[SPL'14] Round 4 Week 5 Lineups - Page 2

On June 27 2014 23:00 purakushi wrote:
Fewer Terrans =\

On June 27 2014 14:29 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


They'll be either riding the momentum of soO's GSL title, or trying to distract him from his third consecutive GSL finals loss.

On June 27 2014 19:34 rotta wrote:
By the way, do the lowest ranking teams have to play some kind of up/down qualifier or what? I mean surely there must be some other teams willing to participate. Axiom, Liquid?

On June 30 2014 01:58 TotalBiscuit wrote:


Why would we? What's the benefit?

On June 30 2014 03:50 Yakikorosu wrote:


Chance of winning prize money? TV exposure for players? Maybe I'm dumb, but isn't that why SC2 teams exist--to play SC2 and hopefully win? I mean, what's the downside? Risk of being thrown in KeSPA Jail?

Liquid doesn't have a Korean house anymore, Axiom sounds like they're not interested in participating, so really the only team I can see breaking in on this is StarTale as a separate team. With Life, Hack, Curious, Panic they'd still be better than Prime/MVP this season.

Honestly I hope Proleague "encourages" MVP and Prime to join together to participate like IM/ST did this season. With MKP/Creator/DRG/Super they'd have a strong 4-person lineup and guys like SalvatioN, Dream, KeeN and Billowy could swap in.

On June 30 2014 06:06 ACrow wrote:

Biggest downside is that your players are bound to play in Korea all the time, thus missing out on foreign events which are more attractive exposure wise for foreign teams. You also risk catching flack when you start losing, which any team new to ProLeague willl do inevitably (due to adjusting to the format, not having the same training infrastructure as Kespa teams etc). Non Kespa teams will have close to no benefit in participating tbh, let's hope that there will be a season after the current one and that no team disbands in between.

On June 30 2014 08:59 Yakikorosu wrote:


Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but how many huge tournament runs have we seen from Axiom players recently, aside from Impact at DreamHack? Is it really the case that sending them to individual tournaments gets them and Axiom more exposure? I guess the answer is that being a 5-person team, Axiom couldn't afford to be without more than one player per match, and maybe that's just not feasible given that most of the team plays in WCS AM. Maybe they could consider "allying" with a team like Liquid did with HerO or PKD did with Oz, since Ryung and Impact are now apparently in Korea full-time. Sounds like this is all just wishful thinking, if TB has decided it's not worth it it's obviously not going to happen.

It's a shame participation in Proleague isn't that attractive apparently, since speaking as a fan at least I've had a very good time watching it this season. I'd love to cheer more for Axiom and obviously I can watch them in ATC but ATC just doesn't hold a candle to SPL IMO.

On June 30 2014 10:53 Chuddinater wrote:


I guess SPL is unattractive for foreign teams, however Proleague is still the most important event for KeSPA teams and their sponsors. In something like DH or IEM you don't have ensured exposure for a team, nor is it consistent exposure over months. That is a big reason why it is so important to sponsors and teams to participate in SPL along with the glory and prestige of being the Proleague Champions.