ESPORTS Drama: KellyMilkies, NASL, and iNcontroL

A lot of things happened in the world of western ESPORTS (requires capitalization, always) this past week. Lots of drama revolving around Kelly, the new Code A caster for GSL; the production value of the recent Jinro versus IdrA show match, and the NASL; and most recently, iNcontroL.  

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Kelly. If you've been anywhere near TeamLiquid of SCReddit  this past week then you probably know the exact issue. If not, basically, people are unhappy with her casting. The usual complaints are about her accent and how unintelligible she is at times, or her general shortage in in-game knowledge to deliver meaningful commentary. 

As the internet does, some are more calm about it and say she at least deserves as chance; some openly bring on the hate. I dropped by her blog to find hateful comments, and in the most recent State of the Game, iNcontroL mentioned that she has also been getting death threats.

Hype Machine: New Team League with 100k prize pool?

More updates from Twitter. Just few hours ago, Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson has posted a hype video revealing more clues about his upcoming announcement. 

There's already been much speculation about a possible NA-based team league, but with the release of this video, it's pretty much confirmed (rumored name being NASL).

Now we just have to wait to find out if the mentioned 100k prize in the video is a.) the overall prize pool, or b.) the prize for the eventual champion. Either way, that's a lot of money, and is the biggest prize money in the west for Starcraft 2 so far. 

Source: Twitter