going Huk/Polt. With Idra/Nani recieving code a and god knows who gets up/downs.

To the people saying jinro: He has denied seeds before, he wants to get in gsl through code b.

Yaki

France4234 Posts

February 27 2012 13:12 GMT

#79

Goot article overall but I don't even understand that you're talking about Naniwa possibly making a GSL finals if he gets his Code S seed. I mean it's been proven times and times again that foreigners do very bad with the GSL format. Naniwa is a player that revolves around a lot of 2 base play, if people have the time to study his play and prepare for it he's not even gonna be a threat. Aside from that, Polt for OBVIOUS reasons should get the first seed and the second will likely go to Naniwa because he will bring so much viewership. HuK in my opinion doesn't deserve the seed as much as Polt and Naniwa do. If you look at who he has beaten to make his top 3 finish, we got 2 average foreigners, a top foreigner (Ret) and then a top korean Protoss (Oz) but it was pvp so it's not as valuable as if he had beaten MKP or DRG.