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Blizzard Reportedly Radically Overhauling WCS - Page 3

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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:41:43
December 11 2015 23:39 GMT
#41
Why couldn't they just make a system and stay with it anyway? Every year this same waiting period where peoples livelyhoods depend on. Harstem commented he couldn't stay in Korea longer because he had no idea when WCS would start. Makes me so sad that after years Blizzard still hasnt found a course yet for WCS.

Still can't believe they would kill the WCS leagues after stating they'd support LotV long after shelf sales. Especially after the super positive community event where they invited everyone to their HQ and everyone left happy there knowing SC2 would be good in the future.
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pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
December 11 2015 23:40 GMT
#42
On December 12 2015 08:36 Popkiller wrote:
"In addition, at Blizzcon, the WCS Global players and WCS Circuit players will be segregated into their own half-brackets..."


WAIT WHAT?

Fucking lol!!! Welfare circuit into welfare finals confirmed.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
December 11 2015 23:40 GMT
#43
Without further information this sounds a bit scary for Korean participation abroad.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13994 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:42:44
December 11 2015 23:40 GMT
#44
How incredibly stupid, what the actual fuck.

look at how Naniwa and Lilbow did in WCS in previous year, you keep fucking saying Blizzcon is the best 16 players of the year, but you are going to have 8 foreigners? Seriously?
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55569 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:42:17
December 11 2015 23:41 GMT
#45
So to recap -

No WCS Premier

Only Koreans with visa (Polt, Hydra, etc) at IEM-style tournaments

Everyone not playing Proleague is royally fucked on practice

Somehow this qualifies 16 players for Blizzcon

If this is true, it's the dumbest thing they've done since the inception of WCS.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
December 11 2015 23:41 GMT
#46
Congrats the best foreigners from 2010 to 2015, you won foreigner SC2 since no one else going forward will get the chance to match your achievements.
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
December 11 2015 23:41 GMT
#47
On December 12 2015 08:39 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Why couldn't they just make a system and stay with it anyway? Every year this same waiting period where peoples livelyhoods depend on. Harstem commented he couldn't stay in Korea longer because he had no idea when WCS would start. Makes me so sad that after years Blizzard still hasnt found a course yet for WCS.

Still can't believe they would kill the WCS leagues after stating they'd support LotV long after shelf sales

Well, they're still annoying tournament organizers with a WCS system. That's "support", no?
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Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
December 11 2015 23:41 GMT
#48
On December 12 2015 08:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2015 08:36 Popkiller wrote:
"In addition, at Blizzcon, the WCS Global players and WCS Circuit players will be segregated into their own half-brackets..."


WAIT WHAT?

Fucking lol!!! Welfare circuit into welfare finals confirmed.

that was not part of the article it was just a joke
The Bomber boy
JabuSeika
Profile Joined February 2014
United States607 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:43:55
December 11 2015 23:42 GMT
#49
On December 12 2015 08:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2015 08:36 Popkiller wrote:
"In addition, at Blizzcon, the WCS Global players and WCS Circuit players will be segregated into their own half-brackets..."


WAIT WHAT?

Fucking lol!!! Welfare circuit into welfare finals confirmed.


Polt must be happy.
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
December 11 2015 23:43 GMT
#50
If that means no koreans in IEM and DH then i won't be bothering to tune into those anymore. This is gonna kill off a lot of my sc2 watching if true.
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
December 11 2015 23:44 GMT
#51
On December 12 2015 08:41 Wintex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2015 08:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
On December 12 2015 08:36 Popkiller wrote:
"In addition, at Blizzcon, the WCS Global players and WCS Circuit players will be segregated into their own half-brackets..."


WAIT WHAT?

Fucking lol!!! Welfare circuit into welfare finals confirmed.

that was not part of the article it was just a joke

Wouldn't surprise me if that'd be true though, how else are they gonna manage not to have foreigners eliminated in the Ro16? Only way to have maximum fake hype is to have the finals of BlizzCon be the "World's champion" vs "Korea's champion"
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Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
December 11 2015 23:44 GMT
#52
On December 12 2015 08:41 stuchiu wrote:
Congrats the best foreigners from 2010 to 2015, you won foreigner SC2 since no one else going forward will get the chance to match your achievements.

you mean congrats stephano
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
December 11 2015 23:44 GMT
#53
On December 12 2015 08:41 Wintex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2015 08:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
On December 12 2015 08:36 Popkiller wrote:
"In addition, at Blizzcon, the WCS Global players and WCS Circuit players will be segregated into their own half-brackets..."


WAIT WHAT?

Fucking lol!!! Welfare circuit into welfare finals confirmed.

that was not part of the article it was just a joke


OK so just welfare circuit into welfare ro16.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55569 Posts
December 11 2015 23:45 GMT
#54
I hope to god this turns out to be false (though I'm pretty convinced most of it is true). Well, at least Korea still lets foreigners play in their leagues.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:45:23
December 11 2015 23:45 GMT
#55
I actually really liked the WCS system that we already had, maybe it was a bit flawed but I thought it was a good circuit while still having a 'main' tournament.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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achan1058
Profile Joined February 2012
1091 Posts
December 11 2015 23:45 GMT
#56
So, I have only started watching SC2 again after rage quitting on how they screwed up the eSF/KeSPA stuff back in the beginning of HotS. Now they introduce this? I shouldn't have come back after all.
BartCraft
Profile Joined March 2015
Netherlands45 Posts
December 11 2015 23:46 GMT
#57
Wow first they destroyed the foreign tournament infrastructure with wsc to abandon it a month after the release of the last expansion. They never stated anything about this change. This is how i know blizzard again.
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-11 23:48:49
December 11 2015 23:46 GMT
#58
On December 12 2015 08:45 Ansibled wrote:
I actually really liked the WCS system that we already had, maybe it was a bit flawed but I thought it was a good circuit while still having a 'main' tournament.


2013 WCS was so good.
It was like better version of S2 Riot circuit.

Funnily enough, I'd take 2016 version for LoL instead.
Because it could give us proper OGN, proper oldschool LPL, funny GPL and white guys roaming like they did in 2012 but without Azubu Blaze punching North America.

But eh, I don't think Blizzard will go on with it.
Like, no way you're doing it, tournament orgs will just drop WCS points and then Blizzcon will feature glorious showdown of Polt, Hydra + 6 against the best performers of Code S + SSL.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13994 Posts
December 11 2015 23:49 GMT
#59
So, we should just transfer all blizzcon hype to GSL and SSL finals, and pretend Blizzcon doesn't exist right? Because seriously, I'm not seeing much reason to watch weekend tournaments without Koreans.
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
December 11 2015 23:50 GMT
#60
On December 12 2015 08:49 Cricketer12 wrote:
So, we should just transfer all blizzcon hype to GSL and SSL finals, and pretend Blizzcon doesn't exist right? Because seriously, I'm not seeing much reason to watch weekend tournaments without Koreans.


Agreed. Blizzcon hype will be soooo dead if they go down this road.
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