EPTWith this GSL I got a few pro's that I root for but not as many as I was expecting.
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Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
With this GSL I got a few pro's that I root for but not as many as I was expecting. | ||
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shrinkmaster
Germany947 Posts
I won't be spending the 20 bucks for the second GSL, though. The high quality stream wasn't that much better than the free stream and the vods are horrible quality wise. I can understand their problems with bringing us worldwide high quality streams, but i can't understand that they're not providing 720p+ VODs. Most of the time i can't watch the live games, because i'm at work and watching this horrible horrible quality vods is just unbearable. | ||
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Aurious
Canada1772 Posts
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Scodia
United Kingdom588 Posts
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cerebralz
United States443 Posts
Imagine when there are 10-15 foreigners in the tournament, subscriptions will rise and make the books look much better, leading to much better productions. Perhaps making the ro64 will actually make you money enough to encourage more people to live in korea becoming a pro-like scene. Numbers will draw sponsorships and with more sponsors, the more flexibility Gomtv has to possibly make teams and its own proleague, or different starleagues, or whatever. Please people don't stop supporting this. It will get better and better. | ||
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SoJu.WeRRa
Korea (South)820 Posts
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DrakanSilva
Chile932 Posts
Gogogogo Foreigners ! | ||
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Artifice
United States523 Posts
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z00t
Australia976 Posts
I really hope that this spurs the top foreign players to realise that they've got a very good shot at taking the win, and that we'll see many more foreigners next season!  However, Koreans also seem to have taken notice that some of the players in the GSL aren't that good  . Most notably, JulyZerg stated in his SC2-move-announcement that he felt that he could have gotten through the preliminaries if he participated. With a much greater number of top players getting interested in the GSL, next season is looking like it's going to be really epic. :O | ||
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nitdkim
1264 Posts
On September 10 2010 11:09 Madder wrote: Imo, it'll only increase the pro SC2 scene even more. =] But hopefully Blizzard can polish the game (balance, etc.) before the next GSL. 1 gsl a month might equate to 1 patch a month? lol | ||
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
On September 12 2010 17:05 numLoCK wrote: Because they are silly new people who disrespect their history. A monthly tournament seems kinda weird to me though, compared to the OSL or MSL. How prestigious can a tournament be if there are 12 winners after 12 months? I believe there is one every month in the same spirit that its an OPEN competition - as many people as possible should be able to try their luck in the gsl. Think about it: more tournaments = greater chance that a foreigner finishes well (really well, maybe even first) = greater exposure for the gsl all over the world. Edit: Would be great to get some of our NA and EU notables checking in here what month if any they plan on heading to seoul | ||
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shire
United States405 Posts
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heishe
Germany2284 Posts
On September 13 2010 10:47 gogogadgetflow wrote: I believe there is one every month in the same spirit that its an OPEN competition - as many people as possible should be able to try their luck in the gsl. Think about it: more tournaments = greater chance that a foreigner finishes well (really well, maybe even first) = greater exposure for the gsl all over the world. Edit: Would be great to get some of our NA and EU notables checking in here what month if any they plan on heading to seoul You guys should inform yourself a little bit about the GSL system. These "opens" that the players participate in 12 times a month are actually televised qualifiers with a prizepool for a big tournament/league that runs every 3 months. There will also be a clan league next year and a couple of extra tournaments (ladder invite etc.) | ||
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cablesc
United States1540 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141496 There will be 3 open tournaments this year to determine the groups for 2011 GSL tournament season. Spoiler for details: + Show Spoiler + - 2010 GSL is a league to determine the groups for the 2011 GSL. - It will be decided through 3 StarCraft II Open Tournaments. The players are assigned points for their accomplishments in these leagues. (Points will be revealed after all three tournaments are complete) - The format will be single elimination. (Bo3 for Ro64~Ro8, Bo5 semi, Bo7 finals) - The prize pool for each tournament will be about 200,000,000 won (app. 170,000 USD) - Default speed will be 'Very Fast' (guessing faster) - Player must use the race they register with - Up to the semifinals, Blizzard's official 1v1 maps will be used. Both players pick 2 maps they want excluded from the pool, then the maps are randomly chosen for each set. - The finals will be the same way except both players pick 1 map they want excluded from the pool. - After all three tournaments, the top 32 will become "Code S" players. - 33rd-96th will become "Code A" players. - Code S players and Code A players earn the right to participate in the GSL 2011. - If a Code S player drops out before GSL 2011 starts, the top Code A player will fill the spot etc. There will be 12 "GSL" tournaments throughout 2011, and there will be 4 types of tournaments. + Show Spoiler + 1. GSL (Ran in January, March, April, July and September) - Main League. 32 Code S players tournament and 64 Code A players tournament. 2. World Championship (Ran in June and October) - 4 representative from each region in a 16 man tournament. 3. Ladder Tournament (Ran in February, May, August and November) - Tournament to decide best of Battle.Net ladder. Top 200 from each region are invited to participate in a preliminary for a 16 man double elimination tournament. 4. Blizzard Cup (Ran in December) - Top 8 (of GSL ranking I'm guessing?) will be invited to decide the best player of the year in a Bo5 Playoff format tournament. Not sure how they're going to do the World Championship and the Ladder Tournament, but if they can do the prelims in the home region, that would make it much more global and expand the scale of these tournaments. | ||
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nekuodah
England2409 Posts
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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Burn2Memory
United States574 Posts
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GhoSt[shield]
Canada2131 Posts
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Tanatos
United States381 Posts
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