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ElBowser
Austria6 Posts
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BadAim
Norway879 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On November 28 2013 06:58 ElBowser wrote: Didn´t EGXeno win a Tournament? ... With like 10 000 dollars first place? Wouldn´t one count that as Premier Tournament? I mean, IEM Singapur has less money for first prize if I recall correctly. If I threw together a tournament with no prize money but with every player currently in GSL, it wouldn't be a major tournament per Liquipedia's definition but it sure as hell would be a lot harder to win than IEF. | ||
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Siggen
143 Posts
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i.of.the.storm
United States795 Posts
On November 28 2013 04:52 Zealously wrote: You're welcome to consider this a major win, but I don't think many others will. Xenocider is totally about to win WCG tho, #YouOnlyLiboOnce etc etc I'd guess WCG is probably our best shot just due to the sheer number of foreigners there? How sick would it be if they all got together and planned sniper builds against the Koreans? A man can dream... | ||
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Wampaibist
United States478 Posts
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
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Muffloe
Sweden6061 Posts
On November 28 2013 06:45 Zealously wrote: BW was in a very different place in 2000 compared to SC2 in 2010. People essentially didn't know how to play Starcraft, whereas Starcraft II had a higher level of play right from the start. + Show Spoiler + That's a little like saying European teams would have a good chance at winning a basketball tournament because Miami Heat and LA Lakers are the only two American teams attending D: Yes, that is a considerable point. But if you take it out of context if makes foreign BW sound quite good. And we still lack that really prestigious win. My bet to take that would then be Naniwa, if he could get favourable match ups while maintining a good mindset | ||
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igay
Australia1178 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
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SearchYourself
Canada4 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6169 Posts
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
I think they got a decent shot so go do it guys (and girls) :D | ||
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
On November 28 2013 06:27 Zealously wrote: Yeah I'm of the opinion that Koreans should stop winning in LoL as well so that at least one game can stop dying. With how quickly LoL's popularity is waning, I think we've got more than enough proof that one particular country being really good at a game kills it quickly, just like what happened with Brood War. That's an extremely bad comparison, considering 90% of Premier LoL tournaments are region-locked. The teams from the different regions don't meet often at all in LoL...every region has their own professional league in which they play. That's why the World Championship was such a huge and unique event. We don't have that in SC2 - every tournament is international. On November 28 2013 06:58 ElBowser wrote: Didn´t EGXeno win a Tournament? ... With like 10 000 dollars first place? Wouldn´t one count that as Premier Tournament? I mean, IEM Singapur has less money for first prize if I recall correctly. The tournament Xeno won was definitely not a premier tournament. In fact, Korean pros were not even allowed to participate. He just had to play a random Korean amateur no one has ever heard of, + ret and welmu to win the $10,000. A large prizepool doesn't make an event 'Premier' - you need player quality, production quality etc. Jim, MacSed and Sen might have a small chance at defeating PartinG, Sora and Soulkey, depending on the match ups. It's surprising how people quickly forget how good some of these players are, just because they don't have a Korean flag. Jim is probably top 10 Protoss in the world, and you can never count Sen out. A foreign victory in IEM Singapore is extremely, extremely unlikely, though I will definitely be rooting for Happy because he's a great player to watch and I'm still mad he didn't win that series against HyuN at HSC. ASUS ROG might have a foreigner make a long run. There are a lot of high calibre foreigners who have a chance of knocking out Koreans, but even if a foreigner makes it to the finals against a Korean, they'll 99.9% lose because of the pressure of a Bo7, and in a long series it's virtually impossible for even the best foreigners to win against titans like JD, MMA or Innovation. DreamHack - foreigners have absolutely no chance. Unless NaNiwa turns super saiyan once again. | ||
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Clazziquai10
Singapore1949 Posts
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MasterSmurf
Germany30 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
p.s. the slight decrease of the number of Premier events is somewhat related to the topic of no foreigners winning them, because with fewer events, there are fewer chances for such a - usually miraculous - thing to happen. Moreover, with fewer events, "everybody" goes to all of them (figuratively) so the competition is harder for foreigners to sneak in a win. | ||
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GoodSirTets
Canada200 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2722 Posts
On November 28 2013 07:24 sVnteen wrote: my hopes for the foreigners are nani scarlett hasu and nerchio I think they got a decent shot so go do it guys (and girls) :D girl | ||
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