Xigua was never a "mediocre" wc3 pro, he was a frequent WCG China National Final runner, with a national 2nd place and a RO8 Grand Final finish, under the alias "Rabbit", he was easily a A-level to top WC3 pro on his prime. Even I did not follow wc3 a lot and I know his name.

FXOpen

Australia1844 Posts

January 04 2012 05:31 GMT

#163

There has been no confirmed arrangement between IG and FXO.. I am unsure of why this was posted. I can confirm we have been talking with IG, but nothing has materialised.

snowhell

United States57 Posts

January 04 2012 05:35 GMT

#164

On January 04 2012 14:22 digmouse wrote:

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you realize you're just helping my case right? i hope so. mediocre is in quotes because its quite the opposite.

shockaslim

United States1104 Posts

January 04 2012 05:49 GMT

#165

If their were any two players that REALLY deserve this, I would say one would be XiGua. The other would be Mana.

dANiELcanuck

Canada217 Posts

January 04 2012 06:01 GMT

#166

On January 04 2012 08:01 RacerX wrote:
I still really don't like the get in free cards for foreign players, they should have to practice and perform as well as the koreans and show it through the qualifiers. If they want to qualify they go through the qualifiers like everyone else.

I'd be willing to bet that matches with foreigners playing get a lot more views on average. It's also much easier for a Korean to live in Korea and go to each and every qualifier. It's also called the GLOBAL StarLeague and there aren't many foreigners playing. You seem to think the best players make it through the qualifiers every time, I would try to explain why you are wrong, but I don't really care that much.

SilverRiver

United States27 Posts

January 04 2012 06:22 GMT

#167

Just by training on ladder, they've already become really good by foreigner standards. It'll be interesting to see how far they can climb through training with an strong team like FXO.

TAAF

Switzerland226 Posts

January 04 2012 07:06 GMT

#168

Sweet! I am really exited to see the Chines Players again

Sky101

United States1758 Posts

January 04 2012 07:10 GMT

#169

On January 04 2012 14:31 FXOpen wrote:
There has been no confirmed arrangement between IG and FXO.. I am unsure of why this was posted. I can confirm we have been talking with IG, but nothing has materialised.

Ooops...What, umm, happened here?

ElusoryX

Singapore2047 Posts

January 04 2012 07:11 GMT

#170

though this has not been confirmed, but xigua and ig are given code a spots, no? that'll be insane haha, don't see how they're not gonna make it to code s

FXOpen

Australia1844 Posts

January 04 2012 07:22 GMT

#171

On January 04 2012 16:10 Sky101 wrote:

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Ooops...What, umm, happened here?

Bad translation. The actual words from IG were "we are in co operation with FXO".. which they are.

We will have our own announcement coming soon regarding the specifics of what we are doing with iG..

This announcement is premature and inaccurate.

Sein

United States1811 Posts

January 04 2012 07:22 GMT

#172

EDIT: Oh, nevermind.

Animostas

United States568 Posts

January 04 2012 07:32 GMT

#173

This is really cool, I really want to see what Chinese players are like, but GSL is hardly meaning anything anymore with all of these free spots just handed out.

ReaperX

Hong Kong1758 Posts

January 04 2012 07:43 GMT

#174

Hopefully the partnership stays, these guys are full of talent and potential not to be wasted and they need more exposure for sure.

nath

United States1788 Posts

January 04 2012 07:53 GMT

#175

On January 04 2012 14:35 snowhell wrote:

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you realize you're just helping my case right? i hope so. mediocre is in quotes because its quite the opposite.

macsed < xigua in wc3 sorry my friend which takes off half your argument

as of the other half i never really based his sc2 skill on his war3. im saying he was statistically significantly worse in both games (sc2 could change obviously as his career is still in flux)