United States85 Posts
Thoughts?
Austria774 Posts
If this happens, I will be sad. However, the writing has been on the wall for so long. I can’t say I will be surprised.
Germany568 Posts
Germany2626 Posts
This seasons qualifier were the weakest, saddest afair ever.
It s probably for the best, if they let it finally Rest.
I d assume ESL and Saudi money will put together some kind of EPT KR similar to the other EPT events (but probably with less players) in that case
43 Posts
Weak qualifier, weak attendance, weak prize pool etc.
Maybe they could still run the tournament but via offline similar to all the smaller tournaments
Since this tournament still provide the KR scene some $$ and practice
Switzerland11187 Posts
Germany15503 Posts
13218 Posts
Poland3639 Posts
Not the worst news, tbh.
131 Posts
United States285 Posts
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I wonder if there will be EPT Korea, or if Korea will become a part of EPT Asia (with Asia getting far more spots to compensate)? The latter would make more financial sense and would probably result in a bigger prize pool that would mostly be won by Koreans. As long as more spots are given it might even be fine for the Chinese scene – Oliveira is good, and Cyan/Firefly/Coffee are in the same ballpark as marginal Code S players like Stats, Nightmare, and non-WTL Ryung.
Or maybe the whole scene just implodes.
United States32374 Posts
But even without an industry-insider rumor, I think the SC2 community has been reasonably speculating for a while now that GSL is on unsure footing, and any season could be its last.
United States579 Posts
1737 Posts
Even without a prize pool increase, Korean players would be better of economically if they just got merged into Asia in a potential 2024/25 season, except for a few players near the bottom who might then fail to qualify. It would probably also lead to better matches if we got e.g. Oliveira and Firefly in there instead of Stats and soO, as sad as it feels to say that. Even more so after the next round of players heading to the military. This model would certainly be terrible for the Chinese scene though
United States32374 Posts
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So we got at least 4 bonus years, sprinkled with nice narratives and epic games. We’ve been blessed!
5 Posts
GomTV rocked, even if the meta was trash
RIP GSL
Northern Ireland20116 Posts
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