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Rumors: Koreans to MLG Columbus?

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zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2502 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-12 12:25:30
May 12 2011 04:35 GMT
#1
I have had it confirmed by three sources, all of which were adamant that they go unnamed, that MLG Columbus would have participants from South Korea. Each of the sources were either close to or affiliated with the Major League Gaming organization. While details are still scarce, I have been told that official news from MLG about who in particular will be attending will be released by the end of this weekend.

The Major League Gaming circuit was already considered by many to be America’s shining star when it came to ‘offline’ Starcraft events. It would seem that now, with the South Korean attendees confirmed, that the international community realizes its merit as a first class competition. While I’m almost certain Korean players would have always loved to participate in the MLG events, Columbus marks the first time that they actually have. This means that the MLG tournaments are now considered either lucrative or prestigious enough by the South Korean teams to warrant the travel expenses from overseas. While that might not seem like a big admission, I assure you it is. I know that American teams currently spend between $800 and $1,000 per player to get them to the larger domestic tournaments; I can only imagine it would be at least two or three times that per player that comes from Korea.

Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni has stated on numerous occasions that he thought 2011 would be a standout year for the company, and it would seem like he is a man of his word. This is significant news. Korean players participating in the tournaments is a big step forward for both the company and the competitive scene. Often the community asks how the Americans, Europeans, and Koreans stack up against one another, and now we’ll have a event every two months that we can cite in our region-to-skill based arguments.

It will be interesting to see what this does to the MLG Bracket. If one takes a second and reflects on the IEM World Finals in Hanover from earlier this year, we might be inclined to think that the Koreans will blow through the foreign competition without a problem. After all, at IEM we saw two relatively unknown Korean players do work against some of the most well known and respected foreigners in the world. Then again, the Koreans didn’t do as well as I was expecting them to do in the TSL. Thorzain even managed to drop oGsMC when they both played from the same region.

As details come in, I’ll be sure to post updates. I’ve had a difficult time trying to get confirmations on the players that will be in attendance, but it’s something that I’m working on.


Source: http://www.sixjaxgaming.com/wp/scii/2011/05/12/mlg-columbus-to-feature-korean-participants/

Soo stoked for Columbus!

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GoodRamen
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States713 Posts
May 12 2011 04:38 GMT
#2
awesome!!!!!!!!!
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TheSubtleArt
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1806 Posts
May 12 2011 04:39 GMT
#3
Wow that's awesome. Helps improve the prestige of MLG tournaments even more, and we now get to see some foreign vs korean games whose validity isn't undermined by latency issues.
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SweetAs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
New Zealand290 Posts
May 12 2011 04:40 GMT
#4
Doubt many will want to go considering mlg is right when the gsl super tournament is on
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Looms
Profile Joined May 2010
United States4569 Posts
May 12 2011 04:40 GMT
#5
Amazing news. This makes MLG Columbus way more enjoyable in my eyes(probably wouldn't have even watched live before this news).
SenorChang
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia4639 Posts
May 12 2011 04:40 GMT
#6
Be interesting to see how many do come over since it is right in the middle of the super tournament and they'd have to deal with jetlag for the matches. Exciting stuff nonetheless. Would love to see some IM players in there!
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zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2502 Posts
May 12 2011 04:41 GMT
#7
On May 12 2011 13:40 SweetAs wrote:
Doubt many will want to go considering mlg is right when the gsl super tournament is on


GSL made openings for MLG
sickoota
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada775 Posts
May 12 2011 04:42 GMT
#8
Good news, to me at least. I've always disagreed with the view that foreigners need to be coddled and that foreign tournaments should be foreigner exclusive. Not only does it make the competition more interesting but it simply raises the skill bar for everyone involved. Being a foreigner should not be an excuse to lose to a Korean. Its unarguable that MLG wins will simply mean that much more now.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1910 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-12 04:45:38
May 12 2011 04:43 GMT
#9
If you saw Sundance's last Tweet you'd also be expecting this also, I'm so pumped for columbus :D

edit:

On May 12 2011 8:45 MLGSundace wrote:
MLG and GSL. Hmmmm. This could be cool.
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Powerfoe
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada167 Posts
May 12 2011 04:44 GMT
#10
Doubt we'll see top Koreans there though with the GSL Super Tournament in the way. If anything, some teams will just send their middling non-GSL players, much like what happened in IEM. Besides, the prize money for the tournament is tiny when you take into account the expenses... If you don't get top 3, you're going to lose a ton of money.
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Rareware
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada339 Posts
May 12 2011 04:44 GMT
#11
On May 12 2011 13:42 sickoota wrote:
Good news, to me at least. I've always disagreed with the view that foreigners need to be coddled and that foreign tournaments should be foreigner exclusive. Not only does it make the competition more interesting but it simply raises the skill bar for everyone involved. Being a foreigner should not be an excuse to lose to a Korean. Its unarguable that MLG wins will simply mean that much more now.


This is actually what I've always agreed with. I believe that NA pros have the potential and skill to beat Koreans, but they have to play them in order to prove that.
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sicarii
Profile Joined April 2011
United States93 Posts
May 12 2011 04:46 GMT
#12
lols cant wait to watch bitbybitprime play against idra
Malpractice.248
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States731 Posts
May 12 2011 04:46 GMT
#13
On May 12 2011 13:44 Powerfoe wrote:
Doubt we'll see top Koreans there though with the GSL Super Tournament in the way. If anything, some teams will just send their middling non-GSL players, much like what happened in IEM. Besides, the prize money for the tournament is tiny when you take into account the expenses... If you don't get top 3, you're going to lose a ton of money.

Sometimes team sponsors help pay for expenses, etc.
Plus, its good "tourney experience" practice to get jitters out etc
LicH.
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
China234 Posts
May 12 2011 04:47 GMT
#14
Lol goodbye american players
peekn
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1149 Posts
May 12 2011 04:48 GMT
#15
Oh man the Koreans are coming on over here, time to really see if what they say about lag is true ^^

MLG gettin' serious!!
yamato77
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
10509 Posts
May 12 2011 04:50 GMT
#16
This is so awesome. I wondered what the tweet about MLG and GSL was about, and now I know. I can't wait to see the power of Koreans at an American LAN! I just wish they had come to Dallas, haha.
Writer@WriterYamato
tensionz
Profile Joined October 2010
United States130 Posts
May 12 2011 04:57 GMT
#17
Idc if they roll us bring em over!
Defeat
Profile Joined March 2010
United States476 Posts
May 12 2011 04:58 GMT
#18
Finally we get to see Naniwa take on some Koreans :0
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SweetAs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
New Zealand290 Posts
May 12 2011 04:58 GMT
#19
On May 12 2011 13:41 zaii wrote:
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On May 12 2011 13:40 SweetAs wrote:
Doubt many will want to go considering mlg is right when the gsl super tournament is on


GSL made openings for MLG


Lol, they are taking the weekend off. I'm sure the Koreans will want to fly all the way to America miss out on practice time, get tired as hell then travel all the way back to participate in a much bigger tournament. Seems logical to me.
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00Visor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
4227 Posts
May 12 2011 04:58 GMT
#20
2011 is really a standout year for MLG so far ... NOT

Anyway would be happy to see Koreans participate.
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