Make a reality show already! I love the idea of being able to flip into the player's games but I think one of the real draws would be showing the actual players etc

Sky Net

United States134 Posts

April 07 2011 19:27 GMT

#905

On April 08 2011 03:25 Sami` wrote:
I don't know why people argue that Koreans aren't better - its obvious they are, does that translate to a 100% winrate? of course not.

I'm convinced its just a matter of time though until the foreign scene reaches the same level but Korea is always going to have a very high number of awesome players compared to other countries because of the head start they have had when it comes to esports.

I don't see why it's obvious that "Koreans are better". That makes it sound like certain players are better because they're Korean. Korea has more top tier players than any other country for sure, but they aren't clearly much better than top tier players from other countries as far as I can tell. Keep in mind when people point out things like foreigners losing to Koreans who aren't code S/code A that even GSL champs are capable of losing to players who aren't code A (as evidenced by team league). All I've seen from the "world all stars" is good games and close series where it felt like anyone could potentially win, not a group of guys getting dazed and outclassed by a somehow superior race/culture/nationality/whatever.

I would agree that the GSL (which includes non-Koreans) is the highest level SC2 league in the world overall though. But I think a lot of players could do well in it that aren't willing to move to Korea.

brentsen

1252 Posts

April 07 2011 19:34 GMT

#906

On April 08 2011 04:24 Tanx911 wrote:
Make a reality show already! I love the idea of being able to flip into the player's games but I think one of the real draws would be showing the actual players etc

Yeah, it's really cool to see them in a relaxed atmosphere like that. I mean there are already enough events that focus on the actual games, so this is nice for a change.

Brad

2754 Posts

April 07 2011 19:36 GMT

#907

Korea has a better eSports infrastructure to consistently produce higher caliber players, they will always have more 'pros' pre-se until the West catches up in terms of training houses etc. That doesn't mean that foreigners can't compete with the Koreans long-term. With the right work ethic and practice partners/routine any player can succed. Jinro is a great example.

With the new big leagues (NASL, MLG, IGN, IEM, Dreamhack) and training houses (Root etc) growing in the West it can only get better.

integral

United States3156 Posts

April 07 2011 19:39 GMT

#908

This may have been asked before in this thread, but why are the foreigners still in korea? I expected them to have gone back home by now.

ES_JohnClark

United States1121 Posts

April 07 2011 19:41 GMT

#909

Look for announcements regarding additional 'Clash of the Houses' Events as well as "After the Clash' online cash prize cups at the Cyber Sports Network website (Beta).

A huge thank you to all of those in Korea who either played or helped make this a reality. We realize that with such short notice, many of the viewers and fans were not able to be fully a part of the event. Unless TorcH has some other ideas up his sleeve, you can expect more notice for upcoming events from Cyber Sports Network.

Again.. Thank you all and please feel free to give suggestions on how we can improve this sort of event the next time!

John Clark
Director of Operations
Cyber Sports Network, Inc

tooPrime

United States245 Posts

April 07 2011 19:43 GMT

#910

On April 08 2011 04:39 integral wrote:
This may have been asked before in this thread, but why are the foreigners still in korea? I expected them to have gone back home by now.

I think they stayed around for events like this one and probably Gom just booked the time in case one (or two!) of them was in the finals. Just a guess though.

brentsen

1252 Posts

April 07 2011 19:45 GMT

#911

On April 08 2011 04:39 integral wrote:
This may have been asked before in this thread, but why are the foreigners still in korea? I expected them to have gone back home by now.

Maybe they have some kind of ceremony after the finals but I don't know.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

April 07 2011 19:46 GMT

#912

On April 08 2011 04:39 integral wrote:
This may have been asked before in this thread, but why are the foreigners still in korea? I expected them to have gone back home by now.

Well their return ticket home is probably scheduled for after the World Championship finals. Would be pretty tacky not to show up just because they lost early.

ujonecro

United Kingdom846 Posts

April 07 2011 19:47 GMT

#913

So who played on IM team account "IMHappy"?

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

April 07 2011 19:51 GMT

#914

On April 08 2011 04:47 ujonecro wrote:
So who played on IM team account "IMHappy"?

it's not a team account. it's an individual player from IM.

Cyanocyst

2222 Posts

April 07 2011 19:52 GMT

#915

Was hoping that IM would use IMHorror

I just like the name of that player. Never seen him play though. Hes been fairly high on ladder for sometime now. Code B player.

b_unnies

3579 Posts

April 07 2011 20:17 GMT

#916

On April 08 2011 03:19 ItsMeDomLee wrote:

Show nested quote +

Because newb. Those 3 and Min won all the games for SlayerS. Nobody else on that team was even close. Now stop being doggedly stubborn and trying to argue that IM DIDN'T send out their B-team.

doesnt matter, they showed up. that automatically meant SlayerS's A-team roster is more than 4 players

greycubed

United States615 Posts

April 07 2011 20:27 GMT

#917

On April 08 2011 04:13 Deapht wrote:
This event wasnt hyped up enough, only 45 pages in this thread? sounds to me not many people knew about it

Well unlike most big events this was on jtv so there was a chatroom. Everyone got all their 'omg look at that' and 'Kelly sucks'/'the people who say Kelly sucks are racist' comments there.

MechKing

United States3004 Posts

April 07 2011 20:49 GMT

#918

On April 08 2011 03:41 csn_andrew wrote:
thanks to all that made this happen! big shoutout to all the viewers that tuned in, you guys can look forward to more Korea based events like this one very soon.

Courtesy of CSN and Jtv!!!

The thread for this event will be up later today:
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No pic of ST_Bomber?

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

April 07 2011 21:02 GMT

#919

On April 08 2011 05:17 b_unnies wrote:

Show nested quote +

doesnt matter, they showed up. that automatically meant SlayerS's A-team roster is more than 4 players

You probably should look at the players they use and their successes rather than the players that show up. There's a clear trend of which players certain teams use - only rarely do we see a new face go out, and that's just to get the player experience, usually when the team is already ahead. It can't be denied that SlayerS's run through the GSTL in terms of who got their team wins was pretty much done by MMA, Ryung, and Alicia, with a bit of help from Min.

Steamroller

Finland756 Posts

April 07 2011 21:10 GMT

#920

I tryed to watch this but stream didn't work ^^