I love Nada, so I'm glad he's going... and glad DongRaeGu is going back. Raleigh is a long-ass way from Korea, so I'm kinda surprised so many Koreans are going. Seoul to LAX is like 10.5 hours and a direct flight. Seoul to Raleigh requires at least one stop and probably takes almost twice as long. Not surprised that Boxer and MMA aren't making that trip.

Fermats_last

England336 Posts

August 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#103

Just watched Coca lose to Keen in GSL in a horrible base trade and felt really sad now I see this and am HAPPY <3 go go Coca

Carny

Croatia284 Posts

August 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#104

So all 4 Invitees are already in the Code S. So this time even 3rd place might be sufficient to get the Code S spot.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

August 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#105

Glad to see Coca and Tester out there, the lesser hyped Koreans deserve more recognition. Both are great players, I'm sure they'll be stomping foreigners left and right!

jakoh

Canada237 Posts

August 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#106

Coca in group full of foreigner toss? It's gonna be a massacre. I Think DRG will wins this time and get code s spot. He is better than everyone listed in pool play. DRG fighting.

CosmicSpiral

United States15275 Posts

August 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#107

On August 12 2011 06:22 nicknt wrote:
pretty weird that MVP isn't returning but players still in code S like Nada and Tester are coming.

I think MVP is optimistic about his chances at winning the GSL, so he's staying for the long haul.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#108

ugh incontrol, tlo, and machine still in the pool D;. We could have thorzain

On a side note, I hope Sen comes :D

Dandel Ion

Austria17960 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#109

On August 12 2011 06:25 Skiba wrote:
No socke ? :<

He must've declined the invite, I'm pretty sure he's ranked high enough to be seeded.

TelecoM

United States10690 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#110

I think Group C looks like the group of death......... GL to all :D

1Lamb1Rice

United States435 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#111

VERY excited to see CoCa playing overseas! He or DRG is gonna win it all.

Roggay

Switzerland6320 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#112

On August 12 2011 06:25 potsndots152 wrote:
Liquid sending hero??

This.

Is HerO coming to this one?

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

August 11 2011 21:27 GMT

#113

1st seed is really not furfilling its purpose at the moment. Naniwa constantly ends up in the hardest group. Huk, Coca, Rain and he almost got Ret too. I'm glad to see Dr. G back aswell.

DRG should top C and the other Korean invites should win their respective groups, Huk and Naniwa are good, but with CoCa's ZvP he was probably the 2nd worst player, after Bomber, to get in a group.

Isn't this also the last chance for a non-code S player, that has not made the up & downs, to get a Korean Blizzcon spot?

+ Show Spoiler [Code A] +

DRG is obviously front runner to get it at the moment, but the competition from Korean's in the open bracket will be fierce. A lot of them will want that chance.

Starfox

Austria699 Posts

August 11 2011 21:28 GMT

#114

On August 12 2011 06:17 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
finally somewhat decent (not great) groups for us

You one player in every group, no clue how much better it could get. Perhaps if all koreans would be put into one group of their own so foreigner at least have a minimal chance at the prizepoo or a group with 5 liquid guys, so at least one is guaranteed a top6? ;p

freerolll

Belgium1056 Posts

August 11 2011 21:28 GMT

#115

On August 12 2011 06:14 SMD wrote:

Show nested quote +

Damn, I cant beleive for the 2nd str8 MLG machine and iNcontrol aren't gunna play each other

yeah because thats what we all are excited for when it comes to MLG's!?!? Machine vs Incontrol

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

August 11 2011 21:28 GMT

#116

On August 12 2011 06:27 Roggay wrote:

Show nested quote +

This.

Is HerO coming to this one?

In his interview he said he was.

Shinobi1982

1605 Posts

August 11 2011 21:28 GMT

#117

On August 12 2011 06:27 Roggay wrote:

Show nested quote +

This.

Is HerO coming to this one?

Open bracket?

Logros

Netherlands9913 Posts

August 11 2011 21:29 GMT

#118

Tester better start practising hard.

Talin

Montenegro10532 Posts

August 11 2011 21:29 GMT

#119

Pool A is insane, with Nani grinding it in Korea it will basically be 4 Koreans and Incontrol. -_-

Ret can definitely top his group if he brings his beast mode to Raleigh.

Idra with the easiest group again. Standard.

DrBeansy

England85 Posts

August 11 2011 21:29 GMT

#120

pardon my ignorance if im being an idiot - but the championship pools often seem so similar to the previous event. which makes me sad. by nature of the way the event works, anyone in the pools is very likely to end up ranked very well (in comparison to all the winners/losers bracket players). therefore, it seems a little stagnant for each new MLG event to have almost exactly the same pools. should players like incontrol and machine who go 0-5 in the pool then shortly after drop out of the championship pool deserve a place? players like whitera worked all the way through the winners and losers bracket and dont get a place