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[IEM] Drawing IEM World Championship Finals - Page 11

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Seronei
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden991 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 19:44:55
February 21 2011 19:44 GMT
#201
On February 22 2011 04:29 dignitasNewmaN wrote:
He did take part in the US qualifiers, that is a fact.

Edit: Proof http://www.nationalesl.com/us/player/3606178/


Thought he were in Korea by then but apparently not, as he was in the American qualifier it's definitely very weird to invite him and very rude to the players who actually qualified.
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 19:52:44
February 21 2011 19:48 GMT
#202
StarCraft II Invites from Korea

- JangJae '(Z)Moon' Ho
- Greg '(Z)IdrA' Fields
- Park HyuN '(P)Squirtle' Woo
- Jung Woo '(Z)Ace'' Seo

source
wopaahh
Profile Joined January 2011
150 Posts
February 21 2011 19:49 GMT
#203
he "qualified" for the 4 korean invite spots :p.
Jerax
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada189 Posts
February 21 2011 19:50 GMT
#204
OP update with korean invites plz.
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 19:54:24
February 21 2011 19:54 GMT
#205
On February 22 2011 04:44 Seronei wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 04:29 dignitasNewmaN wrote:
He did take part in the US qualifiers, that is a fact.

Edit: Proof http://www.nationalesl.com/us/player/3606178/


Thought he were in Korea by then but apparently not, as he was in the American qualifier it's definitely very weird to invite him and very rude to the players who actually qualified.

He qualified for NA finals but could not attend due to other commitments in Korea. If he failed to qualify because of lack of skill that's one thing, but if he didn't qualify due to not being able to make it to NYC, that's quite another.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
Nachor
Profile Joined December 2009
Germany83 Posts
February 21 2011 19:54 GMT
#206
On February 22 2011 04:44 Seronei wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 04:29 dignitasNewmaN wrote:
He did take part in the US qualifiers, that is a fact.

Edit: Proof http://www.nationalesl.com/us/player/3606178/


Thought he were in Korea by then but apparently not, as he was in the American qualifier it's definitely very weird to invite him and very rude to the players who actually qualified.


To be fair, Idra withdrew from the US Qualifiers, so technically he didn't 'fail' to qualify.

Source: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_V_US_-_Regular_Season_Cup#Results
Sorkoas
Profile Joined May 2010
549 Posts
February 21 2011 19:55 GMT
#207
From what I can remember Idra was bitching about time zones and not GSL. He didn't know at that point if he would be able to make it to the NY finals or not.
Doraemon.doraemon
Profile Joined May 2010
United States335 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 19:59:40
February 21 2011 19:57 GMT
#208
i'm just recalling this strictly from memory, so i could be wrong...

weren't there like 4 or so online qualifiers where the top 4? or so qualify for an online group stage, then the top 2 guys from the each group go to a live lan in IEM new york?

idra never won an online qualifier, he famously lost to silver in one of them, but after some drama about match reporting, he eventually qualified for the online group stage... but when it's time to play the group stage to qualify for the live event, he did a no show cuz he thought IEM new york conflicted with gsl or something... and bubba replaced him...

then fenix and qxc took 1st and 2nd in IEM new york and qualified for NA....

so technically, idra never "failed" to qualify... not saying for sure he would have made it out of group stage if he played or won 1st or 2nd over fenix and qxc in new york either

so since they are doing directly invites from korea.... inviting idra is perfectly fine and a very good choice for the fans...yup
MrKefka
Profile Joined August 2010
49 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 20:09:04
February 21 2011 20:07 GMT
#209
From a spectator point of view I like that they invited three zergs and a protoss. It will make the tournament more interesting to watch.
dignitasNewmaN
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden137 Posts
February 21 2011 20:09 GMT
#210
Wow your logic..

Doesn't matter how he went out of the American qualifier, what matters is that he was participating. You can't just take part in a qualifier and not qualify and then get invited anyway, it's not fair to other Korean sc2 players nor is it fair to other American and European players.

Personally I find inviting players to the IEM World Finals by itself being quite pathetic, everyone from the American and European qualifiers have been playing both online and offline since September(!) to qualify for these finals.

Just because the ESL dont have the manpower or resources to do Korean qualifiers doesnt mean they should just invite whoever they want. On top of that they invite someone who has already tried to qualify...
Team Dignitas Founder & Communications Director - @dignitasNewmaN on twitter.
Sobba
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden576 Posts
February 21 2011 20:13 GMT
#211
Rather have 3 pretty good koreans then no koreans at all. Ace and Squirtle is probably second tier top koreans (if top tier is MVP/MC like players). Will be very very interesting seeing them against top tier NA/EU players.
SilverJohnny
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States885 Posts
February 21 2011 20:13 GMT
#212
On February 22 2011 04:48 Dia wrote:
StarCraft II Invites from Korea

- JangJae '(Z)Moon' Ho
- Greg '(Z)IdrA' Fields
- Park HyuN '(P)Squirtle' Woo
- Jung Woo '(Z)Ace'' Seo

source

Interesting choice of Moon and Ace imo, perhaps some stronger players declined. sad to see no Korean t's invited though (was holding out for bitbybit myself!)
also i think you should be able to combine like 5 archons to make a really really shitty oliver stone film - Keanu_Reaver, bw balance genius
oursblanc
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1450 Posts
February 21 2011 20:24 GMT
#213
Squirtle! That's sweet.
An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom!
RageBot
Profile Joined November 2010
Israel1530 Posts
February 21 2011 20:25 GMT
#214
It's obvious that Moon was invited to draw the WC3 scene, and not because of his current skills.

Glad to see Squirtle and IdrA though
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-21 20:36:58
February 21 2011 20:36 GMT
#215
Almost every major tournament out there uses invites and IEM qualifiers were so long ago to be essentially meaningless. And yes, idra didn't "fail" to qualify, no matter how many times you repeat that falsehood.
Raysalis
Profile Joined July 2010
Malaysia1034 Posts
February 21 2011 20:40 GMT
#216
Well most of the code S top Korean players will be playing in GSL at that time so I dont think they want to risk their chance in GSL by getting jetlag/tired even if they could make it. Squirtle and Ace are probably code S material so I think they will do good ^^

:)
TheBanana
Profile Joined December 2010
Norway2183 Posts
February 21 2011 20:43 GMT
#217
But all the koreans have conflicting GSL code A matches unless they lose in the first round, how will that work?
Same goes for Moonglade.

Win their place in code A and withdraw?
If you're not getting better faster than everybody else, you're getting worse.
Carmac
Profile Joined August 2007
Poland375 Posts
February 21 2011 20:48 GMT
#218
Code A players will have their matches rescheduled in the GSL so that they are able to participate in our event. (Thank you again, GSL.)

If a Code S player chose to come to the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship and missed a Code S match, he would automatically find himself in Code A. Therefore we were not able to invite any of the Code S players.
www.intelextrememasters.com
Influ
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany780 Posts
February 21 2011 21:02 GMT
#219
On February 22 2011 05:48 Carmac wrote:
Code A players will have their matches rescheduled in the GSL so that they are able to participate in our event. (Thank you again, GSL.)

If a Code S player chose to come to the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship and missed a Code S match, he would automatically find himself in Code A. Therefore we were not able to invite any of the Code S players.


omg...I'm really biased towards ESL and I care way less then everyone else about GSL but automatically Code A seems retarded even if I try to lay my bias asaid as much as I can.

TheBanana
Profile Joined December 2010
Norway2183 Posts
February 21 2011 21:18 GMT
#220
On February 22 2011 05:48 Carmac wrote:
Code A players will have their matches rescheduled in the GSL so that they are able to participate in our event. (Thank you again, GSL.)


Well, that's good news.
I thought their schedule was set in stone.
If you're not getting better faster than everybody else, you're getting worse.
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