EPTWCS FAQ update by Blizzard (4/10/2013) - Page 7
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dj_holgie
Germany12 Posts
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
Is the prize pool the same across all regions or do partners put in additional prize money on top of the Blizzard prize money? All of the regional leagues will have identical prize pools and point distribution. The partners will not be adding additional prize money to the prize pool. Yay, GSL is officially ruined! Sigh. Thanks Blizz. I mean it was already kinda the case with a big chunk of "important" Koreans abandoning it for WCS NA/EU, but now it is just fact that there is no advantage to playing in KR at all (aside from not having to travel), the prestige is lost and no doubt more players will switch over the coming months or going into next year. The greatest leagues in SC2 (because it affects OSL as well) are no longer the sickest gathering of elite players, just a sect of players who were stubborn enough not to switch (or forced not to). Why would GOM/OGN go along with this when it's only going to hurt them?? I mean, it's great for MLG/IEM, but...? | ||
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JustPassingBy
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m0ck
4194 Posts
On April 11 2013 04:56 MCXD wrote: Yay, GSL is officially ruined! Sigh. Thanks Blizz. I mean it was already kinda the case with a big chunk of "important" Koreans abandoning it for WCS NA/EU, but now it is just fact that there is no advantage to playing in KR at all (aside from not having to travel), the prestige is lost and no doubt more players will switch over the coming months or going into next year. The greatest leagues in SC2 (because it affects OSL as well) are no longer the sickest gathering of elite players, just a sect of players who were stubborn enough not to switch (or forced not to). Why would GOM/OGN go along with this when it's only going to hurt them?? I mean, it's great for MLG/IEM, but...? Possibly because there is no money in hosting SC2 tournaments in Korea? | ||
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lookfirewood
1212 Posts
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ztranger
Sweden57 Posts
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iNviSible.yunO
Germany211 Posts
On April 11 2013 01:45 m0ck wrote: At the moment, big amounts of money are funneled from outside of Korea to SK in salarys, transportion costs and prizes. Right now, sponsor money that could be used to the benefit of players outside of SK is instead spent on players in SK. There is a pretty massive subsidization going on. The SC2 scene in SK needs to grow its own scene in order to support the current amount of SC2 pro gamers in Korea. I don't mean to say that that is "unfair". But it is probably not a healthy system either. Most likely there will be a culling of heads of Korean SC2 progamers. I don't see anything wrong with that. At the moment there are many more Korean progamers than in EU/US put together. This needs to be quoted, since it is true. Yes, GSL is losing significance. But thats nothing bad, just something new. There is a lot of change going on atm and it scares people, as change always does. If the Korean scene is strong it will be able to carry itself. Also, as soon as premier and challenger leagues are completely offline in EU and NA, there will be sort of a region lock. I really hope this happens as soon as possible, because this will actually be a huge step forward for everyone, who wants the foreign scene to develop. Every Korean who wants to move permanently will be welcome, of course. But just flying somewhere for a weekend and taking all the prize money away from "the locals" that could have been used to develop the "local" scene will not be possible anymore, at least as far as WCS-events are concerned. Other than that, lets hope that the prize money distribution is as anti-top-heavy as possible. I think Blizzard is moving into the right direction. | ||
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llIH
Norway2143 Posts
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Rccodes
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Angel_
United States1617 Posts
I am getting depressed. Blizzard is not riot. Blizzard cannot be Riot. Blizzard relied on the Korean scene and was happy to use broodwars success as a way to launch sc2, and now they're trying to put everything under their umbrella. WCS will never be more prestigious than GSL or Proleague. I am worried that they are going to fucking ruin our scene with thier ineptitude, and they're going to steam-roll ahead with their plan no matter how retarded it is. -sky is falling- ber. | ||
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shockaslim
United States1104 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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StreetWise
United States594 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On April 11 2013 05:55 shockaslim wrote: How exactly is the Korean scene destroyed? The way I understand it, GOM can still make an event that is non code S/A/B related and players can play in that. Somthing like the Super Tournament. The question is not if they can but if they will. | ||
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evoli
United States333 Posts
On April 11 2013 05:56 Zealously wrote: I want to know why Gom/OGN/MLG/ESL aren't allowed (or why they will not) add prize money of their own. Code A meaning a semi-regular payday was a great thing, and it's very sad that it's gone. I would presume that Blizzard was concerned that the different vendors would try and sweeten the pot to entice players to play in their region and thus undermine the principal behind the WCS. Unfortunately for Blizzard, the majority of the community seems to think that was already accomplished by region locking issues. | ||
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Mauldo
United States750 Posts
A) NA/EU Players actually get better, and people actually watch (best case scenario). Since they didn't officially say that offline competition will be extended in Season 2, they can postpone it to allow teams to have more time to find accomodations. B) NA/EU Players get stomped, and viewership/foreigner participation plummets (Most likely, logical scenario). They can automatically make Season 2's offline a week long or even more, and force the "soft" region lock they're trying to have now into a "hard" region lock due to a two week long offline portion. They're playing chicken, hoping that they'll end up correct in the long run. Even though literally every ounce of logic and viewership numbers go against them, they hope that not only will NA players magically get better over the course of a WCS season, but that viewers will keep watching when they don't and all fall out of the competition. But hey, at least they gave everyone the ability to run off to another WCS region at the end of Season 1. How 'bout that? | ||
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Richard4021
United States73 Posts
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tuho12345
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Jknighty
159 Posts
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On April 11 2013 00:30 Kinky wrote: This is going to be an interesting year for Starcraft. Can't wait. | ||
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