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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
Qualifying players get the preferential treatment, as long as the tournament is open and anyone can qualify for their region, then this is how things should be. Filling up the tournament via EPT points afterward makes sense. No one is gonna go unless it's convenient for them or if they desperately need the points to qualify for Katowice. This also makes sense to me. All in all I think this is a good look for HSC. | ||
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jodljodl
174 Posts
On November 07 2022 03:33 Vindicare605 wrote: I actually don't see a problem with this. It's way better than how HSC used to do things just handing out arbitrary invitation spots. Qualifying players get the preferential treatment, as long as the tournament is open and anyone can qualify for their region, then this is how things should be. Filling up the tournament via EPT points afterward makes sense. No one is gonna go unless it's convenient for them or if they desperately need the points to qualify for Katowice. This also makes sense to me. All in all I think this is a good look for HSC. I think so too. I also don't really understand the critique. Of course, it would be awesome if every player could enjoy covered travel and lodging. But I doubt that's the norm for tournaments, even though I don't know. Anyway, I'm very happy and grateful TakeTV still makes HSCs happen. Thank you, TakeTV Team & anybody making HSC possible <3 | ||
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TaKeTV
Germany1199 Posts
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BronzeKnee
United States5217 Posts
On November 05 2022 02:22 WardiTV wrote: Players leaking info before tournaments can announce things themselves / sort it out without public drama is fun. The tournament is responsible. How they structure things, whom they trust, ect... this is all on them. None of this had to happen and only the tournament is responsible. | ||
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lurker33112
4 Posts
Also, why are there so few Koreans accepting invites? | ||
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Kiaph
112 Posts
On December 08 2022 11:44 lurker33112 wrote: Apologies if you explained it already, but why not use the DH Valencia model where the initial phase is online and the final phase is offline? Then all the finalists get their travel costs paid and the bar for entry is lower. Also, why are there so few Koreans accepting invites? I will start by saying: + Show Spoiler + I am happy they are doing whatever it takes to get 32 players there :D Forgive me if I am wrong, as I am just a viewer. However, Dreamhack seems to follow a very standard tournament-style environment. Homestory cup is more of an event and experience for the players and the viewers. Die-hard fanning spoiler box: + Show Spoiler + The only thing standard about Homestory cup is the event it self, and it's only standard is normalized by the many homestory cups before it. I love homestory cup. I love the energy. I love the casting couch, I love the player interactions, and I feel like I am there with my favorite players, even though I am sitting at home watching the action unfold on a computer monitor. This atmosphere, at least from my viewer perspective, has to be just as amazing in person as part-taking in the actual event is, and there in lies why people may be more willing to pay to go even when the points don't matter. I believe that the organizers know this, based on the amount of work they put into the tournament, and they want to invite 32 players, and if that means everyone declines until some low GM, one-off winner with half an EPT gets an invite, then I am about to learn about a new player, and that is exciting! In my biased opinion, solely based on watching many StarCraft 2 events, I think the answer to your question: To preserve the overall experience. (I hope it is as enjoyable for the players as it is for me as a viewer.) So how biased am I? If I was told I could only ever watch one more live starcraft 2 event, hands down, homestory cup. | ||
Waxangel
United States33420 Posts
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