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ESV TV & GOM TV partner! Code A for Korean Weekly

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Diamond United States10796 Posts September 08 2011 09:11 GMT #1 Today I am beyond ecstatic to bring you a major partnership of epic proportions! ESV TV (formerly iCCup TV) and GOM TV have officially partnered and are starting out with a bang! While many great things will come of this the most relevant and most important is the inclusion of a highly coveted Code A slot for the winner of the ESV TV Korean Weekly Finals! That's right, the winner (or top un-coded player) will bring home a guaranteed slot into Code A! No "win this other side tournament after" or anything of the sort this is a full Code A slot!!!! This will make the ESV TV/Nationvoice Korean Weekly the first online tournament in history to offer a slot in the GSL! The ESV TV Korean Weekly is one of the premiere weekly tournaments drawing some of the hottest up and coming Korean talent. It is a $200 weekly tournament with a $500 monthly finals. It is hosted on the Korean server, at Korean friendly times, and does not conflict with the GSL in any way. It was created to help funnel more prize money to more players, as Korea is severely lacking in tournaments aside for the GSL. In the 8 weeks the Korean Weekly has ran, it has gone amazing with some of the new forces on the scene long time veterans. EG.Puma? Was dazzling the Korean Weekly fans a month before his NASL breakout performance. NsHS.Jjakji? (Spoiler) That guy that won in groupstage vs MC, Losira, Check, and Kyrix came from here also! Jjakji in fact was the winner of the Korean Weekly Finals #1, and went on in the following weeks to Top 8 Code A and last night earn his Code S spot! SlayerS.Puzzle, NsHS.Sage, SlayerS.Taeja, and more all have proven their worth in this very tournament. Even though every Korean Weekly (besides #8) was already like a mini weekly GSL, expect the level of talent and the number of players to rise quite a bit! On a personal note, this is a HUGE step for the Korean scene, and I am so happy I barely have words to express it! There will be much more to come of this partnership, but this alone is so big it deserved it's own piece! Feel free to ask any questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability! Reddit Thread

Primadog United States4411 Posts September 08 2011 09:13 GMT #2 Whatever you're doing, Diamond, you're doing it right!

Angelbelow United States3728 Posts September 08 2011 09:14 GMT #3 Sounds fantastic! Cant wait to hear more about this, including details on schedule, players involved, etc.

Chaosvuistje Netherlands2581 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #4 Holy hell this is huge news for all the Code B players out there. Amazing partnership! Bravo!

Ezkaton Japan416 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #5 Huuge news!! Congratulations guys <3

Jetaap France4814 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #6 Huge news, glad to see that your hard work is getting some recognition! Thanks a lot .

Psi-Kick Australia182 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #7 Sick announcement!! Always loved this weekly will be awesome to see how serious the Koreans take it now there's a Code A slot on the line. Gratz ESV!!

rift 1819 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #8 Very cool, are foreigners allowed or Korean only?

drsnuggles Korea (South)362 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #9 Damn this is awesome, congratulations for your company, this gives you a lot more "credibility", so to speak, especially in the eyes of the Koreans. Also great for the viewers, I'm expecting the level of talent to rise so much, now that there's such a big incentive to participate.

Skilledblob Germany3392 Posts September 08 2011 09:15 GMT #10 very nice keep up the good work

Morale Sweden1010 Posts September 08 2011 09:16 GMT #11 Sick! Gunna be tuning in for sure!

XaCez Sweden6991 Posts September 08 2011 09:16 GMT #12 Great to see all your hard work paid off

Skawuscha Austria110 Posts September 08 2011 09:17 GMT #13 What maps are used for this tournament? Gsl or iCCup Maps?

Angelbelow United States3728 Posts September 08 2011 09:18 GMT #14 On September 08 2011 18:17 Skawuscha wrote: What maps are used for this tournament? Gsl or iCCup Maps? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ICCup_Korean_Weekly has some pretty good information including maps used and previous winners.

zul Germany5427 Posts September 08 2011 09:19 GMT #15 thats cool I guess constant work pays off.

Diamond United States10796 Posts September 08 2011 09:19 GMT #16 On September 08 2011 18:17 Skawuscha wrote: What maps are used for this tournament? Gsl or iCCup Maps? Both. Nothing will change with the maps, it will still have a constantly fresh pool !

Drimacus Germany92 Posts September 08 2011 09:19 GMT #17 huge! now.. how to decrease my latency to korea?

Taf the Ghost United States11751 Posts September 08 2011 09:20 GMT #18 Congrats on the deal.

masterbreti Korea (South)2711 Posts September 08 2011 09:20 GMT #19 Though this is good news. I feel sorta sad that players who are teamless will have even less open spots in the prelims to get into code A. With at least 1-2 spots going to NA players and now another going to this tournament. this leads to a question. Is it only 1 spot a month or 1 spot per week

Kiyo. United States2284 Posts September 08 2011 09:20 GMT #20 I personally don't care as I watched it live, but some people may get upset you spoiled day 2 of this weeks up and down matches It happened less than 24 hours ago.

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