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On March 18 2011 09:56 Cedstick wrote:Just checked the OP again for the first time in a while -- I've just been checking the latest pages as the new videos have come in -- and seeing that  beside my name actually makes it feel kind of official XD Now I've got the urge to actually play this game and apply for the next season in earnest lol
If you'd like I can remove your name from the list if that makes you more comfortable.
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What's nice about this sort of open application is that we're getting to see some players emerge we probably hadn't seen otherwise.
And hey, if being part of the NASL application process makes some players practice harder, all the better! :p
To be honest though, looking at this by now pretty amazing list of applicants, I can't see hopeful up and comers with little to no previous success making the cut. It's just tough to justify leaving out a Rainbow, TheWind, Mana or Cloud for relative newcomers like Skew, avilo or high ladder players like Sterling or Cedstick, who don't appear on a ELO ranking and haven't had any prize winnings so far. (no offence intended, obviously  )
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hey is tyler really using some autotune kinda thing throughout his video
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On March 18 2011 10:31 dkim wrote:
hey is tyler really using some autotune kinda thing throughout his video
It's a voice effect but there's definitely not autotune. Autotune is a very specific piece of software that does a very specific thing, which is correct the pitch of your voice.
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lolol so baller with sippin his glass at every question. yea i guess more like distorting.
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great vods from OGS
they seems to be quiet close with Huk which is nice
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grubbys VOD is really good as well as NADA
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oGs just beat ST 10-0!
Nada, TOP and MC were great, HuK did a good job.
I hope we get to see them in nasl, but who knows what will happen to the Korean invasion. 
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Nada's video is the most adorable thing i've ever seen :3
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On March 18 2011 12:54 slmw wrote:oGs just beat ST 10-0! Nada, TOP and MC were great, HuK did a good job. I hope we get to see them in nasl, but who knows what will happen to the Korean invasion.
In what?? O.o
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lmao @ july application. Got to love the man.
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On March 18 2011 14:36 Kazzabiss wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2011 12:54 slmw wrote:oGs just beat ST 10-0! Nada, TOP and MC were great, HuK did a good job. I hope we get to see them in nasl, but who knows what will happen to the Korean invasion. In what?? O.o
I pondered a bit on that too, i guess he means in the applications.
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On March 18 2011 14:46 halvorg wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2011 14:36 Kazzabiss wrote:On March 18 2011 12:54 slmw wrote:oGs just beat ST 10-0! Nada, TOP and MC were great, HuK did a good job. I hope we get to see them in nasl, but who knows what will happen to the Korean invasion. In what?? O.o I pondered a bit on that too, i guess he means in the applications.
We are not supposed to talk about the Super Secret Double Deluxe Mega Star League of Star Leagues League. Please ignore his post.
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Top and Zenio speak English pretty well.
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On March 18 2011 06:49 fatalities wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2011 06:42 Enervate wrote:On March 18 2011 05:48 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:English to Korean DifficultyJust as a note, the DLAB ranks English to Korean as one of the hardest transitions to make for a native english speaker to master. I assume it would be the same for the other way around. Don't assume things, especially things so blatantly false. Korean is rated as a category IV language, so that's why going from English to Korean is very difficult. Why would you assume going from a more difficult language to an easier one would be equally as difficult? Difficulty of languages in this ranking is measured relative to English. There's no absolute difficulty scale; all this means is that Korean is for an English speaker because they are very different. In the same way, English is difficult for a Korean because they are very different.
fatalities is right I think.
That ranking is relative based on the user being raised with the english language as the native tongue. What makes the different difficulties is probably how similar the "characters" are to english, the general grammar usage and lexicon. So if a Korean was going to english, they would be basing their understanding of language from the rules and characters associated with Korean and how they apply to speech. Which is the reverse of English to Korean.
Also, perhaps I am biased, but I thought English was not an "easy" language for non-natives based on the amount of clauses and rules that apply in a seemly arbitrary manner? Obviously someone who had to learn english as a 2nd or 3rd language would know better.
Regardless, nice to see the pro players speaking as well as the do. MC needs to commentate games.
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Where is team IM's applications ?
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On March 18 2011 10:03 Holgerius wrote:I VOTE FROM BRATOK 
*fixed
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On March 18 2011 15:11 Parcelleus wrote:
Where is team IM's applications ?
Read a few pages back. Apparently there was some mis-communication with the Korean teams leading up to the deadline. Also, it is possible that IM just decided to focus on the GSL and GSTL instead of throwing their lot into the NASL which currently has a 50 player cap. If they send in a pack of videos like oGs did, they would probably be at least considered, but I don't know.
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Thanks Torpedo.Vegas for the heads-up.
NASL should be paying IM an appearance fee, they are after-all the best team in the world.
The mere thought they need to be *considered* is the funniest thing Ive heard all week.
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The bottomline is that it depends on what NASL wants to be.
It is completely legitimate to host a league only for people in your own country or only for a set of countries you define. Physical sports do it all the time. It's the reason we have national leagues, regional leagues, etc. Organizations looking to promote a domestic scene often sponsor local tournaments targeted towards local competitors. There is the definite possibility that if you let foreign competitors "hijack" your competitions it will discourage local players and result in the gap widening rather than narrowing. At the end of the day pro-gamers aren't animals you put in a cage and force to fight. There are opportunity costs involved and at some point, if it looks just too hard to win any money going to tournaments because they're dominated by foreigners, the local competitors will throw in the towel because they can't envision doing it for a living.
At the same time, however, if the goal of NASL is to bring in the viewers - and certainly a lot of the viewers would like to see foreigners vs. Koreans, or even Koreans vs. Koreans - then perhaps the best idea is to invite a bunch of Koreans. Having Korean invitees does not automatically, at this point in SC 2's existence, make it a sure win for them. So NASL could stand to benefit from the extra level of competition and the ability to boast having many of the best international players. And foreigner players can stand to benefit from being able to practice against the Koreans, which even if it leads to defeat, will be good learning experiences. This is in some sense why countries have international sports competitions in the first place.
Whether NASL wants to be a regional tournament or an international tournament is entirely up to the organizers of NASL. Viewer-wise it's much like physical sports: some people will tune in mostly for their own countries' teams while others will tune in mostly for the level of play demonstrated. Sometimes the two do not go together, in which case you have to pick and choose.
Personally, I hope for a mostly foreigners tournament with some choice Korean invites, much like the TSL 3. Either way, with over a hundred applications there will probably be some tough choices ahead for the NASL organizers. Let's just hope they choose carefully and well. And I'm a bit sad that Sen didn't submit an application
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