You just said you didn't think non-Koreans should be allowed to vote in this poll because "they view players differently." Maybe I misunderstood, but that sounds like you're saying something about this poll.

Skynx

Turkey7150 Posts

October 20 2014 10:41 GMT

#42

Flash and the other onemight wanna thank soO hyung for taking too many second places so that they can qualify

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

October 20 2014 10:44 GMT

#43

On October 20 2014 19:22 REyeM wrote:

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Because I believe that they view players differently than foreign fans do and generally are more passionate about e-sports culture. Having someone to qualify that is foreign fan favored for a tournament in Korea wouldn't be too cool to Korean fans imo

That's a lot of speculation. I think everyone has their own bias and I wouldn't mind seeing the difference in foreign votes vs korean votes (or T votes vs P votes vs Z votes etc).
However, it's only for 2/16 spots. I'm usually not a fan of viewer selected players, but with 5 times as many qualifier spots it doesn't really matter. If the fan picks are poor, they get eliminated in round 1 anyway.

Second, the reason any tournament has fan pics is... they want fan investment/hype because that usually ensures that fans watch. Now, it wouldn't deter my excitement or viewership if the popularity players were based on Korean popularity. However, other (foreign) viewers might be less likely to watch if that was the case. Since they are marketing the event to ALL fans it makes sense for ALL fans to be allowed to vote.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

October 20 2014 10:54 GMT

#44

haha soO forced a fan voting

Xums

Germany19 Posts

October 20 2014 10:55 GMT

#45

On October 20 2014 18:56 Aurora-Beko wrote:

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I guess you´re missing out that the HotSix Cup is not a Kespa tournament, so i don´t think they should be able to reward any of their players for a good year or anything.
The tournament is organized and produced by GomTV as far as the announcement says, so i guess they made the Vote list.
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2 Question:
1. Could any Mod add the link to the outcoming of the Vote? After i voted and wanted to check the standings, i just got the " you already filled this document" page, but no link or anything to see the results again.
2. Is there any information how long the vote will be up? Does it may end before the qualifier, so the voted players don´t have to player the qualifier at all?

I'm not a mod but: here you go -> Results!

ooDi

Canada170 Posts

October 20 2014 11:08 GMT

#46

I lol'ed at soO (GSL Season 1~3 runner-up)

Dingodile

4133 Posts

October 20 2014 11:13 GMT

#47

A total 43,000,000 won in prize money will be awarded to sixteen players
English is not my native language but does this mean that all 16 players get money?

Edit:Grandfinals same weekend as IEM San Jose -.-

Killmouse

Austria5700 Posts

October 20 2014 11:14 GMT

#48

voted for maru, since flash is going to be first anyway

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19246 Posts

October 20 2014 11:20 GMT

#49

Voted maru. He is most deserving. No shine on poll grinds my gears.

Lunareste

United States3596 Posts

October 20 2014 11:20 GMT

#50

LOL from the moment I saw this on facebook, I thought, "well it's nice that Flash is definitely going to win that vote" lol

LoneYoShi

France1348 Posts

October 20 2014 11:21 GMT

#51

FlaSh and Maru still leading the votes, with a very comfortable lead for FlaSh. I hope most players on that list make it to the actual tournament tho, and those players are great players... T_T
Also, soulkey is listed here. Didn't he take a break from competitive sc2 ? Does that mean he's back ?

KPrime

United Kingdom14 Posts

October 20 2014 11:31 GMT

#52

On October 20 2014 20:13 Dingodile wrote:
A total 43,000,000 won in prize money will be awarded to sixteen players
English is not my native language but does this mean that all 16 players get money?

Edit:Grandfinals same weekend as IEM San Jose -.-

As it says "A total" I assume that it means that the sum earnings this tournament is 43,000,000.

EDIT: But I don't know if that means that all 16 players earn something. Probably top 3 are earning most of that.

nimdil

Poland3748 Posts

October 20 2014 11:31 GMT

#53

Voted sOs because I want to see spirit of $O$ (even though the prize is <100k)

Abradix1

Netherlands609 Posts

October 20 2014 11:31 GMT

#54

Luckily its KR vs NA, so we should have about 22 hours of starcraft a day with no overlap there.

In the end, Red Bull/Monster wins?

EDIT: Or you know, Hot6ix. I bet this was intentional, scheduling things so we'd have to watch non stop starcraft and thus consume copious amounts of Hot6ix in order to keep up. Now only if they'd sell outside of KR.

KatatoniK

United Kingdom978 Posts

October 20 2014 11:33 GMT

#55

Choose ONE player. Three Jin Air players + TRUE.

Why have you got to do this to me GOM, this is mean

Pino

1032 Posts

October 20 2014 11:45 GMT

#56

On October 20 2014 18:41 Seeker wrote:

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My exact thoughs. :D

I voted for Maru but I'm afraid this is hopeless

Pangpootata

1838 Posts

October 20 2014 11:48 GMT

#57

Fan Vote AKA Excuse to get Flash into the tournament

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

October 20 2014 11:48 GMT

#58

voted for Rain

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6597 Posts

October 20 2014 11:52 GMT

#59

voted for Maru ^^

nimdil

Poland3748 Posts

October 20 2014 11:52 GMT

#60

Also to be fair it would be more interesting if there were invites best on results in top tournaments like in Blizzard Cup: i.e. top ranking American region winner (Bomber), top ranking European region winner (MC) etc. I'm not really a fan of a tournament that's so heavily focused on korean region.