Sounds great, will be eager to see who tries to qualify for this. One of the Four Horsemen needs to go in order to assert Korean supremacy by roflstomping everyone else. Winning is not the issue. Winning with style is the issue, and TY+Maru gave ample demonstration of how to do that at WESG.

ByuN does some sick styling with reapers (see him vs Armani), and Maru just makes his opponents look slow and stupid. Their flashy micro makes for the best shows, but there is something to be said about the way INnoVation casually steamrolls lesser players or how TY outmaneuvers them at every turn.

Deleted User 261926

960 Posts

May 21 2017 22:22 GMT

#28

On May 21 2017 20:36 Heyjoray wrote:

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Is this what they call a Social Justice Warrior?

Pretty much.

rotta

5589 Posts

May 21 2017 22:34 GMT

#29

On May 22 2017 06:22 Seeker wrote:
Aww... No more Flash though :/

At least we have sOs <3

lestye

United States4163 Posts

May 22 2017 05:45 GMT

#30

This is cool I guess. i doubt we will hear more from this though. This kinda reminds me of those IESF tournaments that are always someplace exotic and dont get any attention.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

May 22 2017 08:23 GMT

#31

I wonder if the visa issues won't be worse than in US events for some people. Mind you, you can't even get a normal tourist visa to Turkmenistan, the only ways to visit the country leisurely are on a package tour with a local tourist agency, only visiting carefully preselected places always accompanied with a guide, or on a transit visa for a couple of days.

SiorasSC

23 Posts

May 22 2017 08:47 GMT

#32

Wait how many players can a country choose?

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

May 22 2017 10:33 GMT

#33

On May 22 2017 06:47 pvsnp wrote:
Winning with style is the issue, and TY+Maru gave ample demonstration of how to do that at WESG.

Is style just winning without dropping a map to foreigners? In which case Inno/ty/maru/dark are the best options. Dark is on a 28 series winstreak against foreigners iirc, he hasn't lost to one in like 5 years

DieuCure

France3713 Posts

May 22 2017 11:11 GMT

#34

Yea but maru's rush ghost are funnier than early pool ( as he did in wesg) to viewers i think

GTR

51461 Posts

May 24 2017 06:21 GMT

#35

no need to get the lube guys, korea has decided to not participate.

Solar424

United States4001 Posts

May 24 2017 06:27 GMT

#36

On May 24 2017 15:21 GTR wrote:
no need to get the lube guys, korea has decided to not participate.

https://twitter.com/KeSPAen/status/867249719831035906

The Kespa teams disbanded, so shouldn't this not matter for SC2?

bduddy

United States1326 Posts

May 24 2017 06:34 GMT

#37

On May 24 2017 15:27 Solar424 wrote:

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The Kespa teams disbanded, so shouldn't this not matter for SC2?

Even though it doesn't run a league, does KeSPA still technically regulate SC2 in Korea? This is all rather confusing. They briefly mention that e-sports were going to be non-medal events anyway, is that true?

The whole deal with Alibaba is a bit shady, for once I have to agree with KeSPA...

GTR

51461 Posts

May 24 2017 06:34 GMT

#38

even if the kespa teams disbanded, everything still goes through kespa (e.g. qualifiers etc) because they are the assigned organisation to run 'olympic'-related events in relation with the korean olympic comittee.

sounds like politics more than anything suggesting from this quote

The OCA has announced a staggering release this april, that esports discipline for 2017 AIMAG, 2018 & 2022 Asian games will be managed through Alisports a private enterprise owned by Alibaba group, rather than to conduct it through the officially recognized international federation of the OCA, which is the IeSF. Last week, it has announced that the official national team selection will not be conducted through the National Federations and National Olympic committee, and will be registering participants online for anyone to register, not to mention the tournaments qualifiers are also to be conducted online.

so basically sounds like this is an entire farce from alibaba lol
maybe some wesg-related shit behind the scenes that pissed off kespa too? who knows.

NinjaToss

Austria1383 Posts

May 24 2017 07:17 GMT

#39

On May 24 2017 15:34 GTR wrote:
even if the kespa teams disbanded, everything still goes through kespa (e.g. qualifiers etc) because they are the assigned organisation to run 'olympic'-related events in relation with the korean olympic comittee.

sounds like politics more than anything suggesting from this quote

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so basically sounds like this is an entire farce from alibaba lol
maybe some wesg-related shit behind the scenes that pissed off kespa too? who knows.

I mean, with tournaments like this, I agree that things should go through the National Olympic committee/KeSPA and not just do whatever they want. The whole thing is kinda shady and weird imo.

At the end they end stated that China declined to participate as well, and China is also pretty big in eSports, not to mention Alibaba is Chinese