Well, $175 is for Blizzcon tickets - GSL finals is simply a bonus. The tickets went on sale long before it was even announced that the October finals will be held at that event.

Andamanen

Netherlands915 Posts

October 21 2011 14:44 GMT

#602

On October 21 2011 23:35 Elurie wrote:

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Well, $175 is for Blizzcon tickets - GSL finals is simply a bonus. The tickets went on sale long before it was even announced that the October finals will be held at that event.

I agree it's just a bonus here, but I was giving a reason not to have the biggest tournament finals at Blizzcon. The entry price limits the audience (especially for people just interested in Starcraft).

Dakkas

2550 Posts

October 21 2011 15:43 GMT

#603

On October 21 2011 21:03 DoLookMoreLike wrote:

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On October 21 2011 17:04 Dakkas wrote:

On October 21 2011 04:53 Thorakh wrote:

On October 21 2011 04:44 jj33 wrote:

On October 21 2011 03:56 rysecake wrote:

On October 19 2011 17:47 BlazeFury01 wrote:

On October 19 2011 15:25 ch33psh33p wrote:
Bayyne, you can say what you want, but when Dimaga gets crushed, well we can come back to this. To suggest Dimaga can take down MVP is silly. He has maybe a 10% chance, if MVP is sick or something.

lol. Last time Dimaga crushed Nestea. This isn't Brood war where Koreans have complete dominance. It's SC2 where foreigners stand an equal chance.

Also, I seriously don't understand why some westerners/foreigners want Koreans to dominate the scene. They would rather root for a korean rather then somebody in their own country. Pretty retarded if you ask me.

What's pretty retarded if you ask me is how ignorant people like you are. Some of us don't give a shit what color their skin is but rather, how well they play. And no this isn't bw, foreigners definitely have a chance, but they aren't equal whatsoever. The best foreigners are on par with the above average koreans, not the top. And overall, the average foreigner is no where near the average korean. Which foreigner has an equal chance vs mvp and nestea? I really wanna know. Get your nationalistic ego out of here. I'm a caucasian American and I'll root for koreans anyday.

I salute you. I wish more people were like you.

I see tons of posts by people like that moron and they are obviously prejudiced against Koreans.

How is it any different than rooting for your country in any other sport? Stop calling others morons for disagreeing with you, seriously. I want foreigners to win. I don't care about seeing the best of the best matches, I want my part of the world to do well. Who are you to say my opinion is 'moronic'? Don't get me wrong, I love a good match, but I'd rather see a foreigner win.

As for one post up in the quotes, the best foreigners are on par with the top Koreans, minus the two select individuals you mentioned maybe. After the top foreigners it goes downhill pretty fast, I'll give you that, but there are enough foreigners who give the best Koreans a run for their money.

Racial bias. Nice to see, it's refreshing to see people wanting a lesser skilled player to win simply because they're "not korean". This is simply counter-intuitive to life; "I want the people that do not work as hard to beat people that work hard"

At the end of the day a lot of foreigners ackowledge that Korea is where you need to go to get better so it doesn't matter what you say. Your idols acknowledge that Koreans > foreigners.

And don't bring in Huk, he's the anti-Select.

Yes, how dare he root for the underdogs...

That's beside the point I was making

ZaaaaaM

Netherlands1828 Posts

October 21 2011 15:56 GMT

#604

Shattered temple with close positions enabled
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Calling it now, if Nestea loses its something like shattered close pos or he's playing MVP.

Limmet

Sweden57 Posts

October 21 2011 16:13 GMT

#605

€30

thats like more than what've paid for all gsl seasons total sofar...

or is the low quality stream that shows all sc2 aviaible all the time for free?

Hemula

Russian Federation1849 Posts

October 21 2011 16:45 GMT

#606

I know it's a shame that I still had not figured out all these time zones, but still, could somebody answer me; I see in the events bar that Blizzcon will be happening in 2 hours, but on the Blizzard schedule it says that the first SC2 match will be played only after two hours from the start, so, I am a lil' bit confused, is it 2 hours for BlizzCupSC2 or 4 hours.

DoomsVille

Canada4885 Posts

October 21 2011 16:47 GMT

#607

On October 22 2011 01:45 Hemula wrote:
I know it's a shame that I still had not figured out all these time zones, but still, could somebody answer me; I see in the events bar that Blizzcon will be happening in 2 hours, but on the Blizzard schedule it says that the first SC2 match will be played only after two hours from the start, so, I am a lil' bit confused, is it 2 hours for BlizzCupSC2 or 4 hours.

The first SC2 match is schedule to start in 2 hours.

They haven't said what match (AFAIK).

raga4ka

Bulgaria5676 Posts

October 21 2011 16:52 GMT

#608

On October 21 2011 23:35 Elurie wrote:

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Well, $175 is for Blizzcon tickets - GSL finals is simply a bonus. The tickets went on sale long before it was even announced that the October finals will be held at that event.

Holy shit . I could think of a helluva lot useful things i can buy for 175 $ that will last for a lot more then 3 days , but being a 3 day event i could see why blizzard is charging so much .

Andamanen

Netherlands915 Posts

October 21 2011 17:18 GMT

#609

I see it's now on the Upcoming Events list on the right of the page.

CrispyTender

Canada166 Posts

October 21 2011 17:18 GMT

#610

is the blizzcon sc2 tournament stream free or do you have to buy directTV thing

Andamanen

Netherlands915 Posts

October 21 2011 17:20 GMT

#611

Low quality stream for the tournaments is free.

edit: As they say on the streaming page:

Live streaming coverage and replays of the tournaments are available online for FREE. To view the streams in HD and gain access to all panels, interviews, contests, and the closing concert, upgrade to the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket.

pred470r

Bulgaria3265 Posts

October 21 2011 17:27 GMT

#612

On October 22 2011 02:20 Andamanen wrote:
Low quality stream for the tournaments is free.

edit: As they say on the streaming page:

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The HQ stream that was available during the qualifiers was probably the best quality stream I've seen, but I don't think it's worth it to pay 30$ for three days of which I probably won't watch more than 2-3 hours a day.

Carny

Croatia284 Posts

October 21 2011 17:33 GMT

#613

On October 22 2011 02:27 pred470r wrote:

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It's actually only two days. For me it's not worth the money and on top of that most of the show will happen when it's night over here in europe so I'll just enjoy the free lq stream.