EPTWCS 2015: Details on Points, Prizes, and Residency - Page 3
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Faefae
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REyeM
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dyDrawer
Canada438 Posts
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AskJoshy
United States1625 Posts
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ChapatiyaqPTSM
France1887 Posts
On November 26 2014 07:11 dyDrawer wrote: I'm liking this a lot. My only concern: what about the post Blizzcon tournaments that are already finished or ongoing? As a PartinG fanboy, it'd be great to see him get WCS points from his victory in HSC. Also, what about this coming DreamHack? HSC X was mostly invitational. DreamHack Winter will be full of players who already got WCS points in 2014 for finishing in the Top 4, plus some invites. I'm thinking this is part of the reason why they don't award 2015 WCS points. | ||
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geokilla
Canada8245 Posts
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ChaseTheSun
United States61 Posts
On November 26 2014 06:13 Hassan_RO wrote: Well, the bonus money for WCS premier (European point of view) is huge! just making it into challenger, 2k$? and 4.5K$ for 17th-32nd? Basically it tailors very well to the European scene, a lot of people that play from home and can make a LOT of money without any travelling costs and without beating any Koreans (afaik, 4.5K-5K$ is a semifinal-worthy prize in some non-WCS LAN's.......). I don't know where this leaves American players though, losing their own region and fighting European players for slots is going to be tough. Also, i dont know how the Asian players previously grouped with AM will feel, how will the lag be when a chinese/taiwanese/SEA guy will play a European? Also all the bashing that the community did regarding "korea doesn't have enough tournaments, give Koreans in Korea more WCS points etc" worked, now Koreans are spolied and even those without the means to go abroad can have 2 major leagues (+weeklys like Olimo etc) where they can prove their worth. This is also positive in the fact that there isn't that much of a temptation for Koreans to fill up the other servers in search of easy money. Finally i want to agree with someone above, for Korean powerhouse (KESPA) teams, it is heaven on earth. They can rack in the money from the KR tournaments, while still sending 1-2 star players to collect from worldwide LANs...... But the opposite can also be true....if any foreign team has the balls and the money to support a big pro-player living in Korea (hello mYi.Rain!!) they can also rack in some serious prize $$ from the double-leagues.. Anyway, in general very good moves imho. You don't have to worry about this. All regions have their own qualifiers so latency can be avoided as much as possible. Then when its the ro32 and the regions are all combined for premier league, its all live from there. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16035 Posts
I liked the system of this year with koreans integrating so well in the foreign scene although it was a bit unfortunate for the foreign players. The koreans being forced back to korea (with a far bigger scene than now) while having a full foreigner tournament would be quite okay too, but having a foreigner tournament with 2-3 koreans is dumb. | ||
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Faefae
2203 Posts
On November 26 2014 07:31 Charoisaur wrote: Don't really like that certain koreans are allowed to participate in wcs premier league while others are not. I liked the system of this year with koreans integrating so well in the foreign scene although it was a bit unfortunate for the foreign players. The koreans being forced back to korea (with a far bigger scene than now) while having a full foreigner tournament would be quite okay too, but having a foreigner tournament with 2-3 koreans is dumb. Koreans involed in the local scene allowed to participate in local WCS seems sensible imo | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
On November 26 2014 07:45 SuperHofmann wrote: What about the GEM's guys? It is known that First, YoDa and MC are going back to Korea next year. Don't know about HyuN. | ||
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Magnet
United States77 Posts
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
On November 26 2014 07:48 Boucot wrote: It is known that First, YoDa and MC are going back to Korea next year. Don't know about HyuN. None of them qualify. You had to have been actually living in a foreign country as of January 1, 2013. Just being on a foreign team or going to a lot of foreign events isn't enough. Were any Koreans actually living outside of Korea at this point except Polt and viOLet (who don't need this exemption) and ForGG? | ||
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Wijnruit
Brazil294 Posts
Exception for Long-Standing Residency This should be called "ForGG Exception" | ||
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TargA
Norway204 Posts
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
Agreed. So Polt, Violet and ForGG... They might not be the toughest Koreans but I'm pretty confident they will be running train on WCS 2015 | ||
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rotta
5598 Posts
On November 26 2014 06:16 Heartland wrote: No news on PL points? Yeah, isn't it supposed to start soon? | ||
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