Oof, I read this wrong. I thought it was will a non-Korean win, which I felt was doubtful.

I would be very surprised if a foreigner did not qualify.

JayDee_

548 Posts

August 19 2010 20:49 GMT

#63

Well there are only 4 foreigners living in korea (idra, tlo, haypro, and jinro) so why would anybody else have a chance? I would say idra and tlo will definitely get in, with a good chance going to haypro and jinro as well.

Malinor

Germany4751 Posts

August 19 2010 21:13 GMT

#64

I voted definitely. That being said, I cannot consider Idra a foreigner in SC2. To me he is just a korean pro.

Sabu113

United States11086 Posts

August 19 2010 21:19 GMT

#65

Eh Idra I don't think really counts as a foreigner. Of the "real" foreigners I would say TLO and Nony from their track record are the most likely to make it.

Based on early beta form, I would have had even odds on White-Ra making it. No clue how likely Jinro is to make it, but I hope he does because he sounds like a nice guy.

IMO if I ran a league I'd want to find a way to add TLO in. His play is exceptionally charismatic and that is what sells people. "Good" macro-heavy play is still more of a connoisseur's style of play. (Not to say that others aren't interesting...jaedong sen would definitely be on my must watch list).

FakeSteve[TPR]

Valhalla18444 Posts

August 19 2010 21:24 GMT

#66

Idra+TLO will qualify easily I think and im cheerin for frozenarbiter!!!!

yoshi_yoshi

United States440 Posts

August 19 2010 22:57 GMT

#67

It reallllly depends on the qualification system. From the GSL info given out, there doesn't seem to be ANY restrictions on who shows up to the offline prelims.

If like 1000 Koreans show up for the prelims, it's going to be hard to navigate through the field to make the top 64. Especially if each round is a bo3 or (gasp) the earlier rounds are bo1.

I hope for Idra/TLO's sake, rounds are at least bo3 and it would be sweet if it were double elimination. But who knows.

Zeridian

United States198 Posts

August 19 2010 23:00 GMT

#68

I'd love to see some non-koreans compete on a stage like that. Besides lots of potential out there.

Speed_Ling_2.0

Canada1 Post

August 19 2010 23:14 GMT

#69

i'm rather new to all of this so i don't know much about anything, i haven't been watching proleagues or starleagues for all that much of a period of time really, i voted "not very likely" because from what i've seen from videos off Youtube, i'd highly doubt that any foreigners, from outside of Korea, would manage to get past the pre-eliminaries, but then again, GSL being an SC2 SL, which to my knowledge would be the first ever, has a likelyhood chance of having half of the current foreigners in Korea to make it past the qualifications round if they go against weaker players than lets say Jeadong or Flash, Bisu i might add even, or Doctor_K for that matter.

If they can not have any really strong opponents before hand, then i'd have to say that they stand a chance of getting in the GSL hands down. BW mechanics and different builds are somewhat plausible to use in SC2 because the same type of terrains like highgrounds and lowgrounds and ramps are still very well present and doesn't change much from one game to another, so if a player like Leta or any other decent BW pro league player decides to switch to SC2, then its over, Koreans are gonna own at SC2 like they currently own at BW.

all in all, i'd say a 50~50 percent chances that atleast one foreigner qualifies for the GSL. only time will tell i guess.

NonY

8751 Posts

August 19 2010 23:32 GMT

#70

GSL would be flooded with non-Koreans if all the best non-Koreans played the qualifier. But since the tournament is so inaccessible, only a few lucky ones with awesome sponsors (like TLAF) will have a shot.

OnFire

324 Posts

August 19 2010 23:58 GMT

#71

The first GSL tournaments will probably have alot of westerners.
As SC2 grows Koreans will pwn us.

Redmark

Canada2129 Posts

August 20 2010 00:21 GMT

#72

On August 20 2010 08:58 grudgeStar wrote:
The first GSL tournaments will probably have alot of westerners.
As SC2 grows Koreans will pwn us.

I don't see why. In Brood War IdrA was (I think) the only one playing full time. In SC2 there's already TLO, Jinro, Nazgul and Haypro going to Korea. The western scene in general is much bigger, too.

rlagksquf

New Zealand153 Posts

August 20 2010 00:24 GMT

#73

I heard from one of the staffs of GSL that quite a large number of non-koreans have registered for the event, so chances are quite high

Nokeboy

United States1009 Posts

August 20 2010 00:46 GMT

#74

I don't think foriegners will do that well but I am really HOPING they will!

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

August 20 2010 01:22 GMT

#75

Definitely. Plenty of great foreigners out there

Deleted User 39582

317 Posts

August 20 2010 05:03 GMT

#76

this poll is depressing. FOREIGNERS FIGHTIIIING

HeadhunteR

Argentina1258 Posts

August 20 2010 05:16 GMT

#77

they will get allin or cheesed....

the koreans are super aggressive and they are on home turf so they will be the majority..

I will say Liquid team Fighting and wish you the best of luck!!!!!!!

exarchrum

United States491 Posts

August 20 2010 05:29 GMT

#78

If going to Korea wasn't required to qualify I'd say something like 15-20. It will probably closer to 10 however.

Headshot

United States1656 Posts

August 20 2010 07:29 GMT

#79

I think that people are overestimating a bit the skill level of Koreans in SC2. Like Nony said, a number of top foreigners could qualify if they could actually make it to the tournament.

Keitzer

United States2509 Posts

August 20 2010 08:09 GMT

#80

rofl @ anyone who said "no foreigners" b/c cmon... are you just assuming IdrA, TLO, and many others are just passing by this tourney like it's just another event?

they're one of the best in the world, and if they don't qualify... then god damn Korea has some sick players already