| oolon United States. August 06 2010 01:26. Posts 27 | Profile # |
This is way too much money to pay out for any gaming tournament, but I know why they're doing it: to lure the absolute best Korean superstars away from Brood War and Kespa. If this doesn't do it, I'm not sure what will, or if the most prominent players can ever be free from Kespa to begin with.
I'm also guessing that the prominent American and European players are going to have issues getting overseas and staying in Korea for a whole month. That's not cheap ($1000 LA to Seoul, plus whatever hotels would be). There has to be some disappointment about having another major Korean-centered tournament for those of us hoping for something a little more international. Maybe they will change the venue for next year's GomTV tournaments. Rotate it through the major SC2 countries.
At the same time as I complain, I also understand that big Korean SC2 tournaments are what's needed to get the energy away from Brood War and to break down Kespa, and I hope that we get to see a handful of the best Kespa players break away and start their careers anew in SC2. I'm also hoping that the results of this tournament help fuel legit American and European tournaments (rather than just privately funded b.net games as has been happening throughout beta and release so far whose efforts feel mostly amateur).
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| OdnoB Canada. August 06 2010 01:26. Posts 49 | Profile # |
holy fucking prize money wow lol
hoping for day[9]/tasteless casting combo |
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| VTArlock United States. August 06 2010 01:26. Posts 1746 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 01:23 Senx wrote:
Since Artosis said he'd go pro for SC2, I think it is time to ship Day 9 to korea to finally start the epic plott brothers commentary duo.
Lets do this!
No! If day[9] goes to korea whose going to set up e-sports here in the states?!
Also...Where do I register for this the site is in korean..!!! |
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| pyrogenetix China. August 06 2010 01:27. Posts 5047 | Profile Blog # | |
| | Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer. |  |
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| bakesale United States. August 06 2010 01:27. Posts 102 | Profile Blog # |
On August 05 2010 22:00 DreamOen wrote:
I hate that rule ----> - You chat (besides surrenderring).
and - A friend notification appears during the game.
Edit , that sounds stupid and too much hard.
(emphasis mine)
Really? It's the final match, the winner will get $80,000 and the loser with get $40,000 (or something like that). You have two friends in the audience with a laptop. If they both come online at the same time, your opponent is trying to cheese. One will come online every time your opponent expands. The other will come online if your opponent is heading to take out one of your expansions.
With proper planning, friend notifications are equivalent to friends sending you chat messages during the game. With this much money on the line, don't think people wouldn't abuse it if they could. |
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| Dav_ Hungary. August 06 2010 01:28. Posts 236 | Profile # |
| I hope WhiteRa will win(and i'm zerg) |
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| Frieder Italy. August 06 2010 01:29. Posts 220 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 00:56 Mobius wrote:
omg savior is going win 85k
woooo 1000 posts cool
Don't think so.
SC1 players who were involved in the scandal may not be able to participate
(CONFIRMED: The commentator for GOM TV says SC1 players who were involved in
the scandal are NOT allowed to participate at least as of right now)
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| Kralic Canada. August 06 2010 01:30. Posts 2566 | Profile Blog # |
Great news indeed. Lots of SC2 too watch now as well. Considering it is a lot of cash every month it might make sense for the really good players to relocate to Korea if they feel they can get enough money from it to survive.
The global part I think comes from the fact everyone can tune in to watch and to participate you don't need a KESPA progamer license(just be in Korea). |
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| alphafuzard United States. August 06 2010 01:31. Posts 1586 | Profile Blog # |
i lol'd at the power outage/network rules
seems like they are learning from their mistakes |
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| Jocoma Denmark. August 06 2010 01:33. Posts 100 | Profile # |
| Never mind... Last edit: 2010-08-06 01:34:21 |
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| Zhou United States. August 06 2010 01:33. Posts 750 | Profile # |
| I'm excited. Maybe we can see some new faces, and old ones alike. The first step towards eSports being up there! |
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| Versita Canada. August 06 2010 01:33. Posts 962 | Profile # |
| my god these sc2 tournaments have great prize pools =) |
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| See.Blue United States. August 06 2010 01:36. Posts 2292 | Profile Blog # |
| Reading this again is just so heartening. Huge respect to Blizz. To all those people who were bitching about Blizz not caring or being uninterested in ESPORTS, where you at? |
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| Nizaris Belgium. August 06 2010 01:38. Posts 2185 | Profile # |
| -removed Last edit: 2010-08-06 01:39:10 |
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 thehitman August 06 2010 01:42. Posts 1104 | Profile Blog # |
| wow this will be huge. But I'm worried about bnet 2.0 going down just in the middle of some important matches. |
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| Makhno Sweden. August 06 2010 01:42. Posts 584 | Profile Blog # |
| The prize money is completely ridiculous, I wonder how the SC;BW pros react to this, it must be a strong incentive for less successful players to switch. Talk about kick starting the SC2 pro scene. |
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| Jimmy Raynor August 06 2010 01:44. Posts 843 | Profile Blog # |
On August 05 2010 22:56 rlagksquf wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 05 2010 22:27 Jimmy Raynor wrote:
Can anyone clarify where do you actually have to go to register?
you can do it by visiting their website however the registration is not available until 10th
Thx man but is there an English version of the site? |
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| Warrior Madness Canada. August 06 2010 01:48. Posts 3789 | Profile Blog # |
| SC2 is dead... what? In your face haters. |
| | The Past: Yellow, Julyzerg, Chojja, Savior, GGplay -- The Present: Luxury, Jae- The Future: -Dong, maGma, Zero, Effort, Hoejja, hyvaa, by.hero, calm, Action ---> SC2 (Ret?? Kolll Idra!! SEN, Cool, ZergBong, Leenock) |
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| justiceknight Singapore. August 06 2010 01:49. Posts 2472 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 01:22 heishe wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 01:20 Oyman_tr wrote:
On August 06 2010 01:15 justiceknight wrote:
where can i register this??
On August 06 2010 01:18 heishe wrote:
so... players from all around the world can participate... when are the online qualifiers?^^
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it says so at the top -Players all around the world can participate. are we all supposed to fly to seioul just for a qualifier?
I know everyone can participate,but there must be some sort of "room" we gonna enter to join the tournament.
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| Piy Scotland. August 06 2010 01:53. Posts 3054 | Profile Blog # | |
| | My. Copy. Is. Here. |  |
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