EPT2014-2015 Proleague Plans Opening SPL to the world - Page 4
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:29 Lunareste wrote: Think about what happened the last time we had a "foreign" team in Proleague I mean I'm sure it would increase viewership by a large amount, but does it cheapen the prestige of the League when one of those teams does not have the skill to compete? It's basically Prime 2.0 And we basically had 3 " foreign " teams in the season that just ended, and it was the best season yet. The skill gap between the top and bottom teams in PL is much larger now than it was in the 12/13 season. | ||
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:32 LongShot27 wrote: If the foreign team was in Korea, live, then I don't think it would lower the competition level at all. If we all remember EGTL actually performed well in 4 out of the 6 rounds of the 2012-2013 pro-league. But if they had to play online it would definitely make it less enjoyable. I would suggest that during the off season you try an things like all star matches with the best Kespa players playing against a team of the best foreigners and see how that works. Similar to the Korea vs the world that GSL had which turned out to be amazing EGTL (foreigner team) used alot of koreans so just make another foreigner team of Taeja, Polt, San, Hyun, Leenock, Stardust, MMA, Innovation, MC, JD...ummm Pigbaby too this foreigner team would be able to compete in PL and not lower the competition level (much if at all) | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:34 mikumegurine wrote: EGTL used alot of koreans so just make another foreigner team of Taeja, Polt, San, Hyun, Leenock, Stardust, MMA, Innovation, MC, JD...ummm Pigbaby too this foreigner team would be able to compete in PL and not lower the competition level There are plenty of foreigners who could beat Kespa players in a Bo1. Do I think they would win the season or even make the playoffs? Highly unlikely. But if they never start, we will never know at all | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
If non-Kespa players like teaja, hyun, and polt were to play in Proleague, it would either mean they would not go to foreign events because of their commitment to the league OR if they do attend a lot of foreign events, they won't be doing as well as they could in Proleague. Then what's the point of having them compete if they're going to be outclassed by Kespa Koreans who prioritize Proleague above all else? tl;dr: you can't have your cake and eat it too  | ||
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
Would the level of competition increase? I think you'd have to be incredibly optimistic to think that adding foreign teams would improve the competition. EG-TL got pretty wrecked back when they participated, and they had a decent lineup of Koreans (+Coach Park). Humorously, I think many of the players who played for EG-TL have improved tremendously, and could actually be considered somewhat of a threat. Still, no foreign team (Acer/TL) will ever be able to match the lineups of KT Rolster and SK Telecom. | ||
digmouse
China6329 Posts
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:32 LongShot27 wrote: If the foreign team was in Korea, live, then I don't think it would lower the competition level at all. If we all remember EGTL actually performed well in 4 out of the 6 rounds of the 2012-2013 pro-league. But if they had to play online it would definitely make it less enjoyable. I would suggest that during the off season you try an things like all star matches with the best Kespa players playing against a team of the best foreigners and see how that works. Similar to the Korea vs the world that GSL had which turned out to be amazing While the Korea versus the World team thing was amazing, the actual tournament itself only had one non-Korean beating a Korean player(Dimaga vs Nestea) and even then the tournament was three years ago. The level of play in GSL/Proleague right now is too high for a foreign/collective foreign team to not place last. | ||
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Pontius Pirate
United States1557 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:08 TotalBiscuit wrote: Yes yes, how many times must this question be brought up? It might end up happening just because I have a distinct feeling next year is gonna be sparse on the tournament front, so competing in Korea is the strongest option economically. Also with our unique approach to sponsor ROI we might be able to make it work even though its an event designed to benefit the KeSPA sponsors. We'll see TB, has there been any talk about KeSPA helping you get any Korean sponsors, at least on a yearly basis for more economically viable PL participation? Probably not super longterm ones that lock your boys in on Korea, but maybe a medium-term sponsorship could be beneficial to both parties. | ||
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
But foreigners in proleague? Not unless they're willing to join Kespa teams imo, the idea of a foreigner/foreign Korean dream team didn't work well last time. | ||
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zelevin
United States274 Posts
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Meckie
18 Posts
The problem is getting enough players from foreign teams to actually commit to playing PL. I'm quite sure it'll have to be a fusion of various foreign teams as many have suggested. While it would be fantastic, I seriously doubt the by far strongest foreigners - Bunny, Snute and Scarlett - would be interested in staying in Korea and have PL as first priority. So it'll have to be Koreans from foreign teams and the obvious choice would definitely be a fusion of Axiom/Acer. They can definitely contest the weaker KeSPA-teams. I really, really have a hard time understanding people who are against having foreign teams in PL. It WILL help StarCraft. | ||
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Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
There's not a lot of players on the teams that could be good enough. A Foreign Allstar team would be cool tho. Adding in available players to the roster for a Round or two and changing out players for new available players wanting to go. So instead of having a set roster the team could exchange players heavily for Rounds and maybe have a house for the players participating to live together in. | ||
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
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Spleydi
Switzerland20 Posts
But i dont think thatt forgneir Teams could go to Korea just for PL and then go back again and do that over and over again, it´s way to stressfull and so their skill would decrease. So the other option would be to make PL online....but.....PL as an online event whit forgneir Teams or PL as an offline event whitout forgneir Teams....second choice is clearly the better one. But Acer could go, most of them are in Korea anyway.(and yoe flash wolves and maybe axiom) | ||
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Meckie
18 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:46 Tobblish wrote: Having foreign teams make their way into PL wouldn't be the best imo. There's not a lot of players on the teams that could be good enough. A Foreign Allstar team would be cool tho. Adding in available players to the roster for a Round or two and changing out players for new available players wanting to go. So instead of having a set roster the team could exchange players heavily for Rounds and maybe have a house for the players participating to live together in. Acer: Innovation, MMA and Scarlett. Axiom: Alicia, Heart, Ryung and Impact. Liquid: Snute, Bunny, HerO and TaeJa yoe Flash Wolves: San and Leenock iG: Jim. The vast majority of the above-mentioned are definitely capable of taking out the "weaker" KeSPA-players. That's not an assumption - that's a fact. | ||
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
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sM.Zik
Canada2550 Posts
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Iodem
United States1173 Posts
On August 19 2014 11:59 sM.Zik wrote: We need Jaedong back in proleague. you know I wouldn't be surprised if that was the sole reason for doing this | ||
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