EPTCode A seeds on the line in Esports Weekly Match - Page 3
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stokes17
United States1411 Posts
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cArn-
Korea (South)824 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:26 VirgilSC2 wrote: It's first open to Foreign Players living in Korea, and then open to Korean players on Korean pro-teams (The major pro teams that is). After that it's first come-first serve to players in Korea. tl;dr You have to be in Korea. still doesn't explain how/where to signup etc, so hope something more specific is out soon.. | ||
Antoine
United States7481 Posts
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:28 cArn- wrote: still doesn't explain how/where to signup etc, so hope something more specific is out soon.. I'm honestly not sure how/where sign-ups, but if you'd like to add me on Skype (VirgilSC2) I can get you in touch with the man in charge. That goes for anyone currently in Korea, I'm not sure how he went about contacting players/teams but I'd be happy to help. | ||
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dormer
United States1314 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:23 tsuxiit wrote: Let me get this straight... GOM thinks having a weekly tournament with a potential Code A spot prize is a bad idea, so they take it away, and then establish a weekly tournament with a Code A spot prize. With one word in the title changed, and syndicated by a TotalBiscuit incorporated as opposed to ESV. Someone help me understand. edit: After reading Diamond's thoughts, it does seem to make sense for them to go in this direction. I still don't understand GOM though. The nice thing about the ESV weekly having a Code A seed was that it gave players another chance to get into Code A, something that's very difficult to do. However, the ESV weekly wasn't originally created with that purpose in mind, it was just a deal that came about after they started doing it. ESV decided they didn't want to offer a Code A seed after the Byun / Coca incident because of the complications it causes. Thus, Gom decided to make a new qualifier tournament solely for the purpose of earning a Code A seed. Don't really see what's so hard to understand -- again, as long as they don't overlap in broadcasting time, it shouldn't really have a big effect on the KSL / ESV weekly, though we'll see. Having a Code A seed up for grabs is exciting, but that's a lot of players and a lot of games to go through for one seed, so I don't think I'll watch much of it, perhaps towards the finals. | ||
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sunnata
Russian Federation228 Posts
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:32 dormer wrote: The nice thing about the ESV weekly having a Code A seed was that it gave players another chance to get into Code A, something that's very difficult to do. However, the ESV weekly wasn't originally created with that purpose in mind, it was just a deal that came about after they started doing it. ESV decided they didn't want to offer a Code A seed after the Byun / Coca incident because of the complications it causes. Thus, Gom decided to make a new qualifier tournament solely for the purpose of earning a Code A seed. Don't really see what's so hard to understand -- again, as long as they don't overlap in broadcasting time, it shouldn't really have a big effect on the KSL / ESV weekly, though we'll see. Having a Code A seed up for grabs is exciting, but that's a lot of players and a lot of games to go through for one seed, so I don't think I'll watch much of it, perhaps towards the finals. I'm currently discussing broadcasting times with the casters involved. I have a fair amount of freedom thanks to the fact that it's going to be cast from replays (due to time constraints). I've already solidified that it won't be cast during the KSL or the ESV Korean Weekly because a) I don't want to compete with either tournament, they're both fantastic and I love helping them in any way that I can and b) The KSL is at an inconvenient time in the morning as it is (because it's live from Korea) and the Korean Weekly is at a bad time for European viewers (whom I've been asked to accommodate as well as North American viewers) On January 31 2012 14:35 sunnata wrote: What organization stands behind this "EWM" thing? GOMTV? The current sponsors I'm aware of include GOMTV, TwitchTV and NaDaMall. Blizzard is involved in some fashion as well. | ||
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Magrath
Canada292 Posts
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Psi-Kick
Australia182 Posts
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
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fourColo
United States363 Posts
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johax
Sweden165 Posts
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:55 Psi-Kick wrote: Is this the signup website? http://ewm.kr/ That would be the Korean website for the tournament, yes. However, there is no way to register for the tournament there as far as I'm aware. | ||
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Psi-Kick
Australia182 Posts
On January 31 2012 15:03 VirgilSC2 wrote: That would be the Korean website for the tournament, yes. However, there is no way to register for the tournament there as far as I'm aware. Actually according to google translate to sign up you need to email ewmkr@naver.com the following details: 1. Participant Name: James Brown 2. Participants Date of Birth: 01/07/1991 3. Battle.net, ID and code number of participants (Korea server): LovelyJames, 1234 4. Race participants (after applying changes to species not hasilsu): Zerg 5. Participant contact information (cell phone): 010-1235-1235 6. Part of the participants (the game listed short-lived, non-partisan office if you filled out lie): team OOO Google Trans Link | ||
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FXOpen
Australia1844 Posts
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On January 31 2012 15:04 Psi-Kick wrote: Actually according to google translate to sign up you need to email ewmkr@naver.com the following details: 1. Participant Name: James Brown 2. Participants Date of Birth: 01/07/1991 3. Battle.net ID and Friend Code (Korea server): LovelyJames .123 4. Race Played by the Participant: Zerg 5. Participant contact information (cell phone): 010-1235-1235 6. Team Status of the Participant: Team XXXX (or Teamless) Yes, I was aware that was the route to take  I didn't know it was on the website though. I would like to caution all foreign players before doing this to be aware that you must be living in Korea to participate in this tournament. I think it should also be added to the OP that it was in-part Diamond's decision to not continue the Code A seed for the ESV Korean Weekly, and that therefore this might be GOM saying "but we liked that idea, so we're going to do it anyway!" | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:23 tsuxiit wrote: Let me get this straight... GOM thinks having a weekly tournament with a potential Code A spot prize is a bad idea, so they take it away, and then establish a weekly tournament with a Code A spot prize. With one word in the title changed, and syndicated by a TotalBiscuit incorporated as opposed to ESV. Someone help me understand. edit: After reading Diamond's thoughts, it does seem to make sense for them to go in this direction. I still don't understand GOM though. The difference is the other event (ESV) had a weekly cash prize as well (incentive for current Code A/S players to compete). This has no cash prize and is essentially just a qualifier for Code A. Code A + cash leads to match fixing. Pure qualifier has no such problems. Which is why GOM would be ok with this. And the point of this event is to give more exposure to Code B players as well as make the qualification process a little easier. It is also considerably better for foreigners trying to qualify for Code A because the majority of the event is online. | ||
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rUiNati0n
United States1155 Posts
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
On January 31 2012 15:00 fourColo wrote: Isn't this just a harder version of the regular qualifiers? Yes. But it is primarily online and takes place more often. It may be harder, but you have more chances. It makes it easier for foreigners and players that should be in Code A/S but are stuck in Code B because of the current qualification system. | ||
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