EPTGSL Global Tournament on April 24, will include global qua…
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Shellshock
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Popkiller
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Schelim
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trada
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On March 22 2014 08:23 Waxangel wrote: well it's not announced as to whether it will be region locked qualifiers or open qualifiers I imagine they're going to want at least some region locked spots to guarantee some foreign representation to be honest, the way WCS is shaping up now, I think they might have to completely region lock the qualifiers if they want ANY non-korean players in the live Ro8 this so much! I hope they thought this far ahead while hammering out the details because if this "global" tournament only has korean participation (no matter how fair and square the qualification process was) then the viewership will decrease drastically and they might as well not have put in so much effort. | ||
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LOcDowN
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chipmonklord17
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On March 22 2014 08:23 Waxangel wrote: well it's not announced as to whether it will be region locked qualifiers or open qualifiers I imagine they're going to want at least some region locked spots to guarantee some foreign representation to be honest, the way WCS is shaping up now, I think they might have to completely region lock the qualifiers if they want ANY non-korean players in the live Ro8 I think WCS EU has a chance of sending non Koreans. I expect 7/8 to be Korean though. | ||
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Cheren
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On March 22 2014 08:23 Waxangel wrote: well it's not announced as to whether it will be region locked qualifiers or open qualifiers I imagine they're going to want at least some region locked spots to guarantee some foreign representation to be honest, the way WCS is shaping up now, I think they might have to completely region lock the qualifiers if they want ANY non-korean players in the live Ro8 Only 2 out of 10 qualified players make the Ro8, to guarantee a non-Korean they'd need to reserve 9 out of 10 qualifier spots for foreigners. | ||
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tomastaz
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Levistus
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btw is this before or after the wcs finals? if it's before then the players have to use their strats for their wcs final and if after the wcs championship doesn't last like season finals? | ||
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On March 22 2014 07:10 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: Broadcast Schedule - Ro.16
so you're saying i'm going to be watching an amazing one-off gom show at 4:20am on 4/20 This will be one fun weekend. | ||
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Holytornados
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I bet they are willing to do things like direct seeds, similar to the past (HuK, Naniwa, Stephano). | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
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On March 22 2014 12:04 Holytornados wrote: I'm interested to see how they shape up these qualifiers to get the foreign representation that they want. I bet they are willing to do things like direct seeds, similar to the past (HuK, Naniwa, Stephano). Players - Two Top Players of 2014 GSL Season 1 - Two Top Players of 2014 WCS AM Season 1 - Two Top Players of 2014 WCS EU Season 1 - Ten players from Global Qualifier (will begin on April 7th. more details to be announced) That makes 16 then, no? | ||
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MrMischelito
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also, the winners of the global qualifiers will have 3 days to make travel arrangements (tickets, visa, etc.) and to actually travel to korea (provided they don't live there)... EDIT: sorry didn't see that: On March 22 2014 20:54 MasterOfPuppets wrote: That makes 16 then, no? actually makes sense. 6 out of 16 get a BYE | ||
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skorched
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Ej_
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On March 22 2014 08:23 Waxangel wrote: well it's not announced as to whether it will be region locked qualifiers or open qualifiers I imagine they're going to want at least some region locked spots to guarantee some foreign representation to be honest, the way WCS is shaping up now, I think they might have to completely region lock the qualifiers if they want ANY non-korean players in the live Ro8 i'd rather watch top Koreans play than another foreigner get humiliated | ||
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Farmer Poopy
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Don't get me wrong, I'm usually for region locking (I think the region locking changes made to WCS this year were good, they possibly could have done even more region locking) I just don't think they should do it at the very very top levels of competition. | ||
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