EPTThey meet the 25% rule by having 3 qualifiers. They meet the 16 competitor rule by having qualifiers for the 3 qualifier spots.
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
They meet the 25% rule by having 3 qualifiers. They meet the 16 competitor rule by having qualifiers for the 3 qualifier spots. | ||
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Ace Frehley
2030 Posts
But I hope by the end of the year one of these players are not qualifying to blizzcon by the skin of their teeth only because of the benefits of invitationals | ||
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DJHelium
Sweden13480 Posts
Were the games played on EU server? | ||
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Baroninthetree
United States473 Posts
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EJK
United States1302 Posts
http://www.gfinity.net/starcraft-ii/cups/g3-qualifiers/5th-6th-of-july/rules Can someone clarify what time 12PM BST is in EST? I believe it is 7AM but it would be nice to not have to worry about making sure you get the time zone conversion right... | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
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coloursheep
China497 Posts
On June 25 2014 23:43 Dingodile wrote: Generally WCS Points for tournaments outside WCS is stupid, doesnt matter if HSC or MLG or DH or Shoutcraft or whatever else. WCS should do 3 weekend-tournaments (one on each region), which everyone can attend, I am sure DH/ESL/GSL or Proleague staff likes to do this for WCS/Blizzard. I highly doubt that this tournament here is getting lesser recognition without wcs points. I guess I understand in theory why people are upset about this tournament giving out WCS points but if you look at the players that are invited so far their chances for Blizzcon are pretty set already. Grubby and TLO are basically out already MC and Hyun are almost guaranteed to be in, it might effect Jjakji and Stardust but they will most likely make it or not regardless of this event. Who knows who else they will invite, people like MMA, Snute or Welmu who are on the cusp could have a great impact on their qualification but for the players who are in now it probably won't impact their chances. Maybe this event should not have WCS points but the idea of not having points for any non-WCS events is crazy, the whole point is to tie the entire year of competition together and make it interesting to watch players fight for competition and personally I think it is very effective. But at the same time its does favour players like MC who are both very good and able to attend huge numbers of tournaments. I think that instead of punishing a player like MC who does well all over the world in a tonne of events add points to Proleague so that players who only play in that and GSL have more opportunities for points. | ||
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Pughy
Wales662 Posts
Last 3 players should be 2 Terrans and a Zerg, taking it upto 3 invites per race. | ||
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Dingodile
4136 Posts
On June 26 2014 13:09 coloursheep wrote: I guess I understand in theory why people are upset about this tournament giving out WCS points [...] No upset, as expected every tournament (99%) is giving wcs points. The one "upset" is that such is unfair for many many players and Blizzard does/did nothing. Even WCS global seasons last year were pretty unfair, if we talk about wcs points. Maybe this event should not have WCS points but the idea of not having points for any non-WCS events is crazy, the whole point is to tie the entire year of competition together and make it interesting to watch players fight for competition and personally I think it is very effective. I highly doubt that this is true. I still feel more like Trap made a huge/nice step for Blizzcon than he won MLG. I had more fun without giving wcs points, because players have much more indepedent and tournaments were more important itself than feeling like "tournament is important because it gives wcs points". | ||
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Kimb3r
Germany744 Posts
On June 25 2014 13:28 pajoondies wrote: really excite to see how this pans out i understand why people want to see other players than the "typical" invites, but these guys are invited because they're some of the best the scene has to offer (both from Koreans and foreigners). i'd rather see top level ability being rewarded for their play, rather than getting some lesser players just for the sake of them being there. and innovation pls, as said above =x And how do you determine the top-level ability of the players? By letting them play qualifiers, so they actually can prove that they are worth it. This lack of fair competition is one of the reasons I think why non-Korean players aren't able to live up to the level of play the Koreans perform. For me as a spectator, I would say aswell that I'm more interested in seeing a tournament, where I know that the players play because they deserve it, rather than because they performed well in tournaments where they anyway were invited. | ||
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Pughy
Wales662 Posts
That means just 1 slot left from qualifier #3! | ||
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Littlebert
United Kingdom36 Posts
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Pughy
Wales662 Posts
On June 27 2014 04:00 Littlebert wrote: Just sorted my accommodation out and will be heading to this as my first Esports event watching live , Cant wait! Sick city! If you see me walking around or with a moment to spare you're absolutely more then welcome to say hello =) (I actually demand that you do) | ||
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smjnes91
United Kingdom2 Posts
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/artist/gfinity-tickets/941627 | ||
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Dana44
Poland29 Posts
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Crot4le
England2927 Posts
On June 26 2014 06:45 DJHelium wrote: Gratz to Pig for qualifying, beating Impact is no small thing! Were the games played on EU server? Yeah congratulations to him, though I must say I'm gutted. I probably would have booked my ticket there and then if an Axiom player qualified! | ||
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Josh_Video
Canada798 Posts
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Pughy
Wales662 Posts
On July 04 2014 11:10 Josh_Video wrote: Interesting caster lineup, i've never heard of 2/4 Casters (JaRoSaR and Tetcher) and of the other two I've only ever heard Khaldor cast. Should be fun to hear new voices, Hopefully I can find time to watch it. Gfinity are UK based and heavily want to involve the people from our local scene, we will have another 2 casters and a host announced soon though =) | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
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Pughy
Wales662 Posts
Will have Kas vs Armani Bly vs Mana Stork vs Sleep Patience vs Bunny One of these will be the 12th player heading to the UK! | ||
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