EPTOn November 13 2013 01:56 Nomzter wrote:
I hope Soulkey crushes this
I hope Soulkey crushes this
So do i. Only real problem for him is Sora.
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
So do i. Only real problem for him is Sora. | ||
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TaishiCi
Korea (South)211 Posts
It is going to be the 3 Koreans trying to get top place. | ||
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havok55
United States276 Posts
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
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LockeTazeline
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argonautdice
Canada2704 Posts
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Tchado
Jordan1831 Posts
On November 13 2013 02:03 10bulgares wrote: Yeah but who decides to give two slots to Jordan? Maybe it was two slots for the whole middle east or something like this. I know why we have 2 slots.....and it aint a good reason  aside from what I have in my mind , each country can send up to 3 | ||
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goody153
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Shellshock
United States97274 Posts
On November 13 2013 01:09 Dalnore wrote: 1st $30,000 2nd $15,000 3rd $7,500 Source: http://www.wcg.com/renew/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C13111110000 I can't believe this is actually going up each year. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On November 13 2013 05:50 lolfail9001 wrote: So do i. Only real problem for him is Sora. PartinG has beat him several times too. | ||
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TAMinator
Australia2706 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On November 13 2013 07:44 havok55 wrote: See guys this is what WCS could have been with region lock! Every bracket: 1 Korean vs 1 decent player vs some mid-tier randoms vs players that arent even on liquidpedia >_> Yeah right, because that is exactly how WCS EU looks like: Infested by players without liquipedia entries just behind the handful of invading Koreans. | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On November 13 2013 12:59 goody153 wrote: its odd to see a tournament player list that is not infested with only koreans .. not that i hate them .. its just odd ..fresh for a new perspective I agree! It's going to be nice to get to know a bunch of new players from all over the world.  | ||
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Seph02
Netherlands221 Posts
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herMan
Japan2053 Posts
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jarod
Romania766 Posts
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alexanderzero
United States659 Posts
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
On November 13 2013 17:31 alexanderzero wrote: How did they choose which players are representing Korea? It seems like a really random selection... http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/World_Cyber_Games_2013/Qualifiers/Korea | ||
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Xoronius
Germany6362 Posts
On November 13 2013 16:57 herMan wrote: Why are there three south koreans participating? It would be tough for anybody else to win even if there was just one. They need 3, to make sure, to win this thing. 2011 Titan knocked out Supernova early and MKP fell to Kas in the quarterfinals, 2012 Lowely knocked out Yonghwa and MKP. Same thing in ESWC and Iesf, where there were foreign world champions in both years. 3 Koreans seems to be the magic number, to make sure, the tournament gets won. | ||
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dampv
Sweden83 Posts
First of all, WCG obviously tries to be "the olympics of esports", this means that the only paid finishes are the top 3 in each tournament and that there is a cap on how many players every country can send in each game. For single player games this has almost always been capped at three players per country. In 2002 boxer was qualified automatically as the reigning champion which meant South Korea had 4 representatives in brood war, boxer went on to defend his title. Second, the WCG do NOT organize their own qualifiers and do NOT pay for travel or accomodation for the players, this means that if there is a lack of local/national sponsors, there will not be a qualifier. Almost all qualifiers have been always been national, with participation limited to citizens of the country hosting the qualifier, there have been a few instances of regional qualifiers iirc, for instance the nordic region had a single qualifier where all five countries competed for a single spot in the Counter-Strike tournament a few years back. So, the reason that some really obscure countries are represented in SC2 and brood war is that there is at least one person with more money than sense who is ready to fork out a few grand for the plane ticket and hotel room. Historically, this has always been the case in brood war and SC2, for instance in 2006 the following countries sent players in brood war: Colombia, Uzbekistan (he made it out of the group), Vietnam, Philipines, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Slovakia, Moldova, Ireland, Serbia, Hungary and Croatia. How many decent SC2 players from these countries can you name ? No players from the nordic region or benelux was there to compete. Organizing the qualifiers in this fashion may have made some sense +10 years ago when there where very few players with sponsors willing to send them halfway around the world, today it makes very little sense. A way to solve this would be to have a qualifier without paid accomodation, so that players with sponsors or who are willing to pay for their own tickets still can participate if there is a lack of local sponsors. WCG also needs to get with the times and have smaller groups with BO3 instead of BO1 and change to a flatter payout structure, if there is a $50k prize pool there really is no reason to only have three paid places. | ||
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