Penny Arcade Report on WCS - Page 2

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Denmark970 Posts

May 28 2013 22:52 GMT

#21

On May 29 2013 07:45 Fries wrote:

You don't think that if NA's THIRTEEN Koreans in Premiere League were in EU it wouldn't have been similar results? EU had 4 Koreans in Premier league and 2 made it into the top 4.

No i don't think so. Aside from Hero there is not a single Korean in RO8 that i would say is definitely better than; TLO, Lucifron, Vortix, Naniwa, Sase, Stephano or Babyknight. During group stage there was not a single time where a Korean made it out as number 1. To be perfectly honest i don't think that the competition was harder in NA than it was in EU.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 28 2013 23:13 GMT

#22

I don't know that the fact that NA is a weak division is really a solvable problem, but he's right in that the system Blizzard set up actually makes it more interesting for spectators since random interesting matches happen in the regular season before a world final. I'd guess there are a lot of people who aren't that interested in watching Shoutcraft but who will tune in to see GSL semifinalist play relative-unknown Euro up-and-comer.

On May 29 2013 06:26 rename wrote:
Also the fact that in WCS/GSL style league - when everyone has can prepare to his opponent for a week - instead of preparing a random new player, many europeans and americans have to prepare for someone of higher level, and just looking at his vods and trying to figure out how to beat that will likely result in better experience compared to just looking at some random players qualifier vods and then laddering&streaming a bunch.

I think this part has panned out nicely too, there have been a lot of amusing and cute builds people have prepared for specific opponents. It doesn't touch the heart of the issue that it's not an ideal situation for players in NA or EU but the article is about how they set up a better environment for spectators, and he has a point in that it is an improvement, for Blizzard's system specifically. Whether or not it's good overall for everyone remains to be seen but Blizzard succeeded in making their own event interesting.

Rabiator

Germany3948 Posts

May 29 2013 03:09 GMT

#23

On May 29 2013 05:20 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
I do agree with the sentiment for the most part. I also agree, however, that there still needs to be some stuff that is focused solely on regional players, like Shoutcraft America. You shouldn't really have one without the other.

The problem is that with the current state of WCS it is ALWAYS ON and there is no opening for any other competition to shine. Thus any such competition has to fight against WCS and that is bad. "Live and let live" is a great saying, but WCS does not follow it.

vesicular

United States1310 Posts

May 29 2013 03:22 GMT

#24

On May 29 2013 12:09 Rabiator wrote:

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WCS doesn't run on weekends, and that's exactly for other tournaments to operate during that time. It's already built into the system.

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