GomTV Global SC2 League Announced!

Ok this sounds super awesome, but the offline preliminaries in Seoul is going to exclude alot of people, even very very good people, who just cant afford the trip

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Frankon August 05 2010 19:00. Posts 2954

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On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:

Earlier today, Blizzard Entertainment's partner GomTV revealed plans for an easily accessible worldwide league called the "Global StarCraft II League" (GSL).

Ok so its NOT worldwide and NOT easily accessible.

So looks like not such great news for western SC2 community.

PS. This is the end for BW in Korea.

SmoKim Denmark. August 05 2010 19:00. Posts 8204

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Hope Tasteless will cast, not really hyped before he is announced

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preacha Norway. August 05 2010 19:02. Posts 210

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wow! good going gom and blizzard :D the prize-pool is insane! cant wait to watch!

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zak Korea (South). August 05 2010 19:02. Posts 1009

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hey even if it is not THAT accessible, if the Koreans get into...SC2 will become huge!

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On August 05 2010 18:57 sLiniss wrote:
I rofl'ed at eligibilty 'Must be at least 12 years old'. I dunno why, sounded a little goofy

you have to be at least 12 to legally play sc2 in korea ;p

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Zaphid Czech Republic. August 05 2010 19:02. Posts 1345

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Why are they calling it global tournament when it must be played in Seoul, therefore giving huge advantage to all koreans ? I guess that has to do more with the fact that koreans would rather watch other koreans...

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robertdinh August 05 2010 19:02. Posts 639

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On August 05 2010 19:00 Frankon wrote:

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Ok so its NOT worldwide and NOT easily accessible.

So looks like not such great news for western SC2 community.

PS. This is the end for BW in Korea.

Tbh it seems like to me they are just trying to lure people over with tons of hype and big $$$ signs, which is unfortunate if you follow games for the competitive aspect and seeing great players like flash or jaedong pull off amazing strats.

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cerebralz United States. August 05 2010 19:03. Posts 437

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OOOOOOOH man... my heart stopped for a second. Can't wait for some good 'ol DaeHanMinGuk action with tasteless casting!

wonder what the pricing plan will be to view live. They've gotta be charging for this if they're putting up so much prize money.

superbabosheki United States. August 05 2010 19:05. Posts 1466

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On August 05 2010 19:03 cerebralz wrote:
OOOOOOOH man... my heart stopped for a second. Can't wait for some good 'ol DaeHanMinGuk action with tasteless casting!

wonder what the pricing plan will be to view live. They've gotta be charging for this if they're putting up so much prize money.

This is Blizzard we're talking about, $500,000 is nothing to them. I'm sure advertisements/sponsors etc will cover most of it, and I can almost guarantee they will not charge a penny to the lie audience.

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zak Korea (South). August 05 2010 19:06. Posts 1009

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wtf you gotta be joking. i aint paying to watch people play video games!

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trullis Sweden. August 05 2010 19:06. Posts 22

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On August 05 2010 18:42 PhiliBiRD wrote:

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why cant just the observer have their settings to high? why do the players have to...

makes no sense.

Perhaps they want to do the players perspective thingy

HyunA Romania. August 05 2010 19:09. Posts 358

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OH MY GOD IT WILL BE FREAKING HUGE!!

love gomtv :3

Synwave United States. August 05 2010 19:10. Posts 2738

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o.O
That was my reaction to the prize money being put up.
This will be huge.
I demand Tasteless for english commentary! (and lilsuzy but I doubt that will happen again le sigh)

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Naib Hungary. August 05 2010 19:11. Posts 4736

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Bahaha, "nationality doesn't matter". Yeah, you just happen to have to be in Korea at the right place at the right time for the offline prelims. Easy peasy for almost everyone, right?

At least IdrA & co. can participate, but that hardly makes it global.

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On_Slaught United States. August 05 2010 19:13. Posts 7977

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This is great news for sc2!

Shame I suck at toss. Should go back to terran maybe lol.

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Frankon August 05 2010 19:13. Posts 2954

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@trullis

Easilly done from Ref perspective 1,2, E they should know it.

and about pricing. Maybe 4 games a day for free and all on a subscription?
(its a good buisness plan)

Lighioana Norway. August 05 2010 19:14. Posts 466

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WOW! I love it!

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Aurdon United States. August 05 2010 19:15. Posts 1319

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Yeah its in Korea, but maybe some teams have sponsors that would help foot the bill to get over there or maybe people can earn enough money in the Foreigner tournaments to pay their way to get over there. I'm hoping a good foreigner presence makes it.

Maybe they'll set up something with a US and EU partners do similar tournaments outside Seoul.

Also, I wonder if Idra will be allowed to participate in something like this or will his association with a progame team hinder him.