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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
Yeah, no Koreans ever set foot there! | ||
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
that's why i say that the first day or so in pool play will be irrelevant showmatches, because it will be the americans playing each other. then, the open bracket winners get to beat the shit out of them and go on (possibly with the exception of scarlett and of course polt, should he be allowed to qualify). in effect, it will moreorless the same as one big championship.bracket, only delayed by having to wait for the best koreans to chew through the pool players somewhere in the middle of the graph. | ||
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
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Maasked
United States567 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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chatuka
1351 Posts
THat is unless Koreans are kicked out all together. that would be an interesting controversy. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3686 Posts
On February 24 2014 04:08 chatuka wrote: THis is just delaying the inevitable korean standings in this tournament. I wish NA had parity or competent enough players to challenge europe and korea, but so far that is not the case. I don't see this tournament doing that much to change the system. THat is unless Koreans are kicked out all together. that would be an interesting controversy. The last MLG was already the first one in like 6 years that I did not watch/follow as there was no game I cared about, making it NA only would only mean that I wouldn't watch yet another MLG T.T | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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Holytornados
United States1022 Posts
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Jknighty
159 Posts
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Merilwen
72 Posts
On February 24 2014 08:04 Jknighty wrote: I've been watching MLG tournaments since Halo 3, so glad there's a game back there again that I actually want to watch. Been watching since Halo 2 :o Lockout man, such a sick map! On topic: Personally, I just enjoy a diversity of players and think it's wonderful that in the same tournament you can watch break out home talent and the highest calibre of Korean play under one roof. | ||
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
We will have a new sc2 lan at MLG ? did i miss something ? THATS AWESOME ! | ||
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Gen.Rolly
United States200 Posts
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GohgamX
Canada1096 Posts
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Lorch
Germany3686 Posts
On February 24 2014 21:18 GohgamX wrote: Why does MLG announce these things over twitter? Or did OP choose to link tweet oppose to actual press release? The same reason why they "broke up" with Starcraft over twitter, MLG's PR handling is just pretty shitty. Whoever talked about Lockout, Midship FFA all day baby  Can't wait for H2 Anniversary later this year. | ||
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Xoronius
Germany6362 Posts
The absolutely country-limited DH, not those open tournaments like Enders Game 1, Enders Game 2, Shoutcraft, MLG GameOn, Copa America. Yeah Europe has really no reason to complain. | ||
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Thorantham
United States221 Posts
"The background: After taking a close look at the SC2 activity in 2013, we wanted to build something in 2014 that the SC2 community needed and wanted. We all follow the major tournaments in Europe, the team leagues in Korea, and the overarching WCS, but we realized that outside of Shoutcraft America, the Americas have very little in the way of online or offline competition. So we began asking players if they would be interested in Americas-only competition. Not surprisingly, the response was a resounding, unanimous, YES.... ...We really want to work towards creating something that is enjoyable to watch, fun for players, and helps to develop talent within the Americas. ..." We can already watch American players getting spanked by Korean players many weekends of the year. Foreigners in the open bracket are just practice targets for Koreans. Pool play is a show match qualifier for the real bracket. Freed up my weekend. | ||
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giftdgecko
United States2126 Posts
on a side note: I wonder if this will encourage more esports visas for people like Jaedong and MC. Gotta increase that US talent pool somehow  | ||
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