On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
No surprise that Stephano is afraid to play in the tournament with the best players. In this case its MLG with fearsome kespa players, before that it has been the GSL and he didnt participate in the MvP tournament.
On October 25 2012 10:34 Fjodorov wrote: No surprise that Stephano is afraid to play in the tournament with the best players. In this case its MLG with fearsome kespa players, before that it has been the GSL and he didnt participate in the MvP tournament.
This just seems like a lot of opinion and personal bias reasoned by warping what little information you have to suit your purposes.
On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
europe is closer to asia than america so meh, he probably decided to go to eswc anyway
On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
That's not exactly fair. He was tied for 5th place when he was defending IPL title. He is schedule for 2nd Lone Star Clash where he is defending Champion. Now he is defending ESWC and he is attending. He is in NASL4 (again: he is defending champion even if he is not doing so great). As of the WCS Europe it is very recent - so effectively he is defending every major/premier tournament he won.
On October 25 2012 10:34 Fjodorov wrote: No surprise that Stephano is afraid to play in the tournament with the best players. In this case its MLG with fearsome kespa players, before that it has been the GSL and he didnt participate in the MvP tournament.
This just seems like a lot of opinion and personal bias reasoned by warping what little information you have to suit your purposes.
I guess him declining the MvP invite was due to him knowing he would crush the KeSPA elephants too hard?
Everyone knows he is a great foreigner that can keep up with the top tier Koreans, but he never participates in a major Korean tournament. So people have a good reason to think he is choosing to play easier tournaments because he doesn't think he could win the harder ones. He himself stated that he would rather play ez and quick tournaments in EU and NA than play in the GSL or OSL, which would be fiscally more responsible.
Stop contorting intelligent observations to personal bias and conjecture.
Oh wait I forgot, foreign fans are past logic and will claim that foreigners are just as good as Koreans. *cough* Scarlett Only Koreans are getting out of the group stages so have fun watching.
On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
That's not exactly fair. He was tied for 5th place when he was defending IPL title. He is schedule for 2nd Lone Star Clash where he is defending Champion. Now he is defending ESWC and he is attending. He is in NASL4 (again: he is defending champion even if he is not doing so great). As of the WCS Europe it is very recent - so effectively he is defending every major/premier tournament he won.
He was seeded into IPL4. He was seeded into Lone Star Clash 2. He was seeded into NASL4.
None of that proves that Stephano cares about "defending" the titles he was won. Because he won the previous events he was given free opportunities to participate in future events; why should he turn those down? Players who are good enough to win events get to pick and choose which events they want to attend, and many of them choose to follow the money. ESWC's payout is slightly less than MLG's but it has two major advantages: it takes place in his country and has easier competition.
On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
That's not exactly fair. He was tied for 5th place when he was defending IPL title. He is schedule for 2nd Lone Star Clash where he is defending Champion. Now he is defending ESWC and he is attending. He is in NASL4 (again: he is defending champion even if he is not doing so great). As of the WCS Europe it is very recent - so effectively he is defending every major/premier tournament he won.
He was seeded into IPL4. He was seeded into Lone Star Clash 2. He was seeded into NASL4.
None of that proves that Stephano cares about "defending" the titles he was won. Because he won the previous events he was given free opportunities to participate in future events; why should he turn those down? Players who are good enough to win events get to pick and choose which events they want to attend, and many of them choose to follow the money. ESWC's payout is slightly less than MLG's but it has two major advantages: it takes place in his country and has easier competition.
I'm not saying this mean he cares. I'm simply saying that there is no indication that he doesn't care about it.
On October 24 2012 01:51 smOOthMayDie wrote: No stephano?
He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
That's not exactly fair. He was tied for 5th place when he was defending IPL title. He is schedule for 2nd Lone Star Clash where he is defending Champion. Now he is defending ESWC and he is attending. He is in NASL4 (again: he is defending champion even if he is not doing so great). As of the WCS Europe it is very recent - so effectively he is defending every major/premier tournament he won.
He was seeded into IPL4. He was seeded into Lone Star Clash 2. He was seeded into NASL4.
None of that proves that Stephano cares about "defending" the titles he was won. Because he won the previous events he was given free opportunities to participate in future events; why should he turn those down? Players who are good enough to win events get to pick and choose which events they want to attend, and many of them choose to follow the money. ESWC's payout is slightly less than MLG's but it has two major advantages: it takes place in his country and has easier competition.
I'm not saying this mean he cares. I'm simply saying that there is no indication that he doesn't care about it.
But he has also spoken about his priorities, and they do not support the idea.
On October 24 2012 18:20 nimdil wrote: [quote] He is defending ESWC title at the same time. Arguably more important tournament - a bit stupid of MLG to set tournament date that overlaps with ESWC. There is free weekend between ESWC and WCS WC
wtf are you talking about this MLG date was announced like 6 months before ESWC announced there's lol...
Well true. But what would you choose? One per year, World Champion class tournament that you are defending champion and takes place in your home country of or yet another MLG?
Stephano is there because the competition is easier and it's a shorter travel distance.
Really? Isn't he in Korea and generally living in EG house? It would make Europe not exactly in the vicinity. My guess is that it is in France and he is defending champion - the most important reasons.
He is in Korea at the moment.
When has Stephano shown concerns about defending a title before? I wouldn't be surprised if he went because it was being held in France though.
That's not exactly fair. He was tied for 5th place when he was defending IPL title. He is schedule for 2nd Lone Star Clash where he is defending Champion. Now he is defending ESWC and he is attending. He is in NASL4 (again: he is defending champion even if he is not doing so great). As of the WCS Europe it is very recent - so effectively he is defending every major/premier tournament he won.
He was seeded into IPL4. He was seeded into Lone Star Clash 2. He was seeded into NASL4.
None of that proves that Stephano cares about "defending" the titles he was won. Because he won the previous events he was given free opportunities to participate in future events; why should he turn those down? Players who are good enough to win events get to pick and choose which events they want to attend, and many of them choose to follow the money. ESWC's payout is slightly less than MLG's but it has two major advantages: it takes place in his country and has easier competition.
I'm not saying this mean he cares. I'm simply saying that there is no indication that he doesn't care about it.
But he has also spoken about his priorities, and they do not support the idea.
On October 24 2012 02:28 Klondikebar wrote: She melted faces to get there with some obscene number of games and wins. Her group also looks very manageable. Given how hard she works and how much she studies, I think she'll just ruin that group.
This is the most sarcastic thing I've read in a while. Fun to see so many taking it literary.
1. So, I remember that there was another "system", not just group play like this. I think it was pool play, where the scores are 6-1, 4-2 etc etc. and the top 2 go through to the next stage, AND The one we have now (bracket system). Now, there is no pool play, just bracket system?
2. I see no MKP/Polt/MMA :'( Will they have a chance of making it here? Can they be seeded? Because I saw that there are 2 spots for "seeded players" in each group.
On October 27 2012 09:39 dynwar7 wrote: Few questions guys.
1. So, I remember that there was another "system", not just group play like this. I think it was pool play, where the scores are 6-1, 4-2 etc etc. and the top 2 go through to the next stage, AND The one we have now (bracket system). Now, there is no pool play, just bracket system?
2. I see no MKP/Polt/MMA :'( Will they have a chance of making it here? Can they be seeded? Because I saw that there are 2 spots for "seeded players" in each group.
THanks! :D
Pool play is gone and it's bracket play instead. It works exactly the same as last MLG if you want to know how the system works. MKP probably won't come since he didn't qualify so would have to play in the open bracket without a free flight, unless ttesports pays again. Howver, prime also has gstl that weekend.
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