[Shinta]

Hey guys!! Lot's of stuff going on in the Starcraft 2 scene as you all may know! With everything that's happening, everyone has their own opinion on the matter. Whether you think something is worth watching or not; who you think will win a particular event; which wildcard player you WISH would win a particular event, etc etc. With all the hype spreading, let's share a bit on what everyone think of the world's Starcraft 2 scene with a little public question and answer.
Answer which ever questions you feel closest affiliated with (you don't have to answer them all if you don't want to ^_^)


Global Gamers Invitational: It's down to the round of 8!

• Who do you think will take it all?
• Is there anyone who got eliminated already that you were hoping would make the finals?
• What do you think of the mysterious Capoch after taking out oGs.Ensnare, Azz, and Prime.Check back to back to back!? Does he stand a chance in his first round match vs IdrA?

Major League Gaming: Just recently finished it's first Starcraft 2 season!

• Did you foresee these results?
• Is MLG as significant as other major gaming tournaments?
• Who would you bet on to win the next MLG?

GomTV Starcraft 2 League: Perhaps the most popular Starcraft 2 League.

• Will FruitDealer repeat his championship?
• Does SlayerSBoxeR stand a chance with such top notch competition?
• If you could magically select a player to win the tournament, who would it be?

2010 Blizzcon Invitational: Starting up this Friday, 22-10-2010

• Will Korea dominate the tournament?
• Do the SEA players stand a chance?
• How good of a job is Blizzard doing with their first major Starcraft 2 tournament?

Team Liquid.net: An extremely amazing Starcraft Community Website!

• Do they always have up the news you want to see?
• If you could change something about/in it, what would that something be?
• How does it compete with other community websites around the net?

SEA Starcraft 2: Thriving at the moment.

• What do you think of SEA's community compared to the other servers communities?
• Will SEA.Starcraft 2 live to become prominent in the international pro gaming community?
• What does SEA need to continue it's upward progression?

Feedback/General: Reader Participation!

• What questions would you like to ask?
• Is there anything you have an opinion on that wasn't asked?
• If you had an enormous amount of power, what would you do with it?

Links to the useful pages.
GGL:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=130944
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=157976
MLG:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=160510
GSL:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=160569
Blizzcon:
http://www.gosugamers.net/general/ne...tees-announced
Team Liquid.net
http://www.teamliquid.net

[Shinta]

Global Gamers Invitational: It's down to the round of 8!

* Gogo Sen! I hope he's gotten enough international practice to successfully win a big tourny like this!
* I wanted to see DayFly and TheWind make it far in the main tourny =(
* Sadly Capoch will probably lose, but I hope he takes down that IdrA kid ;D


Major League Gaming: Just recently finished it's first Starcraft 2 season!

* Yeah I knew it was going to be IdrA SeleCT and HuK in the top 3, then KiwiKaKi getting up there too is expected as well.
* Well... MLG is very big in the United States, but I was surprised that there were Euros in there as well! It seems with a bit more money it might be able to compete with GSL in terms of being a top notch SC2 competition.
* Hmm I'm not too big on the NA scene, but I'd have to say probably IdrA and SeleCT again, but I hope that Capoch guy can make an appearance!


GomTV Starcraft 2 League: Perhaps the most popular Starcraft 2 League.

* Hmm it will be extremely hard for him, but if he plays his cards right, he's still a top nominee for 1st place!
* Hmm I don't think SlayerSBoxeR will really be able to pull off any big results, but I hope he at least makes it to the ro16.
* I would pick PhoenixWeRRa to take it all!! lol..


2010 Blizzcon Invitational: Starting up this Friday, 22-10-2010

* Nah I think Maka and Genius are both top notch but not as consistent as they should be. Every single region has great competitors representing them, so I think everything's going to be pretty well spread out.
* Hmm ice and RedArchon can do some damage if they practice their asses off. They can do some hurting, but it's really going to take a lot from them.
* Well they rushed a lot of things because of how crunched they were for time, but they really did a good job at getting things together. Having a TERRIBLE band as their main musical entertainment is quite an awful decision, but they have good casters, good money, and good players, so they aren't disappointing me ^_^.


Team Liquid.net: An extremely amazing Starcraft Community Website!

* Oh yeah. w/e you wana find, if it's sc2 related, it's on there. Although some things take forever to be updated...
* Ehh I would really just make it more user friendly. Right now random people can go in and make topics so you have a lot of random junk getting thrown in to the mix.
* In terms of Starcraft only coverage, there is no better place than TL.net!


SEA Starcraft 2: Thriving at the moment.

* I think it's doing pretty good. It's sad how little of an international voice SEA carries but within SEA, the community is doing better than I thought it would at this point.
* Hmm that's all up to the players. I definitely think that SEA can make some noise but the players need stay motivated and really give it their all.
* I think SEA needs to go overseas to promote themselves a little more. Hopefully ice and RedArchon do well at BlizzCon!!

[ubersio]

SEA Starcraft 2: Thriving at the moment.

• Well for one, we don't seem to be keeping up with other communities in terms of quantity played in its purest sense. The players oversees are skyrocketing past 2k ratings leaving most of us trailing behind.
• Hard to say, we do have some great players but it's up to them to decide if they want to go out there and bet their plane tickets on winning something big.
• Less DotA.

[Torniquet]

Its a lot harder to get higher ratings on SEA because of the fewer players. There is fewer higher ranked players for other high ranked players to win points off. I think it was during the Hwaiting that Glade talked about how difficult it is to get points on SEA.

[ZoomDog]

Originally Posted by Shinta

[*]Is there anything you have an opinion on that wasn't asked?

I'm going to snipe the one question. I don't really follow the International leagues that much, so don't have much to state on the rest.

One thing that I'd love to see would be some sort of Starcraft news recap. I don't have a lot of time, and currently I'm spending it all watching VODs, replays and reading forums (been over a month since I last played). Really keen to get back into playing, but that would leave me with even less time to keep up with events.
If there was a blog/thread/cast/something every few days/week that just gave a quick rundown on what's been happening in the Starcraft world, what big tournies are going, who's winning what; that would be freaking cool. I've tried to get into the TL forums a few times but there is just so much going on (99% of which looks like spam) that there has to be a better way.

Anyway, bit off topic. I'll get back on thread.

[*]If you had an enormous amount of power, what would you do with it?

Quit my job and spend a few months becoming gosu at SC2. I'd then start a major league to rival GSL in Australia.

[Torniquet]

Zoomdog, i dont know that a weekly recap would work just because there isnt enough tournaments on SEA. A monthly type thing though could work. Perhaps the past Tournament results thread would be good for you? has a list of the past tournaments with the results and replays/vods where able.

If you are looking for are weekly global starcraft recap thing then theres like a show by Chobopeon, SC Center which does that.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=142320