Cool stuff, likely the Chinese teams can show us some creative plays, the games I've seen of them are pretty wild. However, they'll need to catch up mechanically relative to all the other players in the GSL, even the other foreigners.

Chinese pride!

amazingoopah

United States1925 Posts

December 16 2011 19:50 GMT

#183

now all we need is Swedish and Ukrainian Pride teams

morlakaix

United States860 Posts

December 16 2011 19:53 GMT

#184

iG has some beast dota teams, glad to see they are making a splash in the sc2 scene

Witten

United States2094 Posts

December 16 2011 21:08 GMT

#185

Really hope this is true, been hearing from many Chinese players that they believe they're on-par with the Koreans. I hope this is true and we can see some new players and some Chinese superstars (XiGua obviously).

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

December 16 2011 21:22 GMT

#186

Ooh, I wanna see if XiGua is a fluke!

The Final Boss

United States1839 Posts

December 16 2011 21:24 GMT

#187

That sounds awesome! The more foreigners in the GSTL the better!

Tortious_Tortoise

United States944 Posts

December 16 2011 22:27 GMT

#188

This seems super cool. Is this mainland China or Taiwan?

Nazeron

Canada1046 Posts

December 16 2011 22:31 GMT

#189

cool

HighlyToxic

France101 Posts

December 16 2011 22:48 GMT

#190

great new for the esport

dacimvrl

Vatican City State582 Posts

December 16 2011 22:57 GMT

#191

would be great to have more top players competing, this will make the tournament even more exciting and help the scene grow!!

GenesisX

Canada4267 Posts

December 16 2011 23:18 GMT

#192

YEAH CHINA :D
I wish Sen could participate, but the team should do well without him too.

twndomn

401 Posts

December 16 2011 23:36 GMT

#193

XiGua's success at WCG was not a fluke, even Koreans know how far players from China have improved. GSTL would be a great starting point for both Korea and China's esport to grow, excited for 2012.

GamaBear of Sen and Chinese teams are teams from totally different leagues, not related.

9sDreAm

United Kingdom12 Posts

December 17 2011 00:33 GMT

#194

Can I?

Warfield

United States49 Posts

December 17 2011 00:41 GMT

#195

Awesome, I wish the best.

When/where can we expect news?

yoonsun

29 Posts

December 17 2011 01:06 GMT

#196

oh wow this is awesome i hope f91 is part of this team
i want to see more from him
and hopefully this will show foreigners that chinese players are good

JiYan

United States3668 Posts

December 17 2011 02:39 GMT

#197

my chinese friends tell me that sc2 is huge in china, but the western scene never really hears anything about it. looking forward to this for sure!

pappelee

China34 Posts

December 17 2011 02:48 GMT

#198

On December 16 2011 22:00 Louis8k8 wrote:
Yeah please stop with the PRC:Taiwan rants here. I figured this would happen but I really wished Sen would join the Chinese team, there needs to be some hugging to do >__>"

Anyways, really glad China's starting to come out to the international scene.

My little brother's nickname is xi gua

(I thought he looked like a watermelon when he was a baby)

i think he must be very lovely

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

December 17 2011 03:00 GMT

#199

On December 17 2011 11:39 JiYan wrote:
my chinese friends tell me that sc2 is huge in china, but the western scene never really hears anything about it. looking forward to this for sure!

I think most of us know it's there, it even has a more popular website than teamliquid dedicated to starcraft. But the language barrier or something else just keeps integration from being more widespread. It's so strange!

I hope GSTL is one important step for Chinese players to become international players. If you're the best, where you're from is irrelevant! :D

Can't wait to watch.

Catatonic

United States699 Posts

December 17 2011 03:02 GMT

#200

I dont often see the Chinese in many tournaments really only the one IEM in Ghanzhou (or how ever it is pronounced / spelled >.<) and Blizzcup. Don't believe they actually pretty sure they didnt reach the final and a foreigner won on their own soil... so based on those 2 im formulating that yea they're good but would get demolished in the GSTL against powerhouses like SlayerS, IM, ST, TSL, and Prime. (I acknowledge I may be wrong on the results but that still dosnt really change my opinion that they would get demo'd by these unfathomably strong Korean teams.