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TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
July 23 2013 22:15 GMT
#41
On July 24 2013 06:19 Aridhol wrote:
Are in the Dual Tournament only chinese player or also some others?

DRG, MC and Grubby confirmed for Dual Tournament
#TheOneTrueDong
Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
July 23 2013 22:32 GMT
#42
On July 24 2013 04:08 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 04:01 Aunvilgod wrote:
On July 24 2013 03:55 SinCitta wrote:
According to Adebisi many Korean players have to play WCG qualifiers.



Even the ESF guys? And even the Liquid and Axiom guys?


WCG is still fairly prestigious in Korea I guess?

It gives eSport medals...of course it's prestigious, just like that martial arts stuff...
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
July 23 2013 22:42 GMT
#43
poor iaguz... poor qxc. well, poor foreigners.

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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27207 Posts
July 23 2013 23:00 GMT
#44
Hopefully HerO can claw back some of the WCS points he lost with his NA exit.

If IEM aren't doing a tournament based entirely on qualifiers, I suppose WCS points is the next best thing. After all that was one of the points of implementing the system wasn't it?
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DaftFunk
Profile Joined June 2013
194 Posts
July 23 2013 23:57 GMT
#45
On July 24 2013 04:59 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 03:35 Ammanas wrote:
That means they were inviting WCS ranked players and kept on inviting until 4 of them replied "Yes".


that is exactly what happened


if this was the case why didnt innovation play the qualifiers instead of accepting an invitation (besides later on giving up his spot).

knew the question of how they chose players would come up. sounds like a generic bullshit answer from iem. so many players wouldve jumped on the invitation if it were true
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
July 24 2013 00:05 GMT
#46
On July 24 2013 08:57 DaftFunk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 04:59 Waxangel wrote:
On July 24 2013 03:35 Ammanas wrote:
That means they were inviting WCS ranked players and kept on inviting until 4 of them replied "Yes".


that is exactly what happened


if this was the case why didnt innovation play the qualifiers instead of accepting an invitation (besides later on giving up his spot).

knew the question of how they chose players would come up. sounds like a generic bullshit answer from iem. so many players wouldve jumped on the invitation if it were true


Qualifier are paid trip, invite are not
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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14462 Posts
July 24 2013 00:08 GMT
#47
On July 24 2013 07:15 TommyP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 06:19 Aridhol wrote:
Are in the Dual Tournament only chinese player or also some others?

DRG, MC and Grubby confirmed for Dual Tournament



Don't forget ToD !
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swordboy
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada299 Posts
July 24 2013 00:11 GMT
#48
On July 24 2013 09:08 Aeromi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 07:15 TommyP wrote:
On July 24 2013 06:19 Aridhol wrote:
Are in the Dual Tournament only chinese player or also some others?

DRG, MC and Grubby confirmed for Dual Tournament



Don't forget ToD !


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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
July 24 2013 00:16 GMT
#49
poor qxc
PeterDLai
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States924 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-24 00:20:41
July 24 2013 00:20 GMT
#50
Jimcredible to win it all the way from the open bracket. I BELIEVE!
Laryleprakon
Profile Joined May 2011
New Zealand9496 Posts
July 24 2013 00:21 GMT
#51
It will be a fun event but I am starting to wish we had more teams willing to travel, having EG/TL players at every event and rarely getting to see so many other top players does start to get a bit boring. I guess it's more WCS's fault for giving points to every tournament.

Hopefully the open bracket is nicely full of top Koreans!
Gotnerves
Profile Joined August 2012
56 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-24 01:49:47
July 24 2013 01:49 GMT
#52
On July 24 2013 03:55 SinCitta wrote:
According to Adebisi many Korean players have to play WCG qualifiers.

https://twitter.com/AdebisiSC/status/359741339916705794


Is there a better way to confirm? i can't find anything on wcg website or liquidpedia on korean wcg qualifiers this early in the year. Especially since grand final always in late December. Also is this why innovation dropped out after he did the IEM qualifier and got a paid trip?
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
July 24 2013 01:51 GMT
#53
On July 24 2013 09:05 ragz_gt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 08:57 DaftFunk wrote:
On July 24 2013 04:59 Waxangel wrote:
On July 24 2013 03:35 Ammanas wrote:
That means they were inviting WCS ranked players and kept on inviting until 4 of them replied "Yes".


that is exactly what happened


if this was the case why didnt innovation play the qualifiers instead of accepting an invitation (besides later on giving up his spot).

knew the question of how they chose players would come up. sounds like a generic bullshit answer from iem. so many players wouldve jumped on the invitation if it were true


Qualifier are paid trip, invite are not


Why did Innovation give up his spot to Hyun?
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
July 24 2013 02:37 GMT
#54
On July 24 2013 10:49 Gotnerves wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 03:55 SinCitta wrote:
According to Adebisi many Korean players have to play WCG qualifiers.

https://twitter.com/AdebisiSC/status/359741339916705794


Is there a better way to confirm? i can't find anything on wcg website or liquidpedia on korean wcg qualifiers this early in the year. Especially since grand final always in late December. Also is this why innovation dropped out after he did the IEM qualifier and got a paid trip?

Korean WCG qualifier has always taken place in August and September. It doesnt take an investigation to confirm
Laryleprakon
Profile Joined May 2011
New Zealand9496 Posts
July 24 2013 02:41 GMT
#55
On July 24 2013 10:51 c0ldfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2013 09:05 ragz_gt wrote:
On July 24 2013 08:57 DaftFunk wrote:
On July 24 2013 04:59 Waxangel wrote:
On July 24 2013 03:35 Ammanas wrote:
That means they were inviting WCS ranked players and kept on inviting until 4 of them replied "Yes".


that is exactly what happened


if this was the case why didnt innovation play the qualifiers instead of accepting an invitation (besides later on giving up his spot).

knew the question of how they chose players would come up. sounds like a generic bullshit answer from iem. so many players wouldve jumped on the invitation if it were true


Qualifier are paid trip, invite are not


Why did Innovation give up his spot to Hyun?


He has pro league finals this weekend.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32751 Posts
July 24 2013 02:44 GMT
#56
HyuN becoming the new MC recently by attending every tournament possible. After MLG and DreamHack he goes on to participate in IEM and ASUS ROG, and with the amount of WCS points he is accumulating, even a decent showing at IEM will probably secure his spot in the Ro16 despite never playing in any Premier league region-locked tournament.

Groups are balanced and don't have any major favorites if there are more than two Koreans in each group. Looking forward to this tournament for sure this weekend.
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shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
July 24 2013 02:47 GMT
#57
HerO will win IEM
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
July 24 2013 02:53 GMT
#58
Anyone else miss oGsMC? I really hope he can reach the finals here.
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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-24 03:16:48
July 24 2013 03:08 GMT
#59
Meh player pool, funny thing is, it feels like the 4 recently announced players could just place top 4 XD

The only two other players I can see doing good are Polt and HyuN, the three noted open bracket players are doing terrible in HotS. :/

I just dont see the reason that they had by inviting the first 4 going down the WCS points list since it seems like so many declined. Once you reach rank 20, which I think is what Jaedong is, then you have a problem.

It'll also be interesting to see the Chinese open bracket, since this is the only big international tournament that has had one in SC2. We might see some Chinese pros make it out, like XY and Jim (who, if he is there, will surely make it out). Also to excited to see Taiwanese players there, hopefully Slam and Sen are there!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
July 24 2013 03:14 GMT
#60
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