This is pretty awesome that they decided to make a tourny with all of the most popular and skilled players, charging for it, only a small amount for a large number of games with great players, seems perfectly reasonable. Like everyone has said, perhaps trickster shouldn't be there but he has been playing high up in the GSLs for a long time now so he's probably qualified for it, even if he isn't a particularly spectacular player. You could also argue that Naniwa doesn't belong there either (despite having great performances in almost all foreign events he attends) but I think having him and HuK are just a great way for all the foreigners to have someone foreign to cheer for.

gruff

Sweden2276 Posts

September 09 2011 07:19 GMT

#263

On September 09 2011 16:04 theBizness wrote:

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The AUDACITY! They want to make some money? Quick, call the better business bureau, this here company is trying to make a bit of money. Apparently their current business plan of live free streams isn't free or accessible enough for you. Perhaps they could move the set to your living room and you could watch them live?

( Time spent complaining on TL + doing nothing on reddit ) x minimum wage = more than enough to pay for every GSL and then some.

Yeah! How dare they ruin esports?!?

BackSideAttack

1103 Posts

September 09 2011 07:19 GMT

#264

On September 09 2011 15:37 darkest44 wrote:
Who voted for Trickster >,>
Slacker who drinks more than he practices getting free rides to these tourneys just to get his ass kicked lol. He sucked at MLG, he'll suck here.

Kinda funny seeing "AOL" being used... funny that anyone can get away with using it now and it not be a big deal, 10+ years ago no way. I remember when everyone that had a computer had America Online.. now no one does lol, man how times have changed.

Kind of silly to complain about Trickster, when Naniwa was invited.

BackSideAttack

1103 Posts

September 09 2011 07:21 GMT

#265

On September 09 2011 16:11 TheBanana wrote:

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IMNesTea - GSL Champion
SlayerS_BoxeR - Champion of life
oGsMC - GSL Champion
IMLosirA - GSL Finalist
IMMvp - GSL Champion
EGHuK - Dreamhack Champion
MVPDongRaeGu - Special League Champion
SlayerS_MMA - MLG Champion
Dignitas.NaNiwa - MLG Champion
StarTaleJuly - GSL Finalist
MarineKingPrime.WE - GSL Finalist
StarTale_TricKsteR - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Naniwa's MLG championship before Koreans is meaningless. Tester's showings in GSL is much more impressive.

Proof.

535 Posts

September 09 2011 07:21 GMT

#266

IMO, it's not only trickster than doesn't belong. July and Naniwa are awesome players no doubt, but to place them in the same category as the others...I dunno about that. I don't really like Polt but shouldn't he be up there with them? And if we're talking about legends like BoxeR and July, where the heck is Nada (who's pretty damn consistent even though he hasn't made a Code S finals)?? I agree that trickster def doesn't belong though, better replaced by players like TOP or Coca.

DoomsVille

Canada4885 Posts

September 09 2011 07:22 GMT

#267

July is a GSL finalist/semifinalist.

That puts him in company with LosirA/NesTea and Fruitdealer and no one else.

He totally deserves to be there.

EDIT: Meant in terms of zergs.

EDIT2: Sweet. I think I fit in the "bought every GSL season ticket" group. I don't remember any I didn't buy.

Ninety-Three

United States68 Posts

September 09 2011 07:22 GMT

#268

The audacity of a decent portion of posters is what's crazy, not the price for watching this tournament. What makes everyone think they DESERVE to be catered to for free? I don't understand that much.

I'm looking forward to the tournament. I've actually been wanting regular showmatch series between the best of the best who don't get matched up frequently due to how the brackets line up from season to season. This is very close to just that! I'm satisfied.

aebriol

Norway2066 Posts

September 09 2011 07:22 GMT

#269

Awesome, especially with the free ticket. Just high lvl matches too. Will have to watch every single match here.

NguN

Australia1322 Posts

September 09 2011 07:23 GMT

#270

Trickster has definitely fallen in recent times, but he was the best player in the Beta, as well as the Protoss hope all the way till MC came along.

His PvZ is probably better then MC's at this point. Took out DongRaeGu at MLG, and took Losira (who's a ZvP BEAST) to a 5th set in the last GSL.

His PvP is definitely solid. Does anybody still remember his defence against a proxy 2-gate with just one gate? Even sent one Zealot to the opponent's base and still held!

The only real thing that really stopped him throughout his whole SC2 career is his PvT.. and what'd you have it, more then 50% of Code S is Terran.

He's retained Code S all the way till just yesterday, where he was in a 3 way tie to hold it in the up/down matchest. He's made Ro8 Code S a few times. His recent results suck, but in the whole scope of things, he's done well enough to make this tournament. The other only person I could think that could replace him is Nada...

vertical101

Hong Kong311 Posts

September 09 2011 07:23 GMT

#271

the prize is so small. $2k for 1stplace?

DoomsVille

Canada4885 Posts

September 09 2011 07:26 GMT

#272

On September 09 2011 16:23 vertical101 wrote:
the prize is so small. $2k for 1stplace?

Group play with 3 people, semis and finals. That's all you have to play. That is basically a few hours worth of games.

Plus it's online.

sitromit

7051 Posts

September 09 2011 07:26 GMT

#273

On September 09 2011 16:21 Proof. wrote:
IMO, it's not only trickster than doesn't belong. July and Naniwa are awesome players no doubt, but to place them in the same category as the others...I dunno about that.

What are you talking about? July is the second most successful Zerg in the GSL after Nestea, he certainly deserves to be there.

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

September 09 2011 07:29 GMT

#274

Well this is one way to avoid the "20 Terran" problem everybody seems to be having. Group A is stizzacked. O_O

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

September 09 2011 07:29 GMT

#275

They must be tired of all the Code B/A/S format whine and decided to just take the 12 awesome players and make a tournament of it.

And I love how each group has a Z, a P, and a T.

Choboo

Sweden2088 Posts

September 09 2011 07:31 GMT

#276

Tbh the only protoss I could see making it out of his group is Naniwa >.> So stacked

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

September 09 2011 07:33 GMT

#277

Regardless of what you view Trickster, I'm very excited for this.

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

September 09 2011 07:34 GMT

#278

Oh damn, this is gonna be sick

Nifel

706 Posts

September 09 2011 07:34 GMT

#279

On September 09 2011 16:26 sitromit wrote:

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What are you talking about? July is the second most successful Zerg in the GSL after Nestea, he certainly deserves to be there.

July belongs there, without a shadow of a doubt. He is one of the best. I guess people have mixed opinions on him because when he does lose, he loses in a very brutal way. When his crisp timings and plans just don't click, things fall apart. On the flip side, when things go his way, wow..

Also, in terms of results and showings, Trickster is on a much higher level than Naniwa. In terms of reality there's always room for discussion of course..

Either way, I've got no problem with any of these players being there. It'll be a great show, even if it's pretty damn clear who the favorites to win are.

drgoats

United States310 Posts

September 09 2011 07:35 GMT

#280

I think I may be looking forward to this more than the regular GSL. I think Naniwa has a really good chance of winning his group. Huk has a tough road ahead of him. Group A is basically the definition of the 'group of death'.