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Who is going to Korea for GSL season 2?

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Sobba
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden576 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-17 11:19:23
September 17 2010 11:17 GMT
#1
Are you going to korea in october or do you know someone who is going? Would be really fun to see more of the top players from NA and EU play in the GSL.
Scope
Profile Joined February 2009
Sweden147 Posts
September 17 2010 11:20 GMT
#2
Jinro is staying, that much seems clear.
I think therefore I win
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
September 17 2010 11:21 GMT
#3
Would love to see EG add a guy to their lineup.
forgottendreams: One underage girl, two drunk guys, one gogo dancer and starcraft 2. Apparently just another day in Europe.
Inschato
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada1349 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-17 11:27:09
September 17 2010 11:21 GMT
#4
I'll go and 6pool every game, see if I can go 1-2 maybe.

+ Show Spoiler +
Err wait, do you need a passport to enter South Korea?

Also, to put *me* in perspective, since you clicked this spoiler anyway: I think I may have once played Lzgamer or kiwikaka(I think he was in my division) very early in the beta, and they absolutely demolished me. If I ever do magically become a better player, I'll let you guys know
3.
CruelZeratul
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany4588 Posts
September 17 2010 11:35 GMT
#5
Haypro?
Sobba
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden576 Posts
September 17 2010 11:37 GMT
#6
Id like to see Huk and Morrow and Dimaga.
Stimpk
Profile Joined July 2010
France165 Posts
September 17 2010 11:56 GMT
#7
I'm going there to play. I'm a 900 diamond zerg player. True!
kirkybaby
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)781 Posts
September 17 2010 11:57 GMT
#8
i am moving to korea for work in november, i will try for the dec/jan GSL.

please note, i will get stomped. i will not qualify.
tournament history: 512th place in Altitude TLOpen #1
Suikakuju
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany238 Posts
September 17 2010 11:59 GMT
#9
I would really like to go to Korea and combine that with a vacation, but i don´t have a cash shittin donkey in my basement
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
TBO
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany1350 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-17 12:00:35
September 17 2010 12:00 GMT
#10
On September 17 2010 20:21 Inschato wrote:


Err wait, do you need a passport to enter South Korea?


Passport yes, but no visa unless you plan to stay longer than 90 day in a row
Arm4n
Profile Joined July 2010
United States103 Posts
September 17 2010 12:01 GMT
#11
well, with 85k up for grabs i can't understand why every good player wouldn't be there.
if you don't like it... whacha gona do? bust a capslock in my ass?
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
September 17 2010 12:04 GMT
#12
On September 17 2010 21:01 Arm4n wrote:
well, with 85k up for grabs i can't understand why every good player wouldn't be there.

going and staying in Korea isnt that cheap, so it's up to their sponsors
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
September 17 2010 12:04 GMT
#13
On September 17 2010 21:00 TBO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2010 20:21 Inschato wrote:


Err wait, do you need a passport to enter South Korea?


Passport yes, but no visa unless you plan to stay longer than 90 day in a row


Doesn't flying to japan for a day still work? If you can afford it obv
kirkybaby
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)781 Posts
September 17 2010 12:06 GMT
#14
On September 17 2010 21:01 Arm4n wrote:
well, with 85k up for grabs i can't understand why every good player wouldn't be there.


probably because if you look @ current GSL, that's a 1/2000 chance for the 87k.

now, someone like nada (who's already there anyway) can probably bank on being "in the money" pretty consistently, enough so that he can quit a $230,000/yr contract. but for people travelling to korea (tickets are expensive), to make a net profit travelling there, you'd have to make it to ro8 more than likely, and that's not easy. additionally, the GSL runs over the length of a month or so, which means even if you're staying in a love motel, that's $40/night. this doesn't include food, and most importantly, the soju after every victory.
tournament history: 512th place in Altitude TLOpen #1
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51543 Posts
September 17 2010 12:06 GMT
#15
most foreigners don't have the financial support/confidence from their teams to justify traveling to korea in an attempt to qualify for the gsl.

that and rl stuff like jobs and school probably.
Commentator
jongim
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada289 Posts
September 17 2010 12:10 GMT
#16
On September 17 2010 21:06 kirkybaby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2010 21:01 Arm4n wrote:
well, with 85k up for grabs i can't understand why every good player wouldn't be there.


probably because if you look @ current GSL, that's a 1/2000 chance for the 87k.

now, someone like nada (who's already there anyway) can probably bank on being "in the money" pretty consistently, enough so that he can quit a $230,000/yr contract. but for people travelling to korea (tickets are expensive), to make a net profit travelling there, you'd have to make it to ro8 more than likely, and that's not easy. additionally, the GSL runs over the length of a month or so, which means even if you're staying in a love motel, that's $40/night. this doesn't include food, and most importantly, the soju after every victory.


1a) rent a place. dont waste money on love motels
1b) there are hostels you can stay in for $20. cheap cheap.
2) food is dirt cheap
3)a bottle of soju is 2 dollars. hard to get broke off soju


now as for the tickets, yea they're very expensive.
i am catlul
Dooba
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Croatia588 Posts
September 17 2010 12:18 GMT
#17
If i had the extra cash, i'd just go to spectate. Sure, might try playing but that would just end horribly. Then again, seeing korea, trying their food and to experience the GSL first hand.. Priceless
"Zergs are really stronger. I use to win 60-70%, now it is 40-50. I am switching to civilization 5 for now until any terran can come up with a better tactics."
kirkybaby
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)781 Posts
September 17 2010 12:18 GMT
#18
$40night * 30 nights = 1200

renting a place in SEOUL = roughly $3,000 smacks. i've lived in korea for a year and i am going back for many more years. my korean wife who lived in seoul for 30+ years has never heard of any hostels. i'm not trying to be argumentative, i'm just genuinely curious about these hostels if they really exist.

and yes, soju is dirt cheap, but that's why you drink loads of it. :p i can go broke on soju, even after winning #1 in GSL hahaha.
tournament history: 512th place in Altitude TLOpen #1
CagedMind
Profile Joined February 2010
United States506 Posts
September 17 2010 12:19 GMT
#19
Someone send me to korea and I will train for it.
your micro has been depleted
kirkybaby
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)781 Posts
September 17 2010 12:21 GMT
#20
now that i think about it though, if people travel together, 4-5 people in an apartment could be around $600 for the month, much more reasonable. perhaps TL should put together travel parties, and they might be able to work discounts through korean air/lufthansa or something and get discounted tickets for the ro64 on down during the actual GSL (6 next year right?). get a couple of places to share, hang out w/ other awesome SC2/TL people for a month, enjoy seoul, and watch kickass SC2.

i think gomtv would enjoy the foreigner presence on their live shots.
tournament history: 512th place in Altitude TLOpen #1
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