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WCS 2013 Announced - April 3rd - Page 50

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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 03 2013 02:31 GMT
#981
On April 03 2013 11:30 Typhoon1789 wrote:
what about SEA? -_-

SEA and China/Asia are in a hard spot and have to choose to join USA, Europe or Korea. So no love for them.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#982
On April 03 2013 11:29 stuchiu wrote:
Which Koreans are living in EU now?

ForGG.

I'm still bummed about GSL only having two seasons this year. Woah, what a change.
Meadowlark
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States349 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#983
I thought incontrol was talking about the player
''Three bottles of Monster in a day; I'm pumped as fuck." -Stephano
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#984
"This is Blastoise" - inControL
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
SgtCoDFish
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom1520 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#985
On April 03 2013 11:29 EpiK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2013 11:28 Noocta wrote:
I so fucking agree with Geoff on this.

Same. This format is just what the scene needed.


Yeah, he nailed it for me. This is going to be really fun to watch.

Blizztoise ftw.
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-03 02:33:17
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#986
Honestly the best way to think about it is like this:

Weekend tourneys are not affected.
GSL and OSL are not affected, other than they are working their schedules around each other and have new casting/broadcast partnerships.
Team leagues are not affected.

GSL and OSL are collectively WCS KR.
MLG is making an "American GSL" for Americans. This is WCS NA.
ESL is making a "European GSL" for Europeans. This is WCS EU.

WCS KR, WCS NA and WCS EU provide players for WCS Finals. There are three WCS finals, corrisponding to three WCS seasons. Think of these like GSL seasons.

Getting good results in the WCS finals gives you points.
Additionally, other events like Dreamhack, Iron Squid and NASL, will also give you points.

Top 16 in points after 3 WCS seasons are invited to the WCS Grand final are Blizzcon at the end of the year.

All of the WCS KR, NA, and EU content will be broadcast free for 720p, every day.
AgentW
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States7725 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#987
On April 03 2013 11:31 Grettin wrote:
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On April 03 2013 11:31 AgentW wrote:
On April 03 2013 11:30 Grettin wrote:
Q: What happens to OSL qualifiers/dual tournament system?

Mr. Chae: Code A/DualTournament/etc have been combined into the "challenger league." It format is the same as Code A/Up-Downs.

Mr. Chae: The qualifiers into the challenger league will be the same format as old Code B.

Care to explain?


Q&A session going on, copy+pasting @Teamliquidnet tweets

Okay, thanks! I can't keep up with all of this information being thrown at us right now.
Who's the bigger scrub, the scrub, or the scrub who loses to him?
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#988
On April 03 2013 11:31 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2013 11:29 TheRealFluid wrote:
Incontrol is preaching it.


As well he should, because even if the format (which appears at face value to be pretty solid) becomes convoluted or has a rough start as a new tournament, Blizzard is actually investing in our e-sport and working with the leagues and organizations. They're taking StarCraft 2 seriously.


Blizzard has learned a lot these past few years.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42416 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-03 02:33:21
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#989
Q: Korean players might have trouble earning WCS points in OSL/GSL. They might compete in EU/NA and sweep those regions. What do you think?

Mike Morhaime: We expect this will happen to some degree, and it will ahve a positive impact on the rest of the world. .
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#990
This is all pretty exciting. Can't wait to see everything start.

And what was the deal with GSL/OSL being casted on OGN? Is that what's happening? If so, very exciting. The added exposure will make it a little easier for teams to acquire larger sponsors.
Long live the King of Wings
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#991
On April 03 2013 11:27 rasnj wrote:
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On April 03 2013 11:24 m0ck wrote:
Exclusivity is a really big fucking mistake - the model to study is tennis, goddamnit.

How about soccer? A pretty popular sport in Europe. A lot of countries have thriving national leagues, but many get smashed in champions league. Seems like it could work very well.

I hear ya, but I think we lack the intermediary motivation - no one wants to fight for their country in SC2. And it's a mistake to not be open to include existing and new LAN players.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#992
On April 03 2013 11:32 StarVe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2013 11:29 stuchiu wrote:
Which Koreans are living in EU now?

ForGG.

I'm still bummed about GSL only having two seasons this year. Woah, what a change.

Actually no, GSL is still having the other three seasons this year, but OSL is taking the place of WCS in the second season.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-03 02:33:18
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#993
On April 03 2013 11:32 StarVe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2013 11:29 stuchiu wrote:
Which Koreans are living in EU now?

ForGG.

I'm still bummed about GSL only having two seasons this year. Woah, what a change.

There was an article posted today that they are having 4 seasons. It seems like they just wont all be WCS events. They need 4 finals for the Hot6 Cup (the new blizzard cup thing)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406011
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Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16849 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#994
Koreans in NA and EU will make it fun
The Bomber boy
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
April 03 2013 02:32 GMT
#995
Only thing I dislike : still a lot of online play.
Online play is so hard to hype now. Look only at how TSL4 kinda flopped.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51447 Posts
April 03 2013 02:33 GMT
#996
On April 03 2013 11:30 Wintex wrote:


Well, TT I dislike this tbh. I like the Letter system.


if there isn't a Code A or Code S, I mean they are placement titles.

there will always be an S class and an A class because that has always been used to tell the skill of a player.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3272 Posts
April 03 2013 02:33 GMT
#997
i am not sure what their goal is. Isolating the scenes might bring advantages like local training houses, but the problem lies more in the special society than anything else. European e-sport-player will never be treated like popstars like in korea, especially since they wont win much in this tournament.

And the price pool looks like they were thinking of the international, with the difference that the situation is totally different. TI was a tournament to promote a niche-game that wasnt played seriously but had the potential by bringing a price pool that would attract teams of similar games. Sc2 doesnt have rivalizing games, it is the only 1vs1 rts alive and is fairly well known in the esport-scene. It also is found out pretty fast thanks to a way bigger player pool at the highest level and the fairly slim amount of options.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
April 03 2013 02:33 GMT
#998
having the BWC in China last year is kind of hilarious now, they don't even get to do WCS this year.
rasnj
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1959 Posts
April 03 2013 02:33 GMT
#999
On April 03 2013 11:31 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2013 11:27 rasnj wrote:
On April 03 2013 11:24 m0ck wrote:
Exclusivity is a really big fucking mistake - the model to study is tennis, goddamnit.

How about soccer? A pretty popular sport in Europe. A lot of countries have thriving national leagues, but many get smashed in champions league. Seems like it could work very well.

The stars themselves are not region restricted. You don't have to watch only English players if you live in England.

Exactly as in this new tournament format for SC2 where Korean stars can train in NA or EU. The only difference is that teams can split up over different regions in SC2.
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
April 03 2013 02:33 GMT
#1000
I like Morheim's point. That if Koreans are competing year round in NA/EU, those players will have to raise their skill level to compete. Makes everything just a bit more exciting.
Long live the King of Wings
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