EPTMajOr won't forfeit WCS Ro16 and this thread was terrible…
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18561 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:01 digmouse wrote: God damn it paying more for ppl flying from the other globe is "unprofessional"? There is a common sense called "estimated cost" when running business and doing cost plans. Paying 1000$ for Korea and China is not enough and 500$ for Mexico is more than enough. In the end Koreans and Chinese end up paying more out of their/their team's own. http://www.orbitz.com/flights/from-Mexico_City-to-Los_Angeles.o30682.d4309/ http://flights.expedia.com/flights-from-mexico-city-to-los-angeles-mex-to-lax/ Just see those numbers yourselves jesus. This is WCS NA. Shouldn't they care more for their NA players? | ||
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olimoley
United States742 Posts
A flight from Mexico to LAX during the second week of WCS Ro16 costs $432. (source: Kayak) If it wasn't for teams pushing hard for travel allowance this year Major would have had to pay every cent of that by himself. Fact of the matter is where you're travelling from matters on how much your travel allowance is, you should be happy to even be getting a travel allowance. Imagine qualifying all 3 seasons, you'd be paying $1500 or more coming from Mexico. | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
Is he serious? #Impulsive SNA (Santa Ana airport) is 15 minutes from the center of Anaheim..... for $376 You can call United Airlines (or probably their webpage) and ask for this flight to buy it. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/iO8L0f6.png) I don't even.............. *sigh* | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
But I am quite sure this is not the case  | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
Literally a non-issue. They can't possibly care more for NA players because the NA players are not paying a cent for travel. Even with $1000 per player, KR teams are paying the excess, since getting a flight from Seoul to LA return for $1000 that doesn't have some ridiculous 18 hour layover is a matter of complete pot-luck. | ||
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ECA.BruTATroN
United States282 Posts
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Fuchsteufelswild
Australia2028 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:01 Squat wrote: He's probably just blowing a load of hot air for the sake of it, not quite thinking it through. Wouldn't be the first time. Major's people skills are roughly comparable to Genghis Khan's. Ha! Pretty sure you know "jack shit" about Genghis Khan then. | ||
digmouse
China6330 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:04 sharkie wrote: This is WCS NA. Shouldn't they care more for their NA players? This is WCS, they should care about all of their players. Did the Europeans complain? LiveZerg flying in from Russia or Vortix from Spain costs pretty as much as Major from Mexico if not more. | ||
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IAMPRO
Afghanistan118 Posts
On June 05 2014 01:53 Ctone23 wrote: Well I guess that's one way to ask Blizzard to cover the extra xD Yeah, a completely retarded way and the least likely to succeed. I genuinely fear for some progamers' career prospects after they retire given their people skills can be so lacking. Life tip for everyone: putting up someone's back from whom you want a favour is an ineffective way of getting what you want. (Plus it makes you come across as a dick). | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:07 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Ha! Pretty sure you know "jack shit" about Genghis Khan then. Not exactly intended to be a historically accurate representation. Point was that Major has a history of being a bit of a bull in the china shop. Feel free not to expand on your rather opaque remark. | ||
Waxangel
United States33510 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:04 zanga wrote: I'll dump my post from the other thread here: Is he serious? #Impulsive SNA (Santa Ana airport) is 15 minutes from the center of Anaheim..... for $376 You can call United Airlines (or probably their webpage) and ask for this flight to buy it. ESL NA studio is in Burbank iirc, so I think LAX would be the correct destination (I'm not frmo cali please don't hurt me)? Iono where Major lives tho | ||
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Anoteros
44 Posts
Cover the cost. Don't do a reimbursement-model so that you (Blizzard) have complete control over the situation and pricing and then send MajOr (despite being rude as hell about it) to WCS America. Let's watch some damn StarCraft already. :D | ||
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
So people within NA are still getting a better deal than Koreans and also Blizzard is under absolutely no obligation to pay travel in the first place. People know full well that RO16 onward is lan and will be expected to travel there if they advance (the prize pool is generous enough to warrant it imo). I can't quite understand all these people saying "Blizzard should do better, shame on them" this is just major been a drama queen. | ||
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B-rye88
Canada168 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:07 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Ha! Pretty sure you know "jack shit" about Genghis Khan then. Would have clearly been better if you said 'pretty sure you know "jack squat" ... ' | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:11 Anoteros wrote: $500 is not enough for a round trip depending on where you live. Right now if I grab a flight from Oakland, California to LA via Expedia.com and give myself two months in advance it comes out to $182 round-trip. That's in the same state, maybe a 30-45 minute flight in total. The only thing that makes up for this is that a Ro16 finish is a guaranteed $3000. Should Blizzard factor in these costs into the prize money? Well, that's another debate. Cover the cost. Don't do a reimbursement-model so that you (Blizzard) have complete control over the situation and pricing and then send MajOr (despite being rude as hell about it) to WCS America. I don't think you understand how flights work. Oakland to LA costing $182 has no bearing at all on the cost of other flights, it's not a miles per $ system. As has already been proven in this thread, flights from Mexico City to LAX cost less than $400 round trip | ||
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digmouse
China6330 Posts
On June 05 2014 02:09 Squat wrote: Not exactly intended to be a historically accurate representation. Point was that Major has a history of being a bit of a bull in the china shop. Feel free not to expand on your rather opaque remark. TBH bull in a china shop is not accurate, they don't actually break stuff. | ||
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Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
A pro would not need the tournament organizer to pay for him anyway... he's gonna win the money back and then some in the tournament. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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