EPTStarCraft II World Championship Series - Page 8
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JtoK
Germany232 Posts
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sausageslayer
Sweden45 Posts
but is it only one contender from each continent? i sure hope not. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
But it would be cool if they decided to use a more legitimate tournament map pool sometime in the championship, but I wouldn't bet money on it. | ||
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Rasun
United States787 Posts
On April 05 2012 03:29 Azarkon wrote: Oceania separate from Southeast Asia - ??? South America separate from North America - ??? Blizzard doesn't know how this scene works. Thats because they are not basing this on how the scene works, they are basing it on how geography works. This isn't like any other tournament, this is something very unique which is based on the idea of finding a world champion. Separating players purely by geography and with no concern for how strong certain areas are or where the highest concentration of players are. Its not bad its just different. | ||
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MONXY FIST
United States142 Posts
On April 05 2012 02:08 littlesaint wrote: im not saying its bad that everyone have a chance. im just saying i want it to be a better tournament with better players. so more from the places where the players are good read Europe and Asia (korea). Most tournaments are already like this so go watch them there are plenty of tournaments out there whith different formats where the viewer can pick what tournament he wants. If someone wants to watch the best players play they can watch GSL if someone wants to watch a WCG style tournament they can watch this. Also i find it funny you include korea and europe together as if they are in a similar skill level. | ||
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ColterTV
Argentina163 Posts
I know that maybe thats a reason to improve my play, but I wont be high master anytime soon I think. With league based tournys, they would reach much more people, as masters and diamond accounts are only a slice of all player base. | ||
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pestilenz
Denmark379 Posts
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ReboundEU
508 Posts
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Wildmoon
Thailand4189 Posts
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kagemucha
United States326 Posts
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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On April 05 2012 05:20 Rasun wrote: Thats because they are not basing this on how the scene works, they are basing it on how geography works. This isn't like any other tournament, this is something very unique which is based on the idea of finding a world champion. Separating players purely by geography and with no concern for how strong certain areas are or where the highest concentration of players are. Its not bad its just different. Why not have Africa, then? | ||
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Adsee
United States221 Posts
They don't have servers based in Africa | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
But it's by geography, not servers. Didn't you hear? | ||
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IMLyte
Canada714 Posts
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ShatterStar
United States40 Posts
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monkeycid
Sweden44 Posts
--- As far as I can tell, there's no information about how many players from each continent will participate in the finals: ([...] an all-out brawl between neighboring countries to decide who will represent their continent at the Battle.net World Championship [...], my bold - who can be plural as well as singular unless I'm mistaken) Furthermore, there are five qualifiers linking into the finals. Five players make for an awkwark tournament, though I suppose it could be done as 5-player round-robin into some sort of final bracket. I would not be surprised if more than a single player from each continent will be allowed to play at the world champs. --- Regarding relative strengths and how a single (or very few) Koreans would be silly - they could do it like the World Cup or Champions League of football, wherein different continents (associations, really) or leagues are given different amounts of slots depending on their relative strength. In the WC europe has tons of slots while Oceania/Australia gets a single one. A similar system could be worked out for starcraft. Edit: On April 05 2012 05:20 Rasun wrote: Thats because they are not basing this on how the scene works, they are basing it on how geography works. This isn't like any other tournament, this is something very unique which is based on the idea of finding a world champion. Separating players purely by geography and with no concern for how strong certain areas are or where the highest concentration of players are. Its not bad its just different. Actually, as far as I can tell, we know squat about this. We'll just have to wait for more information! Or we could keep speculating endlessly. Either works for me  --- Anyway, massively pumped for this! I expect blizzard to have learnt a few lessons from the last Blizzcon about how to stream a starcraft production as well, so I think it will be awesooooooooooooooome. | ||
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Jaegeru
United Kingdom676 Posts
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QXC_Fanboy
United States35 Posts
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Skinnyboy
United States65 Posts
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