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Waxangel
United States31900 Posts
Following the Code S Season 1 finals, AfreecaTV CEO Jung Chan Yong said (link may contain spoilers) "It would have felt unfortunate [for our fans], this season being downsized and held partially online. Despite that, our domestic and international fans supported us, so the tournament was that much more meaningful. Thanks to everyone's passionate support, the next season in July, we'll play every game offline from the FreecUP studio in Samsung-dong." 
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Crocolisk Dundee
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SeGaL
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2180 Posts
On May 19 2023 00:18 Waxangel wrote: GSL Code S will return to having all its matches played live in studio. Following the Code S Season 1 finals, AfreecaTV CEO Jung Chan Yong said "It would have felt unfortunate [for our fans], this season being downsized and held partially online. Despite that, our domestic and international fans supported us, so the tournament was that much more meaningful. Thanks to everyone's passionate support, the next season in July, we'll play every game offline from the FreecUP studio in Samsung-dong." I just hoped that Afreeca allowed foreign advertisements for the English broadcast to expand the monetization other than the short term crowdfunding. Or some local companies like Samsung, Hyundai, CJ, LG, or BigHit which already had bases in foreign countries might be useful. Otherwise the same things can happen again. Anyway, that breaking news was a dope one. | ||
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FCHK
93 Posts
Everyone else "Rejoice!" | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2180 Posts
On May 19 2023 00:35 FCHK wrote: ByuN "Nooooo~" Everyone else "Rejoice!" Perhaps Solar also. He finally break the top 8 curse. | ||
digmouse
China6131 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24134 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8325 Posts
Hopefully they keep some of the patreon for the prize pool though | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States9681 Posts
Wish that GSL could have had crowdfunding earlier, but i suppose it may have given them a bad look or whatnot. The dream would be if they re-expand to Ro24 or somehow allow for a tiny bit of new blood so that the scene can stay interesting for a long time | ||
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bulldozer06701
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Pandain
United States12638 Posts
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Haku
Germany536 Posts
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Cold-Blood
United States198 Posts
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[Phantom]
Mexico2068 Posts
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Kashim
Poland818 Posts
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SharkStarcraft
Austria2095 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States533 Posts
On another note, have any nonkorean pros confirmed they will be participating? | ||
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Vindicare605
United States14960 Posts
On May 19 2023 06:27 CicadaSC wrote: Serral should play or he's a bad word. It's important for his legacy. On another note, have any nonkorean pros confirmed they will be participating? With the decreased prize pool, I significantly doubt it. The money to be gained from winning (IF you win) isn't worth it after travel expenses are considered. I would LOVE to see the top foreign pros make another attempt and if they are set up well enough financially to be able to make the trip all the better. But I can't really blame them anymore for not wanting to try it. Even if they win, it's not really worth it and winning a Code S is something no foreigner has ever come close to achieving before. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States9681 Posts
On May 19 2023 07:24 Vindicare605 wrote: With the decreased prize pool, I significantly doubt it. The money to be gained from winning (IF you win) isn't worth it after travel expenses are considered. I would LOVE to see the top foreign pros make another attempt and if they are set up well enough financially to be able to make the trip all the better. But I can't really blame them anymore for not wanting to try it. Even if they win, it's not really worth it and winning a Code S is something no foreigner has ever come close to achieving before. With the Patreon so far, it's contributing $200k already, which means the prize pool is higher than 2022, unless you mean decreased in general the last several years, but hopefully the crowdfunding will increase a bit more to match that too | ||
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