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.

Depends on a few things like MVP's wrist status and if Red Bull is paying for the player's flights. If not, then I can't see Jjakji going since HoSeo has never sent a player to an international tournament by themselves, I believe. I would expect MMA, Polt, MC, etc. and the usual Koreans who have teams that will send them to foreign events.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

April 24 2012 20:49 GMT

#103

This looks like a very promising event. Can't wait for it.

Nazeron

Canada1046 Posts

April 24 2012 20:51 GMT

#104

Cool, sounds sick, amazing looking place btw

Jedclark

United Kingdom903 Posts

April 24 2012 20:52 GMT

#105

Stephano and Parting as the first announcements? Sick.

The venue looks awesome.

Wampaibist

United States478 Posts

April 24 2012 20:52 GMT

#106

siiiiiiiiiick my boy rob simposonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn also i hope idra goes

Shinespark

Chile843 Posts

April 24 2012 20:54 GMT

#107

YES! K9!

I don't like invitationals but I hope it turns out to be a good event anyway. GL Stephano and Naniwa. Because, who are we kidding, they WILL invite Naniwa.

Trowa127

United Kingdom1230 Posts

April 24 2012 20:55 GMT

#108

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."

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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...

Don't worry dude, you might get an invite. You never know, Red Bull might enjoy 1/1/1 every game vs P.

On topic, there are plenty of great open bracket tournaments out there. MLG, IPL, IEM. I enjoy invitiationals, and its good to see Red Bull supporting this.

Apollo_Shards

1210 Posts

April 24 2012 20:55 GMT

#109

Cant wait for more players!

MichaelDonovan

United States1453 Posts

April 24 2012 20:55 GMT

#110

Probably going to be a really awesome event if it already has stephano and parting in it. What I'm most excited about is that Red Bull is actually "going for it" as the OP says. Red Bull is a BIG name to have supporting Esports. We're talking about the same people who sponsor the X games and shit.

Radiated11

United States32 Posts

April 24 2012 20:55 GMT

#111

I can not wait for this! Redbull fighting!!!

MichaelDonovan

United States1453 Posts

April 24 2012 20:57 GMT

#112

On April 25 2012 05:04 IdrA wrote:

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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.

HAHAHAHA owned. I love that.

Kaesebrot

Germany128 Posts

April 24 2012 21:00 GMT

#113

Remember Dreamhack Valencia was also a Invitational and it was one of the best events last year. I think Invitationals are great if they pick the right players. If they don't pick like MLG does, it will be an awesome event.

divito

Canada1213 Posts

April 24 2012 21:01 GMT

#114

Having qualifiers and open brackets, as nice as they are for up-and-coming players, is an arduous and lengthy process for organizations to implement all the time. Red Bull as a contributor is still relatively new, so they will get acclimatized with their own method for now, and who knows, perhaps they will expand things in the future.

HotShizz

France710 Posts

April 24 2012 21:02 GMT

#115

I have no problem at all with this being an invitational... I know they have had the training lans before, but this is the first real tournament that they are hosting; if doing a 16 man invitational helps them to mitigate costs and test numbers, layouts, etc for any future productions, even if the rest end up being invitationals, though I would prefer online qualifiers at least, then awesome. I am stoked that another company like Red Bull is investing in esports so all I can say is thanks and good luck. I'll be watching!!

seoul_kiM

United States545 Posts

April 24 2012 21:02 GMT

#116

I hope they really get the best players. I don't want to watch foreigners getting dominated. I'd like to see some Thorzain, Stephano, NaNiwa, Ret, maybe HuK. No other foreigners really stand out as top players in the world. $41,000 is a lot of money. There should be a lot of good competition.
Amongst the Korean pool I'd especially like to see MC, MKP, MVP, DRG, Taeja, Hero, SuperNova, Nestea, Oz, and perhaps Maru or another up and coming player.

FragRaptor

United States184 Posts

April 24 2012 21:06 GMT

#117

I don't care how the event is run, who is in it, or how it is executed; I just really hope Red Bull fills their seats Unlike how the full sail event went