SearchPGL qualifiers cancelled due to sponsor issues
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 1 year ago
The fourth season of PGL is planned to kick off in November. In difference of previous seasons, qualifiers for Europe, America and Korea were to be held.However, today PGL announced them as cancelled. Reason for this are due to sponsor issues. "PGL apologizes sincerely for any problems this may have caused for players, and wish everybody can understand and support PGL," is said in the official announcement at myMYM.com.
The players will instead be invited based upon recent major tournaments.
China is the only qualifier that remains. The finals will begin on January 1st where a hefty prize pool of 40,000€ will be battled for.
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| myMYM.com - Source |
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| OMG! O.o |
| that SUCKS ASS !!! ;/ |
| GL |
| wtf? they can make qualifier on-line and they don't need ANY money to do that O_o |
| Strelok FTW!!!! |
| ahhh sux :< |
| 40.000 £ OMG $$$$$$$$$$$$ |
| wtf?:( this sucks=( |
| January 1st ? Sorry but that's nerdish... What's with the new year ? Just give a shit about it ? C'mon... Edit: Ok sorry my mistake... but they could think 'bout us. |
| What the hell? |
| Chinese new year is 7th Febuary so it's no real concern for them i guess it's a real bummer for everyone else though |
| #9 In China, do they celebrate new year on 1st January? I thought they had diffrent calendar. |
| Wonder when all that there is about starcraft, will die.. Because it will..sooner or later. |
| europe or USA?? |
| :( sad |
| Chinese New Year is celebrated in February. ... PGL... :( |
| Т_Т |
| Starcrafts last ditch effort... Now we sit and wait to see whats next to go. |
| I don't see why u all cry about "last hope gone" and such.. PGL had no qualifiers since the very first season anymore, for non-chinese people, thus they just do it as the past two seasons, invite. |
| LML is right.^^ "News" could be a little less dramatic written. |
| yeah, PGL orgs can take easily any player from GG.net top 10 Ranking. they all have already proved their skill. |
| #4 is not about the cost, it`s about the fact that a not known player can go there, and the sponsors want well known players for advertising.. if anyone that wrote a message on this thread wins the qualifications , who would show interest in watching him play? |
| Caladen, the news isn't dramatic, the comments are;d |
| That's bad :/ |
| #19 I am chinese wo shi zhong guo ren I want to move to China =( |
| How is this an end of starcraft? They're just holding a tournament with a 40k price pool. Thats a good thing. |
| Well Chinese people DO celebrate January 1st, there will be a 3days holiday break for everyone, and there will be special dinner shows on TV and such. But yes, on the other hand, Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year more, there will be a 1-2 weeks break depending on places. According to my source, I heard they will change the rule to "invite" instead of "tournament", so dont worry, there will be several foreigners. |
| ..... XD my translations -.- |
| 40,000€ not bad |
| personally i think this is sad zzz same ppl all over again...same faces..same maps...same strats...boring and gay and this is on top of chinese commentators which are just frustrating as hell... |
| what now ? 40.000€ or 40.000$ or 40.000£ i thought $$$ |
| How not proffessional T__T |
| WHAT'S THE FUCK! |
| decrease the 40.000 € maybe then it will be international |
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