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WCS Point Allocation
The WCS Premier League, the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Code S, and SPOTV Games Individual League will all share the same distribution of WCS points in 2015.
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Note: The SPOTV league will feature 16 players, and not offer points below 16th place.
WCS Challenger and GSL Code A will continue to offer 50 points to the eliminated player.
WCS Global Events will offer the same distribution of points as in 2014. You can find the new requirements in our WCS 2015 announcement.
WCS Global Events Start Now!
Events year-round will now be included in the WCS Standings and offer WCS points. Events held after the Global Finals at BlizzCon 2014 will be wrapped into the 2015 tally and subject to the 2015 requirements—two such events already qualify:
2014 Hot6 Cup – 4000 WCS points – November 18 to December 7
IEM San Jose – 4000 WCS points – December 6 and 7
Due to the current off-season, these tournaments are allowed to choose their own map pool.
WCS Premier League Prize Pool
With WCS America and WCS Europe uniting into the brand new WCS Premier League, their prize pools are also combined. Check out the breakdown of prizes:
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Residency Requirement Clarification and Changes for WCS
Players Training Outside of Their Home Region
Players who are a citizen in a country within a WCS region will be allowed to participate in that region’s qualifiers and Challenger regardless of their current residency status.
Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013.
Source : http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/wcs-2015-details-on-points-prizes-and-residency
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"Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013."
So does that affect any of the korean foreigners?
Also, Korea is gonna be fricking rolling in WCS points now.
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On November 26 2014 05:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
"Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013."
So does that affect any of the korean foreigners?
Most importantly ForGG?
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Bit disappointed by the prize distribution on WCS. I'm okay with giving more to ro32 players but I would have wanted Challengers to get more as well. Oh well.
Also, WCS Global events in 2014 already? Whaaaaaaat? :U
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On November 26 2014 05:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
"Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013."
So does that affect any of the korean foreigners?
Also, Korea is gonna be fricking rolling in WCS points now.
Sounds like a ForGG-tailored rule to me d:
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In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013.
Not surprised. So I guess alot of the EU koreans will remain, and the region will benefit from this if we concider the level on the ladder, but prize money will disappear to KR again...
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On November 26 2014 05:36 klipik12 wrote:
Bit disappointed by the prize distribution on WCS. I'm okay with giving more to ro32 players but I would have wanted Challengers to get more as well. Oh well.
Also, WCS Global events in 2014 already? Whaaaaaaat? :U
Challengers were getting 600 $ this season and 2,000 $ next year...
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Nothing surprising. Its basically what everybody was expecting. And yeah that rule does seemed tailored for ForGG.
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Congrats to soO for 3750 points and 45k
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On November 26 2014 05:45 stuchiu wrote:
Congrats to soO for 3750 points and 45k
You didnt count the money for 2nd in the SpotTV leauge
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So after all of the hand-wringing people had over foreigners getting their own tournament, and Blizzard's previous comments that they want to have a Global Finals that isn't all one country, the system is already more Korean-favored than 2014 was.
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On November 26 2014 05:46 GreenMash wrote:Show nested quote +On November 26 2014 05:45 stuchiu wrote:
Congrats to soO for 3750 points and 45k You didnt count the money for 2nd in the SpotTV leauge
Is SpoTV League named GSL? No? Ro16 finish.
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On November 26 2014 05:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
"Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013."
So does that affect any of the korean foreigners?
Also, Korea is gonna be fricking rolling in WCS points now.
It means if you're like Zest then making it to Blizzcon shouldn't be too hard
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On November 26 2014 05:46 Circumstance wrote:
So after all of the hand-wringing people had over foreigners getting their own tournament, and Blizzard's previous comments that they want to have a Global Finals that isn't all one country, the system is already more Korean-favored than 2014 was.
It depends if they fly everywhere the logic is that giving Korean's more tournaments in Korea encourages them to stay there. It just means that it's more likely that non-KeSPA players will be forced to fly to pick up points if they don't do well in Korean leagues and not many are on teams that can afford that. The system seems to favour KeSPA guys more than anything.
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Good move on doing the right thing ForGG's case without fuss. Despite all the flak they can receive, some people at Blizzard have good sense. Thanks Blizz people. 
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On November 26 2014 05:50 AWalker9 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 26 2014 05:46 Circumstance wrote:
So after all of the hand-wringing people had over foreigners getting their own tournament, and Blizzard's previous comments that they want to have a Global Finals that isn't all one country, the system is already more Korean-favored than 2014 was. It depends if they fly everywhere the logic is that giving Korean's more tournaments in Korea encourages them to stay there. It just means that it's more likely that non-KeSPA players will be forced to fly to pick up points if they don't do well in Korean leagues and not many are on teams that can afford that. The system seems to favour KeSPA guys more than anything.
I'm talking about there being a chance for at least one person to represent the entire rest of the world at Blizzcon.
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Gratz to ForGG! :D
Loving it. Especially for Koreans that probably struggle due to the top-heaviness of former GSLs etc.
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On November 26 2014 05:46 Circumstance wrote:
So after all of the hand-wringing people had over foreigners getting their own tournament, and Blizzard's previous comments that they want to have a Global Finals that isn't all one country, the system is already more Korean-favored than 2014 was.
well WCS 2015 seems more korean favored for going to Blizzcon, but WCS Premier as a tournament is a lot more foreigner favored than it was before
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