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MLG vs Proleague Invitational and MLG Fall Season - Page 14

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Holloworb
Profile Joined November 2011
Norway345 Posts
September 13 2012 20:14 GMT
#261
Too much Sc2, this isn't compatible with studies at the university ffs

I have to learn to watch Sc2 in my sleep.
Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 20:16:43
September 13 2012 20:14 GMT
#262
On September 14 2012 02:38 oGsTrueSmug wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2012 02:32 Darpa wrote:
On September 14 2012 02:19 MLG_Adam wrote:
On September 14 2012 02:15 TheSir wrote:
On September 14 2012 02:06 MLG_Adam wrote:
As a company we will definitely be focusing more and more on North America, not exclusively but this region will be a priority.


Thats fine, but then stop telling that MLG's goal is to provide the highest level competitive gaming in the world




Why? We have multiple avenues for global participation at our events. You're sensationalizing things as usual.

For those asking about online qualifiers:
http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/compete-in-the-fall-starcraft-ii-online-qualifiers



I wouldnt bother justifying it Adam, there will be whiners regardless of who you invite.

MLG tournaments are almost always the most competitive tournaments outside of GSL. Anyone who says otherwise is just flat out wrong. GIven the top 8 at raleigh, its more like 12 NA 6 Euro 14 Koreans.

Realistically virtually everyone on that list of Koreans are a top tier competitors.


OSL, Proleague, IPL, WCS, and Dreamhack would all like a word.


uhh OSL and proleague werent even the same game until recently. IPL had 1 really tough event. WCS is only super high level in Korea (and this is the first iteration?), and Dreamhack is nowhere near as competitive... very few koreans attend, and the ones that do arent the DRG/MKP/MVP's of the world. Soo what was your point?
"losers always whine about their best, Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8313 Posts
September 13 2012 20:24 GMT
#263
On September 14 2012 03:38 Benjamin99 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2012 03:29 Whitley wrote:
ON TOPIC
This is great all the popular players that will surely give us entertaining games. Good job MLG, this will be a lot of fun to watch.

OFF TOPIC
Stop complaining about everything possible.


This is the worst thing that has happen to the competitive sc2 scene since well forever.


This?

Not the PPSL debacle?
Not the super tournament seeds all turning their offers down?
Not SC2 Confederation (or whatever the organization was before ESF) pulling out of NASL2?

Inviting more North Americans in this particular MLG is the worst thing that has happened to the competitive sc2 scene?
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Tobblish
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden6404 Posts
September 13 2012 20:29 GMT
#264
Love this MLG! <3
To be fair I would like to see even qualified players being able to compete.
Even if they wont get a spot they could get the money or something added if they win.
The curse is real
yawnoC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States3704 Posts
September 13 2012 20:31 GMT
#265
Wow this will be interesting.

Also HUGE congratulations to Axslav and Axeltoss! To of my favorite people with Ax is there alias
GG - UNiVeRsE is the best player in the WORLD
Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 20:46:59
September 13 2012 20:33 GMT
#266
On September 14 2012 05:24 TheDougler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2012 03:38 Benjamin99 wrote:
On September 14 2012 03:29 Whitley wrote:
ON TOPIC
This is great all the popular players that will surely give us entertaining games. Good job MLG, this will be a lot of fun to watch.

OFF TOPIC
Stop complaining about everything possible.


This is the worst thing that has happen to the competitive sc2 scene since well forever.


This?

Not the PPSL debacle?
Not the super tournament seeds all turning their offers down?
Not SC2 Confederation (or whatever the organization was before ESF) pulling out of NASL2?

Inviting more North Americans in this particular MLG is the worst thing that has happened to the competitive sc2 scene?


Nothing to do who got invited its about going from a competitive sc2 format where the best players will qualify and will deserve there spots to some kind of socialistic format where some players will take a pool spot even if they placed much lower then the other players.

Its a joke. Lets talk about a scenario. Stephano and DRG gets 3nd place and 4rd place in this tournament. Now this is an incredible good placement and should be rewarded however since MKP won the tournament and Naniwa took 2nd. Stephano and DRG will not be able to qualify to pool play. Instead 2 top 20-25 will get there spots.

If this isn't fucked up I don't know what is. And MLG Adam you wrong its a disgrace to any competitive sport. Invites and unfair seeding based on country and popularity got no place in any professional sport. Lets just call MLG what it is: Entertainment . Because now its surdenly not a competition or a sport. Thanks for making a mockery out of the sc2 scene MLG
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
-niL
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada1131 Posts
September 13 2012 20:39 GMT
#267
No Leta?
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37097 Posts
September 13 2012 20:40 GMT
#268
DAT IS AWESOME!!!
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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AcesAnoka
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium262 Posts
September 13 2012 20:42 GMT
#269
fuuuck yeaaaaaaaaaa
masters terran eu
Epoxide
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
September 13 2012 20:42 GMT
#270
Looks sweet but no Leta and I don't know why they chose sKyHigh over Snow.
LiquipediaSouma: EU MM is just Russian Roulette. Literally.
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
September 13 2012 20:42 GMT
#271
Man all those format changes are hard to keep up with, very confusing.
/commercial
elagrion
Profile Joined April 2010
Ukraine422 Posts
September 13 2012 20:48 GMT
#272
kim taek yong! soulkee! fantajiii!
Its funny thou, how its 4 players from almost-last-placed KT and 3 players from top 2 two finishers (KHAN and CJ).
Everything is a remix.
Flytothesky
Profile Joined April 2004
United States591 Posts
September 13 2012 20:49 GMT
#273
omg, finally TBLS is coming!! :D
Hens
Profile Joined August 2009
Germany288 Posts
September 13 2012 20:55 GMT
#274
sounds like a great lot of fun games
astray71
Profile Joined February 2012
United States325 Posts
September 13 2012 20:56 GMT
#275
12 from NA... and only 6 from Korea/Taiwan? Yeah, NA is going to get crushed by SC BW pros I feel...
There is no victory without the blessing of god, and there is no god but Madlife.
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
September 13 2012 20:59 GMT
#276
So if I have it all correctly groups will be made of:
Top 8 from Raleigh
Top 8 from MvP tournament
8 from the NA/EU/KR qualifiers

and then 8 more from the open bracket?
www.superbeerbrothers.com
Chytilova
Profile Joined December 2011
United States790 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 21:12:32
September 13 2012 21:01 GMT
#277
Nevermind I misread the OP carry on...
NoobSkills
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1603 Posts
September 13 2012 21:01 GMT
#278
On September 14 2012 04:57 aristarchus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2012 04:48 MLG_Adam wrote:
On September 14 2012 04:41 Morieris wrote:
On September 14 2012 04:35 aristarchus wrote:
So I'm not surprised at all, but it's really disappointing to see the favorable treatment being given to Kespa players. 24 spots for Kespa, 6 for the rest of Korea? That's just a guarantee that no matter what the actual balance of skill is, 80% of the Koreans will be Kespa. There is absolutely no fairness-based justification for that. It's just Kespa throwing its weight around and MLG deciding to do whatever gets it the most viewers/money. That's how you run a reality TV show, not a legitimate sport.

I really think the community needs to start seeing starcraft as more of a sport. There's room for debate about some format details (separating qualifiers by region, for example), but no tournament that gives players advantages in the competition because of their fame or money or what company they work for should be seen as a "major" by the community.

Why are we really upset when Kespa boycotts GSL, but not upset at all when they push the other Koreans out of MLG? Are we really dumb enough that only pushing them 80% of the way out fools us?


You do know MLG is partnered with Kespa, right? And that the event is called MLG vs Proleague. You also do realize this is a special event before the Fall Championship, which will once again be open to anyone who would like to play in it. MLG isn't pushing out non-Kespa players at all. They are putting this event on in an attempt to give people what they want to see, Kespa players in a legitimate tournament that involves non-Kespa players. They are pushing NA players with more spots most likely because it's an NA-based company, and it gives the NA players a chance to step up and legitimize themselves.



There are 8 Koreans in Dallas group play already from Raleigh results, there will be more non Kespa Koreans added into group play from the KR only online qualifier, and even more non Kespa Koreans added into group play from the MvP program.

So in fact, there are more Esports Federation players in group play with fullly paid trips than any other group/region of players.


Sure, but those are based on the old results before the new system. If this continues, that percentage would obviously shift substantially over time. It's unfair to give one group of players an advantage in a competition. I don't care if there are three times as many ESF as Kespa players - if that happened in a system that was biased towards Kespa players, it means that the ESF player group as a whole deserves even more spots than that.

No one is going to take MLG seriously as a sports-like competition if you don't take yourselves seriously first. Imagine if MLB gave the Yankees a 10 game handicap during the regular season because the owner of the Yankees refused to play under any other conditions. That's the same thing that's happening here, and the fact that the reaction against it isn't stronger is very good evidence that esports isn't a true sport yet.


Please don't compare ESF players to the Yankees they don't have the money or the talent.

Yes, this system will eventually bias the direction towards KESPA players and even now it does. So, what? Eventually KESPA will buy the talent off of the current ESF teams, so in the end the best players will be playing most regularly in MLG.
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
September 13 2012 21:03 GMT
#279
On September 14 2012 06:01 NoobSkills wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2012 04:57 aristarchus wrote:
On September 14 2012 04:48 MLG_Adam wrote:
On September 14 2012 04:41 Morieris wrote:
On September 14 2012 04:35 aristarchus wrote:
So I'm not surprised at all, but it's really disappointing to see the favorable treatment being given to Kespa players. 24 spots for Kespa, 6 for the rest of Korea? That's just a guarantee that no matter what the actual balance of skill is, 80% of the Koreans will be Kespa. There is absolutely no fairness-based justification for that. It's just Kespa throwing its weight around and MLG deciding to do whatever gets it the most viewers/money. That's how you run a reality TV show, not a legitimate sport.

I really think the community needs to start seeing starcraft as more of a sport. There's room for debate about some format details (separating qualifiers by region, for example), but no tournament that gives players advantages in the competition because of their fame or money or what company they work for should be seen as a "major" by the community.

Why are we really upset when Kespa boycotts GSL, but not upset at all when they push the other Koreans out of MLG? Are we really dumb enough that only pushing them 80% of the way out fools us?


You do know MLG is partnered with Kespa, right? And that the event is called MLG vs Proleague. You also do realize this is a special event before the Fall Championship, which will once again be open to anyone who would like to play in it. MLG isn't pushing out non-Kespa players at all. They are putting this event on in an attempt to give people what they want to see, Kespa players in a legitimate tournament that involves non-Kespa players. They are pushing NA players with more spots most likely because it's an NA-based company, and it gives the NA players a chance to step up and legitimize themselves.



There are 8 Koreans in Dallas group play already from Raleigh results, there will be more non Kespa Koreans added into group play from the KR only online qualifier, and even more non Kespa Koreans added into group play from the MvP program.

So in fact, there are more Esports Federation players in group play with fullly paid trips than any other group/region of players.


Sure, but those are based on the old results before the new system. If this continues, that percentage would obviously shift substantially over time. It's unfair to give one group of players an advantage in a competition. I don't care if there are three times as many ESF as Kespa players - if that happened in a system that was biased towards Kespa players, it means that the ESF player group as a whole deserves even more spots than that.

No one is going to take MLG seriously as a sports-like competition if you don't take yourselves seriously first. Imagine if MLB gave the Yankees a 10 game handicap during the regular season because the owner of the Yankees refused to play under any other conditions. That's the same thing that's happening here, and the fact that the reaction against it isn't stronger is very good evidence that esports isn't a true sport yet.


Please don't compare ESF players to the Yankees they don't have the money or the talent.

Yes, this system will eventually bias the direction towards KESPA players and even now it does. So, what? Eventually KESPA will buy the talent off of the current ESF teams, so in the end the best players will be playing most regularly in MLG.


He was comparing KeSPA players to the Yankees FYI.
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
mememolly
Profile Joined December 2011
4765 Posts
September 13 2012 21:07 GMT
#280
most NA is just fodder for koreans and europeans, only Scarlett has a chance against anyone decent
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