• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 01:07
CEST 07:07
KST 14:07
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO12 Preview0herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026)0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview5[ASL21] Ro4 Preview: On Course12Code S Season 1 - RO8 Preview7
Community News
Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results2Weekly Cups (May 4-10): Clem, MaxPax, herO win1Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule !18Weekly Cups (April 27-May 4): Clem takes triple0
StarCraft 2
General
Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO12 Preview herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - The Finalists
Tourneys
GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) GSL Code S Season 2 (2026) Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule ! $1,400 SEL Season 3 Ladder Invitational $5,000 WardiTV Spring Championship 2026
Strategy
Custom Maps
[D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3 [A] Nemrods 1/4 players
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 526 Rubber and Glue Mutation # 525 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 524 Death and Taxes
Brood War
General
Lights Ro.8 Review (asl s21) 25 Years Since Brood War Patch 1.08 vespene.gg — BW replays in browser BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Semifinals B [BSL22] RO8 Bracket Stage + Another TieBreaker [ASL21] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Hydra ZvZ: An Introduction Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne ZeroSpace Megathread War of Dots, 2026 minimalst RTS Nintendo Switch Thread
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread YouTube Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
streaming software Strange computer issues (software)
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Why RTS gamers make better f…
gosubay
How EEG Data Can Predict Gam…
TrAiDoS
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1435 users

MLG Global StarCraft 2 Invitational - Page 11

Forum Index > SC2 General
594 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 9 10 11 12 13 30 Next All
Gatored
Profile Joined September 2010
United States679 Posts
September 10 2011 00:24 GMT
#201
I don't think they invited Destiny for his skill. Only for the publicity.
mcc
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic4646 Posts
September 10 2011 00:25 GMT
#202
On September 10 2011 09:22 TheRealPaciFist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2011 09:08 kineticSYN wrote:
Damn, pretty sick

imo it's a tossup between the following:

EU: Thorzain, Ret, SaSe
NA: Idra, Kiwikaki, Sheth
KR: Mvp, Bomber, MMA


I agree with your NA and KR top 3. EU, however... it's really hard for me to tell, as all of them seem like good players, but I don't think Thorzain will make top 3. Ret, Sjow, and Nani all have a good shot I think, and definitely White-ra if he's in good form.

I think ThorZain will eat any non-Mana protoss for breakfast And since he was practicing in SlayerS house lately his already cool TvZ might have improved a lot.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
September 10 2011 00:25 GMT
#203
On September 10 2011 09:16 ReachTheSky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2011 09:07 Tachion wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:59 ReachTheSky wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:21 ReachTheSky wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:18 FabledIntegral wrote:
Lack of MC/HuK/Nestea makes me sad.

Still disappointed with the really small prize pools for MLG, but besides that, I enjoy MLG more than the GSL!

On September 10 2011 08:18 ReachTheSky wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:15 Radook wrote:
On September 10 2011 08:13 ReachTheSky wrote:
I think the prize pool from MLG has been really weak.
MLG makes millions profit every year. They should be thankful for having a game that they can make so much money off of and increase the prize pool substantially imo. Its not like they can't afford it. ;((((


Can you link to the profits MLG are making? Never seen any official numbers.


I don't remember where exactly i read it but it was a credible source. It just saddens me how greedy MLG is being with the amount of prize money they are giving out when the gamers(us) are the reason MLG can make so much money. I'll try and find what i read and post it for you.


You positive it's millions in profit, and not revenue?


I'm pretty positive, i'll continue to search for the article i read and post the link.

Ok heres an article with an idea of what they made starting in 2006 till when this article/interview was published in 2009. So thats 3 years. profit:42.5 million. The scene is definitely much bigger now in general. I'm sure they make alot more than that. This is all profit btw. Even if they only threw an extra 50k for sc2 per mlg they would still be making bank. Plus who knows they might even make more from it since the stakes are so high.

http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/interview-with-matt-bromberg-ceo-of-major-league-gaming/


I looked into it. That's how much money they've raised through investment from venture capitalists. Not how much profit they've made.


care to cite your research?

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/21817/Major_League_Gaming_Picks_Up_75M_For_Competitive_Gaming.php

Professional video game league Major League Gaming announced that it secured a $7.5 million investment from Oak Investment Partners.

The same venture capital firm previously invested $25 million into the company in Series B funding in 2006. Prior to that, Major League Gaming gained $10 million in a Series A round from Ritchie Capital.

Total? 42.5 million.


Did you read the article clearly that i posted? Investment and profits are 2 different things right? If i'm wrong please correct me.


They are two different things, and he was clearly referring to investment in the article. Like I've been repeatedly telling you, it was never implied to be profits, and I'm still surprised you can't see that.
EightyFive
Profile Joined May 2011
58 Posts
September 10 2011 00:25 GMT
#204
If you look at the players, you realise they all mostly played at MLG already, so from that perspective it makes sense.

Imho, they should've invited more players to these invitationals to get more players introduced to MLG who havent been to MLG before.
Tomfour
Profile Joined September 2010
United States173 Posts
September 10 2011 00:25 GMT
#205
This looks awesome except for a few things. Just going to run down what I don't like first before I say how much I love this.

First, iNcontrol, why does he still get invited to tournaments like he is a top tier player, stop it. I understand the NA invites are pretty lacking overall, but come on. Why not invite Select over him, or Rain who has been living in NA for awhile; I'd even be fine with pretending Huk is still a "foreigner" to avoid inviting iNcontrol to this.

Second, how were the players even selected?? I mean from looking at Korean invites it could be argued by MLG points, but then you look at some of the NA/EU invites and it seems like some were invited due to popularity and not MLG points. I could be wrong about this since I haven't looked at everyones' points that has been invited, but just how it seems.

Other than those two gripes which I can definitely overlook, this tournament looks awesome. MLG has really been amazing for SC2 and I'm so glad they have been able to push SC2 and esports into the world. The amount of exposure it's getting is amazing. Can't wait for this tournament, and all the epicness to come.
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
September 10 2011 00:26 GMT
#206
On another subject of how the attendees are selected....
If they want the best of the best for any competition in general i feel that they should have held a qualifier for this event inviting all the top players to compete for a spot. The better players will most likely advance thus providing with the top end of the competition. If someone loses and doesn't qualify then they obviously didn't deserve to be there. I mean how else did these people get there in the first place. With the current system being used we get to see some "washed up/slumped/not nearly as good as they were/people think they were player type" talent mixed with top talent. Why not just have only top talent that will produce the best games? Best games=best entertainment in my eyes. Who else wants to see one sided games? they are boring.

Sorry if it offends anyone but it is kinda true.
TL+ Member
NExt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia1651 Posts
September 10 2011 00:27 GMT
#207
NA: Idra, kiwikaki, Major
KR: MVP, Bomber LosirA
EU: Naniwa, Sjow, Ret

Ret and Sjow have been beasting it lately I think they'll do well. but the EU bracket can be taken by anyone really.

soooo much sc2 content! cant wait yo
♥
Waiting for Protoss Jesus
Nikerym
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia17 Posts
September 10 2011 00:29 GMT
#208
Forceing a Team kill in round 1?

BAD FORM MLG, BAD FORM.
LavendrGooms
Profile Joined May 2011
United States134 Posts
September 10 2011 00:29 GMT
#209
Destiny plays Idra in his first match... Should be interesting.
www.twitch.tv/lavendrgooms
GenoZStriker
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2914 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-10 00:30:11
September 10 2011 00:29 GMT
#210
According to Sundance the invites were based off

Timing availability and interest all played a factor.
This will not be the last. In the future I want to open up fan voting region by region.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/kajog/global_mlg_sc2_invitaional/c2iqva2
eSports Prodigy & Illuminati member.
devPLEASE
Profile Joined March 2011
Kenya605 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-10 00:32:05
September 10 2011 00:30 GMT
#211
what are MLG thinking making The Emperor play against The Son of BoxeR?

edit: weird seeing Artosis cast without his other Templar, aka Tasteless
(ノ `Д´)ノ︵┻━┻
mdma-_-
Profile Joined October 2010
Nauru1213 Posts
September 10 2011 00:32 GMT
#212
On September 10 2011 09:20 Peterblue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2011 09:17 Herculix wrote:
this is pretty retarded, NA has a fucking awful line up and they definitely didn't get the best of NA where as i feel they got some of the best and the rest really good for the other servers. NA gonna get raped.

Out of curiosity who are the best in NA? Sadly even Idra isn't really a global contender any more, and he's probably the best non-Huk player to come from NA.

Sheth, Select and Kiwikaki are all really good andon a similar/better level than idra. (imo)
dde, Slush, major and Cruncher also arent bad.
Slider954
Profile Joined March 2011
United States342 Posts
September 10 2011 00:32 GMT
#213
On September 10 2011 09:30 devPLEASE wrote:
what are MLG thinking making The Emperor play against The Son of BoxeR?


Vader vs Luke?
Best in the world at what I do
Sandro
Profile Joined April 2011
897 Posts
September 10 2011 00:33 GMT
#214
On September 10 2011 09:20 ReachTheSky wrote:
For all the people that think Destiny is undeserving.....

Destiny did beat BOMBER in a bo3 in some event at one point not too long ago.
Destiny beat Puzzle on stream several games in a row on multiple servers.

He can definitely compete with the best. However, i do think that he needs to prove himself more at lan events.

On another somewhat related subject, How good will destiny perform post patch once infestors get nerfed?

Some would say Destinys success is due to infestors.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9047 Posts
September 10 2011 00:34 GMT
#215
Some terrible matchups. Boxer vs MMA???? Sase vs Naniwa????
modesttoss
Profile Joined June 2011
United States221 Posts
September 10 2011 00:35 GMT
#216
No Huk or Select?
yawnoC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States3704 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-10 00:38:25
September 10 2011 00:37 GMT
#217
MLG is really doing good things.
GG - UNiVeRsE is the best player in the WORLD
Devise
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1131 Posts
September 10 2011 00:38 GMT
#218
On September 10 2011 09:35 modesttoss wrote:
No Huk or Select?


This. I also would of liked to see Demuslim
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
September 10 2011 00:38 GMT
#219
On September 10 2011 09:35 modesttoss wrote:
No Huk or Select?

both declined their invites (via JP's post in the thread in sc2 tourny's)

Pumped to see JP and Artosis cast, they were awesome at MLG Raleigh.
www.superbeerbrothers.com
GreyKnight
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4720 Posts
September 10 2011 00:40 GMT
#220
guess few NA players at all care enough...
Prev 1 9 10 11 12 13 30 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 4h 24m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 126
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 5652
Noble 18
Bale 12
Terrorterran 10
Icarus 8
Counter-Strike
FalleN 1329
m0e_tv495
Stewie2K157
Other Games
summit1g12351
C9.Mang0525
WinterStarcraft363
Maynarde317
Sick272
ViBE178
RuFF_SC2116
Trikslyr24
CosmosSc2 13
Organizations
Counter-Strike
PGL5654
Other Games
gamesdonequick670
BasetradeTV50
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 54
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki87
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Lourlo1137
• Rush1069
Other Games
• Scarra967
Upcoming Events
GSL
4h 24m
Cure vs sOs
SHIN vs ByuN
Replay Cast
18h 54m
GSL
1d 4h
Classic vs Solar
GuMiho vs Zoun
WardiTV Spring Champion…
1d 5h
Replay Cast
1d 18h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Spring Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Classic vs SHIN
Rogue vs Bunny
BSL
3 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
Flash vs Soma
RSL Revival
4 days
BSL
4 days
Patches Events
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Universe Titan Cup
5 days
Rogue vs Percival
Wardi Open
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-05-19
2026 GSL S1
Nations Cup 2026

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
IPSL Spring 2026
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 2
Acropolis #4
KK 2v2 League Season 1
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
YSL S3
SCTL 2026 Spring
2026 GSL S2
RSL Revival: Season 5
Heroes Pulsing #1
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W8
CSCL: Masked Kings S4
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Maestros of the Game 2
WardiTV Spring 2026
Bounty Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.