EPTOn January 28 2014 05:15 Shellshock wrote:
put every active pro gamer's name in a hat. draw out names
put every active pro gamer's name in a hat. draw out names
TheBest agrees.
IEM World Championship to be Winner Takes All for $100,000…
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
TheBest agrees. | ||
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Xoronius
Germany6362 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:12 MasterOfPuppets wrote: I say this without any malicious intent or disrespect whatsoever, but it's very reasonable and expected that the players who have very slim chances of winning such a stacked event should complain about the distribution. Of those mentioned, HerO would do well in theory, but the all-or-nothing situation is probably far too much for his already-shaky nerves. :/ While I get your point, remember that the announcement is less than an our old and that it is 5 a.m. in korea. It´s not, that the korean tournament favorites say positive things about it, they just have´nt found out yet. And all the guys I listed know the economic sitiuation of Starcraft from a players perspective. | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:15 ThePlagueJG wrote: Fully agree! Atleast I hope they do this and then subtly release some info about it  would be pretty stupid to not do it but revealing it on the other hand can backfire. | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:15 Shellshock wrote: put every active pro gamer's name in a hat. draw out names Naama, Tarson, Dragon and | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:09 Xoronius wrote: So, from twitter I heard the following opinions: HasuObs says, that it is a bad decision. Babyknight says, that it is a bad decision. TargA says, that it is a bad decision. Bly says, that it is a bad decision. HerO says, that it is a bad decision. Goswser says, that it is a bad decision. ThorZaIN says, that it is a bad decision. Did I miss anyone? Demuslim said he thought it was fine. And Thorazine just said he wouldn't want to take second. | ||
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:10 Derez wrote: Opportunity costs; that time can be spent a better way; like practicing for something else near that time, which the player has already committed to. When you're not a top notch player, it's not very likely to play any role of significance, and thus the value for sponsors will be minimal. Well, its free to go and they'll get their sponsor shirts on the air. Don't see a reason why any player would not go. | ||
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gneGne
Netherlands697 Posts
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suicideyear
Ivory Coast3016 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:15 Shellshock wrote: put every active pro gamer's name in a hat. draw out names sAviOr emerges from hyperbolic chinese BW time chamber | ||
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Holytornados
United States1022 Posts
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Xoronius
Germany6362 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:16 Plansix wrote: Demuslim said he thought it was fine. And Thorazine just said he wouldn't want to take second. Well, he said, it is a bit extreme in his opinion, I take that as a disagreement to the system. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:17 Yorbon wrote: Opportunity costs; that time can be spent a better way; like practicing for something else near that time, the player has already committed to. When you're not a top notch player, it's not very likely to play any role of significance, and thus the value for sponsors will be minimal. And those are decisions players can make for themselves. We know some of them are going to say"fuck it, I want 100K" | ||
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SinCitta
Germany2127 Posts
Poll: What is more ESPORTS? Winner takes all (19) Extended Series (12) 31 total votes Your vote: What is more ESPORTS? | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:17 Yorbon wrote: Opportunity costs; that time can be spent a better way; like practicing for something else near that time, which the player has already committed to. When you're not a top notch player, it's not very likely to play any role of significance, and thus the value for sponsors will be minimal. Agreed, I would rather see it as free vacation trip to Katowice. | ||
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miniskirt
France487 Posts
stepano | ||
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McRatyn
Poland901 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:17 Yorbon wrote: Opportunity costs; that time can be spent a better way; like practicing for something else near that time, which the player has already committed to. When you're not a top notch player, it's not very likely to play any role of significance, and thus the value for sponsors will be minimal. If you're not top notch you'll say bye on the first day. The aren't many situations in life where one day makes that big of a difference, so no biggie. | ||
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Stephano/Jinro/Idra invited. | ||
Carmac
Poland375 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:22 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: It's hard to be negative about a $100k announcement but this is just bad. If you like flat prize distributions, you should send your best players to events that have them. [edit: you should have sent..] | ||
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sWs
United States409 Posts
1st: 40k 2nd: 20k 3/4th:10k Ro8: 2.5k This would be pretty top heavy and the finals would still be epic as all hell.... T.T love IEM, but this doesn't make any sense | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On January 28 2014 05:21 Carmac wrote: If you like flat prize distributions, you should send your best players to events that have them. trolling on this subject isn't the best thing you'll ever do... | ||
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
As for helping progamers make money, ESL is the organiser with the largest span of countries in which they organise events in as many continents and for as many scenes as possible. Singapore, Brazil, Ukraine...they go EVERYWHERE, and they always invite the 'local champion' directly into the tournament to give people a hometown favourite. They provide qualifiers for all the regions, including Taiwan, Oceania, etc to make sure everyone has a shot. Apart from that, they organise hundreds of smaller regional and local tournaments such as the ESL Euro Series, the EPS in Germany and Spain, weekly and monthly cups etc. So really, they deserve no criticism at all from that front. They're just doing one event differently. | ||
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