Thoughts?
KR media rumor: 2024 to be last year of GSL
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StarcraftHistorian
United States92 Posts
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Branch.AUT
Austria812 Posts
If this happens, I will be sad. However, the writing has been on the wall for so long. I can't say I will be surprised. | ||
Balnazza
Germany685 Posts
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dbRic1203
Germany2649 Posts
This seasons qualifier were the weakest, saddest afair ever. It s probably for the best, if they let it finally Rest. I d assume ESL and Saudi money will put together some kind of EPT KR similar to the other EPT events (but probably with less players) in that case | ||
FFXthebest
75 Posts
Weak qualifier, weak attendance, weak prize pool etc. Maybe they could still run the tournament but via offline similar to all the smaller tournaments Since this tournament still provide the KR scene some $$ and practice | ||
Nebuchad
Switzerland11353 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15616 Posts
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Durnuu
13271 Posts
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland3804 Posts
Not the worst news, tbh. | ||
Glorfindelio
148 Posts
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Nathanias
United States286 Posts
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dysenterymd
1053 Posts
I wonder if there will be EPT Korea, or if Korea will become a part of EPT Asia (with Asia getting far more spots to compensate)? The latter would make more financial sense and would probably result in a bigger prize pool that would mostly be won by Koreans. As long as more spots are given it might even be fine for the Chinese scene - Oliveira is good, and Cyan/Firefly/Coffee are in the same ballpark as marginal Code S players like Stats, Nightmare, and non-WTL Ryung. Or maybe the whole scene just implodes. | ||
Waxangel
United States32511 Posts
But even without an industry-insider rumor, I think the SC2 community has been reasonably speculating for a while now that GSL is on unsure footing, and any season could be its last. | ||
Chris_Havoc
United States583 Posts
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Zzzapper
1741 Posts
Even without a prize pool increase, Korean players would be better of economically if they just got merged into Asia in a potential 2024/25 season, except for a few players near the bottom who might then fail to qualify. It would probably also lead to better matches if we got e.g. Oliveira and Firefly in there instead of Stats and soO, as sad as it feels to say that. Even more so after the next round of players heading to the military. This model would certainly be terrible for the Chinese scene though | ||
Waxangel
United States32511 Posts
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Gavus_canarchiste
5 Posts
So we got at least 4 bonus years, sprinkled with nice narratives and epic games. We've been blessed! | ||
gingerfluffmuffnr2
25 Posts
GomTV rocked, even if the meta was trash RIP GSL | ||
WombaT
Northern Ireland20735 Posts
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Mizenhauer
United States1552 Posts
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/528630-short-story-the-last-gsl | ||
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