EPTCopa América 2013, a new Latin American tournament - Page 2
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DHU.rHyme
China12 Posts
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France15997 Posts
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Croatia3840 Posts
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Mexico71 Posts
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
On June 21 2013 20:47 DHU.rHyme wrote: WOW that's great!I hope Blizzard can hold this kind of tournament in China/Taiwan/Southeast Asia too. They're organising the Vengeance Cup in Singapore with $5,000 prizemoney. | ||
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On June 21 2013 14:07 MajOr wrote: how to sign up oo? Poll: Who will win Copa América? MajOr (20) Someone else (16) 36 total votes Your vote: Who will win Copa América? | ||
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WerderBremen
Germany1070 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Vinland
Argentina136 Posts
On June 21 2013 12:20 DARKING wrote: Top16 each season receive pointswhich will count toward the end of the year, where the top8 will play live in Argentina in the Grand Finals for a prize pool of 6200 dollars. Games will be casted in both Spanish and Portuguese by some of the most well known LA casters, including TheArgie and Predoca who have casted evens such as Dreamhack and HomeStory Cup before: Based Argie! Everything sounds great, hyped as fuck! On June 21 2013 12:26 playa wrote: I don't get it. But Latin America isn't that strong. Wouldn't inviting Koreans, and encouraging an influx of them, increase the skill level of LA? I think it would also push the players to try harder and take the game more seriously. Also, what's the point of having a Latin American Tournament if it's actually based on geographical locations related to the name of the tournament? That's pretty old fashioned and weak. The thing is, the local scene is not only "low skilled", its also really small. MOBAs and f2p games are extremely popular here, so I guess they are just trying to compete with them, and giving money and exposure to local players is always great incentive to improve. Also, "Copa America" is an extremely popular LA football cup, they are naming it after that probably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_América | ||
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PSosa
Peru23 Posts
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Phanekim
United States777 Posts
On June 21 2013 12:28 Zenbrez wrote: Did inviting koreans to MLGs in 2011 increase the skill of the NA scene? Not really, they just got slaughtered. I also doubt a korean would be willing to travel for what's probably a 2k or less prize for first place for 6 months worth of playing this. You have to grow it before you can compete with the koreans. KOreans have the infrastructure. THis is a step towards foriegners building the infrastructure to compete. | ||
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
Unfortunately I dont speak spanish or portugese so I cant really enjoy the streams that much. | ||
aike
United States1629 Posts
 He obviously thinks this is a great idea for the LA scene, but he's saying it in a very satirical way. Because we all wish WCS was region locked. Did you know that if you want to play WCS Korea... you have to live in Korea? But if you play in WCS AM/EU you can live anywhere in the world. Odd, no? Anyways I saw Fenix posting about this on Facebook recently :D It should be a pretty decent set of tournaments. | ||
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algorithm0r
Canada486 Posts
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mechengineer123
Ukraine711 Posts
On June 21 2013 12:28 Zenbrez wrote: Did inviting koreans to MLGs in 2011 increase the skill of the NA scene? Not really, they just got slaughtered. I also doubt a korean would be willing to travel for what's probably a 2k or less prize for first place for 6 months worth of playing If Koreans and foreigners would've never played together in tournaments the skill disparity would be even bigger than it currently is. The most efficient way of learning is by playing against people who are better. Anyway, nice to see some action in LA. | ||
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Zer atai
United States691 Posts
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On June 22 2013 04:57 mechengineer123 wrote: If Koreans and foreigners would've never played together in tournaments the skill disparity would be even bigger than it currently is. The most efficient way of learning is by playing against people who are better. Anyway, nice to see some action in LA. Yes, you learn better when you play against people who are better. But... you don't learn much in a tournament when you play a guy twice? You are still practicing with other foreigners. | ||
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TheArgie
Argentina22 Posts
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