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WESG 2016 StarCraft 2 announcement - Page 3

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SwiftCrane
Profile Joined April 2016
26 Posts
August 06 2016 09:28 GMT
#41
Certainly exciting to see a tournament with such a big prize pool in starcraft! Takes place 39 on the list of the largest esports prize pool tournaments among cs:go and dota 2 tournaments. It's really good to see sc2 see some popularity again!
Complain
Profile Joined October 2012
Israel29 Posts
August 06 2016 10:14 GMT
#42
On August 06 2016 18:01 RezJ wrote:
I foresee hundreds of jewish SC2 players making aliyah to Israel in the near future

...And if not, my diamond ass is going to China.


unfortunately the regional lan finals are in Dubai which i dont think we're allowed to get into .

also the eligible countries list does not mention israel , actually they specifically wrote State of palestine.
Liveon
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Netherlands1083 Posts
August 06 2016 10:24 GMT
#43
@Complain and other Israeli players:
We decided to move Israel to the European qualifier, so don't worry, you can play.
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Alex007
Profile Joined December 2010
Ukraine211 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-06 11:56:42
August 06 2016 10:52 GMT
#44
I have one concern though: why is this event not a WCS Global event?

This question is too complex to answer it in few words, but just think about rules difference (even the most simple thing: citizenship requirement in WESG vs P1 Visa / Green Card being OK for WCS), Global Grand Finals being played after WCS season is over, and so on. It's not just a question of somebody's wish. If WESG was included into some Blizzard & Valve tournament system, there would be a lot of additional headache for organizers I feel.
However, I'm not saying that WESG being part of WCS system is impossible in future. We'll see.
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Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
August 06 2016 11:12 GMT
#45
Sort of replacement of WCG?
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A_Scarecrow
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia721 Posts
August 06 2016 13:13 GMT
#46
cool tournament though im pissed anz/sea is with korea. if korea knows about this tournament no way we can get a spot.
Vetch
Profile Joined April 2016
China3 Posts
August 06 2016 13:32 GMT
#47
so much money
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 06 2016 13:48 GMT
#48
On August 06 2016 22:13 A_Scarecrow wrote:
cool tournament though im pissed anz/sea is with korea. if korea knows about this tournament no way we can get a spot.


It's nice seeing players from this region making it to tourneys. But really i'd rather see anther Korean than someone from here getting 3-0'd in the first round.
mrarthursimon
Profile Joined August 2011
United States55 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-06 14:48:59
August 06 2016 14:42 GMT
#49
On August 06 2016 19:52 Alex007 wrote:
Show nested quote +
I have one concern though: why is this event not a WCS Global event?

This question is too complex to answer it in few words, but just think about rules difference (even the most simple thing: citizenship requirement in WESG vs P1 Visa / Green Card being OK for WCS), Global Grand Finals being played after WCS season is over, and so on. It's not just a question of somebody's wish. If WESG was included into some Blizzard & Valve tournament system, there would be a lot of additional headache for organizers I feel.
However, I'm not saying that WESG being part of WCS system is impossible in future. We'll see.


I don't know if you could tell by my post but I'm not one for wanting fewer words, generally. Thanks for your explanation it gave me exactly the answer that I was looking for.

In so far as the future of WESG: do you guys have any inkling of what kind of success you need in order to have a repeat of this event next year? If there's anything that I can do to contribute to this events success and to get it to happen again in the future, I'd love to lend a hand.

On August 06 2016 22:13 A_Scarecrow wrote:
cool tournament though im pissed anz/sea is with korea. if korea knows about this tournament no way we can get a spot.


Looking at the qualifiers for China alone, it appears as though there will be a good number of segregated regional qualifiers before the regional LAN which is where the final spots are determined. It's likely there will be SEA/ANZ qualifiers which seed directly into the regional LAN, just like the runner up from the Chinese Regional LAN get's placed into the Asia-Pacific regional. The details are still coming out for this, don't let the "OMG KOREANS ARE GODS" mentality stop you from cheering on your favorite player/nation.
Lillekanin
Profile Joined July 2011
Denmark192 Posts
August 06 2016 15:08 GMT
#50
Would have been better to see a bigger price split than just top 3 to support a larger amount of progamers. With that amount of prizepool for Qualifiers there should be price for top 8 atleast - and verry atleast top 4.
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rockdj911
Profile Joined July 2016
14 Posts
August 06 2016 16:55 GMT
#51
Why here is only 3 pages? Why so few exited...?! I mean........ We got one MORE BIG tournament this year! Isn't that exciting, guys?...
I wasbanned fromthis
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
113 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-06 16:59:33
August 06 2016 16:55 GMT
#52
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy831 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-06 19:10:48
August 06 2016 19:10 GMT
#53
On August 06 2016 19:14 Complain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2016 18:01 RezJ wrote:
I foresee hundreds of jewish SC2 players making aliyah to Israel in the near future

...And if not, my diamond ass is going to China.


unfortunately the regional lan finals are in Dubai which i dont think we're allowed to get into .

also the eligible countries list does not mention israel , actually they specifically wrote State of palestine.


Perhaps you're in Europe?

edit I'm dumb that literally was in the post next to yours
I used to organize tournaments for ESL Italy and referee Go4SC2s, WCSs, and IEMs for ESL SC2.
killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
August 06 2016 19:13 GMT
#54
On August 06 2016 20:12 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
Sort of replacement of WCG?


that's exactly first thing that popped in my head when I saw prizepool

not buying it so far...if it was WCS global event then I'd trust the organizers but for now I'll stay sceptical.
We saw way too many of scetchy tournaments to just jump on a bandwagon.
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lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4186 Posts
August 06 2016 20:28 GMT
#55
Yeah, ever since WCG died we saw so many tournaments similiar to it. WECG, WESG, WCA, WEC, WPC. It's very weird.
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
August 06 2016 20:31 GMT
#56
On August 07 2016 01:55 rockdj911 wrote:
Why here is only 3 pages? Why so few exited...?! I mean........ We got one MORE BIG tournament this year! Isn't that exciting, guys?...

I'm super excited. Its even going to have the Korean vs Foreigner competition everyone has been craving so much
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GreenMash
Profile Joined August 2012
Norway1746 Posts
August 06 2016 21:00 GMT
#57
why the fuck does Africa and Middle East get 3/24 spots when their scene is close to non existent?
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argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
August 06 2016 21:20 GMT
#58
On August 07 2016 06:00 GreenMash wrote:
why the fuck does Africa and Middle East get 3/24 spots when their scene is close to non existent?

Probably a lack of understanding of the demographics of esports professionals. If you just look at population alone there's about 1.5 billion people living in those regions.
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fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
August 06 2016 22:00 GMT
#59
poor SoS - only 2nd place for him this time.
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
August 06 2016 22:11 GMT
#60
On August 07 2016 06:00 GreenMash wrote:
why the fuck does Africa and Middle East get 3/24 spots when their scene is close to non existent?


Maybe because their scene is underdeveloped it is all the more important to provide some opportunities, no? Long overdue if you ask me.
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