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Copa América 2013, a new Latin American tournament

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DARKING
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Mexico674 Posts
June 21 2013 03:20 GMT
#1
http://copaamerica.starcraft2.com/novedades-1/comienza-la-starcraft-ii-copa-america-2013-3

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Today, Blizzard along with Localstrike unveiled a new tournament for latin america called the Copa América.

Divided into 4 seasons, each one lasting a month, each season will have 128 players from all of LA in a single elimination bracket, followed by a group stage for the top16 and playoffs for the top8, with the top4 having 950 dollars prize pool.

Signups are open for any player from LA, but each season will have a certain number of spots reserved for each country:

28 for Brazil
18 for Mexico
18 for Argentina
18 for Chile
10 for Peru
8 for Colombia
5 for Venezuela
5 for Uruguay
18 for the rest of LA

Top16 each season receive points which 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:
http://www.twitch.tv/team/sc2copaamerica

As a personal opinion, this is a great idea for developing the latin american scene by having a LA only tourmanet, with some real prize money, casted games, and a live finals at the end of the year. And who knows, maybe this could be the test for a future WCS LA.

Poll: Copa América: yay or nay?

yay! (272)
 
94%

nay! (16)
 
6%

288 total votes

Your vote: Copa América: yay or nay?

(Vote): yay!
(Vote): nay!

LiquipediaMexican Liquipedia staff and Terran player. I tweet things @DARKING665.
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-21 03:26:40
June 21 2013 03:26 GMT
#2
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.

In seriousness, that's nice to see.
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-21 03:29:27
June 21 2013 03:28 GMT
#3
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
Refer to my post.
ThatGuyDoMo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia516 Posts
June 21 2013 03:29 GMT
#4
this is sick! get to see some more Latin American exposure :D
Fede
Profile Joined January 2011
Uruguay114 Posts
June 21 2013 03:29 GMT
#5
I'm so fucking hyped for this =)
JP Dayne
Profile Joined June 2013
538 Posts
June 21 2013 03:33 GMT
#6
I think the reason they didn't invite koreans, europeans or north americans was so they could promote their compadres
I think that even simple korean in master league would wipe it all
MisterFred
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2033 Posts
June 21 2013 03:38 GMT
#7
On June 21 2013 12:33 JP Dayne wrote:
I think the reason they didn't invite koreans, europeans or north americans was so they could promote their compadres
I think that even simple korean in master league would wipe it all


Catz, Major, Capoche, and some of the other Latin American guys (is killer still active? and that other good Mexican player) have a higher skill level than the average masters-league Korean.
"The victor? Not the highest scoring, nor the best strategist, nor the best tactitian. The victor was he that was closest to the Tao of FFA." -.Praetor
WhiteIdra
Profile Joined May 2013
22 Posts
June 21 2013 03:41 GMT
#8
Finally!!! LA needed thissss
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-21 04:03:47
June 21 2013 03:52 GMT
#9
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.

In seriousness, that's nice to see.

Sorry but this is completely wrong.

What we need are more Latin Americans playing seriously PERIOD

You're suggesting having LA players play in an LA tournament that gives 0 prize pool to LA players.

It's not "old fashioned and weak", it's necessary!
Ofc it's nice to see, because its been a long time waiting for something like this^^

So excited ;D hoping everyone good can participate fully without scheduling conflicts!
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
June 21 2013 03:57 GMT
#10
Making a local scene active is always a good move, good luck !
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Flight
Profile Joined August 2010
Brazil163 Posts
June 21 2013 04:03 GMT
#11
I am really excited for this!
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
June 21 2013 04:09 GMT
#12
On June 21 2013 12:52 Shinta) wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.

In seriousness, that's nice to see.

Sorry but this is completely wrong.

What we need are more Latin Americans playing seriously PERIOD

You're suggesting having LA players play in an LA tournament that gives 0 prize pool to LA players.

Sorry, but you need to change your perspective. It's not "old fashioned and weak", it's necessary!
Ofc it's nice to see, because its been a long time waiting for something like this^^

So excited ;D hoping everyone good can participate fully without scheduling conflicts!


You could either call that sarcasm or Morhaime talk. Given that this is what Blizzard said, verbatim, for WCS NA, perhaps this tournament will forebode some changes in the future for WCS. Obviously this LA tournament is a common sense thing. But, given that WCS is more of a making money thing, probably not. I just hope to see some more lovely fluff.
Ichabod
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1659 Posts
June 21 2013 04:12 GMT
#13
Wow, great for the LA scene. I guess WCS left a void that this is supposed to fill.

Will this all be played on the NA server? Does SA as a whole have a decent connection to NA?
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
June 21 2013 04:16 GMT
#14
Looks awesome! No english cast, though? I actually would pretty interested in at least watching the ro16 on...eh, I suppose I could dust off some of that Spanish I learned.
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
DARKING
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Mexico674 Posts
June 21 2013 04:17 GMT
#15
On June 21 2013 13:12 Ichabod wrote:
Wow, great for the LA scene. I guess WCS left a void that this is supposed to fill.

Will this all be played on the NA server? Does SA as a whole have a decent connection to NA?

This will be played on NA server, since the whole of the american continent plays on NA. No idea how much ping South America has, but regardless NA is the closest.
LiquipediaMexican Liquipedia staff and Terran player. I tweet things @DARKING665.
ZerGGling
Profile Joined November 2012
26 Posts
June 21 2013 04:38 GMT
#16
NA server is completely playable, it is nice seeing that blizzard is investing in making the LA community grow. Maybe this will expand for the next year .
The problem with the LA community imo is that only a bunch of players really play profesionally, I mean full time.
Who the hell do you think I am?!; Go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb! (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Major
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Mexico539 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-21 05:07:50
June 21 2013 05:07 GMT
#17
how to sign up oo?
Progamer
Insomni7
Profile Joined June 2011
667 Posts
June 21 2013 05:09 GMT
#18
is everyone missing the sarcasm in the first reply xD. This sounds amazing, I've been a fan of a lot of the top LA players for a long time.
Never Forget.
iMAniaC
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway703 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-22 10:12:38
June 21 2013 10:03 GMT
#19
That's a really cool piece of news!

It's also interesting that it doesn't follow the WCS idea, but that it's strictly region-locked. Perhaps this is a way for Blizzard to evaluate what they're going to do for WCS 2014 - If the region-locked Copa América is relatively more successful than WCS AM 2013, then they would get quantifiable feedback that people enjoy wathcing their local (well, regional) heroes more than they enjoy watching Koreans compete in their regional tournament. Also, I think that the LA scene has very much potential, so it's very nice that Blizzard tries to nurture it. Lastly, I really like that there are spots for "rest of LA", so that no country is excluded from competing.

Edit: WCS AM, not WCS NA...
Demicore
Profile Joined October 2011
France503 Posts
June 21 2013 11:38 GMT
#20
That's great! Good guy Blizzard.
"I love male nipples in starcraft; the two go together so well." ~Tasteless
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