 MLGAnnouncements United States. April 24 2012 06:37. Posts 92 | Profile # |
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The Invite-Only Online Qualifiers, the next stage in the Spring StarCraft II Season, will be played this weekend. Matches will be played from April 27-29: competitors, please see the event page for the competition schedule for your Region.
The Top 8 from the NA Region, the Top 10 from the KR/TW Region, and the Top 9 from the EU Region will move on from the Invite-Only Online Qualifiers to compete in Spring Arena 2 alongside the Top 4 from Arena 1, and the winner of the Dreamhack EIZO Open, mouzThorzain.
Broadcast
We will be broadcasting commentated matches from the Invite-Only Online Qualifiers on May 8-13. Exact broadcast times will be announced shortly.
- KR/TW Region Broadcast: May 8-9
- NA Region Broadcast: May 10-11
- EU Region Broadcast: May 12-13
Lineup
The competitors for the Invite-Only Online Qualifiers are:
- The bottom 4 from Arena 1
- The 9th – 80th place finishers from the Winter Championship
- The Top 8 from each Region of the Open Qualifiers
- Anyone who played in the Winter Arena but did not attend the Winter Championship
Here is the full list of competitors, and the Regions in which they'll be competing. Please note: seeds are subject to change.
North America
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1 viOlet_ Empire
2 GosuHuK EG
3 Dignitasnani Quantic Gaming
4 LiquidHayprO Liquid
5 iscrazymoving Infinity Seven
6 dSeleCT Dignitas
7 FnaticRain Fnatic
8 KawaiiRiceLighT LighT
9 EGDeMusliM EG
10 Ostojiy GoSu
11 IdrA1 EG
12 vileDdoRo vile
13 iS_Axslav Infinity Seven
14 LiquidSheth Liquid
15 jEcho Infinity Seven
16 ROOTMinigun Complexity
17 xSixSleep CheckSix
18 YaTaFTW Convergence Gaming
19 coLdrewbie Complexity
20 VileIllusion vile
21 LiquidJinro Liquid
22 ROOT_CatZ Complexity
23 pbkim0725 Clash
24 Eclypsia_Artist Eclypsia
25 ONEwbc1 GoSu
26 GoSuDDE GoSu
27 vileState vile
28 EG-LzGaMeR EG
29 Goswser Complexity
30 QxGtheognis Quantic Gaming
31 VTgiX Legion
32 RuFF13 vVv
33 HeavensLighT LighT
34 binskiLighT LighT
35 tubbythefat
36 vvvglon vVv
37 iSPyre Infinity Seven
38 coLKiller1 Complexity
39 EGiNcontroL EG
40 EG-Machine EG
41 KingSpades
42 Hawk248 vile
43 Pokebunny GoSu
44 Shew Clash
45 CaliberLighT LighT
46 Sic08
47 stoicfuzzy
48 zaizai163 Clash
49 Lobber
50 omer2007
51 sMi_LogiC sMi
52 Area51Focus Area51
53 vileSyNc vile
54 rbkl
55 qxc Complexity
56 dhwlddjzj Team Nightmares
57 x6Mystik CheckSix
58 daisuki vVv
59 MajOrsc2
60 GoSuHwangSin GoSu
61 SC2Attero Team Dynamic
62 GoSuSTX GoSu
Europe
+ Show Spoiler + Seed Player Team
1 Socke TEAM ALTERNATE
2 LiquidRet Liquid
3 Grubby
4 dBlinG Dignitas
5 LiquidTLO Liquid
6 Mstephano Millenium
7 mouzMorroW Mous
8 dignitasmerz Dignitas
9 SjoW Dignitas
10 RoXPomi ROX.KIS
11 Tefel BLAST
12 seiplo Alien Invasion
13 Adelscott Millenium
14 srsRAZERroof BLAST
15 AiCytoplasm Alien Invasion
16 AcerBly Acer
17 ESCGoOdy ESC ICYBOX
18 roxkisFRAER ROX.KIS
Korea/Taiwan
+ Show Spoiler +Seed Player Team
1 oGsMC SK
2 dreee2044 Startale
3 FnaticaLive Fnatic
4 EGJYP EG
5 oGsTheStC oGs
6 TSLPolt TSL
7 QxGSaSe Quantic
8 FXOz FXO
9 GoldenLighT94 Light
10 EG-PuMa EG
11 Inori_ TSL
12 TSLSymbol TSL
13 FXOLeenock FXO
14 IMNesTea IM
15 IMMvp IM
16 IMLosira IM
17 NSH_SAN Hoseo
18 ChoyafOu FXO
19 Alicia87 Slayers
20 Bapia111 Slayers
21 maru072 Prime
22 slayersmma Slayers
23 TSLShine TSL
24 MVP_Dream MVP
25 NSHTassadar Hoseo
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| heartlxp United States. April 24 2012 06:50. Posts 484 | Profile # | |
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| MrMotionPicture United States. April 24 2012 06:52. Posts 2721 | Profile # |
| Only 8 from NA and it is the biggest pool? Oh my! Competition! |
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| Orangeremi United States. April 24 2012 07:03. Posts 94 | Profile # |
| Parting's MLG username is dreee2044 lol |
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| Nosferatos Norway. April 24 2012 07:07. Posts 773 | Profile # |
| Is Naniwa in North America, or is he playing on the NA server from Korea? |
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| m0ck April 24 2012 07:08. Posts 3237 | Profile Blog # |
| The system by design excludes so many great players from participating, this really needs a rethink. |
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| Otolia France. April 24 2012 07:11. Posts 3051 | Profile Blog # |
On April 24 2012 07:08 m0ck wrote:
The system by design excludes so many great players from participating, this really needs a rethink.
There was open qualifiers. The system is wierd and favors heavily people who have come to MLG but this time if a good player isn't there it means he didn't want to try the qualifiers and that's his problem.
PS : Also eastern players are less likely to apply for MLG because of visa issues. |
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| Dexington Canada. April 24 2012 07:12. Posts 5868 | Profile Blog # |
| Lol half the Euro's qualify. |
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| LlamaNamedOsama United States. April 24 2012 07:14. Posts 1565 | Profile Blog # |
No Scarlett?  |
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| Eee Sweden. April 24 2012 07:17. Posts 2709 | Profile # |
| The EU qualifier might be to least interesting qualifier for a tournament ever, so many people missing. T_T Last edit: 2012-04-24 07:17:17 |
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| CeriseCherries United States. April 24 2012 07:19. Posts 4704 | Profile Blog # |
mmm i hope IdrA can get thorugh this NA
wait haypro is NA? i always thought he was EU -_- |
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| Rulker United States. April 24 2012 07:20. Posts 1397 | Profile Blog # |
JYP/IdrA/PuMa/Huk/slayers+startale+restofeg
my hopes to get through |
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| Azuroz Sweden. April 24 2012 07:27. Posts 1626 | Profile # |
On April 24 2012 07:19 CeriseCherries wrote:
mmm i hope IdrA can get thorugh this NA
wait haypro is NA? i always thought he was EU -_-
He lives in korea, so i guess he got permission to play in the NA one as he cant really play with KR-EU latency, it's the same thing with jinro. |
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| Tryxtira Sweden. April 24 2012 07:29. Posts 464 | Profile # |
| Several weird things that require explanation in my opinion. To start with, how do MLG decide what region the players have to qualify through. For example QxGSaSe will be qualifying in the Korean region while QxGNaNi will qualify in the NA one. Next is how so many amazing Europeans have been left out. I haven't really looked into the list from NA, but it's huge so maybe they fit in all the players? Just having a hard time seeing Pomi, Tefel, Seiplo, Roof being there while Nerchio and Kas isn't. Don't get me wrong, the four first mentioned are great, Nerchio and Kas are just toptop european players. I'd really love it for MLG to explain the seeding process! |
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| Forikorder April 24 2012 07:32. Posts 5172 | Profile # |
so if the games are played at the end of april but not cast until half way through april that means the games are going to be at least 2 weeks old
considering how much flak NASL got for having old matchs in there previous seasons im surprised MLG took this aproach |
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opterown  Australia. April 24 2012 07:35. Posts 27586 | Profile Blog # |
| lol i have a feeling the na qualifiers are going to be better than euro, na is fairly competitive this time |
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| Derez Netherlands. April 24 2012 07:37. Posts 4484 | Profile Blog # |
On April 24 2012 07:29 Tryxtira wrote:
Several weird things that require explanation in my opinion. To start with, how do MLG decide what region the players have to qualify through. For example QxGSaSe will be qualifying in the Korean region while QxGNaNi will qualify in the NA one. Next is how so many amazing Europeans have been left out. I haven't really looked into the list from NA, but it's huge so maybe they fit in all the players? Just having a hard time seeing Pomi, Tefel, Seiplo, Roof being there while Nerchio and Kas isn't. Don't get me wrong, the four first mentioned are great, Nerchio and Kas are just toptop european players. I'd really love it for MLG to explain the seeding process!
As far as I remember players can choose what qualifier to participate in themselves; which I assume is why some players chose NA over KR, because of better chances in the NA bracket.
I don't know why the EU list is so short tho. |
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| amazingoopah United States. April 24 2012 07:40. Posts 1917 | Profile # |
| who is Bapia111? Seeing him/her listed as a member of slayers but I dont' remember anyone with that alternate tag... |
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| Serinox Germany. April 24 2012 07:43. Posts 3214 | Profile # |
On April 24 2012 07:29 Tryxtira wrote:
Several weird things that require explanation in my opinion. To start with, how do MLG decide what region the players have to qualify through. For example QxGSaSe will be qualifying in the Korean region while QxGNaNi will qualify in the NA one. Next is how so many amazing Europeans have been left out. I haven't really looked into the list from NA, but it's huge so maybe they fit in all the players? Just having a hard time seeing Pomi, Tefel, Seiplo, Roof being there while Nerchio and Kas isn't. Don't get me wrong, the four first mentioned are great, Nerchio and Kas are just toptop european players. I'd really love it for MLG to explain the seeding process!
1. I think they do it like for the Winter Season: the players choose, which region they want to qualify through. If they win in a region where they live, they get the trip paid. If they qualify through a region they don't live they get 400$ from MLG to travel, but eventual extra costs have to be paid by the players/teams.
2. Theres in the line-up explanation this point: "The 9th – 80th place finishers from the Winter Championship". That includes a big part of the open bracket and due the fact that MLG is happening in North America: there are a lot more players to attend through NA.
3. Kas and Nerchio tried to qualify through the open qualifier, but they failed to do so. They got knocked out and failed to qualify. It's as simple as that.Last edit: 2012-04-24 07:45:24 |
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| KillerDucky United States. April 24 2012 07:46. Posts 371 | Profile Blog # |
As Derez said, the players choose which qualifier to participate in. The catch is that the free flight to Arena must originate from that region, or you only get a $400 travel voucher instead. So if for example a Korean tries to qualify through EU, he will only get a $400 voucher instead of a ~$1500+ free flight.
The low European/Korean count is because relatively few of them came to MLG on their own to grab the 9th – 80th spots. So instead the real bottleneck for Europeans/Koreans was the open qualifiers. Looking at Europe, there were 8 open spots + 10 players from the 9th-80th in the previous MLG.
I think it's a nice combination of rewarding people for showing up to MLG on their own, while still giving legit top players the chance to qualify on their own merits for free flights to Arena/Championship.
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