Nononononononononononoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

What a terrible idea.... first of all, 3 tournaments in such a short amount of time is just overkill, starting at the ro8 just turns the GSL into any other random tournament, no hype for finals whatsoever. Just the GSL finals by itself is fine, I can't understand the idea to have the ro8 as well.... fdfdifjiodhiohgwie

Abacus1

Australia45 Posts

August 12 2012 11:11 GMT

#462

Definitely with the general population on this. While I love being able to see so many amazing players play at once (which will still be awesome), the GSL element of preparing for a player really is taken out of the equation. Most of the mind games that I love from great GSL games will be taken out unfortunately.

Still, should be some great games with all the talent being there.

kruxey

Bulgaria168 Posts

August 12 2012 11:16 GMT

#463

They should atleast make it 1 week and not 2-3 days...3 tournies is alot and I can't see how anyone can prepare for their matches on such short notice.

RaelSan

Belgium223 Posts

August 12 2012 11:18 GMT

#464

Will Stephano attend one of those tournaments ? Code S with no preparation would be perfect for him ( even too perfect, code S invitation + format change benefits ), and does he still have a chance to qualify for IPL 5 ?

paradoxOO9

United Kingdom1123 Posts

August 12 2012 11:19 GMT

#465

Naniwa and Stephano are a given for the foreigner team, perhaps Nerchio, SaSe, Thorzain for the other 3 spots.
I am hoping that the production goes smoother than the event just gone, other than that I can't wait!

Eruism

United States312 Posts

August 12 2012 11:20 GMT

#466

well this just ruins the whole point of gsl and instead just makes it an 8 man mlg produced by gom.

JiEun-Aegyo

1 Post

August 12 2012 11:20 GMT

#467

I agree, it’s a bad idea, as it defeats the all concept of the GSL format. What make this tournament so particular and so great, is having the best player prepare for a week to play their opponent. And when you have two top players doing so, it always creates great match, with generally innovative play, rather than a good all-around strategy that are going to be play over & over again.

In addition, like it has been said before, with other Code S player already participating in IPL this season, it would put them at the disadvantage. It is like MVP vs MMA all over again, where the first one had an all-day of competition, facing different opponent and race, before doing a best of 7 at the end of the day.

And yes, IPL TAC final production was way below the standard of what you are supposed to expect.

ogion

New Zealand79 Posts

August 12 2012 11:20 GMT

#468

On August 12 2012 19:56 Sata_ wrote:
just do GSL finals instead of ro8 to finals :/

I don't know if this is possible, IPL is probably already scheduled, and the finals wouldn't come in time without speeding up their own schedule

Lukeeze[zR]

Switzerland6838 Posts

August 12 2012 11:22 GMT

#469

If the selection is done by public votes, the foreigner team will look like: stephano, idra, huk, tlo, ret. xD !

Darkthorn

Romania912 Posts

August 12 2012 11:25 GMT

#470

On August 12 2012 16:50 Douillos wrote:
Whatever, Taeja gonna win it ALL !!!!!!!!!!! <3333

Tell the truth you might be right...he seems he can play a lot and somehow plays better when there's no real preparation for the other player :D

bluQ

Germany1724 Posts

August 12 2012 11:25 GMT

#471

terrible idea

Darrkhan

Finland1236 Posts

August 12 2012 11:26 GMT

#472

I don't like the idea at all. foreigner vs korea sounds good but thats about it. But it is just stupid to do GSL in 3 days and not let players have time to prepare its what makes GSL good. And also some of players might have to play both IPL 5 and GSL which will not show good results i believe.

What if someone takes both tournaments GSL and IPL5 that would be ridiculous :D

Makro

France16890 Posts

August 12 2012 11:29 GMT

#473

Stephano said in a interview that he will make a gsl in october, so it's the GSL World Championship i guess ?

Garnet

Vietnam9056 Posts

August 12 2012 11:43 GMT

#474

I think we should wait for more details.

Roggay

Switzerland6320 Posts

August 12 2012 11:48 GMT

#475

Thats a joke!
GSL always has been about studying your opponent and coming with good builds.

newmember1

1 Post

August 12 2012 11:49 GMT

#476

edited;

Sumahi

Guam5609 Posts

August 12 2012 11:54 GMT

#477

This will be very interesting to watch in terms of the GSL. But I do like the foreigners v. Koreans match, that sounds like alot of fun.

Fragile51

Netherlands15767 Posts

August 12 2012 11:57 GMT

#478

Jezus no, please only the finals TT

Having the ro8 and ro4 there as well basically stops it from being Code S, and turns it into MLG#2. I don't mind having the finals and the WC there, as long as the GOM production crew does all the production work.

InoyouS2

1005 Posts

August 12 2012 11:58 GMT

#479

This will completely burn out the GSL players, I really don't think that going for a more MLG mass-game style is a good idea.

At least try to split it over 2 weeks.

TeeTS

Germany2762 Posts

August 12 2012 12:02 GMT

#480

It's different, but really you guys are overreacting way to hard here. Ro8-Final on 3 Days mean, Day1 Ro8-Day2 Ro4-Day3 Final. Yeah the preparation aspect is gone for the Ro4 and the final. Well, some players may prepare for Ro4 in hand, since you have only 2 options to face this is very well possible (and imagine you have a mirror match to determine your opponent), so the preparation aspect is not totally gone.
It's a change in the format for ONE single season. No big deal. The quality of games will not suffer at all. The players in the Ro8 will be well prepared for their matches and the players that go through will have the skill to make the following games similar entertaining.
Really no big deal and nothing to complain about!