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On June 20 2011 02:11 Unnamed wrote: So what we have? 4 Koreans vs 44 non-Koreans, and all of them advanced from their groups (losing 1 match only). Now we have 4 Koreans vs 12 foreigners in playoffs. Shouldn't we start to worry that it may be "Korean" finals? For me - it's like 95% that at least 1 Korean will be in final.
On June 20 2011 02:03 udgnim wrote: can't believe people are still stuck on race
where you train & play at determines the type of player you are
Huk & Jinro are Korean players because they have lived, played, and trained in Korea for a prolonged amount of time
FXO, Naniwa, & Thorzain should be considered foreigners when they first start participating in GSTL, GSL Code A/S. if they're still in Korea 6+ months, then they should be considered Korean players because it is very likely they have adopted the Korean style of playing/training by then.
Select & dde are Korean but are NA players because that is where they live and play
race means nothing. it's where you live and play that determines the regional player you are
This is incorrect. In the GSL Huk and Jinro are considered foreigners. Huk/Idra/Jinro are only considered koreans at best when they are involved in a tournament with a field of all foreigners/no koreans.
Basically if koreans are invited everyone else = foreigner. No koreans invited = those that practice in Korea = Korean.
The idea of having an all foreigner event seems less likely as time goes on(sorry Catz). So pretty much anyone who is not a native Korean will be considered a foreigner. I did hear that Select is trying/received Korean citizenship? I watched an old interview with him when he tried out for the GSL and his english didn't seem that good. Was always confused as to where he grew up. This was over a year ago so I could be wrong about the whole subject of his semi-poor english.
On June 20 2011 02:11 Unnamed wrote: So what we have? 4 Koreans vs 44 non-Koreans, and all of them advanced from their groups (losing 1 match only). Now we have 4 Koreans vs 12 foreigners in playoffs. Shouldn't we start to worry that it may be "Korean" finals? For me - it's like 95% that at least 1 Korean will be in final.
I don't think that Worry is the word i would use, but it is possible that 2 koreans would be in the finals, i expect it to happen actually. Really, i just want to see some good games. I obviously want my favorite players to win, but what matters the most to me is seeing good games, and the best players stepping up and doing good.
I think HuK, NaNiwa, and White-Ra have a good shot at knocking out some Koreans but without a doubt, we'll see some promising match-ups with Bomber, July, MC, and Moon still in the fray.
On June 20 2011 02:00 TheSilverfox wrote: Everyone has been talking about the European Terran power-house. But look at the list below.
Europeans Protoss qualified for Ro16: Naniwa Sase White-Ra Socke HasuObs MaNa
6 out of 16 qualified are European Protoss.
90% of the players in the tournament were Europeans, how is this any surprise?
thats not the point....terran/protoss is
Where are the EU terrans? for the longest time, it was all terran in EU.
I can't really recall many good European terrans. Most terrans who were considered good some months ago relied on SCV all-ins and fast rushes or one base plays, which have become harder due to different map pool.
Earlier, the best terrans were MorroW and Demuslim >_<
Now i'd say it's Strelok and Happy, but i must say the amount of terrans being on top declined.
EPT
