why on earth do people want gsl seasons and then gsl blizzcon finals? and then say "jaedong vs flash pls"?
You’re projecting a lot here. I didn’t say I wanted a GSL blizzcon finals. I only said it was a weak field, and that the qualification system is broken. Also, Jaedong has never been all that strong as an SC2 player.
The way the system worked in 2014 was basically:
(1) pick a handful (ended up being 6) from among the top 30–40 Korean players (i.e. the ones playing in GSL), based on who pulled enough wins to squeak into the rankings; since the competition is so stiff, this has a strong element of chance in it: a couple bad games and you’re dead.
(2) add in some of the Korean players who used to be best circa 2011–2012, who weren’t sure they could hack it in the new stiffer Korean competition and so fled where they’d be able to earn more prize money (which is, let’s be clear, entirely the correct decision for those guys to make, given the system).
Notice that there aren’t any Europeans or Americans involved in the above.
i just noticed you put taeja in that list which is even more confusing. you said he got a free pass, yet he beat the GSL champ.
He did get a free pass. The last time he was in the GSL, he dropped in the round of 16 group stage (the time before that he dropped in the round of 32 group stage), and then fled to a weaker region where he’s faced relatively much weaker competition ever since.
Getting a free pass doesn’t mean he isn’t a fine player, or that he can never take series off better players. Heck, it’s entirely possible he would have been able to qualify even on an even playing field.
In other words, “he got a free pass” ≠ “wow that guy sucks”.
