EPTShould the 2014 season of WCS have residency/citizenship r…
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
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Footler
United States560 Posts
Go from 16 to 32 for Grand Finals with something like 4 other representives from each of the 4 residency tournaments (4 NA, 4 EU, 4 Korea/Asia, 4 Everyone Else). Of course the remaining 16 come from the current set up. | ||
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ivancype
Brazil485 Posts
And also I would like to see a new region for SEA/China and a change in the number of spots for season finals, something like 8 for KR, 4 for EU and 2 for AM SEA/China. Or maybe no, just make ladder relevant for WCS. | ||
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iEatWoofers
Switzerland108 Posts
It's pretty obvious that the current WCS setup is killing the US scene. Especially with MLG not hosting SC2 tournaments anymore. Sure, the skill level won't be as high as Korea for a long time, but that's just how it is if you have to (re)build a scene. Pumping Koreans in the tournament will not help at all, because the players know that they are at a HUGE disadvantage. So they lose motivation and the scene dies. I for one don't need two WCS Koreas. One is enough. | ||
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
On September 26 2013 16:00 ejozl wrote: I think that's too hard a restriction, having DeMusliM earn the same money as Soulkey in prize pool, seems a bit strange. As well as the residency lock idea who's to say there won't also be changes to the allocation of prize funds? I think GSL should return to it's original form, I feel Blizzard have kind of robbed GOM of their identity a bit. Overall I actually do like what Blizzard are trying to do with WCS, but there is so much that needs to change and needs to be revised for 2014. | ||
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
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DDie
Brazil2369 Posts
On September 28 2013 06:16 ladysman09 wrote: There should be a Korean Qualifier/Invite system for the non Korean WCS regions. like only 4 or 5 can qualify or be invited. This. | ||
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zelevin
United States304 Posts
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MysticaL
Canada118 Posts
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IMR
70 Posts
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Nyvis
France284 Posts
If we do that, the GSL will be back to being the only relevant tournament. And the foreigners will keep stagnating because they won't have to face the best to do a living. A residing requirement could be a decent compromise, but citizenship seems really impossible without making the foreign WCS completely irrelevant. And even a massive joke if they keep the number of seeds. And on the long run, it will hurt the foreign scene, because blizzard won't put as much money into a second grade tournament. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23521 Posts
I do think we have seen a significant increase in the quality of play by NA players and European players as a result of having to regularly prepare for and compete against competition they just don't normally have access to. If you want to be the best you have to beat the best(or at least compete with them). | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
What is the point with EU/NA/Korea if everyone is free to play whereever they want? Sure the Korean would win if they entered the competition somewhere else but that goes for any other sport. How many of the young sprinters of Jamaica wouldn't crush competition anywhere else on the planet besides Jamaica? Same with badminton/table tennis. Chinese players nowhere near the top in China would crush competition else where if they could participate. | ||
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PhobosSc2
Netherlands6 Posts
Bottom line: I like the good games where both players have the same conditions to keep it equal. Playing in korea for WCS EU makes the lag high and there is an unequal advantage for the players which can be exploited at the higher level by high micro battles. The location where the player is is important. | ||
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dirtydurb82
United States178 Posts
"The only way to make E-Sports grow is to tell the truth." - Richard Lewis. Well here's the truth. I want a WCS America winner who looks like me, talks like me, and grew up watching the fucking Simpsons, just like me. That's how I like my Olympics, that's how I like my Superbowls. The truth is, region locking is the first step to making E-Sports successful. The second step is nerfing Widow Mines. Fucking Widow Mines man. | ||
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goldentb
Slovenia15 Posts
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Rider517
70 Posts
yes, koreans are better and more talented, but i want to see an american player coming out from an american pool of players, and i want to see the same for EU and KR i want to know who is the best american, european and korean players each season and this can be only achieved with a "region lock" system so i voted yes. | ||
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Linwelin
Ireland7554 Posts
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contaminant.237
Canada13 Posts
Personally, I watch WCS for great games, not because of player's names. I think it hugely diminishes the successes of the most talented Korean players to say you'd prefer to see lower-level play because it's someone from your home country. Individual sports should be about the players, not the regions they represent. This isn't football - you don't have to cheer for your "home-town team". | ||
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Aliwia
United Kingdom6 Posts
On September 26 2013 18:39 Targe wrote: No don't care option?  Yes there is, it's the big red cross at the top right | ||
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