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Ok so here's the deal. WCG Canada is not having BW this year. Why? They haven't been able to get a sponsor to be able to send a player to the Grand Final. I just talked to the WCG Canada organizer and it's a similar deal as last year as far as budget cuts and whatnot, but I guess they've decided that they can't send a BW player this year.
This is where [hopefully] you all can maybe help. I want to organize a fundraiser to give Canada a BW representative at the grand finals.
We need to raise $5,000 to give Canada a BW spot. Right now I just want to gauge general interest in this idea to see potentially how much can be raised.
I urge everyone to help out, if you love BW you know it would be a damn shame if Canada was deprived representation at the grand final.
Canada is home to some of the best BW players, and there are always amazing games at WCG Canada each year.
IefNaij is still seeking his first medal at WCG Canada, Raptor might try to regain the throne, will Testie return? Bandit and SchiSm are also great players who may want to make another shot at taking gold.
There are a lot of newcomers who have recently gained a lot of skill this past year... Aerials, Kye, GrN, Stalife, etc... who would make WCG much more interesting.
And of course we can't forget about people like JianG, Freaky, and some others who are regulars at WCG Canada finals.
It really would be a shame if there was no BW tournament at WCG Canada, let alone no Canadian at the Grand Final.
So please, if anybody is interested in helping out, PLEASE PM me! I want to see how far we can take this thing, and hopefully if we all pool our efforts we can give WCG Canada a BW tournament.
Thanks for all your time
-Duran
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PS, for anyone that will ask something like "why do I care" , well I've been going to WCG Canada for the past 2 years to hang out with my fellow LighT teammates, and last year I was the head admin for their BW tournament, and was hoping to go again this year. And I'm a BW fan in general and I want to see the best possible WCG for every country if possible, especially one that I am so involved in.
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Calgary25980 Posts
Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
WTF! Yo lets get a sponsor for this shit cause apparently WCG cant do their own job ~!_!~
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
since when have I said that WCG is only about the moneyz ¬_¬
And they claim to be some legit competition.
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razer anybody? 
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Canada7170 Posts
What the fuck..?
*sigh* Let's get working people.
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if some admin puts up a paypal account where I can help out, then i will,
but im not putting money on anyone that im not sure that spends at least 15 hours a day on teamliquid.
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each tlnetter $1 I'm sure we could get $5k in time.
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Wow that sucks for Canada. Hopefully something can be done about this in time.
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Canada7170 Posts
Xeris you should put one of those donation thermometers in the OP.
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that's a lot of money to be raised out of thin air -_-
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would be great if ppl could help out but im afraid there are alot of countries that cannot send due to lack of money. why just help canada:/ how about sweden! we've not been in wcg for ages.
anyway, im willing to spend 1dollar^^
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Yeah it was one thing sending Tasteless out of our own pocket. I would rather see a corperate sponsor but thats not really something we can negociate considering its WCG's operation and now ours ~_~
edit: woah sick freudian slip
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Canada7170 Posts
What's the deadline for this?
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razr anyone?
edit: stole my wittism-.-
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Getting sponsorship for WCG Canada is still an option, however so far they havent been able to get the necessary sponsorship to send a BW player. Anyways, I hope enough people would be interested in helping out. If there is enough positive feedback I'll work out all the logistics on how to get this done and we can get the ball rolling.
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I heard there is no wcg philippines this year =[. They gave the spot to C&C (wtf)
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United States42598 Posts
If someone with a pokerstars account is willing to escrow for this then I'd be willing to give $10 or so. Although if $5000 wasn't reached I'd want my money back :p.
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i want wcg in chile too 
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well this sucks, after i came back to bw a week ago just to hope to play in wcg again -_-
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Similar situation with WCG Aus. We havent sent a player since 2005 because we cannot get sponsership. We do however send all sorts of teams ever year. Remmber last year our C&C 3 player had never played the game before...
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On May 30 2008 02:48 Kennigit wrote:
Yeah it was one thing sending Tasteless out of our own pocket. I would rather see a corperate sponsor but thats not really something we can negociate considering its WCG's operation and now ours ~_~
edit: woah sick freudian slip
I don't know about that. If we do manage to line up a sponser (or two), I don't see how WCG could say No.
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problem solved, JF wins TSL, and he pays his own trip to WCG...
all WCG Canada does is hold tournament, then give the person with enough money to pay themselves to go to the finals, same situation last year in WCG Poland where Draco went...
...we don't DEFINITELY need funding from WCG Canada, we just need a spot for Canada at the finals and the winner can find is own funds to go, if not then no one goes...
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they COULD still get sponsorship, but if they don't , then no BW for WCG Canada, unless someone can raise them the $5000 needed. that's where we come in (hopefully).
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On May 30 2008 03:12 CuteGuyNo.1 wrote:
well this sucks, after i came back to bw a week ago just to hope to play in wcg again -_-
Fu herman, i better not catch u in ts or ill pwn u like harvard owned exalted.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On May 30 2008 03:21 GeneralStan wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2008 02:48 Kennigit wrote:
Yeah it was one thing sending Tasteless out of our own pocket. I would rather see a corperate sponsor but thats not really something we can negociate considering its WCG's operation and now ours ~_~
edit: woah sick freudian slip I don't know about that. If we do manage to line up a sponser (or two), I don't see how WCG could say No.
No i mean, sponsors aren't just like "o hai heres 5k..." its WCG's job to negociate what they get out of it.
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Calgary25980 Posts
fuck you guys sponsor me not wcg.
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AdamBanks Canada. May 30 2008 03:24. Posts 175 PM Profile Quote
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On May 30 2008 03:12 CuteGuyNo.1 wrote:
well this sucks, after i came back to bw a week ago just to hope to play in wcg again -_-
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Fu herman, i better not catch u in ts or ill pwn u like harvard owned exalted.
whats wrong with TS?
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
I actually wrote a post saying
"I'll sponsor Chill!"
but didn't post it lawl.
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United States37500 Posts
On May 30 2008 03:45 thedeadhaji wrote:
I actually wrote a post saying
"I'll sponsor Chill!"
but didn't post it lawl.
TL.net knows when you're lying.
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any directions on how to raise the money? I just got a free $5 pre-paid credit card that i would give up lol. Maybe pokerstars like someone else suggested?
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Valhalla18444 Posts
why the fuck do the qualifiers list broodwar as a game then?
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Valhalla18444 Posts
wow its off the list of official games on th wcg canada site and everything
what in god's name are they thinking?
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Don't give WCG a single dime. They don't dare about SC. Just let them die.
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Why did this have to happen the year I was going to practice hard and win it! Haha not. But seriously thats pretty retarded.. they can't even send 1 person? They must really be in bad places financially or something.
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i will pay for you prodigy if you win WCG Canada... 
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On May 30 2008 03:23 Phantom wrote:
problem solved, JF wins TSL, and he pays his own trip to WCG...
all WCG Canada does is hold tournament, then give the person with enough money to pay themselves to go to the finals, same situation last year in WCG Poland where Draco went...
...we don't DEFINITELY need funding from WCG Canada, we just need a spot for Canada at the finals and the winner can find is own funds to go, if not then no one goes...
WCG Canada has never allowed that, and I doubt they will start now.
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why dont we all give in small donations to a staff member in TL net, who then gives the money to WCG Canada? TL is a big site, small donations will be enough to carry the 5k. A TL Admin is trustworthy, I'd think, to handle the money.
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lol @ WCG. Hopefully they will let JF pay his own way.
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Whatever, this is probably the last year of wcg anyway, it's always been somewhat of a crappy tournament, but it was basically the only big international sc tourney and with huge names like boxer etc showing up it was kinda nice.
Ah fuck it, I'll take TSL over WCG any day.
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On May 30 2008 06:10 Xeris wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2008 03:23 Phantom wrote:
problem solved, JF wins TSL, and he pays his own trip to WCG...
all WCG Canada does is hold tournament, then give the person with enough money to pay themselves to go to the finals, same situation last year in WCG Poland where Draco went...
...we don't DEFINITELY need funding from WCG Canada, we just need a spot for Canada at the finals and the winner can find is own funds to go, if not then no one goes... WCG Canada has never allowed that, and I doubt they will start now.
USA has had Paul Brewer do a considerable amount of rule bending (to let deserving players participate, such as in IdrA's case)... I'm sure Canada has someone at the top like him that may be able to pull some strings. Worth checking into. The companies WCG hires to run this shit seems to be different every year too, so things may be possible now.
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This really sucks, I have to say. But I sort of agree that WCG really doesn't care about BW. Raising funds for WCG would be nice, but it wouldn't really benefit the SC community all around as would raising funds for say, TSL S2.
As a Canadian, I actually really don't mind cheering for Foreigners in general vs Koreans. With the Foreigners vs Korean competition we have going on, It doesn't feel wrong for me to root for an American or a Russian.
It sucks that Canada won't be represented, and that Canadian players won't get the opportunity, but It's not a terribly deep wound.
Ah fuck it, I'll take TSL over WCG any day.
Indeed. If this was before TSL days, I would have freaked out about this news.. Now it's just Meh.
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sad
Canada is such a strong bw nation too
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5k isn't that much really. Call Rek?
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I'll be willing to donate $5, and you SHOULD make a poll in the op...
something like
How much would u donate? :
$1
$2
$3
$4
$5
$10
$20
$30
$50
$50+
something like that, and you can add the numbers up to see the potential for fund raising...
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so why do these shittastic games like C&C 3 in wcg? but on to the main point, sucks for canada. they do have very good players, but it shouldnt be the fans job to fucking financially back WCG canada in supporting a GREAT game.... fuck them. have jianfei move to US to represent us ^_^
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What if like, a brood war player trains massively at some shitty game, wins first place in it, then sais he wants to play a different game at the finals? No? ...
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On May 30 2008 07:38 evanthebouncy! wrote:
5k isn't that much really. Call Rek?
WTF, as much as I dislike his fake internet attitude, why keep people begging him? for money? Hell, even for other things. He doesn't own you anything and he isn't some god either.
Again, I don't see why the SC community has to pay WCG money because WCG drops SC. We can pay all we want this year. But next year it will be off again. Same for the year beyond that. And who knows if they will ever learn. Just let WCG die so real esports can take it's place. As long as there is WCG we won't have a true olympics of esports.
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
What the hell. That's messed up..
If I were JF I wouldn't pay my own winnings to go (assuming he wins).
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
There will be no Brazil BW WCG either..
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Osaka27147 Posts
Dont get me wrong, I think WCG is a fun time and I have been to both a national and grand final, but I wouldn't donate a dime to this.
WCG has been decaying for the past 2-3 years. They never get their shit together on time, and the people running it are not motivated to do the best job they can.
It is not the responsibility of the gamers to prop up this BUSINESS to make it look good. Remember, this IS a business.
$5,000 is a crazy amount of money, and this is for one person from one country. Many people on this site do not have a WCG spot either. I don't think it is fair to get people to donate to just one cause.
If you have ties with a corporate sponsorship, by all means help out. Don't donate out of pocket though. You are throwing your money away.
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I agree with Mani: there is no point in investing that amount of money for a cause that is simply not worth it. It's obvious that WCG doesn't care about bw anymore.
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I think its worth it if it comes down to donating. I want to see a canadian in the WCG grand final, I dont give a shit if WCG doesnt care about BW.
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raise 5,000 dollars so we can see testie lose it in semis? no. : P jk
It sucks that they cut BW out of it. Its a shame
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I believe in the TL.net community. Its not a question of if you would donate, but how much would you donate? :D
Poll: How much would you donate for Canada to send a BW player?
(Vote): 1$
(Vote): 5$
(Vote): 10$
(Vote): Im cheap
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Brazil is is the same situation as Canada
No BW or War3 here
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On May 30 2008 02:58 mnm wrote:
I heard there is no wcg philippines this year =[. They gave the spot to C&C (wtf)
Correct. We're sending a total of 8 gamers. 5 CS spots, a C&C3 spot, a WC3 spot and the most important of all, Guitar Hero 3.
You guys should sponsor me instead. I guarantee a group elimination exit.
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ask fayth.. poker money**
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I'd donate $100 if 10 people make $10 donations.
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On May 30 2008 09:45 Manifesto7 wrote:
It is not the responsibility of the gamers to prop up this BUSINESS to make it look good. Remember, this IS a business.
idem
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just wondering....
what if the funraiser was unsuccessful? and we already gave u the money?
do we get them back?
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United States20661 Posts
Agreed with Mani.
TSL will pick up the slack.
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this is a good cause, but I refuse to ever support WCG
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well hurry the fuckup and put a donation link so we can help out..im ready..got the credit card out and everything
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from the way wcg usa works.. and lets all hackers beat the good gamers.. i would not give a dime to wcg becasue.. there run by morons who dont even know what starcraft is...
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no starcraft in WCG australia either
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if you donate, wcg will not try next year either (if there is one) because they know that tl is there to do the work for them
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Canada7170 Posts
On May 30 2008 14:18 intotherainx wrote:
if you donate, wcg will not try next year either (if there is one) because they know that tl is there to do the work for them
I was going to mention something like this.
Maybe sending tasteless showed everyone that they don't have to try anymore?
However, the only other type of action would be a protest- which won't be very effective.
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no bw wcg for canada and brasil is tough =\ two pretty good nations and i hope somehow this works out...
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the point is that I don't want to actually start taking donations unless I'm relatively confident that we can at least get close to the target figure.
i'd work something out to track who gives what so that people can be refunded if we don't raise all we need to...
So far I don't think we have nearly enough interest to raise enough money though.
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What is TSL winner GREATFULLY uses his 5k for this?
LOL. that'll be the day.
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Osaka27147 Posts
I don't think this is a good idea at all. I'm not comfortable with you using TL as a vehicle for these donations. Try getting local sponsorship, that is the responsible way.
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