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France7248 Posts
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source : http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/blog/15853068/world-championship-opening-weekend-october-31-to-november-2-9-12-2014
One weekend can’t contain all of this year’s BlizzCon eSports action. With the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals, Hearthstone World Championship, and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship all culminating this year at BlizzCon 2014, we needed an extra weekend to squeeze in all of the competitions—and to make sure everyone has a chance to take in as many of the tournaments and events during BlizzCon as possible.
That’s why this year, the global finals for all Blizzard eSports tournaments will get underway a week early at a special World Championship Opening Weekend event taking place at ESL’s Burbank, CA studio October 31 through November 2. There, we’ll be hosting the first rounds of the StarCraft II WCS Global Finals, Hearthstone World Championship, and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship global finals. Of course, you’ll be able to watch it all live online beginning October 31 on our Twitch World Championship Series, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft channels.
StarCraft II World Championship Series 2014 Global Finals
Prize Pool: $250,000
Number of Players: 16
World Championship Opening Weekend Schedule:
Saturday, November 1, 10am–10pm PT
The Global Finals will follow last year’s tried and true format. The top 16 players in the WCS Global Standings will be seeded into a single elimination bracket. All matches of the Round of 16 bracket will take place November 1. Eight of the 16 players will advance to the Round of 8 matches (played at BlizzCon November 7), while the 8 players who are eliminated will still have a chance to take the stage at BlizzCon in special StarCraft II exhibition matches.
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wow more preparation time and other things. But meh I hoped for the weekender tournament advantage.
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Talk about unprofessionalism.
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United States23455 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:06 REyeM wrote:
Talk about unprofessionalism.
hmm?
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I think sOs approves of this idea lol. They should be able to broadcast every match with a single stream this way, I know when I was at Blizzcon last year I was killing my phone trying to watch the B stream lol.
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On September 13 2014 04:07 Darkhorse wrote:hmm?
Try reading.
User was warned for this post
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United States23455 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:07 REyeM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:07 Darkhorse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:06 REyeM wrote:
Talk about unprofessionalism. hmm? Try reading.
Haha.
I've read the article. I think it is unfortunate but not necessarily unprofessional to have the foresight to get a working schedule (now all matches can be on a main stream instead of some held in the back room on a B stream last year!)
But you can continue to be rude if you want
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I might not have tickets to Blizzcon, but I DO have directions to Burbank. Hmm...Halloween...
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Good for us viewers. And no more stupid b-stage for the players hopefully.
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On September 13 2014 04:07 REyeM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:07 Darkhorse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:06 REyeM wrote:
Talk about unprofessionalism. hmm? Try reading.
Try not being an obnoxious asshole.
Nothing strikes me as particularly unprofessional. If you're going to make a statement like that at least state what it is that you think is wrong with the post.
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United States33388 Posts
I'm glad there won't be any off-stage games this year!
Hopefully a lot of fans show up to watch the games in the studio =o
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reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol
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On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol
That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon.
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On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon.
yea still not really the same, I'd be pissed if I lost that first round lol
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Awesome news, I love this!
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China6329 Posts
Absolutely good decision.
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I am neutral about this. It sort of diminishes the qualification to Blizzcon for those who lose first round, and showmatches really might not make it up for those players.
It is good that they will stream all matches from Ro8 onwards on mainstage.
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United States23455 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon.
I wonder what these show matches will be like? Maybe LotV alpha stuff? That would be fun!
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France7248 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon.
the other news is that HyuN will probably have to cancel his participation for MSI Beat IT (and maybe some other players)
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Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ?
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United States23455 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:32 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. the other news is that HyuN will probably have to cancel his participation for MSI Beat IT (and maybe some other players)
Ah right that is a bummer. Although who would want to show builds at MSI a week before Blizzcon anyway?
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kill the WoW arena tournament and use the additional stage to show all of SC2 at blizzcon!!
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United States23455 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ?
I think it'll draw a decent crowd. The ESL studio in California is fairly large I think
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United States33388 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol
Technically it's not WORSE than last year, where some players played all their matches behind the curtain in side stream matches
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On September 13 2014 04:36 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol Technically it's not WORSE than last year, where some players played all their matches behind the curtain in side stream matches
yea that was pretty bad too
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Austria24417 Posts
They should also rebroadcast all of duckdeok's games from last year to make up for the fact that nobody saw how awesome they were
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On September 13 2014 04:39 DarkLordOlli wrote:
They should also rebroadcast all of duckdeok's games from last year to make up for the fact that nobody saw how awesome they were
They should. Especially him vs INnoVation.
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China6329 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:32 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. the other news is that HyuN will probably have to cancel his participation for MSI Beat IT (and maybe some other players)
On the other hand his potential RO16 opponents are Snute, Pigbaby, herO or even Flash.
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Canada8157 Posts
I don't blame them for this, there is way too much content for 1 weekend, but it does suck that some of the players won't get to go to blizzcon
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On September 13 2014 04:36 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol Technically it's not WORSE than last year, where some players played all their matches behind the curtain in side stream matches
hopefully the players that lose at least still get to go to Blizzcon lol like as spectators, free admission
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On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol
I think last year was worse in that regard, with the off stage games. Atleast now players now about it and its not random.
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China6329 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:41 Jer99 wrote:
I don't blame them for this, there is way too much content for 1 weekend, but it does suck that some of the players won't get to go to blizzcon
Everyone will go to blizzcon, the eliminated players gets to play showmatches there.
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On September 13 2014 04:41 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:41 Jer99 wrote:
I don't blame them for this, there is way too much content for 1 weekend, but it does suck that some of the players won't get to go to blizzcon Everyone will go to blizzcon, the eliminated players gets to play showmatches there.
ah righto, I wonder what the showmatches will be like
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Canada8157 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:41 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:41 Jer99 wrote:
I don't blame them for this, there is way too much content for 1 weekend, but it does suck that some of the players won't get to go to blizzcon Everyone will go to blizzcon, the eliminated players gets to play showmatches there.
they should make the players offrace or something interesting, since they will be playing for nothing essentially
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Canada8157 Posts
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol
Didn't they technically qualify for the WCS Global Finals, not Blizzcon?
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France7248 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:41 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:32 Yhamm wrote:On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. the other news is that HyuN will probably have to cancel his participation for MSI Beat IT (and maybe some other players) On the other hand his potential RO16 opponents are Snute, Pigbaby, herO or even Flash.
I don't see your point
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On September 13 2014 04:47 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol Didn't they technically qualify for the WCS Global Finals, not Blizzcon?
yea, but who says that? lol
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As someone who went to Blizzcon last year I think i like this deicision. Last year I felt i didnt really ahve time to explore the venue without missing a match. Also I really hope with this, they will set up autograph sessions with the players which they didnt last year (outisde of sOs at the very end)
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United States97276 Posts
now they just need to make it winner take all
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On September 13 2014 04:48 Shellshock wrote:
now they just need to make it winner take all
winner take all $250k lol, people would go crazy
I'm all for that idea btw lol or maybe $200k for the winner and $50k split between the rest
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On September 13 2014 04:48 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:48 Shellshock wrote:
now they just need to make it winner take all winner take all $250k lol, people would go crazy
Hyun complained that taxes are very high in california.
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On September 13 2014 04:35 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ? I think it'll draw a decent crowd. The ESL studio in California is fairly large I think
Depends on what you call "fairly large". Probably seated about sixty for Championship Weekend last season. They oversold tickets for the Top Four, so they had to expand with a arced-out extra set of sponsor chairs and have people sit on the edges of the bleachers. With some creativity, I'd imagine they can make some more seating room for these matches, though.
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China6329 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:47 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:41 digmouse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:32 Yhamm wrote:On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. the other news is that HyuN will probably have to cancel his participation for MSI Beat IT (and maybe some other players) On the other hand his potential RO16 opponents are Snute, Pigbaby, herO or even Flash. I don't see your point
nvm just saying.
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On September 13 2014 04:07 REyeM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:07 Darkhorse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:06 REyeM wrote:
Talk about unprofessionalism. hmm? Try reading. User was warned for this post
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seems like a good time to spam my stats lol
most likely first round Blizzcon matches
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~ 16.29 % chance to see Classic vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 15.11 % chance to see Life vs TaeJa as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 10.62 % chance to see Bomber vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 10.1 % chance to see Life vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 8.47 % chance to see Life vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 6.08 % chance to see TaeJa vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.79 % chance to see Bomber vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.59 % chance to see StarDust vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.44 % chance to see Polt vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.18 % chance to see San vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.06 % chance to see MC vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.72 % chance to see Polt vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.65 % chance to see TaeJa vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.44 % chance to see soO vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.42 % chance to see TaeJa vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.12 % chance to see MC vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.12 % chance to see San vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.03 % chance to see Rain vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 3.76 % chance to see Snute vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 3.55 % chance to see Rain vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 3.38 % chance to see Rain vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 3.13 % chance to see Bomber vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 1.31 % chance to see Scarlett vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 1.27 % chance to see MC vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.22 % chance to see MC vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 1.17 % chance to see Polt vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.91 % chance to see Heart vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.89 % chance to see ForGG vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.89 % chance to see HerO vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.84 % chance to see San vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.83 % chance to see HyuN vs MaNa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.82 % chance to see Rain vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.8 % chance to see MC vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.77 % chance to see Polt vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.73 % chance to see MC vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.67 % chance to see HyuN vs Scarlett as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.67 % chance to see Heart vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.57 % chance to see Polt vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
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~ 0.49 % chance to see Bomber vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.47 % chance to see Bomber vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.45 % chance to see San vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.44 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs Polt as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.42 % chance to see VortiX vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.37 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.36 % chance to see HerO vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.35 % chance to see HuK vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.32 % chance to see Golden vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.32 % chance to see MC vs HuK as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.28 % chance to see Bomber vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.2 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs TaeJa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.15 % chance to see Polt vs HuK as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.14 % chance to see Heart vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.13 % chance to see Flash vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.12 % chance to see TaeJa vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.09 % chance to see HerO vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.07 % chance to see MC vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.06 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.05 % chance to see Polt vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.03 % chance to see Flash vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.02 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.01 % chance to see HerO vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.01 % chance to see Rain vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
edit: oh man, do I have to change all my text that mentions Blizzcon? 
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:39 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:36 Waxangel wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol Technically it's not WORSE than last year, where some players played all their matches behind the curtain in side stream matches yea that was pretty bad too
I'm happy we shamed them into putting all matches on main stage this time.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
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United States97276 Posts
On September 13 2014 04:59 Zealously wrote:
Oh shit Life vs San D:
Better start praying for the standings to shift a little
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 13 2014 05:01 Shellshock wrote:Better start praying for the standings to shift a little
Like if we had a bo9 where Life only had to win 1 against San, I still think I'd bet on San.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On September 13 2014 05:01 Shellshock wrote:Better start praying for the standings to shift a little
Yeah I'm optimistic about most players but he's probably never going to beat San in a Bo5
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On September 13 2014 04:55 Die4Ever wrote:seems like a good time to spam my stats lol most likely first round Blizzcon matches ~ 20.75 % chance to see Life vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 16.29 % chance to see Classic vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 15.61 % chance to see HyuN vs jjakji as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 15.11 % chance to see Life vs TaeJa as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 15.05 % chance to see StarDust vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 14.93 % chance to see TaeJa vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 14.84 % chance to see San vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 14.66 % chance to see Life vs Polt as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 14.47 % chance to see MC vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 13.84 % chance to see Bomber vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 13.24 % chance to see HyuN vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 12.29 % chance to see Life vs San as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 12.12 % chance to see Polt vs jjakji as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 12.09 % chance to see TaeJa vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 11.99 % chance to see HyuN vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon. ~ 11.88 % chance to see sOs vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon. + Show Spoiler [More] +
~ 11.82 % chance to see San vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.75 % chance to see jjakji vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.67 % chance to see Polt vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.67 % chance to see Bomber vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.47 % chance to see MC vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.2 % chance to see TaeJa vs jjakji as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.17 % chance to see Jaedong vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.1 % chance to see Polt vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 11.08 % chance to see San vs Jaedong as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.75 % chance to see Polt vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.7 % chance to see Jaedong vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.62 % chance to see Bomber vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.46 % chance to see jjakji vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.33 % chance to see jjakji vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.33 % chance to see HyuN vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.1 % chance to see Life vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.07 % chance to see TaeJa vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 10.03 % chance to see Bomber vs jjakji as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 9.68 % chance to see jjakji vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 9.39 % chance to see HyuN vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 9.23 % chance to see sOs vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 9.2 % chance to see Life vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 9.18 % chance to see MC vs sOs as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 8.91 % chance to see Life vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 8.57 % chance to see herO vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 8.47 % chance to see Life vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 8.08 % chance to see Bomber vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 7.57 % chance to see HyuN vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 7.06 % chance to see Polt vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 6.64 % chance to see soO vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 6.08 % chance to see TaeJa vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.79 % chance to see Bomber vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.59 % chance to see StarDust vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.44 % chance to see Polt vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.18 % chance to see San vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 5.06 % chance to see MC vs herO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.72 % chance to see Polt vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.65 % chance to see TaeJa vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.44 % chance to see soO vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.42 % chance to see TaeJa vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.12 % chance to see MC vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.12 % chance to see San vs soO as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 4.03 % chance to see Rain vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.85 % chance to see San vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.83 % chance to see viOLet vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.78 % chance to see MC vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.76 % chance to see Snute vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.7 % chance to see viOLet vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.55 % chance to see Rain vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.42 % chance to see INnoVation vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.38 % chance to see Rain vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.17 % chance to see Snute vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.13 % chance to see Bomber vs Snute as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.06 % chance to see INnoVation vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.02 % chance to see MC vs INnoVation as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 3.01 % chance to see Bomber vs MMA as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.94 % chance to see ForGG vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.85 % chance to see StarDust vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.75 % chance to see MMA vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.74 % chance to see TaeJa vs INnoVation as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.71 % chance to see HyuN vs MMA as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.69 % chance to see Rain vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.66 % chance to see viOLet vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.58 % chance to see viOLet vs Polt as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.5 % chance to see viOLet vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.33 % chance to see MMA vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.33 % chance to see Polt vs INnoVation as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.29 % chance to see ForGG vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.17 % chance to see INnoVation vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.17 % chance to see San vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.16 % chance to see Bomber vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.16 % chance to see Bomber vs Scarlett as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.15 % chance to see San vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.14 % chance to see TaeJa vs viOLet as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.13 % chance to see MMA vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.11 % chance to see Bomber vs INnoVation as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.05 % chance to see StarDust vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 2.04 % chance to see Polt vs MMA as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.99 % chance to see viOLet vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.94 % chance to see HyuN vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.92 % chance to see Bomber vs ForGG as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.91 % chance to see HyuN vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.89 % chance to see Scarlett vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.88 % chance to see HyuN vs Classic as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.85 % chance to see viOLet vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.76 % chance to see TaeJa vs MMA as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.76 % chance to see HyuN vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.6 % chance to see Scarlett vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.6 % chance to see TaeJa vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.53 % chance to see Bomber vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.52 % chance to see MC vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.52 % chance to see Rain vs Polt as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.51 % chance to see Zest vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.49 % chance to see Polt vs Scarlett as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.45 % chance to see HyuN vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.43 % chance to see MMA vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.41 % chance to see Bomber vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.4 % chance to see Polt vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.4 % chance to see ForGG vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.4 % chance to see HyuN vs HuK as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.38 % chance to see Zest vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.37 % chance to see TaeJa vs Rain as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.36 % chance to see TaeJa vs Scarlett as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.35 % chance to see San vs VortiX as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.32 % chance to see Polt vs Solar as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.32 % chance to see Scarlett vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.31 % chance to see Scarlett vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.29 % chance to see TaeJa vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.27 % chance to see MC vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.22 % chance to see MC vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.19 % chance to see VortiX vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.18 % chance to see YoDa vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.18 % chance to see Polt vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.17 % chance to see TaeJa vs ForGG as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.17 % chance to see Polt vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.14 % chance to see Zest vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.14 % chance to see TaeJa vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.13 % chance to see Polt vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.09 % chance to see Bomber vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.09 % chance to see TaeJa vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.09 % chance to see San vs YoDa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.08 % chance to see Polt vs ForGG as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 1.02 % chance to see YoDa vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.99 % chance to see StarDust vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.91 % chance to see Heart vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.89 % chance to see ForGG vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.89 % chance to see HerO vs Bomber as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.84 % chance to see San vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.83 % chance to see HyuN vs MaNa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.82 % chance to see Rain vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.8 % chance to see TaeJa vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.8 % chance to see MC vs Pigbaby as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.8 % chance to see San vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.79 % chance to see Welmu vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.79 % chance to see TaeJa vs VortiX as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.77 % chance to see Polt vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.74 % chance to see Golden vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.74 % chance to see MC vs VortiX as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.74 % chance to see San vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.73 % chance to see MC vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.71 % chance to see HerO vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.71 % chance to see TaeJa vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.7 % chance to see MC vs Bunny as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.7 % chance to see Bomber vs VortiX as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.7 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.67 % chance to see HyuN vs Scarlett as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.67 % chance to see Heart vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.66 % chance to see Polt vs VortiX as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.63 % chance to see TaeJa vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.57 % chance to see Polt vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.52 % chance to see HyuN vs Happy as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.49 % chance to see Bomber vs Golden as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.47 % chance to see Bomber vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.45 % chance to see San vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.44 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs Polt as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.42 % chance to see VortiX vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.37 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs MC as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.36 % chance to see HerO vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.35 % chance to see HuK vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.32 % chance to see Golden vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.32 % chance to see MC vs HuK as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.28 % chance to see Bomber vs Heart as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.2 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs TaeJa as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.15 % chance to see Polt vs HuK as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.14 % chance to see Heart vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.13 % chance to see Flash vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.12 % chance to see TaeJa vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.09 % chance to see HerO vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.07 % chance to see MC vs Flash as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.06 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.05 % chance to see Polt vs Welmu as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.03 % chance to see Flash vs Zest as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.02 % chance to see DongRaeGu vs San as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.01 % chance to see HerO vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
~ 0.01 % chance to see Rain vs HyuN as a first match at Blizzcon.
edit: oh man, do I have to change all my text that mentions Blizzcon?
Oh wow...
I mean yeah, they really effed this one up. Being ranked in top 16 meant, hey we see you as one of the top 16 players in the world and we will invite you to our prestigious conference.
And now is like... but you have to pass the first round. 
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On September 13 2014 04:52 Circumstance wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:35 Darkhorse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ? I think it'll draw a decent crowd. The ESL studio in California is fairly large I think Depends on what you call "fairly large". Probably seated about sixty for Championship Weekend last season. They oversold tickets for the Top Four, so they had to expand with a arced-out extra set of sponsor chairs and have people sit on the edges of the bleachers. With some creativity, I'd imagine they can make some more seating room for these matches, though.
They took out the bleachers so they can line up more chairs for S3 finals / granchamps Ro16, most likely.
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now this would be magical lol
~ 0.13 % chance to see Flash vs StarDust as a first match at Blizzcon.
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So they will show the ro8 on the 7th and the rest on the 8th?
and will they be able to show all ro16 maches at 1 day?
l´this seems really bad for half of the players. the huge crowd at Blzzcon is why they are there.
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So you are telling me I get to watch awesome sc2 games a week before blizzcon on a main stage and not hidden on a b stage at blizzcon? Fahking amazing dunno how anyone could complain about this AND they said they'll have showmatches for the losers at blizzcon awesome stuff. Win win for players and viewers
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Makes sense. I am looking forward to THE GAMES
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I'm all for this from a logistical standpoint. This lets every player play on the main stage and the schedule is much more practical. From an online viewer standpoint this is also great, no more b stream nonsense. For the offline viewers, players, and people who enjoy hyped crowds this sucks in some ways. The crowd is going to be small, that venue won't even hit 100 spectators. 8 of the top 16 players of 2014, who have been working so hard for this all year get to play on the same stage as Neeb (ily Neeb but seriously). Very few people will get to see the top 16 live. I'm positive that those tickets will sell out pretty quickly. All in all they hype just won't quite be there. Now I know this is all STILL preferable to last year's "Oh look sOs beat HerO while nobody was watching" but it isn't preferable to what they could've done. Imo they should have booked a nearby venue with the capacity to host such a prestigious event.
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guys guys, you all miss the point here,
blizzcon should be week long, not weekend!
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special exhibition matches?
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Katowice25012 Posts
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good decision, sucks that some players got shafted on stage time last year. ideally we could have every match on the main stage at blizzcon but there isn't enough time for that.
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your Country52797 Posts
I like this decision. While I think there should be more players in the global finals, playing games off-stream at the tournament of the year is a big no.
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On September 13 2014 05:23 EpicDemente wrote:
special exhibition matches?
KeSPA vs Stephano, Grubby, White-Ra and TLO to get some viewers. Calling it now 
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Burbank? That's 3 hours away from Anaheim with LA traffic. The 5 sucks.
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People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this
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your Country52797 Posts
On September 13 2014 05:31 SinCitta wrote:KeSPA vs Stephano, Grubby, White-Ra and TLO to get some viewers. Calling it now
FFA between the 8 players knocked out 
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On September 13 2014 05:43 Yorkie wrote:
People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this
I don't think all 16 players were featured on the main stage last year.
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Eeeh, probably annoying for the players, I hope ESL will help with finding a place to stay for the week x)
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On September 13 2014 05:45 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:43 Yorkie wrote:
People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this I don't think all 16 players were featured on the main stage last year.
No they weren't, but there is something to be said for them being played live in the building presumably where you could watch a la MLG games that aren't on the main stage. Now in order to see 8 of the players play people who already spent a ton of money on Blizzcon passes have to buy new tickets to an event a week earlier and hours away. Anyone who doesn't live in SoCal doesn't have a chance of seeing this. It's not all bad, I'm just pointing out some flaws. From an online viewer perspective, (this is almost) all good news
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On September 13 2014 05:49 Zax19 wrote:
Eeeh, probably annoying for the players, I hope ESL will help with finding a place to stay for the week x)
I am 100% sure Blizzard and ESL will take care of it and pay everything.
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On September 13 2014 05:51 Yorkie wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:45 Dodgin wrote:On September 13 2014 05:43 Yorkie wrote:
People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this I don't think all 16 players were featured on the main stage last year. No they weren't, but there is something to be said for them being played live in the building presumably where you could watch a la MLG games that aren't on the main stage. Now in order to see 8 of the players play people who already spent a ton of money on Blizzcon passes have to buy new tickets to an event a week earlier and hours away. Anyone who doesn't live in SoCal doesn't have a chance of seeing this. It's not all bad, I'm just pointing out some flaws. From an online viewer perspective, (this is almost) all good news
You couldn't watch the offstage games live at blizzcon 2013, someone who attended can correct me if i'm wrong.
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On September 13 2014 05:51 Yorkie wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:45 Dodgin wrote:On September 13 2014 05:43 Yorkie wrote:
People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this I don't think all 16 players were featured on the main stage last year. No they weren't, but there is something to be said for them being played live in the building presumably where you could watch a la MLG games that aren't on the main stage. Now in order to see 8 of the players play people who already spent a ton of money on Blizzcon passes have to buy new tickets to an event a week earlier and hours away. Anyone who doesn't live in SoCal doesn't have a chance of seeing this. It's not all bad, I'm just pointing out some flaws. From an online viewer perspective, (this is almost) all good news
when I was there last year I had no idea where the B stream was being played, the players were hidden somewhere unlike MLG
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On September 13 2014 05:52 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:51 Yorkie wrote:On September 13 2014 05:45 Dodgin wrote:On September 13 2014 05:43 Yorkie wrote:
People already bought Blizzcon passes thinking they would see all 16 players :/ they can't all be allowed into the Burbank venue, it's too small. Also selling new tickets for this event is also a bit mean to those people. Pros and cons to this I don't think all 16 players were featured on the main stage last year. No they weren't, but there is something to be said for them being played live in the building presumably where you could watch a la MLG games that aren't on the main stage. Now in order to see 8 of the players play people who already spent a ton of money on Blizzcon passes have to buy new tickets to an event a week earlier and hours away. Anyone who doesn't live in SoCal doesn't have a chance of seeing this. It's not all bad, I'm just pointing out some flaws. From an online viewer perspective, (this is almost) all good news when I was there last year I had no idea where the B stream was being played, the players were hidden somewhere unlike MLG
I stand corrected. Kinda weird. In any case if I had bought a Blizzcon pass I would be upset.
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Good, we can actually watch all the games this time.
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![[image loading]](http://alexsong.net/sc2/wcs2014/wcss302.jpg)
That's the Burbank studio in case you guys were wondering
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might need a few more seats there then
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On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ?
You remember IEM toronto? could barely get their schedule working and would have some games into the next day and they even had 2 streams. If blizz did this it would a mess for them. this is really smart imo
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your Country52797 Posts
On September 13 2014 06:54 pikachu8090 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ? You remember IEM toronto? could barely get their schedule working and would have some games into the next day and they even had 2 streams. If blizz did this it would a mess for them. this is really smart imo
Schedule could still get screwed up if Snute faces a protoss in the ro8 ;D
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That Burbank shot reminds me of the photo of GOMtv's casting area
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On September 13 2014 04:47 elfonse wrote:
As someone who went to Blizzcon last year I think i like this deicision. Last year I felt i didnt really ahve time to explore the venue without missing a match. Also I really hope with this, they will set up autograph sessions with the players which they didnt last year (outisde of sOs at the very end)
Agreed.
This decision is for the benefit of everyone that's actually attending Blizzcon.
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On September 13 2014 06:54 pikachu8090 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ? You remember IEM toronto? could barely get their schedule working and would have some games into the next day and they even had 2 streams. If blizz did this it would a mess for them. this is really smart imo
You cannot compare two 8 player double elimination brackets to 8 single bo5's.
Also, blame Snute and his swarmhosts for the overrun on the first day, all the other days went seamlessly.
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They need to redesign swarmhosts in LotV for tournament scheduling purposes.
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On September 13 2014 08:32 andrewlt wrote:
They need to redesign swarmhosts in LotV for tournament scheduling purposes.
This is exactly my thought process :D
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they can definitely fit more seats if need be. for example to the right side you see next to the TV they sectioned off as a players only kind of area with a sofa. i'm sure they can move that out and fit more seats.
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On September 13 2014 04:27 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. yea still not really the same, I'd be pissed if I lost that first round lol
Last year players still lost off stage and never got to really be "at bllizzcon"
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On September 13 2014 09:35 bourne117 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:27 Die4Ever wrote:On September 13 2014 04:26 Circumstance wrote:On September 13 2014 04:24 Die4Ever wrote:
reddit brings up the interesting point though that it kinda screws over the players who qualified for "Blizzcon" and then lose before Blizzcon lol That's why they added the showmatches. This way, everyone who qualified will still play at Blizzcon. yea still not really the same, I'd be pissed if I lost that first round lol Last year players still lost off stage and never got to really be "at bllizzcon"
Yeah like INnoVation
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I like this move, we'll be able to watch all the games, and hopefully there'll be a big crowd at Burbank. It was really frustrating watching two streams at once, especially if the B stream had a quarterfinals game like sOs vs Polt or duckdeok vs Maru. Smart decision.
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Now that I think about it, this is actually a great idea.
Hopefully no more backstage games this year :D
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On September 13 2014 06:37 asongdotnet wrote:+ Show Spoiler +That's the Burbank studio in case you guys were wondering
Those tables are new. Maybe they allow more people to be seated that way instead of the bleachers?
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A major complaint I remember from the previous year was that you couldn't watch all the games, plus that it felt crammed for being the biggest tournament of the year. From a brief glance, this should address exactly those complaints. Obviously, there are tradeoffs, like people who prefer that it take place over one weekend.
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On September 13 2014 12:05 Circumstance wrote:Those tables are new. Maybe they allow more people to be seated that way instead of the bleachers?
Yeah they took out the bleachers because they didn't have enough room for the finals last season... the table was occupied by Cam/Clutch usually
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On September 13 2014 06:54 pikachu8090 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:34 Boucot wrote:
Meh, half of the biggest tournament of the year played in front of 20 people ? I'm sorry but it kills the hype. One of the most important things that makes a tournament amazing is the atmosphere. I'm already pissed off that the regional season finals are played in a studio and not in a theater / real venue but WCS Global Finals now ? You remember IEM toronto? could barely get their schedule working and would have some games into the next day and they even had 2 streams. If blizz did this it would a mess for them. this is really smart imo
yeah. also the finals started at around 3:00 that day. The venue itself closes at 5:00 and I was just thinking to myself that a bo7 could easily have gone over 2 hours. Makes me wonder what might have happen if neither player could win 4 games in under 2 hours and whether or not both players were told in advance that they only have 2 hours to complete the finals.
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On September 13 2014 05:43 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:31 SinCitta wrote:On September 13 2014 05:23 EpicDemente wrote:
special exhibition matches? KeSPA vs Stephano, Grubby, White-Ra and TLO to get some viewers. Calling it now FFA between the 8 players knocked out
last man standing gets seeded into the final
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On September 13 2014 19:44 Epamynondas wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 05:43 The_Templar wrote:On September 13 2014 05:31 SinCitta wrote:On September 13 2014 05:23 EpicDemente wrote:
special exhibition matches? KeSPA vs Stephano, Grubby, White-Ra and TLO to get some viewers. Calling it now FFA between the 8 players knocked out last man standing gets seeded into the final
there's no prize for winning the FFA, just winning is enough of a reward.
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I wish they just had the tournaments extend into Thursday at the Convention center. Lots arrive on Thursday and we would get the great audience. The schedule is tight due to the the closing events on Friday and Thursday. They have to be done by 5pm or so.
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Does anyone know how to see the event live in Burbank? Somehow I always hear how to attend events AFTER they happen :/. I tried googling the ESL studio, but couldn't find any info.
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On September 14 2014 17:31 stevethemacguy wrote:
Does anyone know how to see the event live in Burbank? Somehow I always hear how to attend events AFTER they happen :/. I tried googling the ESL studio, but couldn't find any info.
they'll probably make an announcement soon as to how to attend/buy tickets.
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On September 14 2014 17:31 stevethemacguy wrote:
Does anyone know how to see the event live in Burbank? Somehow I always hear how to attend events AFTER they happen :/. I tried googling the ESL studio, but couldn't find any info.
ESL usually sells their tickets through Eventbrite, so check there periodically.
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On September 15 2014 02:34 Circumstance wrote:
ESL usually sells their tickets through Eventbrite, so check there periodically.
Thanks!
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Anyone know if Burbank studio events are usually free events or if not, how much tickets usually cost?
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Is Burbank a (very) known city for americans or people who live in America?
If I google it, doesnt sound so apparently there are ~5 Burbanks in America?!
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On September 16 2014 02:05 Brutaxilos wrote:
Anyone know if Burbank studio events are usually free events or if not, how much tickets usually cost?
WCS America events have cost fifteen bucks since ESL took them over. Since this is a global event for multiple games, it might be different.
On September 16 2014 02:08 Dingodile wrote:
Is Burbank a (very) known city for americans or people who live in America?
If I google it, doesnt sound so apparently there are ~5 Burbanks in America?!
Burbank, CA is known as somewhat of an entertainment hub. It's got all of the business of Hollywood with absolutely none of the glamour.
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On September 13 2014 08:32 andrewlt wrote:
They need to redesign swarmhosts in LotV for tournament scheduling purposes.
That's funny
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Burbank has a lot of film and TV studios... NBC, WB, Disney to name a few have lots in Burbank. Other than that it's a bit of a cookie cutter town with your typical chain theaters/restaurants etc
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Showmatches will feature the 4th race Blizzard will surprisingly introduce for LotV
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On September 16 2014 03:05 Leviance wrote:
Showmatches will feature the 4th race Blizzard will surprisingly introduce for LotV
they should just replace protoss instead of adding another.
and they should replace it with... a better protoss.
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On September 13 2014 04:07 REyeM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2014 04:07 Darkhorse wrote:On September 13 2014 04:06 REyeM wrote:
Talk about unprofessionalism. hmm? Try reading. User was warned for this post
i did i read only good stuff, you just seems weirdo and there you have ur waring as expected ...
all this whiners everywhere
sad if a foreign qualifies, and then loses 1. round not being blizzcon
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On September 13 2014 05:20 TmzZ666 wrote:
guys guys, you all miss the point here,
blizzcon should be week long, not weekend!
you pay for it ? cause it would explode the costs
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Was it 40$ last year ? I don't remember paying that much...
And Blizzard needs to stop giving that many money to heartstone.
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