You know the moment after a 30 minute long intense game where the camera goes to the player and you see him breathe a sigh of relief as the sweat on his forehead glows from the spotlights? That's why I will always choose gsl over nasl

Krehlmar

Sweden1149 Posts

March 11 2011 01:57 GMT

#443

IdrA leaving aswell as none of the foreigners really doing well or even believing themselves makes me sad.

Seriously JinrO and you all need to start really thinking you CAN win. I was hoping on HuK because he seemed to have that confidence, but he just fell apart his last matches.

Nestea and Fruitdealer performing badly makes me sad.

BUT... the games overall have improved shitloads, seriously the games inbetween zenith and whoever that protoss was (someone really good) was godamn epic, like 30 minute games 3 games in a row where there was constant CONSTANT fighting, dropping and overall macroing. I love that shit.

Having watched alot of foreigners play its fun but they usually dont play as good, only jinro and idra have ever perfomed that good and only when they seem to get in some trance or shit... that trance could win them the GSL/NSAL/whatever but they seem to have alot harder maintaining or reaching it than most koreans which is why I think GSL will have better games than any other tournament for a while.
And I dont have a relationship to most foreigners other than Idra so I wont care that much when they play in the nsal... itll be more dynamic maybe and in time ill probably care more but for now gsl.

Also please dont make so many rivaling topics, SC2 is getting bigger, it doesnt have to kill itself when growing: It isnt a bad thing in the long run, everyone knows this so dont make it sound so drastic that GSL wont be so tempting for foreigners for a while.

SkCom

Canada229 Posts

March 11 2011 01:59 GMT

#444

for some reason I cannot bring myself to watch the games anymore, even though I have the ticket
I have probably watched 5 games total this season..there`s just so many I don`t even feel like starting to watch them all.

Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

March 11 2011 01:59 GMT

#445

On March 10 2011 11:51 GhostFall wrote:
code A im losing interesting in.
code S still high

Completely agree.
Code A's players lack charisma so it's difficult to get into it. I don't know much about LosirA or SuperNoVa.
Code S's players, particularly NaDa, July and MC etc. have a hell of a lot of charisma which makes it interesting to watch.
Events like IEM actually interest me slightly more. I think the coverage may be slightly better.

Mindflow

Korea (South)320 Posts

March 11 2011 01:59 GMT

#446

To many upsets and BS for me to keep along with GSL atm =( need flash and JD noaw

everyone

United States91 Posts

March 11 2011 02:04 GMT

#447

Of course I would watch the GSL. After watching it and then checking out some foreigners tournaments, foreigners who don't play in Korea are too amateur for me.

dkim

United States255 Posts

March 11 2011 02:10 GMT

#448

stopped watching code a due to kelly casting. havent even checked out the other new caster because of kelly.
code s is still good as ever with tastosis. i mean this season had a lot of upsets with most favorites already out (cept mc) so it did get a lil less interesting, but there were rises of the sleeper players(san n july interms of sc2) so its okay.

also I guess gsl did get a lil bit less relevant with ladder players due to their own maps and those maps not being included in ladder pool. I really hope blizz gets gsl maps in them

Tsuycc

Canada269 Posts

March 11 2011 02:16 GMT

#449

as long as we see more of these custom maps and more and more players join i dont see my interest going anywhere but up

tdt

United States3179 Posts

March 11 2011 02:26 GMT

#450

GSL is where best play, why would I want to watch second rate?

And yes I pay $10 each season no problem. Although CODE A casters suck but that's okay I only watch S, the best.

Highways

Australia6105 Posts

March 11 2011 03:12 GMT

#451

I prefer any tournament where it is live and you can see the players. It is much more exciting seeing the players face as the are playing the game. This is why GSL will still be much better than NASL.

Having said that the problem that GSL faces is that all the favourites are getting knocked out and Code S is mainly filled with no-namers.

Zzoram

Canada7115 Posts

March 11 2011 03:23 GMT

#452

I really don't understand TL's irrational hate for upsets and no-name players knocking out big name players. Why does that make you hate them and say they're bad? Shouldn't it do the opposite, impress you that they beat such big name established players?

I remember when Flash first beat Bisu, there were still tons of people calling him a lucky talentless cheesy noob. Then he beat Stork, but was still shit on. Then he beat Stork again, and people blamed it on Stork choking, not Flash being amazing. How do you think new big names are supposed to arise? By NOT beating the old big names?

applejuice

307 Posts

March 11 2011 03:32 GMT

#453

Nope, not really. Maybe my interest in Starcraft has diminished a bit, but my interest in GSL relative to other tourneys has not.

GSL for the top level play.

MLG to see the top mostly-NA play. IEM's good too of course, and it's cool that it's so worldly, but I'm guessing MLG will quickly outclass it.

NASL is an unknown variable, but it's got some tough competition in MLG to compete with people's interest.

Torpedo.Vegas

United States1890 Posts

March 11 2011 03:38 GMT

#454

Seeing top foreigners like Jinro, Huk, Haypro, Moonglade, etc. play in a tournament where there is a directly link to the still top tier players is what peaks my interest. Of course I enjoy rooting for oGs by proxy and MC in particular seems like a pretty funny guy. But I say without any foreigners to watch, my interest wanes a bit. I am okay with missing a cast if none of the players interest me and it has not impact on a future foreigner match.

My interest in the GSL as a whole has not dented, but it does fluctuate depending on the circumstances of the particular tournament.

Marl

United States694 Posts

March 11 2011 03:41 GMT

#455

here is how I've felt about the GSL seasons.

GSL1 AWESOME
GSL2 COOL
GSL3 Neat
GSL4 meh
GSTL meh
GSL5 AWESOME

AirbladeOrange

United States2574 Posts

March 11 2011 03:46 GMT

#456

I feel that there are too many games to make most of them seem important, and important games are what make me want to watch. I haven't bought the ticket yet and don't intend to in the future. Also, the lack of non-Koreans turns be off because I'm not as familiar with Koreans compared to non-Koreans.

Hoku

United States129 Posts

March 11 2011 03:50 GMT

#457

I'm more into GSL now then I ever was. The games are getting better by the day as player skill improves. I can't wait to see the future of SC2 and GSL!

The tastosis archon needs a nerf, they're OP. Best casters of all time, imo.

The only gripe I have about GSL is the lack of foreigners.

Maynarde

Australia1286 Posts

March 11 2011 03:51 GMT

#458

On March 11 2011 12:41 Teogamer wrote:
here is how I've felt about the GSL seasons.

GSL1 AWESOME
GSL2 COOL
GSL3 Neat
GSL4 meh
GSTL meh
GSL5 AWESOME

The GTSL has the most epic final series of ALL GSL's imo.

Hoku

United States129 Posts

March 11 2011 03:54 GMT

#459

It's not about making each game seem important, it's about a legit tournament. The amount of games just adds to odds of finding amazing games, with amazing casters.

On March 11 2011 12:46 AirbladeOrange wrote:
I feel that there are too many games to make most of them seem important, and important games are what make me want to watch. I haven't bought the ticket yet and don't intend to in the future. Also, the lack of non-Koreans turns be off because I'm not as familiar with Koreans compared to non-Koreans.

LeSioN

United States325 Posts

March 11 2011 03:55 GMT

#460

i am losing interest in code a. but still love code s. its great that code a games are becoming equal to code s in skill level but with the new commentators i cant really find it as fun.

i actually started to like kelly and look forward to her casting with artosis. but now we have doa which is about as interesting/ informative as my next door neighbor trying to cast. i respect him for what he does but i just cant find him entertaining on any level. i guess its cool that i can understand him easier than kelly, but his analyses sounds like hes a diamond player.

, plus he tries way to hard to make jokes and leaves me feeling awkward for him.