I've been doing some research on the announced participants of WCS NA Premier as I plan to do in depth coverage of the WCS NA scene. For those of you who are curious or maybe didn't recognize some of the names that were listed (I know failed to recognize a few), I have compiled a quick list detailing each participant's history in WCS, such as it is.
KiLLeR: 1st Chile Nationals; 1st South American Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Scarlett: 1st Canada Nationals; 1st North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
IdrA: 4th US Nationals; 3rd North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
Suppy: Top 16 US Nationals; 10th North American Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Fenix: 1st Peru Nationals; 2nd South American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
ViBE: 1st US Nationals; 2nd North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
HuK: 10th Canada Nationals; 9th North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Illusion: Top 8 US Nationals; Top 8 North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
Major: 1st Mexico Nationals; 4th North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
State: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 6 North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Goswser: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 16 North American Finals
Hellokitty: Top 8 US Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Minigun: Invited to US Nationals.
Theognis: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Capoch: 1st Argentina Nationals; Top 6 South American Finals
Maker: 2nd Mexico Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Ryung: Did not participate.
HerO: Top 8 Korean Nationals; 3rd Asian Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Violet: Did not participate.
Polt: Top 12 Korean Nationals
mOOnGLaDe: 2nd Australian Nationals; 1st Oceania Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Sen: 1st Taiwan Nationals; Top 12 Asia Finals; 4th Global Finals
NesTea: Did not qualify.
Snute: 4th Norway Nationals
Thats pretty cool, So maybe it is becasue demuslim didn't do aswell in WCS? And so the koreans were invited over him since they have more accomplishments outside of wcs? :S He made it to WCS EU finals didn't he?
2nd place UK WCS and top 16 EU WCS are pretty solid WCS results.
On April 11 2013 11:36 hellokittySC2 wrote: hi guys, i am hellokitty, a bit of what I know of why i Might be invited. 1. I finished WCS USA #5 last year 2. I finished WCS NA top 24 last year losing to major(runner up WCS NA) and State (top 7 WCS NA) 3. I finished MLG raleigh top 32 Please stop the bandwagon of "INVITE DEMUSLIM QXC AND SASQUATCH" because 1. demuslim is EU, bad part by MLG for failing to notice that. 2. I shit on sasquatch during WCS USA qualifier and WCS USA itself. 3. QXC is a good player but I placed higher than him during WCS USA(might have something to do with it)
thank you very much Not trying to flame, just calm the fuck down with my name.
I love you comming to defend yourself, And I wish you all the best in WCS, prove them all wrong.
That being said, Demuslim Lives in The US and went through the long process of getting a visa to live here, so classifying him as EU now would just be wrong as he has stated he enjoys where he is and wants to stay here.
yes, i agree, so have him over someone from KOREA would be a better response since i think everyone who lives in the US or NA in general should have a higher priority over foreigners.
lol. don't listen to these armchair ladder heroes kitty. I can say you're one of the few players in NA that can actually challenge koreans. I watched you tear through the Raleigh open bracket. Played you in some online tourny too. Legit player here. HotS fit his style well too. He wasn't some "every game 2-3 base all in" player.
This is 17 of the invites on the NA list, you can see how they finished in WCS last year. This doesn't include either the National events or the World Championship event, both of which would add weight to the decision.
The two people that don't seem to fit in are Minigun & Snute
As for the players that missed out, that's a harder question for me to work. IE. Ostojiy gave up his seed, Hawk retired, daisuki got caught cheating.
The korean invites i feel are fairly self explanatory, even if you don't agree with them being involved in the NA portion of WCS.
My opinion: I think the invites are mostly fair, without knowing why some people that placed higher aren't invited. Seems pretty fair overall *shrug*
On April 11 2013 10:28 Waxangel wrote: wait so do we give a fuck that tournaments are inviting 75%+ of their players without qualifiers now, or is that soooo last year?
Man caring about invites was always just an excuse to hate on the nasl because of incontrol.
I've been doing some research on the announced participants of WCS NA Premier as I plan to do in depth coverage of the WCS NA scene. For those of you who are curious or maybe didn't recognize some of the names that were listed (I know failed to recognize a few), I have compiled a quick list detailing each participant's history in WCS, such as it is.
KiLLeR: 1st Chile Nationals; 1st South American Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Scarlett: 1st Canada Nationals; 1st North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
IdrA: 4th US Nationals; 3rd North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
Suppy: Top 16 US Nationals; 10th North American Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Fenix: 1st Peru Nationals; 2nd South American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
ViBE: 1st US Nationals; 2nd North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
HuK: 10th Canada Nationals; 9th North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Illusion: Top 8 US Nationals; Top 8 North American Finals; Top 16 Global Finals
Major: 1st Mexico Nationals; 4th North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
State: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 6 North American Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Goswser: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 16 North American Finals
Hellokitty: Top 8 US Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Minigun: Invited to US Nationals.
Theognis: Top 16 US Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Capoch: 1st Argentina Nationals; Top 6 South American Finals
Maker: 2nd Mexico Nationals; Top 24 North American Finals
Ryung: Did not participate.
HerO: Top 8 Korean Nationals; 3rd Asian Finals; Top 8 Global Finals
Violet: Did not participate.
Polt: Top 12 Korean Nationals
mOOnGLaDe: 2nd Australian Nationals; 1st Oceania Finals; Invited to Global Finals
Sen: 1st Taiwan Nationals; Top 12 Asia Finals; 4th Global Finals
NesTea: Did not qualify.
Snute: 4th Norway Nationals
Thats pretty cool, So maybe it is becasue demuslim didn't do aswell in WCS? And so the koreans were invited over him since they have more accomplishments outside of wcs? :S He made it to WCS EU finals didn't he?
2nd place UK WCS and top 16 EU WCS are pretty solid WCS results.
Im just hoping demuslim doesn't get screwed and have to qualify. Though with the amount of backlash I think theyd be best just to give him an invite to make everyone happy and have 7 qualifier spots lol.
edit: The worst part is, It looks like maybe his WCS EU results aren't counting towards this becasue its NA, so If he had went to WCS EU he would be in, but since blizzard doesn't know its ass from a hole in the wall, nobody could communicate anything like that so EG and Demuslim could make the right decision. This is obvously all speculation...except for the blizzard part.
Its kind of funny that some people are invited based on tournements they where invited because of tournements they were invited.... This goes on for years now. And we all know, they would not make it throw a single qualifier. All to have some consistent names in the events. Wonder how long they can push them up.
HelloKitty's replay pack made him popular and therefore invite. He is good, but hopefully some of the other NA pros can make it through the qualifiers.
On April 11 2013 12:23 skeldark wrote: Its kind of funny that some people are invited based on tournements they where invited because of tournements they were invited.... This goes on for years now. And we all know, they would not make it throw a single qualifier. All to have some consistent names in the events. Wonder how long they can push them up.
This honestly can't be said enough. SC2(outside of Korea) has been the absolute worst "esport" that I've seen where popular players are protected to the degree they are. God forbid they actually have to qualify against people who aren't salaried and are playing part time. They might lose and be exposed as they frauds they are. Can't have that.
Korean scene has had the success it's had primarily because of the open nature of Code A qualifiers motivating players to at least try. Hell Bisu still hasn't been able to qualify yet. If this were taking place in NA he'd be getting invites to every tournament under the sun.
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poor ostojiy
