EPTAlso, I really really hope that IEM stays international. I'm gonna be seriously disappointed if it gets locked. Carmac is very mysterious about it.
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Not sure how I feel about it all.
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[16thSq] Kuro
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Also, I really really hope that IEM stays international. I'm gonna be seriously disappointed if it gets locked. Carmac is very mysterious about it. + Show Spoiler + Not sure how I feel about it all. | ||
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jcairne
United States127 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:13 stuchiu wrote: No they cant, 5 weeks of travel per year, that isnt long enough for a season. In theory this restriction should only apply to non-citizens with residency(polt, hydra, jaedong) | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:13 stuchiu wrote: No they cant, 5 weeks of travel per year, that isnt long enough for a season. "Participants may only travel for non-competitive reasons 5 weeks per WCS competitive year outside of their WCS region" GSL/SSL are competitive I dare say  . | ||
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TheDougler
Canada8304 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:12 sharkie wrote: their wording, calling it "the only time foreigners and Koreans will meet each other before the global finals" implies that these events will be something special and unique That's fair. I interpreted it as hammering in their main point: that region locked WCS Circuit MEANS region locked WCS Circuit (as opposed to the soft-locked WCS they've had the last two years). But I can see it your way too. I guess we'll wait and see. | ||
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Diabolique
Czech Republic5118 Posts
So the only negative point will be that BlizzCon will not be anymore the tournament with the best players. It will be a tournament with 4 best world's players, 4 winners of Korean tournaments (who do not need to be necessarily the best players, maybe one or two of them), 2 good foreigners and 6 losers. | ||
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Alucen-Will-
United States4054 Posts
You want to provide financial incentive for players to compete. The issue with the Korean leagues has simply been a lack of ability to make meaningful salaries and therefore justify the time investment. The same goes for foreigners; it's easy to blame foreign regions for a lack of talent but that lack of skill in part derives from the ability to justify spending a large portion of your short life to playing a video game competitively. Korea has money for the top, but only the top which makes it a double edged sword. The rest of the world just crumbles for the most part | ||
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:16 Diabolique wrote: So the only negative point will be that BlizzCon will not be anymore the tournament with the best players. Blizzcon getting together the objectively 16 best players in the world at the time was mostly a dream anyway. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:16 Diabolique wrote: IF DHs and IEMs are the Global WCS Events, granting WCS points, they could still be awesome great tournaments. Then, the WCS Circuit events could be something new. So the only negative point will be that BlizzCon will not be anymore the tournament with the best players. It will be a tournament with 4 best world's players, 4 winners of Korean tournaments (who do not need to be necessarily the best players, maybe one or two of them), 2 good foreigners and 6 losers. actually the 4 winners are the 4 best world's players and the other 4 Koreans are the ones who were able to attend the most global events... (Parting, MC style) | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Can somebody tell me if JD will be able to play in WCS easy mode? | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:13 stuchiu wrote: No they cant, 5 weeks of travel per year, that isnt long enough for a season. 5 weeks of non-competitive travel aka vacation. It seems traveling to GSL doesn't count to this? | ||
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:17 The_Red_Viper wrote: One thing is sure, a lot of koreans will decide to retire. Can somebody tell me if JD will be able to play in WCS easy mode? He got a visa to play in WCS Premier this year so he should be eligible. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:18 Elentos wrote: He got a visa to play in WCS Premier this year so he should be eligible. but JD travels way more than 5 weeks a year | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:19 sharkie wrote: but JD travels way more than 5 weeks a year He simply won't. The end. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:19 sharkie wrote: but JD travels way more than 5 weeks a year he'll either have to stay in NA for most of the year or go back to korea/retire then. | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
WCS Circuit system doesn't really give you much freedom... | ||
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:19 sharkie wrote: but JD travels way more than 5 weeks a year He's a professional tourist, he travels for competitive reasons  | ||
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Diabolique
Czech Republic5118 Posts
On December 18 2015 07:17 sharkie wrote: actually the 4 winners are the 4 best world's players and the other 4 Koreans are the ones who were able to attend the most global events... (Parting, MC style) No, they are not necessarily. You can win one season of the Korean league and not be the best performing player consistently. I am just sorry for someone great, who ended up second all the time. Because in the new system, he will probably not participate in BlizzCon. | ||
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kell234
Russian Federation44 Posts
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