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sammler
United Kingdom381 Posts
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
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SixSigma
United States16 Posts
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
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icemanzdoinwork
447 Posts
Another scenario, say a good player does rise through playing mlg. He will just be lost when he realizes he can make 10x as much in tournaments across the sea. | ||
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f0rk
England172 Posts
On August 06 2010 22:55 icemanzdoinwork wrote: With only $7k in prizes I just don't see a big name attending this tournament. Especially, since gomtv has that 85k top prize going on at the same time -_- MLG really needs to up the ante on prize money or the big names will never play here. Another scenario, say a good player does rise through playing mlg. He will just be lost when he realizes he can make 10x as much in tournaments across the sea. The ESL online qualifier is that weekend as well, with nearly double the prize pool in the final tournament. | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
 Go go MLG bring the North American e-sports out of the halo's and wow arena! I wouldn't mind seeing Igoaf cast games as well. I last heard he got into SC2. | ||
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.zch
37 Posts
On August 06 2010 22:55 icemanzdoinwork wrote: With only $7k in prizes I just don't see a big name attending this tournament. Especially, since gomtv has that 85k top prize going on at the same time -_- MLG really needs to up the ante on prize money or the big names will never play here. Jeez. There's always something to complain about, it seems. TL.net three days ago: None of the big names will be attending this tournament, because the passes will sell out to a bunch of bronze, nay, practice league-caliber players! Make it an invitational! MLG: Okay, we'll be awesome and expand the bracket and invite the top players so they don't have to worry about the passes selling out. TL.net now: Well... none of the big names will be attending this tournament! MLG will never get off the ground this way, they need a prize pool of over $85k! Did any of you see the gomtv schedule? It looks like a fantastic tournament. Hell, I'll watch it for sure, and 85k is absolutely awesome. However, for players to be in the running for that 85 grand, they have to be in Korea from September 4th through October 2nd. Uhhhh. Speaking of 'cost of attendance,' that is a significant investment in time and money. If you want to determine things purely by a "maximum money per time invested" basis, then gomtv still beats out MLG, but the difference isn't nearly as stark as the immediate impression of "85k vs. 5k." At (85k/29 days)= $2.93k a day for gomtv, and MLG is (5k/2days*)=2.5k a day, with a much lower cost of attendance. * = I'm assuming MLG will have two days' worth of SC, because I believe that's how WoW and other non-Halo games tend to be Sure, most/all Koreans will not play in MLG--they already live there. But I would suspect that we'll see many more big names of international players than the people complaining seem to think, especially with players that have other obligations leading them to not be able to dedicate a whole month of their time to playing a computer game in a different country. Most likely people will continue to be either cynical or ignorant and keep bringing this issue up, but to them all I can say is--why don't we just wait and see first? Both MLG and gomtv will continue to have tournaments. If gomtv truly steals every single top name in the SC2 scene, then it would be conducive to have discussions about how to get bigger names to go to MLG, and your complaints would be validated. However, I think you'll see that MLG will be an awesome, entertaining tournament. Have some faith. EDIT: Source for gomtv schedule: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141496 | ||
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Wigz
Canada42 Posts
I'll see if I can get into Top 8 over the next few days then apply. If not, man.. sucks to be beat out by a first come first serve basis. I have friends in NC, so I could definitely hit up the tournament and crash at their places. Wigz | ||
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Backpack
United States1776 Posts
On August 06 2010 22:04 Endorsed wrote: So any well known players going now? well considering they invited another 32 "well known" people, take a guess On August 07 2010 03:10 Wigz wrote: Seriously, the first 32 invites will most likely be bronze/silver league caliber players. Where is your evidence for this? I'm top 8 in my diamond league and so is a friend of mine and we both got in as the original 32. Also i'm sure Joseki is top 8 in his division. Gotta love people who come to TL and talk about random crap without supporting their claims. | ||
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Azile
United States339 Posts
I highly doubt there were any players below platinum mashing F5 to get into MLG. If you believe otherwise you are severely overestimating the awareness of your average SC2 player about competitive gaming. | ||
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iSTime
1579 Posts
On August 07 2010 03:20 Azile wrote: I don't know why everyone assumes the first 32 people who bought MLG slots are low level players. I know bronze players, I know silver players, if you even say 'MLG' to them they're going to reply "wat? I don't watch baseball dude". My friend bought the game the day it came out and he's silver 1v1 as protoss and can't even grasp the concept of what a build order is. He's not aware Phoenix is a unit, he's never made a mothership, he builds probes until his gateways are up then never makes a probe again. I watched one of his replays to give him tips a couple days ago and he doesn't chronoboost... ever, not one time in an entire game. I highly doubt there were any players below platinum mashing F5 to get into MLG. If you believe otherwise you are severely overestimating the awareness of your average SC2 player about competitive gaming. There are a lot of people who play MLG Halo and other games who did get SC2 passes, so you're forgetting about those people. | ||
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itmeJP
United States1101 Posts
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
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AskJoshy
United States1625 Posts
Now that the event is expanded to 64 players, does that mean the tournament schedule will bleed over into Saturday as well? Players and spectators will need to know as soon as possible for flight/driving/hotel logistics! Also, did Shrew or Adam ever get my e-mails? =P | ||
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
On August 06 2010 16:33 MLG.Shrew wrote: We got Ryan Seacrest and the Old Spice Guy Fact. Im holding you to this! *whistles the little tune* | ||
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Wigz
Canada42 Posts
On August 07 2010 03:15 Backpack wrote: well considering they invited another 32 "well known" people, take a guess Where is your evidence for this? I'm top 8 in my diamond league and so is a friend of mine and we both got in as the original 32. Also i'm sure Joseki is top 8 in his division. Gotta love people who come to TL and talk about random crap without supporting their claims. Again, first come first serve means anybody. Enjoy crushing people who still don't know to play. Had I known about this earlier, I could just as well have signed up, seeing as how it's anybody really. | ||
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Wigz
Canada42 Posts
On August 07 2010 04:33 Synwave wrote: Im holding you to this! *whistles the little tune* Hahahahaha | ||
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Wigz
Canada42 Posts
On August 06 2010 22:55 icemanzdoinwork wrote: With only $7k in prizes I just don't see a big name attending this tournament. Especially, since gomtv has that 85k top prize going on at the same time -_- MLG really needs to up the ante on prize money or the big names will never play here. Another scenario, say a good player does rise through playing mlg. He will just be lost when he realizes he can make 10x as much in tournaments across the sea. Yeah, the prize money isn't spectacular enough to really attract european or asian players over. I won't say international, cause well, Canadian players could attend. | ||
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