[NASL] Players (final) - Page 19

On March 23 2011 15:04 nart wrote:
Moon? I know he's good with warcraft, but he's just a code A drop-out. Please invite current top GSL code S. That's what exciting. Don't invite pass legends. Invite current top players!

On March 23 2011 15:09 ImmortalTofu wrote:
Yay! Nice job NASL!!! However.... WHERE'S MC?

On March 23 2011 15:15 GGQ wrote:
I'm betting Grubby will also be in Division 1. NASL would be foolish to miss the opportunity to provide the first Grubby/Moon match in SC2 .

On March 23 2011 15:50 FYRE wrote:
where is artosis??

On March 23 2011 15:11 Xeris wrote:
There are 35 players left, you all will be pleased in the end! I dont wanna spoil any surprises

On March 23 2011 15:11 syllogism wrote:
Pretty much everyone but Cruncher is a no-brainer on that list unless you were really expecting 20+ koreans for a league that always intended to include top EU/NA players first and foremost.

On March 23 2011 09:44 jmbthirteen wrote:
I think these are some pretty good invites.

Moon - top WC3 player, did very well at IEM
Fenix - Made TSL3, pretty strong Terran IMO
Kiwi - top protoss in NA quite possibly
QXC - dude is a beast, just needs to make sure to get practice time in which I imagine he will. Before he went to Europe for school he hit the top of the NA ladder I believe.
DarkForce - one of Europe's top Zerg's
Cruncher - In TSL3, been owning "The V", has been on top of NA ladder I believe
KawaiiRice - Very good NA Terran, solid builds and I think he keeps getting better
Haypro - Who on TL doesn't belong in this, seriously. Just won the Pax East posting wins over Tyler and TLO
Naniwa - top Euro protoss, definitely belongs. He has been playing really well as of late too
SeleCT - top NA Terran, obvious choice
HasuObs - been really impressed with his play lately, just took down Huk too
Catz - a lot of people seem to be questioning this, but he is a very talented and creative Zerg player. Mass queens in the NASL? Yes please. Also a fan favorite
Idra - one of the best Zergs in the world, obvious choice
Socke - great protoss from Europe, always impressed with his play
ClouD - has been posting some very nice results as of late. Not as familiar with him, but can't argue with what he's been doing lately.

To me the obvious choices were: Idra, Socke, SeleCT, HasuObs, Haypro, Naniwa, QXC, Moon, and Kiwi.

The rest are still really good choices that will give us some great games and definitely hold their own.

On March 23 2011 18:24 DND_Enkil wrote:
Catz - a lot of people seem to be questioning this

On March 23 2011 16:38 Xeris wrote:
To put it more accurately: many people will be pleased when they see the entire list. Some people will still be disappointed. Either way, we are happy with the list we have and believe that the league will be amazing! :D!

On March 23 2011 07:24 Bobster wrote:
3 Germans already, I'm liking this.

On March 23 2011 19:09 haflo wrote:
let me try to give some constructive critisizm

#1 NASL site is awefull - when i reached it i went back to google and looked for other hits cause i couldnt belive this is really a site , after avilio being Number 1 in votes i refuse to go back there.
i did better job at a site for UT clan 5 years ago.

i would like to see a proffesional site by a decent designer for a tournament with 400k prize ,
dont underestimate the package .
if thats not possible a forum in TL like TSL would be much better then the current solution.
if thats not possible a blogpost / worldpress site would be better.

#2 the announcment of the players - seriously ? i really appreciate the dramma with the revealing , but if you do it do it correctly.
a very good example of doing it right is TSL , the players , their background and reasons they were choosen - just the names is not good enough ... and better just skip this then doing it half assed. pictures videos or even just use incontrol hype talent with voice announcments would be a very welcome addition.
transparency will go very long way with the croud , if you see again TSL with the award winning decision of boxer , thats the right way of doing things - and look how that hard decision recieved.
explain your decisions.

#3 the players revealed - i believe nasl saving the best to last , i dont agree with that . you need people to be excited from the start - keep the revealed group ballanced.

#4 the players choices - there was a 100 page + thread about it somewhere with a nice pole.
i think its fair to say the vast majority will be very disapointed with only a few medicore koreans allowed , i will not go there for redundency , just look at the 50k+ viewers on korea vs world matches in TSL.


TL , DR
its just very important to keep the production value for everything you do , and not only the main part , look at successfull companys like blizzard or apple and their finish on their product ,
the pre show is very important , i do hope that the NASL will show improvment on thier preshow
look on TSL again for a good example

thank you for the long read, and goolduck with the really nice project.