EPTWCS 2014: Partial Region Lock, GSL returns, and more - Pag…
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Kyir
United States1047 Posts
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
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Serinox
Germany5224 Posts
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qotsager
Germany585 Posts
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
On November 21 2013 08:40 Vindicare605 wrote: So if I'm understanding this correctly, the only way that Koreans can compete now outside of Korea is through the Ladder Wildcard matches. Man, the North American ladder is going to be brutal soon. Yes, except that the Koreans already in Premiere/Challenger are grandfathered in. And to be honest, it's going to be kind of tough to knock them out given that their competition will mostly be non-Koreans. Still, this is probably a fair way to do it. Having a single Bo5 in Challenger League will give non-Koreans the chance to practice for and snipe their Korean opponents. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
Edit: The 6/4 Wildcards in Europe will make the ladder interesting, it's an awesome idea! | ||
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Ramiz1989
12124 Posts
On November 21 2013 08:40 fezvez wrote: Hmmm, I just checked, isn't it just +50%? (a substantial increase, but nowhere close to *3.3) It went from 20,000$ to ~66,000$? That certainly isn't 50%. EDIT: I think he meant 1st place. Overall prizes are +50%.  | ||
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Snusmumriken
Sweden1717 Posts
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
Nice. | ||
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
On November 21 2013 08:43 Ramiz1989 wrote: It went from 20,000$ to ~66,000$? That certainly isn't 50%. The first place prize went up a lot, but the other prizes went down somewhat (article says GSL requested a "top heavy" prize pool). It still increased somewhat overall though. | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
So excited to the GSL back, it was so sad to Tastosis cast OGN feeds in an empty studio. And the soft region lock sounds like a good compromise | ||
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scudst0rm
Canada1149 Posts
The one thing that surprised me was the qualification opportunities for Koreans in other regions. If I'm reading this right they can only qualify via the 2 ladder wildcard spots. When they said partial region lock I figured more like 50/50 local/global qualifiers. The foreigner-korean mix should be fine with all the koreans seeded from 2013, but I wonder how many will switch back to GSL with the increased prize pool? I guess it won't be that many since the difference is only for first place. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12465 Posts
Like, let's say two koreans qualify from the ladder thingy, then they perform well enough to stay in Premier League, then next season two other koreans qualify from the ladder thingy, and so on? | ||
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negativedge
4279 Posts
Doesn't this kind of defeat the entire purpose of the semi region lock? Those Korean players are never going to fall out, and so the spots supposedly dedicated to regional players simply won't exist. | ||
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
On November 21 2013 08:45 Conti wrote: As predicted: Every time Blizzard does something the first time, they fuck it up. And then, the second time around, they learn from their mistakes and do a much better job. Nice. pretty much sums it up | ||
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JP Dayne
538 Posts
I'm not sure if I'm dumb, the language barrier is acting like crazy, or if it's really confusing so from what I got, there are 16 spots reserved as explained in the first column of the tabe (8,2,2,2,2). but reserved for what? the qualifier phase? or for the premier league? and does that mean that there are only 2 spots ("ladder wildcard") reserved for the koreans? | ||
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Tbatz
Canada105 Posts
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bGr.MetHiX
Bulgaria511 Posts
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
Also, does this mean we can now stop with all the region lock speculation discussion threads or do we just headstart into demanding things for 2015? | ||
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