[WCS] Premier League Playoffs - Season 1 2015

[WCS] Premier League Playoffs - Season 1 2015 - Page 163

TheLordofAwesome

Korea (South)2655 Posts

April 05 2015 19:55 GMT

#3241

On April 06 2015 04:54 GumBa wrote:
I dont know why people are suprised. Mechanics and especially macro was never Polts strong suite

True, but at least he didn't use to be supply blocked hugely EVERY SINGLE GAME.

GumBa

United Kingdom31935 Posts

April 05 2015 19:55 GMT

#3242

On April 06 2015 04:55 The_Templar wrote:

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I'd be inclined to say Frost > Habitation > KSS > Foxtrot > Pantanal.

Gwangali Beach>all

Paljas

Germany6926 Posts

April 05 2015 19:55 GMT

#3243

whats up with that whirlwind hype?
daybreak #1

Serimek

France2274 Posts

April 05 2015 19:55 GMT

#3244

On April 06 2015 04:54 GumBa wrote:
I dont know why people are suprised. Mechanics and especially macro was never Polts strong suite

But supply block every game in a bo7 ? Come on.

Ej_

47656 Posts

April 05 2015 19:56 GMT

#3245

On April 06 2015 04:55 GumBa wrote:

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Gwangali Beach>all

DAE Anaconda?

GumBa

United Kingdom31935 Posts

April 05 2015 19:56 GMT

#3246

On April 06 2015 04:55 Serimek wrote:

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But supply block every game in a bo7 ? Come on.

Back on Prime it seriously was like that. He was a timing attack god didnt need to build depots

boxerfred

Germany8360 Posts

April 05 2015 19:56 GMT

#3247

On April 06 2015 04:54 dazed25 wrote:

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On April 06 2015 04:50 boxerfred wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:46 Alucen-Will- wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:45 brickrd wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:34 Alucen-Will- wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:33 BaneRiders wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:27 stuchiu wrote:

On April 06 2015 04:26 boxerfred wrote:
it just has a bitter taste that region-locked WCS has Polt vs. hydra in the finals. I mean, I can live with Polt, he's in the US since such a long time. but hydra?

He's been living in America for 4 months.

I think we can live with 3 Koreans in Ro32 in WCS. That being said, Koreans eligible to play in WCS should have a separate qualifier somehow so the number is always limited to a maximum of 3 in Ro32. Whatever people say, it is clear that this tournament has attracted much more viewers than any WCS event in a long time, but if WCS starts to get flooded with Koreans again, the viewer count will start dropping fast I fear...

People always say that and it never happens at all. There is literally no linear correlation between the # of Koreans and the viewers.

In every esports game the popularity of the game being played directly relates to the interest of the professional scene..

totalbiscuit tried to make a foreigner championship with shoutcraft and afterward he came out and said the money and viewership didn't make it viable. the "foreigners competing for a foreign championship = viewers" argument is literally based on nothing. it's a hallucination that comes from foreigner fanboys because they don't want to accept that korean starcraft is more popular and better to watch

Yes I know. I was instinctively reacting to that general opinion. If anything, more Koreans increases viewership,

Although I think that the big problem is that the foreign scene is pretty much dead. Besides Snute and Bunny, there's noone able to compete with Koreans. I remember that even a bad player like Goody pulled in viewers in the early days. Remember aTn's Cloud? Beastyqt? Tarson? Whitera? Thorzain? Stephano? Idra? Huk? Nerchio? TLO as a terran? Even Jinro playing? And so on. Today's foreigner names are (to me) very empty. Showtime, Lilbow, who are those protosses that are considered being the "best foreign protoss"? Sorry, they are mediocre protosses. Going down 0-3 to hydra - well, noone blames you on that, but imagine that would've been Naniwa. Or Huk in his prime. Remember Idra! The foreign scene wasn't dead from the very beginning, on the contrary. I feel like with WoL, foreign starcraft - died.

I have to disagree I think there are a lot of upcoming foreign talents. MLord almost took out forGG. Serral is pretty strong. Kane is capable of beating Polt. There are other talented guys like gungfu and showtime. Honestly most of those older players were dominant at a time when the average level of play wasn't as high and before the kespa migration. I just feel like foreign players need more opportunities and consistency to be able to compete with the Koreans.

"almost taking out ForGG" is not exactly an achievement IMO. Serral - yes. That guy is on fire. Kane - no. Gunfu and Showtime are not on Snute's level and they probably won't be it anytime soon.

"I just feel like foreign players need more opportunities and consistency to be able to compete with the Koreans."
Yeah, but you wanna watch high class games, not practice, huh