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Mangooza
Profile Joined November 2015
89 Posts
April 14 2016 07:54 GMT
#21
So, this is a qualifier? Can't seem to find out on Liquipedia. How many will qualify?
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 08:42:03
April 14 2016 07:59 GMT
#22
On April 14 2016 16:54 Mangooza wrote:
So, this is a qualifier? Can't seem to find out on Liquipedia. How many will qualify?


There's a Liquipedia link in the preview.
Winner of each match qualifies
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Mangooza
Profile Joined November 2015
89 Posts
April 14 2016 08:45 GMT
#23
On April 14 2016 16:59 Inflicted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 16:54 Mangooza wrote:
So, this is a qualifier? Can't seem to find out on Liquipedia. How many will qualify?


There's a Liquipedia link in the preview.
Winner of each match qualifies

Cheers, should've read the preview.

Always nice to see ByuN play.
fealx
Profile Joined September 2014
Germany376 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 08:52:13
April 14 2016 08:48 GMT
#24
"Despite being limited only to Asian players at this point "
How does it feel EU and NA players, huh?

Edit: Maybe they should do it like Starleague and invite one foreign player and put it against the strongest Korean. Just for the laugh of the Asian people.
kugHop
Profile Joined January 2016
Luxembourg44 Posts
April 14 2016 08:55 GMT
#25
Even though this seems to be a nice opportunity to see koreans vs someone not korean, I don't really see this as a "global" event as there are still players that are forbidden to participate.

But should still be fun, looking forward to it!!
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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
April 14 2016 08:56 GMT
#26
I still have no idea what this tournament is, by what rules it is determined who plays in etc.. I really can't care too much about games when I don't know what their significance is.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55551 Posts
April 14 2016 08:58 GMT
#27
So apparently they play BO5 and the preview is already wrong about every score.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
April 14 2016 09:05 GMT
#28
And they still haven't paid out last year's money, dota teams are already boycotting 2016 unless they sort out last year's mess.



TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
April 14 2016 09:15 GMT
#29
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event
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Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1895 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 09:27:39
April 14 2016 09:27 GMT
#30
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?
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shabby
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway6402 Posts
April 14 2016 09:32 GMT
#31
We need a LR thread for dis!
Jaedong, Gumibear, Leenock, Byun
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
April 14 2016 09:42 GMT
#32
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55551 Posts
April 14 2016 09:45 GMT
#33
Artosis said on stream that CJ had players in the qualifier and that KT, Jin Air and SKT didn't participate because of the Proleague playoffs.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1895 Posts
April 14 2016 09:49 GMT
#34
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.


Thanks for pointing that out, didn't even know WCA has been around for a bit.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
April 14 2016 09:59 GMT
#35
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.

Thanks for the info.

Ehm, what is OG in this case? oO Thanks! :-)
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FrkFrJss
Profile Joined April 2015
Canada1205 Posts
April 14 2016 10:00 GMT
#36
On April 14 2016 16:00 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 15:40 Haukinger wrote:
On April 14 2016 14:21 BLinD-RawR wrote:because they're better than the rest of the world and the rest of the world would like to topple them, would you not like your favorite player to beat the koreans?

They might be better at exploiting the features of the engine, but not at attracting viewers and producing entertaining games and storylines, and that's essentially their job. I really wonders who would cheer for some random korean that flies over to dreamhack, 3:0s everyone, grabs the price money and leaves?


can you prove that koreans don't attract numbers? Since when was it their job to do so? as far as I know their only job is to win, personal marketability is just a bonus.

Just because you don't have any interest in following koreans doesn't mean that they have no personality or that they are just some random people who are so good at "Exploiting the game engine".

oh and by the way, koreans vs foreigners is a pretty popular storyline in the SC2 community, its the reason why players like Stephano, Naniwa, Scarlett, HuK, Jinro, IdrA etc were pretty popular at their time, because they were beating koreans...


Incidentally, (I'm not sure about Jinro) but most of those foreigners also had very distinct playstyles and personalities. So, yes, we liked them because they could beat Koreans, but we also liked them because of personalities.

And similarly, the "fan favourite" Koreans like Polt, MC, PartinG and others are well-liked because they also have more distinct personalities and have communicated at least somewhat in English to the fans.

So yes, while I agree that any good player can draw a crowd, people also like watching for the players' personalities.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
April 14 2016 10:05 GMT
#37
On April 14 2016 18:59 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.

Thanks for the info.

Ehm, what is OG in this case? oO Thanks! :-)

Older kespa teams aka SKT, KT, CJ, Samsung and Jin Air.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
April 14 2016 10:05 GMT
#38
On April 14 2016 18:59 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.

Thanks for the info.

Ehm, what is OG in this case? oO Thanks! :-)


Original, so not Afreeca/MVP
Liquipedia"Expert"
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
April 14 2016 10:14 GMT
#39
On April 14 2016 19:05 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:59 deacon.frost wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.

Thanks for the info.

Ehm, what is OG in this case? oO Thanks! :-)

Older kespa teams aka SKT, KT, CJ, Samsung and Jin Air.


On April 14 2016 19:05 Inflicted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2016 18:59 deacon.frost wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:42 digmouse wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:27 Creager wrote:
On April 14 2016 18:15 SuperHofmann wrote:
I can't understand if I need to be happy or not for this event


Me neither, too little information for now, but did they really restrict Korean participants having to be on either MVP or Afreeca? If so, it'd pretty underhwelming for potential viewers to see such limited competition again... Global is global, damn it, let anyone participate - best of the best, where's that gone?


Kespa basically do not allow OG kespa teams to play in unproven events now after the failure of WECG, and it doesn't help that both year's WCA main events have been shitstorms.

Thanks for the info.

Ehm, what is OG in this case? oO Thanks! :-)


Original, so not Afreeca/MVP

Thank you, both.
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shabby
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway6402 Posts
April 14 2016 10:18 GMT
#40
Isn't it strange to have different rules for different kespa teams?
Jaedong, Gumibear, Leenock, Byun
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