EPT2014-2015 Proleague Plans Opening SPL to the world - Page 13
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Ghana1 Post
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Magnet
United States77 Posts
I'm not sure how exactly this would be done, and it's obviously a good idea on paper and as a concept, I just don't see it really being that successful unless we start talking about a bunch of hybrid teams that still consist of the Korean components of them (YFW + Acer + Axiom for example), which would start getting a little confusing. Team leagues have always been players, coaches, etc all uniting because they want to win so badly as a team. I can't imagine a hybrid team coming in and posing any sort of challenge to T1 or KT, since they are so invested in winning proleague. Honestly, my initial reaction tells me that it only would work with Kespa teams, like we've seen in the past (and of course Startale replacing IM), but I don't know. I'm very skeptical and I'd have to see a bigger plan put into place for foreign teams and players to start making sense. If we're still talking about Kespa teams but having the playoffs or finals somewhere else in the world, then I see it making a little more sense. | ||
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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LeviathanDK
Denmark87 Posts
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Ovid
United Kingdom948 Posts
I would like a select few to go, I don't think most of the best foreigners are quite at Proleague level apart from a select few, I would think that a "allstar" team would be impossible? People keep mentioning about whole teams like Myi coming to Korea with mostly korean players sort of defeats the point of a foreign team entering the koreans that left went because they feel they can do better elsewhere I'm sure they don't want to go back into that environment. TL;DR Allstar team of community or result picked foreigners comprising a team yes! Teams that are foreign owned and mostly comprised of koreans coming back to play proleague no. Unless that team has Jaedong, but that's not going to happen based on how he feels about that all. | ||
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bananashell
Sweden18 Posts
On August 19 2014 10:51 NFxJehuty wrote: I think you should try to invite a 'All star' team, made up of all the best foreign team players, that way you could take players like jaedong on american team and get him to play vs flash finally!! I think this would be the most viable solution. Or perhaps as a special pre-season. As someone else put it; It might however lower the skill but increase the viewership. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
More openness is good. That was the whole point of the Destiny criticism. If Kespa is willing and able to take even a tiny risk then then that's wonderful and benefits everyone. | ||
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
On August 19 2014 18:43 RHoudini wrote: Lag is part of SC2 life. "Huge discussions" are exactly what is needed. It's the main reason why FIFA doesn't want video assistance in football. What about we dont allow it to be cross server to have those discussions. Simply point out there would be a chance to it like that with better latency. You will still have the discussion without destroying the tournament. because while we need discussions we also need good proleague and not cross server only won due to lag proleague | ||
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Crot4le
England2927 Posts
On August 19 2014 16:53 Sakkreth wrote: Axiom-Acer EG-TL Axiom-Acer: INnovation +++ MMA ++ Scarlett ++ Nerchio + Bly Paranoid Alicia ++ Crank ++ Heart ++ Ryung ++ Impact ++ EG-TL: Jaedong +++ HuK + Suppy Xenocider Demuslim TaeJa +++ HerO +++ Bunny ++ Snute ++ TLO + MaNa + Ret + One plus: Capable of winning some maps Two pluses: Capable of being in the lineup successfully constantly winning 50%+ matches Three pluses: Capable to be among top ranked players in proleague. Both teams would be capable to compete, EGTL are more top heavy, but Axiom-Acer is more balanced, Axiom alone brings pretty muc hviable lineup, acer adds Ace in InNoVation and few other capable players, but mostly substitutes except for MMA. EGTL would have 3 monster players and 2 arguably best foreigners at this point who are more than capable of taking some maps in proleague making it scary 5 player lineup. If AxiomAcer were to partner up again they'd probably leave Nerchio, ParanOid and Bly like last time. Not enough quality and more importantly not enough room in the Axiom teamhouse. | ||
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DreamOen
Spain1400 Posts
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REyeM
2674 Posts
My favorites are: Axiom + INnoVation iG YWF and Wayi. Edit: Aaand JD in any shape or form. | ||
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Jono7272
United Kingdom6330 Posts
Also, can't see TL committing to near full time Korea. | ||
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Khai
Australia553 Posts
Would be nice to see an allstar foreign team of sorts, EG/TL was a great idea, just too bad they couldn't concentrate on Proleague at a time when Kespa teams are weakest (right after transition to SC2). Right now whichever foreign team invited will finish last for sure, but an all star team might make things interesting. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
A duknow team with MC and his gang would be fun too. Or... Startale | ||
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Radicalness
United States271 Posts
1. TaeJa, the best player on the team, hardly played at all because of his wrists. 2. JD was still really new to sc2 and that was before he really took off in the game (of course he's been a little down lately) 3. Even Revival and Oz seemed to get considerably better after PL (only, again, to fall off recently) 4. It could have been worse ... I'd love to see some sort of combined foreign team in PL again. As has been said, the best of Axiom, Acer, TL and EGJD would probably be a fairly decent team. | ||
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
On August 19 2014 19:16 Radicalness wrote: Seeing a lot of hate for EGTL. A couple things about the EGTL team: 1. TaeJa, the best player on the team, hardly played at all because of his wrists. 2. JD was still really new to sc2 and that was before he really took off in the game (of course he's been a little down lately) 3. Even Revival and Oz seemed to get considerably better after PL (only, again, to fall off recently) 4. It could have been worse ... I'd love to see some sort of combined foreign team in PL again. As has been said, the best of Axiom, Acer, TL and EGJD would probably be a fairly decent team. They would be fairly decent players, not decent team. The biggest issue with Proleague is not necessarily skill of the players involved (although arguably it is the highest from most of the leagues), but the commitment. I say bring anyone, I don't really care, even teams like Root - but make sure they are committed to Proleague above all else. If that will be true, they can bring all foreign lineup and they will be able to take games, maybe even matches. If not, then they do not add anything to the league and are useless to have around - they would only disappoint their fans and lower the quality of the most prestigious team league in the world. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On August 19 2014 18:46 LoneYoShi wrote: Also, people are forgetting mYi and Millenium here ! ForGG making his glorious return to ProLeague after years of baguettes, VortiX, (I would love to see Dayshi, but he's probably not at the required level), and StarDust, Jjakji returning to Korea, Sacsri and all. Could be a sick story as well ! I won't allow ForGG to leave Europe without having won WCS Europe, or at least coming close to it! :'( | ||
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NervO
Netherlands511 Posts
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