How else is he supposed to qualify ? And if they couldn't get any other big-name korean which would bring more value than Naniwa for them, then it's just a good idea.

Tomken

Norway1144 Posts

January 11 2012 17:54 GMT

#126

FXOTargA #1!

BobMcJohnson

France2916 Posts

January 11 2012 17:57 GMT

#127

cool to see qxc, hope he wont be too out of shape because of school though :/

iAmBiGbiRd

Australia1029 Posts

January 11 2012 17:58 GMT

#128

It's pretty weird not seeing mOOnGLaDe as the SEA representative this time around (He was at WCG when qualies were on) however i have watched a bit of TargA's stream lately and he seems really fucking good so lets see if he continues the trend of SEA underdogs (If people considered GLaDe an underdog in the IEM events he played when the first he was clearly one of the best foreign zergs in the world and the second he was inactive and still made top 8) and soul crushes peeps......GOGOGOGOGOGOOG TARGA I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WC3 FTW!!! Also MMA to win convincingly

iAmBiGbiRd

Australia1029 Posts

January 11 2012 17:59 GMT

#129

On January 12 2012 02:54 Tomken wrote:
FXOTargA #1!

QFT for Iaguz

Kitzz

Australia27 Posts

January 11 2012 18:15 GMT

#130

MMA will take it all easy! gogo MMA

gullberg

Sweden1301 Posts

January 11 2012 18:15 GMT

#131

Looking forward to see Titan and MMA!

Carmac

Poland375 Posts

January 11 2012 18:19 GMT

#132

On January 12 2012 01:34 Ambtenaar wrote:
So dumb, people like Targa and feast in 1 tournament with players like mma and zenio

Don't throw the word dumb too cheaply without educating yourself first. Feast beat 11 opponents in 3 qualifiers to get to Kiev. Players like elfittaja, Adelscott, Naama, XlorD, SjoW, ClouD, White Ra, SarenS, HayprO, Strelok, ToD, Grubby, Tarson, Socke and a few others did not manage to squeeze through that third qualifier.

He has more than earned it, don't you think?

Shkudde

Netherlands709 Posts

January 11 2012 18:20 GMT

#133

Really looking forward to seeing TITAN play. I've heard MrBitter and RotterdaM talk about him a lot, but I've never seen him play in a live tournament setting.

Also GOGO GRUBBY! (nothing wrong with being a bit nationalistic from time to time

)

LunaSaint

United Kingdom620 Posts

January 11 2012 18:21 GMT

#134

Oh wow, these groups are hot.

Group A

NaNiwa
Killer (I don't know why people don't ever vote for this guy, he consistently does well at every event he gets into)

Group B

Grubby
Kas

Group C

MMA
TargA

Group D

DIMAGA
HerO

--

Feast, Hasu, Titan and Zenio are also all likely to advance. These groups have some good balance, nice.

Can't wait!!

Ryncol

United States980 Posts

January 11 2012 18:21 GMT

#135

I think that MMA might slap this tournament down if he's been working on his TvP.

knL

Germany400 Posts

January 11 2012 18:22 GMT

#136

A lot of Europe's elite in the lineup looking forward.

I think MMA will take it pretty "easy". Maybe this tournament Grubby will surprise a few people. I think its only a matter of time till he gets his first Gold on a Major Event.

Carmac

Poland375 Posts

January 11 2012 18:23 GMT

#137

On January 12 2012 01:25 diskolauch wrote:
hey carmac, can u tell us something how the korean invites have been decided? were there other korean players in consideration?

We do not sponsor players' trips to events, so the choice is usually limited to the players that have the backing to go to events and have no schedule conflict with the GSL.

pred470r

Bulgaria3265 Posts

January 11 2012 18:24 GMT

#138

Why do I have the feeling that it's gonna be MMA vs Hero in the finals.

michielbrands

Netherlands1146 Posts

January 11 2012 18:36 GMT

#139

My predictions:

Group A:
Empire.Beastyqt
dKiller
Quantic.NaNiwa
TitaN

Group B:
M|DieStar
Grubby
Empire.Kas
liquid'Zenio

Group C:
mousesports.HasuObs
SlayerS'MMA
ROX.KIS.Pomi
TargA

Group D:
mTw.DIMAGA
M|Feast
liquid'HerO
coL.qxc

NaNiWa has all time to concentrate on this tournament, so together with MMA & HerO they are the clear favourites to win it all.