Update June 21:There was no guessing game or raffle for the last announcement.All the players have been announced, the last player isThey also decided to change the format and have bo5s in the ro32 group stage already!

+ Show

+





https://www.facebook.com/TaKeTV/photos/a.171329402893448.48134.171321416227580/1374793795880330/?type=3&theater

+ Show

+

First announcement (done):Second announcement (done):Third announcement (no raffle)

PartinG has been replaced by Scarlett and Bly has been replaced byStatement from NarutO:

On June 18 2016 04:04 NarutO wrote:

Hello guys.



I am in charge of the invites and I can tell you guys that I did everything in our power to get the best lineup possible. Dennis himself has very good contacts and so do I even to Korean teams but it makes me deeply sad to read some of the comments here. As for the people who know me are aware I love Korean Starcraft and I always try to get the best lineup for a HSC - skill and entertainment wise.



So I will simply go through the people that mindlessly bash the lineup and naming players who should be there without even thinking about the chance that we did invite them.



PartinG - Accepted and later cancelled due to army issues. Replacement btw was Scarlett

Neeb - Declined due to not being able to miss more days at school

TY - KT Rolster would have gladly send him but due to commitments in SPL - they cannot.

Zest - KT Rolster would have gladly send him but due to commitments in SPL - they cannot.

Maru - JinAirGW would have gladly send him but due to commitments in SPL - they cannot.

Cure - JinAirGW would have gladly send him but due to commitments in SPL - they cannot.

Patience - Was invited and wasn't allowed by Afreeca Freecs

MC - Was invited and accepted; went to join CJ Entus and due to SPL commitments had to cancel.

MajOr - Was invited and happy about it; qualified for Dreamhack and decided its too much to travel (which is understandable)

Bly - Invited & accepted; Passport issues did arise so he is out; the replacement not yet named.

TOP - Invited but declined since he cannot afford it





so... as you can see - blaming and shaming isn't really to put on us. We declined the WCS system to be able to invite more than 8 players and have Koreans; in the end SPL screwed us. I am not blaming Proleague or the Koreans that have to commit to it - I am simply sad that people think they have a right to bash anyone who has tried everything to create an interesting lineup.



And frankly speaking we still have every big European name; we still have fantastic players.





Edit: Also



Polt - declined; due to another appointment