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Visage814
United States109 Posts
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Yhamm
France7248 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:13 Visage814 wrote: Why are so many people saying that WCS NA is going to still be all koreans? Doesn't it explicitly outline what country's players are allowed to qualify? but Koreans players that are already qualified are still there  (if they chose to say in the region) | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:16 Yhamm wrote: but Koreans players that are already qualified are still there Grandfathered in. | ||
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XtreMe_au
Australia412 Posts
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Visage814
United States109 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:16 Yhamm wrote: but Koreans players that are already qualified are still there (if they chose to say in the region)...right, but 16 non-koreans are going to be in qualifiers each season. So unless all 16 of the qualifier-seeded players fall in challenger league, it won't be all koreans. right? | ||
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KiF1rE
United States964 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:19 Visage814 wrote: ...right, but 16 non-koreans are going to be in qualifiers each season. So unless all 16 of the qualifier-seeded players fall in challenger league, it won't be all koreans. right? well they can still get the ladder wild card or what not... so could still have 3 koreans but they would actually be participating in our scene, since they would have to have atleast 200 wins on our ladder. | ||
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Yhamm
France7248 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:19 Visage814 wrote: ...right, but 16 non-koreans are going to be in qualifiers each season. So unless all 16 of the qualifier-seeded players fall in challenger league, it won't be all koreans. right? yes, non-korean will qualify for the challenger, but will they win to go in premier league an kick out the Koreans? | ||
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Hiro45
Canada13 Posts
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theMagus
578 Posts
On November 21 2013 11:53 lichter wrote: I am pretty sure it isn't explicitly stated that we'll only get 3 GSLs in 2014. It just says that GSL gets to keep its name within the WCS structure, and that GOM is the sole partner for the main WCS tournament in Korea. Doesn't say GSL can only run main WCS events. Doesn't say how many GSLs there will be. Also we miiiiight still get OSL, you never know. if gomtv plans to run tournaments outside of wcs, i think they should name it differently as having non-wcs-related gsls would be confusing. also, premier and challenger tournaments in other regions only get 3 seasons in a year and gsl shouldn't be any different. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
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kochanfe
Micronesia1338 Posts
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FoShao
United States256 Posts
 happy about that change. seemed really unfair to have equal prizepool across all regions in 2013 | ||
NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
Going to have another vlog coming very soon, just found out more bad news for WCS AM that was snuck in there! Congratulations to Europeans though. | ||
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XtreMe_au
Australia412 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:35 NovemberstOrm wrote: https://twitter.com/LorangerChris/status/403362801894174720 https://twitter.com/LorangerChris/status/403362848807477248 ... if it's about allocated spots to SEA/China/NA isn't the only place on Earth.... then I'm disappointed in Huk. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
So the first place prize for GSL will be even higher than before huh, 50 mil won vs 70 mil now. | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
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Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
On November 21 2013 12:04 lost_artz wrote: Had to re-read that a few times to get it. I feel stupid now  Also I agree with goswser* . Effectively forcing a 100% commitment to a region through in-person tournaments is a much better option. If you allow some players to compete in NA/EU without being at the actual tournament (even for the Ro32) it almost makes region locks pointless. Consider if you will - Player A lives in Korea and qualifies for NA WCS BUT the Ro32 is online. If Player A doesn't advance beyond the Ro32 Player A never leaves Korea for WCS. However, if the Ro32 is offline (aka in-person) Player A is now committed to fly to the location (somewhere in the USA) and play in said tournament. *+ Show Spoiler + I find your name very confusing as I know it's actually gosu-user but I also say it as "goswser" in my head and I'm like wtf who's this guy every time :D That would be prohibitively expensive, the only Koreans left would be the one on big teams. | ||
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/about/faq#qualifier-requirements Okay so this is what Huk is talking about, it only applies to the countries listed meaning players from countries that are NOT listed have to get a green card to qualify for WCS NA | ||
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