EPTRed Bull announces offline event - Page 5
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
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Coal
Sweden1535 Posts
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Bippzy
United States1466 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
there's 7 kickass spots right there (Fruity not included ofc ;-; ) rest I'd expect to be those who attended the lan before and other popular players, especially foreign. | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:49 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Hope all the gsl champs get an invite :o there's 7 kickass spots right there (Fruity not included ofc ;-; ) rest I'd expect to be those who attended the lan before and other popular players, especially foreign. Personally I want the current best players, not the same people we've been having at every invitational for the past year. | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:37 avilo wrote: Another invite tourney for the same group of players....disappointed tournaments keep going this route. I don't know how e-sports is going to keep "getting bigger" when essentally the same 10-30 people are auto-invited to tourneys without having to "earn it." E-sports is currently about marketing yourself as a player/tournament more than it is actually getting in new blood and having people actually qualify for things. It's short sighted, but tournaments want immediate views. It is a bit frustrating for the 100's of players that would want to attempt to qualify for these things and then it's like, "oh here they go again, handing out invites not allowing anyone new to even have a chance to break in." Yeah... There are plenty of other open tournaments to make a name for yourself. | ||
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:37 avilo wrote: Another invite tourney for the same group of players....disappointed tournaments keep going this route. I don't know how e-sports is going to keep "getting bigger" when essentally the same 10-30 people are auto-invited to tourneys without having to "earn it." E-sports is currently about marketing yourself as a player/tournament more than it is actually getting in new blood and having people actually qualify for things. It's short sighted, but tournaments want immediate views. It is a bit frustrating for the 100's of players that would want to attempt to qualify for these things and then it's like, "oh here they go again, handing out invites not allowing anyone new to even have a chance to break in." Yeah... ipl and mlg have open brackets. iem events all have qualifiers. most big online tournaments have at least a few qualifier spots. just because you dont qualify doesnt mean there arent qualifiers. | ||
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Alasper
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
Also probably gonna be a pretty good tournament! | ||
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Muffinman53
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discomatt
113 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:37 avilo wrote: Another invite tourney for the same group of players....disappointed tournaments keep going this route. I don't know how e-sports is going to keep "getting bigger" when essentally the same 10-30 people are auto-invited to tourneys without having to "earn it." E-sports is currently about marketing yourself as a player/tournament more than it is actually getting in new blood and having people actually qualify for things. It's short sighted, but tournaments want immediate views. It is a bit frustrating for the 100's of players that would want to attempt to qualify for these things and then it's like, "oh here they go again, handing out invites not allowing anyone new to even have a chance to break in." Yeah... Gather up 41k + expenses and do it your way. These players have earned their way. It's not a popularity contest, but if advertisers are concerned, players that bring in more viewers are a big plus. The 100's of players already have many tournaments with open invites to choose from. It's their tournament. If they want to pick the players, they can. If you don't enjoy that, don't watch. The rest of us will enjoy a most likely competitive tournament with great casters and production value, and our half-full glasses. | ||
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Fueled
United States1610 Posts
I'm really curious on who the other 14 will be. This has the makings of being one awesome tournament! | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
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Champloo
Germany1850 Posts
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TheSir
1830 Posts
On April 25 2012 05:15 discomatt wrote: These players have earned their way. It's not a popularity contest, but if advertisers are concerned, players that bring in more viewers are a big plus. I think no one is saying if they invite the usual names that they dont deserve it, i think it just a matter of we see them too often if they do. | ||
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Batch
Sweden692 Posts
There are actually more countries using commas as a decimal mark than there are countries using dots.  | ||
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MonkSEA
Australia1227 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:54 Cokefreak wrote: Personally I want the current best players, not the same people we've been having at every invitational for the past year. ? Didn't know all the GSL champs are washed up bad players. | ||
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GoSuChicken
Germany1726 Posts
On April 25 2012 04:40 Big J wrote: Hey guys from Red Bull, could you plz broadcast this event, or at least parts of it on your (Austrian) TV channel? :-) Fuck yes, that'd be awesome!!! | ||
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
Sup with this Austrian Red Bull TV channel? Is it just a normal channel that Redbull happens to own or do they, like, have Redbull content and stuff? Weird. Help me ! | ||
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