[AxS.Sorathez]

Hm... I prize myself as a non-biased and multicultural person at heart (and by blood for that matter) and don't have a problem with even top-tier Korans participating in a tournament such as this (hell, having players like MVP, NesTea, MC and so on might attract more viewers, which equals more ad revenue = $$$), but it doesn't seem in the spirit of the tournament to invite them as sudden changes after having already published a line-up containing extremely strong players.

I have much respect for SPR as a clan as it gives Koreans a chance to get involved with the SEA scene, but I agree with Nirvana and Nemo to some extent and I think mazei hit the nail on the head. This is the SEA Clan League after all, it's here so the community can watch their favourite SEA clans (and players) duke it out on the "main stage" so to speak, and for players to represent their clans and test their mettle against people they know and it serves as less of an "us vs them" themed tournament than a tournament where "outsiders" (I use the term loosely and am in no way intending any offense), play, since this encourages players and the audience to side with the team from the same region as they. Unfortunately, the SPR guys who were added to the line-up are "outsiders" (so to speak), because they are not residents of SEA and aren't players that are well known, so it becomes an "us vs them" situation, something the SEACL shouldn't encourage, except for the smaller "us vs them" where you root for your favourite clan, rather than whoever is from your region. Based on this, I would rather prefer a 10 team league, rather than SPR vs "Everyone else" from a viewer's perspective.

Like I said, I don't have anything against SPR using high-tier Koreans, but if they do, they have to be players that the viewerbase and their opponents know, and I probably wouldn't have as much of a problem with it if it had been their ORIGINAL line-up rather than a sudden change from a true SEA team to a Korean team.

Of course to be able to be "known" by the viewers you would either need to be active in the community as a voice (most easily done through sc2sea forums) or play in a lot of tournaments so you get exposure (this is of course difficult with the "this is a sea tournament" mentality and I think there should be tournaments open to everyone and anyone, so that these people can get this exposure),

This is of course just my opinion, and is in no way representative of FaDe as a whole.

P.S. To Peleus, you say that not posting on sc2sea doesn't not make you a part of the community, which I agree with, but you must see that participating in tournaments arranged by sc2sea is a little iffy if they don't know you exist, or who you are.

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MazEi:

Thanks for extending my opinion so nicely =)