On September 10 2012 17:05 RageBot wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2012 09:06 Cele wrote:On September 09 2012 08:58 magnaflow wrote:On September 09 2012 07:33 Canucklehead wrote:
It's a different tournament climate today. There are so many on and offline tournaments today that tsl is just one of many. The mystique of korean vs foreigner of last TSL is gone too since that happens all the time now. I don't think a thorzain/naniwa tsl 4 finals would draw 50k today.
No two foreigners playing would, regardless of who they are. But you put Stephano or Idra up against MVP. or MKP and you would draw around 50k in the right setting.
But what does that mean for us? That players who are fan favorites should be seeded into the TSL not regarding their current performance? I do wanna see the best players playing and winning the TSL and no "sorry you korean guys are too good" tournament. It was different in TSL 1&2, as the skill gap in broodwar was like the grand canyon compared to the sc2 skill gap.
For me it is enough to divide the spots by doing an KR, EU and US Qualifier. I personally really favor White Ra. I love his personality, his playstyle etc. But i wouldnt wanna see him in TSL if he didnt deserve the spot so im not dissapointed. Every big name in the foreign and korean scene had the chance to qualify for the TSL, so i dont mind not to see Stephano, IdrA or MC, MVP, DRG
It means that the big names (MLG, IPL, TL and so on).
Should stop investing that much in big tournemants, and starting investing way more in local scenes.
You can't have a scene in which you either make it super big as a foreigner (Idra, Stephano, Nerchio, Mana and so on), from the money-making aspect at least, or you don't make enough to justify the time you're spending on the game.
If there are four MLG championships a year, with 76K in each of them, while foreigners only make around 10K of that each year, wouldn't it be more profitable for them to have less big tournemants, and more small, local lans? (maybe not short term though).
EPT
