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Dalnore
Russian Federation66 Posts
On April 08 2014 01:35 TitusVI wrote: I thought that there is a region lock this season? There is very soft region constraint, not a region lock. There are qualifiers only for players from several regions (like America, China and so on). | ||
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sigm
192 Posts
On April 08 2014 01:58 BaneRiders wrote: To be fair, we can limit the number of Europeans and Americans to 5 for participating in WCS KR too. That would still be about twice as much as there are actual non-Korean participants in the Code A qualifiers each season. It's not exactly a prime destination for western players. | ||
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
We obviously have a problem. They need to hold the finals in Rio next season. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10847 Posts
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TitusVI
Germany8319 Posts
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
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Shousan
Mexico92 Posts
I realize that the fact that WCS AM is filled with koreans only makes it harder for American heroes to step up in the only league for the whole continent, leading to financial instability and a loss in motivation for the players, but notable examples like Scarlett show that you can thrive under this circumstances and be a top notch player anyway. | ||
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sixfour
England11062 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:25 TitusVI wrote: I dont really understand the mindset that is behind all this. There are thousands of NA players and a big community so are u guys not interested to see whos the best of NA? Sure koreans are the best but when u want to see the best u can watch gsl. How can a community grow or enjoy themself when they have no stage to participate. exactly this. sadly there's a large proportion of users that think that any game that doesn't feature two top-10 players in the world going off against each other is automatically not worth watching, regardless of parity between players, exciting playstyles etc. i guess by their rationale we should never watch college basketball, any soccer that isn't featuring bayern/real/barca, the cleveland browns | ||
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:35 sixfour wrote: exactly this. sadly there's a large proportion of users that think that any game that doesn't feature two top-10 players in the world going off against each other is automatically not worth watching, regardless of parity between players, exciting playstyles etc. i guess by their rationale we should never watch college basketball, any soccer that isn't featuring bayern/real/barca, the cleveland browns But this bracket doesn't have any top 10 players in it. It just looks like a pointless low tier GSL. | ||
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vult
United States9400 Posts
These are the same people who whined for better players and games rather than mid-GM NA Americans who will just get destroyed by pros/Polt. Blizzard wants to at least get some money in from viewers and as revenue, which is something they most likely wouldn't get with a solely NA roster. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:38 Kergy wrote: But this bracket doesn't have any top 10 players in it. It just looks like a pointless low tier GSL. Hurrdurr, anything other than glorious proleague masterrace is not worth watching, hurrdurr. Such an obnoxious attitude. | ||
digmouse
China6331 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:25 TitusVI wrote: I dont really understand the mindset that is behind all this. There are thousands of NA players and a big community so are u guys not interested to see whos the best of NA? Sure koreans are the best but when u want to see the best u can watch gsl. How can a community grow or enjoy themself when they have no stage to participate. That's the hellhole known as the Starcraft community, it rages upon no "high-quality content" yet unleashes rage on not having enough support for their own fundamental player base, because supporting them means "low quality content", despite enough has been proved by TB and others that with enough attention and professionalism even NA Starcraft can provide enough entertainment and stand on its own. EDIT: syntaxes and typos. | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:51 vult wrote: Blizzard wants to at least get some money in from viewers and as revenue, which is something they most likely wouldn't get with a solely NA roster. It's not as if we will ever find out if WCS AM continues with the current format, that is for sure... | ||
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Mentalo
Germany5 Posts
these players are no americans / europeans and they dont deserve to play and dominate an other region than korea. just for the reason they have no chance at their home region | ||
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FuRRie
Belgium815 Posts
At the end of the day, most NA (and EU) players simply aren't good enough compared to Koreans, and I'd rather see them stomped in WCS EU/AM then at the global finals. | ||
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Prolet
United States37 Posts
Unfortunately HuK came up short despite Protoss currently being the strongest it has ever been.  | ||
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Vertigro
United Kingdom261 Posts
On April 07 2014 22:26 govie wrote: If i were blizzard or consumer this would not make me happy. AM needs AM contribution, atleast very far in the tournament. Maybe they can patch the game in such a way that it buffs the top AM players for next season. Tbh, people would be less pissy if NA players actually had a separate means of competing regionally... repeatedly losing in qualifiers and groups to korean's far superior limits all tournament opportunities NA players have :/ You guys can bitch and moan all you want about players "needing to improve", but with such a lack of genuine competition opportunity and a depleted local standard of quality, how can you expect NA players to ever improve? Being punted out of the only regional tournament in round 1 of a qualifier by a random Korean isn't exactly beneficial >< | ||
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Qwerty85
Croatia5536 Posts
On April 08 2014 03:31 Mentalo wrote: why are these wcs tours called america / europe... its just hilarious... i wouldnt watch uefa champions league either with only korean teams. these players are no americans / europeans and they dont deserve to play and dominate an other region than korea. just for the reason they have no chance at their home region Yeah because only Europeans play in EU football clubs... | ||
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:38 Kergy wrote: But this bracket doesn't have any top 10 players in it. It just looks like a pointless low tier GSL. How many times do players like Polt and Taeja need to stomp GSL heros before people drop this stupid mentality? | ||
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