Q1: Are you surprised at all the sudden interest Korean professional teams are exhibiting towards ‘Foreinger’ Scene? (I.E. this tournament; Testie receiving CJ invitation.)

Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski: No, it is a logical step to cause some excitement in the pro-scene.

 Eric "G5" Rothmuller: No.

 Greg "Idra" Fields: Kind of, my best guess is they’re trying to promote interest with sc2 coming out eventually. At least for the Estro tournament, I don’t think that’s the first pro invite Testie has gotten.

 Jacob "LzGamer" Winstead: I was quite shocked the first when I heard about it. And kind of asked why? To myself... but I think it’s a great thing overall.

 Bryce Paul "TheMachine" Bates: I didn’t expect things such as Testie’s invitation, let alone a 16 man tournament where one of the top 5 becomes a pro gamer.

Tyler "Nony" Wasieleski: Yes I am surprised about it. But when I think about it from a business standpoint, it seems like a natural method of expanding e-Sports. But after so many years of SC in Korea, it's surprising that it's happening now.

 Dhinesh Kumar "Nesh" Devanathan: The sudden interest has surprised me.

David "Dino" Kent: No, I'm not surprised at all; I've noticed that even on the west server Korean teams are becoming more and more accepting of foreigners in their teams. I think the proteams are starting to realize that some foreigners have capabilities to be just as good as their players.

 Andrew "Slog4" An: No.

 Jian Fei "Iefnaij" Wang: Not surprising, I thought it would be a matter of time before they try to capture foreign gamers into the Korean scene. Because things get more interesting for SC gamers and fans all over the world when there’s a white guy competing against 100 other Koreans in those pro-leagues. Besides, when foreigners go compete in S.Korea, it might attract more media, and I guess that somewhat helps promote SC globally.

Zhe "XiaoZi" Theng: No, not at all. Although foreigners are not as good as Koreans, they have potential to be just as good.

Q2: What motives do you think lie behind this tournament? Can it be the SC2 announcement?

 Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski: I don't think the SC2 announcement has anything to do with it. I think it is just something to add excitement to a 100% Korean progaming scene.

 Eric "G5" Rothmuller: Sounds like kespa / estro want to see if there is any potential in North America. Simple as that imo.

 Jacob "LzGamer" Winstead: It’s very possible I haven’t really thought about before this but ~very~ posible. Only Estro knows the truth.

 Bryce Paul "TheMachine" Bates: Yes, I don’t believe that they intended to just teach a foreigner and have him become one of the next top KESPA. It was more towards changing the pro gaming scene and adding some foreigners to the sc1 and mainly sc 2 roster the Koreans want to add some new faces.

 Tyler "Nony" Wasieleski: I think that could be part of it. I mostly see it as the Koreans thinking "what can we do to expand professional SC more?" and the answer is to bring in foreign business.

 Dhinesh Kumar "Nesh" Devanathan: Well, this tournament was announced to us before Blizzcon. I don’t really think this has anything to do with SC2. Maybe a marketing move.

 David "Dino" Kent: I have no clue at all about the motives behind this tournament. I can't wait for SC2 though.

 Andrew "Slog4" An: I don't think sc2 is related with this at all.

 Jian Fei "Iefnaij" Wang: I dont think they relate in any way.

 Zhe "XiaoZi" Theng: I don't know, never thought about it.