Players such as Jinro, HuK, and Adelscott did not apply for this tour, so don't ask why they aren't on this list. DIMAGA, Kas, and LaLush turned applications in late so they will not appear either. Please take some time to learn who exactly applied.

Please inform yourself about who applied and who didn't.

Welmu

Finland3295 Posts

March 29 2011 17:25 GMT

#2881

Really exciting player pool!

Just little disappointed by choices of ViBe, Sheth and stalife, but otherwise good

Bobster

Germany3075 Posts

March 29 2011 17:25 GMT

#2882

On March 30 2011 02:16 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
so every person who was complaining about not seeing morrow/july/boxer/mc or nada in the previous 144 pages wasted their time along with everyone elses. Amazing last 5 picks, community needs to have a little more faith :D

This is why you wait till the 50-man lineup before critisizing.

I hope every one of the haters comes into this thread and apologises publically for wasting our and their time.

Fuck, who am I kidding, that's only what decent humans would do. They'll just find something else to troll about, I'm sure. :lol

skelman

United States9 Posts

March 29 2011 17:25 GMT

#2883

So the 50 are set, sweet! Looks like an excellent player pool. I've heard of most of these players, but not all of them. Either way I'll be watching because this league is gonna be tons of win.

I won't be expecting perfection in the first season from the NASL, just like I didn't expect a perfect player pool. Doing the majority of things "right" deserves a lot of credit. Good job guys, looking forward to it!

Sablar

Sweden880 Posts

March 29 2011 17:26 GMT

#2884

Nice.. some big names for last!

Good seeing MorroW as well, not July or MC big but gotta love Swedish Z.

Strut

United States182 Posts

March 29 2011 17:26 GMT

#2885

Nice job NASL, 50 awesome players. Sure there are a few players I wanted to see in that didn't make it, but I don't envy your position to pick only 50, so I understand completely.

I think next time you shouldn't make your invite process so public. Many other invitational tournaments always just announce who is in and there is zero controversy. But regardless, you have done a fantastic job and can't wait for games to begin. I hope you guys were taking notes on the latest GSL world showmatchs

Mattchew

United States5684 Posts

March 29 2011 17:27 GMT

#2886

each group has 2 koreans in it... (and select has a korean flag next to his name idk why).... each group has no more than 4 of any race and no less than 3 of the others (except group 1 but TLO could be considered the 3rd terran)

I love the diversity I love the players and I love the foresight because a ton of the questioned players proved a lot at the TSL and WC these past weeks. Great job NASL with this list I cannot wait to purchase my HD pass

blackone

Germany1314 Posts

March 29 2011 17:29 GMT

#2887

I'm super hyped for NASL. I really like the invites, I do not understand how people can seriously await an invite list of 50 players to be exactly the 50 players they'd like to see. Like, OMG, I only agree with 90% of the invites, what a terrible terrible tournament!!!
I see a lot of talent in that list and a ton of interesting games. I also liked other decisions the NASL has made, the structure of the tournament/league/whatever seems pretty good, the youtube thingy was awesome (even though I found it kind of pointless in the beginning, It's cool to see some players personality a bit), GO NASL!

nam nam

Sweden4672 Posts

March 29 2011 17:29 GMT

#2888

On March 30 2011 02:27 ditkaordie wrote:
each group has 2 koreans in it... (and select has a korean flag next to his name idk why).... each group has no more than 4 of any race and no less than 3 of the others (except group 1 but TLO could be considered the 3rd terran)

I love the diversity I love the players and I love the foresight because a ton of the questioned players proved a lot at the TSL and WC these past weeks. Great job NASL with this list I cannot wait to purchase my HD pass

Yeah they have certainly put some thought into it even if it goes against many peoples expectations.

flodeskum

Iceland1267 Posts

March 29 2011 17:29 GMT

#2889

On March 30 2011 02:27 ditkaordie wrote:
each group has 2 koreans in it... (and select has a korean flag next to his name idk why).... each group has no more than 4 of any race and no less than 3 of the others (except group 1 but TLO could be considered the 3rd terran)

I love the diversity I love the players and I love the foresight because a ton of the questioned players proved a lot at the TSL and WC these past weeks. Great job NASL with this list I cannot wait to purchase my HD pass

I bet it has something to do with him being Korean.

ffadicted

United States3545 Posts

March 29 2011 17:29 GMT

#2890

I'm not going to apologize, it's NASL's fault for making me wait so long for the goods!

;P

sick player lineup after all

TigerKarl

1757 Posts

March 29 2011 17:31 GMT

#2891

Very exciting invites.
Good job NASL!
I can understand almost every invite, there's just ViBe and Dde who i don't know and can not judge yet.
This will be an awesome league!

urashimakt

United States1591 Posts

March 29 2011 17:33 GMT

#2892

On March 30 2011 02:29 flodeskum wrote:

Show nested quote +

I bet it has something to do with him being Korean.

SeleCT is an American player.

Edit: I'm wrong, SeleCT prefers to represent South Korea.

cronican

Canada424 Posts

March 29 2011 17:33 GMT

#2893

I’m waiting for incontrol to post “GET SOME”

lkjewq

United States132 Posts

March 29 2011 17:33 GMT

#2894

No IM players UGH. They did not apply though =/.

Domination

United States1177 Posts

March 29 2011 17:34 GMT

#2895

It's more than just that. Each group has 4 NA (select is a NA player despite his flag), 4 EU (2 groups have a SEA player subbed in for a EU player) and 2 KO which ensures a wide variety of not only playstyles but viewers. This tells me that the decisions on invites was a combination of popularity, geography, and skill.

Tsubbi

Germany7967 Posts

March 29 2011 17:34 GMT

#2896

Exciting invites, just start this already!!

Terrestrialrage

United States122 Posts

March 29 2011 17:34 GMT

#2897

Really exciting player pool, more excited for this than i was the first season of the GSL. Can't wait for biggest upset in SC2 history when something like Stalife 2:1 MC occurs.

Kazeyonoma

United States2912 Posts

March 29 2011 17:34 GMT

#2898

Well, can't complain about the list now that they've included a fair amount of Korean players, lots of which were being demanded in this thread. It's easy to criticize us by looking back and saying "SEE THEY ARE ALL THERE, YOU WASTED YOUR TIME", but having 8 out of the 10 koreans being announced on the final 2 days while somewhat "climatic" sort of justified our frenzy leading up to the final days.

In either case, NASL will be awesome! Can't wait, thanks to all involved who is running things and lets hope for non-laggy games!

NrG.NeverExpo

Canada2114 Posts

March 29 2011 17:35 GMT

#2899

just a little bit on insight for those who are wondering about group placement. NASL wanted the group to be split up so that no 2 team mates were playing in the same group. So it may be the reason why some groups are more stacked than others, people like kiwikaki, drewbie, catz (and maybe qxc sinc ethey may have made the groups when he was in root) all needed to be split up. Same goes for idra axslav machine and incontrol, and fenix, KR, TT1, SEn. (there are also a couple more teams with multiple members participating). After all these teams are separated into each division, it may have been harder to completely balance the scales from division to division. I think at the end of the day they look decent, and I think it was a good idea to not have team mates competing against each other.

They make for sort of weird games, since they know each other so well, playstyle-wise and mentally.