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On August 23 2011 08:04 TT1 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 08:00 KiWiKaKi wrote: can i send myself without qualifications +1 can our teams pay our way to the grand finals?
On August 23 2011 08:00 KiWiKaKi wrote: can i send myself without qualifications
If you've qualified before, you should definitely contact the WCG Grand Finals admin staff, asking this thread will not be as efficient as asking the personal at WCG.
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On August 23 2011 07:50 desrow wrote: WCG just doesn't have any budget, only game they are holding so far is league of legends because they have a sponsorship for that game. you guys can QQ all you want, canada has barely "no scene" compared to the US and when they try to contact sponsors, why would sponsors sponsor them when the US is 10times bigger and their finals has more exposure ? The issue here is not WCG Canada, the issue is e-sports in general in canada. I went to WCG canada in 2008 or 9 when they had MLG in toronto in the same convention and the attendance was atrocious.
It doesnt help when WCG Canada gives nothing to the players, no incentive, and ignores everyone in the scene that doesnt live in toronto or Montreal. WCG has been a disaster for years now, unorganized, poorly run, corrupt, one can literally not say enough bad things about it. If i was a sponsor I probably wouldnt even make it past reviewing recent events or management practices before I gave up entire on wasting my money.
I went to WCG finals for wc3 a few years back, and had such a poor overall experience that when I qualified for the next 5 years running I never even considered returning. IMO its pretty hard to have a 'scene' when you tell players, 'you will be paying 500-800$ per person to come to montreal because we hate western canada, upon arrival you will be given extremely vague event details, nowhere to practice or directions of any kind to help you in that regard, our schedules will be entirely wrong by over 8-10hours and you will play on old unreliable equipment. Sure creates a wonderful environment.
The only way it will ever be viable is if the entire management is overhauled and someone is in a position that gives a damn.
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DAAM i would so want to go to one of these things if it was in montreal or toronto
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On August 23 2011 08:00 KiWiKaKi wrote: can i send myself without qualifications Please do, we all love you
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On August 23 2011 08:18 LagLovah wrote:
The only way it will ever be viable is if the entire management is overhauled and someone is in a position that gives a damn.
Don't lose hope then.........................................................................................
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For those that want to pay for themselves (or get their teams to pay for them) to go to WCG as representatives on Canada please PM me. I'll ask my contact about it and I honestly don't see why that wouldn't be allowed seeing as how there aren't plans to send anyone already.
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On August 23 2011 08:00 KiWiKaKi wrote: can i send myself without qualifications
One timmeeeeeee!
You should definitely contact and ask people in charge if that could be a possibility. It would be quite the cinderella story if you end up winning the whole thing
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On August 23 2011 08:35 kOre wrote: For those that want to pay for themselves (or get their teams to pay for them) to go to WCG as representatives on Canada please PM me. I'll ask my contact about it and I honestly don't see why that wouldn't be allowed seeing as how there aren't plans to send anyone already.
What if 100 people want to pay their own way??
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On August 23 2011 08:18 LagLovah wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 07:50 desrow wrote: WCG just doesn't have any budget, only game they are holding so far is league of legends because they have a sponsorship for that game. you guys can QQ all you want, canada has barely "no scene" compared to the US and when they try to contact sponsors, why would sponsors sponsor them when the US is 10times bigger and their finals has more exposure ? The issue here is not WCG Canada, the issue is e-sports in general in canada. I went to WCG canada in 2008 or 9 when they had MLG in toronto in the same convention and the attendance was atrocious. It doesnt help when WCG Canada gives nothing to the players, no incentive, and ignores everyone in the scene that doesnt live in toronto or Montreal. WCG has been a disaster for years now, unorganized, poorly run, corrupt, one can literally not say enough bad things about it. If i was a sponsor I probably wouldnt even make it past reviewing recent events or management practices before I gave up entire on wasting my money. I went to WCG finals for wc3 a few years back, and had such a poor overall experience that when I qualified for the next 5 years running I never even considered returning. IMO its pretty hard to have a 'scene' when you tell players, 'you will be paying 500-800$ per person to come to montreal because we hate western canada, upon arrival you will be given extremely vague event details, nowhere to practice or directions of any kind to help you in that regard, our schedules will be entirely wrong by over 8-10hours and you will play on old unreliable equipment. Sure creates a wonderful environment. The only way it will ever be viable is if the entire management is overhauled and someone is in a position that gives a damn. My thoughts exactly (minus the part where he went to WCG finals). I'll be looking to solve these problems especially the Western / Eastern Canada issue.
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On August 23 2011 08:39 BigBirdY wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 08:35 kOre wrote: For those that want to pay for themselves (or get their teams to pay for them) to go to WCG as representatives on Canada please PM me. I'll ask my contact about it and I honestly don't see why that wouldn't be allowed seeing as how there aren't plans to send anyone already. What if 100 people want to pay their own way??
send huk and kiwikaki^^
and of course testie... doesn't matter if he plays sc2 or not. just send him, he'll place top8 at least
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On August 23 2011 08:39 BigBirdY wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 08:35 kOre wrote: For those that want to pay for themselves (or get their teams to pay for them) to go to WCG as representatives on Canada please PM me. I'll ask my contact about it and I honestly don't see why that wouldn't be allowed seeing as how there aren't plans to send anyone already. What if 100 people want to pay their own way?? It's expensive ... lol
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what a joke... I remember the old TeamEG counterstrike team, back when it was Canadian. Those days are long gone. Canada has such strong sc2 players. Here's hoping for next year.
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I dont see why people like HuK and Kiwi cant pay there way there?
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On August 23 2011 08:58 Benjef wrote: I dont see why people like HuK and Kiwi cant pay there way there?
Since Canada has nothing so far, Huk's been playing in the US qualifiers. He hasn't made it to the national qualifer yet, but there are still 2 more qualifier tournaments to see if he can make it.
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need 1 million guys. GL finding that kind of money. Cause WCG requires WCG Canada to pay them 100 000 dollars. So players won't be able to go there by their own.
It's a shame i know. I heard WCG Canada has been sold recently to new guys and they haven't had the time to find the sponsors and stuff so probably next year.
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WCG Canada had hopes for sc2 but huk tried to qualify for USA therefore forfeiting a shot at qualifying for Canada and now WCG Canada can't pitch to sponsors that we have HuK. Realistically, as much as I love kaki, tt1 and slush, if we send someone this year, I don't think we will get top8 which is why it's hard to get sponsors.
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So what happened to WCG Canada SC2 is that the main guy stepped down from his position due to some ridiculous demands that WCG requested of him and now there is only one guy left to take care of everything WCG Canada related (my contact). It was all on short notice so it makes sense that everything is up in the air at the moment. In my opinion, it makes sense as to why there is no SC2 this year for Canada and I'm actually surprised we even have LoL seeing as how one guy had to set everything up.
Also, for those who want to send themselves, we can't do that as well because it's already been finalized that there won't be any attendees from Canada for SC2.
That's everything for now, for all those who PMed me to help out with WCG 2012 thanks and I'll get back to you all once the plans I have set now get in motion. I'll be looking to the main people who run the scenes in their city to help out in the future.
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Hey, there is so much inaccurate information being thrown around that I feel like I should say something.
To be a WCG Strategic Partner (SP is what they call National Organizers), you need to follow a set of rules, such as promoting Samsung, running a year long program and of course, paying WCG a % of your revenues. The % is said to be around 10%.
The old Organizer, Cybersports Entertainment, is no longer in charge of the Canadian Program. The name of the new organizer has not been announced although it is also possible that nobody has been picked yet, nobody knows, not even Samsung Canada.
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