The first problem I see here is the NA/EU thing. Let's say that the last Dreamhack was played using your system. In the entire tournament, there were exactly three players in the tournament who were neither Korean nor European. NA players would win these spots because they could afford to attend tournaments in Europe, rather than on their skill alone. The same is true in reverse, with Europeans who can travel to America. Because of this, if I were a European progamer, I'd prefer to participate in the NA region under this system, so I'm more likely to win a spot at a European tournament.
Therefore, the regions are gonna be fucked up even further than they are now. Instead of Korea, Koreans + Europeans, and Koreans + Rest of the World, we have Korea, and then two crapshoot regions based on trying to metagame which region is going to have the least players in it that are attending your local tournaments.
Yes, this happens with certain Koreans (Parting is better than, say, Revival, but Revival made it to WCS and Parting didn't) but there's no reason to make this problem WORSE.
Secondly is the extra, unpredictable number of games that need to be played. Let's say the previous Dreamhack was played under your system, and assume an equal spread of wins from EU, NA, and KR.
The Top 16 all get in. But the Top 24 is where things get messy. We still have five spots up for grabs. At the very least, we're going to need to play six more matches, assuming everything goes well. We need four matches to determine 17th-20th, and then two more matches to determine 21st-22nd. At this point, we have our 21 qualified players. These six matches would likely have to be played at the end of Day 2, and could get very weird. Let's say that the Top 24 is made up of 11 KR, 7 EU, and 6 NA. Suddenly the 25th-32nd players have to compete for one last NA spot. And what if there are three NA guys, and they all get eliminated in the first round? Then you have to play a round robin system. This is going to be hell for bracket organisers, as they'd basically be making up brackets on the fly.
Alternatively, what if two NA players get to the final four, and then both get knocked out? You don't get to play the "finals" match between the two best players of the evening. Instead we get a bronze match and then nothing.
Now, a further issue. KR is not subject to this same rule. Why is this? You may argue that it's unfair for Koreans to be forced to travel overseas for tournaments, but like every other region, they can host their own tournaments in Korea, just like Europe and North America can. The situation is the same for all three regions; players must travel intercontinentally to hit tournaments outside their own region, but can play in tournaments within their own without doing so. People outside those three regions, by the way, are far more fucked than they are now unless they can afford to travel internationally, with no guarantee of making a spot or making money from the tournament at all.
I like the idea of making the Premier League difficult to stay in, but we already have a perfect system for that. It's called Code A.
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