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Korea (South)169 Posts
The 2014 SK Telecom Starcraft II Proleague Finals will be held at the Floating Island on the Han River.
It is an amazing venue with great production facilities, a 1,000 inch LED Screen, and The world's first digital moving art gallery.
The Island's design was inspired by the map Korhal Floating Island,a Proleague map used in the 2012-2013 season.
More information will be released at a later date, so keep checking the Facebook page for up to date info regarding Proleague.
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Belgica34432 Posts
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Canada16217 Posts
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AAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW shiiiiiiiiieeet. That is some sweet venue! I wish I lived in Korea
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Floating Island sounds like it could be a StarCraft map. =P
Way cool!
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On July 18 2014 13:27 Lunchador wrote: Floating Island sounds like it could be a StarCraft map. =P
Way cool!
The Island's design was inspired by the map Korhal Floating Island,a Proleague map used in the 2012-2013 season.
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Where dat snitch at?36957 Posts
THAT IS SO FREAKING COOL!
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1000" LED screen O_O how big is that
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Belgica34432 Posts
On July 18 2014 13:37 Arceus wrote: 1000" LED screen O_O how big is that Around 25m if I'm correct
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sick. SC2 Unded gaem. HYPE FINALS LOCATION IS HYPE!
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I want to say a terran joke but its just not coming to me.... hmmmm something about mkp and floating to the island you do the rest.lol but very sick
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I love that place! It looks really great at night and shows off the Han river really well. Also it's right by the fountain bridge (Banpo bridge). Totally looking forward to it!
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Really surprising but awesome :D I hope it's filled. Needs to be KT vs SKT
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wait what the hell they built an entire island based on a starcraft map?
I mean this is korea and all but shit
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If there is a long swarhost game the island will float away.
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Wait I read that as "the map was designed off the island" not the other way around. God damn this is going to be hype \o/
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Seating capacity? It looks big.
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SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
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What a beautiful venue.
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http://www.floatingisland.com/language/en_1.html
Neat.
Construction started in 2009.
All 3 islands launched in 2010.
Gavit/Vista has the performance hall. It will be cool to see the games show up on the outdoor LED screen that is the Media Art Gallery.
Wait, they might have it outdoors and the big LED screen as the main display?
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God damn, this should be awesome!
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HOLY SHIT FLOATING ISLAND HYPE SC2 ALIVE GAME IT HAS RETURNED FROM THE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice, Korea getting overdrive once again lol
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Damn, now that's doing it big. Great to see.
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Omg this is crazy!!! SC2 Hype!!!
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I hope the finals is extremely successful for the kespa players' sake.
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Wwwoooooowwwww!!! That is just amazing. But are the finals then going to be a part of some bigger event, because that finals location sounds like a humongous risk considering success of proleague in Korea.
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I say there are more people coming if the final is sk vs kt. Lets hope and pray not to be cj vs jin air
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On July 18 2014 15:16 Oukka wrote: Wwwoooooowwwww!!! That is just amazing. But are the finals then going to be a part of some bigger event, because that finals location sounds like a humongous risk considering success of proleague in Korea.
The current situation of PL is much better than the last seasons, right now, if they get an KT vs SKT finals, they can fill that, would be even cooler if some former pros (Bisu, etc) shows up ^^
This can get very big and be a great move for SC 2 on Korea, also, i hope we have nice games ^^
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'Wish I could be there !
HYPE !
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Really cool venue! I hope they get good weather or this will get interesting!
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omg :O
i wanna go sooooooo bad
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Woah that looks AMAZING! So jealous of anyone going to this.
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Damn, I knew I should have made my trip to korea for the proleague finals this year..
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If it actually fills up like the twitter picture I'd be super impressed.
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I'm confused. is the island inspired by the map? or is the map inspired by the island?
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I am jealous of the happy koreans or lucky foreigns who can watch this live! Great location!
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HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE
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jesus that's so fucking cool. Gotta love the koreans sometimes^^
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I've been to many places in the world, this is amazing, gotta go there some day :O
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woaaaa. That is sick.. :D
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Amazing looking venue
Going to be super hype haha
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Russian Federation604 Posts
Looks soo awesome, cant wait for final!
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This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in SC2. I'm so hyped my ass is going to fall off.
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your Country52797 Posts
This is freaking awesome.
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Looks amazing! Hoping for a worthy final.
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Ah man, I was there last year, it's an amazing place. Wish my company would rent one of the offices they have built on one of the other islands.
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Ok, I just logged in because someone has to do the joke:
As a Terran player, I think there should be Gold minerals on that island.
There, said it! Can't wait for some Gangnam Terran:D
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On July 18 2014 13:29 orvinreyes wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 13:27 Lunchador wrote: Floating Island sounds like it could be a StarCraft map. =P
Way cool! Show nested quote +The Island's design was inspired by the map Korhal Floating Island,a Proleague map used in the 2012-2013 season. I knew it! one of my favorite maps!
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51398 Posts
whatever happened to times square in yangdeungpo?
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HOLY SHIT YES!!! EPIC! A really awesome, lively, outdoor venue!
Floating Island... so it is new? And influenced by KORHAL?! WHAT?!
Wait I'm sorta confused, the place in the red circle in the first picture seems to have barely any land. But then the Kespa twitter picture shows it has a massive area in front of the screen?
I hope there will be enough people to make it feel awesome and magical like in the older days, even the size of GSL Final's better turnouts would be fine! I would be a bit surprised actually if it wasn't larger, as Proleague has been getting pretty nice audience sizes during regular matches (which have been growing and much larger than GSL's and even re-attracting old demographics like females!)
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While the place is a bit out of the city centre it is actually a good location for a finals that'll be visited just as much by foreigners as local residents.
The floating island is just next to the Banpo Bridge which is a multi-leveled bridge that "hosts" the world's biggest and longest rainbow fountain, the Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain
If anyone's around for the SPL finals be sure to check this out as well, there's youngsters playing music, ordering chicken from nearby hofs, drinking beer, having fun, it's a great place to spend a night on a summer evening.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5mpcJa0.jpg)
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THAT production value, such hype :O:O wish i could be there T_T
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motherfucking floating island ! awesome
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Thanks for posting. Looks fabulous.
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Man I hope they have huge attendance
a show match before the proleague finals maybe? Jaedong vs Stork or something?
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Woah, that is quite the venue! I guess this kind of justifies the rumours of SC being on the rise in SK
Or rather, confirms the fact that it actually is
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"Jumping on the circle HYP3 TR41N" nao !!! This looks so sick. Hope everything will run smoothly and as I was saying all the time StarCraft will never DIE! #alivegame
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now that is a sick venue. Hopefully they get the numbers to fill the place up
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Poland3748 Posts
SKT vs JinAir with Maru vs Soulkey final match :D
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Sorry if I missed it, but what's the date of this event?
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Bisutopia19208 Posts
Only terrans can float to this location. IMBA!
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Is that only the last game?
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On July 18 2014 18:25 GTR wrote: whatever happened to times square in yangdeungpo? Wasnt round 4 playoffs supposed to be there? I didnt watch it so I dont know did they use it.
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wow. such wonder. much island. wow
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I really hope it will be held on a day that I'm free, I really want to go to this now.
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Germany913 Posts
OMG, sooo hyped. I'm on vacation on this day, hopefully I'll have decent internet.
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Nice to see it is a good venue. Lets retake #1 spot in Korea SC!
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On July 18 2014 20:19 nimdil wrote: SKT vs JinAir with Maru vs Soulkey final match :D SKT vs KT with Rain vs Zest final match :D.
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What an epic venue this is gonna be a great playoffs
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On July 19 2014 03:10 ZAiNs wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 20:19 nimdil wrote: SKT vs JinAir with Maru vs Soulkey final match :D SKT vs KT with Rain vs Zest final match :D.
If the teams for some inexplicable reason field Parting and Flash in the ace, that would bring the hype through the roof, then through the atmosphere, and into deep space
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United States7483 Posts
At least it isn't Korhal Floating Island, hated that map (even if it inspired the actual structure).
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On July 18 2014 15:16 Oukka wrote:
would be even cooler if some former pros (Bisu, etc) shows up
Great idea, bringing in some brood war star players. That would probably attract a lot of people to come watch since brood war was huge before.
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United States7481 Posts
On July 18 2014 13:14 Chuddinater wrote: The Island's design was inspired by the map Korhal Floating Island,a Proleague map used in the 2012-2013 season.
it seems like this is probably backwards?
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The venue is amazing ! But "I am the only one" to fear that it will less than halfy filled ? : S I hope it will not but, well this is likely or am I missing something in the korea scene?
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Canada11321 Posts
Proleague finals by the water, eh? ...well someone needs to do some Firebathero-esque ceremony.
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Canada8157 Posts
Holy crap this is amazing
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United States7483 Posts
On July 19 2014 07:59 Falling wrote: Proleague finals by the water, eh? ...well someone needs to do some Firebathero-esque ceremony.
Someone needs to show up to his match in a submarine.
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Is anyone aware of how to go to the event? Do you need tickets / when and where to get them?
I'm dragging all of my non eSports friends to this and i'm labeling in a "Traditional Korean Cultural Experience" Idea is actually going over quite well.
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On July 19 2014 07:50 nB)Bouh wrote: The venue is amazing ! But "I am the only one" to fear that it will less than halfy filled ? : S I hope it will not but, well this is likely or am I missing something in the korea scene?
Have you ever saw half filled GSL or ProLeague?
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Is there going to be a TL meet up to go? I heard something on the stream today about getting tickets with TL
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Choo chooo all aboard the hype train!
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
Should have gotten a bigger venue
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Wonder if they will come in speedboats like the year Khan won, that was such am epic final.
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Amazing location indeed. The hype has started !!!
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