EPTRain forfeits GSL Code S spot in favor of MLG. - Page 23
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RiSkysc2
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:12 Sunshinewalker wrote: How can you say Open Bracket MLG is easy? Has anyone ever won MLG coming from the open bracket? I think Rain just wants some new life experiences. Leenock. | ||
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Psychobabas
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:15 RiSkyToss wrote: Lol, people are getting so angry, calm down guys, it's just a scheduling conflict, nothing vindictive about it. The problem here is not the conflict itself but the fact they didn't mention it till the 29th. | ||
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emjaytron
Australia544 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:12 Sunshinewalker wrote: How can you say Open Bracket MLG is easy? Has anyone ever won MLG coming from the open bracket? I think Rain just wants some new life experiences. Leenock, Naniwa come to mind (granted Nani was before the korean influx, still tough though) | ||
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speknek
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On November 01 2012 18:56 justinpal wrote: This cannot be what happened. This is either a mistake by the management or on purpose. GSL has repeatedly accommodated players in the past by moving their match later or earlier. the mistake was deciding to go to MLG so late. He was just confirmed yesterday, well i guess 2 days ago now. | ||
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
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sOda~
United Kingdom441 Posts
On November 01 2012 18:32 S_SienZ wrote: Yeah no. SKTT1 could've easily told GOM earlier (like a few days ago) and GOM would've been able to change the schedule. Like Fionn said, this is either incredible incompetence by SKT management or foul play. Or maybe Rain decided himself that he wanted to go but did so last minute. Maybe he was only recently made aware of the fact that you could attend mlg "uninvited" via the open bracket. There are certainly more than those two reasons why this was announced late. | ||
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Earawen
France51 Posts
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Earawen
France51 Posts
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Swwww
Switzerland812 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:22 Swwww wrote: He is probably going to come to all the international events to take their money rather than playing in the hardest tournament for less money than the others combined. He can only go to MLG where first place is a bit more than half of first place for winning Code S. Kespa exclusivity shit and all that. | ||
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
I get the feeling from Rain's interviews that he's not the regular money hunter guy, like so many other pros. If he wanted to play in GSL and MLG at the same time I think he could just have told them in time and GOM could make his group play next week. I think this has more to do with him wanting to go abroad, testing his stamina in the open bracket, and preparing for the WCS Global Finals and so forth. One thing I don't understand though is choosing MLG over Code S you get a lot more exposure with your play style and builds, potentially weakening chances of winning let's say WCS Global Finals. However I don't think this will affect his MLG run so much since his announcement to participate in MLG came so late, not giving enough time for the possibility to snipe him. Expect to see at least a round of eight appearance by him this weekend!  | ||
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
On November 01 2012 14:07 corpuscle wrote: I doubt it's anything more than him underestimating the Open Bracket and figuring it's free money... as far as I know, Rain has zero experience in a "play all fucking day" format like MLG, and he's never made this big a trip, so he might be underestimating the challenge. edit: I know KeSPA blah blah blah but do you really think they're stupid enough to take their best player, the player that is the best case for confirming the "OMG KESPA PLAYERS SO FUCKING GOOD" belief, out of GSL? if the other KeSPA players were leaving GSL, sure, but they wouldn't pull their best shot at making GOM/ESF look bad, they're not that stupid. WCS Asia was gauntlet format and he won that. But regardless, im pretty mad about this. Not sure about whether to be mad at GOM for being inflexible with their schedule, or KeSPA for forcing him to do this or Rain himself for shitty decisions. | ||
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Mirrikh
Romania105 Posts
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eanxiii
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Elurie
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KingPaddy
1053 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:27 Incomplet wrote: WCS Asia was gauntlet format and he won that. But regardless, im pretty mad about this. Not sure about whether to be mad at GOM for being inflexible with their schedule, or KeSPA for forcing him to do this or Rain himself for shitty decisions. How can this be GOMs fault? They even asked the teams for their schedules to be able to fix all the conflictes with other tournaments. But when you ask for a change on the day Code S starts, 3 days in front of your own group, there isn't much anybody can do about that. | ||
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
On November 01 2012 19:12 Sunshinewalker wrote: How can you say Open Bracket MLG is easy? Has anyone ever won MLG coming from the open bracket? I think Rain just wants some new life experiences. Leenock, twice I think, but def once. | ||
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