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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
On September 02 2011 04:04 Finrod1 wrote: 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.... Yup. Sometimes you may get a favourable bracket where the best koreans eliminate each other. It's definitely worth the $20 for some top foreigners to compete. Should be seeing a few more! | ||
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cablesc
United States1540 Posts
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amazingoopah
United States1925 Posts
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
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. Stephano seems to have signed up, so you can cross him out from that list, along with White-Ra and Ret who I think are invited. Hope more follows his example. | ||
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Hyst3ria
United States167 Posts
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Megiddosc
United States966 Posts
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cablesc
United States1540 Posts
On September 02 2011 13:51 Megiddosc wrote: Looks like a lot of SlayerS players signed up again Makes sense. + Show Spoiler + Considering that slayers_sleep qualified and is guaranteed $1000. Their team is already ahead in terms of investing in these qualifiers. Also the rumor-inducing slayerspuzzle is on the list but I'll wait until we hear an announcement before making any comments about that. | ||
Adebisi
Canada1637 Posts
On September 02 2011 14:01 cablesc wrote: Makes sense. + Show Spoiler + Considering that slayers_sleep qualified and is guaranteed $1000. Their team is already ahead in terms of investing in these qualifiers. Also the rumor-inducing slayerspuzzle is on the list but I'll wait until we hear an announcement before making any comments about that. Yup and BoxeR is invited too. I imagine that any teams with qualified or invited players will be more likely to also send players to compete in the open bracket. | ||
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Headnoob
Australia2108 Posts
Polt is winning just by bludgeoning minigun to death with flat out better mechanics | ||
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Corrik
United States1416 Posts
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ladyumbra
Canada1699 Posts
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:21 amazingoopah wrote: hope more EU and NA players will sign up today and tomorrow, would hate it if the Koreans get the slots without much more of a fight. The roster so far is like 70% Korean haha. Why waste $20? I think this might backfire on IGN? Maybe the foreigners will show up at the open bracket at the venue since I wouldn't expect many Koreans to attempt that. Even if they think they can't place high, it's still a nice $1000 minimum prize? Better than MLG at least. | ||
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Megiddosc
United States966 Posts
I understand this thinking. However, I think any "pro" who uses this kind of thinking is basically just saying that they have no confidence in their abilities and admit defeat before even playing. What's the point of being a "pro" then? The days of 'easy' big-money tournaments are gone I think. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
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 see why people are speculating on the $20. It's $70 to play at MLG and you have to travel on your own. Besides... who cares if it's only 50-man. I don't care for 1000-man brackets filled with diamond league scrubs and a handful of world-class players. Edit: Haha I'm dumb. I speculate myself. Hypocrite. ^^ | ||
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Shakespeare
32 Posts
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Dac
Canada538 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:32 Azarkon wrote: Stephano seems to have signed up, so you can cross him out from that list, along with White-Ra and Ret who I think are invited. Hope more follows his example. Wait ... i thought i read you have to be over 18 ... So he wont be able to go even if he makes it? ... yeah he is like 17... http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-international/players/1996_Stephano | ||
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Exstasy
United Kingdom393 Posts
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godulous
United States337 Posts
On September 02 2011 22:32 Exstasy wrote: Marineking is signed up as Random? That's just the 'most played race' for the NA account he used to sign up with, remember many Koreans have team accounts or borrow an account for NA tournaments/qualifiers. | ||
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