EPTMLG Spring Season - Page 6
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Brazil1546 Posts
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
They will be flying out like 4-5 times a season if they go to the big events. | ||
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Wampaibist
United States478 Posts
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Syrupjuice
United States173 Posts
On March 26 2012 23:02 tree.hugger wrote: Summer season will naturally see three arenas, featuring randomly chosen segments of the top 24 players from MLG Spring Championships, the top 6.5 players from MLG Spring Arena 2, the top 3 players from MLG Spring Arena 1, and several aggressive cats. There will be a prize pool of $11,568, and the players will also battle for the top five spots, who will get automatic placements in MLG Summer Championships, along with Dr. Pepper products they don't want for a year, and ownership of one of the cats. Mmm… seems legit. I look forward to it ;D | ||
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On March 26 2012 23:08 CursOr wrote: MKP and company might as well live in the states ^_^ They will be flying out like 4-5 times a season if they go to the big events. Yeah, tbh, I'm not a fan of two arenas, not just because it makes things hilariously complicated, but also because it's putting a real strain on the players. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a bunch of the Korean players drop out because they're not willing to sacrifice so much practice and so much GSL time for the sake of flying to the US every couple of weeks. It seems to me that this much travel is a major negative for Korean participation. We'll see if this pans out, I guess. | ||
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Aeceus
United Kingdom1278 Posts
On March 26 2012 16:50 resilve wrote: So they are testing the water with arenas? Have an 8 man arena with great players for a very low price, and see if you get a high volume of ticket sales. Then have a bigger arena with a higher price, and so on. It isn't a bad way to test the water and find the price that works best. Sounds to me like they are trying Day9's suggestion of having a long tournament with a low player count, so you can get more stories and build up from it. | ||
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creamer
Canada128 Posts
 months between each one | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On March 26 2012 23:15 tree.hugger wrote: Yeah, tbh, I'm not a fan of two arenas, not just because it makes things hilariously complicated, but also because it's putting a real strain on the players. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a bunch of the Korean players drop out because they're not willing to sacrifice so much practice and so much GSL time for the sake of flying to the US every couple of weeks. It seems to me that this much travel is a major negative for Korean participation. We'll see if this pans out, I guess. I don't really have a strong opinion on the two arenas setup yet, but I will say that I don't think tournaments in the US/EU should be based around what works best for the Korean players. We need to be making sure that the scene is active and strong here, Korea already has the most consistent, big tournament and prize pools (GSL, obviously). If it's too taxing for the Korean players to make it out to every US event, then so be it, there might be events where they just can't make it. Not every single top Korean needs to be at every event in the US/EU. In fact, I think it can be bit stifling when all the top players attend a foreign event. It's obvious the Koreans are much better, and it pretty much dashes any hope of a foreigner winning when you've got the entire Code S roster competing. | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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LovE-
United States1963 Posts
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DawN883
Sweden558 Posts
So much content so little time | ||
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
I am strongly considering going to Anaheim. Only a couple states away. | ||
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blamekilly
466 Posts
I don't know, it just seems like they're trying to get the players tied up with MLG. | ||
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krisss
Luxembourg305 Posts
I personally like to see newcomers play. You could at least give some casters the rights to cast them, like imba.tv (i like that guy with those goggles ^_°) | ||
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Delwack
123 Posts
Between the PPV costs, strain on the players, and likely conflicts with other tournaments, I don't see this particular arena panning out. MLG has to try though I suppose. If there's enough content maybe it'll turn out to be a sleeper hit, but I remain skeptical right now. | ||
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RaiZ
2813 Posts
Some can argue we can't blame them since most of the tops are koreans and it's not "convenient" but meh. I'm getting really tired of seeing some players that doesn't deserve their spots sometimes... | ||
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Jongl0
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zJayy962
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Ryze
Canada234 Posts
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