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algue
Profile Joined July 2011
France1436 Posts
April 10 2013 09:34 GMT
#141
Great Korean Invasion Year 1, Day 0 : All the warnings are red in NA, Europe might be saved.
rly ?
Wertheron
Profile Joined October 2011
France439 Posts
April 10 2013 09:34 GMT
#142
On April 10 2013 18:33 eviltomahawk wrote:
On the bright side, with all these non-KeSPA players moving to the overseas WCS tournaments, there will be more room for KeSPA players to play in GSL lol.


Oh, i didn't thought about that. Kespa players will save GSL, that's pretty funny
NDPH_Prodigy
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia35 Posts
April 10 2013 09:35 GMT
#143
Does that mean EG-TL won't be in the ProLeague anymore?
NSW
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10131 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-10 09:36:44
April 10 2013 09:35 GMT
#144
Jaedong moving to NA, i feel so good for calling it haha.

About why they are all moving, makes sense if they are going to play proleague online, the team still needs to be located on the same place (hence why TL players also go to NA ?)
Nikoras
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States115 Posts
April 10 2013 09:35 GMT
#145
It's going to be funny when the top 10 representatives from NA are going to be Korean.
TheBB
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Switzerland5133 Posts
April 10 2013 09:36 GMT
#146
Speaking as the rating guy, this is a welcome effect. Mixing the rating pools is exactly what we need and Blizzard seems to have managed that at least. I don't mind this invasion at all. My initial apprehension was that this would totally destroy the current GSL season, but if Nazgul is right then this list also includes choices for season 2.

So ultimately, yeah, this isn't that bad.
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mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
April 10 2013 09:36 GMT
#147
On April 10 2013 18:30 sc2superfan101 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2013 18:23 Doriboi wrote:
On April 10 2013 18:11 Kasaraki wrote:
I don't mind, I prefer this to all-NA or EU tournaments, haha. And the WCS finals will be with more Koreans.


Honestly this news is pretty fucking disgusting. Once again the SC2 scene in North America will continue to stagnate rather than develop. So while its great to see your C league (Nestea excluded) StarCraft 2 pros who couldn't cut it in Korea come to play in the American championships, this really needs to be reserved for North and South American players. Blizzard you guys need to fix this system, its already an issue.

But we don't need to see Koreans who can't qualify in Korea come to America to steal something that isn't theirs.

So all that money that didn't exist beforehand naturally belongs to foreigners... can't let the better players have it!!!

In previous years, Blizzard actually invested it in region specific countries, whether be it Blizzard's Continental Invitationals in 2010 and 2011, or the National and Continental WCS leagues of 2012.

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Incomplet
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1419 Posts
April 10 2013 09:36 GMT
#148
In all honesty. If foreigners can't beat Koreans when they have much higher incentive to train hard, and when they have tremendous lag, they don't deserve their spots in WCS.

This Korean turnout is very good and I look forward to watching all 3 regional qualifiers with slightly less emphasis on EU due to the poor Korean attendance.
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playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
April 10 2013 09:37 GMT
#149
On April 10 2013 18:34 sc2superfan101 wrote:
Can someone please explain how this ruins anything?

Keep in mind that a GSL style NA/EU tournament with similar prize money didn't exist before this.


Keep in mind that every country had a WCS last season and Koreans were only playing in the Korean WCS. Thus, non Koreans could actually win something...
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
April 10 2013 09:37 GMT
#150
inb4 the entire WCS finals is korean only and it gets like 20k viewers lol
sc2superfan101
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
3583 Posts
April 10 2013 09:37 GMT
#151
On April 10 2013 18:36 mikkmagro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2013 18:30 sc2superfan101 wrote:
On April 10 2013 18:23 Doriboi wrote:
On April 10 2013 18:11 Kasaraki wrote:
I don't mind, I prefer this to all-NA or EU tournaments, haha. And the WCS finals will be with more Koreans.


Honestly this news is pretty fucking disgusting. Once again the SC2 scene in North America will continue to stagnate rather than develop. So while its great to see your C league (Nestea excluded) StarCraft 2 pros who couldn't cut it in Korea come to play in the American championships, this really needs to be reserved for North and South American players. Blizzard you guys need to fix this system, its already an issue.

But we don't need to see Koreans who can't qualify in Korea come to America to steal something that isn't theirs.

So all that money that didn't exist beforehand naturally belongs to foreigners... can't let the better players have it!!!

In previous years, Blizzard actually invested it in region specific countries, whether be it Blizzard's Continental Invitationals in 2010 and 2011, or the National and Continental WCS leagues of 2012.


And oh man was that working to build the scene and the overall skill level of foreigners everywhere!

Oh wait...
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-10 09:40:11
April 10 2013 09:37 GMT
#152
On April 10 2013 18:11 PulseKane wrote:
i'm gonna metagame the shit outta them and move to korea


hahaha, go Kane!!!

On topic edit: I feel sorry for every NA player and it really should've been like in 2012 imo, but I am also really excited for Europe now. It's a great competission now where the EU players still stand a chance I think. This is going to be good.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#153
MVP!!! HAHAHAHA YOU EUROPEANS BETTER BE SCARED!!!! This is awesome. Sucks big time for the foreigners lol.
Long live the Boss Toss!
Kim Hyuna
Profile Joined March 2013
Korea (South)264 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-10 09:38:56
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#154
WCS FINAL ALL KR VS KR!!!!!!!

대한민국, 회이팅!!

foreigners going to get PWNNNN!!
김현아 fighting!
Nekovivie
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2599 Posts
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#155
Lot of great names competing in EU, Mvp, MC, MMA, :o
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#156
On April 10 2013 18:37 Jakkerr wrote:
inb4 the entire WCS finals is korean only and it gets like 20k viewers lol


You realize the MLG Winter Championship had the highest viewership ever for a sc2 event and every foreigner was eliminated before the ro8? 140k concurrent for Flash vs Life.
AC3
Profile Joined April 2006
Canada337 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-10 09:39:26
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#157
Blizzard has succeeded in creating a tournament that will pit the best players in the world against each other.

That said, I wouldn't call it the WCS anymore, because the system they've implemented has entirely failed in an equal distribution of talent from around the globe.

Personally, I enjoyed last years regional WCS events and seeing who was the best on a national to regional to global level. Not that I won't be watching this years tournament, its that I no longer see the WCS as a WCG replacement, with the goal of determining a true global champion for SC2 (something I think they could of fully realized if they had chosen too this year).

Best of luck to all regional players who actually reside in the country they are competing in, I will be disappointed if the WCS ends up being 90%+ Korean players.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33432 Posts
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#158
On April 10 2013 18:36 TheBB wrote:
Speaking as the rating guy, this is a welcome effect. Mixing the rating pools is exactly what we need and Blizzard seems to have managed that at least. I don't mind this invasion at all. My initial apprehension was that this would totally destroy the current GSL season, but if Nazgul is right then this list also includes choices for season 2.

So ultimately, yeah, this isn't that bad.


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OhSix
Profile Joined October 2011
United States252 Posts
April 10 2013 09:38 GMT
#159
I feel like this defeats the entire purpose of WCS.

Ugh. I hate this.
What you preach is worthless, your worship defeat the purpose, like president Bush taking bullets for the secret service.
tribulator
Profile Joined February 2011
774 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-10 09:39:15
April 10 2013 09:39 GMT
#160
On April 10 2013 18:38 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2013 18:37 Jakkerr wrote:
inb4 the entire WCS finals is korean only and it gets like 20k viewers lol


You realize the MLG Winter Championship had the highest viewership ever for a sc2 event and every foreigner was eliminated before the ro8? 140k concurrent for Flash vs Life.



Didn't Sundance say Boxer v Idra was still the highest rated?
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