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E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
April 21 2013 03:20 GMT
#241
Entry fee would have make a lot of sense, to only people that really want to try will commit to pay the fee
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shadymmj
Profile Joined June 2010
1906 Posts
April 21 2013 03:26 GMT
#242
i'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say that "diamond noobs" are just as deserving as MVP etc. when the regional tournament is first come first serve. there's nothing inherently wrong with that as it theoretically gives all interested parties an equal chance to participate.
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Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 03:32:38
April 21 2013 03:27 GMT
#243
On April 21 2013 11:28 Assirra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 11:02 Goldfish wrote:
On April 21 2013 10:56 Awesomeness wrote:
On April 21 2013 10:32 Goldfish wrote:
On April 21 2013 04:38 iaguz wrote:
Details is that 512 turned out to be far too small a limit for WCS NA's qualifier. It functions on a first come first serve basis, it accepted more then 512 people registering and upon check in gives priority to those who registered earlier despite skill level. There are loads of diamond and below flotsam clogging up the registration that legitimately amazing players like jim (as well as loads of scrubby white folk like meself with decent *snort* NA GM ladder status) are not able to compete. MLG/blizzard fucked up majorly with this, extremely disappointing, especially for those coming from nations who got nothing from WCS this year.

One imagines that for Season 2 they fix this.


On SotG, they said that maybe having entry fee was a good idea after all ($20 was high but $10 seemed good, maybe even just $5).

Alternatively they could do what GOMTV does and give priority to pro gamers (or anyone) with an established and team first before randoms.

Edit - I say it's not really MLG's fault directly.

It's the fact that WCS in general seems a bit disorganized so far.

Edit 2 - What I mean is, Blizzard didn't give MLG any directions or what they should do or "had to do". I mean, technically it is Blizzard's thing after all. They can't just give it to tournaments and tell them, they'll probably know how to handle it.

Obviously if you give a tournament organizer a tournament to run and don't tell them how to do it, then there is potential for problems.

While 512 1 bracket tournament over 1 day is silly, it's not really MLG's fault because Blizzard didn't exactly tell them how they should handle it (and again, since Blizzard did come up with WCS in the first place, they should direct it more).

It's more of a hindsight thing potentially (MLG probably didn't expect these many problems in advance).


Well I guess Blizzard thought that MLG was capable to run a simple qualifying tournament!? It's hindsight to say that 1 tournament with 512 players isn't enough? Come on...

It just looks like MLG wanted to use as few resources as possible to run this and quite frankly they failed.


Yes, I agree that MLG wanted to use as few resources as possible but the fault still lies with Blizzard.

It's still their big WCS thing and if they don't give tournament organizers directions they need to follow or how to do anything exactly, then the potential for problems will exist.

Also when I say hindsight, MLG probably didn't know how many would try to qualify or whatever. They didn't even set or use a "only masters or higher" can participate restriction.

I highly doubt MLG would have done all this had they know what the reaction would be. They haven't really had any experience running anything like this (their open brackets are usually LAN or if they're online, they were usually done in a small scale and usually with an entrance fee). That's what I meant by its hindsight problem by MLG (of course it is still their fault for not taking it too seriously).

However, the main fault still lies with Blizzard because WCS is such a "supposedly" huge deal but yet Blizzard just left it to tournament organizers to do whatever they want with WCS.

Don't see how you can blame Blizzard for this tbh. They made this whole tournament system and were hoping at least the qualifiers could be arranged by the tournament organizers they put in charge for it.
Guess they were wrong and next time they have to make everything and people will boo once more when a certain issue arrived cause of their then locked qualification system.


What I mean is how hard would it for Blizzard to say anyone that accepts the job has to run the qualification system across <x> days with at least <x> brackets with at least <x> players with or without requirements like Masters league or higher?

Blizzard just gave MLG the deal and didn't tell them what they did with it (or what they can or can't do).

They already set up how Premier and Challenger league works, how about Qualifications too?

People were complaining that MLG set up an entrance fee at $20 but yet the problem wasn't MLG, the problem was why was MLG allowed to do that in the first place? (Though I am okay with an entrance fee, but $20 was too high. An entrance fee would mean that only serious players would try out.)

Why isn't Blizzard handling and enforcing how things should be run? 'm not saying they should run it themselves but they should at least tell them to do it this way or that way.

On April 21 2013 12:26 shadymmj wrote:
i'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say that "diamond noobs" are just as deserving as MVP etc. when the regional tournament is first come first serve. there's nothing inherently wrong with that as it theoretically gives all interested parties an equal chance to participate.


Counter to your devil's advocate - Well "diamond noobs" will waste everyone's time when they qualify (or more realistically, when they meet an actual pro player in the qualifiers... unless the actual pros couldn't get into the qualifier in the first place and the qualifiers are just filled with random ladder players >.>) and get stomped in the actual tournament by actual pro players.

Now, I'm not saying random ladder players shouldn't have a chance but a minimum of Masters or higher, or a small entrance fee like $5-10 (MLG's initial $20 was ridiculously high) would at least allow people who are serious about trying to compete to win to participate.
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Son of Gnome
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States777 Posts
April 21 2013 03:30 GMT
#244
On April 21 2013 12:26 shadymmj wrote:
i'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say that "diamond noobs" are just as deserving as MVP etc. when the regional tournament is first come first serve. there's nothing inherently wrong with that as it theoretically gives all interested parties an equal chance to participate.

I disagree Blizzard hosts these tournaments to help boost up the NA scene and potential give players a chance at making a name for themselves. A diamond player has no chance at this and honestly they are just wasting space that should go for more skilled players who commit more time and effort into the game.
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E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
April 21 2013 03:34 GMT
#245
On April 21 2013 12:30 Son of Gnome wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 12:26 shadymmj wrote:
i'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say that "diamond noobs" are just as deserving as MVP etc. when the regional tournament is first come first serve. there's nothing inherently wrong with that as it theoretically gives all interested parties an equal chance to participate.

I disagree Blizzard hosts these tournaments to help boost up the NA scene and potential give players a chance at making a name for themselves. A diamond player has no chance at this and honestly they are just wasting space that should go for more skilled players who commit more time and effort into the game.


MVP deserves more than diamonds guys...
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twndomn
Profile Joined September 2010
401 Posts
April 21 2013 03:36 GMT
#246
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.

"If MC wins this, his name would not be SK MC, it would be ST MC, ST for Saint, performing miracles." - Artosis.
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
April 21 2013 03:42 GMT
#247
i dont get why only so few spots for usa thats disgusting ... europe hat 2XXX grids and 4 qualifiers and usa does 1 with 512 ? wtf is going on
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zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 03:43:43
April 21 2013 03:43 GMT
#248
On April 21 2013 12:36 twndomn wrote:
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.



sure lets never invite chinese players or some europeans because their visas MIGHT not get approved. lets run things based on things that MIGHT happen. sounds good. in other news, it MIGHT rain tomorrow so im not gonna go outside.
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
April 21 2013 03:43 GMT
#249
On April 21 2013 12:36 twndomn wrote:
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.



the IEM was the problem between china and japan so the japanese event not happened in china that weekend,
and iem was supposed to be AT that japanese event so it has nothing to do with any of the other problems ...
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
April 21 2013 03:44 GMT
#250
On April 21 2013 12:43 zev318 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 12:36 twndomn wrote:
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.



sure lets never invite chinese players or some europeans because their visas MIGHT not get approved. lets run things based on things that MIGHT happen. sounds good. in other news, it MIGHT rain tomorrow so im not gonna outside.


jaeh the orga should invite them and talk to the gouv. right NOW for possibility for visa etc etc ,... cant be so hard to get a sportman even esportman in a country ... its not like they are poor farmer who would stay xD

usa have always crazy visashit going ^^
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
yuxiyulanhua
Profile Joined April 2013
United States2 Posts
April 21 2013 03:52 GMT
#251
It is really a joke that final 8 players in NA qualifier are KR and Chinese, even when MLG discriminates Chinese players.
What a nice asian WCS championship~
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jalen
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia222 Posts
April 21 2013 04:00 GMT
#252
On April 21 2013 12:36 twndomn wrote:
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.


So? what you are saying is not making any sense.
Why don't you play other Dota kind games? Because there is no Denies!!!!
LighT.
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4501 Posts
April 21 2013 04:01 GMT
#253
why are people surprised about MLG..
They've always been money grabbing
showing favoritism all over
running the things however they want as long as they profit off of it most...
I'm not surprised at all.
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
April 21 2013 04:04 GMT
#254
On April 21 2013 12:20 E.L.V.I.S wrote:
Entry fee would have make a lot of sense, to only people that really want to try will commit to pay the fee

people boycotted it so it got cut.
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haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
April 21 2013 04:08 GMT
#255
This is strange they kick out people based on past performance then keep the diamond players in the registrations wtf?
Rillanon.au
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
April 21 2013 04:09 GMT
#256
On April 21 2013 13:00 jalen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 12:36 twndomn wrote:
I really don't see the problem.

When Blizzard was doing BlizzCon, China has couple players got their visa denied. When WCS/IEM was being hosted in China, same could be done onto the foreigner players. Remember one IEM event had to cancelled, due to too many protests in China?

Bottom line, it's too troublesome to handle events with problematic Chinese players who may or may not get their visa denied. In that case, the tournament organizers had to contact replacement in short amount of time, not worth the effort.


So? what you are saying is not making any sense.


He has a point, it is extremely difficult for Chinese people to get visas into USA, people get rejected for no reason at all and no recourse.
Rillanon.au
matt93
Profile Joined January 2013
Australia32 Posts
April 21 2013 04:20 GMT
#257
lot of Australian people I know who signed up also didn't get in, it's the luck that comes with a 512 player bracket I guess, they rather put in diamonds who lose 2-0 to everyone than players who can stand their ground -.-
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Nerski
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1095 Posts
April 21 2013 04:26 GMT
#258
Not entirely sure what to say. If half of the things I've heard about are true, the ball really got dropped here. Hopefully this all gets somehow rectified. However I for one won't hold my breath, the modus operandi has typically been 'will fix it next time'. Here is to the hopes it's not the case,
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 04:40:50
April 21 2013 04:32 GMT
#259
players from china, taiwan, australia etc have NA as their lowest latency region. it's basically the only place with semi-tolerable lag.

MLG is just a NA operation accustomed to operating on the assumption that they are a NA operation. blizzard literally dropped the baton in (not properly) handing them this new situation of non-NA players getting into the tourney, for WCS which is something that's intended to represent all sc2 players worldwide. this is a sudden and implicit expansion of their mission/goal.

MLG wants to develop the NA scene, which is fine. blizzard's wcs arrangement however, pretty much leaves non-korean asian players with nowhere to go but NA servers.
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jalen
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia222 Posts
April 21 2013 04:35 GMT
#260
On April 21 2013 13:20 matt93 wrote:
lot of Australian people I know who signed up also didn't get in, it's the luck that comes with a 512 player bracket I guess, they rather put in diamonds who lose 2-0 to everyone than players who can stand their ground -.-

MLG seeded EG guys, and see the EG guys' performance.
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