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dynwar7
1983 Posts
Basically Blizzard is creating a partnership with Kespa, ESL, MLG, GOMTV, OGN, etc. to hold world championship in 2013, am I correct? Sorry, this is so epic I don't quite understand what is going on >< If so......then surely this is the EPICEST event in the history of esports?? | ||
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rift
1819 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
Other tournaments will be free to carry on with their own competitions, so long as their broadcasts do not overlap with WCS events. lol ... | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:05 rift wrote: The only thing that matters to me now: who is casting Starleague? The OSL? I think it will be your choice - Artosis is available but Tasteless will not be, and of course Doa is available as is Montecristo. We'll have to wait until after GSL to find out for sure. | ||
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On April 03 2013 13:57 jmbthirteen wrote: Code S is now WCS. This Code S that is starting tomorrow is now WCS. There is no choosing WCS over Code S as it is now the same thing. Call it whatever you like, it's still a promoted, diluted competition which is what I'm against. They have the choice of which region's WCS they will play in. If you don't think Korean teams/organisations will sit around and assign players, or squads, or even entire teams to specific events, then I think you're being very unrealistic. I'm sure you can see how such a practice will affect the quality of each event. | ||
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vandelayindustries
United States290 Posts
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:05 FakeDeath wrote: Everybody can already forecast the situation. NA WCS will be heavily dominated by the Code A/B Koreans. It is basically free ticket for Koreans. KR WCS will be so stacked with Kespa/ESF players. Sundance saying there is some " big names " means there could be a few Code S Koreans. If you are in Code A or Code S, you can't play in the WCS NA | ||
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rift
1819 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:07 felisconcolori wrote: The OSL? I think it will be your choice - Artosis is available but Tasteless will not be, and of course Doa is available as is Montecristo. We'll have to wait until after GSL to find out for sure. Why is Artosis available? | ||
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geokilla
Canada8244 Posts
And why isn't Tasteless available? | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:08 Brett wrote: Call it whatever you like, it's still a promoted, diluted competition which is what I'm against. They have the choice of which region's WCS they will play in. If you don't think Korean teams/organisations will sit around and assign players, or squads, or even entire teams to specific events, then I think you're being very unrealistic. I'm sure you can see how such a practice will affect the quality of each event. If they could switch regions whenever they wanted, i could see your point. But they can't. They pick it at the start of the year. All Code S/A players are already locked into WCS KR as well. The best of the best will still be there. | ||
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FakeDeath
Malaysia6060 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:08 jmbthirteen wrote: If you are in Code A or Code S, you can't play in the WCS NA Wait? Serious? How does it work? | ||
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Wingblade
United States1806 Posts
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DifuntO
Greece2376 Posts
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stfouri
Finland272 Posts
To get so many different organizations to come together is a impressive feat. And its not like they failed with the prize money either. Makes much more sense to spread it out in between seasons, that way NASL/Dreamhack and other smaller tournaments won't get totally shafted cause people will still care what they have to offer when it comes to money. | ||
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Trasko
Sweden983 Posts
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larse
1611 Posts
Sundance: Had a few Korean player / team reps approach me today asking about NA WCS. Might see a few big names relocate at some point. | ||
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Germany4057 Posts
On April 03 2013 14:08 vandelayindustries wrote: Am I misunderstanding or does this mean Gom will now only hold 2 GSLs per year? What would that mean for Tasteless & Artosis? gsl and ogn will both cast all three. Q: How will the the Korean broadcasts work for OGN/GomTV? A: The two broadcasters will take turns holding the WCS Korea tourneys. OGN will receive feed from GomTV, but use their own casters. In reverse, GomTV will receive OGN's feeds and use their own casters when OGN runs the studio. Doa and montecristo to do casting for OGN, Tastosis for GSL. | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
All of this talk is simply making me more curious about WCG. Is WCG having a tournament this year? It would be a novel idea to see a South American region where the players have actually been there before and some might even live there. I want to play online poker but it's banned in the USA region. Can someone tell the government I choose the "other region." Thanks. That's sweet how the world works like that. O wait, it doesn't, like ever... | ||
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vesicular
United States1310 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
Way to destroy any notion of competition and ensure your event's total domination. Not that it wasn't going to dominate the scene anyway, but they just want to be certain that no community or independent project comes out and overshadows them. | ||
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