On August 18 2014 08:51 HoMM wrote: I'm a huge Scarlett fan, but it looks like Bunny really needs the support so my vote goes for him right now!
if welmu gets in over bunny it will be a goddamn tragedy.
I guess some people like the story of an university student fighting an illness and consistently doing well in the WCS for a good while.
Well, hopefully both will get in to the tournament eventually.
I did not know he had an illness... now I kind of feel bad.
It's related to his stomach. (Crohn's disease?) I can't even count how many events he has had to cancel his participation due it. Lately Homestory cup and several DH. Also he couldnt practice for 1 week just before 2013 season2 or 3 season finals. related:
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To be honest, we got that spot on his shirt for free as a gesture from their manager who is a good friend of our organization.
basically sen and jim might be slightly shafted because they get less community exposure in relation to skill because they are asian, but if a qualifier is accurate then they'll get the two other spots anyway? I mean this isn't pure invite, it's invite based on who people want to see the most + qualifier..
On August 19 2014 03:03 stuchiu wrote: I'd rather have the polling done in such a way where people can vote for their top 4 foreigners and results aren't shown till the end.
On a side note I'm pretty tired of invites to tournaments.
On August 19 2014 03:03 stuchiu wrote: I'd rather have the polling done in such a way where people can vote for their top 4 foreigners and results aren't shown till the end.
On a side note I'm pretty tired of invites to tournaments.
if i was to organize a tournament, i would invite the players i think deserve it most. i dont get all those "we need qualifiers for everything" sayers, there are so many tournaments out there that its quite obvious who is the best. a single qualifier can be pretty random at times. some qualifiers are ok, but honestly, if youd invite the obvious top 8 which is: Scarlett, Snute, MajOr, VortiX, Welmu, Bunny, Sen, Jim - everyone would be happy. why qualifiers?
On August 19 2014 03:03 stuchiu wrote: I'd rather have the polling done in such a way where people can vote for their top 4 foreigners and results aren't shown till the end.
On a side note I'm pretty tired of invites to tournaments.
if i was to organize a tournament, i would invite the players i think deserve it most. i dont get all those "we need qualifiers for everything" sayers, there are so many tournaments out there that its quite obvious who is the best. a single qualifier can be pretty random at times. some qualifiers are ok, but honestly, if youd invite the obvious top 8 which is: Scarlett, Snute, MajOr, VortiX, Welmu, Bunny, Sen, Jim - everyone would be happy. why qualifiers?
I think Happy for example wouldn't be happy with this. But than again, I can't really imagine, that he is happy with the current situation either (Not being on a list, QXC and neeb are on).
On August 19 2014 03:03 stuchiu wrote: I'd rather have the polling done in such a way where people can vote for their top 4 foreigners and results aren't shown till the end.
On a side note I'm pretty tired of invites to tournaments.
if i was to organize a tournament, i would invite the players i think deserve it most. i dont get all those "we need qualifiers for everything" sayers, there are so many tournaments out there that its quite obvious who is the best. a single qualifier can be pretty random at times. some qualifiers are ok, but honestly, if youd invite the obvious top 8 which is: Scarlett, Snute, MajOr, VortiX, Welmu, Bunny, Sen, Jim - everyone would be happy. why qualifiers?
Depends on what you're trying to do. If it's just a small thing then whatever. You don't need qualifiers for small online cups that are mostly for fun. But if you want to actually claim something in your tournament like "Our tournament will definitively crown the best player/best foreigner/best player in this region." then you need qualifiers because games best prove who is the best. You'd never get upsets or stories of players constantly fighting each other. One of the reasons invites were used early on was because it was easier to organize and because it was easier to tell the story. Well the second reason is no longer relevant as I don't think we are no longer dependent on a super star carrying viewership (One could say this over emphasis on star players contributed to the decline of the NA scene as well).
And who am I to say to Dayshi, Nerchio, Elfi, TLO, Serral, Mana, Grubby, Has, Kane, Harstem, ToD, Iaguz, Pig, Petreaus, MacSed, Toodming, Xigua, Ian. Sorry guys, you just don't got the results and the prestige to be invited and most people won't complain so no qualifiers. What you want at least the chance to prove it? Too bad. Get out.
Back before Dear won his double royal road everyone thought he was bad. Back before Zest all killed SKT and went on to win GSL, he was at worst terrible and at best mediocre. What once was doesn't necessarily mean it must always continue to be. This isn't like quake or WC3 where you have the same guys always at the top. In SC2, it's always changing. We're too competitive to cutthroat for almost any player to stay at the top for long periods of time.
On August 19 2014 01:06 Liquid`Drone wrote: in any sport asking fans who the best players are yields you very accurate results.. this is because supporters by large actually follow the sport and pay close attention to who is best. And okay, let's compare the current poll to say, a combined aligulac and wcs points.. hell,we can include TLPD as well.
No. Asking fans will yield votes for their favourite players and/or countrymen. Better players have more fans? Depends, sometimes yes, sometimes no.
On August 18 2014 01:12 Faefae wrote: Top 4 foreigners = Vortix, Snute, Bunny, SEn ?
I'd say Scarlett over Vortix, but then again I really haven't seen Vortix play lately.
i'd say scarlett is better than bunny on a consistent level, as are vortix, welmu, Sen and snute.
honestly all 6 of them are great players though, easily able to beat code A koreans on a semi consistent level, and i feel that just listing the top 4 would be a disservice to 2 other great players.
we're also up to 6 foreigners who chase the koreans now, and the tendency is growing rather than shrinking :D
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