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jacky9185
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herO takes fourth IEM Champion. | ||
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Noocta
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Fecalfeast
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I didn't see this before but huk tweeted it around the same time this thread was made | ||
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frozzz
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nick00bot
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On December 12 2015 09:59 masterrn wrote: Yes this is how Crank was sponsored by the Biscuit. Now there is less reason for a biscuit to sponsor these guys. How is he doing? In case he's not around En Taro Biscuit he's still fine! well, alive, not sure about how well he is tho | ||
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HugoBallzak
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Alucen-Will-
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HugoBallzak
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Solar424
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Kofuku
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On December 12 2015 08:05 Ansibled wrote: Blizzard Reportedly Radically Overhauling World Championship Series of ‘StarCraft 2′ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/12/11/blizzard-reportedly-radically-overhauling-world-championship-series-of-starcraft-2/ For what it's worth, it's not clear from the way it's phrased whether non-visa-holding Koreans would be outright banned from competing in this tournaments, or if they just wouldn't get WCS Global/WCS Circuit points for winning (and not be allowed to join WCS Circuit overall). If that were the case, I imagine a lot of Korean players would at least consider going abroad for chance at easy money, even without the extra prize of WCS points. It's the same as having people who weren't realistically in the running for Blizzcon attend IEMs or DreamHacks in the past, which happened often. Especially later in the year, players who are mathematically guaranteed to qualify or are already out of the running would probably attend in strong numbers. But I guess that is a far-fetched interpretation, at least because it would be too complicated and pretty farcical to find a way to distribute the WCS points to the top non-Koreans if Korean players ended up winning the top four spots or something like that. | ||
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Arceus
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ThePacifist
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
On December 12 2015 11:52 Arceus wrote: Can org like DH simply opt out of WCS system and invite as many Koreans as they want? Just wondering I think so. That's what HSC did apparently. | ||
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
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seopthi
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Just disgusting, I think that especially for Starcraft which is so very skill based. It skill can appear differently i.e poker, where the skill is little hidden and it is more luck based, so someone with a significantly lower skill can still fit (i.e businessmen/celebrities). Imagine doing this in chess. | ||
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Footler
United States560 Posts
On December 12 2015 08:17 Boucot wrote: That would suck. The 2015 format was good I feel. Ya I thought the 2015 was great. It was a really exciting year on both fronts (Korea and everywhere else). It wouldn't be so bad if there were more exciting foreigners to cheer for but I'm not sure if I could list enough for even an interesting top 8. Maybe that's the goal here, to give incentive for more foreigners to step up to the plate? Then a switch back to the 2015 format in 2017? I really don't know what to think/feel. | ||
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cheekymonkey
France1387 Posts
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ZenithM
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cheekymonkey
France1387 Posts
On December 12 2015 12:03 ZenithM wrote: There is probably no malicious intent from Blizzard for the visa thing. What is this supposed to mean? | ||
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
not even the most disappointing part though. Granting 8 free seeds to foreign players is laughable. The tournament will lose a ton of prestige and credibility regardless of its prize pool. For once the lame o16 production will match the level of the event. I can't wait for the seeding to come out with Koreans killing each other off so a white guy can make it far in the tournament for maximum "hype and entertainment value." Korea is now reduced to one 16 man and one 32 man tournament outside of HSC and Blizzcon, where they have realistically lost 6 or 7 seeds they would have earned in previous systems. Expect a lot of retirements. W/e Catz said maybe all is not lost but then again I never agreed with all his points about region lock anyways. Might just be biased because he heads a foreign team. Side note, no mention of Kespa Cup. Will that award WCS points? | ||
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I feel so bad for Korean pros, This is actually going to have huge negative economic impact on a lot of the A-class Koreans, doing well in foreign tournaments was one of the only ways a lot of these guys made any money. 
