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On March 05 2014 03:42 Aeromi wrote:I thought Carmac told us about an open bracket full of koreans, with Maru, PartinG...  Probably his intel right before confirming with them and hearing "lol, winner takes all, enough said" and hung up
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not with the quality of their play lately
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would be nice if OP was added with big "these are not groups"
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On March 05 2014 04:58 ArTiFaKs wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2014 04:46 Dingodile wrote: sounds like 90% of all top progamers declined due to "winner takes all". Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all  it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out  I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match.
It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it.
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i still feel like ranting on the 100'000 $ winner takes it all prize pool. don't you agree its not smart? i mean, there are soo many good players that did everything to go there, with a shrinking market of starcraft. so, why not share at least a little bit of the pool. inb4: taeja wants to go beyond a 10k :D
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These aren't groups. This is a double elim bracket with the top 2 being seeded into the tournament. No groups at all. (IIRC)
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On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote:Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list?  You have an aligulac page: http://aligulac.com/players/2190-Scoobers/ You are almost pro
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Apparently it's not clear for everybody here what open brackets means.
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On March 05 2014 05:27 Grovbolle wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote:Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list?  You have an aligulac page: http://aligulac.com/players/2190-Scoobers/You are almost pro 
Wow now that's crazy  Btw I lost 1-2 to inlove yet it says 2-0, who do I contact to correct that ugly mistake?
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On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2014 04:58 ArTiFaKs wrote:On March 05 2014 04:46 Dingodile wrote: sounds like 90% of all top progamers declined due to "winner takes all". Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all  it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out  I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it.
Potential experience of a lifetime for missing a weekend of practice isn't worth it?
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lol inb4 Jaedong gets in, dominates throughout the entire tournament and then loses 0-4 and is so shattered inside that he has to retire.
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I'm hoping for Jaedong and a few foreigners to go through. Jaedong hasn't been at his best in 2014 though...
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On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2014 04:58 ArTiFaKs wrote:On March 05 2014 04:46 Dingodile wrote: sounds like 90% of all top progamers declined due to "winner takes all". Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all  it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out  I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it.
Implying playing with some of the best players in the world isn't great practice
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On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2014 04:58 ArTiFaKs wrote:On March 05 2014 04:46 Dingodile wrote: sounds like 90% of all top progamers declined due to "winner takes all". Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all  it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out  I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it.
Except that no one actually forfeited their spot.
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On March 05 2014 03:39 sharkie wrote: I dont understand how non Polish people come to the open bracket... Dont they realise its a winner takes all tournament? (I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/
Jaedong or Dear can't win the whole thing? be real of course they can. They also have decent equity in this event, more than enough to attend especially considering their teams are almost certainly taking care of them.
Jaedong or Dear's spot in the open qualifier is probably worth like $5k in equity just for example. Perhaps more.
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I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match.
It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it.
Isn't that an odd thing to say when five IEM Katowice participants play in Proleague, with two of them (sOs and Rogue) seeing heavy rotation for a team that is semi-realistically gunning for the top spot? And herO is the best player on a bad team. All of them will miss at least one Proleague match, if not two (because of travel time/lack of time to prepare).
Or does "good Korean team" mean only teams who didn't have players qualify?
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