EPTGold Professional Championship 2019 S1 - Page 4
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osliang
China108 Posts
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Psychonian
United States2322 Posts
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seemsgood
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
On June 16 2019 22:20 seemsgood wrote: major 3rd finish ? not too shabby no. he lost the 3rd place match. | ||
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seemsgood
5527 Posts
huh? that sucks tho.. this terran gotta stop hating protoss and start practice tvz real quick | ||
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osliang
China108 Posts
On June 16 2019 22:46 seemsgood wrote: huh? that sucks tho.. this terran gotta stop hating protoss and start practice tvz real quick And he lost 0:3 to TIME in NEXT just a couple of weeks ago... Guess he needs a bit more practice on tvt too lol | ||
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Elentos
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On June 16 2019 23:58 Elentos wrote: Liquipedia considers this a Premier tournament? The hell? It was Major when I checked, yesterday; I don't think this can be seen as a Premier tournament, either(especially when the ast HSC and Guangzhou Carnival were labeled Major). I suppose there was an error? | ||
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osliang
China108 Posts
On June 16 2019 23:58 Elentos wrote: Liquipedia considers this a Premier tournament? The hell? Tournaments Tier Definition on TL: Premier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are frequently played out offline, and feature the best players from all over the world. They are commonly held by well-established franchises and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community. Major Tournaments feature a large prize pool and a good number of top-tier players. They are generally one-time events which take place online. | ||
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sneakyfox
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argonautdice
Canada2719 Posts
On June 17 2019 00:20 osliang wrote: Tournaments Tier Definition on TL: Premier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are frequently played out offline, and feature the best players from all over the world. They are commonly held by well-established franchises and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community. Major Tournaments feature a large prize pool and a good number of top-tier players. They are generally one-time events which take place online. I think one hidden definition is that there must be some kind of qualifier involved as this tournament had but HSC doesn't now. It's interesting to take a look at the reassignment of HSC from Premier to Major tier between HSC 16 and HSC 18: They both satisfy the official TL definition for Premier tournament (in fact they're basically the exact same tournament happening 1 year apart) but the only difference is that HSC 16 had slots for qualifiers while 18 doesn't. | ||
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sudete
Singapore3054 Posts
On June 17 2019 00:39 argonautdice wrote: I think one hidden definition is that there must be some kind of qualifier involved as this tournament had but HSC doesn't now. It's interesting to take a look at the reassignment of HSC from Premier to Major tier between HSC 16 and HSC 18: They both satisfy the official TL definition for Premier tournament (in fact they're basically the exact same tournament happening 1 year apart) but the only difference is that HSC 16 had slots for qualifiers while 18 doesn't. Then what about the Hangzhou Starcraft carnival? It also had qualifiers, had a higher prize pool than GPC, was played offline and had prestigious invites (neeb, innovation, rogue, hero, scarlett). Surely they belong to the same category, be it premier or major? | ||
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Elentos
55571 Posts
On June 17 2019 00:20 osliang wrote: Premier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are frequently played out offline, and feature the best players from all over the world. They are commonly held by well-established franchises and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community. It's got a solid prize pool, it's played offline, GPL is a relatively well-known series of tournaments. But it definitely doesn't feature best players from all over the world or is considered particularly prestigious among the community. And 14 out of 16 attendees were invited too. Quite honestly this tournament's main appeal is that its prize pool is above 20k. | ||
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pzlama333
United States282 Posts
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digmouse
China6331 Posts
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osliang
China108 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On June 17 2019 01:40 osliang wrote: IMO the production alone deserves to be consider premium though, not to mention the amount of viewership it had globally, especially in China. It might be fine, but why wouldn't HSC or Hangzhou be Premier then? | ||
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Scarlett`
Korea (South)2394 Posts
On June 17 2019 01:46 Xain0n wrote: It might be fine, but why wouldn't HSC or Hangzhou be Premier then? hangzhou tournament was a little of a mess with rock paper scissors for first map pick and no vetoes, no soundproofing on stage, etc and only paid out to top3/ less players overall homestory with 20k prize pool was always classified as premier until last one, so maybe just a mistake there | ||
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digmouse
China6331 Posts
On June 17 2019 01:21 Elentos wrote: It's got a solid prize pool, it's played offline, GPL is a relatively well-known series of tournaments. But it definitely doesn't feature best players from all over the world or is considered particularly prestigious among the community. And 14 out of 16 attendees were invited too. Quite honestly this tournament's main appeal is that its prize pool is above 20k. The majority of players actually got there by accumulating points in official tournaments like WCS qualifier/challenger or GPC monthlies. The only problem is the overall quality of players. | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On June 17 2019 02:15 Scarlett` wrote: hangzhou tournament was a little of a mess with rock paper scissors for first map pick and no vetoes, no soundproofing on stage, etc and only paid out to top3/ less players overall homestory with 20k prize pool was always classified as premier until last one, so maybe just a mistake there Thanks for making me notice that! I agree with Digmouse, I am not sure there were enough top players to consider GPC a Premier event. | ||
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