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zmansman17
United States2567 Posts
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Tarotis
Germany1931 Posts
On December 20 2011 05:02 m0ck wrote: Shaping up to be an amazing tournament. A pity if we won't see either Bling of TItan, the new talent deserve to be represented there. Titan isnt really a new talent, he hang around for quite a while already in the european online scene  | ||
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KalWarkov
Germany4126 Posts
On December 20 2011 04:51 Imabomb wrote: Sheth said on his stream a few days ago that he had a wedding to attend, on the same day of the tournament.  oh, thats sad. but he was invited at least^^ | ||
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EdouarKiLL
Russian Federation112 Posts
On December 20 2011 05:10 Tarotis wrote: Titan isnt really a new talent, he hang around for quite a while already in the european online scene And in the ladder =) | ||
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Der_Magen
182 Posts
On December 19 2011 08:37 Desert Fox wrote: This is not difficult, nor is it new. 1. Because the two regions are not on the same level. Everyone knows that, including Blizzard. The Korean server houses the Koreans, who are at the pinnacle of StarCraft 2 and who dominate almost every tournament they're involved at. It's the same principle that leads to utilizing UEFA coefficients for the UEFA Champions League in Association Football. The top leagues of Europe get more spots because more dominating teams/players come from those leagues. La Liga, the English Premier League and the Bundesliga get 4 spots in the UEFA tournament whereas the Dutch Eredivise gets 2. Regions with less skilled players should not get the same treatment in qualifiers. This is simple and it wholly effects the quality of the tournament. Best example is the Blizzard Invitational and the MLG Invitational. What were the results of equal distribution of players? Korean dominance in the Top 4, Top 2 and Champion. Naniwa won the latter tournament against a Korean but the top 4 was still occupied by 2 Koreans and 1 NA and 1 EU. Why should there be equal distribution among regions when those regions get destroyed in the first rounds by Korean players? There should be skilled players who offer a chance with the "right amount" of non-Koreans until the non-Korean scene can wholly elevate their level of play. 2. This is a tournament being held in Europe which is disadvantageous for any Koreans. To be marketable to people who want to see truly skilled players, there must be a decent size of Korean players. It is only intelligent to offer more placement spots for Koreans since it is a verifiable fact (see above) that they will likely dominate a tournament. MLG does this, it is as a great incentive to them to have 4 Koreans show up and dominate their group and for the top 6 of their tournament to be Koreans. They exploded in viewership when this occurred and that was because the Koreans provided the best games and the best storylines (fighting against North Americans and Europeans). I am sorry you're unable to understand these simple facts. If you want to whine about it, you're whining against a history of proven success. Your "guy" isn't as good as the Koreans, he probably never will be and you'll have to deal with him taking 2nd place in a weak region. If he had to qualify through Korea in any tournament, he'd be dismantled. He's fortunate he has the opportunity to do so with less skilled players. You make it sound like Take is actually offering more spots to korean players... he is not. I think the sole reason that Take said that he might also pay the flight for Revival is that it's always rather shitty for a tournament organizer if a qualified player decides not to participate... and, well, foreign teams are rather expected to have the funds to send their players around the globe. I don't have any personal experience with managing a team but in my opinion the fact that also players who were already invited participated in that qualifier to get the free flight/booze shows that the budget of the foreign teams also isn't limitless.. I really do hope that Kawaiirice (osu!-players hwaiting!) and Attero will be able to participate. Don't remember seeing any particular game by Attero but winning against Major is quite awesome and i think participating at HSC is pretty much the best way to gain some fans. edit: Judging from kawaiirice's twitter it seems like his travel depends on fnatics decision... so pls Nightend vs Kawaiirice in the finals.. make it happen | ||
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Duravi
United States1205 Posts
Another example would be Idra or Sen's Code S spot. I'm sure many Korean players feel it is unfair they have been seeded directly into Code S. At the end of the day though it is a good move for us viewers and for GOM. | ||
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McGregsen
Germany110 Posts
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Ramuh
Germany238 Posts
And here is the new picture http://f.cl.ly/items/3S061M2v2C1B212p041Z/pgrid.png | ||
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
Dimaga was not invited, he really got in through the qualifiers? I don't believe it for a second, and that would open up another spot. | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
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ngri
Luxembourg136 Posts
On December 21 2011 03:36 McFeser wrote: Is that Jinro on the fifth picture, a korean on the sixth picture, and . .. I don't know. I am bad at these sort of things. Pff these are much harder... I actually thought #5 is Thorzain =/ Edit: Is #1 even a face!? | ||
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sa1330
Germany43 Posts
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McGregsen
Germany110 Posts
On December 21 2011 03:49 ngri wrote: I actually thought #5 is Thorzain =/ Looks like that to me as well. Some of the others actually look familiar but I can't think of the actual person. | ||
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CEPEHDREI
Germany1521 Posts
i dont know what the rest is. doesnt even look like faces. | ||
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OMGKEI
Australia590 Posts
Edit: 90% sure thats him after comparing with the main picture in his fanclub | ||
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Larsin
Netherlands162 Posts
i dont know wich day or whatever, first seeing if anyone is interested. but if anyone is interested in going gimme a PM. I got a car | ||
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CptGrackSparrow
United States278 Posts
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Dexington
Canada7276 Posts
![[image loading]](http://f.cl.ly/items/3S061M2v2C1B212p041Z/pgrid.png) | ||
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Olinimm
1471 Posts
On December 21 2011 04:08 OMGKEI wrote: #1 MC? Edit: 90% sure thats him after comparing with the main picture in his fanclub God I hope it is MC. | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On December 21 2011 03:49 ngri wrote: Pff these are much harder... I actually thought #5 is Thorzain =/ Edit: Is #1 even a face!? Yeah, it's probably Thorzain and #3 is IdrA? And I'm getting this really wierd vibe that #1 or #6 is a particularly awesome player from IM who is slumping right now. That might just be wishful thinking. | ||
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