EPTWould've loved to see Grubby/Ret participate in this event
WCG 2011 Grand Finals - Page 12
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Aven
Netherlands392 Posts
Would've loved to see Grubby/Ret participate in this event | ||
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Denizen[9]
United States649 Posts
Also why is there only 1 player from america and 2 from canada | ||
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Pippi
Sweden540 Posts
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Tezzick
Canada187 Posts
On November 22 2011 23:38 Denizen[9] wrote: What do people mean by Huk and Idra haven't to pay 1.5k is that hotel and flight, or something else. Also why is there only 1 player from america and 2 from canada I believe USA WCG cancelled and decided not to fund the players who won, so Idra is funding his own trip. And the community raised money for the Canada WCG tourney to send two players, Kiwikaki and Huk. Thats my understanding of the situation, I could be wrong. | ||
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
On November 22 2011 23:35 Aven wrote: I'm disappointed there's only 1 representative of the whole benelux Would've loved to see Grubby/Ret participate in this event yeh wish that nani and Sase had qualifed for Sweden as well!!! | ||
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Beside_kr
Canada902 Posts
On November 22 2011 21:49 JohnMatrix wrote: any infos on the cash prize ? not yet On November 22 2011 23:54 Tezzick wrote: I believe USA WCG cancelled and decided not to fund the players who won, so Idra is funding his own trip. And the community raised money for the Canada WCG tourney to send two players, Kiwikaki and Huk. Thats my understanding of the situation, I could be wrong. I think the reason people are a little upset is that KiWiKaKi won the WCG Canada online tournament and although HuK did sign up for it, he did not compete, TD.Attero came second and is not competing in the finals. I suspect the following happened: as Canada has no organizer this year, a previous organizer was able to secure us with a special status at WCG meaning that we could send up to 3 SC2 players and their tournament entries would be waved, we would only have to pay for their flight. USA has no such status and thus the players must pay an entry fee, because HuK has dual citizenship, EG may have worked out a deal for him to represent Canada instead so they wouldn't have to pay the tournament entry fee (which is very expensive). That's my speculation. For me, I'm just happy to see HuK competing, it doesn't matter to me which flag he has beside his name. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
Usually, WCG sets these tournaments up in order to see who will get a free trip to the finals. But seeing as we have people that don't know what they're doing in WCG USA, clearly they never got the sponsors to pay up. | ||
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MudkipSEA`
Singapore67 Posts
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Dartego
154 Posts
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BronzeKnee
United States5219 Posts
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DRAxTAR
Chile5 Posts
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37071 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6184 Posts
GO F91 !! | ||
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CreeDo
United States82 Posts
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
WCG USA had sponsor issues and couldn't raise any money. WCG Can could only raise enough money to send 1 player (kiwikaki as he won the WCG Canada qualifier). However, each nation is allowed to send 3 players. IdrA will represent WCG USA with EG footing the bill (including the $1.5k registration fee). Huk will go as Canada's second player. Attero is not being screwed here. EG is paying for Huk. If anyone else from Canada wants to go they have to be willing to pay the bill (or the US for that matter). If Huk doesn't go for Canada, kiwi is going to be the only representative. Also, I'm not 100% sure EG is paying the registration fee. But I know for sure WCG Canada and WCG USA aren't (they have no money). So the only option is EG paying or WCG waiving the fee (very unlikely as every other nation would get pissed). | ||
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Otori
Sweden164 Posts
On November 22 2011 15:07 KSMB wrote: Nr. 38 on the list, "wern", has the flag of Namibia next to him. Anyone know anything about him? What server do Africans play on? lol, wonder what the betting odds would be for him to win the tournament :D 1:50 000? | ||
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ticktack
United Arab Emirates874 Posts
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00Visor
4337 Posts
On November 22 2011 16:28 tienvh wrote: No nAni, SaSe, HayprO, ThorZaiN for Sweden??? OMG :'( Yep, best foreigner country sending only 1  Maybe Nani, Sase could get it financed by their teams like Huk/Idra since they are in Korea anyways. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
On November 23 2011 02:22 Otori wrote: lol, wonder what the betting odds would be for him to win the tournament :D 1:50 000? i bet he is actually the prince of namibia and that's how he can afford to go to WCG | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
On November 23 2011 02:01 DoomsVille wrote: WCG Nations have to pay to send players. It costs them ~$2.5k (travel, accomodations, food and a $1.5k registration fee) to send a player. They raise the money through fundraisers, sponsorship, entry fees and what not. WCG USA had sponsor issues and couldn't raise any money. WCG Can could only raise enough money to send 1 player (kiwikaki as he won the WCG Canada qualifier). However, each nation is allowed to send 3 players. IdrA will represent WCG USA with EG footing the bill (including the $1.5k registration fee). Huk will go as Canada's second player. Attero is not being screwed here. EG is paying for Huk. If anyone else from Canada wants to go they have to be willing to pay the bill (or the US for that matter). If Huk doesn't go for Canada, kiwi is going to be the only representative. Also, I'm not 100% sure EG is paying the registration fee. But I know for sure WCG Canada and WCG USA aren't (they have no money). So the only option is EG paying or WCG waiving the fee (very unlikely as every other nation would get pissed). Wasn't this the exact issue that caused a bunch of teams to boycott ESWC a while back? | ||
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