EPT2026 GSL Season 1 Qualifiers
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5532 Posts
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seraki
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Capitanoano
Italy50 Posts
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jettMzf
Brazil3 Posts
That rule already existed no? Anyway, I don't really think that streaming in SOOP is really a "no foreigner" rule | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5532 Posts
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Weavel
Finland9223 Posts
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BaiZhuZhu
11 Posts
SOOP is the damn company running the thing, and it had 800+ english viewers for the brood war group yesterday!! | ||
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Kreuger
Sweden865 Posts
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catplanetcatplanet
3836 Posts
 wonder if he's going to the military soon | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26785 Posts
On April 21 2026 18:58 BaiZhuZhu wrote: you people whining about it being SOOP ONLY & encouraging SOOP are a huge part of the reason GSL is dead lol SOOP is the damn company running the thing, and it had 800+ english viewers for the brood war group yesterday!! It’s stupid to insist on such things in a game where foreign viewership way outweighs Korean domestic viewership, and largely always has. Especially when they’re relying on foreign crowdfunding to a big degree. | ||
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Kyle8
37 Posts
they want foreign money although yea, the crowdfunding | ||
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Kyle8
37 Posts
it's a lot but like, do you know how fucking much this shit costs to run? and tehn a prize pool? $4,713/month, that's like artosis' salary lol | ||
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JJH777
United States4418 Posts
On April 24 2026 17:57 Kyle8 wrote: the crowdfunding of ... $4,713/month it's a lot but like, do you know how fucking much this shit costs to run? and tehn a prize pool? $4,713/month, that's like artosis' salary lol It used to be like $13,000 a month which is still obviously not enough to run the entire event but it's very significant and it was that high for a while. I think it would have stayed that high if they didn't have literally 0 communication for like 9 months two years in a row. Hopefully they haven't lost too much goodwill and it will increase again once GSL actually starts. I personally never watch live anymore so not to concerned about the SOOP stream, if they got rid of the YouTube vods I'll be surprised. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26785 Posts
On April 24 2026 17:57 Kyle8 wrote: the crowdfunding of ... $4,713/month it's a lot but like, do you know how fucking much this shit costs to run? and tehn a prize pool? $4,713/month, that's like artosis' salary lol They had more in the past, but seem somewhat allergic to leveraging it properly. SC2’s audience in general has basically always been ‘foreign’ throughout the game’s entire lifespan, and it’s probably more pronounced now. | ||
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BaiZhuZhu
11 Posts
at least for broodwar we're all willing to go check out their platform | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1286 Posts
On April 27 2026 18:37 BaiZhuZhu wrote: the entitlement of sc2 fans never ceases to amaze me, and when the gsl dies & soop stops giving a shit, you'll all have yourselves to blame heh at least for broodwar we're all willing to go check out their platform Because Broodwar is super-huge in Korea, it makes total sense for SOOP to focus on that. There it makes total sense that the foreign community essentially has to finance their cast (Tastosis) themselves, because doesn't care. But in SC2? Where most of the Crowdfunding-money comes from outside of Korea? Where all the viewership comes from outside of Korea? I get that SOOP is a streaming-service and their main-interest is to get people on their platform, but it still leaves a really bitter aftertaste. It also doesn't help that SOOP is just giga-shite and feels like it is competing with the Beta-version of own3d instead of with Youtube and Twitch... | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26785 Posts
On April 27 2026 18:37 BaiZhuZhu wrote: the entitlement of sc2 fans never ceases to amaze me, and when the gsl dies & soop stops giving a shit, you'll all have yourselves to blame heh at least for broodwar we're all willing to go check out their platform Which makes sense given BW has a gigantic Korean audience I’m not like morally outraged or anything, I just think it makes sense to tailor your product to your actual audience Plus there’s been a pretty solid appetite to not just crowdfund as has been already done, but prior to this to expand that if it meant GSL. I’m not sure I’d class that as a particularly entitled fan base Edit - Balnazza both beat me to it and said it better haha | ||
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rotta
5616 Posts
On April 27 2026 22:33 Balnazza wrote: It also doesn't help that SOOP is just giga-shite and feels like it is competing with the Beta-version of own3d instead of with Youtube and Twitch... It reminds me of the GOM player days so it's kind of nostalgic | ||
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kajtarp
Hungary488 Posts
On April 28 2026 05:32 rotta wrote: It reminds me of the GOM player days so it's kind of nostalgic The gom player days where the free stream was like 240p? I am absolutely not nostalgic about it. | ||
Waxangel
United States33604 Posts
On April 27 2026 18:37 BaiZhuZhu wrote: the entitlement of sc2 fans never ceases to amaze me, and when the gsl dies & soop stops giving a shit, you'll all have yourselves to blame heh at least for broodwar we're all willing to go check out their platform You have to keep in mind that SC2 fans have many more options for viewing high-level play. SOOP/Afreeca got in early with BW and essentially established a monopoly, so there's no real choice in who to support. | ||
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