EPTGOMeXP and SpoTV to run dual leagues in 2015 - Page 8
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SC2Toastie
Netherlands5725 Posts
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Crot4le
England2927 Posts
On October 31 2014 13:23 Yakikorosu wrote: I also wonder what the SpoTV tournaments will be like; "sixteen player tournament" kind of sounds more like a weekend tournament in the vein of IEM or DreamHack than a real "league" like GSL. I hope this isn't the case. The whole point of a league is that is goes on for a while and supports double the players competing. The article describes a separate league to run alongside GSL. Hopefully it means what it says and it's not just weekend tourney a la KeSPA Cup. | ||
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Pino
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Edit : oh and by the way I hope SPOTV will have Moonglade as the main caster most of the time | ||
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SC2Toastie
Netherlands5725 Posts
On October 31 2014 18:05 Crot4le wrote: I hope this isn't the case. The whole point of a league is that is goes on for a while and supports double the players competing. The article describes a separate league to run alongside GSL. Hopefully it means what it says and it's not just weekend tourney a la KeSPA Cup. They separately mention those additional weekend tournament don't they? | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
 . I hope the new tournaments can compensate but we'll have to wait and see... | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8423 Posts
On October 31 2014 18:25 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Everybody is so happy but there's a huge prizepool reduction in GSL . I hope the new tournaments can compensate but we'll have to wait and see...Prizepool size is the least of the problems the Korean scene faces. There are way too many good players and not enough opportunities for them to compete in. So anything that increases the amount of tournaments has got my vote. | ||
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jekku
Canada1640 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 31 2014 18:25 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Everybody is so happy but there's a huge prizepool reduction in GSL . I hope the new tournaments can compensate but we'll have to wait and see...I'd take 3100K GSLs over 3160K GSLs anytime if that means 3 more touraments with 75k. It's 45K more overall and the money gets spread better, plus more chances for players, more streams, more views, more WCS points etc... | ||
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Negius
Netherlands290 Posts
Will be buying subscripsions for all of them! AliveGaem | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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digmouse
China6327 Posts
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Hermesio
Italy19 Posts
This year we had also 6 tournaments for a total of more than $640.000. For now on the base of this announcement we still have 6 tournaments but with only around $500.000 cash prize with still the same large % awarded to 1st place (but well that how Korean leagues always worked even on BW. For them only 1st matters). The REAL DEALS are imo 2 main things: - WILL WE HAVE REAL FINALS STAGES AGAIN??? This is imo the most important because real cowds = real popularity of Sc2 in Korea and = more salaries for ALL Korean players. Look at LoL Korean leagues, the cash prize is pretty low for a team game but the crowds are massive and salaries is what matters. - How many additional tournaments will we have? How much cash prize? How many WCS points? Will PL return to the usual cah prize we had before the last one (was divided by almost two)? WCS points for PL (I really hope). Well for now THIS announcement is notthing to be too much exited. Wait for more and then cheer  For "reagion lock/open" it doesn't chage sh**, even if it was open to anyone playing from any server no foreigner (maybe except Snute and Scarlett) will even TRY to compete there, and if they do there is 90% chances they will never qualify. This should not even be a question to discuss. | ||
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TeeTS
Germany2762 Posts
On October 31 2014 12:23 isaachukfan wrote: Excellent news! I also like how the prize money will likely end up being more spread out next year with this format, looks like a huge win for the korean scene! korea was the heart of high lvl competition during SC2s best days. Good to see they are going back to this. And with Riot fuckin up korean LoL atm, there might be room to grow in for korean SC2 again. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On October 31 2014 18:35 Musicus wrote: I'd take 3100K GSLs over 3160K GSLs anytime if that means 3 more touraments with 75k. It's 45K more overall and the money gets spread better, plus more chances for players, more streams, more views, more WCS points etc... But if soO finally wins one now he'll only get half the money | ||
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Morbidius
Brazil3449 Posts
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StatixEx
United Kingdom779 Posts
so its region locked then edit: some people might not get the joke here | ||
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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ANLProbe
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
While in WCS EU and AM Challanger and at least Round of 32 ( maybe Round of 16 too ) are online, you have to be in the Gom Studios for Code A and whole Code S. And also you will have to be at the Esports Stadion for the SpoTv games. So yeah, it is not region locked by itself, you have to be in korea for a long time meaning you need your visa still --> region lock. | ||
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