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DaveSprite
Profile Joined February 2013
United States79 Posts
November 20 2013 23:55 GMT
#141
So the code s first place went from 22,000 usd to 66,000 usd. Jegus.
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AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
November 20 2013 23:56 GMT
#142
Just skimmed through and boy do I like what I see! Nearly everything has been addressed.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-21 00:08:39
November 20 2013 23:57 GMT
#143
CODE S IS BACK

edit: FUCK THAT GSL IS BAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKKKKKKK

GOT NERD CHILLS ALL OVER MY BODY, TASTELESS
KT FlaSh FOREVER
Pazuzu
Profile Joined July 2011
United States632 Posts
November 20 2013 23:58 GMT
#144
this seems to address basically every major/founded criticism of WCS that people had! Way to go Blizz!!
"It is because intuition is sometimes right, that we don't know what to do with it"
unifo
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada65 Posts
November 20 2013 23:58 GMT
#145
I like the overall changes that blizzard is willing to make to their WCS system.

I do have one problem... one big one... the fact that if your event is considered to be an WCS global event, you have to use the EXACT map pool as ladder for your tourney... (the other changes I'm more or less fine with them with making your event a WCS global event... like at least having 25% of your top 16 coming from an open pool, at least bo3... branding....). That means basically every tournament that is WCS "conformed" will have the exact same feel as all the other WCS tourneys because we will be seeing more or less the same strategies on the same maps... and that may or may not get boring.

I really like to see tournaments with different map pools, so different stuff can happen. Having the same stuff as everybody is somewhat boring.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
November 20 2013 23:59 GMT
#146
I love the fact that there are a number of way to qualify. I also like that Blizzard basically did away with the season finals. Now we can speculate about how someone will do against players from other regions for all season, but have to wait until the end until it happens.
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DifuntO
Profile Joined November 2011
Greece2376 Posts
November 20 2013 23:59 GMT
#147
Nice! GSL is back and OGN can run their own tournaments as well.

I like all the other changes and i'm curious to see how effective will the partial region lock be.

Good job Blizz!!!
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StarscreamG1
Profile Joined February 2011
Portugal1653 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-21 00:00:38
November 21 2013 00:00 GMT
#148
"The top heavy (prize pool) distribution was something requested by GSL as well as other Korean influencers, as a regional preference."
So, It was Korea who wanted it. Curious.
ThePrince
Profile Joined October 2010
Peru331 Posts
November 21 2013 00:00 GMT
#149
Everything is perfect.

Now the next step to perfection would be:


NO MORE PATCHES. Go go go.
SK_MC, ST_Parting, STX_Bogus fighting!!! Colossi should shoot nukes and blink.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
November 21 2013 00:01 GMT
#150
On November 21 2013 09:00 StarscreamG1 wrote:
"The top heavy (prize pool) distribution was something requested by GSL as well as other Korean influencers, as a regional preference."
So, It was Korea who wanted it. Curious.

Shocking that they wanted more money because they felt they were better.
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12501 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-21 00:02:27
November 21 2013 00:02 GMT
#151
On November 21 2013 09:01 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2013 09:00 StarscreamG1 wrote:
"The top heavy (prize pool) distribution was something requested by GSL as well as other Korean influencers, as a regional preference."
So, It was Korea who wanted it. Curious.

Shocking that they wanted more money because they felt they were better.


...He meant shocking that they would put (close to) all the additional money into first place. Why are you always like this?
No will to live, no wish to die
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
November 21 2013 00:02 GMT
#152
On November 21 2013 09:00 StarscreamG1 wrote:
"The top heavy (prize pool) distribution was something requested by GSL as well as other Korean influencers, as a regional preference."
So, It was Korea who wanted it. Curious.

Yeah, if they wanted it that way, it's nice that Blizz at least let the Americas and Europe have it our way (more even distribution).
Cheren
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States2911 Posts
November 21 2013 00:04 GMT
#153
On November 21 2013 09:00 ThePrince wrote:
Everything is perfect.

Now the next step to perfection would be:


NO MORE PATCHES. Go go go.


Definitely, or at least not mid-season. In the later part of his career, baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera used pretty much only one pitch, a very good cut fastball. Good thing he was playing baseball and not a video game so no one could nerf it.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
November 21 2013 00:04 GMT
#154
We have now tier1/2/3?!
I like to know who can do tournament with 75k prizepool.
Only Redbull I guess
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Akaann
Profile Joined May 2011
Switzerland82 Posts
November 21 2013 00:04 GMT
#155
Well done Blizzard! Happy they listened to all the fans out there
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Conti
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany2516 Posts
November 21 2013 00:05 GMT
#156
On November 21 2013 09:01 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2013 09:00 StarscreamG1 wrote:
"The top heavy (prize pool) distribution was something requested by GSL as well as other Korean influencers, as a regional preference."
So, It was Korea who wanted it. Curious.

Shocking that they wanted more money because they felt they were better.

Actually, only the first place gets far more money in GSL compared to EU/AM. Everyone else (2nd-32th) get a little less or the same.
hoby2000
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States918 Posts
November 21 2013 00:06 GMT
#157
Just thought I would point this out, and maybe I'm exaggerating... but i'm pretty sure that this is the first time where I've read a SC2 thread on this forum and the replies are overwhelmingly positive. That's a huge mind fuck to me! haha.

Good onya Blizzard. You may have actually made the correct choice this time without pissing off the community. Also, well done posters. For once, I don't feel like I need to write a huge fucking response letting people know they're idiots. Give yourselves pats on the back.
A lesson without pain is meaningless for nothing can be gained without giving something in return.
painkilla
Profile Joined June 2013
United States695 Posts
November 21 2013 00:07 GMT
#158
The prize pool for Code S is not correct. 70,000,000 KRW != 20,000 USD
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Deleted User 137586
Profile Joined January 2011
7859 Posts
November 21 2013 00:07 GMT
#159
Loads of good things, some partially negative.

I like that GSL is in charge again, but Korea is going to once again be the difficult tournament, while the other regions will be slightly watered down. Awarding the same amount of points from all regions seems wrong in this case. And we'll probably have the Korea region qualifying players curbstomp global finals.

I like that they made the ladder more relevant, and that they didn't region lock too much (yet introduced support for underrepresented regions such as China). We'll see where players will go.

Looking forward to 2014.
Cry 'havoc' and let slip the dogs of war
Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
November 21 2013 00:07 GMT
#160
On November 21 2013 09:07 painkilla wrote:
The prize pool for Code S is not correct. 70,000,000 KRW != 20,000 USD

it's not what the table says
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