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There's been a lot of buzz lately about BW pro's and the Brood War world finally engaging with StarCraft 2.
(For example: Flash reported practicing and enjoying sc2, Blizzard-KeSPA-OGN-GOM SC2 Announcement May 2nd)
Adam Apicella (@MrMLGAdam) from MLG has just tweeted the following: Link
Well @kennigit the elephant certainly is in the room, eh? @mlg Anaheim. Buy your tickets now.
This is presumably a reference to Kennigit's Intrigue's famous thread here on TL called The Elephant in the Room, which theorized about how the day would come when the truly top-tier Korean Brood War pro's would finally cross over into StarCraft 2 and demolish the competition.
Putting two and two together... should we expect to hear about the top Brood War pro's such as Flash, etc. coming over to MLG Anaheim to compete in StarCraft 2?
More from Twitter:
Adam Apicella (@MrMLGAdam): Link
@_Esca__ @sullyrabbit @kennigit @mlg the BIG announcementS (emphasize plural) have nothing to do with this HUGE one later this month
Update 1 (Thursday, Apr 26, 9:46PM PDT) with responses from MLG_Adam:
(TLDR summary: yes, it seems that we'll be seeing some of the very top BW pro's in Anaheim!)
+ Show Spoiler +On April 27 2012 13:25 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 13:24 FlyingDike wrote:
Does the hype have to do with the BW pro scene? If I was a magic 8 ball, I would say, yes. On April 27 2012 13:21 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 13:19 Canucklehead wrote:
Which bw pros will be at anaheim?
Will they be actually playing in the tournament or just making an appearance for show?
If they are playing in the tournament, will you give them a direct pool seed, such as last year with gsl and expand pools to 20 players? No comment. If there, we would want a tournament. No comment. On April 27 2012 13:21 MLG_Adam wrote:Oh you asked 'which'. If there, we would have the very best from each team  On April 27 2012 13:22 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 13:20 N.geNuity wrote:
has MLG had direct contact with a kespa representative? Of course. On April 27 2012 13:32 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 13:32 Jonoman92 wrote:
Hell, after this hype I better see Flash, Bisu, and Jaedong at Anaheim as well as Savior too because that'd just be sickk. That would be sick huh....
Update 2 (10:25PM PDT):
+ Show Spoiler +On April 27 2012 13:47 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 13:45 Jacmert wrote:Dear MLG_Adam, if hypothetical BW pro's were to be at MLG Anaheim, would we see said BW pro's play matches against our current SC2 pro's? (hopefully top-tier ones, too) No comment. On April 27 2012 14:15 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 14:03 Nimic wrote:
If BW pros attend Anaheim, will they (or potentially some of them) be part of the actual tournament, or is it more likely there will be some sort of exhibition tournament?
Or potentially both? No comment. On April 27 2012 14:24 MLG_Adam wrote:
Tomorrow 9PM EST will be the first SC2 related announcement for Anaheim. MUCH more to come, promise. Seriouly book your tickets.
Update 3 (10:45PM PDT):
+ Show Spoiler +On April 27 2012 14:31 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2012 14:30 Waxangel wrote:
I feel that anaheim might be too early for them to have practiced enough to be playing to their full potential, although a handful of BW pros could be competitive by then. Maybe exhibition matches/signings/etc is more likely? Hi waxangel Honorable mention to Jonoman92, hee hee: On April 27 2012 14:25 Jonoman92 wrote:
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-- And a big thanks goes out to MLG_Adam for being a good sport with us so far tonight --
Update 4 (Saturday, 12:05AM PDT):
(MLG_Adam tweeted a list of top BW players - "Stork,Bisu, Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Horang, Stats, Jangbi, Hydra, souldkey, leta, zero" - but then he tried to downplay our expectations in-thread. A later tweet implied that at least one of them would show up, though)
+ Show Spoiler +On April 28 2012 15:35 zaii wrote:![[image loading]](http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p287/zane14785/BW.jpg) the potential BW line up at Anaheim? On April 28 2012 15:58 MLG_Adam wrote:Hah, speculation is a crazy thing. Was really reading through BW wiki and researching. Did I miss any names? Not being coy, seriously looking for suggestions
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Well there was supposed to be an announcement today on SOTG thats delayed until tomm, this might be it
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United States935 Posts
Oh the shit storm that must be brewing.. i sure hope this is true though
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50612 Posts
you know you could just wait 24 hours to be sure of the announcement right?
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Doubt it, we all know it's not past MLG to word things cleverly to falsely imply shit that isn't actually going to happen
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I can't wait to go to Anaheim and see Flash, DRG, MMA, Jaedong, Bisu, Mvp. Just a cluster**** of all my favorite players <3
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
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T_T I want to go to anaheim, but I cant
(brother graduation, classes)
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It could also be for LoL. He also tweeted a pic of what appears to be a LoL booth, and OGN has been investing heavily into the LoL scene for a while. Plus, MLG has been hinting about LoL for quite some time.
Though some stuff about BW players and teams would also be possible.
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Likely not Anaheim if it's on an invite system. Maybe a Summer Arena?
Anaheim would have to be open bracket, I think.
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On April 27 2012 12:36 BLinD-RawR wrote:
you know you could just wait 24 hours to be sure of the announcement right?
MLG Adam's later tweet (which is at the bottom of the OP) implies that the two big announcements tomorrow are going to be separate, and that this one will be later this month? (see below)
On April 27 2012 12:33 Jacmert wrote:Adam Apicella (@MrMLGAdam): Link@_Esca__ @sullyrabbit @kennigit @mlg the BIG announcementS (emphasize plural) have nothing to do with this HUGE one later this month
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Doubt it, cause Kespa has the final word, and things even didnt get a start yet.
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If BW pros are coming to MLG to play SC2, then does that mean we'll be able to see GSL players vs KeSPA players sooner than we thought?
I am definitely paying money for that if that's true, fuck Diablo 3, it can wait.
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Anything that deepens the talent-pool of SC2 is great. Might need to make the tournaments have a larger pool.
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I fucking hate these announcements of an announcement. It pisses me off. Why cant they just make the announcement a surprise instead of saying "OMG GUYS WE HAVE A SUPER DUPER AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU GUYS! ITS REVOLUTIONARY!"
Agh.. well MLG hasn't disappointed us yet...
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On April 27 2012 12:41 JiPrime wrote:
If BW pros are coming to MLG to play SC2, then does that mean we'll be able to see GSL players vs KeSPA players sooner than we thought?
I am definitely paying money for that if that's true, fuck Diablo 3, it can wait.
I hope not to be honest. If anything I think it should be simple show-matches between each other, because it'd be kind of detrimental to have them just get crushed due to not enough understanding of the game. Watching Boxer toy with Yellow was one of the hardest things I've had to watch, and I was super pumped for it at first too. I'd prefer waiting a bit for the teams to get a good grasp of the game before throwing them to the wolves so we get fun entertaining games rather than one sided slaughters. 
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On April 27 2012 12:38 eviltomahawk wrote:
It could also be for LoL. He also tweeted a pic of what appears to be a LoL booth, and OGN has been investing heavily into the LoL scene for a while. Plus, MLG has been hinting about LoL for quite some time.
Though some stuff about BW players and teams would also be possible.
in the tweet where you can see the booth, he said tomorow so this is probably about the fighting game arena
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I feel like I'm going to be disappointed by whatever this Adam guy has to say.
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