Defeats the purpose of region representation and a global finals. Global finals is just a one-day Code S in this system. At least sending "weak" American players to a global finals would be exciting, even if we just watched them get crushed. Our homegrown American/Canadian players have insufficient tournament support or foundation for their careers and personal improvement. Imagine a global finals with 1/3 actual American region, 1/3 actual Europeans, and 1/3 Koreans... that would be awesome! First find our best in each homegrown region, then pit the best of each region against the best of the other regions, kind of like they do in other sports! That's what it's really supposed to be, right? They screwed up last year, and crossed their fingers in the hopes that a few rule tweaks and some in-game upsets would fix the ratio of Korean-to-foreigner for this year. They crossed their fingers and now all they have is egg on their faces. This notion of region pride is a complete joke. Top 8 NA are Koreans. Get your American flags ready for waving, ladies and gents! Our Americans are going to need our support at the end of the year when they must battle players from all different parts of the globe! If our Americans are anything to go by, I'm quite certain we'll be seeing only Americans at the global finals. Go America!

klup

France612 Posts

April 07 2014 10:18 GMT

#42

The comeback of TvZ in highest round of competition yeaaaah !

All on the hype train for the WCS murica and WCS europe

Also this is great because the final on both of theses region can be any combination of any matchup. Very exciting stuff here!

emanresU

Germany393 Posts

April 07 2014 10:26 GMT

#43

TvT finals! Hype !

vjcamarena

Spain493 Posts

April 07 2014 10:26 GMT

#44

I expect Polt to take it. In fact, I think Bomber might out-TvT Taeja in the semis.

QuixoticO

Netherlands810 Posts

April 07 2014 10:31 GMT

#45

On April 07 2014 19:01 ANLProbe wrote:
Taeja only left WCS KR due to wrist problems and Polt left for school. Polt, Taeja and Bomber are definitely NOT hasbeen Koreans.

Don't mind the haters. As long as these "has been Koreans" can stomp the American competition I'll prefer watching them over some foreigner love.

djraphi23

France2262 Posts

April 07 2014 10:31 GMT

#46

The 2 zergs left are in trouble, Taeja and Polt are the clear favorites.

I really want this TvT final !!

Rhaeide

Spain304 Posts

April 07 2014 10:32 GMT

#47

I would love to see Arthur reaching at least the semifinals and HyuN winning the whole thing!

Sharkken

Jordan141 Posts

April 07 2014 10:34 GMT

#48

Revival is on fire, I wont be surprised if he takes out polt

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37096 Posts

April 07 2014 10:34 GMT

#49

I tweaked Liquipedia to make this more representative of WCS AM.

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

April 07 2014 10:37 GMT

#50

AM =/= NA

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

April 07 2014 10:41 GMT

#51

On April 07 2014 19:34 Seeker wrote:
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I tweaked Liquipedia to make this more representative of WCS AM.

Saving the american esports. A true hero.

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37096 Posts

April 07 2014 10:41 GMT

#52

On April 07 2014 19:37 opterown wrote:
AM =/= NA

Oh true. But still, NA power

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

April 07 2014 10:44 GMT

#53

On April 07 2014 19:14 Vidar wrote:
Defeats the purpose of region representation and a global finals. Global finals is just a one-day Code S in this system. At least sending "weak" American players to a global finals would be exciting, even if we just watched them get crushed. Our homegrown American/Canadian players have insufficient tournament support or foundation for their careers and personal improvement. Imagine a global finals with 1/3 actual American region, 1/3 actual Europeans, and 1/3 Koreans... that would be awesome! First find our best in each homegrown region, then pit the best of each region against the best of the other regions, kind of like they do in other sports! That's what it's really supposed to be, right? They screwed up last year, and crossed their fingers in the hopes that a few rule tweaks and some in-game upsets would fix the ratio of Korean-to-foreigner for this year. They crossed their fingers and now all they have is egg on their faces. This notion of region pride is a complete joke. Top 8 NA are Koreans. Get your American flags ready for waving, ladies and gents! Our Americans are going to need our support at the end of the year when they must battle players from all different parts of the globe! If our Americans are anything to go by, I'm quite certain we'll be seeing only Americans at the global finals. Go America!

On the contrary, I don't think watching Neeb and desRow get crushed by any combination of players would be exciting in the slightest. There is only one way match-ups like Neeb vs Zest or Masa vs soO could end, and if we both know both how it'll end and that the games won't be very exciting beforehand, what's the point in watching? You may feel that watching "home-grown" American players get stomped through the ground is exciting and if that's the case then that's fine, but I don't think many people share that opinion.

Further,

! First find our best in each homegrown region, then pit the best of each region against the best of the other regions, kind of like they do in other sports! That's what it's really supposed to be, right

No it's not. That's what some people want WCS to be, but Blizzard has never at any point specifically said that they want two thirds of the Global Finals to be made up of non-Korean players. People blame Blizzard for failing with WCS, but Blizzard's goals for the tournament series seems fairly in line with how it's ended up.