EPTBlizzard Reportedly Radically Overhauling WCS - Page 15
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
With organisers in NA and EU running fewer SC2 tournaments, unless there is some good shit in WCS (which this doesn't suggest), it's gonna be a quiet year. Our sources also indicated that the competition run by TakeTV, the HomeStory Cup, was to be part of the WCS Circuit component as well. This reputedly didn’t come to pass after the organiser, Dennis “TaKe” Gehlen, rejected the idea that South Korean players would essentially be excluded from his event if he agreed to be part of the circuit. Moving forward, the HomeStory Cup shall no longer have WCS ranking points as part of its prize. Blizzard was already funding tournaments that had WCS points as part of the system, correct? So Take not going with it means a lot less financial support for HSC, not to mention other smaller events that were giving out points. I dunno. This seems pretty shitty. I'll wait til the official announcement but this isn't doing anything to reignite my passion for the game. | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
On December 12 2015 15:14 seopthi wrote: Just after LotV release with all the hype around it, top SC2 stream has 1800 viewers while BW has 4k. It must've been hard to screw it up this much. Top SC2 pros don't stream. Top BW pros stream. I can't begin to imagine how popular SC2 would have to be for Destiny's numbers to compare with Bisu's. | ||
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insitelol
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NinjaToss
Austria1383 Posts
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Thouhastmail
Korea (North)876 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On December 12 2015 17:15 Zealously wrote: Well that's a good way to potentially shoot down my interest so, what kind of bet did you lose that made you post that sig lol. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
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TheOneAboveU
Germany3367 Posts
On December 12 2015 17:15 Zealously wrote: Well that's a good way to potentially shoot down my interest Yep that's exactly what I thought. What the fuck... | ||
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Sissors
1395 Posts
On December 12 2015 16:14 Togekiss wrote: People here saying this won't hurt the foreign scene are completely delusional. Sure, I will tune into foreign streams and support a good personality, but if I want to watch good starcraft I will watch SSL, GSL & PL. I have absolutely zero motivation to watch the "WCS Circuit" tournaments such as DH and IEM etc if it is only foreign players competing. This is like me watching "B" Division European Football when I could be watching Champions League instead. Yet at the same time, barely anyone here (Netherlands) watches foreign soccer clubs regularly (maybe for example the final match of the champions league, but not regularly), while many watch the 'inferior' Dutch clubs. And even their local club, despite it being absolute crap compared to what the national clubs show. So while you have zero motivation to look at this, and thats fine, many others will be more interested in it than just another version of the GSL: If they want to see the GSL, they look at the GSL. Personally I do feel if this is actually true, it would be going too far. But preventing the European/American WCS from being just another Korean affair is good imo. | ||
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CynicalDeath
Italy3442 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On December 12 2015 17:22 BigFan wrote: Well, this can't be good for the scene. Probably best to hear the news from Blizzard themselves before passing judgement. so, what kind of bet did you lose that made you post that sig lol. Something praising sOs and DRG and insulting Life? Must have lost to Cricketer at Blizzcon  | ||
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RoomOfMush
1296 Posts
Low viewer numbers because -> Too few foreign players to identify with because -> Koreans being much better then foreigners because -> Koreans practising much more and harder because -> The game has such a high skill ceiling that you can never practice enough because -> The game is so demanding because -> Thats what Blizzard wants... The game is hard by design. So blizzard wants a hard game but they want foreigners to be good at it. Does anybody else also see a problem with this? I bet if the game was much easier to play you would see much more foreigners at the top. But would that be a good thing? | ||
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Ej_
47656 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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Ctesias
4595 Posts
If Koreans are pretty much barred from playing in international tournaments I see absolutely no reason to watch those tournaments. Do reconsider. | ||
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Djentleman
8 Posts
The top eight players from WCS Global and the top eight from the WCS circuit will go on to make the final sixteen that compete at the WCS Finals at Blizzard’s annual convention, Blizzcon. Are you fucking serious?!? So we have 8 players who have a shot of winning, and 8 players beeing 3-0'd in Ro16. Man, most interesting Ro16 EVER! -.- I can't believe Blizzard is that stupid... gz to sOs for beeing the last world champion who matters. :D (if you don't believe it: Look at Lilbow, we send our best foreigner and he got eliminated by a Speedling all-in, a 10pool and a 6pool... A 6pool wasn't even a good build in HotS) | ||
munch
Mute City2363 Posts
On December 12 2015 17:15 Zealously wrote: Well that's a good way to potentially shoot down my interest Hey, it's not like you're the one who's gonna have to write about them  | ||
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Traz
Netherlands23 Posts
With the exception of a few, I have found the majority of Korean players to be colorless personalities. So when it comes to that, I would love to see these changes happen. I have no idea what more foreigners towards the last rounds of tournaments would do to the viewership of those tournaments. My gut feeling tells me the majority of viewers rather sees foreigners play towards the end of a tournament instead of a near exclusive Korean player pool from the Ro16 and onwards. More viewers makes sponsorships more interesting, which bring more money into the SC2 ecosystem. Having more prize money available to foreigners in general could lower the threshold to sustain themselfs to stay in Korea for longer periods of time, maybe even making it into one of the big tournaments. Having an equal share of foreigners and Koreans in the top 16 players of the world is unlikely to ever happen, but this approach might enable a few to get closer to the top. | ||
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