lets get ready folks!!

glad to see z33k making an appearance. I played in a lot of their upstart tournies using their online system. It was always a blast and they handled issues very quickly.

rarin

Australia23 Posts

May 04 2011 01:38 GMT

#163

This is amazing, organised and concise. I'd definitely pull out my (T)

Money to get a pass for this.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

May 04 2011 01:45 GMT

#164

Good tournament, no koreans though

Very sad, I want to see more international tournaments. Grandmaster korean server > all

BrahCJ

Australia659 Posts

May 04 2011 01:50 GMT

#165

I, for one LOVE the fact that there arn't any Koreans.

Initially, I was 100% committed to watching any match I could from Korea, but ever since the GSLWC, I have taken much more interest in the Western scene. I think the way the IGN is put together is simply impecable. The comic style art, and the layouts are all just so good!
I think it might be just me, but when I see Koreans in the NASL, I don't take so much notice unless its someone I'm a huge fan of (like July, or MMA).

Hoping you don't listen to those who are whinging about the exclusions of Koreans. I certainly love watching my favourite players from NA/EU duke it out.... 1 thing I would like to mention though, is, as an Australian, it would be nice to see us "get the nodd" of approval. With FXO pushing big money into the scene, and supporting the Aus roots level, I really want to see a couple more players from Aus get the oppertunity to show off...

As if being isolated on a desolate island isn't bad enough!

KevinIX

United States2472 Posts

May 04 2011 01:54 GMT

#166

Will the tournament be streamed live? If so, will stream watching be an issue?

Highways

Australia6120 Posts

May 04 2011 01:58 GMT

#167

Australia should have access to this tournament, because NA server is a native server for Australians.

Anyone with a SEA account is allowed to play on NA by blizzard, so most people in Australia play NA as their main server.

Seguer

Australia41 Posts

May 04 2011 02:51 GMT

#168

From the timing of the qualifiers it seems like it would be hard for casters from SEA (or elsewhere outside of NA etc) to cast (qualifiers seem to be on about 3:30am in the mornings on Sundays for me just as an example).

Alex do you have anything specific about this? ie. if SEA casters forgo sleep, they can still cast?

deL

Australia5540 Posts

May 04 2011 02:52 GMT

#169

On May 04 2011 10:04 Alex.IGN wrote:

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Because why you might be used to it, the actual lag it could potentially cause others wouldn't be used to. Like I said, we're branching out to EU and LA this time, and will see how many issues are caused by lag and see if we can implement solutions to that so that when we expand to Korea and SEA, we can handle it better. I'm sorry that it means you won't be able to play this time, but this is how we are going to be expanding our roach, slowly and making sure we're doing it the right way for the end user each time, in terms of giving them the best games possible.

One player having higher latency can't possibly cause 'lag' for the other player. I think the delay Australians have to the NA server would be similar to that experienced by Europeans, and in some cases (depending on your ISP) better than those from Europe.

If it's quality of games you're worried about that was only a problem for Korea/Asia to NA after the earthquake and anyone laddering to Grandmaster league on NA can probably deal with any latency they get and still compete at a high level.

Excluding SEA players makes no sense, I think someone told you wrong information about how it might affect lag so please reconsider allowing SEA players!

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

May 04 2011 02:58 GMT

#170

I don't expect the SEA issue to be changed now (tho it still can be since we're a ways away still!) but it is true that there is no secret that many SEA players play on NA all the time. Iirc, The lag difference between NA and SEA is less, if not the same, than NA and EU.

Decision just seems weird. Hopefully they didn't just forget about SEA at production meetings and had to come up with a reason after the fact

. Still time to change it! Nobody will hold it against you!

mooshoo

United States37 Posts

May 04 2011 03:01 GMT

#171

This is somewhat random but is Alex.IGN HDstarcraft?

Phanekim

United States777 Posts

May 04 2011 03:12 GMT

#172

i can't wait for next season cause this was so friggin well done.

TheLight

Australia410 Posts

May 04 2011 03:18 GMT

#173

On May 04 2011 10:58 Highways wrote:
Australia should have access to this tournament, because NA server is a native server for Australians.

Anyone with a SEA account is allowed to play on NA by blizzard, so most people in Australia play NA as their main server.

In fact, for Australians in the east (where most of the population is), latency to NA is better than to SEA.

tofubeans

United States794 Posts

May 04 2011 03:19 GMT

#174

this is sick! :D

Fighter

Korea (South)1531 Posts

May 04 2011 04:15 GMT

#175

I just wanna say, IGN has being doing EVERYTHING right with the IPL. What was the one thing everyone complained about? The small player pool. What's the biggest change? Expanded player pool.

Also I'm pretty excited to hear that they're actually going to be casting the qualifiers. Even more, it really is a great forum to let some potential casters get tested.

Can't wait for season two!