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DinoMight
United States3725 Posts
I wasn't really going to watch this tournament, but now I am. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets great viewership actually. Again, it's just ONE tournament like this. I'm okay with it. The players are all being flown out all expenses paid anyway. So they can only benefit from this. If Parting can win 100k doing nothing but the soul Train against foreign Zergs, why can't we let this happen and just enjoy watching it (which is the best thing we can do to support esports). | ||
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shinobi112
19 Posts
We all need to support IEM and support their efforts for helping the starcraft scene continue to have tournaments. | ||
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:21 DinoMight wrote: Guys, is it really a big deal if ONE IEM tournament is winner takes all for a little hype? IEM does a lot more than most to promote and grow e-sports and they want to do ONE tournament with something a little out of the ordinary. E-sports has not been growing at the rate that everyone in the community wants so they're trying something new. I wasn't really going to watch this tournament, but now I am. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets great viewership actually. Again, it's just ONE tournament like this. I'm okay with it. The players are all being flown out all expenses paid anyway. So they can only benefit from this. Don't forget that it's free enter as well and it will be full 11500 stadium. Dis gon be really good. And emotions will skyrocket through the roof in the finals. | ||
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XaCez
Sweden6991 Posts
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HellNino
France156 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:21 Plansix wrote: There is a band called Swashbuckle. I just need to know more about that band. That's just some metal with guys screaming in their mic on apocalyptic sounds. Not the best metal group ever. Their pirates costumes are sweet though. | ||
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:23 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Don't forget that it's free enter as well and it will be full 11500 stadium. Dis gon be really good. And emotions will skyrocket through the roof in the finals. Imagine  herO[jOin]'s smile when he wins that all  | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:21 DinoMight wrote: Guys, is it really a big deal if ONE IEM tournament is winner takes all for a little hype? IEM does a lot more than most to promote and grow e-sports and they want to do ONE tournament with something a little out of the ordinary. E-sports has not been growing at the rate that everyone in the community wants so they're trying something new. I wasn't really going to watch this tournament, but now I am. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets great viewership actually. Again, it's just ONE tournament like this. I'm okay with it. The players are all being flown out all expenses paid anyway. So they can only benefit from this. If Parting can win 100k doing nothing but the soul Train against foreign Zergs, why can't we let this happen and just enjoy watching it (which is the best thing we can do to support esports). I'd wholeheartedly agree with that if it wasn't the freaking WC. | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:24 Musicus wrote: I'd wholeheartedly agree with that if it wasn't the freaking WC. But because it's the WC, isn't everyone participating in it already kinda doing well, or did I miss how the system works? :/ | ||
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SC2Toastie
Netherlands5725 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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geokilla
Canada8244 Posts
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:27 Darkhoarse wrote: Good god this is horrible. Sure the finals will be pretty tense, but what better way to aid the thinning out of the number of competitive players in SC2 than denying prize money to those who place well but aren't quite at the top yet? But this is not a competition with dark horse-fan favourites etc. These are all event winners. These are players that already ARE at the top... | ||
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imrusty269
United States1404 Posts
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dgwow
Canada1024 Posts
However, a winner-takes-all format does make a somewhat stale format seem exciting again. The stakes have never been higher! | ||
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Muffloe
Sweden6061 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:25 MasterOfPuppets wrote: But because it's the WC, isn't everyone participating in it already kinda doing well, or did I miss how the system works? :/ No that's mostly true. But then they should've announced it at the beginning of the season. Everybody just assumed it would be the same distribution as usual. If they announced it from the start, I wouldn't be so disappointed. It's just a 180° turn out of nothing. | ||
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
I prefer Nani or sOs jumping :D Or Parting with some weird ceremony. But smiling herO will make finals a bit more fun for runner-up i guess. | ||
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Epamynondas
387 Posts
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chaos021
United States258 Posts
On January 28 2014 06:09 Epamynondas wrote: That's the most nitpicky and less relevant thing i've read today. You're the moron who brought it up. On January 28 2014 06:11 LongShot27 wrote: This is great news, all the players who get there have likely already won something from IEM in this season. This is just icing on the cake. If you're whining about not finishing first, don't compete. Play to win, if you dont, oh well. That's the exactly the problem in my opinion. How often do you see someone get cheesed out of the game because their opponent clearly knew they weren't going to make it with macro play. That's fine and all either way, but I don't get excited by that sort of dynamic, no matter how it shakes out. I get that this is generally going to be icing on the cake for those who have won some significant money prior to this. The problem I have is that I don't think this format will help find the best player or help the SC2 scene as a whole. They argue that the WCS gives pro scene a place to earn a living, but that just seems plain wrong. I don't see solid pros making it into the money all the time. It's easy to get cheesed out or just have a bad day there. Then again it's not IEM's job to be there for everyone. I just don't agree with their opinion on how this will shake out for everyone. | ||
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
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