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illsick
United States1770 Posts
On August 03 2011 08:38 HiNoon wrote:
please be in D.C., please be in D.C., please be in D.C.
Hope they bring some koreans. I dont think they make or break a tournament, but a few thrown in there would certainly increase the quality of both the games and competition.
Overall though, sounds like a great event, hope i can attend! :D
the code A qualifiers yesterday brought about the same viewers as the IPL this season
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Its a pretty tricky question, Koreans, or not Koreans. Also what Koreans? If you always invite the top 5-10 you will see a stomp fest. With some lower players they will still get a good competition (probably better then all foreigners). Then again people want to see the top player, but for a 3rd turn around you can watch gsl for that.
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Keep it booming SC2. 
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On August 03 2011 07:24 grandmoose wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2011 07:21 SafeAsCheese wrote:
Nobody is complaining about Assembly having 0 americans >_> Assembly isn't seen as a major event. Also this is different because no one is shunning NA players because of their skills (lol).
Suppose MLG wasnt a major event until Columbus then? American competitors are overfamed, God knows we have alot to thank the american scene for last half a year, but the players.. psss
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I was hoping for IPL to do a live tournament! Looking forward to it! :D We just need a league to do a live team event! LET ME DREAM
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So excited to see the players that end up competing in such a huge tournament, If there are no Koreans though then it will be extremely less appealing to me personally, just because the Koreans are just so far ahead as shown recently at different tournaments such as NASL and MLG.
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On August 03 2011 08:57 Kireak wrote:
Its a pretty tricky question, Koreans, or not Koreans. Also what Koreans? If you always invite the top 5-10 you will see a stomp fest. With some lower players they will still get a good competition (probably better then all foreigners). Then again people want to see the top player, but for a 3rd turn around you can watch gsl for that.
Why only GSL though? I personally want to watch every tournament to see the best players that the prize money can attract.
I see no reason for any tournament to intentionally lower the skill level. I mean if you want to run an NA exclusive tournament, then a $5k-$10k total prize pool is more than enough to get the best players you want.
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awesome, please northeast, we are deprived up here!
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Excited to watch, IGN always has really good content
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YES I LOVE EAST COAST TOURNEYS :D:D
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EAST COAST BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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If no Koreans, it mean just minor league and not many people would be interested, But on the other end if there all Koreans in top 10, people would be a bored. I suggest something in between limit koreans invites/qualifiers. And Hope it take place in San Fransisco Bay Area where the IPL Esport headquarters.
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Was hoping it would be near SF since thats where IGN is at. I would have went for sure.
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On August 03 2011 09:12 Xkalibert wrote:
If no Koreans, it mean just minor league and not many people would be interested, But on the other end if there all Koreans in top 10 people would be a bored. I suggest something in between limit koreans invites/qualifiers. And Hope it take place in San Fransisco Bay Area where the IPL Esport headquarters.
If you do it that way then the Koreans that get in will still win all the top spots and it will only look worse because
a) you capped the number of Koreans just to give foreign players a chance
b) Koreans still won
c) The overall quality of the tournament was weaker
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On August 03 2011 08:48 Talin wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2011 08:30 Sina92 wrote:On August 03 2011 08:30 lunchforthesky wrote:On August 03 2011 08:21 Rickilicious wrote:
Hmm. If there are 2 options I seem them having here. Wanting E-Sports to grow around the world, thus allowing Koreans, which could potentially scare away people who would want to qualify otherwise. Or wanting E-Sports to grow in the western side of the world, keeping most Koreans out and potentially hurting their cause. Either way it's a win win. win. imo Banning Koreans does not make esports grow in the west at all, it makes half the viewers immediately not give a crap about your tournament. Half or more. Certainly more than half, according to most polls (including the one on the bottom right). Not allowing Koreans in would be a massive step in the wrong direction.
Strictly speaking the poll in the bottom right doesnt show that. All it shows is that at present 32% were either put off to a degree or encouraged to a degree by an all Korean final. The way the rest of the poll is worded however does suggest that the bulk of the users selecting these options were of the former sentiment. It does not suggest that the remaining 68% would have a no interest in an event with no Korean entrants. In fact only 34% even suggest a desire to see the Korean players, and this only to the degree that they are accepted as the best players. Further, these 34% dont mention that they would have no interest in the event with no Korean entrants.
Granted, stong Korean players make for excitement but they are not the be all and end all of a good sc2 tournament. I believe that the IPL will make this event extremely well if their online broadcast quality is anything to go by, be it with or without Korean players.
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This is pretty cool. I would imagine it would be in IPL's HQ city, but I can always be surprised.
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I hope no koreans are given free invites, make them qualify like everyone else.
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Really enjoying everything IGN is coming out with!
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Please Boston - for the love of all that is holy - please Boston, or something even closer to Maine!
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EPT
