On September 01 2011 06:26 Derity wrote: i think that quite are few europe player are considering to travel to the live event. 16 slots are available.
chances are rather low for them to win an open qualifier stacked with high profile koreans when it can assumed that not many koreans will show up at the live qualifier.
You're assuming not many Koreans will show up, but nobody actually knows. Plus, the bracket is going to be much larger at the live event (@256 players vs. 64 players in Qualifer 1) and you will have to pay your own travel, lodging and food expenses and not be guaranteed any prize money.
It's not like there's a hundred Koreans in each qualifier either. A handful of Koreans are willing to spend 20 bucks to try to win these benefits (and they have to deal with worse hours than any other region), but somehow even less Europeans are willing to try. Seems to me this would indicate that Koreans would also be more willing to travel to the open tourney. 20 bucks and adjusting your sleep schedule for 1 or 2 days does not seem like it should be a big deal for a pro gamer. Honestly, this sort of thing should be expected of them when a huge international tourney rolls around and it's why I'm completely baffled that the Euro pro teams like Mouz, Empire, Dignitas, etc. aren't jumping all over this.
man any NA or EU pros who sign up for this qualifiers have balls of steel lol.. fucking drg and optimus prime are beast, all koreans are just on another lvl . one up for the western pros who sign up for this
I feel like those people on the fence about joining due to the lack of Koreans should look at the popularity some players got for upsetting big names. This is a chance to get your name out there.
Is $20 really that big of a deal for pro NA/EU players, or is there some scheduling conflict with MLG, NASL, Dreamhack or another tournament that is not obvious?
If the former, well, it seems that just as a huge amount of money is being pumped into NA/EU eSports, the pro-scene in NA/EU is dying. It can't look good to the sponsors to run a 1000 players qualifiers and have only ~50 people show up - that doesn't demonstrate a lot of interest from the pro-gamers, and without the pro-gamers, where's the scene?
I mean, I understand that $20 might be a little too much for amateurs. But the NA/EU teams should have no issues sponsoring their players for $20.
Oh, the MVP team also signed up! However only Tails, Genius and Dongraegu. Guess they also only signed those up who think they have a decent shot at the prize.
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On September 01 2011 17:45 Azarkon wrote: Is $20 really that big of a deal for pro NA/EU players, or is there some scheduling conflict with MLG, NASL, Dreamhack or another tournament that is not obvious?
If the former, well, it seems that just as a huge amount of money is being pumped into NA/EU eSports, the pro-scene in NA/EU is dying. It can't look good to the sponsors to run a 1000 players qualifiers and have only ~50 people show up - that doesn't demonstrate a lot of interest from the pro-gamers, and without the pro-gamers, where's the scene?
I mean, I understand that $20 might be a little too much for amateurs. But the NA/EU teams should have no issues sponsoring their players for $20.
I don't know, but I guess they judge it to be money thrown out of the window, because they think that with that lineup there is no way their players would manage to finish top 2.
DongRaeGu, Tails, and Genius in. This qualifier is getting more and more stacked. I wonder how many players would start having second thoughts by the time the player list is done.
Right now we've got 11 known Koreans out of 35 total registrations. I never thought I'd say this but I'd really love to see more North American and European involvement in this North American event! =P
I'm guessing they would have had a much better turn-out if they would have done regional qualifiers. It would have fixed pretty much every issue that are causing people to not sign up, including the time when it is played, the server lag, and the Korean fear-factor. It would also give a better all-around international line-up instead of [most likely] having Koreans take all the online qualifier spots.
It really says a lot about the foreign "scene" that only 24 persons trust their abilities enough to go through a qualifier. 20 dollars in exchange of a shot of 1000, + plane tickets + hotel accommodations + a spot in a huge tournament doesn't look like a bad deal. I hope all the spots will be taken by hard-working koreans, and i hope they will show just how much better they are than the so-called "foreign pros"
ToD Strelok DIMAGA Demuslim (yeah he is still euro^^) SarenS Socke
that's pretty sad that not more players are trying... stephano, bratok, whitera, nerchio, mana, goody, hasuobs, darkforce, tarson, ret, morrow.... ? really not even trying. pretty dissappointed by those guys.
On September 02 2011 03:49 Finrod1 wrote: So the europeans so far are:
ToD Strelok DIMAGA Demuslim (yeah he is still euro^^) SarenS Socke
that's pretty sad that not more players are trying... stephano, bratok, whitera, nerchio, mana, goody, hasuobs, darkforce, tarson, ret, morrow.... ? really not even trying. pretty dissappointed by those guys.
It's pretty obvious why there's not many NA or EU players, with the caliber of Koreans joining the only people that have a shot are the very best the foreigners have to offer. Anything else won't even be competitive, so its 20 bucks down the drain.
On September 02 2011 04:01 SimDawg wrote: It's pretty obvious why there's not many NA or EU players, with the caliber of Koreans joining the only people that have a shot are the very best the foreigners have to offer. Anything else won't even be competitive, so its 20 bucks down the drain.
even if you give yourself a 10% chance vs a topkorean i would take it. i mean you pay 20$ for a chance of 35k (?) ?! And as a manager i would tell everyone of my players to participate at least....
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