On August 23 2014 00:20 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm pretty sure nobody who's vocal about wanting a region locked WCS would actually watch an NA only tournament.
Great article. Makes me want to follow the WCS a lot more. I've really only been watching Dreamhacks and not really caring about any of the WCS points it awards.
Why do people who say they want to see the best players play the best games support a system that separates the best players into 3 different tournaments?
On August 23 2014 00:20 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm pretty sure nobody who's vocal about wanting a region locked WCS would actually watch an NA only tournament.
You'd be wrong. I loved 2012 WCS.
Yeah, I don't get why people keep saying this. Especially since in the current wcs system NA would probably also include SEA, CN, etc. Which is easily a large enough pool of players to make sure there are interesting and high-level games.
My dream wcs 2015 would be residential region lock (so you either have to be currently living in the region or maybe just be a citizen of the region) and expand GSL to 64 or even 96 or 128 players or something, with compensation to match. With 3 or 4 wcs seasons a year there is surely enough time to get through that many players. Of course, money would be an issue. But hey, it's my dream so it can be unrealistic.
On August 22 2014 19:38 Psychobabas wrote: Still disagree with allowing Koreans in NA and EU WCS.
Way to kill off potential talent and local fanbase. Everything for a quick buck though, I suppose...
Look at the state of the Live Stream viewership... lol...
Care you will be called racist cause you dont want Korean in EU or AM scene. I would love to see more of EU or NA players. But anyway ppl are too attached to Koreans :/. We have them everywhere, but still not enough for some of the community. I hope a real EU and NA league will be created,
Great article though. As usual .
Let's be real, the NA scene was on the way to the bottom before WCS AM. Maybe it could have limped on longer, but it was clearly on the way out.
What we have now is both entertaining and sustainable.
But I see that you guys are both from EU, which had a different history than AM and most likely would have kept trucking along without Korean players.
So I'll assume you guys are just remembering the glory days of NA when you say WCS AM was hurt by the influx of Koreans (seriously, Polt - Jaedong couldn't have happened anywhere else and I'm sure gave AM a huge shot in the arm).
On August 23 2014 02:43 Cheren wrote: Why do people who say they want to see the best players play the best games support a system that separates the best players into 3 different tournaments?
Because we can watch the best players play at any time in the day. And we get to see more of them, imagine GSL with all of today's top koreans.
On August 23 2014 02:43 Cheren wrote: Why do people who say they want to see the best players play the best games support a system that separates the best players into 3 different tournaments?
Because we can watch the best players play at any time in the day. And we get to see more of them, imagine GSL with all of today's top koreans.
Most of the top Koreans play in GSL anyway, but regardless, the system was much better with the season finals. As long as the prize pool is similar in all 3 regions you'll eventually reach an even distribution of talent, which prevents the best players from playing each other apart from Blizzcon and weekend LANs, and a lot of top KesPA players barely even go to LANs.
To be clear I'm not saying we should go back to region lock, just bring season finals back if you want to spread top players around the world.
On August 23 2014 00:20 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm pretty sure nobody who's vocal about wanting a region locked WCS would actually watch an NA only tournament.
You'd be wrong. I loved 2012 WCS.
Yeah, I don't get why people keep saying this. Especially since in the current wcs system NA would probably also include SEA, CN, etc. Which is easily a large enough pool of players to make sure there are interesting and high-level games.
My dream wcs 2015 would be residential region lock (so you either have to be currently living in the region or maybe just be a citizen of the region) and expand GSL to 64 or even 96 or 128 players or something, with compensation to match. With 3 or 4 wcs seasons a year there is surely enough time to get through that many players. Of course, money would be an issue. But hey, it's my dream so it can be unrealistic.
A fourth region in China/Taiwan would be good too.
ppl that think wcs am gets ruined by the influx of nonamerican players are delusional
I guess the american players that are still present in the league are miles better than their counterparts from a few years ago. I remember the old times when HuK and co used to complain that practicing on NA was impossible. I guess those times are over.
Great article. I'm really curious if there will ever be somebody outstanding enough to take mvp's place.