EPTIEM Guangzhou cancelled due to Japan/China conflict - Page 7
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
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OtoshimonoU
United States509 Posts
On September 19 2012 01:30 oneofthem wrote: ROFL User was warned for this post | ||
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cLAN.Anax
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DMZ
Canada51 Posts
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
On September 19 2012 00:16 JustPassingBy wrote: Can't they just hold everything online? While it's possible, I think everyone would agree that cancelling it is the better option. Online tournaments don't cut it these days for major tournament organizers like IEM. | ||
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Dosey
United States4505 Posts
On September 19 2012 02:15 Bogeyman wrote: Hmmmmm..... yes this is unfortunate. If this does affect the WCS World Championships that would suck. But hey, I guess I wouldn't mind Blizzard simply giving Dreamhack the privilege of running another amazing tournament should that happen. Not gonna happen of course, but it would be cool as hell for a Stockholmer like me. I don't see how this could have any effect on the WCS unless they were planning on hosting it at the same venue as some manga-anime-con in order to cut costs? | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On September 19 2012 02:31 DMZ wrote: I wonder if they can just hold it in another place. Not Guangzhou, but what about Hong Kong or somewhere relatively nearby? They can't because they were piggy backing on a convention for cheaper hosting. Had this been a venue rented by IEM for IEM, there wasn't going to be an issue. But it was piggy backed on an anime convention - and China is in no mood for anime. | ||
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
This would've disappointed me if I was in Hong Kong studying for my master's like I plan to. I just want the fucking commies to stop doing this shit. | ||
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Burns
United States2300 Posts
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GreyKnight
United States4720 Posts
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AiurOG
United States98 Posts
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SHOOG
United States1639 Posts
But still looking forward to the next IEM. I hope the qualified players are transfered over to the next one. | ||
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zhurai
United States5660 Posts
but.. good choice by IEM to do this however. (keep people safe~) | ||
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
On September 19 2012 00:34 ache7759 wrote: Unfortunate news, why don't they move the even to Taiwan instead?!?! The location is close to China and I don't see any Taiwanese getting involved in the Chinese / Japanese conflict at all!! Just a thought... On September 19 2012 02:31 DMZ wrote: I wonder if they can just hold it in another place. Not Guangzhou, but what about Hong Kong or somewhere relatively nearby? As far as I understood it, the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a tournament series latched onto Intel's advertising presence at trade shows and conventions. If Intel isn't there, there will be no IEM that is paid for. It's virtually impossible to find a new equally-sized and serviced venue on such short notice, especially in another country. + Show Spoiler + And it's not about little uninhabited islands, but about the abundance of natural resources believed to be there. That coupled with historical adverse sentiment led indirectly to a canceled Japanese anime fair, which in turn bereft IEM of their tournament location. A real shame. | ||
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Ethi
Germany275 Posts
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twndomn
401 Posts
Blizzard should have taken this as a lesson, what if WCS in Shanghai is threatened to cancel as well? What if some of the players were denied Visa? Did Blizzard take that into account? | ||
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Nakwa
Sweden93 Posts
Wow, almost missed that. It's placed so near the banner, with nothing especially outstanding that I just passed it on first page. I'm happy that I noticed it when moving to last page. Lucky me, no ban today!  | ||
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Slardar
Canada7593 Posts
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On September 19 2012 01:52 SinCitta wrote: EU to China latency was terrible in WC3 (using LAN mode over something like VPN) as well, possible because of the Great Firewall of China in addition to the obvious distance. Regarding latency, I saw CN vs foreigners play broodwar recently, and the latency wasn't that horrible. But okay. I admit, I don't know whether the foreigners were in EU or NA, I just assumed EU as the games were played in EU primetime. | ||
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
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