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On August 31 2012 12:33 TommyP wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 12:28 Dexington wrote:On August 31 2012 12:20 TommyP wrote:On August 31 2012 12:13 Geos13 wrote:On August 31 2012 12:09 Dexington wrote:On August 31 2012 12:07 Geos13 wrote:On August 31 2012 08:04 BathTubNZ wrote:On August 31 2012 07:10 Hardigan wrote:On August 30 2012 11:21 BathTubNZ wrote:http://www.nasl.tv/News/Article/20120830nasl-introduces-the-leaderboard-and-invites-players-to-season-4So apparently the invites in NASL season 4 are MMA, DRG, Violet and Taeja. Which as silly as it sounds is a little disappointing. At least 1 should have been an interesting foreigner player like Scarlet. I mean it's not secret that foreigners enjoy watching foreigners play. You are also awarding players who can't be bothered to try out for the NASL through the open tournaments (though DRG did try in the wildcard tournament). Basically 12 foreigners are removed from the league and replaced by ~4 foreigners and ~8 koreans. tldr You should use the invites to bring in interesting players into the league. And what happened to the BitterDam Qualifier? while i agree that foreigner invites give more storyline etc., you have to remember that NASL has very very few Koreans in it. And because everybody somehow thinks that the more Koreans = the more legit the tournament is, you have to respect nasl's decision. I am totally cool with now that I see that it's a ranked invite system. I was under the impression that it was more a 'Who would be really cool to add to our league' sort of invite. Yeah but they announced the ranked invite system after the tournaments being considered were already completed. I <3 NASL but it seems like they probably just chose a system that would give them four fan favourites. They did get 4 fan favourites though. However, when this system gives them some boring Koreans nobody is interested in, there might get some more flak Which is why it will be interesting to see if they actually keep the system after this season. I hope they do but I will understand if they cave into the need for high profile players. If you get enough points to be in the top 4, you are a fan favorite because it means you win (a lot) That sure explains the top 5 streamers right now, Destiny, TLO, ProTech, KiLLeR and FitzyHere. In other words, people don't only care about skill. How many top players stream? People like those people because they are entertaining, people like TaeJa because hes good. Both can be fan favorites.
Remember how much negativity there was during the IPL Finals with Squirtle vs Alive just because they weren't the biggest names? Yes most top players manage to gather a fairly large fanbase because of their skill but some players seem to struggle to attract interest(No one ever seems to be excited about poor Alicia) regardless. But you are right that the odds are good that next time the four will be popular enough that it won't be a problem.
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Did she show up this time?
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cool games! is there a LR thread for these?
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I just have to say that every time I listen to Gretorp and Frodan I'm amazed at how much they have improved and how good of a team they are. Especially Frodan -- you are so eloquent, man!
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I wish sC could qualify. He's one of the few Korean players I like watching because of his very unique play most of the time.
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Whole lot of TSL players today.
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Updated OP with new bracket. 
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Its really unprofessional of her to not have shown up for her games. Does anyone know why? Its such a fresh experience to get to watch her.
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TSL players beasting up this qualifier. Probably going to see a TSL player qualify today, judging from the sheer amount and the skill they have.
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So I think MrBitter suggested that a Zerg has dropped from the league to be replaced by a protoss?
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On September 01 2012 11:34 BathTubNZ wrote:
So I think MrBitter suggested that a Zerg has dropped from the league to be replaced by a protoss?
I wouldn't be too surprised if the list we have on Liquipedia isn't 100% correct. Last season upwards of 5 players didn't accept their seeds, including Socke, Kiwikaki and Inka.
Also, shocking that we have a foreigner guaranteed in the semifinals of this tournament.
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On September 01 2012 11:36 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 11:34 BathTubNZ wrote:
So I think MrBitter suggested that a Zerg has dropped from the league to be replaced by a protoss? I wouldn't be too surprised if the list we have on Liquipedia isn't 100% correct. Last season upwards of 5 players didn't accept their seeds, including Socke, Kiwikaki and Inka. Also, shocking that we have a foreigner guaranteed in the semifinals of this tournament.
Not really, it's just that the amount of foreigners is higher than the Koreans, and they all formed around the same bracket.
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On September 01 2012 11:38 PhoenixVoid wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 11:36 Dexington wrote:On September 01 2012 11:34 BathTubNZ wrote:
So I think MrBitter suggested that a Zerg has dropped from the league to be replaced by a protoss? I wouldn't be too surprised if the list we have on Liquipedia isn't 100% correct. Last season upwards of 5 players didn't accept their seeds, including Socke, Kiwikaki and Inka. Also, shocking that we have a foreigner guaranteed in the semifinals of this tournament. Not really, it's just that the amount of foreigners is higher than the Koreans, and they all formed around the same bracket.
Killer, TOP and jookTo were all beat in that bracket though, by Major, Dime and Everize. Major is the only one that wasn't too much of an upset.
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On September 01 2012 11:46 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 11:38 PhoenixVoid wrote:On September 01 2012 11:36 Dexington wrote:On September 01 2012 11:34 BathTubNZ wrote:
So I think MrBitter suggested that a Zerg has dropped from the league to be replaced by a protoss? I wouldn't be too surprised if the list we have on Liquipedia isn't 100% correct. Last season upwards of 5 players didn't accept their seeds, including Socke, Kiwikaki and Inka. Also, shocking that we have a foreigner guaranteed in the semifinals of this tournament. Not really, it's just that the amount of foreigners is higher than the Koreans, and they all formed around the same bracket. Killer, TOP and jookTo were all beat in that bracket though, by Major, Dime and Everize. Major is the only one that wasn't too much of an upset.
Really, those three players are in Code B for a reason, because they really cannot stand up to any current GSL player. They are around a high foreigner level, so it's not that surprising they lost to MajOr, Dime and Everize.
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That surprised me, inori is a PvP specialist, so I thought he would have rolled over a TSL b-teamer.
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Hey TL, It was actually me vs Gimix in RO32 in Q4...but i did lose  Although 2 RO32's and RO16 isn't too bad for a player as bad as me lol
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EPT
