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Waxangel
United States33503 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
Malaysia2449 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
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Everyone else "Rejoice!" | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 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
China6330 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24237 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Hopefully they keep some of the patreon for the prize pool though | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 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 States12989 Posts
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Haku
Germany550 Posts
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Cold-Blood
United States200 Posts
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[Phantom]
Mexico2170 Posts
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Kashim
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SharkStarcraft
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CicadaSC
United States1848 Posts
On another note, have any nonkorean pros confirmed they will be participating? | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16109 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 States10366 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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dysenterymd
1250 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. Yeah, it would be a huge commitment. Adapting to the Code S format, adapting to living in a new country, etc would be a lot of stress. Even beyond the risk of an early exit from Code S, moving to Korea could harm performance in other competitions because of latency/jet lag/general disruption. If Serral made a commitment to move to Korea and play several consecutive seasons of Code S I think he'd have a good chance of winning, but I doubt he'd just sweep in and win. Reynor would also have chances if he truly committed (maybe living in Korea would even fix Clem's TvT.) But with the current prize pools in Code S vs the foreign scene there's no reason to make that commitment. It's sad because Serral/Clem/Reynor/Oliveira playing would probably attract more much needed attention. Some rich fan should put out a bounty for the first foreigner to make a Code S final  | ||
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CicadaSC
United States1848 Posts
On May 19 2023 09:03 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: 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 Didn't reynor try last season? It was just forgettable because he didn't get far. Would love to see him try again and maybe avoid the Korean Terran powerhouses | ||
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JJH777
United States4415 Posts
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GTR
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edit: looks like kevin moved to a different role (chief brand officer) a couple of years ago, interesting. | ||
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rwala
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claire_thu
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4228 Posts
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AzAlexZ
Australia3303 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
On May 19 2023 01:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: This was so cool, you could hear from State's voice he was genuinely so hyped and surprised xD 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 Ultimately the prize money and re-expanding is more critical for the medium/long-term prospects of the tournament, over having it in studio, at least for me. Seeing some fresh blood able to break through, as well as an incentive for our old favourites to stick around will go further in keeping interested eyes on it, and donating to Patreons Of course the ideal is to do both. Would have been nice if Blizzard had kept up some content like Warchests to help monetise tournaments too, but top level SC is still one of my favourite watches so effectively paying for it is a pretty good value proposition, and maybe one that could have been investigated earlier | ||
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Fran_
United States1024 Posts
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2216 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4958 Posts
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Xamo
Spain881 Posts
Offline GSL is the real one. | ||
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J. Corsair
United States470 Posts
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ExpatRights
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washikie
United States752 Posts
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catplanetcatplanet
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dbRic1203
Germany2655 Posts
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tigera6
3445 Posts
On May 23 2023 15:06 dbRic1203 wrote: So do we know by now how they will distribute the Patreon money? I think it was said at some point that the donated money will go to prize pool, but capping at 30k per season. But in term of the details, like if ALL the money will go to the prizepool or there will be a split, or what if the total is more than 90k for this year, ect. hasnt been confirmed yet. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
On May 23 2023 15:27 tigera6 wrote: I think it was said at some point that the donated money will go to prize pool, but capping at 30k per season. But in term of the details, like if ALL the money will go to the prizepool or there will be a split, or what if the total is more than 90k for this year, ect. hasnt been confirmed yet. Wait, only $30k bonus per season?? Or is it $30k total max for 1st place? I get they may want to conserve money for future seasons and not use it all up, but the cap should probably be whatever brings the prize pool very close to what it was in 2022. | ||
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tigera6
3445 Posts
On May 24 2023 06:34 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: Wait, only $30k bonus per season?? Or is it $30k total max for 1st place? I get they may want to conserve money for future seasons and not use it all up, but the cap should probably be whatever brings the prize pool very close to what it was in 2022. I believe I heard its 30k total for each season, at least that what the current plan. I think they do the rough estimate on the current number, projected for the rest of the year and come up with this split. | ||
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ZeroByte13
780 Posts
On May 24 2023 06:34 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: but the cap should probably be whatever brings the prize pool very close to what it was in 2022. It used to be about 125k per season in total, and this season was 25k. So it would need about 300k of Patreon money per year, and we had about 100k so far? | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
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