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Discussion has been moved here: NASL Details
Mattchew
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States5684 Posts
February 16 2011 07:13 GMT
#101
Incontrol (who is constantly browsing the forums) not commenting on this thread is making it more and more believable... I don't see why everything in the works is so private, us discovering this earlier makes me just as excited as I would have been finding out in a week...
There is always tomorrow nshs.seal.
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
February 16 2011 07:14 GMT
#102
[image loading]
Space Invader
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia291 Posts
February 16 2011 07:14 GMT
#103
boo to you, why not just let a secret alone. it's not everyone didn't guess it was a sc league already anyway.
I may be of thome athithtanthe if there ith a thudden crithith!
Seagull_
Profile Joined August 2010
75 Posts
February 16 2011 07:14 GMT
#104
Calm down there, Heavy from TF2. Where's your weapon?
Go0g3n
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Russian Federation410 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-16 07:16:36
February 16 2011 07:16 GMT
#105
I've cracked it, - the North American Spinning League, - iNcontrol will be holding televised spinning classes with IdrA and the gang, will be broadcast as the 5th our of the Today Show on NBC.
ThatsNoMoon
Profile Joined March 2010
Mexico344 Posts
February 16 2011 07:16 GMT
#106
Ny balls just got another wrinkle. This is gonna be amazing
Got neurosis from Artosis cause you bunker rushed my heart GG baby, lets go crazy cause the game's about to start
Kazzabiss
Profile Joined December 2010
1006 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-16 07:18:31
February 16 2011 07:16 GMT
#107
On February 16 2011 16:07 Aberu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2011 15:40 jcc wrote:
I don't imagine this to be as successful as the GSL. Our general skill pool just isn't as high as theirs. The quality of the games is what i am afraid of. I mean, our games are good, but the GSL dictates the metagame. We'll see though


I'd say that on average our top pros are around the same level as the korean pros. The foreigner scene has two code S players. Now do the math, how many foreigners have even TRIED qualifying for the GSL out of all the times out of how many Koreans have tried. The number is a handful to thousands upon thousands. That means that much more foreigners do well in Korean tournaments than do koreans. We are both just human, they aren't inherently better.

mhm, more on the numbers:

2 Foreigners in Code S
30 Koreans in Code S

During open seasons the most tossed around number was ~3000 people signed up

Also Artosis tried to interview just about every foreigner in his coverage video's, and even if he missed some people, there is no way there were over 20 Foreigners at the original open seasons

So <20 foreigners produce 2 Code Players
and >3000 Koreans produce 30 Code S players
do the math

plus there are almost 3 times more players on the NA server than the KR server according to SCRanks; meaning there technically is a larger talent pool atm in NA
ALL ABOARD THE INTERNET BANDWAGON
sawedust
Profile Joined December 2010
United States506 Posts
February 16 2011 07:17 GMT
#108
Pretty awesome to see a NASL.

I'm sure it'll be better for the foreign players as cashing in the tournament as well as foreign success is going to come a lot easier over here instead of Korea.

Am I excited for it? Sure am.
FILM
Profile Joined September 2010
United States663 Posts
February 16 2011 07:17 GMT
#109
Oh god, I am so fucking ready for this.
Artosis:  "It's like Detroit in there."   Tasteless:  "Lots of shootings and damaged buildings."
lolsixtynine
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States600 Posts
February 16 2011 07:17 GMT
#110
On February 16 2011 16:14 iNcontroL wrote:
[image loading]


How are we supposed to take this? Dare I hope this is the iNcontroL seal of approval?
KDN
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway96 Posts
February 16 2011 07:19 GMT
#111
North American Starcraft League incoming in 2 days.

Hope they have some major backing so the league gets off to a good start. Seeing that Gosucoaching was able to connect a movie as a sponsor for the team league it looks like a bright future for the western gaming scene.
Corvette
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States433 Posts
February 16 2011 07:19 GMT
#112
i am so excited

this would be like watching pros play, but not in the middle of the night

and you sir



are a genius
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
February 16 2011 07:20 GMT
#113
Love your short shorts and tight shirt. Wait, is thismgoimg to be like wwf?
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
Horse...falcon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1851 Posts
February 16 2011 07:22 GMT
#114
Amazed this hasn't been closed yet, though people have been predicting the announcement being a full time league this has been the best analysis done so far. Good work!
Artosis: "From horsssse....falcon"
dc302
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia576 Posts
February 16 2011 07:23 GMT
#115
On February 16 2011 16:07 Aberu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2011 15:40 jcc wrote:
I don't imagine this to be as successful as the GSL. Our general skill pool just isn't as high as theirs. The quality of the games is what i am afraid of. I mean, our games are good, but the GSL dictates the metagame. We'll see though


I'd say that on average our top pros are around the same level as the korean pros. The foreigner scene has two code S players. Now do the math, how many foreigners have even TRIED qualifying for the GSL out of all the times out of how many Koreans have tried. The number is a handful to thousands upon thousands. That means that much more foreigners do well in Korean tournaments than do koreans. We are both just human, they aren't inherently better.



While I'd say that the korean pro avg is indeed aroudn the same as in NA, korea still has a lot more TOP players. Like really top players. However, Im pretty sure that even high master league players can show decent games so I wouldn't be too worried about bad games or anything. if anything NA players tend to play more macro if Im correct? =]
...
Niick
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia426 Posts
February 16 2011 07:24 GMT
#116
On February 16 2011 16:16 Kazzabiss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2011 16:07 Aberu wrote:
On February 16 2011 15:40 jcc wrote:
I don't imagine this to be as successful as the GSL. Our general skill pool just isn't as high as theirs. The quality of the games is what i am afraid of. I mean, our games are good, but the GSL dictates the metagame. We'll see though


I'd say that on average our top pros are around the same level as the korean pros. The foreigner scene has two code S players. Now do the math, how many foreigners have even TRIED qualifying for the GSL out of all the times out of how many Koreans have tried. The number is a handful to thousands upon thousands. That means that much more foreigners do well in Korean tournaments than do koreans. We are both just human, they aren't inherently better.

mhm, more on the numbers:

2 Foreigners in Code S
30 Koreans in Code S

During open seasons the most tossed around number was ~3000 people signed up

Also Artosis tried to interview just about every foreigner in his coverage video's, and even if he missed some people, there is no way there were over 20 Foreigners at the original open seasons

So <20 foreigners produce 2 Code Players
and >3000 Koreans produce 30 Code S players
do the math

plus there are almost 3 times more players on the NA server than the KR server according to SCRanks; meaning there technically is a larger talent pool atm in NA

You've also got to take into account that the foreigners going over for it were of a higher average quality than the 3000 koreans (whom were more than likely every man and his dog)
You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.
koonst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States215 Posts
February 16 2011 07:24 GMT
#117
the less incontrol says the better if its true or not.. we are parto f a self generating hype machine now. for better or worse we could be right or wrong .
viral marketing works why? because we hype ourselfs to a degree.
Ludwigvan
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany2373 Posts
February 16 2011 07:26 GMT
#118
not a small land to venture
Sein
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1811 Posts
February 16 2011 07:26 GMT
#119
On February 16 2011 16:07 Aberu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2011 15:40 jcc wrote:
I don't imagine this to be as successful as the GSL. Our general skill pool just isn't as high as theirs. The quality of the games is what i am afraid of. I mean, our games are good, but the GSL dictates the metagame. We'll see though


I'd say that on average our top pros are around the same level as the korean pros. The foreigner scene has two code S players. Now do the math, how many foreigners have even TRIED qualifying for the GSL out of all the times out of how many Koreans have tried. The number is a handful to thousands upon thousands. That means that much more foreigners do well in Korean tournaments than do koreans. We are both just human, they aren't inherently better.


Once again, this argument comes up. Try taking MVP, MC, MKP, Nestea, Tester, Squirtle, Nada, Fruitdealer - merely 8 players - to a North American tournament and see how they fare. They're not inherently better, but most people accept that they are still better at this point because of the huge gaming scene generated during BW and the cutthroat training environment the players are living in.

Anyway, coming back to the topic of this thread, really excited to see it happen. It'd be great to see the competitive SC2 scene grow big here and more widely accepted by the general public.
Noibb
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada3 Posts
February 16 2011 07:26 GMT
#120
On February 16 2011 16:14 iNcontroL wrote:<largeimage>


As an outsider to the SC2 community, but someone who got turned onto the GSL: All I can say is if this is indeed what is going on, and you really are planning on creating a televised league, you better be prepared to leave EG.

Do you really expect people to take things seriously when the person running a major league is part of one of the teams competing? That would be like the Green Bay Packers owning the NFL. Massive conflict of interest.
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