EPTAfreeca reveals GSL details for 2017 - Page 2
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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bjornkavist
Canada1235 Posts
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Elentos
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On December 21 2016 19:03 Olli wrote: Pretty sure it won't. There's not enough new talent coming up anyway. It's not about new talent. It's about players who are already in the scene. Qualifying for Code A was worth over 1500$ in 2016. Next year that money is gone, you fail the qualifiers and you get nothing. And it's not like you can just count on making up for that loss with online cups in 2017 because the best in the world play in all of them now. Oh and you most of the time don't have a team. | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On December 21 2016 19:00 Elentos wrote: The removal of Code A is gonna hurt a lot of players in an already damaged scene. If this was a necessary step to keep GSL running, so be it, but I can't say I'm enthused. 16 players super tournament is the most disappointing thing. With the suppression of code A it just means that B teamer should do anything they want except SC2. | ||
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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Elentos
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On December 21 2016 21:35 Olli wrote: The sustainability of GSL comes before anything else. With three seasons of GSL, they were always going to have to cut down on something - and I'm perfectly fine with that being Code A. Yeah the sustainability of GSL is high priority. But I think it's reasonable to be sad (Code A is tradition after all) or disappointed. When the WCS announcement came out, we were told Korea got 3 GSLs, 2 Super Tournaments and Ggyeongi, but no more SSL. A bit over a week later we get the info that Code A got cut to make this happen. | ||
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geokilla
Canada8255 Posts
I guess Wolf and Brendan Valdez are out of a job then? | ||
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Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
I really do hope there will be a losers bracket. Dropping out because of 1 / 2 games is disappointing. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
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n3p
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The_Red_Viper
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Wallenberg
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Elentos
55594 Posts
On December 22 2016 00:52 The_Red_Viper wrote: Lot's and lots of retirements will come our way after the GSL qualfiers Not sure about the amount honestly. Anyone considering retirement could have already retired by now. Even someone like Hush, who was never a successful player, found himself a new team and is streaming a lot. Maybe in the end we won't take as many casualties at first. | ||
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dragoon
United States695 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
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On December 22 2016 00:57 Elentos wrote: Not sure about the amount honestly. Anyone considering retirement could have already retired by now. Even someone like Hush, who was never a successful player, found himself a new team and is streaming a lot. Maybe in the end we won't take as many casualties at first. Well qualifiers are pretty soon so it makes sense to wait and see if you can qualify for code s. After that though? I think the success there might make the difference for a lot of players. | ||
digmouse
China6331 Posts
On December 22 2016 01:01 The_Red_Viper wrote: Well qualifiers are pretty soon so it makes sense to wait and see if you can qualify for code s. After that though? I think the success there might make the difference for a lot of players. Three seasons and players might have different thoughts. Plus there is another factor in online events now that players are free to play in whatever they want. | ||
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Elentos
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On December 22 2016 01:09 digmouse wrote: Three seasons and players might have different thoughts. Plus there is another factor in online events now that players are free to play in whatever they want. The thing with online cups is that now the big names (like Inno) are blocking the top spots, so generally unless there's another event going on at the same time the players that struggle to make Code S won't make much money in online cups anymore either. | ||
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Ctesias
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Now without teams these players have to pay rent and food as well, if you cannot make enough money playing sc2 then there is simply no way you can keep playing the game. This isn't even only affecting the b teamers tbh | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On December 22 2016 01:43 The_Red_Viper wrote: Online cups are nice but it's not really the same and as soon as more and more top players enter it will be hard games for a low amount of money. Now without teams these players have to pay rent and food as well, if you cannot make enough money playing sc2 then there is simply no way you can keep playing the game. This isn't even only affecting the b teamers tbh Welcome to how SC2 works for the rest of the world. | ||
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