Links to team rosters so far are in the ESL announcement

Direct Invite (World class)
Canada
China
France
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Sweden
Ukraine
USA

High
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Romania
Serbia
Spain
United Kingdom

Medium
Belarus
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland

Low
Estonia
Greece
India
Ireland
Israel
Moldova
Slovakia
Slovenia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates

Xcobidoo

Sweden1871 Posts

January 18 2012 13:09 GMT

#103

So none of the best players from Germany are going to compete according to the player list? Without all them they should be regerded as a "high" team and possibly switch place with Finland who has got an impressive lineup for this. Also, who are in Team China? :O

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

January 18 2012 13:15 GMT

#104

i think draft is fine if all teams got their best player in the squad but some of the top are not bringing their best and i dunno if they are still better than some of the lower. the players germany has there think they would be Medium tier.

and also think it sucks to invite a team directly when they dont even want to bring their best player xp

Conny Duck

Austria90 Posts

January 18 2012 13:18 GMT

#105

Yeah, Germany without players like Socke, Darkforce, TLO or Hasuobs definitely does not deserve an direct invite.
Also, i would have loved another tournament system, that doesnt favor seeded countries that much, more like everybody has to start with groupplay. Are those seeds based on a previous country championship?

I think Poland or Ukraine will take it. That are some scary lineups.

Beside_kr

Canada902 Posts

January 18 2012 13:18 GMT

#106

I would agree with Xcobidoo, if that's Germany's lineup then it might be wise to switch them and Finland. Serbia's lineup isn't updated yet but even in a best case scenario I might switch them and Czech Republic.

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

January 18 2012 13:20 GMT

#107

On January 18 2012 22:18 Beside_kr wrote:
I would agree with Xcobidoo, if that's Germany's lineup then it might be wise to switch them and Finland. Serbia's lineup isn't updated yet but even in a best case scenario I might switch them and Czech Republic.

oh ye czech is a very strong team

th3rogue

Germany683 Posts

January 18 2012 13:24 GMT

#108

Thanks for all your feedback so far! Please spread the word far and wide, we want as many opinions as possible!

Germany: Understandable, though their full squad is still to be determined, but if it doesn't look like it will strengthen then yes they will be moved

China: We don't know yet, the manager from ReGolith ( http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/team/5829726/ ) is supposed to be organizing a team (under the supervision of Xp from ESL Asia), but it looks like there's a strong possibility the team will not happen.

Reducing the invites to 8 teams therefore is a strong possibility.

Sspinner

United States26 Posts

January 18 2012 13:33 GMT

#109

Will Hasu, Goody, Darkforce, Socke, Delphi, TLO, and others not be playing for Team Germany?

Welmu

Finland3295 Posts

January 18 2012 13:50 GMT

#110

Finland should be world class >_>

michielbrands

Netherlands1146 Posts

January 18 2012 13:52 GMT

#111

too bad morrow, lalush, naniwa & sase are missing on Swedens team, but still their team is incredible. I am also very confident my own lovely country the Netherlands will do good in this tournament. With Grubby & Ret both on the team and a incredible talent pool around team with PoYo, Harstem, Rainman, Sushi, etc.

GeLouKo

Brazil43 Posts

January 18 2012 14:03 GMT

#112

Nice...I'm looking forward to watch it.
Brazil seems to have a solid team, at least they won the Latin America Nations League...

gullberg

Sweden1301 Posts

January 18 2012 14:55 GMT

#113

South Korea needs to be on that list

Sweden looks pretty weak, too bad most of our players are in S.Korea

Dexington

Canada7276 Posts

January 18 2012 14:55 GMT

#114

On January 18 2012 22:52 michielbrands wrote:
too bad morrow, lalush, naniwa & sase are missing on Swedens team, but still their team is incredible. I am also very confident my own lovely country the Netherlands will do good in this tournament. With Grubby & Ret both on the team and a incredible talent pool around team with PoYo, Harstem, Rainman, Sushi, etc.

Lalush? Are you serious?

NeWeNiyaLord

Norway2474 Posts

January 18 2012 15:01 GMT

#115

Gogo Norway! do your best! :D

Agathon

France1505 Posts

January 18 2012 15:26 GMT

#116

On January 18 2012 23:55 Dexington wrote:

Show nested quote +

Lalush? Are you serious?

This.

I'm a serious follower of Millenium Team and i must admit that i didn't hear about him since a very long time.

Leviance

Germany4079 Posts

January 18 2012 16:12 GMT

#117

It is really sad that Germany's top players don't seem to be willing to participate in this. All about the money I guess.

Beside_kr

Canada902 Posts

January 18 2012 16:17 GMT

#118

I looked over everyone's lineups now and other than the two recommendations I made earlier I'd say that Israel's lineup is very good in comparison to the other low seeds, I think they're better than a few of the medium seed teams as well, it's difficult to say where a change needs to occur at though. Perhaps Belarus, they seem a little weak without LoWeLy in their active lineup.

Tigi

Germany472 Posts

January 18 2012 16:22 GMT

#119

On January 18 2012 22:33 Sspinner wrote:
Will Hasu, Goody, Darkforce, Socke, Delphi, TLO, and others not be playing for Team Germany?

As it seems not. There are still 2 out of 4 quilifiers left, so potenially they could, but as it seems, they're too arogant. Lost a lot of respect from me.