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GomTV "Global Starcraft II League" (GSL) (127 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by vedic @ 18:59 CDT, 5 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: GSL'10

Today, GomTV announced a new world-wide tournament for Starcraft 2 - The Global Starcraft II League (GSL). The GSL will take place each month, with a prize pool of 200,000,000 KRW (about $170,000). Winners of the monthly tournaments will be seeded for main tournaments. These events will be broadcast 5 days per week, unlike MSL/OSL that usually only show 1-2 times per week.

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Sources: TeamLiquid.net, GomTV, PlayXP

Edited by xou at 12:03 CDT, 29 October 2010 - 26891 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 19:06 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

davis

Yeah.

Just.. yeah.

<< Comment #2 @ 19:10 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

zar4

Hey look a game that's doing well, yeah because the developers aren't complete retards

<< Comment #3 @ 19:14 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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pks - Reply to #2

apparently you haven't seen BNet 2.0

<< Comment #17 @ 21:03 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

kevz - Reply to #3

at least itl get improved at a rate 10 times faster than idsoftware does it ;>

<< Comment #21 @ 21:37 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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zar4 - Reply to #3

"complete retards"

I've seen it, and I know how hard it fails compared to BW, but my point was more towards the balance of the game, and actually fixing things that the community want (to some degree) - bnet2.0 Is a heap of shit, but i read something about activision having a say in that, which might explain why.

Edited by zar4 at 21:39 CDT, 5 August 2010

<< Comment #22 @ 21:45 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #21

Nah, Blizzard is already working on chat, and that's the only complaint. It's not even really an issue - just something that SC fanboys were trying to use to bash SC2.

<< Comment #26 @ 00:36 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Snip - Reply to #22

lol, no lan, gimped custom map system, there's plenty wrong with bnet 2.0. I don't think you've used it much.

<< Comment #29 @ 00:41 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #26

Lan isn't needed, but is available to tournament organizers. Custom map system and the rest of battle.net is just fine - care to elaborate?

<< Comment #30 @ 00:52 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Snip - Reply to #29

This is a pretty good summary of the custom map issues

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139745

There's also the fact content is extremely restricted. For example, words you can't have in your map... not only are you not allowed to have a restricted word as the name, you can't have a restricted word IN THE CODE. God's Garden, a classic bw map, has to be named euphemistically, because God is an offensive word. This is to protect blizz from selling offensive content... you can see the whole custom map system is ultimately set up with the goal of a 'map marketplace' where blizzard skims off the sales... it's not good for users and it's not good for the platform as a whole.

The "lan edition" for tournaments has been rumored, repeatedly, and it would make sense, but

A) Every time info about it supposedly comes out the source has turned out to be either BS or misunderstood
B) How big do you have to be before blizzard will give you a lan edition? I went to a beta sc2 lan... there were horrible latency issues. These may have been bnet's fault, they may have been the lan center's, I don't know, but halfway through bnet went down and we all just sat around playing bw and single player games. There are all kinds of issues with running small lans without any lanning.

There are also problems with the interface I'm not gonna go into, for example being unable to name your lobby.

There are good things about bnet, for example the matchmaking is amazingly good, but on the whole it's a big thumbs down.

Edited by Snip at 00:54 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #31 @ 01:08 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #30

Quote from Blizzard:

We will be addressing StarCraft II tournament functionality in a post launch patch to the game, soon after ship. This patch will include features to address the needs of location-based pro tournaments, but we have not discussed any specifics about tournament support beyond that."

Why are you blaming battle.net for shitty internet? It won't run on a decade old PC, so why would it run well at decade old internet speeds? Latency issues should be taken up with your ISP, or your wallet - not with Blizzard.

Starcraft 2 is rated T, for teen. They can't have offensive/stolen content, and it's to be expected. Publishing issues are not a problem, as you can still access maps that aren't in the top 50 - contrary to what that post would have you believe.

Your problem with the interface is personal - not a real problem.

<< Comment #54 @ 08:04 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Nukm - Reply to #29

i had a friend over to play sc2 together and the battle.net was down when he arrived... but who needs lan support, right?

<< Comment #56 @ 08:08 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #54

I wanted to play SC2 the other day, but my internet was down. I guess I need to wire directly into the internet backbone, eh?

Downtime happens... in everything.

<< Comment #58 @ 08:18 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Nukm - Reply to #56

great reply, you really get what it is about and you are absolutely right

<< Comment #80 @ 14:12 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Snip - Reply to #58

Vedic is not worth arguing with because he's not really interested in reaching a conclusion. He just wants to have the last word.

Edited by Snip at 14:13 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #87 @ 16:56 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #58

Would you still blame battle.net if your computer died?

<< Comment #108 @ 06:56 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #87

would you blame you isp for not being able to play SC2 when you could play it offline?

<< Comment #113 @ 14:53 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #108

Oh hey, and while we're at it - let's be able to play people online, BUT WITHOUT INTERNET.

<< Comment #115 @ 15:55 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #113

I have to ask: You do understand the concept of having a friend come over and form a local area network?

<< Comment #117 @ 07:29 CDT, 9 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #115

If I can round up enough bandwidth for 4+ friends at a LAN in America, you can do it in Europe.

<< Comment #118 @ 07:36 CDT, 9 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #117

and how will you use your bandwidth when the battle-net is down despite your LAN running really well?

Oh I got it, just play a different game that has offline LAN support, even though that clearly is not in the interest of the customer and should be considered a mere gimmick.

<< Comment #119 @ 09:37 CDT, 10 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #118

Happens rarely. So does my internet dying, my video card dying, my power dying, a rainy day ruining an event, etc..

Centralized multiplayer is a small price to pay for protection from cheating.

<< Comment #122 @ 13:22 CDT, 11 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #119

really bad comparisons.

What if your iso had a completely redundant connection that you could use without cost to him, but he simply decides not to activate it, because his customers won't complain?

You oterh examples are equally invalid. Especially comparing a random occurence like weather, to an active decision to remove a standard feature is beyond retarded.

<< Comment #123 @ 12:35 CDT, 12 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #122

Downtime is normal - go outside, do something active, and remember that gaming isn't the whole world.

<< Comment #124 @ 12:40 CDT, 12 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #123

I guees we have reached that point again.
see ya.

<< Comment #121 @ 03:02 CDT, 11 August 2010 >>

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kaliberr44 - Reply to #115

he has no friends

<< Comment #104 @ 18:05 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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motive - Reply to #26

A lot of people had similar but more valid complaints during the WON -> Steam transition about the new difficulties Steam was imposing on LAN play, tournament directors and cybercafes. It was a bigger concern then because bandwith, infrastructure and overall connectivity was not at the level it is today, so it was a legitimate issue. Home networks were not up to snuff either with some machines not even connected to the internet, especially during residential LAN parties. The notion that you absolutely needed an internet connection at that time was an actual burden.

Nowadays we got 3G/4G/86G and WiFi and WiMAX and fiber optics and infrastructure up the ass, so getting a machine onto the internet is trivial. I thought it was stupid to exclude LAN support in SC2 just based on potential latency concerns and simply to have one less detail for tournament directors to consider, but it's a lot harder for me to make a stink about it this time around.

That said, I'd like LAN support just to streamline tournaments and nerd parties in my basement. But I don't feel particularly deprived of anything.

<< Comment #109 @ 06:59 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #104

since getting on the internet is so trivial we have decided to alter your car so that you can only drive it when you it is online.
I don't think that should be a problem at all.

<< Comment #75 @ 12:39 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Terbo - Reply to #2

Money is a big motivator...

<< Comment #4 @ 19:17 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

there would be something similiar with quake 5 imho ... u should know that sponsor a new game with good graphic is DAMN easier than an old game like quakelive or cs.

<< Comment #5 @ 19:19 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #4

No other game has even come close to this kind of prize money.

<< Comment #7 @ 19:35 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #5

painkiller .
well maybe not that much considering the economic crysis but its not something that unreacheable and i m impressed that quakelive has all what it does being such an old game , we might easily say t hat it would have 2-3 X general money in if it was actually a new game with a better support by id and some real advertising system ( coz ye ql has none)

Edited by spartaz0rd at 19:36 CDT, 5 August 2010

<< Comment #8 @ 19:37 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #7

CPL didn't pay out - just like their million dollar halo tourney.

<< Comment #10 @ 19:46 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #8

well most of it , it did.
i read in a interview that stermy got all the money for example

<< Comment #12 @ 19:50 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #10

Stermy = most of it?

I don't believe them, either. They're likely contractually obligated to say that they were paid.

<< Comment #14 @ 20:09 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #12

ye mainly now that its a dead organization .

<< Comment #24 @ 00:33 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Snip - Reply to #5

Magic: The Gathering. $220,000 minimum prize pool for a major tournament, of which there are several each year. Not to mention poker... hah!

Of course, you meant videogames, because they're so so different.

Edited by Snip at 00:34 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #25 @ 00:35 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #24

This is a monthly tournament ($170,000 each), culminating in main tournaments and grand finals.

<< Comment #33 @ 03:24 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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kaliberr44 - Reply to #25

Your post says 3 open tournaments

<< Comment #34 @ 03:27 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #33

That's referring to the seeds for the 2011 GSL.

(the information was translated from Korean, so it isn't well organized yet - it'll be more clear when an English press release is made)

Edited by vedic at 03:28 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #6 @ 19:21 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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xou - Reply to #4

Stop dreaming

<< Comment #20 @ 21:17 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (72.68.49.52) - Reply to #4

It's true. There's no way quake live prize money will go up, at this point, and in its current state.

If Quake 5 came out, and it was new, you can surely expect a lot of prize money.

<< Comment #48 @ 06:29 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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nemecel - Reply to #20

For the first year, until the hype fades out and it is replaced with an even more shitty game.

<< Comment #9 @ 19:46 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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nemecel - Reply to #4

Sure, look at Quake 4's success.

<< Comment #11 @ 19:49 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #9

q4 was a REALLY bad game at start and still had a lot of money into it .(easily 3 X now)

<< Comment #47 @ 06:28 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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nemecel - Reply to #11

Yes, because it was a new title, and tournaments don't buy quality games, but the newest hype. Only lasted for a while, and then some marginal tournaments with problems for paying the players and eventually going bankrupt continued supporting that shitty game. It still was ridiculously low prizemoney if you wanted to make a living out of it and call yourself a so called "professional gamer". It was still a joke.

It doesn't matter if the game was decent after two years, the thing is, it has to be ready to play at a professional level since day 1, otherwise you are fucked.

<< Comment #50 @ 07:08 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #47

ye exactly..
ql is rather ready for this but miss the first point.
Just think what a quake with id tech 5 and with a good beta test could become adding all the matchmaking , profile feature , stats etc from quakelive.
and btw ye... q4 was enough to live by it tbh , maybe no more than 5-10 players but was kinda acceptable .

<< Comment #51 @ 07:14 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #50

You could only BARELY live off Q4 if you came in first place.

<< Comment #65 @ 10:23 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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son1dow - Reply to #51

Stop saying things you do not know idiot.

<< Comment #76 @ 12:48 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #51

u r so damn wrong

<< Comment #52 @ 07:19 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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nemecel - Reply to #50

It wasn't, unless you were Tox. Winning the same amount of money (less in most cases) than working at a regular 9-5 job is pathetic at best. If you could make a comfortable living by placing top 10 in the world, it would be decent, but you can't, so wake up.

Edited by nemecel at 07:20 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #77 @ 12:50 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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spartaz0rd - Reply to #52

there were at least 5-6 pros that really do it only . I remember watching Frag the movie . There were like 4-5 guys at fatal1ty's house just practising and playing and well they werent the only one . (cooller toxjc av3k cypher missing).
U should also consider sponsors as an income for pro players .

<< Comment #101 @ 04:09 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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nemecel - Reply to #77

Dude, it was a fucking joke. Face reality.

<< Comment #13 @ 19:50 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

zooalt

Need Tasteless, god of casters

<< Comment #15 @ 20:13 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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xanhast

A global open league but the prelims are offiline in Seoul...

<< Comment #16 @ 20:16 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #15

I'm sure it's all offline in Seoul. You would need a progaming license to attend the likes of MSL/OSL, so that's the big difference here.

<< Comment #19 @ 21:17 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (87.106.252.91)

I wish I was still a little kid so I could give up my life to try to compete at sc2 in hopes of playing games for a living. I would probably fail hard and end up a jamerio, but it would be a fun ride. :>

<< Comment #18 @ 21:16 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

LEARN ID LEARN U FUCKIN GAYS

<< Comment #23 @ 22:07 CDT, 5 August 2010 >>

By

Here's hoping for some epic Tasteless casts.

Keep fighting the good fight bro.

<< Comment #46 @ 05:45 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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funnyb - Reply to #23

well his plan for sc2 was to go pro himself, lets hope he gives up on that dream though

<< Comment #27 @ 00:39 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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acrh2

Why is it gomtv.com (as opposed to .net), and why is it in Korean?

<< Comment #28 @ 00:40 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #27

That is their Korean site - there is no English release yet.

<< Comment #32 @ 01:45 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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GUArd

170 000$ each month o_O insane!

<< Comment #35 @ 03:29 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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ArchaiK

Guys it's about game popularity . Quake will never reach this level because it's not a hugley popular game like sc2, which will probably sell in excess of 10 million copies. It's also the fact that the game is popular in all corners of the world, so for tournament organizers this is the perfect game to support. Both ESL and MLG and probably WCG (next year) is supporting the game. The thing that saves quake is the fact that it's a very competative game that is also fun to watch, if that wasn't the case we wouldn't see any money at all for quake tournaments.

<< Comment #42 @ 04:40 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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InDepther - Reply to #35

true, very competitive and fun to watch are the only reasons why ql has so many tourneys.

I wish many ppl were playing it as well.

<< Comment #36 @ 03:47 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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frs

All of SC2's success and popularity atm can be completely attributed to it being successor to SC, and what happened to SC1 in Korea was just pure luck from a developer point of view since Blizzard couldnt even dream of such e-sports when they made SC1. SC2 as a _game_ doesnt deserve such money, but its completely understandable as a phenomenon. There's so much hype involved it is impossible for it to fail in the early stages. Only time will tell if the actual game can live up to the success of Brood War.

<< Comment #37 @ 03:55 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #36

Time doesn't need to tell - if you know about SC at all, you'd know that SC2 is nearly as good as SCBW multiplayer, and the singleplayer is infinitely better. SC took years (and an expansion) to balance out, and SC2 is almost equal to it while only being released for a week.

<< Comment #63 @ 09:30 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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butchji - Reply to #37

The Story of the Single Player is inferior though. The missions are quite nice but those cheesy dialogues and predictable storyline are just bad.

<< Comment #86 @ 16:55 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #63

SCBW was just as cheesy/predictable. At least SC2 singleplayer had some variety and interesting mechanics for the maps.

<< Comment #92 @ 18:24 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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butchji - Reply to #86

It wasn't. :)

<< Comment #96 @ 22:13 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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davis - Reply to #92

If it wasn't for technological hold ups back in 1998, you would perceive it as being just as cheesy, because it is. Go rewatch some of the cut scenes from back then.

Edited by davjs at 22:13 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #98 @ 23:50 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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butchji - Reply to #96

Maybe, but SC2 has not as awesome cheesy stuff as in e.g. Predator "I don't have time to bleed."

<< Comment #99 @ 00:12 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #98

"I'm rated T, for Thor."

<< Comment #100 @ 00:47 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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butchji - Reply to #99

"...awesome.."

<< Comment #38 @ 03:57 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob

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Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #39 @ 04:02 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #38

Yep - the trial is on the full client, and you get full access to every part of the game during it.

<< Comment #40 @ 04:11 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #39

.

Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #41 @ 04:12 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #40

Can't play cross region. They're still considering changing that.

<< Comment #43 @ 04:54 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #41

.

Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #44 @ 05:12 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #43

It's global in that anyone can join - but it will all still take place in Korea, and it will all be LAN. It does seem a bit odd that they'd add the "global" tag just for making it open, but we'll probably have a better understanding when there is an English press release.

<< Comment #45 @ 05:22 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #44

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Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #70 @ 10:55 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #44

.

Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #73 @ 12:16 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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dansen - Reply to #70

you can delete the 7gb install files afterwards after that

<< Comment #83 @ 14:38 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #73

.

Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #93 @ 20:27 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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madbringer - Reply to #83

Delete all of those 'he is my master' episodes, should be just enough.

No wait thats what i need to do :x

<< Comment #60 @ 08:33 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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koOma - Reply to #38

congratulations, u are about to play the best game ever made : )

<< Comment #69 @ 10:54 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Bob - Reply to #60

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Edited by Bob at 19:43 CDT, 27 June 2024

<< Comment #102 @ 06:58 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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koOma - Reply to #69

lolol FYL

<< Comment #49 @ 06:34 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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_agu

the first sight i had when i saw: GOMTV was the ahm... MTV painkiller world finals hahaa amazing, fatal1ty vs Vo0 hahaha what a game!! haha

<< Comment #84 @ 15:47 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Larvi - Reply to #49

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/te...60M93SrMyW :D

<< Comment #53 @ 07:21 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Cyn1c

Jaw-dropping prize purse. Just wow!

<< Comment #55 @ 08:07 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (72.68.34.38)

And clearly the blame for all of this is the "skill" that quake requires as opposed to masses of other dumbed down games.

I love skill-based FPS's as much as the next guy, but if warsow, cpma, and the quake series are any indication, complex games will never have popular appeal, anymore.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. It's really a choice between dumbing down this game or wide-scale popularity.

<< Comment #57 @ 08:09 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #55

Starcraft has already proven this patently wrong.

<< Comment #72 @ 11:47 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (72.68.34.38) - Reply to #57

I have never played starcraft or starcraft II, but clearly there is something that blizzard is doing differently if starcraft II is a complex game yet appealing to new players.

Something that quake ISNT doing.

<< Comment #85 @ 15:48 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Larvi - Reply to #72

Releasing a "new" game with old maps people have been playing for 10+ years...

<< Comment #61 @ 08:35 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #55

Starcraft is certainly not easier than quake.

the most interesting point about that I have recently read is this:

In Starcraft even if your opponent is much better the game still lets you build up for some time, doing your thing. And then you opponent moves in, destroy you and the game is over.
But in Quake you don't get half a minute of not being destroyed by a better opponent. Hence the skill gap becomes so much more obvious.

<< Comment #74 @ 12:25 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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dansen - Reply to #61

also in quake, you are expected to let yourself get raped for 10 minutes without quitting, and forfeiting is considered lame behaviour.

if in bw/sc2 a rape is incoming. you just quit and the opponent is happy

<< Comment #81 @ 14:13 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #74

that, too.

<< Comment #97 @ 22:19 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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davis - Reply to #74

That is because the quake community is stupid

<< Comment #105 @ 00:56 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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efassd - Reply to #74

10 minute timed game vs a game that could go on arbitrarily long if one player decides to deny defeat. This has obviously created a completely different culture around quitting (it's BM to draw a game out after you've lost, it's ragequitting if you don't let the game run to it's conclusion).

<< Comment #59 @ 08:32 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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koOma

Hilarious to listen to ignorant ESR haters.

I <3 StarCraft II : ) Hopefully NA / European teams will send players to these tournaments.

<< Comment #62 @ 08:43 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Raist

Winner: 100,000,000 KRW (aprox. $85,700 USD)
cup_silver Runner-Up: 30,000,000 KRW (aprox. $25,700 USD)
Semi-Finalists: 10,000,000 KRW (aprox. $8,600 USD)

uuh and I thought the price difference for first-second-third was bad for quake competetions...

Edited by Raist at 08:43 CDT, 6 August 2010

<< Comment #64 @ 09:32 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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butchji

IdrA should switch the races before the tournament then it's easy money for him.

<< Comment #66 @ 10:24 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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ArchaiK - Reply to #64

haha dream on.

<< Comment #67 @ 10:26 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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butchji - Reply to #66

Why? He already won King of the Beta. :)

<< Comment #103 @ 07:09 CDT, 7 August 2010 >>

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koOma - Reply to #67

so why would he switch? just imagine once Terran gets the inevitable nerf...

<< Comment #68 @ 10:48 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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85 grand, that's actually a pretty good salary. i guess e-sports is possible =].

<< Comment #71 @ 11:34 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Kier - Reply to #68

Considering that the pro korean players actually do play it as a day job, and take it more seriously than most people take their day jobs, I'd hope they would get a good salary!

<< Comment #79 @ 13:59 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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goodbye_world - Reply to #68

You, specifically, won't be able to cheat in SC2.

<< Comment #88 @ 16:59 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #68

Most pro players make $60,000+ just being on a pro team already. Flash makes around $300,000/year before tournament winnings. Since these are monthly tournaments, it would be a huge salary increase from before. =P

<< Comment #94 @ 21:18 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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ribbentropf - Reply to #88

Most pro players?
B-Team members like Idra are called pro-gamers already, and they get paid nothing or very little (<500$/month). They only get to use a dorm for free with up to 10 other people. Most A-Team members earn between 10.000-20.000 a year. Very few reach 60.000+

So compared to german standards, the average pro-gamer in korea has a lower standard of living than a unemployed person living of unemployment aid (you get your own flat+additional costs paid + ~600$ month for food, clothing...)

source:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=126075

<< Comment #95 @ 21:20 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #94

B team is not pro.

<< Comment #120 @ 17:13 CDT, 10 August 2010 >>

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son1dow - Reply to #95

dictionary disagrees.

<< Comment #78 @ 13:32 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (109.129.58.48)

What happens when you are new at Quake? you get utterly freaking DESTROYED.. over and over again.. where is the fun in that?

Quake-live was an idea I thought could be successful, make a newbie friendly game, make it free and off you go.. but to be honest it was very delayed, badly implemented, no one knows about it, etc, etc..

Look at the prize money and tournaments that used to be in Quake3 and Quake4.. utterly ridiculous.. you had a viewing audience of a few thousand people.. seriously.. a few thousand.. and sponsors were paying 50,000 dollars +++ toward prize pool.. that math doesn;t work out and the sponsors got wise and realised they were sinking funds into what was essentially a noreturns market

Look at starcraft.. it naturally took off itself, through its own inertia in S Korea.. now it is utterly massive down there... with starcraft 2 there is a faint glimmer that it could take off in europe or US or perhaps another country like S korea..

Nothing is forced, no stupid greedy brainless organisation setting up SC2CPL5000 or any of that rubbish.. just intelligent, steady marketing, backed by figures in S Korea.. and a decent grassroots tournament structure growing in Europe and America (weekend cups etc)

I've always loved quake, but we're flogging a dead horse here, let it go.

<< Comment #82 @ 14:29 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Magician

200,000,000 KRW omg omg omg you mean like TWO HUNDRED MILLION???!!!

which translates to $3.45.... oh

advertising fail vedic :<

<< Comment #89 @ 17:01 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #82

... what?

<< Comment #90 @ 18:05 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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Magician - Reply to #89

well still, that conversion rate is a bitch :P

<< Comment #91 @ 18:08 CDT, 6 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #90

It only seems that way because of the big number - it's not like 1 won has the buying power of 1 dollar. They use an entirely different system.

<< Comment #106 @ 06:47 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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dansen - Reply to #91

what does that mean? entirely different system?

if the conversion rate is it bitch, naturally the buying power of 1 KRW suck ass.

its inflation, simple as that

<< Comment #107 @ 06:53 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #106

also many countries prefer to only have one unit.
not that cent stuff ;)

<< Comment #110 @ 08:03 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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dansen - Reply to #107

its still the same system...

just because the italian lira wasnt worth shit, doesnt mean they had a different system and a really good and stable currency, it just wasnt worth anything.. same for KRW :)

if you know what i mean

<< Comment #111 @ 08:31 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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becks - Reply to #110

yen is pretty stable, still has a "bad" conversion rate

but yeah I get what you are saying.

Edited by becks at 08:40 CDT, 8 August 2010

<< Comment #114 @ 14:54 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #106

What if they use 100 or 1000 won to the buying power of $1? We have 100 cents to a dollar. It just depends on the culture.

<< Comment #116 @ 16:10 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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dansen - Reply to #114

if they used 100 or 1000 won liek we use 1$, then obviously the money is not worth anything.

<< Comment #112 @ 13:02 CDT, 8 August 2010 >>

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Anonymous (188.101.135.41)

great for esports (theoretically)

game companys need to realize that there is a lot of money in progaming (theoretically). a yearly prize pool of $500,000 for pro tournaments is a reasonable investment in community building and customer retention, which results in higher revenues for the game companies and their shareholders.

it's great for gamers too (theoretically), as increased attention towards competitive gaming results in better support and higher quality products (better, more skillful games). just imagine someone pumping large sums of prize money into the fps/quake community.

of course it's not easy to profitably sustain an economy such as this, but it's a good idea (theoretically)

<< Comment #125 @ 15:46 CDT, 20 September 2010 >>

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those 32 players from 3 open tournaments will not change throughout whole 2011?
Or every month there will be another 32 to compete for a place in the some super final after all 12 tourneys where finished?

<< Comment #127 @ 18:27 CDT, 20 September 2010 >>

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vedic - Reply to #125

The latter.

<< Comment #126 @ 18:22 CDT, 20 September 2010 >>

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Nukm

TLO /o\

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