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HeroHenry
United States1723 Posts
On January 28 2011 05:11 Seronei wrote: Might actually be bad since it reduces the chances of seeing a zerg make it past the group stage. That's true but I hope they invite some Korean zergs since only one zerg actually won the qualifier. | ||
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MoreFaSho
United States1427 Posts
On January 28 2011 05:11 Seronei wrote: Might actually be bad since it reduces the chances of seeing a zerg make it past the group stage. Even if you're a zerg player (I am), stop rooting for zerg players in tournaments, it's bad for your health. Not all the defenses for zerg are worked out well so any zerg can lose against almost anybody in 1 or 2 games, like PvP but with all 3 match-ups. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
You end up with 2 of the best zergs in Korea, yet both weaker than..... The best toss in Korea and the best Terran in Korea. Having 2 would make up for them being good but not as good. | ||
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norlock
Netherlands918 Posts
On January 28 2011 06:29 Shinta) wrote: Actually I'd totally be fine with inviting all of the GSL winners. You'd have 2 Zerg FD and NesTea; 1 toss MC; and 1 Terran MVP/MKP. You end up with 2 of the best zergs in Korea, yet both weaker than..... The best toss in Korea and the best Terran in Korea. Having 2 would make up for them being good but not as good. Isn't that still going to be one sided victory for Korea? I think they want a balanced tournament with not a clear winner. Adding top of the top koreans can make it really grim. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
RedArchon and iceiceice were also chosen to go to the grand finals after getting 1st and 2nd in the SEA Blizzcon Invitational which of course is meant to serve as a qualifier for the grand finals. Every region afaik had a Regional Blizzcon Invitational in which Blizzard invited the top ladder players to claim themselves regional champions and qualify themselves for the Global Finals. I do know however that this year Blizzard was slow and late in their preparations, and thus some of the regional championships such as the LA Blizzard Invitational were held even after Blizzcon so Blizzard just guessed who they thought would have won the tournament if they had done it on time. They guessed Fenix and Capoch, thus those two players went to Blizzcon, however the real results ended up being dKilleR 1st and Fenix 2nd, so speaking truly, KilleR was denied his spot because Blizzard was behind schedule with their regional invitationals and guessed that KilleR wasn't as good as Capoch. The reason they call it the Blizzcon Invitational is not because there were no qualifiers, it's because there is supposed to be an Invitation ONLY qualifier for each region, in which people earn an invitation by performing well in their server's ladder. I'm not sure if the US and EU invitationals were held before or after Blizzcon, and I'm also not sure Asia had an invitational at all (I would guess that they did and I didn't look into it and thus didn't hear about it) but I'm sure next year the system will work properly and what I explained above will be carried out properly. | ||
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f0rk
England172 Posts
CS 1.6 Group A TyLoo compLexity TCM-Gaming Meet Your Makers Frag eXecutors mTw Group B TBD Evil Geniuses SK Gaming Lions Na`Vi fnatic Quake Live Group A k1llsen strenx Vo0 DaHang fazz av3k Group B czm Cooller Cypher Spart1e rapha Dandaking Both ridiculous, particularly the B groups. http://www.hltv.org/news/6103-iem5-world-cship-group-draw http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=2026857 | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
On January 28 2011 03:21 MrSpider wrote: Hmm strange, are you sure? http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcon/tournaments/starcraft.xml "We’ve also invited 16 of the top StarCraft II players in the world to participate in the first-ever BlizzCon StarCraft II Invitational" http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=154069 here you go  | ||
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mdma-_-
Nauru1213 Posts
On January 28 2011 06:49 Shinta) wrote: RedArchon and iceiceice were also chosen to go to the grand finals after getting 1st and 2nd in the SEA Blizzcon Invitational which of course is meant to serve as a qualifier for the grand finals. Every region afaik had a Regional Blizzcon Invitational in which Blizzard invited the top ladder players to claim themselves regional champions and qualify themselves for the Global Finals. I do know however that this year Blizzard was slow and late in their preparations, and thus some of the regional championships such as the LA Blizzard Invitational were held even after Blizzcon so Blizzard just guessed who they thought would have won the tournament if they had done it on time. They guessed Fenix and Capoch, thus those two players went to Blizzcon, however the real results ended up being dKilleR 1st and Fenix 2nd, so speaking truly, KilleR was denied his spot because Blizzard was behind schedule with their regional invitationals and guessed that KilleR wasn't as good as Capoch. The reason they call it the Blizzcon Invitational is not because there were no qualifiers, it's because there is supposed to be an Invitation ONLY qualifier for each region, in which people earn an invitation by performing well in their server's ladder. I'm not sure if the US and EU invitationals were held before or after Blizzcon, and I'm also not sure Asia had an invitational at all (I would guess that they did and I didn't look into it and thus didn't hear about it) but I'm sure next year the system will work properly and what I explained above will be carried out properly. there were no qualifiers for EU/Russia/US. They just invited who they thought would be the best. | ||
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qxc
United States550 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
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Alphaes
United States651 Posts
On January 28 2011 06:33 norlock wrote: Isn't that still going to be one sided victory for Korea? I think they want a balanced tournament with not a clear winner. Adding top of the top koreans can make it really grim. Well, it also decreases the legitimacy of this as a world championship of sorts if you intentionally don't invite the top players from a certain region. | ||
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mordk
Chile8385 Posts
NesTea = Most definitely the best zerg in the world, there's none like him. MVP = Best player right now, his decision making is insane and his mechanics are also at the top, plus, he's been on fire for a very long time now MKP = 2nd best terran in the world, and he has spiced up his marine play quite a bit MC = He's so calm about decision making, pushing mostly at correct timings with the right compositions, he'll be very hard to beat for anyone. | ||
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zerious
Canada3803 Posts
On January 28 2011 08:19 mordk wrote: Well, nestea has already proven that he can only drop games against MVP, while MVP has a 92% win rate against terrans (which make the majority of top-level euro players), MC has insane play in all matchups and MKP, well, his marines are imba. I think they should invite them, since they are the 4 best koreans right now, but in that case we should be prepared for some korean ownage in the tournament. NesTea = Most definitely the best zerg in the world, there's none like him. MVP = Best player right now, his decision making is insane and his mechanics are also at the top, plus, he's been on fire for a very long time now MKP = 2nd best terran in the world, and he has spiced up his marine play quite a bit MC = He's so calm about decision making, pushing mostly at correct timings with the right compositions, he'll be very hard to beat for anyone. You basically picked the line up that is going to kill the foreign terrans, lol | ||
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BaLoO-
France318 Posts
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Carmac
Poland375 Posts
On January 28 2011 03:18 1Eris1 wrote: Hmm, interesting they allow QXC (2nd place at NYC) but not IdrA, 2nd place Cologne. Any reason? Only a Global Challenge winner can qualify directly to the IEM World Championship. The rest need to go through their respective Continental Championships to qualify. Two slots were assigned to the Americas, four to Europe and five to Asia. | ||
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Toxi78
966 Posts
epic! | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
On January 28 2011 18:26 Carmac wrote: Only a Global Challenge winner can qualify directly to the IEM World Championship. The rest need to go through their respective Continental Championships to qualify. Two slots were assigned to the Americas, four to Europe and five to Asia. so will this mean that there will also be a Global Challenge at Cologne in august together with the IEM world Championship in March? i thought that those 2 were the same thing, but i would love if it was 2 events instead | ||
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sleepingdog
Austria6145 Posts
On January 28 2011 18:28 Toxi78 wrote: wow QL group B...cypher/coolller/rapha epic! This, with the korean sc2-players not being announced yet, I'm actually more excited about the QL groups right now lol. Having cooller vs rapha already in the groupstages will be amazing, although I have to admit I would've liked to see cooller vs strenx, hehe. | ||
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wopaahh
150 Posts
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On January 28 2011 18:31 SmoKim wrote: so will this mean that there will also be a Global Challenge at Cologne in august together with the IEM world Championship in March? i thought that those 2 were the same thing, but i would love if it was 2 events instead They are indeed 2 different events. I'm not sure if IEM do it every year but they held two global challenge last season at gamescom / in Shanghai. | ||
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