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fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-10-08 10:47:58
October 08 2018 10:46 GMT
#61
On October 08 2018 02:56 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 07 2018 13:48 fronkschnonk wrote:
Neither Gom nor Afreeca ever wanted a region lock for their own tournament ('cause global, you know). They just saw that their tournament gains in popularity when some foreigners qualify - the foreigner-cinderella vs holding-homeground story is interesting for both sides.
Thus GSL actually benefits from no region-lock. And guess what? A well-off GSL is good for the korean scene.



region lock is like a reverse robin hood, cause europeans are for sure much better off than koreans in terms of money, let's not even focus on dream land scandinavia.

Well, explain that to the polish, ukranian and russian pros...

It's not good for the Korean scene in the long term as there's no new blood. The new blood has to beat old returning pros(e.g. Parting, Taeja), the current Korean pros(selfexplanatory) and then all the foreign thieves who are stealing their job & money. While if a foreigner fails, they still have WCS... What. Does. The. New. Korean. Plaer. Has. ?????

Please, tell me. Where are we growing the Korean scene? Enlighten me!

I see the problem but I don't think that excluding foreigners from GSL will help at all with this. If foreigners wouldn't have been in the recent qualifiers there wouldn't have been new blood to replace them. Trust, Byul, Patience, Bunny, Ragnarok, herO, Hurricane were kicked out by foreigners - all oldschool veterans. The only rookie that got eliminated by a foreigner was actually Rookie

All that could help would be some kind of B-League, like Code A back in the day. I totally would support skipping GSL vs The World and spending the money on such a league instead. But just changing the format won't bring fresh blood to Korean SC2.


What. Does. The. New. Korean. Plaer. Has. ?????

Has is not Korean and he does cannon rushes
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
Jawe
Profile Joined May 2025
1 Post
May 19 2025 13:55 GMT
#62
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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
May 19 2025 23:42 GMT
#63
Great bump though not gonna lie, great snapshot in time. Right before Serral Blizzcon win
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7277 Posts
May 21 2025 11:22 GMT
#64
The last power rank before Serral became #1 and dominated the scene until Clem 8:0 him at EWC 2024 six years later
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
May 22 2025 12:32 GMT
#65
On May 21 2025 20:22 Harris1st wrote:
The last power rank before Serral became #1 and dominated the scene until Clem 8:0 him at EWC 2024 six years later


Can you believe it's been *checks* almost seven years?
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2720 Posts
May 22 2025 17:16 GMT
#66
On May 21 2025 20:22 Harris1st wrote:
The last power rank before Serral became #1 and dominated the scene until Clem 8:0 him at EWC 2024 six years later

What if I told you TL did 7 power ranks after this where Serral did not rank #1 (Blizzcon, March-August 2019) until September 2019?
very illegal and very uncool
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7277 Posts
May 23 2025 08:16 GMT
#67
I was too lazy to check
They are opinion pieces anyway and I was of the opinion that Serral was better than Maru from 2018 onward so I assumed.
TL writers jumped on the train eventually, too
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
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