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if anyone deserves it ... he does.
WCG organizers to cease operating tournaments - Page 7
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17155 Posts
Apollo is all that's left of those efforts. if anyone deserves it ... he does. | ||
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kju
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all these memories | ||
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SpunXtain20
Australia554 Posts
Sure, WCG was never an illustrious SC2 event, and was always overshadowed by other tournaments worldwide. . . but it did offer a unique chance for players of every country to compete, kind of like the olympics of SC2. It was really the only tournament you had a chance no-namers representing their country passionately on the big stage. Every other global tournament has been usurped by Korean dominance, for better or worse. Anyway, it's always sad to hear these things. | ||
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
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Leeoku
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desRow
Canada2654 Posts
I had the opportunity to spent 9 days in China with the Crossfire team from Canada. They were competitors too, but they didn't stream because their scene was smaller, they didn't travel all the time because their scene didn't have many tournaments. Crossfire is one of the biggest game in Asia. It's free to play and gerenated more revenue in 2013 than League of Legends. They're about to go to china again for another tournament but with WCG gone, they'll only have 1 international tournament or less and representing Canada won't even be something they'll be able to put on their resume. As for me, it was a 9 year long dream since Warcraft 3 to one day represent Canada at a WCG. It sounds cliché but I broke down after qualifying for China last September. There's something powerful about trying to make your country proud. Competing for your country against the world was and is an appealing concept to me. I can't help but think, what if Riot would have let their LCS players play in it? Would it have been a deal breaker? Would they still be alive if they took better care of their online production? Going to their last event in Kunshan, China was really awesome and you could clearly see that WCG knew what they are doing with 3 stages Good night sweet prince, RIP WCG 2000-2014 | ||
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
There have been some epic matches and content for many different games and their subsequent genres that have gone on throughout the years; not to mention all the region-specific content and matches. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
On February 06 2014 08:37 desRow wrote: It really makes me sad for non main stream esports gamers. I always thought crossfire, amongst less popular, games were not really serious and more towards casual gamers. I've never been more mistaken. I had the opportunity to spent 9 days in China with the Crossfire team from Canada. They were competitors too, but they didn't stream because their scene was smaller, they didn't travel all the time because their scene didn't have many tournaments. Crossfire is one of the biggest game in Asia. It's free to play and gerenated more revenue in 2013 than League of Legends. They're about to go to china again for another tournament but with WCG gone, they'll only have 1 international tournament or less and representing Canada won't even be something they'll be able to put on their resume. As for me, it was a 9 year long dream since Warcraft 3 to one day represent Canada at a WCG. It sounds cliché but I broke down after qualifying for China last September. There's something powerful about trying to make your country proud. Competing for your country against the world was and is an appealing concept to me. I can't help but think, what if Riot would have let their LCS players play in it? Would it have been a deal breaker? Would they still be alive if they took better care of their online production? Going to their last event in Kunshan, China was really awesome and you could clearly see that WCG knew what they are doing with 3 stages Good night sweet prince, RIP WCG 2000-2014 That's a nice post, I mean in this increasingly cosmopolitan age it's oft-overlooked what representing your nation can do, it has this nice intangible feeling that comes along with it. As an Irishman as well, something like WCG would have been one of our rare opportunities to get to mix it with the big boys, it mightn't be as big a deal for the established E-sports nations, but WCG was something to work towards way back in the day I guess. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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PardonYou
United States1360 Posts
On February 06 2014 09:11 oneofthem wrote: wonder if this tourney would have fared better with better management. The year they said, "We're going to mobile games," and it wasn't an April fools joke--it was announced on April 1st--that's when I knew it was officially no more. | ||
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nGBeast
United States914 Posts
RIP WCG | ||
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AnonymousSC2
United States189 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
Will miss you WCG, definitely had a special place in my heart in the esports arena. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On February 05 2014 20:57 MasterOfPuppets wrote: As a very passionate fan of both Unreal Tournament and Brood War, WCG used to be the shit yo. I don't take kindly to people who just discovered competitive gaming in the last year or so taking shots at something they were never around to experience and can't even begin to understand. Really MoP ? Can't you stop behind an elitist. You don't even know if the guy is just joking or not... I joined TL something like 2years ago and i lurk TL waaaaayyy before SC2 was even announced. So joined date is nothing indicative. | ||
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Kheve
323 Posts
On February 06 2014 16:28 FFW_Rude wrote: Really MoP ? Can't you stop behind an elitist. You don't even know if the guy is just joking or not... I joined TL something like 2years ago and i lurk TL waaaaayyy before SC2 was even announced. So joined date is nothing indicative. I doubt hes refering to his join date. No one checks those anyway. Its his ignorance of wcg that shows. Wcg was the premiere tournament for virtually every game from 2001-2008. Anyone then would surely know it. No tournament can even come close in prestige. National wcgs also held dota tournaments way before any other organisers did. It was the days when game developers lobbied hard to be included in WCG finals. It was that prestigious. Even koreans consider a wcg on par with msl/osl. Furthermore many non mainstream games found wcg to be the premiere tournament. Many of the smaller regions too celebrate their national wcg as the culmination of esports in their respective country. It was something very special and seeing progamers from around the world gather for many different games was a sight to behold. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On February 06 2014 17:48 Kheve wrote: I doubt hes refering to his join date. No one checks those anyway. Its his ignorance of wcg that shows. Wcg was the premiere tournament for virtually every game from 2001-2008. Anyone then would surely know it. No tournament can even come close in prestige. National wcgs also held dota tournaments way before any other organisers did. It was the days when game developers lobbied hard to be included in WCG finals. It was that prestigious. Even koreans consider a wcg on par with msl/osl. Furthermore many non mainstream games found wcg to be the premiere tournament. Many of the smaller regions too celebrate their national wcg as the culmination of esports in their respective country. It was something very special and seeing progamers from around the world gather for many different games was a sight to behold. Well from what i got, WCG doesn't come to an end. We can still have some. Been a while i watched one. | ||
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riyanme
Philippines940 Posts
following wcg since 2001 when we participated on our national bw and cs category and followed it ever since... people who said nasty things about wcg were obviously SC2 elitists "care-for-sc2 only as the only esports"... and those who weren't part/following since the infant stages of esports... | ||
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