EPTI am surprised no one else picked up on the prize amount. 15,000 SEK is less than 2,500 USD. I am surprised that amount can cover round trip airfare AND sustenance for a player.
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riboflavin
United States226 Posts
I am surprised no one else picked up on the prize amount. 15,000 SEK is less than 2,500 USD. I am surprised that amount can cover round trip airfare AND sustenance for a player. | ||
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Kiichol
Sweden182 Posts
On March 18 2011 10:20 riboflavin wrote: I expect they arranged this with GOM in order to secure accommodation (and a code A qualification bye?). Assuming so, it is quite cool to see GOM cooperate with organizations outside of Korea to encourage foreign participation. I am surprised no one else picked up on the prize amount. 15,000 SEK is less than 2,500 USD. I am surprised that amount can cover round trip airfare AND sustenance for a player. Im assuming the cost of living in Korea is lower? I dont know for sure so dont quote me on that ^^ For the guys fanatically defending Sweden's honor against ttomelle the belgian guy, you should chill out. Its okay to correct someone but then to use it as some kind of bragging tool too seems kinda lame to me. You guys need some humble pie! I wish they would cast these games in English. I dont know any Swedish gamers that cant speak English so casting it in Swedish isn't beneficial for the majority of people who wish to view this event. | ||
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hmsrenown
Canada1263 Posts
On March 18 2011 08:19 ttomelle wrote: Im talking about Sports Sir.Oh yes i know what im talking about. im often on Betfair and when i bet against Sweden i always win.(soccer,handball,formula 1,basketball,boxing or whatever) "china" .change it to sweden;) (why someone should be jealous of sweden?) im not i just explained how it is but some proud swedes want to defend their country to death as it seems.chill guys!  Here's from my Swedish friend: "we got gold medals, you jelly bro?" On topic: It's awesome to see logitech jumping into things. Razer and Steelseries are obvious names in e-sports and now Logitech? wake up microsoft, you may wanna sponsor some teams if you're gonna sell those sidewinders bro! | ||
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Longshank
1648 Posts
On March 18 2011 07:58 ttomelle wrote: Its because everyone got internet there and many hanging in front of their PCs 24/7 and Sweden its not a real sports-country so they keep playing games. and thats why sweden is the second biggest esports-country in europe and not france and the uk. pretty easy. This is prolly just a bitter troll but you're just way off in your assumptions so I bite. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/spo_sum_oly_med_all_tim_percap-medals-all-time-per-capita Fun facts, Belgium is of similar population as Sweden(slightly larger). You have 139 medals in the summer olympics compared to Swedens 475. I'm not saying Sweden is a perfect country, far from it, but if there's something we're good at it's sports, music and gaming. | ||
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AIKfans87
Sweden170 Posts
On March 18 2011 13:33 Kiichol wrote: Im assuming the cost of living in Korea is lower? I dont know for sure so dont quote me on that ^^ For the guys fanatically defending Sweden's honor against ttomelle the belgian guy, you should chill out. Its okay to correct someone but then to use it as some kind of bragging tool too seems kinda lame to me. You guys need some humble pie! I wish they would cast these games in English. I dont know any Swedish gamers that cant speak English so casting it in Swedish isn't beneficial for the majority of people who wish to view this event. I agree on that point, it's gonna sound lame if they cast in swedish. Since english is our second languge and almost all gamers uses it on a regular basis I don't see the point of a swedish cast. Also there is some gap in translation I think so it's probably will be a mix of english and swedish. However this event will be cool to follow. I hope we'll se some epic games from our swedish players. Off topic: Who cares about zlatan, he's not the pride of sweden in any way. The reason why there's a lot of good e-sports players from Sweden is probably cuz we have a long dark winter and there's really not so much to do outside then. Also we was ahead in the IT development. | ||
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
Who would have said those damn vikings would become the modern, civilized societys we see today?? Go sweden ;D | ||
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MaYuu
Sweden516 Posts
On March 18 2011 08:58 ttomelle wrote: Thats what i meant.Why you guys thought "hanging in front of their PC 24/7" was a provocation?I mean why France or the UK arent such big esports-country like germany or sweden? Or why the USA doesnt rule SC2?Have you ever been at the Gamescom in Cologne Germany? I guess there were more Gamers than ive every seen in my life before.(or the DH as well) and the Brits are too busy with their soccer and consoles. and i talked to some americans as well and now i understand it even more. I just wanted to explain it but some weird proud swedes wanted to defend their country.it was not necessary at all. Its not about a special "Skill-DNS" its more the infrastructure and the amount of interessted PC-Gamers.Thats what you said correctly. But dont take it as a provocation but sweden is not the strongest sports-nation in general but thats another (not that relevant )point but better lets get back to the topic here  Even tho Sweden is a big e-sport powerhouse it's still taboo to engage in computing and gaming activities here. Everyone does play computer games or console but no one dares to speak about it. | ||
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Turenne
331 Posts
On March 18 2011 14:52 hmsrenown wrote: Here's from my Swedish friend: "we got gold medals, you jelly bro?" On topic: It's awesome to see logitech jumping into things. Razer and Steelseries are obvious names in e-sports and now Logitech? wake up microsoft, you may wanna sponsor some teams if you're gonna sell those sidewinders bro! Sounds American. One hates to think of any European speaking in such an uncouth manner. | ||
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Vectoor
Sweden62 Posts
On March 18 2011 19:29 MaYuu wrote: Even tho Sweden is a big e-sport powerhouse it's still taboo to engage in computing and gaming activities here. Everyone does play computer games or console but no one dares to speak about it. What, why didn't anybody tell me? I talk about videogames all the time  | ||
salle
Sweden5554 Posts
On March 18 2011 08:58 ttomelle wrote: Thats what i meant.Why you guys thought "hanging in front of their PC 24/7" was a provocation?I mean why France or the UK arent such big esports-country like germany or sweden? Or why the USA doesnt rule SC2?Have you ever been at the Gamescom in Cologne Germany? I guess there were more Gamers than ive every seen in my life before.(or the DH as well) and the Brits are too busy with their soccer and consoles. and i talked to some americans as well and now i understand it even more. I just wanted to explain it but some weird proud swedes wanted to defend their country.it was not necessary at all. Its not about a special "Skill-DNS" its more the infrastructure and the amount of interessted PC-Gamers.Thats what you said correctly. But dont take it as a provocation but sweden is not the strongest sports-nation in general but thats another (not that relevant )point but better lets get back to the topic here The provocation is that you're saying Sweden isn't a strong sport country, which we are. Both in results internationally and in how many people actively do sports here. I really don't understand where you're getting your facts from and how you blatantly are ignoring the facts presented to you. 20% of swedes are active members of sports clubs, 50% of swedes practice sports regularly without membership in a club. Sweden is ranked number 2 in the world in Summer Olympic medals per capita. To say we're not a sport oriented country is a statement not based in reality. About the concerns why rakaka is making a Swedish stream for a Swedish competition for only Swedish players that's beyond me. Unless it's a live event and then I would kind of understand it. But if it's online they could have any and all I would think and an English stream. So it would be interesting to hear their reasoning for the format. | ||
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AIKfans87
Sweden170 Posts
Even tho Sweden is a big e-sport powerhouse it's still taboo to engage in computing and gaming activities here. Everyone does play computer games or console but no one dares to speak about it. [/QUOTE] That's so not true. I think u trollin... | ||
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Woosung
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TheBanana
Norway2183 Posts
On March 18 2011 07:58 ttomelle wrote: and Sweden its not a real sports-country so they keep playing games. Wow, you must bleed ignorance. Or maybe just not follow sports at all. I dare you to find any country in the world that can compete with scandinavian sport accomplishments per capita. It's basically like saying Korea is not a real Starcraft country. | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
Sweden is one of the two European e-sport powerhouses, so it's great to see them create a chance for someone like this. Love it. | ||
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
True story, actually. | ||
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Stenstyren
Sweden619 Posts
Every other site out there tries to bridge the gaps in e-sports, tries to get the best players in their tournaments. Rakaka is doing the exact opposite, they focus their reporting on Swedish players and have streams in Swedish (wft?). I'm all for fostering the local scene but to me it just seems silly. For example, when they announced the TSL bracket, all the Swedish names were highlighted. Why? It's a nice fact that Jinro is Swedish but the only thing I care about in e-sports in which continent people comes from, not which country. I do approve of this tournament however, I think Sweden is a large enough area for this type of "find the best player and send him to X" competition". Commenting in Swedish is just bad though, it sounds so bad. Especially when you try to "Swedenify" the words. EDIT: That came of a bit angry, this is actually a great initiative from Rakaka, just want them to drop the "Sweden is great hurrrrr" act and start rooting for what is important (Europe). | ||
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Trippledo
Sweden57 Posts
On March 19 2011 04:09 Stenstyren wrote: I hate how Rakaka is always bringing up everything SWEDISH. Every other site out there tries to bridge the gaps in e-sports, tries to get the best players in their tournaments. Rakaka is doing the exact opposite, they focus their reporting on Swedish players and have streams in Swedish (wft?). I'm all for fostering the local scene but to me it just seems silly. For example, when they announced the TSL bracket, all the Swedish names were highlighted. Why? It's a nice fact that Jinro is Swedish but the only thing I care about in e-sports in which continent people comes from, not which country. I do approve of this tournament however, I think Sweden is a large enough area for this type of "find the best player and send him to X" competition". Commenting in Swedish is just bad though, it sounds so bad. Especially when you try to "Swedenify" the words. EDIT: That came of a bit angry, this is actually a great initiative from Rakaka, just want them to drop the "Sweden is great hurrrrr" act and start rooting for what is important (Europe). They did add the international site www.rakakaworld.com, so i dont think they're tearing up esports by writing only in swedish. | ||
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Stenstyren
Sweden619 Posts
On March 19 2011 04:44 Trippledo wrote: They did add the international site www.rakakaworld.com, so i dont think they're tearing up esports by writing only in swedish. I know, and I'm trying not to sound too negative here, What I mean is just that Rakaka does almost all their reporting from a Swedish perspective, something that feels very weird for me as a SC player since that has never been the case in our community. | ||
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
On March 19 2011 04:09 Stenstyren wrote: Commenting in Swedish is just bad though, it sounds so bad. Especially when you try to "Swedenify" the words. Haha yeah. Everyone who saw the broadcasts from SVT (Swedish Television) during Dreamhack knows how embarrassing it sounds when you cast games in swedish and try to translate all the english terms into swedish. It's just... wrong. | ||
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ttomelle
Sweden243 Posts
On March 19 2011 04:09 Stenstyren wrote: I hate how Rakaka is always bringing up everything SWEDISH. Every other site out there tries to bridge the gaps in e-sports, tries to get the best players in their tournaments. Rakaka is doing the exact opposite, they focus their reporting on Swedish players and have streams in Swedish (wft?). I'm all for fostering the local scene but to me it just seems silly. For example, when they announced the TSL bracket, all the Swedish names were highlighted. Why? It's a nice fact that Jinro is Swedish but the only thing I care about in e-sports in which continent people comes from, not which country. I do approve of this tournament however, I think Sweden is a large enough area for this type of "find the best player and send him to X" competition". Commenting in Swedish is just bad though, it sounds so bad. Especially when you try to "Swedenify" the words. EDIT: That came of a bit angry, this is actually a great initiative from Rakaka, just want them to drop the "Sweden is great hurrrrr" act and start rooting for what is important (Europe). Is the typicall swedish pride new for you? for me not. "we are so awesome.ahead of everyone": "would be such a rape against germany" "oh wow look how many swedes in the crowd""im swedish deal with it"" so many swedish players in the TSL.as many as koreans and germans"" swedish,sweden,sweden,swede"..... im about to die because its so annoying... and check the canadians and us-americans here now. they are so different. They dont care about the nationalities.when do i see "USA fighting,we rock"? never by the way i remember DH when there wasnt even an ukraine and german qualification but at least 100000 more swedes were invited and from these 100000 not a single one made it through the quarter-finals by the way. And then we have rakaka...oh dear i dont often visit the site but thats the most patriotic bullshit-site in the universe. But thats the system. after my post im getting 100000 swedes once again who defend their country XD its getting so fun and its getting confirmed once again. But im happy even swedes(of course not all are so annoying=) ) like you have written all the things in the previous post. I love how the americans always deal with these tournaments,invites,coverages etc. They are always open for everyone. Cast in swedish. good one. Peace | ||
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