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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!
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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!
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Whatever you're doing, Diamond, you're doing it right!
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Sounds fantastic! Cant wait to hear more about this, including details on schedule, players involved, etc.
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Holy hell this is huge news for all the Code B players out there. Amazing partnership!
Bravo!
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Huuge news!! Congratulations guys <3
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Huge news, glad to see that your hard work is getting some recognition! Thanks a lot  .
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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!!
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Very cool, are foreigners allowed or Korean only?
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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.
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very nice keep up the good work
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Sick! Gunna be tuning in for sure!
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Great to see all your hard work paid off
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What maps are used for this tournament?
Gsl or iCCup Maps?
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thats cool I guess constant work pays off.
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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 !
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huge!
now.. how to decrease my latency to korea? 
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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
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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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On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
1 a month, I don't think it should hamper that too much.
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Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ?
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United Kingdom38152 Posts
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B?
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On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
I think these spots will probably just take the spots of the MLG LXP since fewer people seem to be accepting the invites every MLG.
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On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ?
Yep.
On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B?
Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc.
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am i the only one who read esl tv? -.-
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On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc.
If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them.
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Great news! Always good to see koreans (gom) willing to partner up with smaller fish to make everything better ^^
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On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them.
It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough.
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On September 08 2011 18:26 clayn wrote:
am i the only one who read esl tv? -.-
Nope, i thought the same... lol "This Logo doesnt look right... wait... thats esV tv... "
However. Nice Announcement anyway!
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I applaud this move. Keep up the great work, will tune in as much as possible, looking forward for quality matches from mostly the lesser known high quality players that are out there.
Cheers and I wish ESV the best of luck in your endeavors.
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On September 08 2011 18:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them. It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough.
It didn't finish until 19 hours ago, so no, it hasn't been 24 hours.
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Awesome news! The ESV (...) Korean Weekly is going to get more awesome.
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This is awesome news. Definitely looking forward to future tournaments and hope it brings even better games. Keep up the great work Diamond and the rest of esv tv!
edit: One question, does the winner of Finals #2 get a Code A spot into the next GSL? or does that start with #3?
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This is huge and well-deserved, congrats!
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On September 08 2011 18:33 blahz0r wrote:
This is awesome news. Definitely looking forward to future tournaments and hope it brings even better games. Keep up the great work Diamond and the rest of esv tv!
edit: One question, does the winner of Finals #2 get a Code A spot into the next GSL? or does that start with #3?
Starts with #3. There was no way to give enough notice to the players for #2 by the time we got the final approval.
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On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Can't they compete in the weekly then?
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On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Teamless players can participate in this "Korean weekly", right? It would actually be a great possibility for unknown players to get a Code A spot besides the Code B qualifier.
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Awesome news bro. I dig it. Congrats on the partnership.
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AWWWWWWEEEEEESSSSOOOOMMMEEE!
This is really, really cool. This is such a great partnership.
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It will bring more status and importance to your league, congratulations!
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This is great.
Well done ESV !
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49782 Posts
all you guys need to do is promote your maps now.
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On September 08 2011 18:38 TheSilverfox wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Teamless players can participate in this "Korean weekly", right? It would actually be a great possibility for unknown players to get a Code A spot besides the Code B qualifier.
It's a bit of a case by case. Being it's replay cast and has a very extensive rule book (9 pages to be exact) it's not totally open. However if I am made aware of a strong but teamless player I will work with them.
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Awesome, congratulations on your deal!
I have really enjoyed your Korean Weeklies so far and am looking forward to seeing your qualifier
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wow! great!
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United Arab Emirates1141 Posts
Well Done Diamond!! Keep bringing us China / Korean Starcraft. Much appreciated, thanks!
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Do foreigners that go to Korea to train participate in this? For instance Grubby is going to Korea soon would be cool to see him in this =)
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On September 08 2011 18:26 clayn wrote:
am i the only one who read esl tv? -.-
Lol I do the same thing.
But AWESOME job iccup guys you've been around for a long time and this really is something!
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Congratulations! This is win-win for all parties. It allows players who unfortunately hit a really strong player in the qualifiers to get in, as well as players who just have an off day and have to wait another 2 months. Not only that, but it will no doubt give the Korean Weekly more viewers. This is great news!
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On September 08 2011 18:40 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:38 TheSilverfox wrote:On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Teamless players can participate in this "Korean weekly", right? It would actually be a great possibility for unknown players to get a Code A spot besides the Code B qualifier. It's a bit of a case by case. Being it's replay cast and has a very extensive rule book (9 pages to be exact) it's not totally open. However if I am made aware of a strong but teamless player I will work with them.
I see. It would be great if you could include them in the future. For instance we have players like San & SaSe that are teamless that would be great if they have the option to qualify for Code A this way.
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On September 08 2011 18:43 TheSilverfox wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:40 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:38 TheSilverfox wrote:On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Teamless players can participate in this "Korean weekly", right? It would actually be a great possibility for unknown players to get a Code A spot besides the Code B qualifier. It's a bit of a case by case. Being it's replay cast and has a very extensive rule book (9 pages to be exact) it's not totally open. However if I am made aware of a strong but teamless player I will work with them. I see. It would be great if you could include them in the future. For instance we have players like San & SaSe that are teamless that would be great if they have the option to qualify for Code A this way.
I will be more then happy to have either of them anytime. Both know how to find me also.
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On September 08 2011 18:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them. It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough.
Well 24 hours might be enought for not getting a warning here or something but it still would be nice to spoiler it. I think for a tournament that a lot of people here watch over vod's, cause of the time its casted, 24 hours is not enough though. Give it 48 or 72 hours.
Well for me the damage is done I got spoilered. 
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Japan4560 Posts
This is awesome news!
Great job guys.
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United Kingdom14464 Posts
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On September 08 2011 18:47 VForce wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them. It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough. Well 24 hours might be enought for not getting a warning here or something but it still would be nice to spoiler it. I think for a tournament that a lot of people here watch over vod's, cause of the time its casted, 24 hours is not enough though. Give it 48 or 72 hours. Well for me the damage is done I got spoilered.
I tried to warn him -_-
Adding "(Spoiler)" in the same line of the spoiler doesn't really help Diamond. Just change Jjakji's description to something else if you don't wanna use spoilers. And your description of him is wrong anyway. He made Top 8, not Top 4 of Code A.
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Having more tournaments like this get recognized in korea will be great
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Well, it can't get any better than this right?^^
Congratulations that all your hard work pays off Diamond! I always love to watch your Weeklies and see players play your awesome maps, and now they will really start to train your maps
+ Show Spoiler + Just make sure to never use Testbug again or we will see even less Protoss in GSL
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Niiice.
It's been a nice small tournament with some good talent so far. This announcement should get rid of many of the no-shows and cause the player pool to grow by quite a bit. Good stuff, Diamond.
Questions:
You said there's a rule book and not everyone can enter - can we read up on the requirements for players anywhere?
And is any un-coded player eligible for the spot (nationality- and team-wise speaking)?
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On September 08 2011 18:58 Kiyo. wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:47 VForce wrote:On September 08 2011 18:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them. It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough. Well 24 hours might be enought for not getting a warning here or something but it still would be nice to spoiler it. I think for a tournament that a lot of people here watch over vod's, cause of the time its casted, 24 hours is not enough though. Give it 48 or 72 hours. Well for me the damage is done I got spoilered. I tried to warn him -_- Adding " (Spoiler)" in the same line of the spoiler doesn't really help Diamond. Just change Jjakji's description to something else if you don't wanna use spoilers. And your description of him is wrong anyway. He made Top 8, not Top 4 of Code A.
This anti-spoiler of multiple days is insane. 12 or so hours I get, but no way I'm missing the chance to point out the largest success story of the Korean Weekly in Jjakji for a result that is already about a day old. Sorry but I'm not spoilering it since it's been so long.
On September 08 2011 19:01 Bobster wrote:
Niiice.
It's been a nice small tournament with some good talent so far. This announcement should get rid of many of the no-shows and cause the player pool to grow by quite a bit. Good stuff, Diamond.
Is anyone eligible to enter? And is any un-coded player eligible for the spot?
Yeah I'm pretty sure the no-show/small brackets day is dead.
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On September 08 2011 19:01 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:58 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:47 VForce wrote:On September 08 2011 18:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:26 Kiyo. wrote:On September 08 2011 18:25 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 08 2011 18:22 Javah wrote:
Fantastic news for ESPORTS!
What happens if the winner is already "coded" ? Would the first uncoded take the spot ? Yep. On September 08 2011 18:23 Asha` wrote:
So sick, such an amazing tournament and I'm so glad you guys have made this happen! =)
I do have a question about what this means for the scope of entrants now? We've still had a good number of Code S/A participants lately, will they still be allowed to compete if winning gets you a code A spot, or will we see it become exclusive to code B? Code A/S players are welcome, if the winner of the monthly is coded, the 2nd place gets it, if he is coded then 3rd gets it, etc, etc. If you didn't see my post on the last page, please spoiler the day 2 up and down results in your post, it's been less than 24 hours and it'd suck for someone who was trying to avoid them. It's been 24 hours, I'm pretty sure that's long enough. Well 24 hours might be enought for not getting a warning here or something but it still would be nice to spoiler it. I think for a tournament that a lot of people here watch over vod's, cause of the time its casted, 24 hours is not enough though. Give it 48 or 72 hours. Well for me the damage is done I got spoilered. I tried to warn him -_- Adding " (Spoiler)" in the same line of the spoiler doesn't really help Diamond. Just change Jjakji's description to something else if you don't wanna use spoilers. And your description of him is wrong anyway. He made Top 8, not Top 4 of Code A. This anti-spoiler of multiple days is insane. 12 or so hours I get, but no way I'm missing the chance to point out the largest success story of the Korean Weekly in Jjakji. Sorry but I'm not spoilering it since it's been so long.
It hasn't even been 20 hours. That's less than a day. You've already spoiled the results for one person. Do you want it to happen to more people?
I could understand if it was 24 hours, but under a day is not cool.
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Agree with Diamond on the spoiler front - people need to stop being so squeamish about these things. It's been a day, it's not a big deal, get over it. You'll live.
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On September 08 2011 19:05 Bobster wrote:
Agree with Diamond on the spoiler front - people need to stop being so squeamish about these things. It's been a day, it's not a big deal, get over it.
Once again, had it been a day, I'd have no problem with it. But it hasn't even been 20 hours.
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Sweeeeet.
I really like the Korean Weeklies and this will definitely make them even more interesting than they already are.
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Well I'm going to go lay down and watch GSL, been a stressful day and a half (this was supposed to be announced yesterday but got missed T_T) so I am in desperate need of sleep.
Please leave any other questions or whatever, rest assured I will read every post in this thread
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Holy fucking hell. Been watching iCCup.tv broadcasts since last year and have loved every series that's been done. Love how this new independence seems to be leading to even better stuff.
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Sounds great. These stakes should really create some high interest and high level games in your tourney since Code A is so hard to get into. Keep up the good work!
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This has to be the hardest way to get Code A.
Still great news.
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Italy12246 Posts
Hooray for iccup and esv tv! Awesome news!
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wooooooohoooooo
gogogo diamond, esvtv and gomtv
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Awesome news for not only a hardworking dude in Diamond, but also for the Korean SC2 scene! More things like this make it more likely for foreigners to train and play in Korea!
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such good news
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Great news
As I understand this does every week award a non-Code A to winner(or top placed "Code B" player).
This is great that every Code B player will have 4 chances to get invited into Code A every session roughly.
That will mean there will be less spots in GSL Code A qualifier. 16 total new Code players, -3 MLG spots, -4 Korean weekly spot.
I think this quite good, only think that is a bit worrying if there are too Code A and Code S players that will kick out the Code B players. And this would result in lower chance to find the best Code B player worthy of a Code A spot.
But in general I feel this more fair way for consistent player to be able to get Code A.
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I hope you're keeping the Strong team color mod that made everything look better.
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wow this is awesome. good job diamond
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This is amazing and you guys totally deserve all the good things you get. I don't know who else is involved but Diamond and Orb are both amazing at what they do. Keep up the good work guys more things will come your way!
On September 08 2011 19:28 zasghu wrote:
Great news
As I understand this does every week award a non-Code A to winner(or top placed "Code B" player).
This is great that every Code B player will have 4 chances to get invited into Code A every session roughly.
That will mean there will be less spots in GSL Code A qualifier. 16 total new Code players, -3 MLG spots, -4 Korean weekly spot.
I think this quite good, only think that is a bit worrying if there are too Code A and Code S players that will kick out the Code B players. And this would result in lower chance to find the best Code B player worthy of a Code A spot.
But in general I feel this more fair way for consistent player to be able to get Code A.
It's only for the monthly finals
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Great news, gogo iccuptv (you'll never be someone else in my heart :/ )
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Awesome news!
Grats to you guys and GL for this future partnership!
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This is amazing. Congratulations to ESV :D
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Brilliant news for ESL, congratulations on the partner!
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I've been following ICCup since I found TL, and it's always been a place I could find quality games with top-notch commentary, from people who genuinely care about providing a quality show. I'm really excited to see what the GOM partnership has in store for them, and I can't wait to tune in now!
The code A spot is an interesting move by GOM, and it makes me wonder: is GOM TRYING to make there be a billion different ways to get into the GSL? What if someday there is no Code B, just large tournaments worldwide that give seeds into the GSL, the most high-level tournament in the world?
Makes me wonder... if this is their plan, then SC2 may have a bright future as a global esport.
Also, who will be casting? Are we still gonna be getting our weekly dose of -orb-?
Also strange that IPL/NASL don't have anything like this, even though they're far larger than the Korean weekly. NASL I guess I can understand because of the drama, but with so many Koreans fighting for a spot in IPL, I predict a Code A/S spot or three to the winner of that as well =P
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Nice!
(Now go ask the TL staff to rename you to ESV.Diamond, lose the fricking iccup tag, it's holding you back)
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great news, as always on TL
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Nice partnership with benefits for all sides.
I imagine now that all the Korean teams will sign all their B teamers and Code A players for it.
It would be a good lesson for them.
ESV Korean weekly has a similar format as the offline code A qualifiers ( i don't mean the maps but the fact that you learn the full bracket after you get to the venue) so the players would learn how to adapt quickly to different play styles which would benefit them if they would still go for offline qualifiers.
Its also good for the GOM. People now complain that they dont know the new players who get to code A and S as could be seen here. More known people by western audience = more viewers for GOM.
And of course its good for ESL.... ups ESV.... Man as good as it sound its way to similar to ESL especially in european eyes. This deal will make it easy for them to grow more. Many new viewers and full brackets in their tournaments full of the new SC2 blood. Couldn't be better.
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I'd be up for getting orb a casting partner.
On September 08 2011 19:38 WArped wrote:
Brilliant news for ESL, congratulations on the partner!
The ESL is not involved in this...
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On September 08 2011 18:13 Primadog wrote:
Whatever you're doing, Diamond, you're doing it right!
So true, so true...
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Oh fuck yeah with all the new ways to get into code a I'll actually start watching all of it because the level in code a is just rising by the month and there are soooo many good players in code a these days.
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I was genuinely concerned about what was going to happen with ICCup.tv with the overabundance of weekly/daily tournaments; however, this will legitimize their weeklies to a level unlike any other weekly, and I look forward to you guys reaping the benefits of your hard work and dedication. Congratulations ICCup.tv. :D
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this is will code a qualifiers even harder as there will be 4 less spots competed for b/c the 4 tourney winners.
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Oh god i am so happy for u guys. U clearly deserve this after all the huge hard work and commitment u put into casting SC2 games.
Can't wait to see u guys and big thumbs up!
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awesome news looking forward to a Bright SC2 Future.
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Wow this is awesome great news! Who will be allowed to participate..are foreigners allowed too?
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Really, really awesome, the games are so high quality and the players deserve a code a slot!
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Congratulations ESV TV! Awesome news! Keep fighting the good fight.
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this is great. maybe yonghwa and thestc can finally get into code a through this chance. orb is a great caster too so it will be entertaining to watch and see these high level korean guys try to qualify
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Wow holy fuck. This is amazing. I never even heard of this tournament before, even though i watch a lot of starcraft. Maybe you could make a Topic on TL before the next one starts with a writeup of the ones of the past and a hype for the next one, so that it maybe get featured in the main news before the tournament. Its hard to keep track of all the tournaments going on, and it is a shame i missed the previous ones with so much talent.
Also since i basicly dont know anything about this tournament, and when it is streamed, maybe you could do a restream for other timezones like europe and america, so that we can watch it at normal times. Maybe you are already doing this, but as i said i really dont know much about this tournament.
Last but not least, it seems you are doing a greate job, to get a Code A spot for your tournament, so i would like to say that, congratilations and keep up the good work. More attention might bring more prizemoney and more talents. The korean scene needs more money pumped into it, so i hope you keep on succeeding. Best of luck to you good sir and i bow my head before the hardworking people who try to make SC2 bigger in Korea.
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On September 08 2011 20:09 Luepert wrote:
this is will code a qualifiers even harder as there will be 4 less spots competed for b/c the 4 tourney winners.
There's only 1 spot up for grabs. They're not giving them out every week, only for the monthly "finals".
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This is really good news. Good job for making this happen, probably took alot of work, but hopefully it will be worth it in the long run.
Congratulations !
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Well done diamond, good to see your back on track.
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I'm really glad for you and all of the ESV.TV team that your dedication finally pays off.
Like you said, this is huge, and I can't wait to see what else will come from this partnership!
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Yeah, heard this yesterday morning from Twitter or somewhere.
Grats for the deal. You are doing great job Diamond/ESV.TV!
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Wow this is excellent news, alternative way for people to qualify for Code A which is probably the most difficult tournament out there.
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Ahh so happy for you guys catching a break, good work!
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Congratulations ESV!
Hopefully, this'll be a big boost in attention and prestige for you guys. You're doing really well!
Will DongRaeGu's replacement come from a Korean Weekly?
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Holly Ballz of steel! this is awesome!!!!
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Won't this mean that, effectively, 4 players will advance per month? Are there as many vacant spots?
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Good news! Orb's been doing a great job casting these.
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That's amazing news for everyone like me who enjoys e-sport
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I dont mean to put a frowny face on this exciting news but now that the stakes are raised im more curious as to whether you guys take precautions against stream cheating etc? I mean it cant be so hard to pull off if you're in a house full of other gamers who want you to succeed for the team. Is the stream on a delay etc?
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Awesomesauce.
I hope the partnership can include some of the ex-iccup mapmaking teams (are they the ESV mapmaking team now?) end up getting used in GSL as well. They deserve more recognition than they get
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congratulations, ive watched iccup weekly since the beggining, and i hope this is a chance to puma to get his so deserved code a spot!
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On September 08 2011 21:08 BigLighthouse wrote:
I dont mean to put a frowny face on this exciting news but now that the stakes are raised im more curious as to whether you guys take precautions against stream cheating etc? I mean it cant be so hard to pull off if you're in a house full of other gamers who want you to succeed for the team. Is the stream on a delay etc?
It's casted from replays so it isn't a problem.
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Sounds awesome! Congrats guys!
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On September 08 2011 21:10 G_Wen wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 21:08 BigLighthouse wrote:
I dont mean to put a frowny face on this exciting news but now that the stakes are raised im more curious as to whether you guys take precautions against stream cheating etc? I mean it cant be so hard to pull off if you're in a house full of other gamers who want you to succeed for the team. Is the stream on a delay etc? It's casted from replays so it isn't a problem.
In that case incredible! May have to start tuning in more often myself
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FUCK YEAH, so glad for "ICCUP :D (yeah i'm gonna keep calling you that !!!!!!!! <3)
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My only issue with the Korean Weekly is the casters are not very knowledgeable and have pretty boring voices. Any chance of inviting guest casters?
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Awesome news for you guys.
Korean Weekly is very enjoyable, unfortunately at very late hours for European viewers...
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My only issue with hmunkey is that he's not very knowledgeable and has a pretty boring posts. Any chance of inviting some better posters?
More seriously orb has a pretty good grasp of the game, he has a slight protoss bias but it's hardly noticeable at all.
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Really good news, congratz guys!
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Awesome news, Diamond. You're probably one of the best tournament organisers around, haha. Well deserved success. Gratz!
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Oh man Diamond, such great news, ICCUP for the win. I can already see all those code B players going crazy. Great Great News. Definitely tuning in.
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Datta boy. Looks like you guys are finally going in the right direction.
Congrats!
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Here's hoping you guys use a lot of new and interesting maps!
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what is the website where koreans register for these? and what is ESV's website? iccup.com seems like its just for dota and bw.
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So if the winner gets a guaranteed Code A spot, then does that mean that Code A and higher players can't participate anymore?
I'd also like to know more about those rules that were mentioned to make it harder for team-less players to participate. Why would having a team or not be a factor in entering the tournament? I don't quite understand.
Aside of that this sounds like incredibly good news.
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Congrats man. AWesome thing to see man
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On September 08 2011 21:53 enzym wrote:
So if the winner gets a guaranteed Code A spot, then does that mean that Code A and higher players can't participate anymore?
I'd also like to know more about those rules that were mentioned to make it harder for team-less players to participate. Why would having a team or not be a factor in entering the tournament? I don't quite understand.
Aside of that this sounds like incredibly good news.
I think it was the highest non-Code A, non-Code S player gets the spot.
So that means people below Code A don't need to fear being kicked out of a Code S player at the very last second and hence being robbed of their Code A spot. Sucks for people being knocked out early by those guys, though.
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sounds cool, glad we can get to see more of the hidden talent in korea.
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what a boss diamond, what a boss
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Amazing news, I watched the korean weeklys whenever I couldn't get to sleep! hope full with this incentive it'll get bigger and better!
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Congratulations must of taken a lot of hard work but its sure paid off with this! :D
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Cool this is pretty good news, just another way for players to get to Code without having to go through that Code A Qualifier... this should be interesting!
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On September 08 2011 18:40 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:38 TheSilverfox wrote:On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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
Teamless players can participate in this "Korean weekly", right? It would actually be a great possibility for unknown players to get a Code A spot besides the Code B qualifier. It's a bit of a case by case. Being it's replay cast and has a very extensive rule book (9 pages to be exact) it's not totally open. However if I am made aware of a strong but teamless player I will work with them.
would it be possible to cast them live? Are you still looking to fill one of the open caster spots? (If so I'm definitely still interested)
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wait i thought the road to korea gave sase a spot right into code a?? pretty sure that was the first tournament to offer a gsl spot.
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wasn't iccup banned by blizzard for doing something illegal? hopefully you guys have blizzards approval b4 you run off making money/ creating a name for yourselves off of starcraft.
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Congratulation, Korean weekly is one of the best stream !
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Awesome stuff, should be some pretty fierce competition for that Code A slot, great stuff!
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oh, that's really hot news ^_^
next step, get more money -_~
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Lol I read ESL TV and GOM TV and wondered why there was no news on the esl page...still a very good deal =)
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This is going to be great
I can't wait to find out what time exactly it will happen though. 18:10KST=5:10am
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I love their tournament! I am so glad they are getting some official recognition now. :D
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On September 08 2011 22:21 jimchoi11 wrote:
wasn't iccup banned by blizzard for doing something illegal? hopefully you guys have blizzards approval b4 you run off making money/ creating a name for yourselves off of starcraft.
They made the ICCUP servers of bw. Story for a different thread but the great contribution ICCUP made far outranks a ToS violation.
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On September 08 2011 21:19 Greyjoy wrote:
My only issue with hmunkey is that he's not very knowledgeable and has a pretty boring posts. Any chance of inviting some better posters?
More seriously orb has a pretty good grasp of the game, he has a slight protoss bias but it's hardly noticeable at all.
I agree with this. Orb's (even... or especially?) solo casting is really enjoyable for me to listen to, he's one of my favourite casters.
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You don't always bring great news and amazing games to the community.
But when you do, its pretty damn amazing. I'm so ecstatic for this.
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Epic proportions indeed! So many strong players will want to participate.
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On September 08 2011 21:15 hmunkey wrote:
My only issue with the Korean Weekly is the casters are not very knowledgeable and have pretty boring voices. Any chance of inviting guest casters?
lol? orb is fucking awesome, one of the very best casters <3333
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I thought of another question! Now this has so much significance for the KR scene, will the games be getting covered (either weekly or just the monthly) in Korean as well, or will it remain just an English language broadcast. Given the nature of a replay cast I could see it being packaged out to Gisado or something for instance?
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On September 08 2011 22:21 Dominico wrote:
wait i thought the road to korea gave sase a spot right into code a?? pretty sure that was the first tournament to offer a gsl spot.
Hence first online tournament to offer a Code A spot.
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YES!!! Exactly what we needed to keep the Korean scene more interesting. Definitely what I wanted to read after that article that was trying to suggest how to make the GSL more interesting.
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dude...u have been working hard week after week, u earned this privilege
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On September 08 2011 22:56 Asha` wrote:
lol? orb is fucking awesome, one of the very best casters <3333
Signed. Orb is doing a fantastic job, often solo-casting for 6+ hours straight. For his sake I hope he gets a casting-partner, but he really deserves a lot of praise. He's easily in my top5 casters out there.
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so is this just for the monthly finals winner or the regular weekly too?
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congrats on the partnership. always enjoy watching the weekly ^.^
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On September 08 2011 23:23 Antoine wrote:
so is this just for the monthly finals winner or the regular weekly too?
Just the monthly.
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On September 08 2011 23:23 Antoine wrote:
so is this just for the monthly finals winner or the regular weekly too?
Just for the finals.
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On September 08 2011 23:21 HellGreen wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 22:56 Asha` wrote:
lol? orb is fucking awesome, one of the very best casters <3333
Signed. Orb is doing a fantastic job, often solo-casting for 6+ hours straight. For his sake I hope he gets a casting-partner, but he really deserves a lot of praise. He's easily in my top5 casters out there.
Now that I have free time again I'm going to make my best effort to be casting alongside him for as many (if not all) of the Korean Weekly events in the future. I tried to get on board for last week but I'm coming off of a cold and my voice was still beyond hoarse and I didn't want to make things worse instead of better 8)
Orb fighting!
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Congrats! you guys worked hard for this
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Nice! Also, I love Ithaca. Great map.
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Perhaps its also time to start putting some of the iCCup/ESV maps into the GSL rotation.
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On September 08 2011 23:32 BluePanther wrote:
Nice! Also, I love Ithaca. Great map.
Thank you 8)
On September 08 2011 23:34 pdd wrote:Perhaps its also time to start putting some of the iCCup/ESV maps into the GSL rotation.
Hell freakin yes~
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On September 08 2011 18:26 clayn wrote:
am i the only one who read esl tv? -.-
Nope, I saw it too and was wondering wtf
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LOVE IT. I think its great that you do this, and that its in Korea. We have spots for people outside of Korea, and we all know how hard it its to get in. Great job to both GOMTV and ESV TV!
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yeh more partner
i like it
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Well deserved Diamond. I am glad for you and your team and even happier cause the Korean Weekly is always a blast but will be even better with this on the line.
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On September 08 2011 23:35 prodiG wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 23:32 BluePanther wrote:
Nice! Also, I love Ithaca. Great map. Thank you 8) Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 23:34 pdd wrote:Perhaps its also time to start putting some of the iCCup/ESV maps into the GSL rotation. Hell freakin yes~
Ithaca in the GSL pls kk thx <33
Seriously hoping this partnership can mean we see something like that happening.
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Awesome news! Its really nice that these opertunitys start to pop up more. First of all the code A qualifications can be pretty dull in the way they are set up, just a marathon of different matches and you only get to see a few, secondly it might make foriegners want to go to korea more often.
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Hey Diamond,
Where can we find dates/times who is playing ahead of time? Is there a set schedule or at least a set time where we can track it through a TL thread/individual site? Or will it just be on the TL Calendar?
I'm just asking because there isn't anything in the OP that could move me there (which I think would be helpful)!
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This is great news, so happy for the team at ESV TV! Also happy that the Koreans now get some new blood into their tournament scene, I think this is good news for everyone in fact!
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Great Job!! You got picked up by the largest name in casting because you have always produced a professional product. GLHF
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Grats to ESV, you worked very hard and deserved it.
Keep it up!
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Ithaca to GSL mappool thank you
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Awesome. Glad to see you guys getting some recognition after all the trouble with ICCUP
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awesome hope i'll be able to watch it
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Must be a great feeling . Congrats on the partnership. The tournament was already great and will be even more exciting now.
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I love the Korean weeklies, have been watching them since week 1. You guys are doing a great job, and this is very good news. <3
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This is amazing. Great job diamond! I'll continue to watch.
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That's actually really cool! We're going to see even more amazing players play in the weekly ;D
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This is super cool news! It's great that the korean scene is growing more connected.
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This is sick, and will make Code A even better. Also, does anyone know what time this is on in the UK? (London time zone) I have no clue how they work.
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Good job, that's cool
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"While many great things will come of this, the most relevant and most important is the inclusion of a highly coveted"
really excited about this also tiny typo peeve
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Can foreigners with korean accounts play in these or is it pros only?
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very cool nice work
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On September 08 2011 23:35 prodiG wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 23:32 BluePanther wrote:
Nice! Also, I love Ithaca. Great map. Thank you 8) Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 23:34 pdd wrote:Perhaps its also time to start putting some of the iCCup/ESV maps into the GSL rotation. Hell freakin yes~
Its time for you guys to rename all maps to ESV. Also your sig ^^.
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Wow, this is awesome for you guys. I was hoping iccup (well now esv tv) would get more attention in the starcraft 2 scene, and this is a pretty huge step towards that. Congrats!
On another note, wonder if you guys are still releasing replays...
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Awesome to see these getting wider exposure. Can't wait d00d!
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This is great news! Glad to see that iccup will never die
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awesome news! i love korean weekly!!!
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I'm so happy, always enjoyed your events
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Fantastic, that's really good news! Have to chek that out!
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Great news! You guys definitively deserve it.
Congrats
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Ohh yeah, nice job esvtv!
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Map pool not changing? Orb still casting? Yes, please. <3
Thanks to Diamond for working this out with GOMTV!
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Hmm, at first glance I read the 'ESV' as 'ESL'.
Congrats!
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On September 09 2011 00:17 mprs wrote:
Hey Diamond,
Where can we find dates/times who is playing ahead of time? Is there a set schedule or at least a set time where we can track it through a TL thread/individual site? Or will it just be on the TL Calendar?
I'm just asking because there isn't anything in the OP that could move me there (which I think would be helpful)!
I'm going to work on more advanced notices and such of the brackets. I will be updating the Weekly main post with dates all the way up to week 12, so check there in an hour or two for the full schedule.
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Diamond, you're awesome :D
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The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also.
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On September 08 2011 19:55 Bobster wrote:
I'd be up for getting orb a casting partner.
Get Edvard Norton...for confusion value!
On September 09 2011 03:21 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also.
That's great news as well. Makes it more interesting.
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This is actually really awesome news. Just hoping it means maybe we can get more replay packs of koreans :D.
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On September 09 2011 03:21 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also.
Any way you can hook iG into this as well?
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On September 09 2011 03:23 babylon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 03:21 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also. Any way you can hook iG into this as well?
Going to poke around there. I don't know if the email I have is an English speaker, and we have no Chinese translator. No promises, but I will try !
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On September 09 2011 03:24 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 03:23 babylon wrote:On September 09 2011 03:21 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also. Any way you can hook iG into this as well? Going to poke around there. I don't know if the email I have is an English speaker, and we have no Chinese translator. No promises, but I will try !
Awesome, and good luck! Thanks for doing this for the community!
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This is pretty awesome. Grats to ICCUP TV on their maturation despite a bit of a 'reform'. I am impressed
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On September 09 2011 03:24 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 03:23 babylon wrote:On September 09 2011 03:21 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
The Chinese are coming! And holy shit are they coming. WE and Tyloo for sure, maybe VA also. Any way you can hook iG into this as well? Going to poke around there. I don't know if the email I have is an English speaker, and we have no Chinese translator. No promises, but I will try !
It would be so awesome to have someone like Xigua or F91 to participate in GSL
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Oh sweet, another tournament that's more entertaining than Code-S
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On September 09 2011 03:48 Waxangel wrote:
Oh sweet, another tournament that's more entertaining than Code-S
:D thanks!
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I assume if a Chinese player wins he will get a spot in the GOM house. But what about the travel/accommodation costs/expenses?
Awesome news BTW.
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On September 09 2011 03:55 Shinobi1982 wrote:
I assume if a Chinese player wins he will get a spot in the GOM house. But what about the travel/accommodation costs/expenses?
They just get the Code A spot, it's not for travel or anything else. I am sure GOM would have no problem letting them stay in the house, but again that would have to be worked out between the player and GOM.
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On September 09 2011 03:56 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 03:55 Shinobi1982 wrote:
I assume if a Chinese player wins he will get a spot in the GOM house. But what about the travel/accommodation costs/expenses? They just get the Code A spot, it's not for travel or anything else. I am sure GOM would have no problem letting them stay in the house, but again that would have to be worked out between the player and GOM.
Alright, I'm defiantly looking forward to the weekly tournaments as always. Only now there's more on the line.
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Grats diamond, did good work!
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Hey this is great news! I'll be watching the Korean Weekly again! :D
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Completely expected yet still exciting! Congratz. Can't wait to see how much more epic the korean weeklies will be now.
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Seeding tournament winners into Code A/S really seems to be the way to go. I never seem to be able to catch the Korean weekly.
Will try harder.
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Wow that's some pretty cool news, and will give some drive and motivation to the players that will produce some stellar games hopefully :D
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<3 Diamond. (heart not actually to scale)
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On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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 is an online tournament, so why would players who are teamless not be able to get a spot from here?
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This is siiicckkkkkk! very happy for you guys!
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On September 09 2011 04:29 Paragleiber wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 18:20 masterbreti wrote:
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 is an online tournament, so why would players who are teamless not be able to get a spot from here?
Because normally we only allow players on pro teams (so they have a coach to explain the no-spoiler and other rules). We have made exceptions before, and will again however !
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This is great news. The weeklies are always fun to watch and now I imagine they are only going to get better! New ways to break into the GSL other than the grueling preliminaries every other month I'm sure will be welcomed by players, and now there's an option for players that can't make it to MLG.
I didn't notice any of this news over on the Korean sites. I went and just wrote it up quickly to post over there if that's all right
+ Show Spoiler +코드A로 향하는 새로운 문. 첫 온라인 대회: ESV Korean Weekly http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=263628오늘 ESV TV(前 iCCup TV)에서 GSL과의 연계를 발표했다. 해외 커뮤니티사이트 TeamLiquid에서 처음 발표되었으며 앞으로 ESV TV Korean Weekly주간 온라인 대회 우승자는 코드A 시드를 확보할 수 있다는 점에서 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이로서 ESV TV Korean Weekly는 선수들이 GSL시드를 노릴 수 있는 첫 온라인 대회가 되었다. ESV TV Korean Weekly는 GSL외 한국선수들이 활약할 수 있는 대회가 부족하다는 느낌 때문에 설립되었다. ESV TV가 주최하는 이 대회는 한국서버에서 열리는 대회로 한국선수들의 스케줄과 GSL과 충돌이 없도록 시간편성을 고려해왔다. 대회 방식은 매주 $200상금 토너먼트가 열리며 그달의 우승자를 가리는 $500상금의 결승대회를 치룬다. ESV TV Korean Weekly #3부터 매달 결승전에서 새로운 코드A어가 탄생되는 것이다. 대회 우승자가 이미 코드S,A 자격이 있는 선수일 경우 그렇지 않은 다음 순위가 시드를 받게 된다. 이미 8번의 주간 대회에서 이호준, 김성준, 우경철, 윤영서 등 많은 선수들의 경기를 볼 수 있었다. 이번에 코드A 8강까지 오르고 승격강등전에서 코드S자리를 차지한 정지훈 선수는 그전에 Korean Weekly Finals #1에서 장민철, 황강호, 이형주, 한준 선수들을 꺾고 우승해 그의 실력을 이미 보여준 바 있다. ESV Weekly에서는 GSL맵 뿐만 아니라 다양한 iCCup까지 사용하고 있으므로 색다른 전장에서의 재미있는 경기를 볼 수 있다. JustS5 (JSy)
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This is awesome! The Korean scene needs more small tourneys, and we want to see more Korean games. Great work!
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On September 09 2011 04:46 JSy wrote:This is great news. The weeklies are always fun to watch and now I imagine they are only going to get better! New ways to break into the GSL other than the grueling preliminaries every other month I'm sure will be welcomed by players, and now there's an option for players that can't make it to MLG. I didn't notice any of this news over on the Korean sites. I went and just wrote it up quickly to post over there if that's all right + Show Spoiler +코드A로 향하는 새로운 문. 첫 온라인 대회: ESV Korean Weekly http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=263628오늘 ESV TV(前 iCCup TV)에서 GSL과의 연계를 발표했다. 해외 커뮤니티사이트 TeamLiquid에서 처음 발표되었으며 앞으로 ESV TV Korean Weekly주간 온라인 대회 우승자는 코드A 시드를 확보할 수 있다는 점에서 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이로서 ESV TV Korean Weekly는 선수들이 GSL시드를 노릴 수 있는 첫 온라인 대회가 되었다. ESV TV Korean Weekly는 GSL외 한국선수들이 활약할 수 있는 대회가 부족하다는 느낌 때문에 설립되었다. ESV TV가 주최하는 이 대회는 한국서버에서 열리는 대회로 한국선수들의 스케줄과 GSL과 충돌이 없도록 시간편성을 고려해왔다. 대회 방식은 매주 $200상금 토너먼트가 열리며 그달의 우승자를 가리는 $500상금의 결승대회를 치룬다. ESV TV Korean Weekly #3부터 매달 결승전에서 새로운 코드A어가 탄생되는 것이다. 대회 우승자가 이미 코드S,A 자격이 있는 선수일 경우 그렇지 않은 다음 순위가 시드를 받게 된다. 이미 8번의 주간 대회에서 이호준, 김성준, 우경철, 윤영서 등 많은 선수들의 경기를 볼 수 있었다. 이번에 코드A 8강까지 오르고 승격강등전에서 코드S자리를 차지한 정지훈 선수는 그전에 Korean Weekly Finals #1에서 장민철, 황강호, 이형주, 한준 선수들을 꺾고 우승해 그의 실력을 이미 보여준 바 있다. ESV Weekly에서는 GSL맵 뿐만 아니라 다양한 iCCup까지 사용하고 있으므로 색다른 전장에서의 재미있는 경기를 볼 수 있다. JustS5 (JSy)
Feel free, I can't remember where the log in button is on PlayXP anyways :D!!!!!!
Do me a favor and link me to the posts though, I would love to read the Korean Netizens on this !
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On September 09 2011 04:49 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 04:46 JSy wrote:This is great news. The weeklies are always fun to watch and now I imagine they are only going to get better! New ways to break into the GSL other than the grueling preliminaries every other month I'm sure will be welcomed by players, and now there's an option for players that can't make it to MLG. I didn't notice any of this news over on the Korean sites. I went and just wrote it up quickly to post over there if that's all right + Show Spoiler +코드A로 향하는 새로운 문. 첫 온라인 대회: ESV Korean Weekly http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=263628오늘 ESV TV(前 iCCup TV)에서 GSL과의 연계를 발표했다. 해외 커뮤니티사이트 TeamLiquid에서 처음 발표되었으며 앞으로 ESV TV Korean Weekly주간 온라인 대회 우승자는 코드A 시드를 확보할 수 있다는 점에서 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이로서 ESV TV Korean Weekly는 선수들이 GSL시드를 노릴 수 있는 첫 온라인 대회가 되었다. ESV TV Korean Weekly는 GSL외 한국선수들이 활약할 수 있는 대회가 부족하다는 느낌 때문에 설립되었다. ESV TV가 주최하는 이 대회는 한국서버에서 열리는 대회로 한국선수들의 스케줄과 GSL과 충돌이 없도록 시간편성을 고려해왔다. 대회 방식은 매주 $200상금 토너먼트가 열리며 그달의 우승자를 가리는 $500상금의 결승대회를 치룬다. ESV TV Korean Weekly #3부터 매달 결승전에서 새로운 코드A어가 탄생되는 것이다. 대회 우승자가 이미 코드S,A 자격이 있는 선수일 경우 그렇지 않은 다음 순위가 시드를 받게 된다. 이미 8번의 주간 대회에서 이호준, 김성준, 우경철, 윤영서 등 많은 선수들의 경기를 볼 수 있었다. 이번에 코드A 8강까지 오르고 승격강등전에서 코드S자리를 차지한 정지훈 선수는 그전에 Korean Weekly Finals #1에서 장민철, 황강호, 이형주, 한준 선수들을 꺾고 우승해 그의 실력을 이미 보여준 바 있다. ESV Weekly에서는 GSL맵 뿐만 아니라 다양한 iCCup까지 사용하고 있으므로 색다른 전장에서의 재미있는 경기를 볼 수 있다. JustS5 (JSy) Feel free, I can't remember where the log in button is on PlayXP anyways :D!!!!!! Do me a favor and link me to the posts though, I would love to read the Korean Netizens on this !
Here ya go
http://www.playxp.com/sc2/global/view.php?article_id=3375337
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=767787&board=0&category=13443&subcategory=&page=1&best=&searchmode=&search=&orderby=&token=
P.S., My Korean isn't too good for more formal writing so.... who knows if I managed to convey the news correctly >_<
I say this in case it doesn't get much of a response
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On September 09 2011 04:58 JSy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 04:49 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 09 2011 04:46 JSy wrote:This is great news. The weeklies are always fun to watch and now I imagine they are only going to get better! New ways to break into the GSL other than the grueling preliminaries every other month I'm sure will be welcomed by players, and now there's an option for players that can't make it to MLG. I didn't notice any of this news over on the Korean sites. I went and just wrote it up quickly to post over there if that's all right + Show Spoiler +코드A로 향하는 새로운 문. 첫 온라인 대회: ESV Korean Weekly http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=263628오늘 ESV TV(前 iCCup TV)에서 GSL과의 연계를 발표했다. 해외 커뮤니티사이트 TeamLiquid에서 처음 발표되었으며 앞으로 ESV TV Korean Weekly주간 온라인 대회 우승자는 코드A 시드를 확보할 수 있다는 점에서 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이로서 ESV TV Korean Weekly는 선수들이 GSL시드를 노릴 수 있는 첫 온라인 대회가 되었다. ESV TV Korean Weekly는 GSL외 한국선수들이 활약할 수 있는 대회가 부족하다는 느낌 때문에 설립되었다. ESV TV가 주최하는 이 대회는 한국서버에서 열리는 대회로 한국선수들의 스케줄과 GSL과 충돌이 없도록 시간편성을 고려해왔다. 대회 방식은 매주 $200상금 토너먼트가 열리며 그달의 우승자를 가리는 $500상금의 결승대회를 치룬다. ESV TV Korean Weekly #3부터 매달 결승전에서 새로운 코드A어가 탄생되는 것이다. 대회 우승자가 이미 코드S,A 자격이 있는 선수일 경우 그렇지 않은 다음 순위가 시드를 받게 된다. 이미 8번의 주간 대회에서 이호준, 김성준, 우경철, 윤영서 등 많은 선수들의 경기를 볼 수 있었다. 이번에 코드A 8강까지 오르고 승격강등전에서 코드S자리를 차지한 정지훈 선수는 그전에 Korean Weekly Finals #1에서 장민철, 황강호, 이형주, 한준 선수들을 꺾고 우승해 그의 실력을 이미 보여준 바 있다. ESV Weekly에서는 GSL맵 뿐만 아니라 다양한 iCCup까지 사용하고 있으므로 색다른 전장에서의 재미있는 경기를 볼 수 있다. JustS5 (JSy) Feel free, I can't remember where the log in button is on PlayXP anyways :D!!!!!! Do me a favor and link me to the posts though, I would love to read the Korean Netizens on this ! Here ya go http://www.playxp.com/sc2/global/view.php?article_id=3375337http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=767787&board=0&category=13443&subcategory=&page=1&best=&searchmode=&search=&orderby=&token=P.S., My Korean isn't too good for more formal writing so.... who knows if I managed to convey the news correctly >_< I say this in case it doesn't get much of a response
Thanks! Going to monitor it as best as possible ^^! Much <3
Edit: Whats's this? Seems like it might be the story (but with the old name and such) http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=765913&category=13438
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On September 09 2011 04:48 0neder wrote:
This is awesome! The Korean scene needs more small tourneys, and we want to see more Korean games. Great work!
Agreed. Sweet deal.
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Whatever you touch turn into gold errr... diamond - congrats on the great deal!
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Oh wow great news! grats ESL staff I knew you hard work would be rewarded sooner or later
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Poll: Which map for Week 9?Antiga Shipyard TE (fixed version) (40) 74% Tal'Darim Altar LE (14) 26% 54 total votes Your vote: Which map for Week 9? (Vote): Tal'Darim Altar LE
(Vote): Antiga Shipyard TE (fixed version)
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I'll have to start watching these, then. Great job ESL (Get Boxer in the next one PLEASE).
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Does this have Korean casters?
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Korean weekly has always been my favorite tournament to watch, simply because of how awesome the iCCup maps have been. Just shows how much more entertaining a tourney can be if you're constantly switching out maps.
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Wow, anything to provide the pros more money in these kind of circumstances is awesome by me!
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Congrats Diamond!
I very much approve of this. Gom, ESV, viewers and players, all benefits from this! The incentive to cheat will rise a bit, but thats my one slight worry.
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Congrats on the partnership
I've been watching the Korean Weekly since you guys started it and I love it. Looking forward to seeing who qualifies for Code A through it!
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Nice Diamond, the more hard work you and your team put in, the more amazing results and sponsorships / partnerships you guys pick up, keep up the hard work yo ! hopefully we meet again at an MLG
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Great news. Going to be good matches to get in.
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Just amazing. Great news.
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WHAAAAAT? This is insane! So happy for you guys. This is so legit.
I hope this will eventually allow some of iCCup/ ESV TV's maps to make it into GOMTV.
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On September 09 2011 06:06 justinpal wrote:
Does this have Korean casters?
Not at this point, however that's a pretty cool idea ^^!
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Considering that you're going to keep the maps, this is a huge step in legitimizing their use in competitive tournaments.
Being used to determine a Code A spot makes them at least honorary official GSL maps. :lol
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Holy crap this is great news! So many ways to get into Code A now! :D
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Map poll repost:
Antiga Shipyard TE Thread
Poll: Which map for Week 9?Antiga Shipyard TE (fixed version) (40) 74% Tal'Darim Altar LE (14) 26% 54 total votes Your vote: Which map for Week 9? (Vote): Tal'Darim Altar LE
(Vote): Antiga Shipyard TE (fixed version)
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congrats diamond
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! This is just so awesome, Diamond, you are the king (and the team as well of corse)!
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Congratulations, this was my favourite tournament already, great video quality, great maps, great commentary.
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Wooooo, code A spot is not a small chance. Very nice to see this.
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Sweet! Will be looking out for your stream in the future. Who are ESV's notable casters? Any names one might have heard of?
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On September 09 2011 09:00 MIKster wrote:
Sweet! Will be looking out for your stream in the future. Who are ESV's notable casters? Any names one might have heard of?
Orb does most of their casting that I've seen. He's really good.
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the code a / code s giveaways are getting kind of crazy to keep track of.
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This is good news indeed.
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Hopefully you can get Jinro or Carn they really have lots of opportunities for Code A now MLG, Weeklies and normal Code A qualifiers. And guys don't think of this as taking up more spots for Code A qualifiers... this is pretty much a Code A qualifier because all the Code B Koreans will be competing in it and they get cash, its pretty much a qualifier you don't have to travel to. :D
Now all they need is for GOMTV to sponsor Korean Weeklies and raise the prize pool, at least the finals to at least 2,000.
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Well, that's cool way for tournament to gain publicity.
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Congratulations indeed! I've watched quite a few of the weeklies as i can't stay up late for GSL anymore and don't have a pass, and the competition is right up there. I also must reflect what a lot of others have said in I love and please keep the team color mod, Orb is an awesome caster, Ithaca is a gorgeous map and i want to see it more, and all the new details of the partnership are very much welcomed.
Woot!
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Amazing step forward for you guys. Congrats.
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For me this news made this tournament graduate from "might tune in occasionally" to "will definitely watch".
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ST is finally not sending only the n00b train for Week 9 ^^! AcE, Squirtle, and Rainbow all playing for week 9 (and the other ST non-code players also).
Going to be so sick!
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Great news, i already enjoyed the Korean Weeklies with some awesome play. Especially Taeja and jjakji. Nice to see some other high quality koreans play besides GSL.
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Honestly I was waiting to see what you guys were going to do after you left iCCup and let me just say ... I AM SURPRISED!
Congratulations. Nice to see GSL giving love to you guys since you do amazing work.
<3
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Holy crap man this is news! Grats Diamond and all that to your crew. Makes me <3 Gom that much more for being in this partnership <3333
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On September 09 2011 11:18 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
ST is finally not sending only the n00b train for Week 9 ^^! AcE, Squirtle, and Rainbow all playing for week 9 (and the other ST non-code players also).
Going to be so sick!
sweet :D
this is a really awesome partnership. korean weeklies have always been quite fun to watch, a lot like the gstl where you get to see a lot of up-and-comers you wouldn't normally see in the GSL
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On September 09 2011 11:18 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
ST is finally not sending only the n00b train for Week 9 ^^! AcE, Squirtle, and Rainbow all playing for week 9 (and the other ST non-code players also).
Going to be so sick!
What're you talking about? ST n00b train is awesome!
Glad to see Rainbow, Squirtle, and Ace pulling for it. I imagine the Code A spot sounds mighty tempting to them, and seeing any of them back in Code A would be wonderful.
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i was already catching this when i saw it on. now it's a priority
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nice, more seeds for code A
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It's awesome to see they're giving a Code A spot to players who actually deserve it
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So wait a Code A spot every week? how does that work with quals? am i missing something here
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On September 09 2011 13:51 RmoteCntrld wrote:
So wait a Code A spot every week? how does that work with quals? am i missing something here Only from the monthly finals (starting from #3). If it's like previous GSLs, they'll just remove one spot from their own prelims or some other method that they haven't revealed yet. This event needs more love, it has great games and players.
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oi, shit, I read ESL tv in the topic. Well, this is cool too.
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AWESOME news!!!
Love the Korean weeklies, we see sooooooooo many amazing games every week, and the finals are even better.
It was definitely already a mini-GSL, which was pretty awesome for people that watched and liquibet/fantasy GSTL! I knew how much of a beast Taeja and Jjakji were because of the Korean Weeklies.
Other weekly fans out there will agree, it was NOT a surprise to see Taeja and Jjakji get Code S.
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no good. one code A spot less for code A preliminaries. Getting harder n harder for boxer to come out from
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congrats pat and rest of ESV Tv <3
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On September 09 2011 16:36 gengka wrote:no good. one code A spot less for code A preliminaries. Getting harder n harder for boxer to come out from
Or you know, Boxer could play in this (that's not saying he is, I don't know if he is or is not yet). You get 4 chances to qualify a month for the finals + code B, now he has 5 chances instead of 1.
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On September 09 2011 16:39 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 16:36 gengka wrote:no good. one code A spot less for code A preliminaries. Getting harder n harder for boxer to come out from Or you know, Boxer could play in this (that's not saying he is, I don't know if he is or is not yet). You get 4 chances to qualify a month for the finals + code B, now he has 5 chances instead of 1.
So Boxer could play in it. But what about Yellow?
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this is awesome
congradulations to the partnership!!
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fu... sion... ha!
very nice! glad to see the Korean weekly getting some recognition from the "higher ups". ^^"
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all the opportunities to get into code a other than preliminaries seem to make GSL an even harder league to get into.
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I like the fact that your (awesome) maps will get even more recognition, especially to korean viewers. 
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On September 09 2011 19:00 Frankon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 16:39 iCCup.Diamond wrote:On September 09 2011 16:36 gengka wrote:no good. one code A spot less for code A preliminaries. Getting harder n harder for boxer to come out from Or you know, Boxer could play in this (that's not saying he is, I don't know if he is or is not yet). You get 4 chances to qualify a month for the finals + code B, now he has 5 chances instead of 1. So Boxer could play in it. But what about Yellow?
Not only can Yellow play, but I have been actively pursuing him as a player. No luck atm however.
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Where is the schedule and when will Puma be competing for his Code A spot?
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Sounds like a great idea. Will look forward to watching. :D
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The korean weeklies are always good to watch. It's such a great tournament and I'm glad it's now getting the publicity it deserved! Diamond you're doing it right!
Thanks for all the great matches and GL with all the future tournaments!
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Stronger team colours mod + Koreans vs non-Koreans + Code A spot on the line + ICCup mapmaking team maps = awesome broadcast.
The only thing I'd want you guys to add is getting poor Orb a partner. Dual casting > single casting.
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Yeah Iccup (ESV) coming back into the scene baby! This is sick news, I always love watching Korean weekly because of the talent pool, but now I know the great Code B winners get a place in Code A!
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The tournament is really great, and there are really great players playing, but the thing that ruins it for me is that the only stream that presents the content, the streamer uses the color mod, just ruins the viewing experience imo.
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On September 11 2011 14:56 badcop wrote:
The tournament is really great, and there are really great players playing, but the thing that ruins it for me is that the only stream that presents the content, the streamer uses the color mod, just ruins the viewing experience imo.
He's colorblind.... I am sorry you don't like it but actually a majority of the audience does like it ^^!
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On September 11 2011 14:56 badcop wrote:
The tournament is really great, and there are really great players playing, but the thing that ruins it for me is that the only stream that presents the content, the streamer uses the color mod, just ruins the viewing experience imo.
The color mod is making watching mirror matches quite enjoyable. You can actually see whose units are wining especially in zvz
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This is great news! all of the hard work has paid off finally!
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On September 11 2011 16:07 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 11 2011 14:56 badcop wrote:
The tournament is really great, and there are really great players playing, but the thing that ruins it for me is that the only stream that presents the content, the streamer uses the color mod, just ruins the viewing experience imo. He's colorblind.... I am sorry you don't like it but actually a majority of the audience does like it ^^!
I love the color mod, makes things so much better and banelings look way better too.
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Starting up in 4 hours!
Reddit Thread
Edit: Shit wrong thread. Sorry
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On September 11 2011 09:51 Bobster wrote:
Stronger team colours mod + Koreans vs non-Koreans + Code A spot on the line + ICCup mapmaking team maps = awesome broadcast.
The only thing I'd want you guys to add is getting poor Orb a partner. Dual casting > single casting.
You just said everything I wanted to say about this. I absolutly LOVE the fact that they use the stronger team colors mod. I really hate watching games without it at this point.
A second caster would be cool, but Orb does a great job solo casting imo.
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