On September 06 2014 06:10 Hydro033 wrote:
I always found it fascinating how Korea has the best player but least amount of money/tournaments. Why is this?

I guess there are just less players and less gaming companies wanting to invest in esports.

Elite_

United States4259 Posts

September 05 2014 22:51 GMT

If there's more than 3 GSL seasons a year, yes. If not, fuck no. So many Korean retirements inc.

Peggies[x]

Philippines9 Posts

September 06 2014 01:17 GMT

Iirc in broodwar there were 2 major individual leagues, the OSL and the MSL..

how come in SC2 there is only GSL?

well I am just hoping they would add another major individual league in korea so that many more korean players can have the opportunity to showcase their skills and avoid retiring.. Also this will be great for sc2 fans.. :D

SelimSC

Turkey39 Posts

September 06 2014 02:31 GMT

No I don't if its going to end up with the trade off of random NA Scrubs with hard working Koreans. And lets face it the game is never going to last long in America but there is a chance of creating a lasting e-sport in Korea.

Shuffleblade

Sweden1903 Posts

September 06 2014 10:55 GMT

I support it but I am worried what will happen to level of play in the foreign scene and if SC2 will keep growing like it actually has this year.

Rikudou

Germany151 Posts

September 06 2014 15:57 GMT

undecided, because there are pros and contras

swag_bro

Japan782 Posts

September 06 2014 18:45 GMT

#10

This has to be one of the worst things blizzard has done for the SC2 tournament scene. There is an oversaturation of Korean pros in Korea. This is basically forcing retirement for legends like Mvp and Nestea.

sc2PaperCut

2 Posts

September 06 2014 22:49 GMT

#11

Let the best shine for Christ's sake!!

UR.Solo

Canada13 Posts

September 07 2014 00:05 GMT

#12

I agree with it. Though it's nice to think about the Korean pro's. However, With them flooding every scene in the world, leaves less room for foreign pro's to make a splash. In the grand scheme of things, more pro's from other countries- the better. Patriotism is a monument in all sports. This should not get taken away from E-sports either

robson1

3632 Posts

September 07 2014 07:55 GMT

#13

I support it, but it is rough to introduce it after 2 years of no region lock, because guys like Ryung, alicia, crank, heart, JD etc got boned pretty hard.

SLAYER29

United States50 Posts

September 07 2014 16:30 GMT

#14

On September 06 2014 11:31 SelimSC wrote:
No I don't if its going to end up with the trade off of random NA Scrubs with hard working Koreans. And lets face it the game is never going to last long in America but there is a chance of creating a lasting e-sport in Korea.

Isn't America providing the most money for events? Random NA scrubs??? It's supposed to be the best from each region, the best NA players should play the best players from other regions, like other global tournaments (the World Cup).

Survivor61316

United States470 Posts

September 07 2014 18:13 GMT

#15

I'll support it if the Korean WCS receives a hugely disproportionate amount of the WCS points each season compared to the NA and EU regions. If NA and EU get the same amount of points for going up against far worse competition, then it kind of defeats the point of a tournament designed to "find the best player" at the end of the year.

Twine

France246 Posts

September 08 2014 01:34 GMT

#16

Yes, lets support this and find out that we'll have players like Rain or maru playing against foreigners in 2015 Blizzcon

rift

1819 Posts

September 09 2014 04:27 GMT

#17

Blizzard just fucked the Korean Starcraft 2 scene for the sake of white people.

Synergysc

United States25 Posts

September 09 2014 06:44 GMT

#18

On September 09 2014 13:27 rift wrote:
Blizzard just fucked the Korean Starcraft 2 scene for the sake of white people.

And for the sake of Starcraft 2 actually surviving as a popular game in America and Europe. It's blatantly obvious at this point that people don't want to see 8 koreans in the ro8 of WCS "America" and a lower-tier kespa player like Pigbaby simply just waltzing in and taking 1st place, they want to see homegrown heroes with a great storyline playing on their home turf.

The fact of the matter is Starcraft 2 has no chance of survival under an ideology that "if you don't go pro then you fail" because the only chance of actually winning something in a non-region locked system is if you give up just about everything to travel and train in Korea. It's just not viable. Most people would rather just get a job instead of risking their lives like that

GreenMash

Norway1746 Posts

September 09 2014 09:23 GMT

#19

It makes WCS feel somewhat unique which is a good thing IMO. It also felt so wrong to call it WCS "America" or "Europe" when almost everyone is Korean

iiGreetings

Canada563 Posts

September 09 2014 14:56 GMT

#20

The huge thing here as well that I would like to add is that by making it region exclusive you allow players from that region a chance to develop towards progression in tournaments. One of the big criticisms my friend was telling me about LoL is that even if you're a top 200 NA player not on a team compared to KR or EUW you're likely not high up on any other minor tournaments because these other two regions are so dominant that good teams rarely come out of there. So I think things will go back to the days of early early WoL, where we saw a lot of foreign players seemed to be larger in numbers and more populate. Whether that was because of skill compared to Koreans for example, or because of how popular the game was is up for debate. But back in those days koreans weren't coming to mlg's and other NA exclusive tournaments. So in effect I think that Blizzard is just trying to halt teams from sending more big name foreigners.

Honestly though I do like the change.