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On December 20 2014 09:55 brickrd wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2014 09:46 -Kyo- wrote:
I will never understand why out of all the dates they could possibly pick they choose the middle of the week early in the afternoon. They really miss some rather important details for NA players ... i must have seriously missed something. i see sunday/monday dates at 6pm? am i confused? edit: my bad, was looking at december calendar. still, 5/6pm for the majority of the country seems fine. i guess they could do 7 or 8 to accommodate los angeles or whatever
I wouldn't have criticized the times if they were not all exactly the same. The real issue is that if people work a job around these times on East/Central/Mountain then it directly favors the Pacific time zone due to simple scheduling. If someone cannot make one of these times on East coast for one week chances are they will not be able to make it for the other week either. This could have very, very easily been alleviated with either a weekend setup or simply alternating times on the next week to later in the day. It's simply poor planning and there isn't really any justifiable excuse imo.
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On December 20 2014 09:46 -Kyo- wrote:
I will never understand why out of all the dates they could possibly pick they choose the middle of the week early in the afternoon. They really miss some rather important details for NA players ...
On the other end I find 6pm very late in the day and annoying, wish we could have week end early afternoons qualifiers
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On December 20 2014 10:17 desRow wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2014 09:46 -Kyo- wrote:
I will never understand why out of all the dates they could possibly pick they choose the middle of the week early in the afternoon. They really miss some rather important details for NA players ... On the other end I find 6pm very late in the day and annoying, wish we could have week end early afternoons qualifiers
Yeah I agree, Its unfortunate east coasters have to play late into the night and then get up early the next morning for school/work etc.
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Netherlands4511 Posts
wait, so is WCS using season 3 map pool or the 2015 season 1 map pool? so confusing
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There must be a mistake, pretty sure top 4 should qualify for challenger. That's how it's done for the EU spots, which are also ran by ESL, and also for the WCS unified. And ew these maps some more.
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It says quite clearly, its season 3 map pool again.
But it makes no sense O_O
What can possibly be so wrong with the season 1 maps? And what is the point of releasing a new map pool if its not going to be used?
I hope its a mistake
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On December 20 2014 20:49 Superbanana wrote:
It says quite clearly, its season 3 map pool again.
But it makes no sense O_O
What can possibly be so wrong with the season 1 maps? And what is the point of releasing a new map pool if its not going to be used?
I hope its a mistake
Season 1 map pool is pretty wrong in and of itself xD... However, I do agree that it seems quite odd to state that they're releasing a brand new map pool and then saying the tournament will be on the old maps. wut
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The qualifiers will use the old map pool so the pros arent forced to play the new maps which arent even finished yet. And the premier Tournament itself will then use the new map pool. That is at least how I understood it
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Lol Blizzard is so scared to use the new map pool. If they aren't able to make a map at least bug-free in ten days, then they shouldn't make maps at all.
Also why do you have stupid laws Germany, poor Arium )':
edit : why is this titled "WCS AM" btw? It's just WCS now, right?
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According to the Battle.net post a couple months ago regarding the 2015 WCS season, players in each region must also be playing under identifiable names. There are over 30 barcodes on NA GM, with other regions (Korea) exceeding 90% barcode population. Will there be a name change offered before qualifiers take place? It would be quite drastic to not include these individuals.
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China6330 Posts
On December 21 2014 05:22 OtherWorld wrote:
Lol Blizzard is so scared to use the new map pool. If they aren't able to make a map at least bug-free in ten days, then they shouldn't make maps at all.
Also why do you have stupid laws Germany, poor Arium )':
edit : why is this titled "WCS AM" btw? It's just WCS now, right?
Blizzard stated that the new maps are still WIP that needs additional testing and tuning, I would not use those in a formal tournament either.
On December 23 2014 17:08 `Mystery wrote:
According to the Battle.net post a couple months ago regarding the 2015 WCS season, players in each region must also be playing under identifiable names. There are over 30 barcodes on NA GM, with other regions (Korea) exceeding 90% barcode population. Will there be a name change offered before qualifiers take place? It would be quite drastic to not include these individuals.
Most of these barcodes are smurfs anyways.
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Has any player yet signed up?
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On December 23 2014 17:08 `Mystery wrote:
According to the Battle.net post a couple months ago regarding the 2015 WCS season, players in each region must also be playing under identifiable names. There are over 30 barcodes on NA GM, with other regions (Korea) exceeding 90% barcode population. Will there be a name change offered before qualifiers take place? It would be quite drastic to not include these individuals.
All of those players have other accounts. I don't primarily ladder on my main account (though it is in master).
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your Country52797 Posts
What. Why? Blizzard's not finished, I guess? >.>
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On December 26 2014 12:15 The_Templar wrote:What. Why? Blizzard's not finished, I guess? >.>
i mean the pros have had like, no time to practice them i guess.
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What are you talking about? Please read about Europe!
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2015_WCS_Season_1/Qualifier/Europe
Six single-elimination open brackets
Top 4 players of each qualifier advance to the Challenger League
Last Chance Qualifier: January 16th, 18:00 CET
Top 16 not yet qualified players from the previous six qualifiers
The Europe Qualifier allows 28 players to advance to the Challenger Leaguehallenger League for the 2015 WCS Season 1.
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And about US
Four single-elimination open brackets
Qualifier 1: January 7, 18:00 PST
Qualifier 2: January 8, 18:00 PST
Qualifier 3: January 14, 18:00 PST
Qualifier 4: January 15, 18:00 PST
All matches are Best-of-three
Top 4 players of each qualifier advance to the Challenger Leaguehallenger League
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On December 26 2014 16:54 Strelok wrote:What are you talking about? Please read about Europe! http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2015_WCS_Season_1/Qualifier/EuropeSix single-elimination open brackets Top 4 players of each qualifier advance to the Challenger League Last Chance Qualifier: January 16th, 18:00 CET Top 16 not yet qualified players from the previous six qualifiers The Europe Qualifier allows 28 players to advance to the Challenger Leaguehallenger League for the 2015 WCS Season 1.
Looks like plenty of great entertainment coming up! I don't like the challenger Bo5 format much tbh, but the qualifiers look exiting! 
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Qualifiers have been adjusted to Top 4 of each tournament qualify into Challenger. Sorry for late response but had to verify some things.
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