Why wouldn't July come back? Did he said that? Because rolling through some guys in the open Bracket seems like "fun" for somebody like July. However, traveling costs are the biggest problem for him (and other non invited Koreans) I think. MMA, Losira and MC will have to pay for their flight.

EDIT: Also, July wasnt invited yet by MLG. So it is possible that he will get a free invite once more.
EDIT2: You are missing HuK in your list. Socke as well.

GhostFall

United States830 Posts

June 07 2011 09:12 GMT

#22

July wasn't invited by MLG, he qualifed to be sent by CSN.

Also i can see him not wanting to go through the open bracket. His play was visibly different at the ends of day 2. he must've been very tired

Aurdon

United States2007 Posts

June 07 2011 09:12 GMT

#23

Maybe they'll use the invite to get July to comeback since they haven't invited him yet.

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

June 07 2011 09:13 GMT

#24

would be a shame if at least the defending champion didn't return

Ruscour

5233 Posts

June 07 2011 09:14 GMT

#25

I don't know how it works, but it seems ridiculous that Gretorp is still higher than the likes of KawaiiRice (who made it to the championship bracket) when he hasn't won a match in the last 2 MLGs.

Sad news that Machine and Sheth aren't in the top 16, hopefully some of the Koreans won't come back or something.

whaty0uwant

New Zealand346 Posts

June 07 2011 09:15 GMT

#26

Fuck yea Slush. You'll get your win next time man :D

MechKing

United States3004 Posts

June 07 2011 09:17 GMT

#27

So those players not in the top 16 have to go through the open bracket? Damn, those brackets are going to be quite brutal if that's the case

GhostFall

United States830 Posts

June 07 2011 09:18 GMT

#28

Wait so like MMA, Moon, Losira, and MC were the 4 MLG invites. I honestly don't see a korean invite not making the top 16, so essentially, everytime we invite a Korean player, you're replacing a foreign player in the pool with a Korean player.

It's way easier for them to get MLG seeding than others. Take July for example who had to go through the open bracket. He is an extremely strong player, on the level of the other 4 Koreans but because he had to go through the open bracket he wont get MLG seeding because it was harder. That was just July, think of the other players having to go through the Open players, all the foreigners.

If MLG is going to continue to add Koreans into the Championship Pool, they need to add more than 4 pools. They should possibly make it 8 pools or we're going to have Korean players have a huge advantage in taking MLG seeding. They are already skilled enough to do it legitimately through the open bracket, now we're making it extremely easy.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

June 07 2011 09:18 GMT

#29

On June 07 2011 18:08 Baituri wrote:

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16 people are seeded.
4 koreans are invited.
4 people from the open bracket.

Ah, okay. Thanks. So we have a decent chance of seeing the MMA; Losira, MC and Moon back in action in the next MLG (even with Socke added to the list, Moon should still be top 16, right)? I'll be looking forward to that!

Hunted

Australia337 Posts

June 07 2011 09:19 GMT

#30

It's almost impossible that we'd see more then 8 Korean's in the top 16 after another 2 MLG's. After every MLG the amount of points needed to break into the top 16 increases. After the next one, it's likely that someone attending MLG for the first time would need to get at least third to get into the top 16 and if any Koreans which were previously invited decide to return to claim their seeds then getting top 3 will be much much tougher.

a9arnn

United States1537 Posts

June 07 2011 09:25 GMT

#31

Gretorp ahead of Kawaii? No offense to Gretorp, especially with him focusing on NASL and such (much <3's), but you know the system has a flaw when you're reading, and read Gretorp directly followed by KawaiiRice.
That open bracket is so brutal, but I guess every time, it makes you stronger! Thanks for the (unofficial) list Xeris!

odder

United States405 Posts

June 07 2011 09:27 GMT

#32

if the Top 16 attend Anaheim

A
1. Naniwa
8. Ret
9. iNcontroL
16. Moon

B
2. Idra
7. Losira
10. MC
15. Moonan

C
3. MMA
6. SeleCT
11. Haypro
14. Socke

D
4. Slush
5. Kiwikaki
12. TLO
13. Sjow

GSL July Finals is on the same weekend as MLG Anaheim, so depends if any of the Koreans make it to the Finals

RoyW

Ireland270 Posts

June 07 2011 09:27 GMT

#33

OK, so assuming everyone turned up, here would be the groups for anahiem:

A:

1. Naniwa 1850
8. Ret 940
9. iNcontroL 920
16. Moon 550
Korea 1

B:

2. Idra 1400
7. Losira 1000
10. MC 900
15. Moonan 630
Korea 2

C:

3. MMA 1200
6. Select 1090
11. Haypro 800
14. Socke 650
Korea 3

D:

4. Slush 1190
5. Kiwikaki 1140
12. TLO 770
13. Sjow 740
Korea 4

Wow, group B

Primadog

United States4411 Posts

June 07 2011 09:38 GMT

#34

Here's another way to look at these data. 20 of the top 24 in Columbus and 19 of the top-24 by MLG rank points are players in NASL.

LemonyTang

United Kingdom436 Posts

June 07 2011 09:40 GMT

#35

From what I heard of people who spoke to July at the event, the dude loves starcraft 2 way more than competing. I think July is seriously chill about the whole thing, and apparently he said he wants to come back to MLG and play in the open bracket again to meet "the real fans of sc2"

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

June 07 2011 09:41 GMT

#36

On June 07 2011 18:27 odder wrote:
if the Top 16 attend Anaheim

A
1. Naniwa
8. Ret
9. iNcontroL
16. Moon

B
2. Idra
7. Losira
10. MC
15. Moonan

C
3. MMA
6. SeleCT
11. Haypro
14. Socke

D
4. Slush
5. Kiwikaki
12. TLO
13. Sjow

lol @ idra being in two consecutive groups of death ... conspiracy perhaps?

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j/k just in case someone decided to take things way to seriously

rickybobby

United States405 Posts

June 07 2011 09:44 GMT

#37

maybe july will get seeded in though, now hes shown the desire to come to mlg and he obviously has the skill to contend he will be able to come seeded next time.

zaii

Guam2611 Posts

June 07 2011 09:44 GMT

#38

On June 07 2011 18:41 nayumi wrote:

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lol @ idra being in two consecutive groups of death ... conspiracy perhaps?

+ Show Spoiler +

j/k just in case someone decided to take things way to seriously

I love how idra manages to earn the perfect amount of points to be placed into the groups of death,

Full.tilt

United Kingdom1709 Posts

June 07 2011 09:54 GMT

#39

Not really impressed with this system, far too forgiving on people who get seeded and fail to perform well in the previous tournament compared to people who come through the open brackets playing and winning many more games.

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

June 07 2011 10:01 GMT

#40

Wont the MLG pay for Losira, MMA, and MC to fly over? i thought mlg was going to cover all the costs of the koreans...they really should so more can come