It's also very hard to qualify for the GSL, and that's just to get into Code A, the tournament division that gives barely any money for winning it. A player can be very unlucky in the GSL Qualifiers, and it's also another reason why I feel that single elimination tournaments do not truly test the skill of a player.

Consider this, in order to qualify for Code A, you either have to:

A) Go through the open qualification tournament where you'll face a load of tough Korean and a few foreign players whom try to enter the tourney.

B) Reach 2nd - 4th place in a Major League Gaming event.

CardinalSC

United States145 Posts

June 22 2011 03:15 GMT

#248

@Clbull Yeah I agree completely. inControl and the rest of foreigners are pretty vocal about Code A's lack of appeal. I would support changing it to a 3-day tournament like inControl and others suggested. I think it would gain even more foreigner fans TBH. This way, despite being longer, I think more people could watch it as well as GSL currently runs very early in the morning, and the tournament would start just in the evening for most NA/EU.

kenkaze291

United States92 Posts

June 22 2011 03:31 GMT

#249

hmm seems like no hype for oGsHero o-o...I'm surprised considering he was the one that beat DongRaeGu in the qualifiers. I also remember HuK saying that he was one of the top protoss in the world along with MC when someone asked on his twitter account. oGs hwaiting!

JoeAWESOME

Sweden1080 Posts

June 22 2011 03:32 GMT

#250

What happends to the MLG exhange thing, shouldn't MMA be in code S?

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

June 22 2011 03:33 GMT

#251

On June 22 2011 11:19 CardinalSC wrote:

Show nested quote +

O my bad. Thanks for the correction. I think it's funny that Moon won more money getting 2nd at Dreamhack than winning multiple Code As.

Yeah, he sort of leeches off his WC3 star power. But damn does he make the most of his opportunities. Beating the likes of July, Squirtle and Bomber at IEM, MLG and Dreamhack.

On June 22 2011 12:32 JoeAWESOME wrote:
What happends to the MLG exhange thing, shouldn't MMA be in code S?

For the 100000000000000000th time, the Code S seed doesn't apply in MLG Columbus. It only starts in MLG Anaheim onwards.

HOWEVER (and this is pure speculation at the moment), given the flexibility that GOM has chosen to exercise by pushing Naniwa and Thorzain's Code A seeds to GSL August, it could be possibility that the seed may end up with MMA eventually. I make this speculation because MLG Anaheim ends one week before GSL August is scheduled to begin, and I don't think it'll give the winner sufficient time to prepare to head over, which means there will be a spare spot in Code S next season.

Gom's very flexible with this, so it'll be interesting to see.

DarkRise

1644 Posts

June 22 2011 03:35 GMT

#252

Jinro's opponent is the one who eliminated theSTC?

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

June 22 2011 03:36 GMT

#253

On June 22 2011 12:35 DarkRise wrote:
Jinro's opponent is the one who eliminated theSTC?

Yes.

JiYan

United States3668 Posts

June 22 2011 03:37 GMT

#254

3 day tournaments are just not ideal as and end goal. ideally you have daily starcraft with lots of money involved (scbw). Right now gsl is getting the daily starcraft down but lack the money to make it truly as worthwhile.

.Madness

United States94 Posts

June 22 2011 03:42 GMT

#255

Damnit Gom, Y sheth vs san.

Anyways even though sheths repping the USA i gotta go with my protoss buddy san.

FairForever

Canada2392 Posts

June 22 2011 03:52 GMT

#256

On June 22 2011 12:31 kenkaze291 wrote:
hmm seems like no hype for oGsHero o-o...I'm surprised considering he was the one that beat DongRaeGu in the qualifiers. I also remember HuK saying that he was one of the top protoss in the world along with MC when someone asked on his twitter account. oGs hwaiting!

Hero is good, but what is HuK going to say? Of course HuK is going to compliment his oGs teammates...

t1bZ

United States21 Posts

June 22 2011 04:04 GMT

#257

Totally cray cray that DongRaeGu failed to qualify, what a disappointment. I was really looking forward to seeing him in the main GSL tournament after watching him stomp face in GSTL and the LG3D special league. Oh well, he's going to qualify at some point no doubt. Also going to be fun to watch choya and see how far his all-ins can get him.

I notice "Hopetorture" on there, guess Rainbow decided to change his name back? Weird, at least Artosis will have something to complain about while casting his games.

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

June 22 2011 04:42 GMT

#258

On June 22 2011 13:04 t1bZ wrote:
I notice "Hopetorture" on there, guess Rainbow decided to change his name back? Weird, at least Artosis will have something to complain about while casting his games.

Don't think Artosis will be casting Code A games. Not sure though.

As for the ID change, GSL is pretty prone to confirming IDs a bit later (MMA used to be known as M for one game then they changed it to MMA). I'm alright with Hopetorture though, maybe since he did extremely well with that ID he's decided to change it back? Lol.

skrzmark

United States1528 Posts

June 22 2011 04:55 GMT

#259

How good is Luvsic?

zoislk

United States22 Posts

June 22 2011 04:55 GMT

#260

Looks like Jinro is gonna be in Code A again (unless he falls to ShinyStar, but I think he'll get through)

I think Sheth will make it to the up/down matches, but getting past Puzzle is really going to be tough... that should be a GREAT series!

I think the final 8 guys will be something like this:

oGsJ
IMYoda
CheckPrime/oGsHero
SlayerS_Ryung
oGsTheWinD
FXOSheth/NEXPuzzle
IMHappy
SlayerSBoxeR

with Ryung pulling off the upset and winning it all