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On March 25 2011 08:38 Geolich wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:17 Bobster wrote:
Artosis doesn't have the results (Ro64 in GSL1?), unfortunately. Not sure NASL will have him invited on his fan favourite status alone.
Same with Grubby.
edit: to clarify, the only player invited so far without a tournament win under his belt is Moon, and his second place at the IEM WC put him far above Artosis/Grubby in that regard. All players invited so far also have an ELO rating at the TLPD. Artosis/Grubby don't. Lol are you serious? Invites such as machine axslav etc pretty much prove that results and talent are not the primary motivation for invites. If that was their only concern we would have a very different player list. Not saying its a bad thing either, but yeah, obviously being close to in control and eg is beneficial in this regard...
That is not fair.. axlav and machine are clearly top20 NA and considering they will have about 20 NA players they deserve it..
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So far if it goes at this pace, the 5 korean rule will have unintentionnaly (or intentionally) been enacted. I hope to see at least 6 more Koreans on the radar
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On March 25 2011 06:36 CoR wrote:sure it IS the NORTH AMERICAN star league but i still think that alot of the invited US players cant compare to the top foreign szene obvious someone like Nony... aeh Tylor is one of the best players in the world but ... i dont know looking Sheth and Machine, Axlav or SluSh i really hope they will impresse me in the league because right know i dont see them have a chance vs players like Socke Haypro Ra or Strelok but gogo surprise me all  gl to all and i really hope that GOODY will be invited the KING haha first i wanted to tell you that group 5 is the group of death and group 3 seems to be pretty easy, but then i saw you are in group 3 ofcourse and it must be a joke from you gogo nani
I can almost guarantee sheth doing good in the NASL. I'd say he is the 2nd best NA zerg behind only idra.
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On March 25 2011 08:49 adeezy wrote:
So far if it goes at this pace, the 5 korean rule will have unintentionnaly (or intentionally) been enacted. I hope to see at least 6 more Koreans on the radar
They got rid of that rule i think, just like the 5 player limit per team. we will probably see 7+ koreans.
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On March 25 2011 08:55 Snoyarc wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:49 adeezy wrote:
So far if it goes at this pace, the 5 korean rule will have unintentionnaly (or intentionally) been enacted. I hope to see at least 6 more Koreans on the radar They got rid of that rule i think, just like the 5 player limit per team. we will probably see 7+ koreans.
They did get rid of that rule, doesn't mean there still won't only be a handful of Koreans... lol
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No top Koreans invited yet though.
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On March 25 2011 08:21 Pekkz wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:17 Bobster wrote:
Artosis doesn't have the results (Ro64 in GSL1?), unfortunately. Not sure NASL will have him invited on his fan favourite status alone.
Same with Grubby. Its just a really really bad idea to not include players who draw in viewers like grubby and artosis will. Im not really interested in watching any of the games from division 2+3 
Hey, don't argue with me, take it up with the hardliners on the other end who only want the best of the best players (in their opinion, obviously). :p
I kinda want to see the two groups fuck with each other instead of both of them compaining to the NASL in turns. :lol :lol
On March 25 2011 08:31 Bagi wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 07:04 Bobster wrote:
I was a bit disappointed when I heard that the IGN tournament won't have any EU or KR players. Where'd you hear this? Has some info come out that I've missed completely?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=204024
"IGN has invited 16 of the most talented Starcraft 2 players from North America, and will be launching a series of tournaments in search for the best players in America."
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On March 25 2011 09:05 Subversion wrote:
No top Koreans invited yet though.
Sums up my thoughts completely so far about. Though Incontrol did say they have oGs players to appear, guess all my hopes will rest of that little peice of information.
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Unfortunately, none of the SlayerS players aside from BoxeR applied
Otherwise..
+ Show Spoiler +MMA ALICIA RYUNG best players everrrrrrrrrr
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Still hoping for July as well, I think he has some more to show beyond his games vs. MC.
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On March 25 2011 08:49 shell wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:38 Geolich wrote:On March 25 2011 08:17 Bobster wrote:
Artosis doesn't have the results (Ro64 in GSL1?), unfortunately. Not sure NASL will have him invited on his fan favourite status alone.
Same with Grubby.
edit: to clarify, the only player invited so far without a tournament win under his belt is Moon, and his second place at the IEM WC put him far above Artosis/Grubby in that regard. All players invited so far also have an ELO rating at the TLPD. Artosis/Grubby don't. Lol are you serious? Invites such as machine axslav etc pretty much prove that results and talent are not the primary motivation for invites. If that was their only concern we would have a very different player list. Not saying its a bad thing either, but yeah, obviously being close to in control and eg is beneficial in this regard... That is not fair.. axlav and machine are clearly top20 NA and considering they will have about 20 NA players they deserve it..
in what way are they clearly top 20 in NA? just curious what your basing this on since ive barely heard anything out of machine in months
baring in mind neither were anywhere close to qualifying for tsl
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On March 25 2011 09:29 mprs wrote:Unfortunately, none of the SlayerS players aside from BoxeR applied Otherwise.. + Show Spoiler +MMA ALICIA RYUNG best players everrrrrrrrrr
Min, Frozen and Cella applied, actually.
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On March 25 2011 09:32 turdburgler wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:49 shell wrote:On March 25 2011 08:38 Geolich wrote:On March 25 2011 08:17 Bobster wrote:
Artosis doesn't have the results (Ro64 in GSL1?), unfortunately. Not sure NASL will have him invited on his fan favourite status alone.
Same with Grubby.
edit: to clarify, the only player invited so far without a tournament win under his belt is Moon, and his second place at the IEM WC put him far above Artosis/Grubby in that regard. All players invited so far also have an ELO rating at the TLPD. Artosis/Grubby don't. Lol are you serious? Invites such as machine axslav etc pretty much prove that results and talent are not the primary motivation for invites. If that was their only concern we would have a very different player list. Not saying its a bad thing either, but yeah, obviously being close to in control and eg is beneficial in this regard... That is not fair.. axlav and machine are clearly top20 NA and considering they will have about 20 NA players they deserve it.. in what way are they clearly top 20 in NA? just curious what your basing this on since ive barely heard anything out of machine in months baring in mind neither were anywhere close to qualifying for tsl
TLPD ELO rating could be one possible criteria. Axslav is Top 10 NA, Machine barely outside the Top 20. If we cross-reference this with the list of applicants, they're both safely in the Top 20.
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On March 25 2011 08:44 Scrandom wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:17 Bobster wrote:
Artosis doesn't have the results (Ro64 in GSL1?), unfortunately. Not sure NASL will have him invited on his fan favourite status alone.
Same with Grubby.
edit: to clarify, the only player invited so far without a tournament win under his belt is Moon, and his second place at the IEM WC put him far above Artosis/Grubby in that regard. All players invited so far also have an ELO rating at the TLPD. Artosis/Grubby don't. Artosis could handle himself just fine against the players announced so far. And judging by the picks they aren't just gonna pick based on results otherwise it would be all champions of tourneys and no room for anyone who wouldn't normally get a shot.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say with this. As I said in the very post you quoted, 24 of the 25 players chosen so far are tournament champions.
And most of them have won several.
edit: actually, if we're just going based on tournament wins, most of the Koreans who applied are bad choices, as only very few of them have won a tournament before. 
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On March 25 2011 07:04 Bobster wrote:
I was a bit disappointed when I heard that the IGN tournament won't have any EU or KR players. Then again, NASL already covers the truly international league angle, so IGN probably thought it better to just concentrate on the NA market.
Very unlikely I'll care about that league then^^
I'm a bit sad about no top koreans so far in NASL but they might be coming. Lots of good players so far anyway.
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On March 25 2011 09:42 Valikyr wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 07:04 Bobster wrote:
I was a bit disappointed when I heard that the IGN tournament won't have any EU or KR players. Then again, NASL already covers the truly international league angle, so IGN probably thought it better to just concentrate on the NA market. Very unlikely I'll care about that league then^^ I'm a bit sad about no top koreans so far in NASL but they might be coming. Lots of good players so far anyway.
Well, you (and I) are Europeans, so the IGN league makers probably don't give a shit about us watching/not watching. They're making an NA tournament for the NA audience. And that's fine. Start out in one market, succeed, then think about expanding. DjWheat made a great post in the IGN tournament thread about other enterprises/leagues biting off more than they could chew in the past and explaining why frugal business decisions are sometimes necessary.
NASL is immediately going with the big picture, they're not playing it safe, they're going all out pushing for a big league with big players from all regions. And I applaud and support them for that. I want to see them succeed, that's not a secret. :D
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I was a bit disappointed when I heard that the IGN tournament won't have any EU or KR players.
At least they don't need to worry about cross-realm lag issues. :o
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Hope incontrol isn't in the league, wouldnt surprise me though considering its the EGSL
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Divisions 2 and 3 seem pretty unexciting so far..
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waaaat, no CombatEx??? blasphemy!
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