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On September 14 2012 04:33 Megiddosc wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:25 Raid wrote:
Shame on an American tournament event trying to give themselves more spots to try to gain more exposure in their own homeland for their own players. Tsk tsk tsk.. Guessing this is sarcasm, but pretty much all tournaments do this. Hell, Dreamhack usually only has 1 or 2 NA players and maybe 5-6 Koreans. MLG is one of the best tournaments in terms of diversity.
Well no, Dreamhack doesn't do this cause Dreamhack doesn't give spots. Pretty big difference
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I'm sooo watching it  . I'm really loving all the new "content" the BW players are bringing to the scene, it's like when you discover a new flavor and get addicted to it n.n
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On September 14 2012 08:40 TheSir wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:33 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 04:25 Raid wrote:
Shame on an American tournament event trying to give themselves more spots to try to gain more exposure in their own homeland for their own players. Tsk tsk tsk.. Guessing this is sarcasm, but pretty much all tournaments do this. Hell, Dreamhack usually only has 1 or 2 NA players and maybe 5-6 Koreans. MLG is one of the best tournaments in terms of diversity. Well no, Dreamhack doesn't do this cause Dreamhack doesn't give spots. Pretty big difference
So the Dreamhack Valencia Invitational is just called an invitational for fun?
Are you kidding me?
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On September 14 2012 08:42 Megiddosc wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 08:40 TheSir wrote:On September 14 2012 04:33 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 04:25 Raid wrote:
Shame on an American tournament event trying to give themselves more spots to try to gain more exposure in their own homeland for their own players. Tsk tsk tsk.. Guessing this is sarcasm, but pretty much all tournaments do this. Hell, Dreamhack usually only has 1 or 2 NA players and maybe 5-6 Koreans. MLG is one of the best tournaments in terms of diversity. Well no, Dreamhack doesn't do this cause Dreamhack doesn't give spots. Pretty big difference So the Dreamhack Valencia Invitational is just called an invitational for fun? Are you kidding me?
That's the point. The Dreamhack Invitationals are... Invitationals. The larger, more important Dreamhack tournaments are not Invitationals.
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On September 14 2012 08:51 MisterFred wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 08:42 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 08:40 TheSir wrote:On September 14 2012 04:33 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 04:25 Raid wrote:
Shame on an American tournament event trying to give themselves more spots to try to gain more exposure in their own homeland for their own players. Tsk tsk tsk.. Guessing this is sarcasm, but pretty much all tournaments do this. Hell, Dreamhack usually only has 1 or 2 NA players and maybe 5-6 Koreans. MLG is one of the best tournaments in terms of diversity. Well no, Dreamhack doesn't do this cause Dreamhack doesn't give spots. Pretty big difference So the Dreamhack Valencia Invitational is just called an invitational for fun? Are you kidding me? That's the point. The Dreamhack Invitationals are... Invitationals. The larger, more important Dreamhack tournaments are not Invitationals.
and MLG has plenty of opportunities for players to qualify and a huge open bracket....
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On September 14 2012 08:51 MisterFred wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 08:42 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 08:40 TheSir wrote:On September 14 2012 04:33 Megiddosc wrote:On September 14 2012 04:25 Raid wrote:
Shame on an American tournament event trying to give themselves more spots to try to gain more exposure in their own homeland for their own players. Tsk tsk tsk.. Guessing this is sarcasm, but pretty much all tournaments do this. Hell, Dreamhack usually only has 1 or 2 NA players and maybe 5-6 Koreans. MLG is one of the best tournaments in terms of diversity. Well no, Dreamhack doesn't do this cause Dreamhack doesn't give spots. Pretty big difference So the Dreamhack Valencia Invitational is just called an invitational for fun? Are you kidding me? That's the point. The Dreamhack Invitationals are... Invitationals. The larger, more important Dreamhack tournaments are not Invitationals.
And does not the winner of the invitational then get seeded into the much larger Dreamhack Winter/Summer? TheSir said that they don't give spots, when they obviously do.
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hah this is absolutely amazing >< so sick! Cant wait to watch this
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On September 14 2012 07:23 Sub40APM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 06:55 Megiddosc wrote:
I'd definitely think a match between Stephano and Flash would be interesting. Stephano would destroy him. The best Kespa players right now are not the famous Kespa players.
doubtful, Flash is in korea and at the pinnacle of the metagame, plus flash is looking beastly. Stephano's practice regime and partners are probably nothing compared to Flash's.
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On September 14 2012 02:52 eviltomahawk wrote:
Awww, no ZerO, Reality, Baby, or even Flying. Baffling how Jaehoon managed to get in over Baby, but if it's based on Proleague rankings then that's understandable.
It'll be interesting to see how the non-Korean scene fares against the KeSPA players after seeing them best quite a few eSF players in these recent months. Will it be the beginning of the end, or will we see glimmers of real competition against the elephants?
i saw it was decided by the player's team rank after few mins study.
CJ,8th,khan send out their best 3 and STX‘s best 4
players like action and bisu may be special case...
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Slightly disipointed in the amount of Europeans allowed, though i understand it's mainly a NA/Korean thing.
Still it looks good, mainly for the amount of Kespa players in it.
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I'm confused. Larger demand for online content? "LANs" get me 10x more excited to watch SC2 than ANY online tournament in existence.
On September 14 2012 09:56 Lysanias wrote:
Slightly disipointed in the amount of Europeans allowed, though i understand it's mainly a NA/Korean thing.
Still it looks good, mainly for the amount of Kespa players in it.
Costs probably became a factor as well. Koreans might be a necessity, but EU players not as much, as long as there are some. While undoubtedly better than their NA peers, people care more about foreigner vs Korea games than specific NA vs Korea or EU vs Korea, etc. At least that's the impression I get. NA players would be most likely 1/4 of the cost.
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On September 14 2012 09:58 FabledIntegral wrote:
I'm confused. Larger demand for online content? "LANs" get me 10x more excited to watch SC2 than ANY online tournament in existence.
What do LANs have to do with online content?
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Sk Telecom rain should have this EZPZ. He is by far the most accomplished Elephant who had made the switch with the worlds first Kespa player to advance to RO16 code s with victories over last seasons GSL quarterfinalist, Byun. Also currently in the RO8 for Osl with victories over DRG, marineking and jangbi. And before all this he even performed really well in wcs Korea taking down players like Leenock, Jaedong and Curious, only to get knocked out by the eventual champion (Creator).
His only competition would be DRG who unfortunately is Zerg and rain pwns zergs and MVP who isn't playing up to his usual top standard. Roro would also be tough but like DRG, also suffers from being Zerg against a PvZ specialist. Predicting MVP vs Sk telecom rain final, with rain being our Mlg champion.
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On September 14 2012 08:19 Megiddosc wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:52 Jehct wrote:
A tournament set up entirely so that KeSPA players can look good smashing a bunch of NA/Euro pros and have close games with a handful of Koreans? If there aren't 7 KeSPA pros in the top 8 with a lineup like this, it would be an upest. So if less than two out of the following group are not in the top 8: It would not be considered an upset? Do you not realize how foolish your statement makes you look? EDIT: Forgot my negation, sigh.
Have you been watching the KeSPA/SC2KR clashes? The KeSPA players still have gaping holes in their play (as can only be expected), but they're really fucking good mechanically, they're smart and they can prepare for matches like no one else.
Most of the players you mentioned are preparing for Code S/A matches & the OSL; expecting them to take an online tournament anywhere near as seriously is insane. So yeah, more than one of them making the top 8 of a 48 player tournament in which half are KeSPA players with no proleague to prepare for, and only a few are in the OSL/GSL Code A, would be a massive fucking surprise.
If it's single elim I'd bet money on it, actually. KeSPA preparation is second to none.
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On September 14 2012 10:05 Incomplet wrote:
Sk Telecom rain should have this EZPZ. He is by far the most accomplished Elephant who had made the switch with the worlds first Kespa player to advance to RO16 code s with victories over last seasons GSL quarterfinalist, Byun. Also currently in the RO8 for Osl with victories over DRG, marineking and jangbi. And before all this he even performed really well in wcs Korea taking down players like Leenock, Jaedong and Curious, only to get knocked out by the eventual champion (Creator).
His only competition would be DRG who unfortunately is Zerg and rain pwns zergs and MVP who isn't playing up to his usual top standard. Roro would also be tough but like DRG, also suffers from being Zerg against a PvZ specialist. Predicting MVP vs Sk telecom rain final, with rain being our Mlg champion.
Sounds fantastic from a viewpoint if he's able to prepare and do 1 set in a booth.
At MLG that's not really going to happen, players like DRG will have a big edge there, they have done this before.
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On September 14 2012 10:21 Lysanias wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 10:05 Incomplet wrote:
Sk Telecom rain should have this EZPZ. He is by far the most accomplished Elephant who had made the switch with the worlds first Kespa player to advance to RO16 code s with victories over last seasons GSL quarterfinalist, Byun. Also currently in the RO8 for Osl with victories over DRG, marineking and jangbi. And before all this he even performed really well in wcs Korea taking down players like Leenock, Jaedong and Curious, only to get knocked out by the eventual champion (Creator).
His only competition would be DRG who unfortunately is Zerg and rain pwns zergs and MVP who isn't playing up to his usual top standard. Roro would also be tough but like DRG, also suffers from being Zerg against a PvZ specialist. Predicting MVP vs Sk telecom rain final, with rain being our Mlg champion. Sounds fantastic from a viewpoint if he's able to prepare and do 1 set in a booth. At MLG that's not really going to happen, players like DRG will have a big edge there, they have done this before.
People need to read more carefully; this is an online tournament, with time to prepare before each match like the continental qualifier ones MLG have run before. KeSPA players will be in their element.
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I don't care what you people will charge for this. I WILL PAY TO WATCH THIS.
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important question!!!
will there be korean casts??? perhaps share the games with ongamenet(proleague)?????
since i'm sure proleague fans would want to watch it too in korea and i'd like to piggyback on that stream/vod/broadcast
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EPT
