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archonOOid
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1983 Posts
April 09 2013 14:40 GMT
#61
I wonder on what merits the invitees are chosen from? Maybe it's the last years WCS or some players that reached far in the DH/MLG events
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Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-09 16:39:23
April 09 2013 16:39 GMT
#62
On April 09 2013 23:40 archonOOid wrote:
I wonder on what merits the invitees are chosen from? Maybe it's the last years WCS or some players that reached far in the DH/MLG events


Would make sense if they invited the players from last years WCS EU and WCS NA. So yea I think they will go with that
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shockaslim
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1105 Posts
April 09 2013 16:46 GMT
#63
I honestly feel like having all of these invite only tournaments is creating way too much red tape to break into the scene. How many NEW players have we seen in HoTS aside from Korean pros in GSTL? None really. Not even during the beta did we have a lot of stand out players. HTOMario only stands out because he plays mech at a relatively high level.
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Stolat
Profile Joined June 2010
Poland241 Posts
April 09 2013 18:36 GMT
#64
i agree, more open qualifiers, more newcomers, more interesting sc2 stories.
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will216
Profile Joined August 2012
United States185 Posts
April 09 2013 18:52 GMT
#65
On April 10 2013 03:36 Stolat wrote:
i agree, more open qualifiers, more newcomers, more interesting sc2 stories.


Only if the open qualifiers is played offline. Nobodies looking to see a bunch of weak amateurs that do great in online tournaments but get burned by some code B nobody Korean in offline.
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Hrrrrm
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2081 Posts
April 09 2013 19:06 GMT
#66
On April 10 2013 03:52 will216 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2013 03:36 Stolat wrote:
i agree, more open qualifiers, more newcomers, more interesting sc2 stories.


Only if the open qualifiers is played offline. Nobodies looking to see a bunch of weak amateurs that do great in online tournaments but get burned by some code B nobody Korean in offline.


How is that ANY different from a lot of the foreigners we currently have? How is an amateur supposed to get the funds to fly out to an open qualifier just for a SHOT where he may or may not be successful? Face it, online qualifiers are a necessary evil if you actually want more people to participate in the competitive scene. Or not it's just going to be the same freaking circlejerk we've gotten since WoL beta with 75% of the same players who get propped up in the scene receiving invite after invite. The reason why so many Koreans have come out of nowhere is based off of the open nature of GSL and of course Team Leagues giving lesser known players a chance to impress.

The closed nature of western tournaments have stifled the growth of the scene for a very long time. And I want to be very clear that I mean growth in actual competitors, not in viewers or prize money.
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dashiz
Profile Joined August 2010
Costa Rica193 Posts
April 09 2013 19:58 GMT
#67
Invite only... and it was supposed to give incentive to all American players, cool logic.
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