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I know the title is vague but I feel like something really really big is about to happen. As some of you who might follow State of the Game or Live On Three know, Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson was recently asked about plans on Korea, where he hinted that those plans have died down a bit because there could be potential for an even bigger announcement coming up, that might involve moving to Southern California.
Along with that, news has shown up recently that Gretorp, the Gosucoaching commentator and FnaticMSI player, is also moving across the country from New Jersey to, you guessed it, Southern California.
Moreover, Gosucoaching and EG player Machine has also stated that he has had to make the drive from the EG house in Arizona, up to California once again.
A few statements made by said players:
+ Show Spoiler [On iNcontroL's twitter page] +88iNcontroL Geoff Robinson back home back to work.. cali next weekend and onward! Why would I move to cali you ask? hmmm I dunno.. wait and see 
+ Show Spoiler [When iNcontroL called in on Weapon of…] +
+ Show Spoiler [ Statement made by Machine] +
"Off to California once again, starting to really really hate this drive xD"
"Going to meet up with some friends while i'm in CA and going to meet up with Russell so we can talk about Gosucoaching."
Something definitely seems to be going on related to gosucoaching or these players or some large sponsor. Keep in mind that G4TV recently was all over coverage of the EG Masters Cup, and has been involving themselves in several different esports related to SC2 as well as the fighting game community, etc. Going to Los Angeles is no joke, this is the home to hollywood and production content coming out. I don't think it'd be a stretch to say that this could be one of the reasons for LA being a mentioned location.
In the Weapon of Choice show that iNcontroL called in, he said "Part of the reason I can't give a straight answer on that is that theres this other thing I'm doing thats actually so freaking big it could eclipse that, I'm moving to California in February, we're in talks with people who are with Daniel Negreanu [Professional Poker player]. We have big freaking stuff coming out."
This is all after talking about sponsors throwing 25,000 dollars at events and stuff.
Something big is about to happen in Starcraft 2 guys, I'm sure iNcontroL won't be able to comment on any more specifics than this, but this is just the information that I've gathered and thrown together in the past 25 minutes. I recognize the fact that all this stuff I'm throwing together will not all be related to the announcement that is sure to come, theres no way that anybody can get lucky enough to link this much stuff but even if 2-3 of these facts link together with some gigantic event or production coming up, we all HAVE to be excited.
Anybody else have any thoughts on what could be going on? I'm hoping that this thread could be up for discussing this up until an official announcement is actually made. So this is a rumor thread of sorts I suppose.
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This is interesting!
GSL A LA NORTH AMERICA?
What's bigger or equal to going to South Korea?
This is an interesting web you have going there! It'd be a really good PR move on G4's side if they started doing something a la GomTV
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United States7481 Posts
Is this FINALLY the big EG announcement? I'm trembling in anticipation.
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I wonder how much interaction this will have with whatever it is Day[9] is doing, since he is also in Socal.
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Well, now I have something to look forward to along with the next season of GSL
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I'm just going to leave this here...
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=187687
Anyways, I'm quite excited to see what the big announcement is. Considering the amount of build up that's been going on, hopefully it won't disappoint. Heck, they even said that the new Korean EG Team House wasn't the "big" announcement. Perhaps all will be revealed in due time.
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Maybe everyone decided all at once that they want some easy to get weed?
I'd guess nothing is happening. o.o But I hope I'm wrong lol.
Edit: Checked link above me. Hyping for months? Might be interesting, but not relevant for the near future.
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I could never be a pro gamer because I would not be able to keep my mouth shut about big news. Heheh. Whatever it is, I am sure no one will be disappointed.
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On January 31 2011 11:19 eviltomahawk wrote:I'm just going to leave this here... http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=187687Anyways, I'm quite excited to see what the big announcement is. Considering the amount of build up that's been going on, hopefully it won't disappoint. Heck, they even said that the new Korean EG Team House wasn't the "big" announcement. Perhaps all will be revealed in due time.
But this doesn't seem to be related to EG so that infested archon "onion-esque" article doesn't even apply. This is much more seemingly related to gosucoaching than anything, as Gretorp has also moved to Socal for an undisclosed reason.
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Daniel Negreanu is being signed to EG as their new Terran. -Nostradamus
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It's not only EG news though, other people are involved. Makes me think its got to be something gosucoaching related.
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I also heard that Geoff and Gretorp are moving but Machine is NOT moving to california and I know as I asked Colbi about it earlier. There is no huge project coming from there its just people moving sorry :/
It was mentioned that it had something to do with Gosucoaching and gretorps other stuff.
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On January 31 2011 11:16 Turgid wrote:
I wonder how much interaction this will have with whatever it is Day[9] is doing, since he is also in Socal.
Well he's been there for awhile, but because of college, so Day9 may not have anything to do with this. Perhaps some centralized league thing, like MLG's rolling out a Starcraft League in a big way? Might explain why JP delayed SoTG for so long and then just said "fuck it, I'm tired of waiting"? idk, but if there is something coming up I'll be hella excited.
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United States6074 Posts
I notice all the rumors have been coming from EG, fnatic, and gosucoaching. I haven't heard a peep from Team Liquid or other teams. I guessing it isn't going to be something huge as a "GSL in North America" or else other teams would be involved. Though, I do confess that I have bought the hype  .
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I honestly can't imagine anything bigger than EG players making a house in Korea. Made me so sad that these plans are apparently on hold for now. :/
InControl likes to hype his stuff (bless him), I don't know if I have it in me to really believe.
Another major tournament added to the scene next to GSL/TSL/MLG/DH/IEM/Blizzcon?
On January 31 2011 11:08 TheHunksta wrote:In the Weapon of Choice show that iNcontroL called in, he said "Part of the reason I can't give a straight answer on that is that theres this other thing I'm doing thats actually so freaking big it could eclipse that, I'm moving to California in February, we're in talks with people who are with Daniel Negreanu [Professional Poker player]. We have big freaking stuff coming out."
Daniel Negreanu switching from poker to SCII, believe.
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On January 31 2011 11:21 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Daniel Negreanu is being signed to EG as their new Terran. -Nostradamus
I've heard he can 2 rax allin while making it look like he's 1rax FE'ing.
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I think the nerd chills are starting up for me once again!
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