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TLnet Poll - Will you consider 2023 GSL tournaments to be…

Will you consider 2023 GSL tournaments to be 'legitimate?' :

Yes (505)49%
Don't know/neutral (295)28%
No (237)23%

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TL.net Bot
Profile Joined June 2004
TL.net97 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-02-24 12:28:24
February 24 2023 12:27 GMT
#1
Discussion thread for front page poll: Will you consider 2023 GSL tournaments to be 'legitimate?'
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom229 Posts
February 24 2023 12:45 GMT
#2
Unless the top 8 players all retire at the same time, I don't think the level of play we'll see will decrease much.
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States459 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-02-24 12:48:06
February 24 2023 12:47 GMT
#3
yes, of course. and if anyone disagrees you better hope they disagreed when kespa stopped supporting sc2, because the level of competition went down then too.

*note not to be confused with the skill of players going down. Skill of players has continued to rise. The competition just wasn't as fierce.
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argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2470 Posts
February 24 2023 12:50 GMT
#4
I voted neutral. Kind of a loaded questions. It is what it is: the number of players and prize pool in particular has dropped dramatically, which will alter the motivation and competitiveness of the players, but the player pool may only shift at a similar rate as last year unless we see a massive wave of retirement without many returnees competing.

So in short yes GSL will likely be less competitive but still one of the most competitive premier tournaments of 2023.
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States459 Posts
February 24 2023 12:55 GMT
#5
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for fun here is what chatgpt thinks.
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Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
192 Posts
February 24 2023 12:56 GMT
#6
I'm not big on Broodwar, but out of curiosity: Do people consider the last few OSLs as "legitimate"?
-NegativeZero-
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2127 Posts
February 24 2023 13:48 GMT
#7
If anything it's the lower performing players who are more likely to retire.
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States459 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-02-24 14:47:21
February 24 2023 14:46 GMT
#8
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One could entertain the argument that this is one of the *most* legitimate tournaments, as players will prep as much as they can knowing the stakes, and that it could be their last.
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NeWHoriZonS
Profile Joined April 2018
32 Posts
February 24 2023 15:15 GMT
#9
To be fair, even the GSL in 2022 weren't very legitimate imo. Not as much as the previous ones at least.
It's basically the same top players winning again and again, they just stomp everyone until RO4 until they meet each other.
Creator and Ragnarok making it to the final wasn't entirely due to them increasing their skill level let's be honest, and it showed in the finals.
This year the same will happen : herO, Maru and Dark (until he retires himself, which should happen very soon) will just compete against each other and the other matches won't actually matter. It could get interesting if HM and Reynor participates as it's rumored, but that's about it.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4028 Posts
February 24 2023 15:38 GMT
#10
On February 24 2023 23:46 CicadaSC wrote:
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One could entertain the argument that this is one of the *most* legitimate tournaments, as players will prep as much as they can knowing the stakes, and that it could be their last.


Assuming those are comments from his stream a few hours ago then on that same stream Solar said something along the lines of "getting eliminated from GSL will not impact me much now because the prize is so low." Additionally Ryung "joked" about needing to get a part time job.

I don't think 2023 GSL can be considered anywhere near prior years now. The difference between this and prior skill drops like Kespa leaving is that players still had incentive to put in a high amount of effort because prizes were always just as high as ever. Many GSL players are going to have to work due to this news. Others will just lack motivation. This will decrease level of play dramatically especially for the players who typically qualify for GSL but don't make it to global events.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France11821 Posts
February 24 2023 16:02 GMT
#11
On February 25 2023 00:15 NeWHoriZonS wrote:
To be fair, even the GSL in 2022 weren't very legitimate imo. Not as much as the previous ones at least.
It's basically the same top players winning again and again, they just stomp everyone until RO4 until they meet each other.
Creator and Ragnarok making it to the final wasn't entirely due to them increasing their skill level let's be honest, and it showed in the finals.
This year the same will happen : herO, Maru and Dark (until he retires himself, which should happen very soon) will just compete against each other and the other matches won't actually matter. It could get interesting if HM and Reynor participates as it's rumored, but that's about it.

Well it was still by far the highest level tournament outside of international ones though?
There were far more top players than in EU, which was the second highest local tournament.

Creator and RagnaroK also really improved: top 4 at IEM for RagnaroK and top 12 for Creator. If we compare that to the top DH players: Clem only made top 24, Serral top 8, Reynor top 8, Neeb top 16, Astrea top 24 and Scarlett top 36.

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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19410 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-02-24 16:18:39
February 24 2023 16:18 GMT
#12
The level of competition has gone down for a long time, a starleague in 2022 wasn't the same as one in 2019 which wasn't the same as one in 2015, etc.
The more pros you lose in a scene (with basically noone new entering), the less competitive it is, obviously. (which isn't to say that the level of play was bad, two different things)

It remains to be seen what the current korean pros will do, though looking at the money in the scene i'd expect retirements, military services being done asap, some people switching to the bw scene where there is more money to be made, etc.
The korean sc2 scene just isn't attractive for anyone with that kind of money, speculating everything onto that championship at the very end of the season (which also won't have nearly the same amount of prize pool), yeah no way, the makeup of the korean playerbase will change once more drastically i imagine, and even for people who stay in it, this doesn't allow you to go allin either. 2023 gonna be a sad year.
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland3196 Posts
February 24 2023 17:15 GMT
#13
As Premier? Not really.

As Major though? Yes, of course.
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15063 Posts
February 24 2023 17:31 GMT
#14
On February 25 2023 01:02 Poopi wrote:
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On February 25 2023 00:15 NeWHoriZonS wrote:
To be fair, even the GSL in 2022 weren't very legitimate imo. Not as much as the previous ones at least.
It's basically the same top players winning again and again, they just stomp everyone until RO4 until they meet each other.
Creator and Ragnarok making it to the final wasn't entirely due to them increasing their skill level let's be honest, and it showed in the finals.
This year the same will happen : herO, Maru and Dark (until he retires himself, which should happen very soon) will just compete against each other and the other matches won't actually matter. It could get interesting if HM and Reynor participates as it's rumored, but that's about it.

Well it was still by far the highest level tournament outside of international ones though?
There were far more top players than in EU, which was the second highest local tournament.

Creator and RagnaroK also really improved: top 4 at IEM for RagnaroK and top 12 for Creator. If we compare that to the top DH players: Clem only made top 24, Serral top 8, Reynor top 8, Neeb top 16, Astrea top 24 and Scarlett top 36.


Well, in the foreign scene the situation is the same with Reynor, Serral, Clem winning everything and the rest of the playing field being even weaker than in GSL.
Only at international events the player field is at a respectable level with the top players of both regions competing but I'd still say an international tournament today is easier to win than a GSL in 2018 (which was easier to win than a GSL in 2015).
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Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4475 Posts
February 24 2023 17:51 GMT
#15
I just hope Maru and Co doesnt decide to go to the military, but I would understand them if they do. I mean, even if you win all 3 GSLs in the year you would not even make the minimun wage salary. Comentators and producers get better pay as it is.
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8825 Posts
February 24 2023 20:47 GMT
#16
Neutral for me.

We'll see how many players retire or what the quality of the games look like after the first GSL. I think it'll be worth it for the better players to get into the EPT events, but only time will tell.
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QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
659 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-02-24 21:41:33
February 24 2023 21:41 GMT
#17
It's still got more player depth than other regions (for now, I imagine there will be more retirements coming) and I'd still consider it the most prestigious tournament outside of season finals. But it's certainly not what it once was.

The problem is these changes take away what little incentive there was for lower tier players to try to compete.
Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
1635 Posts
February 24 2023 21:54 GMT
#18
Yes, it is legit if it keeps the name and most of the organization.

As many have said, this could have ended a long time ago, it is amazing how it kept running despite the Life scandal and mass team collapses.
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IMSupervisor
Profile Joined June 2016
Australia138 Posts
February 24 2023 23:52 GMT
#19
It depends how deep the participation of strong players is. If a lot of the Ro8 / Ro16 type players give it a pass in favour of focusing on participation at international events (or just straight up leaving the game) then I think GSL has lost its prestige, even if the quality of the games from the elite players is as high or higher than ever before.
[Phantom]
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Mexico2024 Posts
February 25 2023 02:06 GMT
#20
I have the suspicioous that GSL season 2 and season 3 will look very different from s1. Many players will retire by then
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