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MajOr suggested that he would forfeit his participation in the WCS America Ro16 due to discrepancies in travel support given to players from different countries. Due to a miscommunication with an ESL admin, MajOr believed that he would be receiving $500 in travel support instead of the $1000 given to players from Korea, China, etc.However, ESL has clarified that players from Latin America also receive $1000 in travel support.
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On June 05 2014 04:51 Kennigit wrote:
Looks like there was some confusion on both the Admin side and on Major's. The WCS player travel policy states that Latin American countries have up to 1000$ travel stipend. So that will cover Juan. Our US guys are working with him now to get travel booked.
Sorry for the confusion
Looks like there was some confusion on both the Admin side and on Major's. The WCS player travel policy states that Latin American countries have up to 1000$ travel stipend. So that will cover Juan. Our US guys are working with him now to get travel booked.
Sorry for the confusion
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MajOr may forfeit his participation in the WCS America Ro16.In a comment on Reddit, MajOr stated his dissatisfaction with the $500 of travel support give to North American players by Blizzard. In particular, MajOr took issue with the fact that Korean players receive $1000 in travel support. According to MajOr, he had informed Blizzard of his complaints privately before going public.
hey. idk what you ppl saying but mexico to los angeles flight cost around 600-650 and its supposed to be covered as they said that all transportation would be covered for NA players. but than they told me only 500$ so im not paying 150 + possible 200 of taxis from airport. especially when i hear that kr players get 1k covered. when they said korean players wouldnt get their shit covered.
MajOr declared on Twitter that he refused to pay any of his travel fees out of pocket.
MajOr commented on TeamLiquid.net regarding his communications with Blizzard and the costs involved in traveling to WCS America from his location.
On June 05 2014 03:47 MajOr wrote:
First of all, i messaged everyone i know from blizzard before making tweet either a)didnt reply me back or b) didnt gave me a real response or give me stuff liek this [03/06/2014 09:01:15 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: mexico is considered central america..
[03/06/2014 09:01:19 p.m.] major: rofl
[03/06/2014 09:02:05 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: or not..
[03/06/2014 09:02:08 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: doesn't matter to me
[03/06/2014 09:02:51 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: I'm not doing the flights, so if is only $500 like I'm pretty sure it is, I guess I wish you the best of luck.
than dont give me the contact of whoever is doing the flights?
a flight from my city to lax can cost up to 700$ normally is 600-650 tho, than 100 usd per way of taxi thats another 200$ that could be almost 400$. im not rich, i dont have a team - yes koreans flights cost more but when u been doing wcs for 6 seasons and 5 of them you paid all cost for NA players than change it for this season. is not fair. especially when they said they wouldnt support KR players with travel fees when they first created WCS america, since when i was in korea i asked would u guys cover anything from my travel if i qualify for wcs am season 1? and they gave me a no. only players from NA get covered.
First of all, i messaged everyone i know from blizzard before making tweet either a)didnt reply me back or b) didnt gave me a real response or give me stuff liek this [03/06/2014 09:01:15 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: mexico is considered central america..
[03/06/2014 09:01:19 p.m.] major: rofl
[03/06/2014 09:02:05 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: or not..
[03/06/2014 09:02:08 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: doesn't matter to me
[03/06/2014 09:02:51 p.m.] Daniel 'pHaRSiDE' Brooks: I'm not doing the flights, so if is only $500 like I'm pretty sure it is, I guess I wish you the best of luck.
than dont give me the contact of whoever is doing the flights?
a flight from my city to lax can cost up to 700$ normally is 600-650 tho, than 100 usd per way of taxi thats another 200$ that could be almost 400$. im not rich, i dont have a team - yes koreans flights cost more but when u been doing wcs for 6 seasons and 5 of them you paid all cost for NA players than change it for this season. is not fair. especially when they said they wouldnt support KR players with travel fees when they first created WCS america, since when i was in korea i asked would u guys cover anything from my travel if i qualify for wcs am season 1? and they gave me a no. only players from NA get covered.
In the 2013 season of WCS America, Blizzard paid for all travel fees inside North America, but none for players outside the continent.
In 2014, Blizzard changed their policy to give more support to players outside of North America, giving a $1000 travel stipend to non-North American players while giving $500 to players inside the continent.* This coincided with the "soft" region-lock that was implemented in the region, which limited the number of non-North American players who could advance from the qualifiers.
According to the WCS rulebook, a forfeit from MajOr would result in
ZOO.Courage replacing him in the Ro16 as the next highest placing player from their Ro32 group.*Blizzard paid for all travel fees in 2014's WCS America Season 1, when NASL's abrupt closure forced the tournament to be held in ESL's studio in Germany.
