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On May 30 2014 02:36 Waxangel wrote:honestly I think Take should be allowed to invite whoever he wants (which I'm assuming is 100% the case anyway), and I also think that Blizzard could tighten their standards for tournaments that want to receive WCS points if you wanna complain about ppl getting points from an easier, invite oriented tournament, go look at Lone Star Clash before complaining about HSC 
Personally I would love to see more people getting in based on qualifiers, perhaps 75% or so, and then of course I think it is nice that organizers can invite fan favorites, the local heroes and such on top of that. Obviously there would be more work for the organizers to hold such qualifiers, but at the same time, such qualifiers would also attract viewers like myself. 
The real disadvantage I see with the current system, where 80% or so can get in on an invite, is that players who are less known, or don't know the organizers well, or aren't so much liked for whatever real or imagined reason, may never get any invites anywhere. Not saying that it happens in this particular tournament, just saying that it would be a bit more fair to all players out there, trying to make a living, if the number of players that could get in through qualifiers increased drastically. Also, having more players from qualifiers than invites would in a sense automatically give more legitimacy to any tournament with WCS points.
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Avilo? I want to see the meching terran play.
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On May 30 2014 05:14 J0k3 wrote:
Are fans allowed to visit? I'd l o v e to meet those guys :O
Afaik there's a bar below the place where the tournament is held, which is being visited by the progamers sometimes. So you will likely meet (most of?) them if you go to the bar.
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On May 30 2014 17:15 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2014 05:14 J0k3 wrote:
Are fans allowed to visit? I'd l o v e to meet those guys :O Afaik there's a bar below the place where the tournament is held, which is being visited by the progamers sometimes. So you will likely meet (most of?) them if you go to the bar.
Thanks
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On May 30 2014 17:15 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2014 05:14 J0k3 wrote:
Are fans allowed to visit? I'd l o v e to meet those guys :O Afaik there's a bar below the place where the tournament is held, which is being visited by the progamers sometimes. So you will likely meet (most of?) them if you go to the bar.
The other option is to win WCS a few times and get invited yourself. That's a bit harder, but might be a good way to do it if you're recovering from alcohol abuse or are not of legal drinking age.
Or you could just do it the noob way and go to the bar 
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8 qualifier spots are already doubling the expected amount from Blizzard standards for WCS points.
also with qualifiers you have the problem that you cant pay travel costs for everyone and then you have people that deserve a spot that cant attend. Which happened in 4 cases for this HSC.
It doesnt help anyone if lesser known players qualify but they cant afford to attend because they dont have a team. And TaKeTV cant afford to pay it either, HSC is already unprofitable on its own.
Invites are a neccesity in the current situation for esports. You invite the players than can afford to come.
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On May 31 2014 06:21 SpikeStarcraft wrote:
8 qualifier spots are already doubling the expected amount from Blizzard standards for WCS points.
To be clear the requirement is 25% (4) of the top 16 spots must be attainable through qualifiers. I don't think it's evident that the amount is a constant 4 players for every tournament size. Every 32 player WCS Global Event so far has had a minimum of 8 qualifier spots.
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On May 30 2014 15:44 Loccstana wrote:
Avilo? I want to see the meching terran play.
If his winrate is what it in on the NA ladder, I wouldn't even want to see it against midtier EU players, let alone koreans with titles under their belt.
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On May 29 2014 03:34 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2014 03:29 Mistakes wrote:On May 29 2014 03:20 ThomasjServo wrote:Liquid Story Cup 2014 woop woop. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/m7F1s7c.png) Top three is somewhere in those boxes. It is pretty fucking awesome Stork is coming, I bet when HSC started, they never thought Stork would play in it. I like to think it's more something like this: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/CI8qpEM.png) =P I think you mean ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/q50OOW6.png)
I almost certainly think you guys mean:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/WKbhwZg.png)
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Glad I'll be there Fri/Sat again. :D Gonna see how it is during spring instead of winter.
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