EPTPolt recognized as Athlete by the US government. - Page 3
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Ruin
United States271 Posts
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Noonius
Estonia17413 Posts
 very good for Polt. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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webas
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Eggi
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On January 09 2014 03:47 Noonius wrote: we're on our way... I can see a sc2 daily (sic!) show on ESPN 34 in the future very good for Polt. youll see LoL before sc2. Sorry to burst a bubble. SC2 not as marketable. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 09 2014 03:46 Ruin wrote: The question now is how TB will be able to keep Violet and Polt out of shoutcraft =/ I wouldn't worry, I hear there is another North American SC2 event being announce every soon that they can compete in. Plenty of events to go around. | ||
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MadJack
Peru357 Posts
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Dreamer.T
United States3584 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 09 2014 04:14 MadJack wrote: Old news, was posted already 1/2 months ago. Still quite the step for eSports Sure you're not thinking of Violet? | ||
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
On January 09 2014 04:14 MadJack wrote: Old news, was posted already 1/2 months ago. Still quite the step for eSports It was  viOLet. | ||
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Butterednuts
United States859 Posts
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strongandbig
United States4858 Posts
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St_Michael
United States73 Posts
On January 09 2014 04:18 Butterednuts wrote: That's one small step for Polt, another small step for eSports. At least it is a step in the right direction though. I'm happy for Polt, however the part about the 500 pages and $5,000 is a little unsettling. Hopefully this will become more accessible in the future for players who aren't as fortunate as Polt or viOlet and have to go through this process on their own or with a less helpful agent. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
On January 09 2014 04:37 strongandbig wrote: Why does Polt need this? Did he graduate college already? Here are some quotes from Reddit about it (I can't confirm or deny accuracy since I have no knowledge on the subject): xSixZax: his P-1A visa allows him to live and compete in the US without having to attend university full time. He will be able to dedicate all of his time to his professional career now. DrowsyOne: As someone else mentioned, there are limits on employment. For example, you may not be allowed to work full time or may have limits on earnings. Another is that I believe that you are not allowed to stay in the US during the summer season (while school is not in session) while on a Student Visa. So for example, if he only had a student visa and WCS NA takes place during the summer while he is forced to leave the US (and is probably in Korea) then he would be unable to compete. xSixZax: Polt had no restrictions of travel on the student visa. What hindered him was the minimum of full time credits per semester to retain the visa for another semester and the required attendance percentage he had to stay over. There was one time late last year where he had to choose to compete in either a European tournament or WCS America finals because he would have fallen below the accepted attendance requirement if he attended both. | ||
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St_Michael
United States73 Posts
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/12/15/250793493/u-s-recognizes-a-south-korean-starcraft-player-as-an-athlete "Kim applied for a student visa and was denied; Tomlinson says it's hard to get unless the gamer goes to one of the best universities in South Korea. Choi Seong-hun is another StarCraft II player that Tomlinson manages, and Choi (aka "Polt") got a student visa to go to the University of Texas at Austin. He is ranked fourth worldwide and has earned $245,670 in prize money." This could mean that we will be seeing many more South Korean players coming to the US, since now they are not necessarily restricted by the level of the university they attended back home. | ||
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Liman
Serbia681 Posts
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Tivu
United States244 Posts
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
So happy to hear that. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
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LockeTazeline
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