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On June 13 2011 08:19 archonOOid wrote:
Nightend should sign up! He was one of the those players complaining about his exclusion from NASL. Maybe it's the fact that non-Americans have to play at awkward hours that has limited the players?
Isn't this open right in the middle of a couple other huge tournaments? I think DreamHack is a notable one, unless I'm just out of my mind.
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The $10 functions as a deterrent. And this deterrent seems to work quite well, as the bronze-level 16 year olds are whining in this thread instead of signing up.
10 grand is nothing anyway. Some of you kids don't realize how much it really costs to put something like this on, even if most of it is online. The prize money is only the beginning of what they require. If NASL runs for only 2 months, has a total of only 5 full time staff, and each staff member makes 25K (barely above minimum wage, for illustrative purposes only), they just spent 21K on staff salaries alone in just two months. That's excluding any of their capital costs, prize money, stipends...all of that.
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Wow, thats pretty US-dominated.
Still, glad to see players like Thorzain, Dimaga and Demuslim there! They are guys who should've been included from the start.
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On June 13 2011 08:27 urashimakt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 13 2011 08:19 archonOOid wrote:
Nightend should sign up! He was one of the those players complaining about his exclusion from NASL. Maybe it's the fact that non-Americans have to play at awkward hours that has limited the players? Isn't this open right in the middle of a couple other huge tournaments? I think DreamHack is a notable one, unless I'm just out of my mind.
I think with the amount of participants how, it should be possible for Xeris to seed the players in a way that there is less conflict with Dreamhack.
Dreamhack only becomes an issue with a full roster of 1024 participants.
I think the best thing that could happen for the NASL would be for a Korean to win the first season. If someone like JulyZerg could prove that you can win this tournament, despite having to play on the NA server before the sun rises, I think a lot more Europeans and Koreans would come out of the wood work.
It would be a bit of a bummer for the NA players, but as someone already noted the NA talent pool actually isn't that deep (at least not yet).
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Seems like an underwhelming amount have signed up for it considering what is up for grabs :|
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Can someone post the full tournament rules somewhere? I literally cannot find it on the NASL.tv website...
I know the top player of each division advances to grand finals, but how do the playoff work? 2nd and 3rd of each division play it out?
Thanks
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On June 13 2011 13:20 stephiso wrote:
Can someone post the full tournament rules somewhere? I literally cannot find it on the NASL.tv website...
I know the top player of each division advances to grand finals, but how do the playoff work? 2nd and 3rd of each division play it out?
Thanks
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http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/North_American_Star_League_Season_1#Information
This is the "Open Tournament" underneath the Week 11 column.
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On June 06 2011 15:52 starcraft911 wrote:
When given the choice between signing up for tournaments, the one that costs money to sign up is going to turn away a lot of people like me who are masters, but don't actually have time to 'practice' because of work. If it were free I'd sign up and enjoy myself, but there's no point in paying for a tournament I know I won't be winning in my current state.
Isn't this exactly the point of the nominal $10 fee? To keep uh.. above-mentioned people from participating when they may not show up, are not serious about competing, and have no chance of winning?
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I fear this tourney could be a big fail.
- one single-elimination tourney to determine next season players
- dreamhack conflict
- no korean signups so far (are they informed? helped for NA accounts?)
They are so many good players not in NASL, but I fear they are not signing up and if, bracket-fucks and upsets are easily possible.
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Thank god some top players are coming out now. Lalush, Dimaga, Thorzain, Nightend, Demuslim, etc...
At the very least, the 8 players who get in to next season shouldn't be questionable at this point.
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On June 14 2011 00:19 00Visor wrote:
I fear this tourney could be a big fail.
- one single-elimination tourney to determine next season players
- dreamhack conflict
- no korean signups so far (are they informed? helped for NA accounts?)
They are so many good players not in NASL, but I fear they are not signing up and if, bracket-fucks and upsets are easily possible.
Yes Koreans are informed. I've spoken to Slayers and IM specifically about it.
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On June 14 2011 00:19 00Visor wrote:
I fear this tourney could be a big fail.
- one single-elimination tourney to determine next season players
- dreamhack conflict
- no korean signups so far (are they informed? helped for NA accounts?)
They are so many good players not in NASL, but I fear they are not signing up and if, bracket-fucks and upsets are easily possible.
This is the tournament where winner will go to finals and top 8 will get to next season, there will be another tournament where top 8 also go to next season.
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Can somone tell me who ist the commentator, sits usually on the left side and is always present?
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Not really. It's not hard to find character codes at all, if people want them they're gonna find them.
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On June 14 2011 01:04 Xeris wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 00:19 00Visor wrote:
I fear this tourney could be a big fail.
- one single-elimination tourney to determine next season players
- dreamhack conflict
- no korean signups so far (are they informed? helped for NA accounts?)
They are so many good players not in NASL, but I fear they are not signing up and if, bracket-fucks and upsets are easily possible. Yes Koreans are informed. I've spoken to Slayers and IM specifically about it.
and what did they say? :D
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On June 14 2011 01:36 TheAcker wrote:
Can somone tell me who ist the commentator, sits usually on the left side and is always present?
gretorp?
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Less than 80 signups? yikes.
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On June 13 2011 12:36 SenorChang wrote:
Seems like an underwhelming amount have signed up for it considering what is up for grabs :|
it's a good thing
$10 is there as a deterrent and to keep tournament size down. only the people who legitimately want to go to Ontaria, CA for NASL live top 16 will sign up. it saves time for Open Tournament organizers and players involved in the tournament.
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EPT
