Star Invitational - On The Doorstep

Written by rise  | Tuesday, 05 February 2008 23:00

News - StarCraft Brood War

The next generation of foreign StarCraft is coming. GomTV, sponsor of the popular MSL tournament, announced the launch of its own tournament today. This concept is a leap in the revolutionary concept of Korean professional StarCraft for the foreign scene.*

Nicolas Alexander Plott, a well known StarCraft commentator in the U.S., will be commenting the games live. Gretech has already successfully broadcast live in English before in November, 2007 when '21st Century Computing Conference' by Microsoft was broadcast by Gretech for four hours both in English and Korean.

Nicolas Plott aka Tasteless will be commentating! This is occurring alongside recent updates about his entrance to the professional casting scene. In January, Plott announced his one-year contract for casting - in English - at a Korean network. Today's development expands the situation and opportunity further. Also, Manifesto7, from Team Liquid, announced TL.net's plans:

The best in Korea will be beamed around the world and commentated by our own MyLostTemple.

The Renaissance in foreign commentary is gaining momentum with Korean professional contracts, homegrown casting such as Micro Media's Ascension, and various supportive antics by fansites.
You can show your support for this latest development in GomTV's English forums. Please post with respect and awareness. The foreign scene has to demonstrate the ability for professional English casting to be viable. SC:L is excited to see StarCraft opening further to foreign audiences.

Group A:

(Z) sAviOr vs. (T) Flash on Blue Storm
(P) Anytime vs. (T) Flash on Katrina
(P) Anytime vs. (T) Mind on Blue Storm
(Z) sAviOr vs. (T) Mind on Katrina
(Z) sAviOr vs. (P) Anytime on Baekmagoji
(T) Flash vs. (T) Mind on Baekmagoji

Power Overwhelming

The question: are you ready?

* Remember, in the realm of StarCraft, "foreign" applies to everything outside Korea. It is usually represented by English.

Sources:
About GOM TV StarCraft Invitational League
Team Liquid's Announcement
GomTV Forums

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