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Clank
Profile Joined April 2011
United States548 Posts
January 07 2012 05:32 GMT
#41
pulling for vile, but mtw will be tough. and then if they win, gotta face IM most likely oh well, hopefully they can show some good games regardless
Uglymutt
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia57 Posts
January 07 2012 05:41 GMT
#42
ANZAC fighting!
NaldoR
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore2198 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 05:44:18
January 07 2012 05:43 GMT
#43
i m with everyone. IM and NSHS. Very small chance for anyone else.
Why is FXO not trying? edit: i am blind...
Comadevil
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany214 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 05:51:54
January 07 2012 05:49 GMT
#44
On January 07 2012 09:48 pPingu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2012 09:44 Jayjay54 wrote:
why is alternate never participating in these kind of tourneys


Not enough players I guess?

They could play with type players since Take is both team manager.


Alternate wants (They said so) and have enough players, but how can you play a qualifier when the full roster is at HSC IV when the qualifier for the team events (NASL and IPL TAC) are being played??
seiferoth10
Profile Joined May 2010
3362 Posts
January 07 2012 05:50 GMT
#45
IM obviously for top half. Either ZeNEX or NSHS for bottom half.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
January 07 2012 05:53 GMT
#46
On January 07 2012 14:32 Clank wrote:
pulling for vile, but mtw will be tough. and then if they win, gotta face IM most likely oh well, hopefully they can show some good games regardless


It's a shame that Vile is seeded so close to IM. Vile is, in my opinion, a very underrated team, with a very solid showing at MLG Providence with 3 players making it to the Championship Bracket. With guys like Ddoro, Yong, State, Illusion, Chance, Hashe and Spanishiwa, I think that it is definitely possibly for them to upset teams like mTw that rely heavily on big guns like Dimaga and TT1 (though I do not think they will be able to knock down IM, but then again, no one predicted qxc to all-kill IM either).

Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
bnYToraBora
Profile Joined January 2012
16 Posts
January 07 2012 06:09 GMT
#47
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.
-Risk-
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada164 Posts
January 07 2012 06:15 GMT
#48
I agree with what Torabora said...
Also its hard for new teams with up and comming players to show their potential to the public!
Check out my stream at http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/-Risk-
Alex.IGN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1050 Posts
January 07 2012 06:30 GMT
#49
Guys, I understand where you are coming from, I used to manage a smaller team also and applied to and played in a bunch of leagues. That said, we feel like we are giving a bunch of teams that would not have normally gotten invites a chance to earn a spot. There has to be a certain cut off though, and we picked the teams we felt would be potentially competitive and would provide good competition. Running a 32 team qualifier is a long, intense process, and we are simply not prepared to undertake that at the moment. I don't think we were trying to hide anything, we clearly stated it was a semi-open qualifier with a selection process.
IGN eSports StarCraft 2 Division Manager
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
January 07 2012 06:32 GMT
#50
On January 07 2012 15:09 bnYToraBora wrote:
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.


It would be nice to have any team with 5 players to just sign up, but there are time constraints I believe. For the IPL 3 qualifiers, there was a $20 entry fee to weed out people who would not take the games seriously. However, that was Bo3.

This qualifier will be Bo9. From watching the Team Arena, a Bo9 between most teams could last 2 to 3 hours. With the sheer magnitude of matches, letting just any team with 5 players participate will not be feasible.

It is basically a semi-open qualifier, in the sense that there is a barrier for unknown teams. It's a pity, but letting any team just sign up would take too much time.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
ninjamyst
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1903 Posts
January 07 2012 07:23 GMT
#51
On January 07 2012 15:09 bnYToraBora wrote:
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.


If you were IGN, how would you make it better for the different teams and the fans? As a fan, I wouldn't want to see a semi-pro team get completely dominated in the tournament by a really good pro team.
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
January 07 2012 07:25 GMT
#52
On January 07 2012 15:32 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2012 15:09 bnYToraBora wrote:
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.


It would be nice to have any team with 5 players to just sign up, but there are time constraints I believe. For the IPL 3 qualifiers, there was a $20 entry fee to weed out people who would not take the games seriously. However, that was Bo3.

This qualifier will be Bo9. From watching the Team Arena, a Bo9 between most teams could last 2 to 3 hours. With the sheer magnitude of matches, letting just any team with 5 players participate will not be feasible.

It is basically a semi-open qualifier, in the sense that there is a barrier for unknown teams. It's a pity, but letting any team just sign up would take too much time.

The problem I have, is that the selection criteria seems VERY random.

You have CyberNation, who to be honest, has nobody other than SarenS (who hasn't shown much in the past months)
You have Dream Team Gaming who, while I love JM and what he's doing, is essentially a lesser developed version of my team.
You have ANZAC who I literally can't find a shred of information about (though from what I gather it's an Aussie/NZ team)
You have LighT who is the newest team on the block (well, it's essentially KiwiClones, so that's pretty justified)
NrG has Luckyfool.


mTw, NSHoSeo, Incredible Miracle, ZeNEX, x6, It'sGosu, Infinity Seven and ROX.KIS and eSahara all speak for themselves.
Clarity Gaming #1 Fan | Avid MTG Grinder | @VirgilSC2
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7799 Posts
January 07 2012 07:27 GMT
#53
Hoping for It's GoSu to make a good showing. Realistically, no one has a chance against IM or NSHoSeo, though.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Strelok
Profile Joined January 2006
Ukraine320 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 10:09:38
January 07 2012 09:47 GMT
#54
nvm
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
January 07 2012 10:02 GMT
#55
On January 07 2012 18:47 Strelok wrote:
Thanks for not accepting us


Agh, that's too bad. Your team has quite a lot of relatively unkown, yet incredibly skilled players (as seen in recurring smaller cups). Hope to see your team in the second qualifier!
Strelok
Profile Joined January 2006
Ukraine320 Posts
January 07 2012 10:09 GMT
#56
We were accepted, just not in the list of mentioned teams. Some mistake. GL!
Alex.IGN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1050 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 10:26:30
January 07 2012 10:25 GMT
#57
On January 07 2012 19:09 Strelok wrote:
We were accepted, just not in the list of mentioned teams. Some mistake. GL!


Haha, I was about to say something was up. I'll get my guys to change it when they wake up tomorrow, sorry for the omission.

For now, complete listing of participants is here: http://challonge.com/tac2qualifier1/participants
IGN eSports StarCraft 2 Division Manager
dtGDualan
Profile Joined December 2011
26 Posts
January 07 2012 11:24 GMT
#58
On January 07 2012 16:25 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2012 15:32 Bagration wrote:
On January 07 2012 15:09 bnYToraBora wrote:
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.


It would be nice to have any team with 5 players to just sign up, but there are time constraints I believe. For the IPL 3 qualifiers, there was a $20 entry fee to weed out people who would not take the games seriously. However, that was Bo3.

This qualifier will be Bo9. From watching the Team Arena, a Bo9 between most teams could last 2 to 3 hours. With the sheer magnitude of matches, letting just any team with 5 players participate will not be feasible.

It is basically a semi-open qualifier, in the sense that there is a barrier for unknown teams. It's a pity, but letting any team just sign up would take too much time.

The problem I have, is that the selection criteria seems VERY random.

You have CyberNation, who to be honest, has nobody other than SarenS (who hasn't shown much in the past months)
You have Dream Team Gaming who, while I love JM and what he's doing, is essentially a lesser developed version of my team.
You have ANZAC who I literally can't find a shred of information about (though from what I gather it's an Aussie/NZ team)
You have LighT who is the newest team on the block (well, it's essentially KiwiClones, so that's pretty justified)
NrG has Luckyfool.


mTw, NSHoSeo, Incredible Miracle, ZeNEX, x6, It'sGosu, Infinity Seven and ROX.KIS and eSahara all speak for themselves.


I love you too Sam :D
iAmBiGbiRd
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia1029 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 13:15:10
January 07 2012 13:14 GMT
#59
On January 07 2012 16:25 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2012 15:32 Bagration wrote:
On January 07 2012 15:09 bnYToraBora wrote:
I agree that the qualification selection process seems a bit ridiculous. It's essentially just an invite tournament disguised as semi-open qualifiers. And then letting each team play in the 2nd qualifier if they already played in the first? Better to just call it an invite tournament, don't see the point in trying to mask it as something else.


It would be nice to have any team with 5 players to just sign up, but there are time constraints I believe. For the IPL 3 qualifiers, there was a $20 entry fee to weed out people who would not take the games seriously. However, that was Bo3.

This qualifier will be Bo9. From watching the Team Arena, a Bo9 between most teams could last 2 to 3 hours. With the sheer magnitude of matches, letting just any team with 5 players participate will not be feasible.

It is basically a semi-open qualifier, in the sense that there is a barrier for unknown teams. It's a pity, but letting any team just sign up would take too much time.

The problem I have, is that the selection criteria seems VERY random.

You have CyberNation, who to be honest, has nobody other than SarenS (who hasn't shown much in the past months)
You have Dream Team Gaming who, while I love JM and what he's doing, is essentially a lesser developed version of my team.
You have ANZAC who I literally can't find a shred of information about (though from what I gather it's an Aussie/NZ team)
You have LighT who is the newest team on the block (well, it's essentially KiwiClones, so that's pretty justified)
NrG has Luckyfool.

mTw, NSHoSeo, Incredible Miracle, ZeNEX, x6, It'sGosu, Infinity Seven and ROX.KIS and eSahara all speak for themselves.


Out of those teams you mentioned i would put ANZAC and LighT as the two clear strongest with ANZAC slightly ahead perhaps.....also forgive my lack of knowledge but what team do you run and who are the players??
Hello friends:)
Lord_J
Profile Joined April 2011
Kenya1085 Posts
January 07 2012 13:31 GMT
#60
That's a pretty stacked qualifier...
No relation to Monsieur J.
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