I agree with some of what people have said above. If moonglade can get us more viewership and increase the prize pool potentially, why not? It's good for the long term (long term vs short term yada yada yada) and I seriously don't get what is wrong with having someone with higher skill than the rest of SEA (moonglade) to be playing in this tournament. Are you telling everyone "hey, since this guy is so dominating, let's exclude him from our tournaments exclusively so that we can have an excuse not to improve to that standard." ? Maybe that's not what some people may mean and I'm just speculating but players with higher skill should serve as a motivation for us to improve rather than an excuse for us to stagnate our skill in SEA?
True , this MAY happen - > Season #2, moonglade powerhouses through a few teams for (team i dont know what) and helps them win the championship.
1: Teams who wishes to attract viewerships/notice from international communities can train harder BEFORE season #2 to have a chance against moonglade--> Say if you beat moonglade, people will be like woah, there are teams in SEA who can beat moonglade etc etc. I dont need to elaborate do i?
2: After the season, being stomped by moonglade can also serve as a motivation for some to practise hard enough to actually reach his standard.
You see, what most people are trying to do by including glade/tgun is not primarily because of money. There are reasons beyond that that reaches out more into the long term for the SEA community more than in the short term. I can understand that in the short term, moonglade and tgun will probably roflstomp (sorry for my language) most players in SEA. But that should not serve as an excuse for players in SEA to not work hard. Imagine what the rest of the international community will think of SEA as a community if word of such controversy goes out ( note : It doesn't even have to be true for it to have an impact on the SEA community).
I'm not suggesting that moonglade and tgun plays permanently as mercs for the rest of SEACL seasons. This is, from the suggestion of many, a temporary solution and should NOT be adopted for future seasons.
This may sound blunt but : Please remove MVP/NesTea from GSL during the 6 seasons of GSL where they dominated because I don't want to work hard to beat them.
If someone like this wants to be a pro-gamer, /sigh.
Again, I don't mean that anyone thinks this way, I just mean in the possibility that anyone thinks that way as a sponsored / pro-gamer, shame on you. And sorry for being blunt, I am tired after a long 3 days of 24-hours duty and right now I've got things to attend to and I cant think of any other way to put it across.
Again, I might be wrong, feel free to shoot me down if I'm wrong.
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