EPTOn January 28 2014 07:49 stuchiu wrote:
JYP beat both Jaedong and Naniwa at Asus. Never forget.
JYP beat both Jaedong and Naniwa at Asus. Never forget.
Patience had a great run too.
IEM World Championship to be Winner Takes All for $100,000…
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
Patience had a great run too. | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Oh right DH winter. Never forget. | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:47 Danish3 wrote: from the qualifiers? You are sooooooooooo against this, and so one-sided looking at only the negatives from this event. Since you can't comprehend that I have looked at pros and cons of this and come up with my opinion based on seeing both sides, here are a list of pros that I have come up with - unbelievable hype and tension for the final. - more press and publicity for the tournament and potentially more viewership due to increase in interest among the community - higher payout to one player makes that player more of a star (ie an sOs after Blizzcon rather than quiet unheralded Yoda post last years IEM world championships) anyway those are a few, but I maintain my previous position. | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
Too late I guess | ||
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
I won't ever forget, but I also don't believe the guy has a shot at getting into the finals of an IEM event or qualifying in some way, then winning the championships. I'm sorry TT | ||
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IncubusSC
Canada57 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:43 WolfintheSheep wrote: How about Winner takes nothing, and 2-16 take all. That's actually a unique idea. If you hate that, clearly you're scared and huddled in your safety bubble. You sound a little mad. You a little mad? User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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tili
United States1332 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
People assume the finals will be hyped no matter what, but guess what? If they get a one-sided beat down ala Nestea vs Inca or sOs/Bomber/Hyun/Polt, this will be remembered as possibly the dumbest finals of all time. | ||
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Epamynondas
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
JYP is slowly becoming Sniper. | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:50 Mifoi123 wrote: 1. The secure source of income for sc2 players is: WCS AM, WCS EU and GSL. Check! 2. IEM creates a new tournament with the best 16 players for the fans to watch. Check! 3. IEM injects $100K in the sc2 scene. Check! 4. IEM tries something new. Check! 5. Everyone is talking about it and that is creating HYPE. Check! 6. Carmac is a genius imo! Check!  7. SC2 fans are unhappy? Wait what? I am HYPED! :D Note: Look at it differently... If this tournament does not happen then nobody would mention the fact that those 16 players get nothing. Now 1 of those 16 players will get $100K, how cool is that! :D Pretty sure IEM World Championship was already on the schedule before the season started. And last year had a $100k prize pool as well, so the real story is "15 players not getting money they thought they were qualifying for". If this tournament does not happen, ESL would be reneging on a lot of guarantees they made several months ago. Of course they didn't guarantee a prize distribution pre-season, but doing something this big this late is bad form. | ||
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Schelim
Austria11528 Posts
who is becoming who? | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:50 Mifoi123 wrote: 1. The secure source of income for sc2 players is: WCS AM, WCS EU and GSL. Check! 2. IEM creates a new tournament with the best 16 players for the fans to watch. Check! 3. IEM injects $100K in the sc2 scene. Check! 4. IEM tries something new. Check! 5. Everyone is talking about it and that is creating HYPE. Check! 6. Carmac is a genius imo! Check! 7. SC2 fans are unhappy? Wait what? I am HYPED! :D Note: Look at it differently... If this tournament does not happen then nobody would mention the fact that those 16 players get nothing. Now 1 of those 16 players will get $100K, how cool is that! :D 1. this source of income is really just okay, not all that secure. 2. This tournament has existed for a few years. Also, they might not end up with "the best 16 players for the fans to watch" 3. once again, this 100k prize pool tournament has already existed 4. No argument here, it's new! 5. Any press is good press, but this is only partially hype and partially serious issues with how the tournament will be run 6. This is a weird thing to have on this list. 7. Yeah some people are because they want to maintain a fairly large base of players who can support themselves. | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
As long as he doesnt become RorO everything will be fine | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:52 IncubusSC wrote: You sound a little mad. You a little mad? What an excellent addition to intelligent debate. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:50 Mifoi123 wrote: 1. The secure source of income for sc2 players is: WCS AM, WCS EU and GSL. Check! 2. IEM creates a new tournament with the best 16 players for the fans to watch. Check! 3. IEM injects $100K in the sc2 scene. Check! 4. IEM tries something new. Check! 5. Everyone is talking about it and that is creating HYPE. Check! 6. Carmac is a genius imo! Check! 7. SC2 fans are unhappy? Wait what? I am HYPED! :D Note: Look at it differently... If this tournament does not happen then nobody would mention the fact that those 16 players get nothing. Now 1 of those 16 players will get $100K, how cool is that! :D 1. the secure source of income for sc2 players is WCS AM, WCS EU, and GSL, unchecked. You screwed up the very first point dawg. Might want to look at the actual numbers. If you don't pay bills yet (real bills), just ask your parents if that's a decent enough source of I come. And don't forget, it's a totally unreliable source of income. Note: the tournament has been scheduled for a long time. It was just recently discovered, however, that 15/16 participants would receive no prize money from it. | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:53 stuchiu wrote: As for the 100k winner take all thing, everything has been mentioned in the thread except this. People assume the finals will be hyped no matter what, but guess what? If they get a one-sided beat down ala Nestea vs Inca or sOs/Bomber/Hyun/Polt, this will be remembered as possibly the dumbest finals of all time. If the final had been Inca vs Nestea, and it turned out they decided to split the money it would arguably have been the most hilarious moment in the history of Esports. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On January 28 2014 07:56 Squat wrote: If the final had been Inca vs Nestea, and it turned out they decided to split the money it would arguably have been the most hilarious moment in the history of Esports. Nestea would have been pretty pissed at himself for making that deal. | ||
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