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nucleo
292 Posts
On April 03 2013 17:10 Eury wrote: Hence why Blizzard said that if this year is successful they will invest way more money into it. I'm still not sure... but hey, I'm not Blizz. Lets Hope (: | ||
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Zax19
Czech Republic1136 Posts
Players must pick what region they wish to play in, and are not restricted by nationality. Well, that's just retarded. They completely missed what was great about WCS :/ | ||
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Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On April 03 2013 17:06 zefreak wrote: 2 GSL's and 1 OSL, and they are actually the same tournament just different names. GSL qualifiers apply towards the next WCS season (OSL) and so on. The korean scene is being gutted I fear and they are the ones that are pushing the scene forward. Huh? One GSL season already happened, so it's still 3 GSL and 1 OSL this year for tastosis to cast for a total of 4 KR tournaments for them. I know gsl/osl are dead now in name and everything is WCS now, but that's not the point. The question was about if we would see less tastosis and the answer is we'll see the same amount. | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
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Ded808
Australia116 Posts
So picture this, it's been an epic and long road, finals have come and gone and we're left with 16 top players for the year. The finalists from NA, EU and KR are mostly Korean.... doesn't that seem a tad odd to anyone? I mean people will usually take the path of least resistance so this has a high chance to occur. Would make for a highly skilled final indeed, but the main goal of grabbing top players from each region of the world, in order to face off in an epic end of year event is kinda side-stepped it seems to me, or at least has a very high chance to occur. I don't know, still having trouble turning this over in my head as to how it will pan out. Are the region picks all blind and predetermined without any other parties knowing until they are unveiled at the start of each season? It would throw some randomness in so Koreans had no idea which one of them would attend the NA or EU regions I guess. Oh well more money and support from Blizzard should be a good thing at any rate. Will be interesting to see how this goes down in practice. | ||
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greenknight999
69 Posts
Otherwise what's the point in calling them EU/Korea/NA? Might as well call it "Global A, Global B, Global C". But lets keep perspective, it is great to see Blizzard supporting SC2. Are there any more details on the EU league, will this be take's teamstory cup rebranded?? EU needs a central region for sc2 scene, probably in Germany. If EU ends up being represented by Koreans I just wont watch any of it. | ||
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looknohands119
United States815 Posts
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NoobSkills
United States1598 Posts
On April 03 2013 17:14 Canucklehead wrote: Huh? One GSL season already happened, so it's still 3 GSL and 1 OSL this year for tastosis to cast for a total of 4 KR tournaments for them. I know gsl/osl are dead now in name and everything is WCS now, but that's not the point. The question was about if we would see less tastosis and the answer is we'll see the same amount. This year they could hold 15 GSL events if they wanted to. They can only hold 3GSLWCS events. As far as tastosis is concerned they're going to likely be casting even more seeing as foreign WCS events are going to be hot shit. | ||
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TheShimmy
United States1808 Posts
I'm actually pretty stoked for this. It's about time GSL, OSL, and WCS can all become SC2 greatness together. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On April 03 2013 17:03 mongmong wrote: So Dreamhack and NASL are going to be treated as low-level leagues from now on???????? I mean Dreamhack in Swede is what Ogn Starleague is like in Korea isnt it?? We from Europe don't care for this Blizzard "evolution" (LOL). Dreamhack and HSC are still going to be most loved and watched europe based sc2 competitions. | ||
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minsikko
104 Posts
Really looking forward how the WCS seasons will work out in each region. | ||
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DusTerr
2520 Posts
Further, if Blizzcon (end of year finals) is based on point rankings we'll also probably see players who have placed well at seasonal finals (or done very well at regional events). I really don't see this becoming a big issue. (Of course, that could change.) | ||
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stfouri
Finland272 Posts
And get your headaround the fact that Blizzard isn't doing this alone. "Blizzard has announced their 2013 World Championship Series, in partnership with KeSPA, OnGameNet, GomTV, ESL, and MLG." They are all in to this. Goddamn people are retarded. | ||
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RParks42
United States77 Posts
To me this system just appears to be set up as a multiple tier system, not actually a "World" Championship Series with countries sending out representatives, but more of an International Championship Series. Eventually if one gets good enough they will attempt to break into the Korean region because of its level of competition. It's just natural for players to want to beat the best, and if they want to play against inferior competition time and again to make easier money, who am I to stop them? | ||
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3454 Posts
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playa
United States1284 Posts
It's making a circus out of something that doesn't have to be a circus. I think you can find ways to say that players like moonglade, who don't have a geographical region that's covered by WCS, can pick where they want to play, without opening up the real possibility of Koreans owning every region. If that were to happen, do you think Blizzard would make changes? Yeah, they would. It's just such a lazy/cop out thing they're doing now. Trying to wait for the inevitable to force them to exercise common sense. Man up. MC offered common sense. If you increase the prize pool this much and even the best players in the world are disappointed, that is a real amazing accomplishment. Now that's impressive. | ||
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blackbrrd
Norway477 Posts
I think it will be mostly tier2 Koreans going to Europe/America and that players like Snute, Scarlett, Huk, Thorzain, Stephano and so on are on pretty equal footing with these. Especially for up-and-coming players like Snute, I think this is a great opportunity. | ||
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
Screw the foreigners, if they can't keep up then bad luck, practice harder. | ||
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Zorgaz
Sweden2951 Posts
Would be cool if the EU and NA qualifiers will be played in studios instead of online. | ||
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