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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-29 17:58:05
August 29 2011 17:55 GMT
#61
On August 29 2011 23:46 halvorg wrote:
Countries without qualifiers:
Sweden:
+ Show Spoiler +

Half the foreign scene.

Canada:
+ Show Spoiler +

Kiwikaki, drewbie +++

Chile:
+ Show Spoiler +

dignitasKiller

Taiwain:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sen, Softball ++

China:
+ Show Spoiler +

xigua, xiaot, lovecd, lovett and a billion others.

Mexico:
+ Show Spoiler +

Major

Isreal:
+ Show Spoiler +

Osho

Australia:
+ Show Spoiler +

Moonglade

Italy:
+ Show Spoiler +

ClouD


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!
arthur
Profile Joined April 2009
United Kingdom488 Posts
August 29 2011 18:30 GMT
#62
On August 30 2011 02:55 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2011 23:46 halvorg wrote:
Countries without qualifiers:
Sweden:
+ Show Spoiler +

Half the foreign scene.

Canada:
+ Show Spoiler +

Kiwikaki, drewbie +++

Chile:
+ Show Spoiler +

dignitasKiller

Taiwain:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sen, Softball ++

China:
+ Show Spoiler +

xigua, xiaot, lovecd, lovett and a billion others.

Mexico:
+ Show Spoiler +

Major

Isreal:
+ Show Spoiler +

Osho

Australia:
+ Show Spoiler +

Moonglade

Italy:
+ Show Spoiler +

ClouD


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!


For english... www.eswc.com/en
youtube.com/f1337
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12237 Posts
August 29 2011 18:48 GMT
#63
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.
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Tippecanoe
Profile Joined May 2011
United States342 Posts
August 29 2011 18:55 GMT
#64
Were they being serious?

Did they think that all teams would be ok with just buying a slot into the finals.

Not sure if troll or... just stupid,
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
August 30 2011 02:23 GMT
#65
SirScoots tweeted:

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.

http://twitter.com/#!/SirScoots
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
August 30 2011 02:26 GMT
#66
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?


you really dont understand do you...?

escw or whatever is not using common sense.
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
August 30 2011 02:35 GMT
#67
On August 30 2011 11:23 Grettin wrote:
SirScoots tweeted:

Show nested quote +
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.

http://twitter.com/#!/SirScoots


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
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
MK4512
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada938 Posts
August 30 2011 02:41 GMT
#68
Doesn't even make sense... Make an entrance fee to the tournament to increase prize pool if you must, but to buy your way to a grand finals?
Chill: "Please let us know when you will be streaming yourself eating a hat so I can put it on the calendar. Thanks."
Falcor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada894 Posts
August 30 2011 02:43 GMT
#69
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:



PS:
Show nested quote +
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.


full vid


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.
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
August 30 2011 02:43 GMT
#70
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"
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
TDN4
Profile Joined August 2011
United States45 Posts
August 30 2011 03:05 GMT
#71
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.
pallad
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland1958 Posts
August 30 2011 03:14 GMT
#72
On August 29 2011 23:46 halvorg wrote:
Countries without qualifiers:

Taiwain:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sen, Softball ++




I think Softball is just Sen AKA , not other player..
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
August 30 2011 03:15 GMT
#73
Softball and Sen are two different people
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
August 30 2011 03:17 GMT
#74
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.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
DoomsVille
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada4885 Posts
August 30 2011 03:23 GMT
#75
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.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 30 2011 03:25 GMT
#76
im glad so many esports teams are staying united in this and boycotting together.
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
August 30 2011 03:55 GMT
#77
On August 30 2011 12:23 DoomsVille wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
August 30 2011 04:02 GMT
#78
It's just shady. Even if you can't hold a proper qualification tournament, what's wrong with having a relatively casual online one?
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
Toxi78
Profile Joined May 2010
966 Posts
August 30 2011 04:21 GMT
#79
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..
JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
August 30 2011 04:29 GMT
#80
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 =\
(\o/)  If you want it, you find a way. Otherwise you find excuses. No exceptions.
 /_\   aka Shinbi (requesting a name change since 27/05/09 ☺)
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