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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:37 caradoc wrote: I sure as hell would be less than stoked over this if only NA players were invited. yup, can't say i'm watching the german EPS very often...i did in the beginning, but international events are just waaaay more awesome and better skill-wise | ||
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Valikyr
Sweden2653 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:32 Kazang wrote: My personal feeling is that anyone outside of NA shouldn't be invited. Not that non NA residents can't compete at all, but they should have to qualify. IdrA would be a rich man then. I mean it's up to the NASL to do as they please and I'll just respect their decision but there are very few american players that are good enough to care about. There is a reason so few americans qualified for TSL. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:36 HowSoOnIsNow wrote: I don`t know if you are with me on this Dys, but when i hear people shitting on Korean`s English, and that some of the guys that were in Korea for months or even years cant even utter a single Korean word, it makes me laugh. I can kind of understand it because English is a mandatory Korean class and foreigners need to play while they're there, but I do agree to some extent. at least, they shouldn't be made fun of. | ||
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legaton
France1763 Posts
On the other hand, that public doesn't exist yet. You are trying to create it and betting on the future. Right now, most of your income will probably come from pay-per-view. That means that most of your money will come from specialized communities with a long story on this market niche. But to please your common TL member, you will need to give him what he asks for, and that's quality, and that means lots and lots of korean players (right now, you would have less than ten Europeans able to be competitive against koreans and a handful of north-americans, and i'm being generous). The e-sport old timer won't really care as much for americans or europeans as he has grown admiring koreans and laughing bitterly at the dismise of every foreigner in the WCG. But he will be horrified but the mediocrity of bad gamers. Attracting them in the short term may be contradictory with your long term objective of developing an audience new to e-sports. Therefore, i fear they may have a problem conciliating these two things as the transition between the "niche market only" market and the bigger hypothetical public may be difficult to accomplish tl;dr: TLers want the E-Sports Olympics but the better business model would be the WWF as drama creates audience. Should have read my message before posting, sorry for the mistakes | ||
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rushian
United Kingdom568 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:31 Weasel- wrote: If they end up picking koreans, I hope they know how to adapt more towards North American culture and actually show a personality on camera. That is the main issue I see with getting korean players. plenty of koreans show personality on camera. MC, Losira, Leenock, Ace (dancing!!). Plenty of non-koreans don't show personality at all | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
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RedMosquito
United States280 Posts
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:36 HowSoOnIsNow wrote: I don`t know if you are with me on this Dys, but when i hear people shitting on Korean`s English, and that some of the guys that were in Korea for months or even years cant even utter a single Korean word, it makes me laugh. No offense, but English is pretty much an international language now. About your example, most Koreans now learn English in school while very few westerners learn Korean in school. I could easily survive in Korea without knowing Korean while a Korean would have a much harder time in the US if he didn't know English. | ||
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{ToT}ColmA
Japan3260 Posts
as a spectator i want: GOOD PLAYERS LAGFREE GAMES for the players so they can play their best DJWheat casting -_- but GOOD PLAYERS is the most important one and if the players are able to attend the final lan (is there one?^^) and problems with lag with the koreans playing on the us server is worked around (probably gonna see how it works out in tsl3) why wouldnt u allow GOOD HORS erm PLAYERS into the league. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
On March 16 2011 07:36 polarity wrote: Better name it YAKS. Yet Another Korean Starleague. 'Cause that's all it's gonna be. Nothing wrong with that either, just had my hopes up for something else. Maybe enlighten us as to what that something else is? | ||
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Isaac
United States810 Posts
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homeless_guy
United States321 Posts
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
tl;dr: TLers want the E-Sports Olympics but the better business model would the WWF as drama creates audience. God, if NASL opts for the latter I will be tres disappointed.  | ||
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
If you say yes... I think they're lying, but you could be answering truthfully so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. If they say they don't want "that many" then we're only arguing over a matter of degrees, but they acknowledge the problem. "The best of the best" already exists, and it's called the GSL. NASL recognizes this, but some of you apparently haven't. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
Moon said once "Korean own white dudes" and now with the NASL is the time to prove him wrong. Invite the best, let them train for it incredibly hard, and we'll see. :-) | ||
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aPhanther
United States119 Posts
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ShyRamen
United States322 Posts
except very very few players like IdrA and HuK I think the game quality of most american players is very "low" compared to EU and KR it's because EU and KR players that NASL could be interesting imho so they should invite a good amount of EU.. and a decent amount of KR. | ||
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Raisauce
Canada864 Posts
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apalemorning
Canada509 Posts
also, arguing "lol the gsl invites na players all the time!" is a completely different situation, the koreans already know most of the prize money will never go to foreigners. im ambivalent. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
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