EPTUpcoming Changes to WCS 2015 - Page 17
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WCS AM will continue to include LatAm, Oceania/SEA, CN, and TW/HK/Macau, you can all stop freaking out about it. | ||
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Starecat
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sc2isnotdying
United States200 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:13 Random_0 wrote: 2) Koreans who have fought their way into the GSL Ro8 and gave a big sigh of relief because they will definitely be in Code S next year. Wait! You have to re-qualify from scratch. Now admittedly all the guys who make GSL Ro8 are MONSTERS anyways, but upsets do happen, especially in Code A and Code B. Guys who might not make it back are Innovation and Stats. Maybe even Rain, who doesn't seem to be all that hot in qualifiers. I don't think the requalify applies to GSL. At least it shouldn't. My knee jerk is to dislike the region lock, but I'm willing to keep an open mind. | ||
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:21 Starecat wrote: Avilo vs Shana, your stacked Ro8 !!1 What about puCK, Scarlett, Masa, HuK, Neeb, Jim, MacSed? That's without looking at the player list, there are probably several more I'm forgetting. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12377 Posts
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ssxsilver
United States4409 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:09 JazzJackrabbit wrote: Does anyone else think the 2012 format was the best? I know Blizzard has said it was never their intention to make WCS some Olympic style tournament but I personally loved it. The difference with 2012 and 2014(15) is that we had big companies throwing out money like confetti to pump up prize money. MLG, IGN, NASL all pulling out left Blizzard to fill in the void for yearly content. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:19 KingofdaHipHop wrote: But Arium has an American flag guys! Clearly this is what we wanted, to watch Arium play against Shana! Ya, american players are so much more interesting just because they have white skin! who cares about the quality of games? i want to watch mid-gm players playing for thousands of dollors while much better korean pros suffer! | ||
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Starecat
940 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, american players are so much more interesting just because they have white skin! who cares about the quality of games? i want to watch mid-gm players playing for thousands of dollors while much better korean pros suffer! 10/10 | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, american players are so much more interesting just because they have white skin! who cares about the quality of games? i want to watch mid-gm players playing for thousands of dollors while much better korean pros suffer! I'm ready | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:22 mikumegurine wrote: did Blizzard offer an explanation or reasoning for this change? They probably will later, my guess is that 2013 got a lot of backlash and they did a soft lock with the regional qualifiers in 2014, so I guess this was just where they were planning to go anyways. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:26 KingofdaHipHop wrote: They probably will later, my guess is that 2013 got a lot of backlash and they did a soft lock with the regional qualifiers in 2014, so I guess this was just where they were planning to go anyways. Also keep in mind that this is not a full list of changes. They will probably decide on more in the next 2-3 months | ||
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sc2isnotdying
United States200 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:22 mikumegurine wrote: did Blizzard offer an explanation or reasoning for this change? My guess is that Blizzard always wanted to do a region lock, and felt like this was the first year the NA and EU scenes could support it. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, american players are so much more interesting just because they have white skin! who cares about the quality of games? i want to watch mid-gm players playing for thousands of dollors while much better korean pros suffer! Bring it to me. Really, my body is ready | ||
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Caihead
Canada8550 Posts
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ssxsilver
United States4409 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:29 Caihead wrote: So how does this work for Taiwan / China / HK exactly? Yea you are still running the qualifiers for it, would the residency requirement screw any of them over? They get a pass. Yhamm linked a tweet in the OP. | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, american players are so much more interesting just because they have white skin! For the love of God, not this strawman again. If skin tone was a factor in supporting foreigners, explain Suppy. Or Masa. Or Catz. Or Hendralisk. Or Illusion. Obviously, since they're not white, nobody wants them to win anything, right? This argument needs to disappear, because it's so blatantly and obviously flawed, and it makes everyone look bad. There is NO racial component for people liking the idea of players being able to succeed without being Korean. | ||
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:29 Caihead wrote: So how does this work for Taiwan / China / HK exactly? Yea you are still running the qualifiers for it, would the residency requirement screw any of them over? they can do qualifers, but if they win the qualifers, they are forced to move to NA and live there or they give up their qualification spots ? maybe lol | ||
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Caihead
Canada8550 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:30 ssxsilver wrote: They get a pass. Yhamm linked a tweet in the OP. It says same qualifiers, doesn't say anything about whether or not the same visa situations will continue. If it means sports visa or green card only you just fucked over alot of people. | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:30 Circumstance wrote: For the love of God, not this strawman again. If skin tone was a factor in supporting foreigners, explain Suppy. Or Masa. Or Catz. Or Hendralisk. Or Illusion. Obviously, since they're not white, nobody wants them to win anything, right? This argument needs to disappear, because it's so blatantly and obviously flawed, and it makes everyone look bad. There is NO racial component for people liking the idea of players being able to succeed without being Korean. I don't think it's so much as a skin color issue as it's a "well they're Korean so like goddamn get out of NA competition". I think that's more of the point that he's trying to make, it's not a skin color thing for those people in my opinion. Of course those people sound xenophobic and stupid but whatever. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On September 05 2014 12:30 Circumstance wrote: For the love of God, not this strawman again. If skin tone was a factor in supporting foreigners, explain Suppy. Or Masa. Or Catz. Or Hendralisk. Or Illusion. Obviously, since they're not white, nobody wants them to win anything, right? This argument needs to disappear, because it's so blatantly and obviously flawed, and it makes everyone look bad. There is NO racial component for people liking the idea of players being able to succeed without being Korean. 1. That's sarcasm. 2. That would be seriously racist if it wasn't sarcasm. 3. Korea (not korean) is the main reason why this region-locking idea is bad. Better players playing in region --> everyone else gets better. This is why Blizzard needs to provide some people with help moving over if they want to switch regions; it's not healthy to have everyone in korea anymore. | ||
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