On October 30 2013 19:44 TheSayo182 wrote: so at the moment we have 9 teams in proleague?
kt - skt - stars - jin - cj - galaxy - im - mvp - prime
interesting situation at this point, if you want to have an even number of team
The problem with the teams as is though is that there is a fairly massive power divide in terms of talent between KT SKT IM MVP and the rest of the proleague. Prime does have Maru and a few very good player so they are probably the 5th best team but those 4 are just far and away outclassing the rest.
Edit: I forgot CJ but I have not been keeping up with them so im not sure where they fall.
IM/MVP dont seem to keep up. When the like of Losira/Keen advanced the furthest in individual league, you know your team is not so hot. The problem with esf/ex-esf teams are that upcoming talents are almost non-existent Plus it's goddamn Proleague. Looks what happened to EGTL
All factors concerned, I'd say SKT > CJ = Jinair > IM = KT > Samsung > MVP > Prime. Dunno how the neo-Stars will shaped up. Maybe they dig up some hidden, Sora kinda of rookie; maybe they partner up with other teams, who knows.
Yea Losira is the highest player yet Byul was top 8 in the season finals. And EGTL never took Proleague serious so that is a really bad example.
Nobody cares about regions outside of WCS KR /sarcasm On a more serious note, i still think that Stars may do well. After all if matches are Bo7, they only need to find 4 rookies, that can take a game. And they can force ace matches most of time this way. If matches are Bo5, it is even easier. If they partner with team like Prime... ouch.
I don't know if that really works like that but yeah for SC2 Woongjin Prime would be a pretty nice fit, Prime doesn't have enough good players to be competitive in a PL format.
On October 31 2013 01:07 ishida66 wrote: Btw is Najin sword/shield joining Kespa by any chance? They have a strong LoL team and their sponsors´ pocket looks full of gold.
On October 31 2013 01:11 Nebuchad wrote: I don't know if that really works like that but yeah for SC2 Woongjin Prime would be a pretty nice fit, Prime doesn't have enough good players to be competitive in a PL format.
Nah, what chuckles me about possibility of Woongjin-Prime partnership is the fact that it is a team with 3(!!!!) ace players.
No StarTale? Otherwise excited for IM and Prime in KESPA ! :D
One step closer to a proper team league with ALL the top teams present I guess. Would be nice if they could just all get it together and form one proper team league. Bring back the old proleague with all the best players.
On October 31 2013 01:14 mnck wrote: No StarTale? Otherwise excited for IM and Prime in KESPA ! :D
One step closer to a proper team league with ALL the top teams present I guess. Would be nice if they could just all get it together and form one proper team league. Bring back the old proleague with all the best players.
They decided GSTL was a better place for them apparently. Also, they aren't very good at teamleagues for no particular reason so idk
On October 30 2013 22:30 KelsierSC wrote: Fuck yeh Proleague coming back
Do we have any idea who the english casters will be and how much support they will receive. it was kind of lacklustre last time.
Well Whiplash is still in Korea. Last time I heard anything about it, they were looking for a second caster. I hope they get a good one.
I REALLY want to get in on this (though not permanently). I'm in Daegu, South Korea right now. How can I apply?
I would love to see you cast it, always enjoy you streams. Did you try to msg whiplash? He should know who to contact Maybe someone can PM you his skype or so.
On October 30 2013 20:50 Xiphos wrote: Wasn't PL already announced to occur in November though? I wonder what's postponing it.
It was announced for late november, so it's not much of a postponement.
I'm really hyped for Proleague, it will come in the perfect time, when the sc2 offseason starts up after the madness of Blizzcon-DH-IEM-WCG-HSC-EVERYTHING-November.
I'm still lighting a candle and keeping hope that the rest of the eSF teams will be bought by KeSPA (or something like that) and then GOM gets to handle the production, with maybe OGN doing a few games a week.
On October 30 2013 20:50 Xiphos wrote: Wasn't PL already announced to occur in November though? I wonder what's postponing it.
It was announced for late november, so it's not much of a postponement.
I'm really hyped for Proleague, it will come in the perfect time, when the sc2 offseason starts up after the madness of Blizzcon-DH-IEM-WCG-HSC-EVERYTHING-November.
I'm still lighting a candle and keeping hope that the rest of the eSF teams will be bought by KeSPA (or something like that) and then GOM gets to handle the production, with maybe OGN doing a few games a week.
The likelihood of GOM and OGN getting along is the equivalent of the likelihood of a foreigner winning WCS KR
On October 30 2013 20:50 Xiphos wrote: Wasn't PL already announced to occur in November though? I wonder what's postponing it.
It was announced for late november, so it's not much of a postponement.
I'm really hyped for Proleague, it will come in the perfect time, when the sc2 offseason starts up after the madness of Blizzcon-DH-IEM-WCG-HSC-EVERYTHING-November.
I'm still lighting a candle and keeping hope that the rest of the eSF teams will be bought by KeSPA (or something like that) and then GOM gets to handle the production, with maybe OGN doing a few games a week.
The likelihood of GOM and OGN getting along is the equivalent of the likelihood of a foreigner winning WCS KR
Yeah, I know. But you should never let hope die, right?
On October 30 2013 19:44 TheSayo182 wrote: so at the moment we have 9 teams in proleague?
kt - skt - stars - jin - cj - galaxy - im - mvp - prime
interesting situation at this point, if you want to have an even number of team
The problem with the teams as is though is that there is a fairly massive power divide in terms of talent between KT SKT IM MVP and the rest of the proleague. Prime does have Maru and a few very good player so they are probably the 5th best team but those 4 are just far and away outclassing the rest.
Edit: I forgot CJ but I have not been keeping up with them so im not sure where they fall.
Would they ever consider an NFL style draft and split current teams up?