Hopefully Maru beats Dear to save us from a Dear vs. Zerg finals. I don't want him misjudging the game and wasting 1700 minerals on manner buildings in a finals.
For a while you had 3 MSL's and 3 OSL's a year + WCG and GOMTV tournaments. That and they would meet in Proleague.
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 :\
Pretty much exactly the same here, when Mvp goes out in EU I lose interest completely (Though I tend to half-assedly watch it still, since I watch almost everything, but EU players are of 0% interest to me), and in AM I'm there for NesTea, TaeJa and HerO. :D (Though I have added ByuL to that list too, he's IM after all)
Once upon a time Parting saw an angel lying on the side of the road. He picked up the poor creature, carried it to his home and treated it back to health. The angel thanked him and offered him a reward for his troubles and heroic, caring deeds.
"What kind of reward?" Parting asked. The angel raised two fingers and said "You have to choose one. You cannot have both or the world's balance would be threatened." "Tell me!" Parting became impatient. "You could have the ability to fluidly read zergs as if you were maphacking. It will take time and hard training to perfect but over time you will find great stability and a reliable pillar of your game in it." "What's the other one?" Parting's curiosity knew no bounds anymore. The angel's face darkened as if it pained the creature to speak of the second option. "The other is a weapon from hell, forged by the protoss demons themselves. It's called the 'Soul Train'. With it you will eliminate every zerg before they even play their own cards. You will make easy money and stand on top of the world for a while. But beware, every weapon has its weakness and you will never be able to change to the other one once you've made your choice. Are you ready, Parting?" Not a single moment of hesitation.
On October 04 2013 20:36 Elite_ wrote: Hopefully Maru beats Dear to save us from a Dear vs. Zerg finals. I don't want him misjudging the game and wasting 1700 minerals on manner buildings in a finals.
i think that would be a great final. manner nexus every game gogo~
On October 04 2013 20:36 Elite_ wrote: Hopefully Maru beats Dear to save us from a Dear vs. Zerg finals. I don't want him misjudging the game and wasting 1700 minerals on manner buildings in a finals.
i think that would be a great final. manner nexus every game gogo~
On October 04 2013 20:36 Elite_ wrote: Hopefully Maru beats Dear to save us from a Dear vs. Zerg finals. I don't want him misjudging the game and wasting 1700 minerals on manner buildings in a finals.
Would be funny if Dear manner Nexus soO in finals but only to get killed by soO's counterattack, soO makes evil laugh face and takes GSL. Fitting story for SKT Zerg champion.
On October 04 2013 20:37 DarkLordOlli wrote: Once upon a time Parting saw an angel lying on the side of the road. He picked up the poor creature, carried it to his home and treated it back to health. The angel thanked him and offered him a reward for his troubles and heroic, caring deeds.
"What kind of reward?" Parting asked. The angel raised two fingers and said "You have to choose one. You cannot have both or the world's balance would be threatened." "Tell me!" Parting became impatient. "You could have the ability to fluidly read zergs as if you were maphacking. It will take time and hard training to perfect but over time you will find great stability and a reliable pillar of your game in it." "What's the other one?" Parting's curiosity knew no bounds anymore. The angel's face darkened as if it pained the creature to speak of the second option. "The other is a weapon from hell, forged by the protoss demons themselves. It's called the 'Soul Train'. With it you will eliminate every zerg before they even play their own cards. You will make easy money and stand on top of the world for a while. But beware, every weapon has its weakness and you will never be able to change to the other one once you've made your choice. Are you ready, Parting?" Not a single moment of hesitation.
"I have made my choice."
Nice, I like it. We both know which option HerO picked. ^^
On October 04 2013 20:37 DarkLordOlli wrote: Once upon a time Parting saw an angel lying on the side of the road. He picked up the poor creature, carried it to his home and treated it back to health. The angel thanked him and offered him a reward for his troubles and heroic, caring deeds.
"What kind of reward?" Parting asked. The angel raised two fingers and said "You have to choose one. You cannot have both or the world's balance would be threatened." "Tell me!" Parting became impatient. "You could have the ability to fluidly read zergs as if you were maphacking. It will take time and hard training to perfect but over time you will find great stability and a reliable pillar of your game in it." "What's the other one?" Parting's curiosity knew no bounds anymore. The angel's face darkened as if it pained the creature to speak of the second option. "The other is a weapon from hell, forged by the protoss demons themselves. It's called the 'Soul Train'. With it you will eliminate every zerg before they even play their own cards. You will make easy money and stand on top of the world for a while. But beware, every weapon has its weakness and you will never be able to change to the other one once you've made your choice. Are you ready, Parting?" Not a single moment of hesitation.
"I have made my choice."
Nice, I like it. We both know which option HerO picked. ^^
On October 04 2013 20:37 DarkLordOlli wrote: Once upon a time Parting saw an angel lying on the side of the road. He picked up the poor creature, carried it to his home and treated it back to health. The angel thanked him and offered him a reward for his troubles and heroic, caring deeds.
"What kind of reward?" Parting asked. The angel raised two fingers and said "You have to choose one. You cannot have both or the world's balance would be threatened." "Tell me!" Parting became impatient. "You could have the ability to fluidly read zergs as if you were maphacking. It will take time and hard training to perfect but over time you will find great stability and a reliable pillar of your game in it." "What's the other one?" Parting's curiosity knew no bounds anymore. The angel's face darkened as if it pained the creature to speak of the second option. "The other is a weapon from hell, forged by the protoss demons themselves. It's called the 'Soul Train'. With it you will eliminate every zerg before they even play their own cards. You will make easy money and stand on top of the world for a while. But beware, every weapon has its weakness and you will never be able to change to the other one once you've made your choice. Are you ready, Parting?" Not a single moment of hesitation.
"I have made my choice."
Nice, I like it. We both know which option HerO picked. ^^
On October 04 2013 20:37 DarkLordOlli wrote: Once upon a time Parting saw an angel lying on the side of the road. He picked up the poor creature, carried it to his home and treated it back to health. The angel thanked him and offered him a reward for his troubles and heroic, caring deeds.
"What kind of reward?" Parting asked. The angel raised two fingers and said "You have to choose one. You cannot have both or the world's balance would be threatened." "Tell me!" Parting became impatient. "You could have the ability to fluidly read zergs as if you were maphacking. It will take time and hard training to perfect but over time you will find great stability and a reliable pillar of your game in it." "What's the other one?" Parting's curiosity knew no bounds anymore. The angel's face darkened as if it pained the creature to speak of the second option. "The other is a weapon from hell, forged by the protoss demons themselves. It's called the 'Soul Train'. With it you will eliminate every zerg before they even play their own cards. You will make easy money and stand on top of the world for a while. But beware, every weapon has its weakness and you will never be able to change to the other one once you've made your choice. Are you ready, Parting?" Not a single moment of hesitation.
"I have made my choice."
Nice, I like it. We both know which option HerO picked. ^^
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