Great line up so far, especially as we have FXO and SixJax team members in, what's the betting the last player comes from Complexity or Team Liquid? Would love the final pick to be Catz or Starlife

LittLeD

Sweden7973 Posts

July 20 2011 19:10 GMT

#469

DDE - Does Damage Emotionally

Switchy

343 Posts

July 20 2011 19:18 GMT

#470

MC, as a special guest? TLO making a comeback? One may hope i guess

Or just good old tarson or darkforce?? Cant wait for the last player to be revealed!

Ghad

Norway2551 Posts

July 20 2011 19:19 GMT

#471

Loking for sheth to take this one down!

Stocc

Germany25 Posts

July 20 2011 19:23 GMT

#472

Was nice last time! Lineup looking great so far! Looking forward to it

Serek

United Kingdom459 Posts

July 20 2011 19:30 GMT

#473

On July 20 2011 04:07 Jonneh wrote:

Show nested quote +

Sorry if the interest of an esports fan is offensive to you in some way. Personally I'd be quite flattered that someone is taking the time to try and resolve this issue, you could respond positively to it?

I'll assume that is a yes to the pride getting in the way part. Let the record show I tried eh?

Interest =/= trolling.

Go elsewhere, please.

HostilSpike

United Kingdom62 Posts

July 20 2011 19:46 GMT

#474

Since there has to be 3/3/2 in terms of race and given the name 'Electric Banelinggoo' I imagine the last spot is going to be a Zerg.

nam nam

Sweden4672 Posts

July 20 2011 19:50 GMT

#475

On July 21 2011 04:46 HostilSpike wrote:
Since there has to be 3/3/2 in terms of race and given the name 'Electric Banelinggoo' I imagine the last spot is going to be a Zerg.

I'm guessing another NA player. Maybe Vibe.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

July 20 2011 19:52 GMT

#476

So just by being invited to this tournament, you get 100€?
I dislike prize pools which drop too fast, but isn't this going over the top as well? :-/
Well, your money, your rules, but I am really curious what led to this decision.

MarcH

United Kingdom362 Posts

July 20 2011 19:54 GMT

#477

On July 21 2011 04:52 JustPassingBy wrote:
So just by being invited to this tournament, you get 100€?
I dislike prize pools which drop too fast, but isn't this going over the top as well? :-/
Well, your money, your rules, but I am really curious what led to this decision.

This has been addressed in the thread basically the pro's give up their time to entertain us so they should be rewarded for it.

Hope that helps.

MarcH

United Kingdom362 Posts

July 20 2011 19:59 GMT

#478

One thing I have been wondering about the SCI is the maps used in the tournament. Just wondering if some of the maps people have made here on TL may end up being used in the future. The MoTM competition has had some fantastic maps and it would be awesome if some of those could get some exposure. I know it wont be possible for this SCI as maps etc. will have been sent to players once they accepted the invite but for future it could be fantastic.

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

July 20 2011 20:04 GMT

#479

Consider how actual sports work, specifically boxing. As a professional boxer, you are paid for your time. You receive a fee regardless of whether or not you win. If you win, you receive a larger fee, so the incentive is there. While in boxing a fighter would not be involved in multiple matches in an event due to obvious physical reasons, in this case, our "main event", our PPV as it were, our "title match", will be the grand finals of the tournament. As usual, the fighters in the main event are paid a higher amount.

SCI is the structured in a similar way to a boxing event. If a player cannot afford to be a pro, then he will have to take a full time job, lessening both his available time to practice and his will to do it. It is in the best interests of the foreign scene that more players are able to go pro and that means getting paid for their time. In this case, I believe all 8 of my players will put on a good show and should be paid for their time, I do not believe that players of this calibre should be being repeatedly asked to give up their time yet potentially not receive any compensation for it. They are all of a high enough level that they should be able to demand some recompense for attending. This is not the way SC2 works right now and it may never work this way, but in my events, it does.

sixfour

England11061 Posts

July 20 2011 20:44 GMT

#480

On July 21 2011 05:04 TotalBiscuit wrote:
In this case, I believe all 8 of my players will put on a good show

I certainly believe Nerchio will if he plays anything like he did in go4sc2 just now. randoms game 1 vs GM protoss, draws P, goes fast expand into mothership. wins before he can transition to carriers. randoms game 2, draws Z, goes 1 base infestor rush, kills the main with infested terrans. game 3, offraces as T, other guy also offraces as Z, lands about a dozen nukes for 3-0 sweep.