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Lionsgate announces $20,000 NA-only SC2 tournament - Page 4

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Aridhol
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany59 Posts
February 03 2014 17:24 GMT
#61
definitly not worth about a news....

User was warned for this post
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
February 03 2014 17:25 GMT
#62
On February 04 2014 02:21 MLG_Adam wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:14 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:01 Munk200 wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:42 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:38 Munk200 wrote:
I must be missing something. The title, and the OP says that its a $20,000 tourney. When i click the link http://gameon.gg/ It takes me to the tourney, and says $5,000 prize pool.

Can someone please help me out here?

That was the MLG online invitational that was played a few weeks ago, won by Scarlett. This is another tournament entirely.



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.


Clear your cache it should be updated now. We're updating the brackets/voting/etc.

Do not lie, we see through your dirty Esports hat-money laundering scheme. I insist you have Catz drawn and quartered or I'm calling the pope.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
scBaldwin
Profile Joined September 2012
United States111 Posts
February 03 2014 17:27 GMT
#63
On February 04 2014 02:21 MLG_Adam wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:14 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:01 Munk200 wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:42 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:38 Munk200 wrote:
I must be missing something. The title, and the OP says that its a $20,000 tourney. When i click the link http://gameon.gg/ It takes me to the tourney, and says $5,000 prize pool.

Can someone please help me out here?

That was the MLG online invitational that was played a few weeks ago, won by Scarlett. This is another tournament entirely.



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.


Clear your cache it should be updated now. We're updating the brackets/voting/etc.

Do you acknowledge the issue of holding multiple NA only tournaments with 100% of allowed players pulled from invites and popular vote? Is there a reason you've chosen not to allow anyone to qualify(for even one or two spots)?
@BaldwintheBold
Fishriot
Profile Joined May 2010
United States621 Posts
February 03 2014 17:27 GMT
#64
On February 04 2014 02:24 Aridhol wrote:
definitly not worth about a news....


How is a $20,000 tournament not news worthy?

Should be lots of fun to watch, can't wait.
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
February 03 2014 17:28 GMT
#65
if we keep inviting 75% of the players this will help the NA scene... :/
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
February 03 2014 17:28 GMT
#66
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.
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Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
February 03 2014 17:29 GMT
#67
This seems like a re-do of the NA-only tournament that just happened. I'd prefer to see 8 invited and 8 qualify. Why players like Nony, who bombed out of the MLG tournament in spectacular fashion, and Incontrol keep getting these invites is beyond me.
Wat
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 17:30:42
February 03 2014 17:30 GMT
#68
On February 04 2014 02:28 turdburgler wrote:
if we keep inviting 75% of the players this will help the NA scene... :/


100% invite, but 25% are invited by different people. We're a democracy after all. Why turn it into a competitive sport when you can vote. Can I see the poll on who we want to win? I vote for minigun to win. Should play the tournament out through votes, too.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
February 03 2014 17:30 GMT
#69
On February 04 2014 02:21 MLG_Adam wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:14 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:01 Munk200 wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:42 Squat wrote:
On February 04 2014 01:38 Munk200 wrote:
I must be missing something. The title, and the OP says that its a $20,000 tourney. When i click the link http://gameon.gg/ It takes me to the tourney, and says $5,000 prize pool.

Can someone please help me out here?

That was the MLG online invitational that was played a few weeks ago, won by Scarlett. This is another tournament entirely.



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.


Clear your cache it should be updated now. We're updating the brackets/voting/etc.


The information is correct, since it's 5,000$ for the MLG round.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
February 03 2014 17:30 GMT
#70
fucking rights! so excited!
"losers always whine about their best, Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"
ArTiFaKs
Profile Joined September 2013
United States1229 Posts
February 03 2014 17:31 GMT
#71
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.
There are things known, and things unknown, and in-between are the doors.
Munk200
Profile Joined November 2011
United States52 Posts
February 03 2014 17:34 GMT
#72
On February 04 2014 02:31 ArTiFaKs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.



I agree with everything said here.
You cant choose what happens to you, you can only chose how to react.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 17:40:14
February 03 2014 17:34 GMT
#73
It's weird that the Twitch round which starts in 2 days hasn't announced it's players while the MLG, stating in 8 days, already has.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
February 03 2014 17:38 GMT
#74
On February 04 2014 02:34 Munk200 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:31 ArTiFaKs wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.



I agree with everything said here.


Its a tournament promoting a movie. By inviting popular people and letting us vote for the other 4 it brings popular people together that we want to watch. Maybe not everyone but many of these players have viewer bases and they bring them along to the tournament. Remember, the tourney is promoting a movie, so it only makes sense that they want as many eyes as possible.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
LingBlingBling
Profile Joined December 2012
United States353 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 17:40:10
February 03 2014 17:39 GMT
#75
Yeah it's ok news, but not really. People wonder why NA scene has a hard time....it's the lack of open brackets and companies only want already famous and established players so they invite the same 16 that already have success with out giving all the fresh new blood we been seeing in WCS America a chance.
Remember our motto: We ain't got it.
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
February 03 2014 17:39 GMT
#76
Stop being so alive!


wooooo
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Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
February 03 2014 17:40 GMT
#77
On February 04 2014 02:38 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:34 Munk200 wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:31 ArTiFaKs wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.



I agree with everything said here.


Its a tournament promoting a movie. By inviting popular people and letting us vote for the other 4 it brings popular people together that we want to watch. Maybe not everyone but many of these players have viewer bases and they bring them along to the tournament. Remember, the tourney is promoting a movie, so it only makes sense that they want as many eyes as possible.


You could argue every tournament is promoting something and want as many eyes on it as possible. That doesn't make it right to invite personalities over the best players.
Wat
Rokevo
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1033 Posts
February 03 2014 17:40 GMT
#78
Awesome, love catz/destiny casting. Gonna be rooting for incontrol and nony! <3
Adreme
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5574 Posts
February 03 2014 17:40 GMT
#79
On February 04 2014 02:34 Munk200 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:31 ArTiFaKs wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.



I agree with everything said here.


The problem is you need to grow the scene but you also need people to watch the scene you have while doing it. Having young blood is all well and good but no one is going to watch a bunch of names they don't know so you bring in some well known names to join with qualified fresh blood and you get to see some good games that people watch and hopefully give new blood some exposure and fan base in process.
scBaldwin
Profile Joined September 2012
United States111 Posts
February 03 2014 17:42 GMT
#80
On February 04 2014 02:38 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:34 Munk200 wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:31 ArTiFaKs wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:28 nkr wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:15 Darkhoarse wrote:
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.


Point is to grow the scene you need to give the opportunity to everyone, not just the ones who are famous. Sure, the tournament needs to make sure it's successful and gets viewers. However it makes me sad to see CatZ spearheading this thing when he has been one of the more vocal people about creating opportunities for NA players, in order to grow the scene. All this does is create opportunity for the ones who were already well off in comparison to everyone else in NA.


This. Seriously wtf? It's better for the competition if there is a qualifier anyways, that way the people who are there deserve to be there, and not just get an invite off name value alone. NA is probably the worst at doing this, as almost every tournament is invite, and "fan vote" is probably the most retarded way to invite players to a tournament.



I agree with everything said here.


Its a tournament promoting a movie. By inviting popular people and letting us vote for the other 4 it brings popular people together that we want to watch. Maybe not everyone but many of these players have viewer bases and they bring them along to the tournament. Remember, the tourney is promoting a movie, so it only makes sense that they want as many eyes as possible.


They would not receive any less viewers if they opened up just one or two spots to be qualified for. In fact, most in this thread are asking for exactly that.
@BaldwintheBold
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