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Blizzard announces 2015 WCS changes - Page 18

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Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
November 01 2014 09:25 GMT
#341
offline already in the ro32, wow

for forgg i thought he had a french working visa due to millenium ?
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
November 01 2014 09:26 GMT
#342
I like verything except those "2 players from...." (specifically the low numbers). I like the 14 from EU/M.E./Africa. But I think NA and LA could be clumped together? Same maybe with China / TW / ANZ...

At least that's my knee jerk reaction... let's see how I feel after reading more opinions :D
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
November 01 2014 09:27 GMT
#343
Sooooo... If I am a working EU citizen, I cannot watch Koreans after my work. Damn it. They lost a viewer. I am so sad from these changes
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18559 Posts
November 01 2014 09:28 GMT
#344
On November 01 2014 18:25 Makro wrote:
offline already in the ro32, wow

for forgg i thought he had a french working visa due to millenium ?


He didn't want to take French lessons
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
November 01 2014 09:31 GMT
#345
On November 01 2014 18:26 y0su wrote:
I like verything except those "2 players from...." (specifically the low numbers). I like the 14 from EU/M.E./Africa. But I think NA and LA could be clumped together? Same maybe with China / TW / ANZ...

At least that's my knee jerk reaction... let's see how I feel after reading more opinions :D

Ugh I just realized that NA and LA were separate... I really hope that ROOT's Koreans will be able to compete in this or else we'll have 3-4 really weak players coming from NA
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SorrowShine
Profile Joined October 2011
698 Posts
November 01 2014 09:31 GMT
#346
i knd a liked the way it was now
Dont know what to say. Feels like reshuffling the deck. Deck is still gonna stay the same.

Biggest question: Travel from US to Europe and back if you got placed in wrong group
Swisslink
Profile Joined March 2011
2954 Posts
November 01 2014 09:40 GMT
#347
On November 01 2014 18:25 Makro wrote:
offline already in the ro32, wow

for forgg i thought he had a french working visa due to millenium ?


He did have one, not anymore though.

Overall I like the changes. Korea gets the tournaments needed and since there aren't enough EU/NA players for an entire WCS season, their put together. Close to what I've been hoping for tbh.
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
November 01 2014 09:41 GMT
#348
On November 01 2014 17:05 Aeromi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 08:14 Zealously wrote:
On November 01 2014 08:14 sharkie wrote:
On November 01 2014 08:13 Faefae wrote:

Here we go.
Fuck.
T_T


Why does he only have a working holiday visa in the first place?


Because getting anything else is very difficult.

He had a woking visa...

Had.
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DrBeansy
Profile Joined April 2011
England85 Posts
November 01 2014 09:43 GMT
#349
I think I really like these changes. We certainly needed a mix up to keep things fresh. I've gotta say I lost interest in repeatedly seeing almost 6-8 Koreans in round of 8 WCS AM and EU. As someone previously said, it's matches like Scarlett vs bunny and huk vs TLO that really draw in the viewers (and my personal interest).

One question though, these two spots for Hong Kong and SEA etc and 4 spots for China. Are these going to be ruled by Koreans that make the move to these regions? I hope not!

Also I think Korea deserves two big leagues as that's where the talent lies and we're kinda chucking them out of AM and EU.

Exciting
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
November 01 2014 09:45 GMT
#350
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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DrBeansy
Profile Joined April 2011
England85 Posts
November 01 2014 09:49 GMT
#351
Question: I'm probably being silly but how does the split between the 4 groups in Europe and 4 groups in America work? I hope it's an random split with some Europeans going to America and some Americans going Europe. Otherwise 4 groups will just be mini WCS EU and 4 groups will be mini WCS AM
Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
November 01 2014 09:51 GMT
#352
On November 01 2014 18:49 DrBeansy wrote:
Question: I'm probably being silly but how does the split between the 4 groups in Europe and 4 groups in America work? I hope it's an random split with some Europeans going to America and some Americans going Europe. Otherwise 4 groups will just be mini WCS EU and 4 groups will be mini WCS AM

fully mixed
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
November 01 2014 09:51 GMT
#353
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?
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Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
November 01 2014 09:53 GMT
#354
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?

i would like to know too
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18559 Posts
November 01 2014 09:54 GMT
#355
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?


On November 01 2014 18:53 Makro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?

i would like to know too


He didn't want to take French language lessons
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-01 10:08:58
November 01 2014 09:57 GMT
#356
On November 01 2014 11:07 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Here it is.

Only thing I don't like is that they are letting the pseudo-invitationals continue and the rich will continue to get richer in that respect. 25% for qualifiers is not enough, particularly when you can then further break that down into regionals. HSC should not be getting WCS points when it's a glorified invitational inviting people TaKeTV likes plus lip-service to qualifiers with only 2 spots for Koreans (and the qualifier ends up being a better tournament than the main event as a result of the talent pool).

Frankly it should be minimum 50% qualifiers if you want any WCS points and I hope they change that before 2015 season starts.

Aside from that it's great. There aren't 32 good Americans or 32 good Europeans, so if you want games that don't suck, merging the talents pools is the way to do it.

But are there more than 28 good european players and more than 14 good americans or?
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Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
November 01 2014 09:57 GMT
#357
First the good news yesterday, and now the bad today.

Koreans outside Korea are screwed. It was fun while it lasted, I guess.

Not sure how it will end up with a unified league between AM and EU. Could be good, could be bad, but Korean tournaments should satisfy all my sc2 needs from next year on, so.
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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14461 Posts
November 01 2014 09:59 GMT
#358
On November 01 2014 18:54 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?


Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:53 Makro wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?

i would like to know too


He didn't want to take French language lessons

He also wanted to live with his girlfriend.
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Faefae
Profile Joined June 2014
2203 Posts
November 01 2014 10:11 GMT
#359
On November 01 2014 18:54 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?


Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:53 Makro wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?

i would like to know too


He didn't want to take French language lessons

Well this is obviously not the reason.
Until 2 weeks ago he had no idea that his working-holiday visa would not be enough to stay in WCS EU; as blizzard did not tell the player which visa would be required.
ForGG. 29/11/2014
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy830 Posts
November 01 2014 10:15 GMT
#360
On November 01 2014 18:51 OtherWorld wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2014 18:45 Makro wrote:
that suck for forgg, i just checked and indeed it's really hard to get a working visa

It is, but if he had one he met the requirements. Why did he switch/was forced to switch to a working holidays visa?


His working visa expired and then he only managed to get a working holyday visa.

His girlfriend explained that on reddit: 1 2 3
I used to organize tournaments for ESL Italy and referee Go4SC2s, WCSs, and IEMs for ESL SC2.
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