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Four Koreans qualify from WCS AM Prelim Day 1 - Page 3

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justinpal
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3810 Posts
April 21 2013 05:24 GMT
#41
I'm confused. Where do I find out why they invited anyone? I hate invitationals more than I hate garbanzo beans. But, I can't seem to find where the rational behind the players chosen and in general why it's not just several qualifiers. I haven't been following the scene, but I'm semi-interested again.

If I had to guess, which I do because I haven't a clue, I'd say they invited popular players? I mean no offense, but some of these players are worse than a quarter of the players that signed up for the qualifiers. Is it largely to prevent a 32 Korean tournament? I see they invited the representatives from the shunned part of the world (except China) to the NA tournament. Some of the invitees seem pretty random.
Never make a hydralisk.
TumNarDok
Profile Joined December 2011
Germany854 Posts
April 21 2013 05:24 GMT
#42
Axiom, complexity, Evil Geniuses.
All american organisations.

Just saying.
dacimvrl
Profile Joined December 2011
Vatican City State582 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 05:26:31
April 21 2013 05:25 GMT
#43
On April 21 2013 13:36 Noobity wrote:


I tried jumping on the "only want to see the best games!" bandwagon but fuck, dudes, this shit is old. Give me a goddamned storyline I can get behind. Holy crap. I wanted to believe in the WCS model so bad. It's really hard being a fan of the North American SC2 scene when you have so little going for you.


if you want storyline, go watch wrestling or some other stupid shit lol
Holo82
Profile Joined April 2013
Austria107 Posts
April 21 2013 05:26 GMT
#44
Perhaps this demolishing results will make American players become better in the long term. Its makes me sad, in Europe there has been the motto "we try to hold against koreans", but in Na, people just say "weve got no chance, they are koreans". It really hurts to see players like Demuslim, who is dominating NA Ladder, loose to a zealot / stalker / MSC poke.
This is a tournament, you dont do triple expand from 2 marines without dying, jesus.
YourAdHere
Profile Joined May 2011
United States216 Posts
April 21 2013 05:27 GMT
#45
EU qualifiers didn't have half as many Koreans as NA qualifiers and KR->NA is much less lag. Nothing surprising at the difference
Negatiive
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada207 Posts
April 21 2013 05:29 GMT
#46
lol...
ROOT4ROOT <3
Dudasc
Profile Joined October 2012
Brazil286 Posts
April 21 2013 05:31 GMT
#47
I hope one zerg player qualifies... but it seems impossible
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 05:35:03
April 21 2013 05:32 GMT
#48
On April 21 2013 14:26 Holo82 wrote:
Perhaps this demolishing results will make American players become better in the long term. Its makes me sad, in Europe there has been the motto "we try to hold against koreans", but in Na, people just say "weve got no chance, they are koreans". It really hurts to see players like Demuslim, who is dominating NA Ladder, loose to a zealot / stalker / MSC poke.
This is a tournament, you dont do triple expand from 2 marines without dying, jesus.


Do not compare WCS EU qualifiers to the NA qualifiers.

A small number of weaker Koreans went over to the EU qualifiers and one made it through, And the Koreans suffered greatly from latency issues.

A lot of Koreans came over to NA qualifiers and the connection between NA and KR is better.

The results are to be expected unfortunately.
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
April 21 2013 05:33 GMT
#49
I hate to say it but I would be much more pumped for tomorrow if it was a mostly american bracket, instead it is most likely going to be some koreans winning everything and I have no real interest in them.

Hopefully we get some foreigners through the LB.
Zerg for Life
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
April 21 2013 05:33 GMT
#50
If not a single foreigner qualifies tomorrow it will really be disappointing lol.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
April 21 2013 05:33 GMT
#51
On April 21 2013 14:26 Holo82 wrote:
Perhaps this demolishing results will make American players become better in the long term. Its makes me sad, in Europe there has been the motto "we try to hold against koreans", but in Na, people just say "weve got no chance, they are koreans". It really hurts to see players like Demuslim, who is dominating NA Ladder, loose to a zealot / stalker / MSC poke.
This is a tournament, you dont do triple expand from 2 marines without dying, jesus.


You guys are only fighting weaker Koreans and less of them + much more lag on your side.

NA is pretty much like Helm's Deep under siege in terms of the Korean onslaught, and Gandolf is not coming in the morning...
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25443 Posts
April 21 2013 05:35 GMT
#52
I'm more perturbed by the invite list than how the qualifiers are going tbh, seems a bit inconsistent in its rationale
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CajunMan
Profile Joined July 2010
United States823 Posts
April 21 2013 05:42 GMT
#53
On April 21 2013 14:24 TumNarDok wrote:
Axiom, complexity, Evil Geniuses.
All american organisations.

Just saying.


Axiom

>Founded by British man and wife
>All Korean team
>Live and work from Korea
>No players living in NA
>American team

Dat logic
Rad
Profile Joined May 2010
United States935 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 05:45:43
April 21 2013 05:43 GMT
#54
BTW It's "Fruitsbasket" not "Fruitbasket" (with an S). I only realized this because he seems to have named himself after the anime Fruits Basket ^^
Conut
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1026 Posts
April 21 2013 05:44 GMT
#55
On April 21 2013 14:42 CajunMan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 14:24 TumNarDok wrote:
Axiom, complexity, Evil Geniuses.
All american organisations.

Just saying.


Axiom

>Founded by British man and wife
>All Korean team
>Live and work from Korea
>No players living in NA
>American team

Dat logic


i was just about to post that same thing lol
Sc2 always got your back
dacimvrl
Profile Joined December 2011
Vatican City State582 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 05:53:54
April 21 2013 05:46 GMT
#56
On April 21 2013 14:42 CajunMan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 14:24 TumNarDok wrote:
Axiom, complexity, Evil Geniuses.
All american organisations.

Just saying.


Axiom

>Founded by British man and wife
>All Korean team
>Live and work from Korea
>No players living in NA
>American team

Dat logic


http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Axiom

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Intricacy

- nationality of players do not matter at all, or half the football clubs in EU would represent other countries instead lol
- no players living in NA, obviously.....you heard of GSTL?

/dat logic...

tl;dr - team founded in the US, by an American..

TheRabidDeer
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States3806 Posts
April 21 2013 05:47 GMT
#57
Step it up NA. Koreans arent just going to let you win out of pity!

That said, go NonY!
Laryleprakon
Profile Joined May 2011
New Zealand9496 Posts
April 21 2013 05:55 GMT
#58
Gogo Korea!!

Hopefully Demuslim can make it tomorrrow.
VashtaNerada
Profile Joined February 2012
United States12 Posts
April 21 2013 05:57 GMT
#59
I like the fact that there will be Koreans in the premier league of the WCS NA. There's a lot going on in the WCS - regional stuff on two levels (premier/challenger leagues) and a global final season. The last thing you want is your best representatives from NA, who have only played other NA players in the regional WCS, going up against the best Korean WCS players in the global finals and getting slaughtered. Instead, you've got 3 (?) seasons worth of regional play where the NA players have two options: get on par with their Korean counterparts and fight well enough to adequately represent NA in the global finals, or fail to play well enough to challenge the Koreans and therefore save us all the embarassment of seeing them get mauled in the global finals.

Remember, this is just the premier league that they're trying out for, and the bottom 24 from that drop straight into the challenger league. The gauntlet's been thrown down; it's time to get better or die trying.
Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And DON'T. BLINK.
Mlhockey16
Profile Joined December 2011
United States8 Posts
April 21 2013 06:00 GMT
#60
Thank you pointless region lock. NA scene dies a little bit more as koreans take our spots.
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