Official WCS portal - mobile supported!

On June 05 2013 03:37 Yhamm wrote:
is the stream supposed to load on the home page? cause it doesn't work for me ^^

On June 05 2013 03:43 Integra wrote:
I will have a great time explaining to my friends why the player marked as America really are from either Korea or Europe.

On June 05 2013 03:23 MstrJinbo wrote:
Oh cool site.

Just noticed the player profile pages. Really cool.

http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/players/nerchio

On June 05 2013 04:47 Zenbrez wrote:
How does HerO have so many points?

On June 05 2013 04:42 Ballack wrote:


TBH, they are quite weird. Look at Snute's profile, says something about a ZvP he used to do like two years ago :p

On June 05 2013 04:54 Rabiator wrote:
I dont think it is a good idea to compete with the "standard" ... which is Liquipedia. The Blizzard lists also could use the color code for the regions to make things easier to discern. The boxes for the tournament fields seem a bit too big so they "waste space".

They should just stop wasting their own effort and simply link to Liquipedia (because there is already a very dedicated group of people working on it with a lot of expertise) ... but not without "compensating" the people for their effort.

On June 05 2013 03:18 Rescawen wrote:
Today Blizzard released their WCS portal, which can be found here http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en. Includes all of the standard information such as match times, standings, as well as live streams and videos of past matches.

It is finally here and it is looking good!

On June 05 2013 05:13 aristarchus wrote:

Where are the videos of past matches? I'd love a centralized vod location, especially if it's spoiler-free, but I don't see it.

On June 05 2013 05:30 StarVe wrote:

Click on the matches in the brackets.

On June 05 2013 05:33 chipmonklord17 wrote:

What's Tim's ID? I remembered Kibbelz (or however the hell he spelled it) instantly, and miss his casting, but couldn't remember the other guys ID.

On June 05 2013 05:47 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Can people explain it to me why HerO has 300 more points than Soulkey and Mvp?

On June 05 2013 05:04 a3den wrote:


If Blizzard wanna redirect towards more than a stream link from the client when the finals are happening, there's a need for this. Honestly, from a casual viewer point of view, TL.net is a frightening time machine to the 90's when it comes to UX.

Also, they are already linking to Liquipedia.

On June 05 2013 06:15 Plansix wrote:

Shhhhhh quite, don't confuse Rabiator with facts and logic.

Also, the website looks awesome on both my phone and work PC. Its got a good, clean design and I like the sections per region.

On June 05 2013 06:14 Kruize wrote:
Innovation gets to redeem his TvZ.

Weekend brackets are already up.
http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/brackets

This is, overall, really really good! It's sleek, and professional, and just neat. Most of the things I'm about to bring up are relatively minor, but would also go a long way..

1. There doesn't seem to be a "search" box. I wanted to look up Scarlett's profile, and had to guess the URL for it.
2. A player's profile shows their race, country, rank, and points, but nothing happens if I click on them. It would be nice if, for instance, I could click on the Zerg icon on Scarlett's page, and see a ranking of Zerg in the WCS, or how Zerg are doing in WCS, or even just the info page explaining what "Zerg" are from the SC2 site. Similarly, clicking on the Canada flag should show me all the Canadian's, etc.
3. The results at the bottom of the main page contain links to the relevant VODs. This is fantastic. However, it's not obvious that clicking on the score brings up the VOD. There should perhaps be an icon, or at least a "Click on score for VOD" notice. (If I go to the brackets page, by comparison, there is an icon)
4. Some of the VODs don't work or display anything. Example: http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/m...
5. Is it possible to get a "Spoiler-free" option? I get that this is intended as a news and results portal, but I'd like to be able to go here to watch all the games instead of a bunch of different web sites for GOM, MLG, etc.
6. The autoplaying video on the front page got old FAST. Please disable autoplay, or at least have it start muted. I was also surprised to load the page on my mobile and instantly have a stream playing. I wasn't on wi-fi on the time, and auto-playing streams can be dangerous to my capped bandwidth 3G plan.

Though, again, these are relatively minor concerns, and the site as a whole is really good.

On June 05 2013 05:04 a3den wrote:


If Blizzard wanna redirect towards more than a stream link from the client when the finals are happening, there's a need for this. Honestly, from a casual viewer point of view, TL.net is a frightening time machine to the 90's when it comes to UX.

Also, they are already linking to Liquipedia.

On June 05 2013 14:28 Rabiator wrote:

They are copying Liquipedia not linking to it and their bracket looks less organized and spread over too much space compared to the stuff which the TL guys make.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Portal:2013_WCS

I have this page open all the time and it is perfect, because it shows upcoming broadcasts a few days ahead of time and you can click on everything to find the relevant stuff. "Casuals being scared of TL" only works if those casuals are looking for a Forum, but this isnt the case here ... they are looking for information on the state of WCS and broadcasts. The Liquipedia page is much more organized. Anything else is just a wasted effort, because its quality wont be as good.

Blizzard can make their portal as a "broadcast & VOD central", but they should just save the effort of making brackets and lists, because Liquipedia does it better. They should just pay the guys a little extra for stuff they do anyways ... which would probably cost Blizzard less in the end.

On June 05 2013 14:28 Rabiator wrote:

They are copying Liquipedia not linking to it and their bracket looks less organized and spread over too much space compared to the stuff which the TL guys make.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Portal:2013_WCS

I have this page open all the time and it is perfect, because it shows upcoming broadcasts a few days ahead of time and you can click on everything to find the relevant stuff. "Casuals being scared of TL" only works if those casuals are looking for a Forum, but this isnt the case here ... they are looking for information on the state of WCS and broadcasts. The Liquipedia page is much more organized. Anything else is just a wasted effort, because its quality wont be as good.

Blizzard can make their portal as a "broadcast & VOD central", but they should just save the effort of making brackets and lists, because Liquipedia does it better. They should just pay the guys a little extra for stuff they do anyways ... which would probably cost Blizzard less in the end.

On June 05 2013 22:33 Big-t wrote:
App Name for Iphone?
"wcs" has too many hits and wcs portal or wcs starcraft has nothing...

On June 05 2013 07:13 WillS wrote:


Would you not agree that the overall quality and range of different types of the content on the site seem unfinished?

Rabiator: Personally I've never had a problem finding the content that I want to view on TL. Is it just the fidelity of the design that you are talking about or is there something else?

On June 05 2013 15:25 WolfintheSheep wrote:


The TL Portal is absolutely atrocious when it comes to UI and usability. Completely ignoring the issues of being a Wiki where the sidebars and topbars are filled with links to non-WCS information, the TL WCS Portal has a topbar for tournament info, links in the middle for schedule, links in the middle for standings, links at the bottom for specific tournaments...it reminds me very much of staring at an airport flight schedule.

It's a terrible resource for a one-stop easy navigation site, but a good resource for an RSS-feed style "keep me updated constantly without making me change pages".

On June 05 2013 23:16 Plansix wrote:


I love Liquipedia, but the WCS pages are the opposite of "one-stop easy navigation". I personally like the sections that link to nothing or how it is impossible to find broadcast times(that don't required you to figure out which time zone it is and then convert to yours), or for upcoming matches.

The argument that Blizzard shouldn't have their own website for their world wide tournament is beyond flawed and flat out wrong. It is their event, they are going to host their own site, built by their people with their content.

On June 06 2013 00:27 kollin wrote:

Which sections link to nothing? Also, there's a countdown for each event, so if you think it's impossible to find when matches are then you're clearly not trying.