EPTSKT_Rain seeded into GSL Code S - Page 13
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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iGX
Australia414 Posts
what is your reason for level of hate for this? Rain, current reigning OSL champion, high level WCS contender, GSL semi-finalist doesn't deserve this seed? what does he have to do to actually "deserve" it then? Rain deserves this seed more than some of the players that made it into code S for the upcoming season. He's been on tilt in the last couple of weeks but name one player that doesn't go through a slump once in a while... | ||
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:15 bittman wrote: Well either: 1) Maybe it's an OSL thing? In which case maybe Last for coming 4th? 2) It's a global ranking thing from Blizzard. In which case maybe MVP? 3) The second seed is unrelated. Maybe winner of IEM WC if applicable then? I'm out of ideas beyond that. 1. Can't be OSL. They could simply tell us. 2. Maybe... but I don't know why they wouldn't tell. | ||
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convention
United States622 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:14 liberate71 wrote: That post by Mr Chae is so boss. It's clear they have the public interests in mind, but are currently in a stuck position. God I love that guy. I look forward to the reasoning, but the initial "TA DAAAAAAAAAA" of the announcement was pretty damn drama inducing. But hey, its created a lot of talk and interest within the community, so it cant be all bad  I love how hes like "lol we dont get pressured by KeSPA and arent sponsored by SKT" hahaha. So good. When I read that post by Mr Chae, all I was thinking was that he mentioned every single reason that was brought up in this thread. He definitely is in touch with the community, pretty cool to see. | ||
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Taipoka
Brazil1224 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:18 ffrozenfish wrote: maybe the original plan was seed the winner of IPL/IEM Looks plausible. IEM -> Get a seed IPL -> Cancelled -> Lets get Rain. | ||
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liberate71
Australia10252 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:23 convention wrote: When I read that post by Mr Chae, all I was thinking was that he mentioned every single reason that was brought up in this thread. He definitely is in touch with the community, pretty cool to see. He didnt touch on Startale.Rain or LGIM.Rain though! I believe! ahahahaha But yeah same here, there was some specific things that he nailed. | ||
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SHOOG
United States1639 Posts
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Ace Frehley
2030 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:21 iGX wrote: @ Elite_ what is your reason for level of hate for this? Rain, current reigning OSL champion, high level WCS contender, GSL semi-finalist doesn't deserve this seed? what does he have to do to actually "deserve" it then? Rain deserves this seed more than some of the players that made it into code S for the upcoming season. He's been on tilt in the last couple of weeks but name one player that doesn't go through a slump once in a while... First time he played the GSL was through a seed. It's kind of strange to give a 2nd seed to the same player. | ||
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Aphasie
Norway474 Posts
No more seeding plz, but at least it was a worthy player this time. | ||
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Dauntless
Norway548 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:20 liberate71 wrote: Its a speculation discussion on what the massive variable may be with this whole "seeding of Rain" scenario. Well that just isn't pointless at all...... Sounds more like a Gom bashing thread brought to you by The Speculating Whiners. | ||
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iamthedave
England2814 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:09 Soda-88 wrote: Grubby (who got screwed over by GOM, moving the Code A matches couple of weeks back, and he had the plane ticket booked for that) has nearly a million followers on social media sites whereas Rain got 2,5k. Popularity doesn't make you deserving. | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
HuK got seeded (what for, by the way, he wasn't even on a Code A level), now Rain gets seeded (who is on Code S/A level, yepp), though he already got the chance of qualifying... I don't get that seed stuff anymore. But with latest zerg dominance, GSL gets uninteresting anyways (well, I'm zerg, too), so I'm really rooting for next season's HOTS start!! | ||
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totauksz
Ghana190 Posts
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Khai
Australia553 Posts
-Based on ability alone, past results OSL championship alone in particular can already justify that. -A Code S spot was taken away from him, probably unfairly, (MLG participation issue) this is the most likely official reason given that they seem to want to be given time to write a proper reasoning and avoid offending any parties. To add to that, he's got teamkill in his group and that's the only one in this season's U&D if I'm not mistaken, rather unlucky. I'm also fairly sure that he'd be a popular choice for any seed to be handed out especially given the hype that he had before after making the semis and winning the OSL. Many fans wouldn't agree with this being a good or legitimate reason but I feel it is completely fine for a commercial organisation to want the most popular and most hyped players to be participating in it. Let's not forget the GSL have lost Mvp this season, who has to qualify from Code B from next season, it is a big blow and let's not deny there are fans who follow their favourite player in particular and some players raise spectator numbers. | ||
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Squiggles
Canada54 Posts
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blacksheepwall
China1530 Posts
The post-announcement announcement makes this even more bizarre. Wonder what the reasoning is. | ||
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Confuse
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:21 iGX wrote: what does he have to do to actually "deserve" it then? Qualify through Up/Downs like everyone else. No one should be receiving Code S/A seeds anymore. It's not like GOM needs the popularity boosts at this point in its lifetime. | ||
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Lukeeze[zR]
Switzerland6838 Posts
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