vVv Announces New Starcraft Academy - Page 3

On August 22 2011 04:24 SwirlQ wrote:
Is there a age restriction for the academy?
Edit: Age restriction is 16+ from what I read on the application page. TT half a year off.. so hard for teens/kids to get opportunities.

On August 22 2011 09:15 VPCursed wrote:
hey, when will we know if we're accepted or not?

On August 22 2011 06:15 masterbreti wrote:



I think right now if a euro player does well. They still can't send them to a MLG. Cause its way to expensive. Like it says in the OP. The best performing member of the academy will be sent to MLG. This won't happen if the player is from europe.



I think its more to keep costs down. Plus the hours would be a little harsh on your body if you have school and such, as either you would be playing really early morning or late late night. Again this would make things slightly more complex and make practice harder for European players.
This is just my take on the rule though and Is just my perspective as someone who has applied to the academy.




Also I was wondering. Can we get like a quote from a pro player or something as part of our application. So you have references of sorts.

On August 22 2011 11:27 desrow wrote:


even with a reference your still a gold player =/

glad to see vvv revamping their academy model =) GL to everyone !

On August 22 2011 11:45 masterbreti wrote:


So someone who doesn't ladder and still has improved a ton can't get in. I sent LordJerith a pm and he said just to explain the reason why I don't ladder and I did.

Simply enough I do not ladder, nor have I laddered really since december of last year. I maybe play 3-4 matches a season on ladder and play against practice partners most of the time. Many of them being Korean players.

I am fine with playing tournament games, and custom games against practice partners. I cannot take to laddering much. As nerves sometimes get a little rough on me and I cannot play near to where I want to be. Never had an issue in online tournaments and don't expect to have the same issue in LAN's.

I bring up the question to you desRow. Have you seen me play? have you seen where I am currently? not that I'm aware of. Auctally in some games I played against Sterling. I won against him in a TvT, and also beat him in 2 TvP (he played toss those games). He likely didn't play his best. Though I still won.

I've gotten my play looked at by some top players and they have said when I play well. I play at a high masters level. Then there are some games where I don't perform as well. I took note of those ones and they were the ones that were ladder replays. The few I had anyways.

On August 22 2011 11:45 masterbreti wrote:


I am fine with playing tournament games, and custom games against practice partners. I cannot take to laddering much. As nerves sometimes get a little rough on me and I cannot play near to where I want to be. Never had an issue in online tournaments and don't expect to have the same issue in LAN's.

On August 22 2011 04:09 SugarBear wrote:


That's an interesting thought. Maybe we should let random players apply to the academy? I think we just assumed that most random players pick 1 race to play competitively, but perhaps there are some who compete as random?

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

On August 22 2011 12:53 Toxi78 wrote:
is it possible to know what the level of the average academy member will be ?

On August 22 2011 12:39 Meatex wrote:
@masterbreti
you might be truthful when you say you don't ladder but actually a good player but many many people say the same thing and many of those people could easily get a high level player to say they are good too.
Asking to look at your games may be a fair thing to ask from your point of view but think about the poor guy(s) that have to watch every replay from every applicant regardless of level. That would be a nightmare as usually it would be 20 replays per applicant to get a good idea.

So instead of getting mad try to understand from their point of view. They have to set some limits to get a manageable amount of viable applicants. If you're serious about being a pro gamer then sounds to me like you need to work on your nerves because I can't imagine anyone unable to perform on ladder yet being able to at an MLG tbh

Like I said I would love to have a chance but not US and lag from KR to US will probably prevent me from reaching MLG levels

On August 22 2011 23:18 SugarBear wrote:


Not before the tournament. I expect mid-high masters is most likely where we will end up.