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DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
July 13 2015 15:57 GMT
#2301
Visas ruining esports once again. I hope valve can work things out. Navi has worked hard and improved so much, so I wanna finally see a full strength navi against the best.
QueenKK
Profile Joined July 2015
Vatican City State16 Posts
July 13 2015 16:53 GMT
#2302
Poor Sonny.

Welp, time to take bets. Who's standing in at TI?
Poll: Who's gonna stand in for Sonny?

Vanskor (7)
 
50%

Demon (6)
 
43%

Akke (1)
 
7%

CWM (0)
 
0%

Stupid Sexy Bamboe (0)
 
0%

14 total votes

Your vote: Who's gonna stand in for Sonny?

(Vote): Akke
(Vote): Demon
(Vote): Vanskor
(Vote): CWM
(Vote): Stupid Sexy Bamboe


treant lol
Alcor
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy137 Posts
July 13 2015 17:22 GMT
#2303
i really hope for an europe international next year... no visas issues...
MMR is just a (low) number...
FHDH
Profile Joined July 2014
United States7023 Posts
July 13 2015 17:24 GMT
#2304
This is straight bullshit. If Valve can't fix this...I don't even know.
После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)
dpdvdl
Profile Joined June 2015
3 Posts
July 13 2015 18:18 GMT
#2305
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-14 00:26:15
July 14 2015 00:22 GMT
#2306
On July 14 2015 02:22 Alcor wrote:
i really hope for an europe international next year... no visas issues...

South Korea is objectively probably the best. The EU bias from fanbase just wants easier travel.

edit: mostly because of organizational issues instead of visa ones. Fans would fill up a stadium if it was in a field in south africa
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
Abductedonut
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States324 Posts
July 14 2015 00:51 GMT
#2307
Looks like they're going to re-apply for another visa, http://read.navi-gaming.com/en/team_news/Sonneiko_visa_denied

http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/31787-valve-seeks-cooperation-with-senator-to-help-sonneiko-cema-and-cty?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Hopefully it works out this time... Wouldn't be TI without sonneiko
Tephus
Profile Joined May 2011
Cascadia1754 Posts
July 14 2015 01:15 GMT
#2308
I vote arsart, but its not an option on the poll.
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FHDH
Profile Joined July 2014
United States7023 Posts
July 14 2015 02:41 GMT
#2309
If they can't get Sonneiko in Na'Vi should just sit it out. This is unacceptable.
После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)
Salazarz
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Korea (South)2591 Posts
July 14 2015 03:07 GMT
#2310
On July 14 2015 09:22 lolnoty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 02:22 Alcor wrote:
i really hope for an europe international next year... no visas issues...

South Korea is objectively probably the best. The EU bias from fanbase just wants easier travel.

edit: mostly because of organizational issues instead of visa ones. Fans would fill up a stadium if it was in a field in south africa


I love Korea just as much as the next TL guy but in what world would hosting the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world in Korea make any sense at all?
V1ctor
Profile Joined March 2011
Moldova1645 Posts
July 14 2015 04:13 GMT
#2311
On July 14 2015 11:41 FHDH wrote:
If they can't get Sonneiko in Na'Vi should just sit it out. This is unacceptable.



I do agree. Maybe that will make Valve think about Europe next year.

But i think they will take a standing and play
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
July 14 2015 04:17 GMT
#2312
On July 14 2015 12:07 Salazarz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 09:22 lolnoty wrote:
On July 14 2015 02:22 Alcor wrote:
i really hope for an europe international next year... no visas issues...

South Korea is objectively probably the best. The EU bias from fanbase just wants easier travel.

edit: mostly because of organizational issues instead of visa ones. Fans would fill up a stadium if it was in a field in south africa


I love Korea just as much as the next TL guy but in what world would hosting the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world in Korea make any sense at all?


The reason valve stays in Seattle is there's a huge amount of valve staff and professional production staff that need to take part. It's really not viable to be shipping that amount of bodies and, more importantly, equipment overseas. If they were to choose a new place for TI, they would definitely be outsourcing manpower and TV studio-level equipment to wherever they go on top of select staff they do fly out from Valve.

If I had that choice I would choose to outsource a lot of that to the very good and proven production level of korean studios that are very familiar with esports work and, to this date, does the best production for esports.

I don't think where you host it matters for fanbase. Like I said, you could hold TI in any country and get a full house of fans. Getting fans to TI is like the last in a long list of things Valve worries about for producing this.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
July 14 2015 05:53 GMT
#2313
Well cty got his visa, so hopefully sonneiko and cema can get theirs too.
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
July 14 2015 14:03 GMT
#2314
On July 14 2015 03:18 dpdvdl wrote:
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.

Paperwork? To get Dota as a recognized sport I think they need a league. I also heard that to make this work Riot has to pay the teams salaries.

Also even after becoming a "legal sport" a lot of LoL players still had Visa issues. It's not such an easy solution like: go through paperwork --> Dota becomes a sport --> no visa issues
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
July 14 2015 14:20 GMT
#2315
On July 14 2015 23:03 TheNewEra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 03:18 dpdvdl wrote:
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.

Paperwork? To get Dota as a recognized sport I think they need a league. I also heard that to make this work Riot has to pay the teams salaries.

Also even after becoming a "legal sport" a lot of LoL players still had Visa issues. It's not such an easy solution like: go through paperwork --> Dota becomes a sport --> no visa issues

I guess the best option is to move TI to Europe and outsource. The USA has to lose money to realize their mistake.
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-14 14:27:11
July 14 2015 14:26 GMT
#2316
On July 14 2015 23:20 Racket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 23:03 TheNewEra wrote:
On July 14 2015 03:18 dpdvdl wrote:
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.

Paperwork? To get Dota as a recognized sport I think they need a league. I also heard that to make this work Riot has to pay the teams salaries.

Also even after becoming a "legal sport" a lot of LoL players still had Visa issues. It's not such an easy solution like: go through paperwork --> Dota becomes a sport --> no visa issues

I guess the best option is to move TI to Europe and outsource. The USA has to lose money to realize their mistake.

This is stupid. TI is this good, because it's close to Valve's office. And there are Visa's issues with europe aswell. I'm not sure why people think otherwise. We already had the same problems in the past with Starladder and Dreamhack.

Not to mention that with the majors coming, this is non-sense unless all 4 of them are played in the magic european country which has yet to be discovered.
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-14 14:43:11
July 14 2015 14:40 GMT
#2317
On July 14 2015 23:26 Gevna wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 23:20 Racket wrote:
On July 14 2015 23:03 TheNewEra wrote:
On July 14 2015 03:18 dpdvdl wrote:
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.

Paperwork? To get Dota as a recognized sport I think they need a league. I also heard that to make this work Riot has to pay the teams salaries.

Also even after becoming a "legal sport" a lot of LoL players still had Visa issues. It's not such an easy solution like: go through paperwork --> Dota becomes a sport --> no visa issues

I guess the best option is to move TI to Europe and outsource. The USA has to lose money to realize their mistake.

This is stupid. TI is this good, because it's close to Valve's office. And there are Visa's issues with europe aswell. I'm not sure why people think otherwise. We already had the same problems in the past with Starladder and Dreamhack.

Not to mention that with the majors coming, this is non-sense unless all 4 of them are played in the magic european country which has yet to be discovered.

Totally agreed. In terms of Visa issues there is no ideal country with such global lineups from so many countries. Even though this seems to be the minority opinion nowadays I actually believe that the benefits of having the tournament in the US outweighs the negative aspects.

People seem to forget that there were visa issues for example yoky as well for dreamhack and I don't even want to start for Canada ( which seems to be especially the favourite on reddit right now). There were more CIS visa issues for ESWC last weekend than there are right now in the US for double the number of CIS players.

In every possible country there will be visa issues. The difference between the US and any other country? In the US Valve actually has a bit of pull like they are in contact with the senator of the state of Washington right now. In every other country Valve can't do shit once the visa was denied.

It feels like people are throwing random countries into the discussion, not because they are a better location but because people want to have TI near them.

Apart from that it's obvious that it's way easier for Valve to organise a great tournament near them than in a foreign country.
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
July 14 2015 16:56 GMT
#2318
On July 14 2015 23:40 TheNewEra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2015 23:26 Gevna wrote:
On July 14 2015 23:20 Racket wrote:
On July 14 2015 23:03 TheNewEra wrote:
On July 14 2015 03:18 dpdvdl wrote:
with Majors launching next year (probably), Valve will go through the paperwork like Riot and make Dota 2 recognized as a legal [e]sport by the U.S. Government.

if not, they're doing it wrong.

Paperwork? To get Dota as a recognized sport I think they need a league. I also heard that to make this work Riot has to pay the teams salaries.

Also even after becoming a "legal sport" a lot of LoL players still had Visa issues. It's not such an easy solution like: go through paperwork --> Dota becomes a sport --> no visa issues

I guess the best option is to move TI to Europe and outsource. The USA has to lose money to realize their mistake.

This is stupid. TI is this good, because it's close to Valve's office. And there are Visa's issues with europe aswell. I'm not sure why people think otherwise. We already had the same problems in the past with Starladder and Dreamhack.

Not to mention that with the majors coming, this is non-sense unless all 4 of them are played in the magic european country which has yet to be discovered.

Totally agreed. In terms of Visa issues there is no ideal country with such global lineups from so many countries. Even though this seems to be the minority opinion nowadays I actually believe that the benefits of having the tournament in the US outweighs the negative aspects.

People seem to forget that there were visa issues for example yoky as well for dreamhack and I don't even want to start for Canada ( which seems to be especially the favourite on reddit right now). There were more CIS visa issues for ESWC last weekend than there are right now in the US for double the number of CIS players.

In every possible country there will be visa issues. The difference between the US and any other country? In the US Valve actually has a bit of pull like they are in contact with the senator of the state of Washington right now. In every other country Valve can't do shit once the visa was denied.

It feels like people are throwing random countries into the discussion, not because they are a better location but because people want to have TI near them.

Apart from that it's obvious that it's way easier for Valve to organise a great tournament near them than in a foreign country.

I never talked of ideal countries, I don't think there is any. But saying that every country in Europe where TI could be held is up to the same Visa standards as the US is hard to believe for me.
V1ctor
Profile Joined March 2011
Moldova1645 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-14 18:37:35
July 14 2015 18:34 GMT
#2319
Valve is negotiating with senator Maria Cantwell so she can talk some sense into the US Consulate. Erik Johnson (Valve representative) says that Sonneiko visa's was previously rejected not because any violations from his part but because the US Consulate does not know such tournament as TI.

I really hope this helps.

In Russian:
http://read.navi-gaming.com/team_news/sonneiko_senator_help
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
July 14 2015 19:00 GMT
#2320
If this is true, this is real bulshit from the consulate. How long does it take to check on google "TI5". I mean do your fucking job.
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