As I mentioned earlier in the thread, NASL and IPL charge money for qualifiers (but give back if you make it to playoffs), MLG charges 70$ for every player outside pool play.
ClouD lives in Germany full-time though, right? I see him very often in Take's apartment. <3
edit: anyways, cannot believe that a tournament calling itself world championship does not make a qualifier in Sweden and China though, so many good players there and it does not take much to make at least an online qualifier. It takes even less than creating an english version of your supposedly international site!
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, NASL and IPL charge money for qualifiers (but give back if you make it to playoffs), MLG charges 70$ for every player outside pool play.
ClouD lives in Germany full-time though, right? I see him very often in Take's apartment. <3
edit: anyways, cannot believe that a tournament calling itself world championship does not make a qualifier in Sweden and China though, so many good players there and it does not take much to make at least an online qualifier. It takes even less than creating an english version of your supposedly international site!
Is this a mistranslation? Buying into the Grand Finals means that you're automatically placed in the absolute final game of the tournament competing for first or second place. If it's a buy-in to the bracket then that's another matter entirely, and if that's only for countries without qualifiers then that's not really an issue at all.
So...come back with same name, but accept no fault for past due money (150k for 07/08), then ask top teams for exorbitant reg fee = GG ESWC, thank god you mean nothing in the grand scheme of esports these days.
On August 29 2011 22:16 busbarn wrote: It's a bit silly to boycott for something like this imo. AFAIK winners of qualifiers get paid travel etc, so my point is, I think that the teams would rather qualify than buying a spot, no? Also more teams/players the merrier?
So...come back with same name, but accept no fault for past due money (150k for 07/08), then ask top teams for exorbitant reg fee = GG ESWC, thank god you mean nothing in the grand scheme of esports these days.
Ouch, that is really harsh denunciation -.- Leave it to sirscoots to not hold back the vitriol. Well if those teams ALL boycott... there may be a good reason, but personally idk about bad/good
On August 29 2011 22:40 divito wrote: I always have to remember that TL is a completely different community from the one I came from, and that this ignorance to what ESWC was and is, is not all that far-fetched to see. With that said, it's already been cleared up in subsequent responses to the OP. It would be nice for the OP to update with accurate information rather than what it contains.
That said, I dream of a day when ESWC goes back to the original people, original mission:
On August 29 2011 22:01 malaan wrote: ESWC Is and always has been a joke. I participated in the ESWC's of the early 2000's with Counter Strike and they where always plagued with stupid idiotic rules (such things as flash bugging on maps which had bugged boxes) and blatantly rigged seeding so that teams sponsored by certain companies would have an easy route to the finals.
In my experience, they where always about the money. It was never about the games. Thats why CPL took over everything worth talking about in the CS scene back then.
I can't even begin to address how wrong this is.
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And its funny that he talks about cpl taking over becasue eswc had a bad history of not paying. Because when you talk to any old cs player cpl is generally considered one of the shaddiest tournies around and angel munez(or w/e) is considered a douche bag.
NASL has a deposit which is refundable if you don't break rules, which means as long as you show up every week, participation is free.... this is just straight up "give us $200"
I thought NASL and IPL also do the same thing. NASL requires registration fees for qualifier; and security fees for the fifty-man tournament. IPL requires 20 dollars registration fees for qualifier also.
Great, speaking of CPL its about time to boycott that as well, if we are going to exclude organizations that do not pay out past prize money under new management, lets at least keep it consistent.
On August 30 2011 12:17 Holcan wrote: Great, speaking of CPL its about time to boycott that as well, if we are going to exclude organizations that do not pay out past prize money under new management, lets at least keep it consistent.
On August 30 2011 12:17 Holcan wrote: Great, speaking of CPL its about time to boycott that as well, if we are going to exclude organizations that do not pay out past prize money under new management, lets at least keep it consistent.
Yea I'm pretty sure that's not the only reason.
Since you seem to be the manager of one of the teams taking part in the boycott, please divulge why you have chosen to boycott ESWC.
if you really believe that they offered a slot in the top2 for money, then i have no words to describe how stupid you are... there are qualifiers in some countries, and then there is the grand final in paris i believe..
how is this bad? surely it's better than having no qualifier in those countries at all. further the competition and all. does make enticing & misleading headlines though =\
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