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On August 09 2012 16:47 fuzzylogic44 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 09 2012 16:10 GaiusBaltar wrote:http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/esports/aboutClick on the regions there. In the "Nationals Finals Information" box under each country there's either "Direct Seed to Global Finals: 1" or not. Only France, Germany, China, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan got one. I read somewhere that Blizzard based the direct seeds on the amount of copies of SC2 that sold in each country, but I can't remember the source for that. I think it would be a shame if a lot of countries got weeded out in the continentals and had no representative at the global finals. That goes against the whole world championship/olympic spirit of the thing.
US and Canada make up a large portion of the sales and players. They should get one. The US for sure right? It is Blizz's home country and they had one of the largest National Prizepools.
EDIT: Actually thinking about it a bit more, it makes a lot of sense for no direct seeds from any of the NA countries because there's only 3 countries competing anyways unlike the EUROPE continentals which would be filled with at least half a dozen countries and many of which have only couple standout players. So to make sure those countries remain represented later on in the World Finals, they gave them direct seeds in case they get knocked out early in the hyper fierce EU championship due to an unlucky bracket pitting two great players early.
ASIA on the other hand does not have as many countries but ASIA has to prevent a way from the Koreans from taking every spot, so they give direct seeds for China and Taiwan.
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Very good interview. Well done Kunkun!
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Great read, i really enjoyed this interview. Good questions and thorough answers. Thanks scarlett, Socrates, and the rest of It's GoSu.
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On August 09 2012 19:43 RaiKageRyu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 09 2012 16:47 fuzzylogic44 wrote:On August 09 2012 16:10 GaiusBaltar wrote:http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/esports/aboutClick on the regions there. In the "Nationals Finals Information" box under each country there's either "Direct Seed to Global Finals: 1" or not. Only France, Germany, China, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan got one. I read somewhere that Blizzard based the direct seeds on the amount of copies of SC2 that sold in each country, but I can't remember the source for that. I think it would be a shame if a lot of countries got weeded out in the continentals and had no representative at the global finals. That goes against the whole world championship/olympic spirit of the thing. US and Canada make up a large portion of the sales and players. They should get one. The US for sure right? It is Blizz's home country and they had one of the largest National Prizepools. EDIT: Actually thinking about it a bit more, it makes a lot of sense for no direct seeds from any of the NA countries because there's only 3 countries competing anyways unlike the EUROPE continentals which would be filled with at least half a dozen countries and many of which have only couple standout players. So to make sure those countries remain represented later on in the World Finals, they gave them direct seeds in case they get knocked out early in the hyper fierce EU championship due to an unlucky bracket pitting two great players early. ASIA on the other hand does not have as many countries but ASIA has to prevent a way from the Koreans from taking every spot, so they give direct seeds for China and Taiwan.
Yeah I think it will end up working out. I dunno how many seeds NA gets to globals but I'm sure Scarlett and HuK (if he doesn't choke again) will get in, along with the top Americans and Major. And there's no way there isn't at least one Swede out of Europe.
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Say hello to awesome. This girls skill level and overall vibe pretty much defines kickass.
I am already a huge fan (how can ya not be)
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Great interview and excellent answers for once.
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Good stuff,enjoyed reading it.
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Who else would you guys like to see interview'd?
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Awesome interview thanks for taking the time to set this up! :D Keep them coming please, I always enjoy hearing what player's thoughts on things 
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On August 11 2012 05:43 TheRealNanMan wrote:Awesome interview thanks for taking the time to set this up! :D Keep them coming please, I always enjoy hearing what player's thoughts on things
Thanks : ) I should have another interview done in the next two days ^^
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Would you guys also be interested in reading more from Korean players?
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On August 09 2012 11:30 Metalteeth wrote:Show nested quote +"as I prefer to only ladder for practice, as it makes me mentally prepared for anything that could be thrown at me rather than subconsciously shifting my build to metagame people I know playstyles of...." Interesting, most pros tend to think laddering isn't as important as specific practice games. How someone got this good without really doing anything except laddering, wow.
Stephano was pretty successful with laddering practice 
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Liquipedia updated it to show Scarlett and Vibe getting seeds at the expense of the asia continentals seeds going from 8 to 6.
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Is there a problem with the itsgosu site? I have tried a few times over the past few hours to read the interview, both by clicking the link provided to the interview itself and by trying to go to the main site and both just time out everytime.
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On August 09 2012 10:29 Porcelina wrote:Show nested quote +On August 09 2012 10:25 Fusilero wrote:On August 09 2012 10:21 Porcelina wrote:On August 09 2012 10:06 bittman wrote:
Nice interview. I never knew Mondragon was a coach, must have missed that. Mondragon clearly needs something to do to relax when resting from his studies. Also, very nice interview. Love how in-depth it was. At least his coaching style fits perfectly fits the meta game "When you scout that he's playing protoss start making roaches and do not stop until you've won". There is an important addendum though. Roaches counter every Protoss unit except one, as Zerg you need to counter Pheonixes with Hatcheries.
Oh my opponent when double stargate? Que -> 30 drones + triple expand.
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EPT
