EPTNASL Season 2 Player Announcements - Page 25
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xdthreat
United States95 Posts
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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Talkerst
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 Another great group of players. Don't know much about HwangSin but so far I've been impressed with the list so don't doubt he'll at least put up some decent matches. | ||
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Dexington
Canada7276 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:18 s.a.y wrote: How did Moman get in? he was like 1-8 or 0-9 last season? 3-6 or 4-5 I believe. He got the last seed for the qualifying playoffs and almost beat Kiwikaki in those playoffs. | ||
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Nurmis
Finland81 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:20 Dexington wrote: 3-6 or 4-5 I believe. He got the last seed for the qualifying playoffs and almost beat Kiwikaki in those playoffs. He was 4-5. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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Talkerst
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:20 Dexington wrote: 3-6 or 4-5 I believe. He got the last seed for the qualifying playoffs and almost beat Kiwikaki in those playoffs. Wow, i stopped watching NASL too early it seems :D | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:24 Talkerst wrote: Sheth isn't really an invite. He made a name for himself in NASL and was already assured a spot as he participated in the finals. So of course he is in and deserves it. Oh that's right, he got knocked out pretty early  It's no problem, 1st place Season 2 ez | ||
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Talkerst
124 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:27 shindigs wrote: Oh that's right, he got knocked out pretty early It's no problem, 1st place Season 2 ezYeah, he lost to Squirtle in round one but did so well in the regular season that he skipped the playoffs. Thus he didn't get much air time the last 3-4 weeks of season 1. Hope he does at least as well this season. | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:14 Dexington wrote: BratOK Incontrol HwangSin Sheth Moman Who's HwangSin? I'm happy to see iNcontroL back in, I was a little worried after he stopped working for NASL. I hope he can have another hot start and carry it through to the playoffs. | ||
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EsPeter
Mexico2 Posts
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Talkerst
124 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:31 Zorkmid wrote: Who's HwangSin? I'm happy to see iNcontroL back in, I was a little worried after he stopped working for NASL. I hope he can have another hot start and carry it through to the playoffs. I think his work for NASL is part of the reason his play started to drop off in the second half of the season. He just had too much on his plate. Hoping this time he can give it his all. | ||
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SiguR
Canada2039 Posts
They are just picking and choosing players they want based on criteria mentioned nowhere. This is the same process that caused a lot of problems for people in season 1 (demuslim, nightend, etc). And here they are, repeating it. Even if nobody gets burnt by this type of decision making this season, it's still an awful way to go about it. I understand that the koreans withdrawing left them in a bit of a pickle, but this current way of choosing seems wrong on principle. qxc gets an invite because he had an all kill in the team league? Inka because of ______? And it seems other players are being randomly picked out of the lower tiers of the qualification tournament. How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? How can you bring back some players that were eliminated last season (like tyler) and not all of them? I want to be clear i'm not trying to bash any of the players mentioned. I'm a big fan of a lot of them, but I feel like they should/could be earning their spot a different way. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:22 shindigs wrote: I am still spotting my huge banana grin after seeing Sheth on the list of invites. I'd like to echo the posters above me by saying seeing zergs such as Nerchio and Stephano, but I believe their success was around the time that NASL was dealing with the Korean drama. Not sure if their "back up" list was already finished at that time but it'd actually be pretty amazing if those players manage to be squeezed in. Korean drama happened a few weeks ago. Nerchio and Stephano have been performing for months... | ||
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aristarchus
United States652 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:34 SiguR wrote: I don't understand why more people aren't upset with how they are filling the spots They are just picking and choosing players they want based on criteria mentioned nowhere. This is the same process that caused a lot of problems for people in season 1 (demuslim, nightend, etc). And here they are, repeating it. Even if nobody gets burnt by this type of decision making this season, it's still an awful way to go about it. I understand that the koreans withdrawing left them in a bit of a pickle, but this current way of choosing seems wrong on principle. qxc gets an invite because he had an all kill in the team league? Inka because of ______? And it seems other players are being randomly picked out of the lower tiers of the qualification tournament. How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? How can you bring back some players that were eliminated last season (like tyler) and not all of them? I want to be clear i'm not trying to bash any of the players mentioned. I'm a big fan of a lot of them, but I feel like they should/could be earning their spot a different way. No one's that upset because everyone knows they tried to do real qualifiers and then got screwed over at the last minute. They're doing their best. It's probably not actually the best way they could possibly do it, but nothing they could do would be all that good, so everyone is cutting them a little slack here. I assume their intention is to go back to qualifiers for the next season, and as long as they do that it's fine with me. What I want to know, actually, is whether the Koreans who dropped out at the last minute (at least the ones who had signed contracts) are getting banned from the next season or two. That's what GSL does (Rain, for example), and it seems completely fair to me. I think it'd also be good for both them and the foreign scene in general to try to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. | ||
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Talkerst
124 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:34 SiguR wrote: I don't understand why more people aren't upset with how they are filling the spots They are just picking and choosing players they want based on criteria mentioned nowhere. This is the same process that caused a lot of problems for people in season 1 (demuslim, nightend, etc). And here they are, repeating it. Even if nobody gets burnt by this type of decision making this season, it's still an awful way to go about it. I understand that the koreans withdrawing left them in a bit of a pickle, but this current way of choosing seems wrong on principle. qxc gets an invite because he had an all kill in the team league? Inka because of ______? And it seems other players are being randomly picked out of the lower tiers of the qualification tournament. How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? How can you bring back some players that were eliminated last season (like tyler) and not all of them? I want to be clear i'm not trying to bash any of the players mentioned. I'm a big fan of a lot of them, but I feel like they should/could be earning their spot a different way. I think everyone agrees, including NASL, that this isn't the best way to select players. Qualifiers are and they did that. However, the Koreans withdrawal so late in the pre-season left them in quite the rough spot. There simply was not time to do another qualifier without totally screwing their schedule. They are pretty much screwed and nothing they can do will satisfy everyone. While what they have done may not be perfect I, and apparently a lot of others, can't really fault them for trying to do the best they can given the circumstances. Also, keep in mind that we've only seen the first 20 players announced. It is possible that everyone that made ro16 and was still available has been asked to join the league. If they get to 45 and there are inequities, that would be the time go gripe. Doing so now is kind of premature. | ||
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zeenix1
Sweden89 Posts
Imba.BRAT_OK EG iNcontroL IGE HwangSin Liquid`Sheth Virus MoMaN | ||
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SpiZe
Canada3640 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:34 SiguR wrote: I don't understand why more people aren't upset with how they are filling the spots They are just picking and choosing players they want based on criteria mentioned nowhere. This is the same process that caused a lot of problems for people in season 1 (demuslim, nightend, etc). And here they are, repeating it. Even if nobody gets burnt by this type of decision making this season, it's still an awful way to go about it. I understand that the koreans withdrawing left them in a bit of a pickle, but this current way of choosing seems wrong on principle. qxc gets an invite because he had an all kill in the team league? Inka because of ______? And it seems other players are being randomly picked out of the lower tiers of the qualification tournament. How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? How can you bring back some players that were eliminated last season (like tyler) and not all of them? I want to be clear i'm not trying to bash any of the players mentioned. I'm a big fan of a lot of them, but I feel like they should/could be earning their spot a different way. The first season was an invite only tournament, wich means NASL chose the players they wanted based on the criteria they chose. They have every possible right they refuse a player from playing in their league if they don't want to see him play in the league, ie, if CombatEX was one of the best players in the world... he would still be CombatEX and I would see nothing wrong with him not getting a spot in the league. If the league don't want that kind of players in, it's their choice, and no one else's. Same thing applies here, if they have a reason for a player to not be in their league, so be it! On the other hand , if they have a reason for inviting a player in the league, GREAT ! The current way of choosing has nothing wrong with it, qxc didn't get an invite because he had a team kill, he didn't have any sort of invite. He was in season won but didn't win enough so he wasn't supposed to play in S2 but people higher than him left... wich made him move up in rank so he should be in right? All 50 players of last season had a ranking, so it is only logical that people who didn't originally made it to season 2 but where close to making it get in before the guy who are in the complete bottom of NASL S1 rankings. Inka got in because he showed great results at the qualifier and almost made it to the qualifying round, NASL gave him a flower and made it so he got in. "How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? " For the same reason that around 80 people submitted an application for season 1 and only 50 got in, limited places. Also, some koreans were knocked out in RO16 so they won't accept a spot even if they were given one, then they have to choose a limited number of players out of them and they chose people based on accessibility to play, results, name recognition, people that would bring in views etc... Thanks for reading | ||
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desRow
Canada2654 Posts
On August 26 2011 04:34 SiguR wrote: I don't understand why more people aren't upset with how they are filling the spots They are just picking and choosing players they want based on criteria mentioned nowhere. This is the same process that caused a lot of problems for people in season 1 (demuslim, nightend, etc). And here they are, repeating it. Even if nobody gets burnt by this type of decision making this season, it's still an awful way to go about it. I understand that the koreans withdrawing left them in a bit of a pickle, but this current way of choosing seems wrong on principle. qxc gets an invite because he had an all kill in the team league? Inka because of ______? And it seems other players are being randomly picked out of the lower tiers of the qualification tournament. How can you pick some people that finished in the ro16 without inviting all 8 that were eliminated in that round? How can you bring back some players that were eliminated last season (like tyler) and not all of them? I want to be clear i'm not trying to bash any of the players mentioned. I'm a big fan of a lot of them, but I feel like they should/could be earning their spot a different way. thank you | ||
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