Korean teams withdraw from NASL - Page 91

On August 12 2011 15:11 MrBitter wrote:
This isn't the worst news in the world.

NASL season 2 will be a true representation of its namesake: A North American, foreigner only tournament.

In all honesty, this excites me a little. It should motivate foreign players to work a little harder (because winning is more attainable) and it will serve as a chance to showcase some of the top foreigner talent that we don't know as much about.

Obviously very sad that we'll have no Koreans, and will lose some quality, but its not all bad news.

On August 12 2011 15:16 Volvograd12 wrote:



This is probably the most constructive post in this entire debacle.
I completely agree with you mate.
NASL are making themselves look innocent.

On August 12 2011 15:13 Kush74 wrote:
NASL you should seriously take this post off. This is very misleading

First of all, Korean players havent gotten their deposit back from the first season yet!!

and NASL doubled their deposit.... Korean players feel that NASL used them to just make more

money. As a "Professional gamer" they feel like they are being disrespected by NASL since NO

OTHER TOURNAMENT ASK FOR DEPOSITS (and they still HAVENT GOTTEN THE MONEY BACK!!)

ON TOP OF THAT NASL STILL HASNT PAID THE PLAYERS THEIR PRIZE MONEY.... which is A FUCKING JOKE

On August 12 2011 15:11 MrBitter wrote:
This isn't the worst news in the world.

NASL season 2 will be a true representation of its namesake: A North American, foreigner only tournament.

In all honesty, this excites me a little. It should motivate foreign players to work a little harder (because winning is more attainable) and it will serve as a chance to showcase some of the top foreigner talent that we don't know as much about.

Obviously very sad that we'll have no Koreans, and will lose some quality, but its not all bad news.

On August 12 2011 15:17 Kush74 wrote:

NASL still hasnt paid their prize money and deposits back

They certainly deserve to get special treatment because they are the best player

without korean players NASL will just be a joke and profit will certainly go down.

On August 12 2011 15:07 forgottendreams wrote:


Think why from a business perspective from SC2Con. NASL encroaches upon viewership and expendable income viewers dedicate towards them (them being the GSL-MLG partnership), and gives a real possibility of stealing players away from the GSL if NASL continues to have more success.

1) Let the Korean players knock out a ton of foreigners (NA and EU) and qualify.
2) Let NASL hype it up and begin the Korean hype train
3) Make ridiculous demands like unlimited travel expenses a requirement and no security deposits
4) Leave NASL high and dry leaving a huge vaccuum of players no longer there anymore, and to add to it a vaccuum of a ton of foreign players that could've qualified.
5) Subscribers get angry at NASL and do not purchase season passes
6) NASL dies slowly as SC2Con continues to pressure Korean teams to not participate.

It's just cold hard business, and the Korean players nor the Korean team managers IMO should not be to blame, there's bigger forces at hand behind it.

On August 12 2011 15:05 anrimayu wrote:


I think Puma has something to say about that.

Oh and for anyone who's wants to see underdogs/hidden talents rather than the big names:
NASL's invitation only format in season 1 prevented exactly that anyway.
There's many more Koreans who fit the criteria to be the next Puma, having skills but lack of stage experience keeping them from GSL spotlights and whatnot.

On August 12 2011 15:10 DueSs wrote:
Edward Starcraft: "So you were talking about eSports and making sure Korea and the rest of the world is all part of one global community; how are you guys looking to exposing Korean players to more of the world?"

Mr. Chae: "Ah Yes, Korean Players.. exposing Korean players to more of the world .. the simple and best way is participating in all foreign tournaments.."

+ Show Spoiler +

On August 12 2011 15:08 Zenic wrote:
I do understand this decision, playing in the middle of the night, with lag and travel around the world to play maybe only one bo3 on their own costs isn’t that great.
The NASL 1 finals had nine Koreans, looking at the Qualifiers there would be even more in the NASL 2 finals. This means the chance of getting a KvK in the Ro16 is quite high and every Korean (respectively their team) who gets eliminated in the Ro16 will make a deficit.

On August 12 2011 15:18 deroth wrote:


Given the current gap between koreans and foreigners, the "top foreigner talent" isn't worth much. The gap is visibly so high atm that it's become hardly interesting to even watch foreigners play (I'm not counting the very best ones that can still compete with koreans, but those you can count on one hand).

On August 12 2011 15:16 Slider954 wrote:



Really MrBitter? (if its really you) I expected better of you, I guess all the EU players are now North Americans... and we will have a few Koreans, Rain, Puma, Hero so don't say there wont be any.

On August 12 2011 15:20 oldtimessake wrote:
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=736266&board=&category=13439&subcategory=2&page=1&best=&searchmode=&search=&orderby=&token=


read this (use google translator) and u guys will understand a litle bit

On August 12 2011 15:22 vertical101 wrote:
NASL say: top 4 koreans here take our money.
koreans : we dont want your prize money, we want travel stipend!!
seriously??????????

i think SC2con are scheming something, i think they are setting a example for the other tournaments.this is bad for small tournaments or future new tournaments. this need to stop
funny they didnt include MLG with their crappy prize pool. GSL+MLG partnership lol?
is GSL and MLG is part of this bullshit i hope not. glad that slayers is not part of this shit.
its like what Kespa did to GOM in BW, SC2CON(or kespa 2.0) is gonna kill NASL.
its like their trying to sell talents