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PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1385 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-17 21:36:41
December 17 2015 21:36 GMT
#41
Glad blizzard is on top of the balance, so we will have the best players in the few korean events. Oh wait, SSL season 1 already filled.....
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s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
December 17 2015 21:36 GMT
#42
Ladder Requirements
Participants are required to play all tournament and ladder games required of them from the country listed on the account during the tournament season
Participants are required to win 100 ladder games per month in their home region

Dissapointed no more emphasis was put into ladder play
I am not good with quotes
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
December 17 2015 21:36 GMT
#43
Ro32 single elimination for WCS Championship Circuit seems really bad.

Overall more money for WCS, so that's good.

I hope they really enforce their residency rules.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
SharpFlex
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany23 Posts
December 17 2015 21:37 GMT
#44
Poor $o$ he´ll get 2nd in Global Finals everytime now...
pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
December 17 2015 21:37 GMT
#45
On December 18 2015 06:34 Ansibled wrote:
Only 2 seasons of GSL/SSL

SSL vs GSL is cool though.


SSL vs GSL = two Bo7 (?) series over the course of the entire year, so... maybe two hours of SC2 content?

If the same player doesn't win GSL and SSL in which case he can't possibly play against himself?

Lol. So hype.
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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
December 17 2015 21:37 GMT
#46
Also, pleas ALL READ THIS:

http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/2016-wcs-details-and-requirements

It is detailed here what is the eligibility for playing in WCS Welfare. Things to note:
- there is still an exception for people who "can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013" (even though it's hard to imagine someone is staying that long somewhere and does not have a visa that qualifies him anyway)
- being a progamer is now full-time slavery, where you can't leave your home region for more than 5 weeks in a year.
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
December 17 2015 21:37 GMT
#47
On December 18 2015 06:34 Lgnarrow wrote:
Wait, can koreans play in this Circuit WCS ?

If they meet the conditions
http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/2016-wcs-details-and-requirements
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-17 21:39:22
December 17 2015 21:38 GMT
#48
On December 18 2015 06:34 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 06:33 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Dammit, Blizzard.
You had the chance to abort this and didn't care.

;/

Did they though? You think any sponsor will agree with them cancelling this last second?


But will tournament organizers agree with them, that's the thing.
Like, it's not 2000, people want the competition, even if they want their hometown heroes to strive. And not many Koreans will sign up to this slavery of Blizzard controlling you for the whole year.

Given we don't have too many tournament orgs nowdays (basically IEM/DH and DH already has CS:GO as a primary game).
Still suxlol.

At least they didn't give WCS points to Proleague, thank God.
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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 17 2015 21:38 GMT
#49
Huh not sure what to think about this.
In general i kinda like the format with bigger events, etc

BUT i dislike it being foreigner only, haha. I also don't see how this helps foreigners who aren't already on some team. Newcomers simply cannot travel to these events, no?

Only 2 GSL/SSL tournaments sucks too. Crossover tourny is nice, but on the other hand it also makes GSL/SSL count less.
"HEY Byul won that SSL and soO that GSL!!! Well Byun won the crossover " meh

I guess it is what it is :/
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
December 17 2015 21:38 GMT
#50
On December 18 2015 06:37 SharpFlex wrote:
Poor $o$ he´ll get 2nd in Global Finals everytime now...

sOs has never been one for big Starleague results. He might never make Blizzcon again.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
December 17 2015 21:38 GMT
#51
On December 18 2015 06:37 SharpFlex wrote:
Poor $o$ he´ll get 2nd in Global Finals everytime now...

I fear that in this system sOs won't qualify. Only top8 players will qualify... 4 of them being champions. I cannot see sOs qualifying. I AM SO DAMN SAD NOW!
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
December 17 2015 21:38 GMT
#52
On December 18 2015 06:36 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 06:34 Ansibled wrote:
Only 2 seasons of GSL/SSL

SSL vs GSL is cool though.

I'll bet my ass that KeSPA Cup will return and there will be more Korean events.

Really hope so.
Hello
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18615 Posts
December 17 2015 21:39 GMT
#53
On December 18 2015 06:37 SharpFlex wrote:
Poor $o$ he´ll get 2nd in Global Finals everytime now...


He won't even get into blizzcon with this format..
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
December 17 2015 21:39 GMT
#54
Downsizing GSL and SSL is the opposite of what they should be doing if they are region-locking foreign tournaments... Huge disappointment for me. So Parting missed the SSL qualifiers, and now he can only play in 3 more tournaments this year (4 if he makes WCS finals I guess)? Hopefully we'll still have some Kespa Cups and random Chinese tournaments :/.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
December 17 2015 21:39 GMT
#55
On December 18 2015 06:38 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 06:34 Elentos wrote:
On December 18 2015 06:33 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Dammit, Blizzard.
You had the chance to abort this and didn't care.

;/

Did they though? You think any sponsor will agree with them cancelling this last second?


But will tournament organizers agree with them, that's the thing.
Like, it's not 2000, people want the competition, even if they want their hometown heroes to strive.

Given we don't have too many tournament orgs nowdays (basically IEM/DH and DH already has CS:GO as a primary game).
Still suxlol.

At least they didn't give WCS points to Proleague, thank God.

Well, they explicitly mention partnership with ESL and Dreamhack, so take your guess what the organizers think.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Zetter
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany629 Posts
December 17 2015 21:40 GMT
#56
Now I'm very interested in which weekend tournaments will be WCS Global events and which will be WCS circuit events.
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pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
December 17 2015 21:40 GMT
#57
On December 18 2015 06:38 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
At least they didn't give WCS points to Proleague, thank God.


As I said before, it literally doesn't matter what changes they make to WCS points in Korea, because Koreans are only being compared against other Koreans. It matters for individual players, but for the region as a whole, they're going to have the exact same amount of representation regardless of how well anyone performs.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
December 17 2015 21:41 GMT
#58
On December 18 2015 06:39 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 06:38 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
On December 18 2015 06:34 Elentos wrote:
On December 18 2015 06:33 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Dammit, Blizzard.
You had the chance to abort this and didn't care.

;/

Did they though? You think any sponsor will agree with them cancelling this last second?


But will tournament organizers agree with them, that's the thing.
Like, it's not 2000, people want the competition, even if they want their hometown heroes to strive.

Given we don't have too many tournament orgs nowdays (basically IEM/DH and DH already has CS:GO as a primary game).
Still suxlol.

At least they didn't give WCS points to Proleague, thank God.

Well, they explicitly mention partnership with ESL and Dreamhack, so take your guess what the organizers think.


On the other hand, you know what.
People might actually shut up about "region lock" being mandatory after this year. :p

So let's go.
LiquidLegends StaffFPL 25 #1 | tfw I cast games on-air | back-to-back Liquibet winner
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
December 17 2015 21:41 GMT
#59
So it was true. No more IEMs, no more DHs, bye bye tournaments ...
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 17 2015 21:41 GMT
#60
On December 18 2015 06:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 06:38 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
At least they didn't give WCS points to Proleague, thank God.


As I said before, it literally doesn't matter what changes they make to WCS points in Korea, because Koreans are only being compared against other Koreans. It matters for individual players, but for the region as a whole, they're going to have the exact same amount of representation regardless of how well anyone performs.

It matters for koreans who don't play in proleague
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