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Beef Noodles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States937 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 01:20:58
February 22 2011 01:20 GMT
#161
On February 22 2011 10:15 Xeris wrote:
Poll: I like making polls about polls.

Yes (40)
 
73%

No (15)
 
27%

55 total votes

Your vote: I like making polls about polls.

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No



Who liked this poll?


Poll: Who liked Xeris' poll?

I'm confused (20)
 
54%

Yes (15)
 
41%

No! (2)
 
5%

37 total votes

Your vote: Who liked Xeris' poll?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No!
(Vote): I'm confused


Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
February 22 2011 01:21 GMT
#162
On February 22 2011 10:08 KiNGxXx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 10:01 Xeris wrote:
Who said we're picking players entirely from this vote?

And how will you decide if e.g. a famous caster gets 100k votes from his community and ranked at first place?
The votes are obviously a way to get the community involved and to make the organisers look at someone to consider an invite.

They'll look at his team and professional history.
They'll look at his ladder ranking.
They'll look at his previous tournament appearances.

If all those are sufficient to call him one of the 50 best players who applied, invite him to play.

In the case of Destiny (who you are talking about, I suspect) he wouldn't make 2 of the 3. Probably not even the ladder since he's not even Top 100 in his region.

With the amount of actual talent this prize pool will attract, he is simply not a valid invite, popularity or not.
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
February 22 2011 01:22 GMT
#163
On February 22 2011 10:19 carbon_based wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote:
The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected.

Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing.



well, according to the interview, the selection process is already "down to a T" or was that a misquote? are we to wait for more announcements regarding the qualifying process, because all we know so far is teams seem to have priority, you can get american idol'd on, or you can be the king 4gater out of 1000 and get a shot against the big boys who will swiftly run through your match history and know everything about you....

just have an open qualifier with swiss rounds and cut to the top 32, then have 32 slots for teams that qualified at least 1 player in the top 32 and u can keep all the politics and butt-kissing for those slots, but seriously if top caliber players know outright that they have NO chance at this tournament, they will mock, laugh, and claim its illegitimacy all day and night, the audience will take note, and you wont get the viewers you need. this was a big mistake, please correct it, there's still time, just say tomorrow "of course there's open slots, there were gonna be open slots all the time, quit yer bitching guyz"

If at any stage you thought players would solely get chosen based on this vote.. then you have very little faith in the amount of effort that would have been put into an enterprise such as NASL..

They were looking to get the community involved and somehow it got turned into a shitstorm .. Now that iNcontrol has made it clear; the vote is just an indicator... i don't see why we need to be all mad of this non existent popularity contest..
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DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
February 22 2011 01:22 GMT
#164
I cannot believe the people who are bagging on this announcement. This is F'ing HUGE. Everyone outside of Korea has waited years and years for this. Yes, I am aware that whatever format this tourny is in it will have flaws. But you know what, these guys are gamers just like the rest of us. Are our memories that shortsighted to try and remember what we had before? NOTHING.

Get off your high horses and get behind this or it will fail. At least they arent Kespa and say "STFU you have no opinion and you do as we say". No, on the NASL.TV page it says that the community involvement will be great. So, again, stop acting like jackass's and start making it bigger and better than korea. We all have dreams.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Brad
Profile Joined April 2010
2754 Posts
February 22 2011 01:23 GMT
#165
On February 22 2011 10:17 avilo wrote:
As a player like everyone else that has been practicing his ass off for ages, I really want to get into this league like the other hardcore people trying to be progamers...and that is one thing that MLG does in fact do very well - equal opportunity for every player to play in it and win cash.

Funny fact, I beat EGLZgamer at MLG DC. Now, to people that don't watch much, if you'd be guessing who would win something like that, would you guess me or the person with EG in their name?

If I had needed to be voted in to MLG to be able to participate, something like that would never be able to happen, as I'd automatically be written off since I could be a player that is not popular or well known at the time.

This does not go for just me obviously, but imagine players even less known than myself...that could be better...

To do this NASL, which I want to get into, I suddenly feel like I need to take more time out of practice now to get on twitter, facebook, stream 20x more, and basically everything and anything that can get me more exposure =/!

Replay pack in the works now


That's life though. It's the same in any field of work. If you start placing well in every other event you will become popular, it's as simple as that.
Lee Jae Dong proved that a focus on mechanics and execution could solve problems in the StarCraft game strategy.
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
February 22 2011 01:25 GMT
#166
As long as the vote is just a factor in the equation, then I am all for some community input. But it would be crazy to see a forum vote being the dominant thing in selecting the player pool.
forgottendreams: One underage girl, two drunk guys, one gogo dancer and starcraft 2. Apparently just another day in Europe.
BluePabs
Profile Joined November 2010
United States317 Posts
February 22 2011 01:25 GMT
#167
Here is the awesome interview that Geoff did that really explains everything better. He talks about the selection process in more detail as well. Sounds awesome!

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/710588/North-American-Star-League-Exclusive-Interview-with-Geoff-iNcontroL-Robinson.html#ixzz1Ee4ODV8b
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
February 22 2011 01:25 GMT
#168
On February 22 2011 10:16 SlapMySalami wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 10:13 Telcontar wrote:
On February 22 2011 09:32 Buddhist wrote:

"50 players will compete in an online group stage in which 15 players will advance to the Grand Finals, which will be a 16 man LAN event. "

I guess IdrA was already chosen? or is that a typo.



I don't understand the addition to the quote but the quote means 15 people will advance from their 10 man groups and then 1 player will win a 1024 player online tournament and also participate in the LAN event.

Ahh thanks for clearing that up and what do you mean 'addition to the quote'? I just bolded the numbers.
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Kyuss420
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada36 Posts
February 22 2011 01:26 GMT
#169
vote for DESTINY STEVEN BONNELL II!!!!!
HERP DERP
1Eris1
Profile Joined September 2010
United States5797 Posts
February 22 2011 01:27 GMT
#170
Generally the best players is starcraft are the most sucessful ones, and thus the ones with the largest fanbase
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Tyree
Profile Joined November 2010
1508 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 01:29:22
February 22 2011 01:27 GMT
#171
I took my votes back once i saw MC, Nestea and MVP were on the second page, and gave the votes to them.

No im not some "KOREA IS BEST!" guy but i wanna see the best players, or at least use my votes to say that i want the best players, and i dont care if they are from Korea, Nigeria, USA or Japan.
★ Top Gun ★
Brad
Profile Joined April 2010
2754 Posts
February 22 2011 01:27 GMT
#172
lol Destiny, he already has 80 comments.
Lee Jae Dong proved that a focus on mechanics and execution could solve problems in the StarCraft game strategy.
Gigaudas
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Sweden1213 Posts
February 22 2011 01:29 GMT
#173
Oh, this made me check out Destiny, his stream and his "highlight" video.

LOVE IT, I'll give my last vote to him :3
I
Fojji
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom217 Posts
February 22 2011 01:30 GMT
#174
On February 22 2011 09:36 deerpark87 wrote:
where can i vote oGsMC/IMMVP/Nestea? I can't seem to be able to vote for the best players.


this.

sorry but this is just another EG masters cup to me
Tyree
Profile Joined November 2010
1508 Posts
February 22 2011 01:31 GMT
#175
On February 22 2011 10:30 Fojji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 09:36 deerpark87 wrote:
where can i vote oGsMC/IMMVP/Nestea? I can't seem to be able to vote for the best players.


this.

sorry but this is just another EG masters cup to me


They are all on page 2 guys, all 3 of them. Vote now =)
★ Top Gun ★
zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
February 22 2011 01:31 GMT
#176
On February 22 2011 10:30 Fojji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 09:36 deerpark87 wrote:
where can i vote oGsMC/IMMVP/Nestea? I can't seem to be able to vote for the best players.


this.

sorry but this is just another EG masters cup to me


check page #2 on the voting ballet page
s_bushido
Profile Joined February 2011
United States10 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 01:34:05
February 22 2011 01:32 GMT
#177
On February 22 2011 10:17 avilo wrote:
As a player like everyone else that has been practicing his ass off for ages, I really want to get into this league like the other hardcore people trying to be progamers...and that is one thing that MLG does in fact do very well - equal opportunity for every player to play in it and win cash.

Funny fact, I beat EGLZgamer at MLG DC. Now, to people that don't watch much, if you'd be guessing who would win something like that, would you guess me or the person with EG in their name?


If you think you're one of the top 50 players outside of Korea, then go out and win a few tourneys, join a team, and get your name out there. Failing that, if you think you're one of the top 50 players outside of Korea, it should be no problem for you to take down the open qualifier.

Beating someone once is fine and good, but there's a reason important match-ups are decided in best of 3-7 games...so that a fluke doesn't determine the outcome.
Brad
Profile Joined April 2010
2754 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 01:33:35
February 22 2011 01:32 GMT
#178
On February 22 2011 10:30 Fojji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 09:36 deerpark87 wrote:
where can i vote oGsMC/IMMVP/Nestea? I can't seem to be able to vote for the best players.


this.

sorry but this is just another EG masters cup to me


Yeah, a probable $50,000 first prize tournament is the same "chance to win an MSI GT660 notebook" tournament.
Lee Jae Dong proved that a focus on mechanics and execution could solve problems in the StarCraft game strategy.
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 01:33:24
February 22 2011 01:32 GMT
#179
omg i almost forgot NightEnD brb changing my vote
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OptimusYale
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)1005 Posts
February 22 2011 01:33 GMT
#180
UNIDEN FIGHTING!?!?!
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