Round-Robin, point based. 4 players per group. Players with the most points advance to the playoffs. The playoffs will consist of wwo Best of 5's, due to season 1 also having a third position open, there will be a third Bo5 between the losers of the first Bo5s to determine our third Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau qualified player.
On December 25 2013 01:47 vult wrote: Awesome, cool to see more Taiwanese competition! Can see Ian, Slam, or Hui advancing!
Personally, I think this is a good shot for some of the TTeSports apollos guys. Softball and AK are both pretty strong and the latter of the two has been to Korea for SC2 training before.
Any information on which players are from TW/HK/Macau? Some of the Taiwanese players are kind of prominent but I only know nicholashk for HK players (duh ) Faan sounds Cantonese I'd guess
On December 25 2013 01:47 vult wrote: Awesome, cool to see more Taiwanese competition! Can see Ian, Slam, or Hui advancing!
Personally, I think this is a good shot for some of the TTeSports apollos guys. Softball and AK are both pretty strong and the latter of the two has been to Korea for SC2 training before.
Whilst I agree with what you said, Flash Wolves seems like a very strong team environment, and maybe San has provided some good practice for them.
On December 25 2013 11:17 Darkdwarf wrote: No SaSe?
Why wouldn't he be playing in WCS EU?
He lives in Taiwan, so better latency could be a good reason.
He was never invited... plus this is difficult to say whether or not he could legitimately represent Taiwan (assuming he is not a Taiwan citizen nor permanent resident). I'm actually quite shocked that he tweeted asking for info about the WCS TW/HK/Macao instead of directly asking the guys at TeSL. They are, after all, the guys who admin this stuff.
Also interesting to remark that he says he can speak Chinese, but is bewildered about this. Then again, this was all pretty sudden and he was probably super-busy with SC2 training.
On December 25 2013 11:17 Darkdwarf wrote: No SaSe?
Why wouldn't he be playing in WCS EU?
He lives in Taiwan, so better latency could be a good reason.
He was never invited... plus this is difficult to say whether or not he could legitimately represent Taiwan (assuming he is not a Taiwan citizen nor permanent resident). I'm actually quite shocked that he tweeted asking for info about the WCS TW/HK/Macao instead of directly asking the guys at TeSL. They are, after all, the guys who admin this stuff.
Also interesting to remark that he says he can speak Chinese, but is bewildered about this. Then again, this was all pretty sudden and he was probably super-busy with SC2 training.
[QUOTE]On December 25 2013 13:11 BreAKerTV wrote: [QUOTE]On December 25 2013 12:57 Darkdwarf wrote: [QUOTE]On December 25 2013 11:57 chipmonklord17 wrote: [QUOTE]On December 25 2013 11:17 Darkdwarf wrote: No SaSe?[/QUOTE]
Why wouldn't he be playing in WCS EU?[/QUOTE]
Also interesting to remark that he says he can speak Chinese, but is bewildered about this. Then again, this was all pretty sudden and he was probably super-busy with SC2 training.[/QUOTE] He lived for over 1.5 yrs in China during his wc3 career but I dont know if he can speak chinese. Look ClouD, he lived 2 yrs in Germany and learned about 10 german words.
On December 25 2013 11:17 Darkdwarf wrote: No SaSe?
Why wouldn't he be playing in WCS EU?
He lives in Taiwan, so better latency could be a good reason.
He was never invited... plus this is difficult to say whether or not he could legitimately represent Taiwan (assuming he is not a Taiwan citizen nor permanent resident). I'm actually quite shocked that he tweeted asking for info about the WCS TW/HK/Macao instead of directly asking the guys at TeSL. They are, after all, the guys who admin this stuff.
Also interesting to remark that he says he can speak Chinese, but is bewildered about this. Then again, this was all pretty sudden and he was probably super-busy with SC2 training.
I am aware of that tweet. However, it is also interesting to remark that San will not be taking place in the WCS NA TW Qualifiers. I think it could be, as mentioned before, an issue of nationality. I am not an official employee of TeSL, so I will refrain from further comment on that topic, but I will say that if it is something that has to do with nationality, then perhaps we need to see Blizzard and TeSL have more open communication between each other.
Overall, it sucks really, it does, considering we only have left over non-NA players qualified for WCS NA Premier league 2014 Season 1. I think Sase deserves a shot.
Cool to hear some Cantonese from Breaker but wouldn't one assume "faan" to be pronounced like the Chinese for "rice" rather than the English "fan"? In my opinion anyway.
Someone explain to me why WCS tournaments around the world are filled up with non-residential asians, while a single attempt from local resident SaSe to play in WCS HK is met with complete opposition?
On December 28 2013 00:54 meanmarine24 wrote: Someone explain to me why WCS tournaments around the world are filled up with non-residential asians, while a single attempt from local resident SaSe to play in WCS HK is met with complete opposition?
These qualifiers are restricted to citizens or persons with residency visas. SaSe apparently doesn't have this.
You mean this? " Ladder wildcard spots will have open enrollment with no citizenship or residency restriction, but still have a master's level requirement with a minimum number of ladder wins within that regional server." So they could if they wanted to.
On December 28 2013 06:21 meanmarine24 wrote: You mean this? " Ladder wildcard spots will have open enrollment with no citizenship or residency restriction, but still have a master's level requirement with a minimum number of ladder wins within that regional server." So they could if they wanted to.
On December 28 2013 00:54 meanmarine24 wrote: Someone explain to me why WCS tournaments around the world are filled up with non-residential asians, while a single attempt from local resident SaSe to play in WCS HK is met with complete opposition?
Please try to make a more clear statement. The term "local resident", is something that I am forced to interpret as a person in Taiwan with a right to reside there. In other words, someone who is a resident of Taiwan. Citizens, and foreigners that possess resident visas.
What I will say, first and foremost, is that yoeFWSan was not allowed to compete in the WCS NA Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macao qualifier even though he belongs to the premier team in Taiwan: yoe Flash Wolves (the same team that I belong to, I might add). And to that end, I will also add that the one Korean (True) and one American (Suppy) that were invited to compete in TeSL and presently staying in Taiwan this season, were not allowed to compete in it either.
I will also add, at this stage, that I am no more happy to see this than you are. It sucks, it really does, but SaSe, I believe, does not have the proper visa to stay, live, and work in Taiwan. If someone goes to Taiwan to study abroad (like I did), then they are given what is called a visitor visa. That means staying for a short while, then leaving. TeSL, the organization that initially invited SaSe so long ago and had him train with gamabears before they disbanded, was able to secure him a visitor visa, and San, as well, has a visitor visa.
Please stand by for an official statement from a TeSL representative, as I am simply a liaison, nothing more, nothing less...
P.S. Please do not use the term "Asian" like this again. I feel it is not a politically correct term in the world of Starcraft eSports. all Non-Koreans are foreigners, and I am sure SaSe would agree with me on that statement.
SaSe didn't have a Residents Visa, so he is not able to participate in this region. He is using a Visitors Visa staying in Taiwan. This is what I have heard from Taiwan Blizzard.
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) Faan sounds Cantonese I'd guess 
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