That wasn't the norm, though. Besides, now you still have what, 4-5 GSL/OSLs (?), same amount seasonal finals, 1 global final, WCG korea (if anyone cares about that), plus the couple foreign tournaments that still matter, like dreamhack finals.

I'm specifically referring to Korean tournaments since I much prefer their broadcast model to the 2-3 day events. This year we had 1 GSL(WoL, pretty much irrelevant now and the finalists are no longer doing well). 2 WCS GSL'S, 1 WCS OSL and WCG Korea(Hey, Sora was fun). In 2011 There were 9 GSL's, Blizzard Cup, WCG Korea, two Arena of Legends events and probably some others I'm forgetting.

Foreign tournaments hardly ever build good rivalries, the only exception I can think of is polt vs stephano.

Plus three korean seasonal finals and a global finals. You could almost count the american seasonal too, since it's mostly koreans, but don't have to. You can't compare to SC2 2011, the scene was too inflated, but compared to BW it's really not that bad. And its the first year of WCS. You pretty much get 9 premier tournaments with almost only koreans.

I just hate that it took away from Korea though. GSL had all the best players in the same place all year. Then our GSL heroes left. MVP, Nestea (maybe too late for him), and MC all gone.

GSL has lost so much in terms of fan base and in terms of storyline, take for example the fact that all of the multiple time GSL champions(9 seasons worth of champions in total) are no longer competing in it. How can you sell your tournament to people when the past 4, 3 and 2 time champion's leave it to play in another region? Innovation and Soulkey have done an okay job of filling the gap but they don't bring with them the same history and fanbase, It's just not the same.

i dno, i don't think mvp nestea mc or mma would have done that well in wcs kr anyway

It doesn't matter if they wouldn't be as dominant as previously, just their presence alone in the tournament is enough to keep their fan base watching the tournament. Jjakji went to ro8 this season, there's no reason one of them couldn't go to ro8 with a good run. Jjakji is a great story and, looking at the polls, was a fan favorite this season. It's because of his history in the tournament. We need those guys back or It's just never going to recover in terms of fan base.

I pretty much watch(ed) WCS EU exclusively for Mvp, and WCS NA for Nestea (outside of Taeja) - so yeh, youre right :\

juvenal

2448 Posts

October 04 2013 11:33 GMT

#1127

On October 04 2013 20:31 Zealously wrote:

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What happens if you divide by zero?

guess we'll just have to say: SKT zergs' title count tends to one.

Insoleet

France1806 Posts

October 04 2013 11:33 GMT

#1128

Artosis :
"worst games i've ever seen from parting"
"disgusting games"
"he chose bad builds and executed them poorly"

I guessed he's as disapointed as we are...

Kasaraki

Denmark7115 Posts

October 04 2013 11:33 GMT

#1129

I want Soulkey and Maru so much, would be really exciting. But it's going to be Dear/soO.

negativedge

4279 Posts

October 04 2013 11:33 GMT

#1130

On October 04 2013 20:32 Zealously wrote:

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Suddenly a wild Maru appears

soulkey only loses ZvT to innovation

jonich0n

United States1982 Posts

October 04 2013 11:33 GMT

#1131

On October 04 2013 20:32 Topdoller wrote:
The eternal conundrum of PvZ strikes again. Random results from random players

what are you saying? Parting's PvZ is pretty poor, and soO is a damn good player.

iamthedave

England2814 Posts

October 04 2013 11:34 GMT

#1132

On October 04 2013 20:30 Yonnua wrote:
I guess hoping for a non-Zerg GSL champion was silly... Looking forward to GSL being only zerg forever more.

Well, looks like we'll need our Protoss wins in OSL and the other WCS tournaments.

Isn't Maru defending champion?