[WCS] Mike Morhaime Interview with TL - Page 4

On April 10 2013 15:16 Lysanias wrote:
If we had done this from early Sc2 i would not have worried so much, now the flood of B team Koreans that will smack down any up and coming EU/NA player and take the spots worries me somewhat. This might serieusly slow down the groth of foreign starcraft players instead of making it grow. We will see i guess.

On April 10 2013 07:10 Prplppleatr wrote:
Great interview Wax, love the questions

Here's what i find interesting:
They admit/see that it is the practice, with each other, which is what makes the koreans so good and because of this they (blizzard) expect the level of play in the other regions to increase since koreans will be encouraged to go there (with an equal distribution of money and points across regions). However, they give zero, none, nil incentive to go to the region and practice with the players in that region (as wax correctly points out).

W T F.

As we all can, safely, assume, many korean players (b-teamers and up) will be playing in the other regions and simply fly over for a weekend (in NA s1 ro8 is what is offline and is on a weekend) to collect their points and check and fly back. This is just like any other int'l tournament except this one you are already in ro8 and only need top5.

In the future, yes it may be ro16 that is offline and more than just a weekend (maybe a week or all of premier). However, is that enough incentive to practice with the players in that region, or for the larger organizations to start teamhouses in another region and invest in that region/players? I doubt it, especially when a lot of the players at the top could be fellow koreans.

And this doesn't even touch on the horrendously top heavy prize distribution, which, again, gives no incentive for NA/EU players to dedicate their time to be on the lvl of koreans.

Great to see more cohesion of one story being attempted and leagues working together. But for something this large, why rush it so much? why not iron out the details and announce it when it's actually a good, finished, product? it would have just been 2 seasons instead of 3..

On April 10 2013 14:37 HawaiianPig wrote:


Not really. This is very disputed and entirely preferential http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-on-dark_color_scheme

Consider that many operating systems use a light on dark colour scheme for their "accessiblity" options. Don't refer to your personal preferences as "very very very basic graphic design" -- It makes you look silly.

It is true that dark text on light backgrounds is generally better for readability overall, but there are times where you can use light on dark to great effect. Perhaps when you're posting some news to a Starcraft website and you'd like it to appear as a change of pace from a regular post.

That being said, direct all design choices for this particular post at Waxangel.

On April 10 2013 16:32 JustPassingBy wrote:


Actually, correct me if I am wrong, the very first season already consists of an offline portion of over a week, at least the ESL has an offline event spanning two weeks planned:
http://www.esfiworld.com/wcs-america-europe-formats-detailed-invited-players-to-be-announced-april-12th/

On April 10 2013 08:03 WhiteSatin wrote:
just a tip, reading white font on black background for a long period of time totally rapes your eyes.
just a very very very basic graphic design tip lol.

On April 10 2013 17:19 Prplppleatr wrote:

I specifically said it was NA who's offline portion was only the ro8 and a weekend. And if you read the rest of the bolded portion i mention that it may be expanded to a week or the entire premier division being offline has been mentioned...but, again as i mention, I doubt that this will be enough for koreans who are in NA or EU to practice with players in that region (which is blizzards intent)

On April 10 2013 23:08 TAMinator wrote:
So basically they're nerfing Koreans and buffing foreigners... gg.
Good interview