Wow. I am impressed. Is Blizzard not killing esports?

On a more serious note, as a fan of Starcraft 2 since the beta, I love that there is more room for community tournaments. Also, local talent. Amazing.

BronzeKnee

United States5218 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#22

On November 21 2013 07:25 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
we failed to anticipate the high volume of international players competing outside their home regions.

Funny how Blizzard changed their tune.

Either way, I'm really happy and excited about this. Maybe now they can focus on making the game a bit more dynamic, so we don't see the same stale strategies over and over.

Die4Ever

United States17720 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#23

I guess it's time for me to get to work.

pmp10

3371 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#24

Am I just blind or they didn't specify the qualifier format?
All this talk of region-locking means little without knowing that bit.

fastr

France902 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#25

Great changes overall. Code S making a full time return is sick. Partial region lock seems like a good compromise, will have to see how this unfolds.

LimitSEA

Australia9580 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#26

Huge improvement. Really excited for this. Especially excited about the move linear seasons, meaning someone can switch regions and, if they play well enough! play in premier league that very season. Praying for an Mvp return to GSL to take his G5L trophy. Really liking the partial season lock, too. Exciting times. 2014 is looking like a good year for Starcraft.

Kentredenite

United States220 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#27

Should the second chart under "WCS Global Events" have titles for the columns? I'm assuming it's Tier 1, 2, and 3?

Fission

Canada1184 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#28

Fucking A+ changes

jax1492

United States1632 Posts

November 20 2013 23:16 GMT

#29

Seems about the same as last season, not sure if i like the changes yet or not. I'm not sure pushing kespa out is a good idea also.

KrazyTrumpet

United States2520 Posts

November 20 2013 23:17 GMT

#30

Very happy with this, thanks Blizzard.

AmuseD

Netherlands133 Posts

November 20 2013 23:17 GMT

#31

Good post !

I do have a question. With the top 8 of last seasons Wcs America being korean. Do they still remain in premier league of wcs america? Or are they going to do a complete swipe in people?

IKizzy

United States9 Posts

November 20 2013 23:17 GMT

#32

Oh Hell yea!
Starcraft never died, it was waiting in the shadows to absolutely blow everyone's mind!

xuanzue

Colombia1747 Posts

November 20 2013 23:18 GMT

#33

the only thing that bothers me, is the map pool, blizzard is very slow rotating it, and it makes the metagame boring and stagnating in the long term IMO

FlyingDagger

Canada61 Posts

November 20 2013 23:18 GMT

#34

I'm still a bit confused... I always am, I can't wait to see it in play

Penguinator

United States837 Posts

November 20 2013 23:18 GMT

#35

Good changes :D

pmp10

3371 Posts

November 20 2013 23:19 GMT

#36

On November 21 2013 08:17 AmuseD wrote:
Good post !

I do have a question. With the top 8 of last seasons Wcs America being korean. Do they still remain in premier league of wcs america? Or are they going to do a complete swipe in people?

Q&A says they stay until knocked-out.

asdfOu

United States2089 Posts

November 20 2013 23:19 GMT

#37

and still the wcs america & eu are the same prize pool as wcs korea...

Underkoffer

Netherlands53 Posts

November 20 2013 23:19 GMT

#38

Looks great, just not too sure about the map requirement for tournaments to qualify for giving WCS points. Having tournaments like Red Bull Battlegrounds taking the winner of the TLMC shouldn't be a reason why they can't contribute to WCS in my opinion (though there's other reasons why they wouldn't qualify anyways, I know, just an example).

forsooth

United States3648 Posts

November 20 2013 23:20 GMT

#39

Seems like a definite improvement overall. I'm not sure how the players themselves feel about the elimination of seasonal global finals, but I definitely felt that it had the impact of devaluing the regional tournaments and their champions by tacking on a quick weekend tournament afterwards that had more prize money up for grabs. So I kind of like that they're gone.

NovaMB

Germany9534 Posts

November 20 2013 23:21 GMT

#40

70.000.000 Won is roughly 66.000 dollars. Pretty damn good pricepool.
I feel a bit sad that OGN is gone, I really enjoyed listening to Doa and Montecristo.

The ladder spots are open to everyone on the planet I assume?