if it costs so much to send a player from korea to the US, i dont think it would be profitable, unless mlg increases their prize pool a lil more - cuz i honestly dont see a good reason to send multiple players from a team, it may make sense to send the best player from a team since they ahve good chance to win the top prize and make a profit so to speak

Zooper31

United States5713 Posts

May 12 2011 05:38 GMT

#46

On May 12 2011 13:39 TheSubtleArt wrote:
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.

Agreed. Foreigners vs Koreans where lag isn't an issue are few and far between. We need more information on this subject to have some evidence to say whos better atm.

sambo400

United States378 Posts

May 12 2011 05:43 GMT

#47

I hope someone tells them not to drink all the free Dr Pepper. People at their first MLG tend to overload on free soda then have a sugar crash while they play lol.

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

May 12 2011 05:46 GMT

#48

Was really hoping that some of the strong strong foreigners could just walk over the competition at Columbus. but with many other tip top competitors coming from Korea might bring some really good competition. Will be nice to see a more US based clash of styles at Columbus, as it seems most foreigners who go to Korea fall into dominant Korean styles. Time to see how the Koreans fare against the US players and styles without the latency cop out (although i'm sure it's every bit as detrimental and it's said to be)

omegan

76 Posts

May 12 2011 05:50 GMT

#49

I think it's gonna be either Code B players like IEM or those eliminated from the Super Tournament, since top players wouldn't gamble on jet lag and less practice time before any Super Tournament match. Players could be out of the tournament with just 2 matches, so no one would risk flying back and forth.

KDot2

United States1213 Posts

May 12 2011 05:50 GMT

#50

calling it right now ... Idra upsets a Korean in the finals

probablywrong

Philippines209 Posts

May 12 2011 05:50 GMT

#51

We should all remember that Maka, Genius, Boxer, Fruitdealer, TLO, and Loner were at Blizzcon in the middle of GSL Open 2. I'm sure there's scheduling they can work out if any of them are indeed going to be super tournament participants.

Sandro

897 Posts

May 12 2011 05:51 GMT

#52

Whos ready for a top 4 korean finish?

Leeto

United States1320 Posts

May 12 2011 05:51 GMT

#53

Having koreans playing on equal footing (LAN) will be really interesting. In a lot of the cross-server games it looks like they're really struggling to deal with the latency/time difference.

Gliche

United States811 Posts

May 12 2011 05:55 GMT

#54

MLG definitely needs to up the prize pool or else the international players aren't likely to keep going to their events. The sooner, the better.

namste

Finland2292 Posts

May 12 2011 06:00 GMT

#55

On May 12 2011 14:20 backtoback wrote:
does anyone else feel that some Europeans play in a Korean play style? example, naniwa?

If the Korean style is winning, then yes.

Flowjo

United States928 Posts

May 12 2011 06:03 GMT

#56

On May 12 2011 14:50 ShooTouts wrote:
calling it right now ... Idra upsets a Korean in the finals

you mean just like GSL?

ROOTFayth

Canada3351 Posts

May 12 2011 06:07 GMT

#57

well standard

slog select and moonan

tadaaa

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

May 12 2011 06:09 GMT

#58

On May 12 2011 15:07 ROOTFayth wrote:
well standard

slog select and moonan

tadaaa

Not to derail the thread any but how long as Select been in the U.S.? Was he playing enough SC2/BW in Korea to really be counted as a Korean in the SC sense? Because if he started playing in the US I don't think it's quite the same thing.

GMonster

686 Posts

May 12 2011 06:11 GMT

#59

Isn't the HD Stream free this next MLG too? Talk about lucking out :D
Im going to Cross my fingers that Zenio or MVP goes to MLG and gets matched up against IdrA.