@zendex
IGN eSports don't have the manpower and don't want to make the huge investment to make a KRTW qualifier - not to mention difficulties with language, they'd have to hire a translator
I don't think anything fishy went on. IGN hears about MC playing in some tournament on SEA server so they approach the organizers because they want MC in IPL because MC = more views (also sen to a lesser extent)
IGN don't know anything about SEA and don't care either. They don't realise that none of the other players represent the top of SEA as they aren't actually interested. Korean players (especially MC) gets viewers while SEA players do not
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