EPTHowever it is really disappointing that again the only NA tournament around gets ALL of it's players through invites and popular vote. As a NA player trying to climb the scene there is literally NOTHING to play for. It would have really been great for a lot of people if they opened even just one or two spots to be qualified for.
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scBaldwin
United States111 Posts
However it is really disappointing that again the only NA tournament around gets ALL of it's players through invites and popular vote. As a NA player trying to climb the scene there is literally NOTHING to play for. It would have really been great for a lot of people if they opened even just one or two spots to be qualified for. | ||
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On February 04 2014 01:58 MasterOfPuppets wrote: Wherein we see if MajOr's TvZ is as good as the TvT he showed against Bbyong. Otherwise, easy money for Scarlett I'd assume. ^^; \m/ I only really see two alternatives to that. One is if the godly HITMAN manages to knock out Scarlett again, and another is if Vibe manages to ZvZ out Scarlett. Their last meeting was an extremely close 4-3 win for Scarlett at the Red Bull NA Qualifier final. But most likely it will be Major and Scarlett, with a possibility that State will manage to beat them out. | ||
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BlueLanterna
291 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:03 Valikyr wrote: NA scene needs help? Let's just make NA only tournaments and leave all other progamers to starve! Let's just make incredible asinine statements as well while we're at it, as if this one tournament catering to NA players is going to lead to anything like you're inferring. | ||
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Pyloss
Germany1515 Posts
cant take this seriously, why dont make on open qualifier? Always the same players is pretty boring. I would rather want Incontrol as a caster than as a player, so and unkown player can take that spot. | ||
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
(I didn't see the movie yet, but hereby pledge to rent it/buy it as soon as it releases on BluRay) | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:01 Munk200 wrote: This is what i see when i click on the link Gameon.gg http://imgur.com/qqNwtU7 Its titled the Ender's Game on blue-ray tourny. Dates are for Feb 11th-Feb16th. So 5000$ or 20000$ ?.... | ||
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LockeTazeline
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Heartland
Sweden24603 Posts
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
still going to watch though, some interesting names :> hope it's successful | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:01 Munk200 wrote: This is what i see when i click on the link Gameon.gg http://imgur.com/qqNwtU7 Its titled the Ender's Game on blue-ray tourny. Dates are for Feb 11th-Feb16th. Probably a mistake then. Or Catz stole the other 15k to buy new hats for his Dota heroes. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:13 nkr wrote: more charity for the old boys club and fan favorites, not helping the na scene as much as a real tournament would still going to watch though, some interesting names :> hope it's successful To be fair it does include MOST of the best players in NA. Major, State, Vibe, Scarlett, Desrow (just made premier), Masa (just made premier) so it's not like they only grabbed popular players. | ||
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duck.fit
United States241 Posts
The first round will be broadcast on Twitch from February 5th to 9th and the second round will run from February 11th to 16th on MLG.tv. The winners from each event will advance to the Ender’s Game on Blu-ray Tournament: Championship Round taking place February 22nd and airing on Twitch. The champion will walk away with a grand prize of $10,000. Taken from the ongamers article | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote: To be fair it does include MOST of the best players in NA. Major, State, Vibe, Scarlett, Desrow (just made premier), Masa (just made premier) so it's not like they only grabbed popular players. I just hope they frame Avilo into playing TvP after TvP after TvP and watch him rage. | ||
MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
Tech Crunch: http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/03/lionsgate-to-sponsor-20k-starcraft-2-tournament-in-support-of-enders-game-hitting-blu-ray/ Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/hollywood-turns-to-twitch-and-major-league-gaming-to-market-enders-game/ Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/esports/lionsgate-sponsors-esports-starcraft-twitch-mlg/ Destructoid: http://www.destructoid.com/ender-s-game-on-blu-ray-tournament-on-twitch-269909.phtml OnGamers: http://www.ongamers.com/articles/lionsgate-s-sponsors-starcraft-2-tournament-on-twitch-and-mlg-for-ender-s-game/1100-801/ Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/3/5373824/starcraft-2-tournament-twitch-mlg-enders-game-tie-in The Next Web: http://thenextweb.com/media/2014/02/03/lionsgate-will-sponsor-starcraft-ii-tournament-twitch-mlg-promote-enders-game/ Venture Beat/Games Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/hollywood-turns-to-twitch-and-major-league-gaming-to-market-enders-game/ VG247: http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/03/twitch-mlg-hosting-enders-game-starcraft-2-tournament/ | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:06 Darkhoarse wrote: I only really see two alternatives to that. One is if the godly HITMAN manages to knock out Scarlett again, and another is if Vibe manages to ZvZ out Scarlett. Their last meeting was an extremely close 4-3 win for Scarlett at the Red Bull NA Qualifier final. But most likely it will be Major and Scarlett, with a possibility that State will manage to beat them out. State really did not look very good in the online thingy. Given that she pretty much just roflstomped Major in the finals and took out Minigun pretty convincingly, who was looking unstoppable up until then, I'd have Scarlett as a reasonably clear favorite. I'm more worried about Hitman tbh, even though I think the significance of that loss has been ridiculously overstated. Who knows though, she was one game away from a highly embarrassing group stage elimination twice last time. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and say it was rust and lack of practice, but I don't think the gap is as big as it was back when she made the entire NA scene look like clowns in 2012. | ||
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Munk200
United States52 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:17 Kevin_Sorbo wrote: I just hope they frame Avilo into playing TvP after TvP after TvP and watch him rage. There would be no rage after the first series, because Avilo would be knocked out. Protoss IMAB and its 100% impossible for terran to beat them after all. | ||
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MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
On February 04 2014 02:14 Squat wrote: Probably a mistake then. Or Catz stole the other 15k to buy new hats for his Dota heroes. Clear your cache it should be updated now. We're updating the brackets/voting/etc. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23577 Posts
It's 5,000$ in the MLG round (NA only), 5,000$ in the Twitch round (Plyers to tba, EU/KR?) and then 10,000$ in the Championship Round (Winners of the Twitch and MLG Round). | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
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