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I look at this as good news.
Eventually the foreigner scene will die off because people will wake up and know the fraud that a lot of the top foreigner players really are. This glass floor will expose them, viewership will drop off and the scene will die .
Eventually Starcarft will return to its native home which is Korea. The fact is the real players are all based there. Its the most skillful and competitive environment.
As long as the events in Korea arnt firewalled off i will be happy
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On December 12 2015 18:28 Topdoller wrote: I look at this as good news.
Eventually the foreigner scene will die off because people will wake up and know the fraud that a lot of the top foreigner players really are. This glass floor will expose them, viewership will drop off and the scene will die .
Eventually Starcarft will return to its native home which is Korea. The fact is the real players are all based there. Its the most skillful and competitive environment.
As long as the events in Korea arnt firewalled off i will be happy
This is prolly best case scenario for ppl who like watching high quality sc2.
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On December 12 2015 18:30 Valhalla44 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2015 18:28 Topdoller wrote: I look at this as good news.
Eventually the foreigner scene will die off because people will wake up and know the fraud that a lot of the top foreigner players really are. This glass floor will expose them, viewership will drop off and the scene will die .
Eventually Starcarft will return to its native home which is Korea. The fact is the real players are all based there. Its the most skillful and competitive environment.
As long as the events in Korea arnt firewalled off i will be happy This is prolly best case scenario for ppl who like watching high quality sc2.
But the worst thing for Starcraft as a played game.
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On December 12 2015 17:26 Sissors wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Football is a "Tribal" sport. 95% people support their hometown club. This support is passed on from Parent to Child. You are basically indoctrinated into supporting them
I support Newcastle United(my hometown club). They have been shit for the last 10+ years yet i still watch them, and i have no choice in the matter. I dont watch any other english team apart from them.
If i want to watch a high quality game i tune into Barca\Real\ Byern etc In order to appreciate the game for its skill & technical ability
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On December 12 2015 18:34 Legobiten wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2015 18:30 Valhalla44 wrote:On December 12 2015 18:28 Topdoller wrote: I look at this as good news.
Eventually the foreigner scene will die off because people will wake up and know the fraud that a lot of the top foreigner players really are. This glass floor will expose them, viewership will drop off and the scene will die .
Eventually Starcarft will return to its native home which is Korea. The fact is the real players are all based there. Its the most skillful and competitive environment.
As long as the events in Korea arnt firewalled off i will be happy This is prolly best case scenario for ppl who like watching high quality sc2. But the worst thing for Starcraft as a played game.
The game is really horrible gameplay wise thanks to all the BS has been thrown at since BETA.
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If you read the whole article, it also mentions that Take refused to kick out Koreans from HSC and thus he dropped from giving WCS points. Which in my opinion increases the legitimacy of the information, because afaik HSC was supposed to give points and then it suddenly changed and this would be a plausible explanation.
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I totally disagree, as well. Now there is almost no more possibilty to compare the best Players in the world.
I still hope that could be a joke or so...
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On December 12 2015 18:37 Topdoller wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2015 17:26 Sissors wrote: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. Football is a "Tribal" sport. 95% people support their hometown club. This support is passed on from Parent to Child. You are basically indoctrinated into supporting them I support Newcastle United(my hometown club). They have been shit for the last 10+ years yet i still watch them, and i have no choice in the matter. I dont watch any other english team apart from them. If i want to watch a high quality game i tune into Barca\Real\ Byern etc In order to appreciate the game for its skill & technical ability
But Newcastle doesn't go to Champions league just because UEFA gives 8/16 spots to bad teams like in this case.
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On December 12 2015 18:45 opisska wrote: If you read the whole article, it also mentions that Take refused to kick out Koreans from HSC and thus he dropped from giving WCS points. Which in my opinion increases the legitimacy of the information, because afaik HSC was supposed to give points and then it suddenly changed and this would be a plausible explanation.
It also lines up with "ESL does not want to host WCS anymore" rumor. I mean, ESL will be hosting IEM, but Intel is the one that decides what to host on their tournament (... Right?).
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In league of legends Korea is by far the best nation, but they only get 3/16 spot . 8/16 is OK. Korea may be strong contry, but just a small Asia country.
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Blizzcon would be pretty funny with this format. Foreigners who probably never palyed the koreans getting shrekt in the first round, so much hype...
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I really hope this is a joke! .. this would kill everything.
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On December 12 2015 18:58 Horiken wrote: In league of legends Korea is by far the best nation, but they only get 3/16 spot . 8/16 is OK. Korea may be strong contry, but just a small Asia country.
I don`t get it. So what`s your point? A tourney should be quartered by nation`s size, not by one`s performance?
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On December 12 2015 18:45 opisska wrote: If you read the whole article, it also mentions that Take refused to kick out Koreans from HSC and thus he dropped from giving WCS points. Which in my opinion increases the legitimacy of the information, because afaik HSC was supposed to give points and then it suddenly changed and this would be a plausible explanation.
I don't understand how they were going to justify that in the first place. I thought there was meant to be a minimum percentage of qualified players for it to possibly receive WCS points in the first place. HSC is almost entirely invites.
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On December 12 2015 17:40 Scarecrow wrote: WCS Circuit views are going to be pitiful if it doesn't have top tier competition. Nothing really surprises me from Blizz anymore, their mishandling of SC2 has been very consistent.
Have to agree with you there, Blizzard has been consistently disappointing with their handling of SC2 for quite some time now. I just hope this really isn't true or my interest will be greatly diminished, once again.
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On December 12 2015 10:13 Alucen-Will- wrote: How is it that Richard Lewis ended up being a columnist for Breitbart.
Are you even surprised? I'm more in a loss for words seeing a Breitbart article featured on TL, honestly.
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We have gone a full circle now, from "Koreans taking all of our monies" to "Bring back best sc2 back".
I just hope they implement the ladder in the overall process.
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Well if this is true I guess I won't be watching any IEMs etc. anymore aswell as not watch Blizzcon until the ro8 where all foreigners will have been knocked out...
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The effects of lilbow tarnishing people's perception of foreigners are still apparent.
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