China, Taiwan and SEA are in the WCS NA as well, it may not be in the name, but its a way to get the leftover regions involved too. So the players from the 'region' are at 15. The Europeans are all gone back home now it seems.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

January 30 2014 12:18 GMT

#22

Could have been much funnier, but 6 Koreans were eliminated in Challenger

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

January 30 2014 12:34 GMT

#23

KR is still the most interesting region, but AM is gaining ground.

Zeze

Norway41 Posts

January 30 2014 12:51 GMT

#24

It is somewhat silly to have the host region so underrepresented. 17 Koreans and you call it WCS America, that would be like calling a sport where you barely ever touches the ball with your foot football!

Seriously though I don't see this as a very big issue. Which big name americans or talented americans are actually missing? The only one not in it, from the region, which I would have liked to see is Astrea, Catz and Drunkenboi (Disclaimer: Personal opinion).

This way you have some very talented americans, just gonna sweep everyone in under this term, up against some very talented koreans. Which makes every game interesting and a actually contest with local favorites to cheer for, and it even have a good race distribution. In terms of quality content there is plenty to be had. I can't even decide which two I want in the final, too many people to Root for.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18017 Posts

January 30 2014 13:02 GMT

#25

On January 30 2014 20:35 Larkin wrote:
Unlucky Suppy

nah,
he just got out - meta -ed by Masa.

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

January 30 2014 14:32 GMT

#26

So close for pig, so so close

Jer99

Canada8160 Posts

January 30 2014 14:33 GMT

#27

Group selection today

Jampackedeon

United States2053 Posts

January 30 2014 14:41 GMT

#28

17 Koreans is (not joking) totally expected for the NA division. I'm just glad that this many actual North Americans got in given the challenger league!

I also do like the race breakdown which is pretty close to even.

Devise

Canada1131 Posts

January 30 2014 16:00 GMT

#29

On January 30 2014 19:28 oFFoy wrote:
Well this region lock thing seems to be not working.

You clearly don't understand how the system works. It makes it a lot harder to qualify but most of these Koreans had already qualified already so they are not easily removed. But 3 Koreans that were in Premier were eliminated and only 2 new one added. (Bomber + Select (some consider select America). So it working pretty well just will take time for the majority of Koreans to be removed from the league.

ACrow

Germany6583 Posts

January 30 2014 16:05 GMT

#30

The lineup looks fucking awesome. Unfortunately, there is no way in hell I can catch anything live, so VODs will have to do it for me

Pazuzu

United States632 Posts

January 30 2014 16:19 GMT

#31

WCS AM is a lot like Code S a year and a half ago minus maybe 4-5 people

TylerThaCreator

United States906 Posts

January 30 2014 16:20 GMT

#32

Poor astrea..shoulda been his debut.

Swordsbeer

United States53 Posts

January 30 2014 16:39 GMT

#33

So how many visa issues are we going to have again?

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

January 30 2014 16:43 GMT

#34

On January 31 2014 01:39 Swordsbeer wrote:
So how many visa issues are we going to have again?

id expect at least one out of the 4 china players

MLG X Factor

United States6 Posts

January 30 2014 16:45 GMT

#35

For people complaining about having 17 Koreans, I hope they realize that there could've been 23 Koreans. Also, there was an article about how the new roster lock wasn't going to help anytime soon as we would likely see around 21 Koreans in Season 1 using . Having it down to 17 Koreans already is a big step up in comparison to projections.

StraTkSloth

United States181 Posts

January 30 2014 17:15 GMT

#36

#yearofMaSa

Jj_82

Swaziland419 Posts

January 30 2014 17:21 GMT

#37

Could be called "WCS Pacifics". Wouldn't it fit?

ArTiFaKs

United States1229 Posts

January 30 2014 17:22 GMT

#38

So apparently because China/Taiwan players aren't being counted as from this region even though this is supposedly their "home" region for WCS? so 17 Koreans and 15 home regioners is actually a lot more balanced then it was before IMO. This is Premiere league so I wouldn't expect the up and comers to unseat the top Koreans immediately, but we saw abunch more homegrown players in Challenger league this season and it was enjoyable getting to know some of the new players. As we saw with WCS Europe anything can happen in this new system, and it's great seeing the lesser known, home grown players getting a chance to show their skills against some of the top players in the world. Hopefully this gives them incentive to practice hard because it's definitely possible to advance in this new system