EPTBlizzard Reportedly Radically Overhauling WCS - Page 7
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
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kinsky
Germany368 Posts
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:18 Cricketer12 wrote: I would like to hear CatZ give an extended response to this, I'm curious as to why he thinks this is a good idea. He's on NDA. | ||
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MiniFotToss
China2430 Posts
On December 12 2015 08:51 Elentos wrote: Meanwhile, in GSL... Where is Rain and PartinG??!! | ||
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Cricketer12
United States14000 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:18 ZAiNs wrote: I think it objectively had the most skillful line-up. I thought the quality of games in general were also the best, but that is beside the point. I think I can agree it prob had the best lineup, I didn't really feel like any of the series stood out (Rain v Polt, PartinG v sOs and most of the Cactus Valley games admittedly were good, but overall it was a very meh tournament) | ||
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Die4Ever
United States17744 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24239 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States14000 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:21 Die4Ever wrote: This would mean we get like at least 5 foreigners at Blizzcon? I don't like it. And wait, that also means the international tournaments won't have many Koreans? What would even be the point in watching...? As I understand it we getting 6-7 | ||
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:18 ZAiNs wrote: I think it objectively had the most skillful line-up. I thought the quality of games in general were also the best, but that is beside the point. I think the highest number of good matches was at BlizzCon 2014 but the best final was obviously sOs vs Life in 2015. | ||
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Hider
Denmark9447 Posts
On December 12 2015 08:55 Cricketer12 wrote: That's incredibly fucking stupid though, because doing so is to claim that more people are in favor of foreigners winning Koreanless tournaments than people who want to watch the highest quality of play. You can watch that in GSL/SSL. The difference there is that you actually get to watch the top A korean players vs each other instead of the second-best koreans facing each other. Other esports either have top players from all countries (Dota, CSGO) Dota is not comparable as the scene is much more even. And you have tons of CS:GO tournamnets where NA scene is effectively isolated from EU scene. Starcraft tournaments with increased price pool and no region lock would be all koreans from ro16 every time. | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:20 Cricketer12 wrote: I think I can agree it prob had the best lineup, I didn't really feel like any of the series stood out (Rain v Polt, PartinG v sOs and most of the Cactus Valley games admittedly were good, but overall it was a very meh tournament) mostly a terrible tournament saved by the finals. sOs vs Parting was good too. | ||
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Penev
28536 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:09 Doodsmack wrote: lol @ the exaggerations in this thread. You know you'll still be watching. My guess is Blizzard is cutting costs with running WCS Premier. I'm not sure I can blame them, from a business standpoint. People need to remember that Blizzard is basically running a charity with any support of SC2 esports (unless you argue it's for marketing purposes). They clearly do not make money from it. They have been propping up GSL from the very beginning, by the way. Kinda. well, the rumor is that ESL wanted out for financial reasons | ||
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Die4Ever
United States17744 Posts
Polt, Hydra, and violet have visas, so we might only get 5 foreigners. Too many either way. | ||
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HeroMystic
United States1217 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:17 Ontolog wrote: I thought having top Korean pros play in regions outside of Korea was raising the level of play in those regions. In fact I thought Blizzard made that happen on purpose for that very reason but I guess not. And I don't understand why its a problem for 1 country to be dominant at a sport anyway. If they are the best then they should be at the top. Not really feelings this move. I had the same thought, but personally I can only see this as a business move. Not allowing Koreans to travel to foreign tournaments is all around a bad move IMO. Unfortunately, I obviously can't read their minds. Hopefully they can give an explanation later on. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Die4ever is assuming Polt/Hydra/one more (maybe Stardust or DRG?) take 3 spots. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:22 Boucot wrote: I think the highest number of good matches was at BlizzCon 2014 but the best final was obviously sOs vs Life in 2015. best story was in 2013, but it was never told. RIP duckdeok. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States14000 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:24 Die4Ever wrote: Polt, Hydra, and violet have visas, so we might only get 5 foreigners. Too many either way. forgot about Hydra, but yea still too many wasted spots | ||
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Matte3D
Sweden26 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17744 Posts
On December 12 2015 09:24 stuchiu wrote: Die4ever is assuming Polt/Hydra/one more (maybe Stardust or DRG?) take 3 spots. Violet was my other, which is why I said at least 5, but probably 6, probably not 7 or 8 | ||
Nakajin
Canada8990 Posts
For the Korean scene I feel like it is ok if Blizz give some compensation in prize pool, there is still 2 league and pro league to so there is still opportunity for them to play. The lock will of course affect the level of play at foreign event but most of these event were pretty much 2 or 3 Korean destroying every one else, only some IEM and mabye a Dreamhack late in the year had a lot of Korean attending, it still suck for them but if it allow the foreign scene to survive I guess it is worth it. The blizzcon thing is stupid as shit, it already was probably not all the best player who were represented and now half of them will just be destroyed, if they want to have more diversity at Blizzcon they should at least have more player to give more Korean the chance to play there. | ||
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