|
![[image loading]](http://sc2.nos.netease.com/images/2015/12/18/6a0de07e4677e57f2f6d7c6155254609) Source(In Chinese): http://sc2.blizzard.cn/articles/1001/75106Location: Shanghai, China Date: March 21st ~ 26th + All-star match on March 27th Prize Pool：50,000 $ + 5,000 WCS Points With 16 players:
- 4 invites
- 4 players from offline qualifiers
- 8 players from online qualifiers:
- 2 slots for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- 2 slots for North America (USA and Canada).
- 1 slot for Latin America.
- 1 slot for China.
- 1 slot for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan.
- 1 slot for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
On February 04 2016 21:58 digmouse wrote:
Schedule:
March 21st - 24th: Group play (GSL style)
March 25 and 26th: Playoffs
March 27th: Special events.
|
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event.
|
Do the winners of the all-star match also get prize money? This is probably gonna run at near unwatchable times for me anyway 
|
On February 04 2016 21:05 Elentos wrote:
Do the winners of the all-star match also get prize money?
They did not mention this in the original post, but I assume it will have a separate prize money from the main event OR the players will be paid to come to Shanghai and play it as a show match.
|
This is nice. Hopefully more events will future small invite "all-star" tournaments like this. I also hope that the all-star event has another $5.000-10.000 prizepool.
|
China6331 Posts
The offline qualifier is open to all wcs circuit eligible players, not just Chinese players. The tournament is also part of the GPL brand, full title is Gold Series International 2016.
On phone atm, will post what other things I know (and can say ofc) later.
|
On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event.
Saves them time since they need to roflstomp less players
|
Nice, should be fun.
But I'm still waiting for the first WCS Global event to be announced :/.
|
On February 04 2016 21:38 Musicus wrote:
Nice, should be fun.
But I'm still waiting for the first WCS Global event to be announced :/.
Come on, don't make any jokes! There is no WCS Global event! As Homestory cup will not grant any WCS points and will not have 50k prize pool.
EDIT: but I like the idea that they will have some great successful international winner and then they will let him be beaten in a showmatch like Lilbow - Life.
|
On February 04 2016 21:42 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:38 Musicus wrote:
Nice, should be fun.
But I'm still waiting for the first WCS Global event to be announced :/. Come on, don't make any jokes! There is no WCS Global event! As Homestory cup will not grant any WCS points and will not have 50k prize pool. EDIT: but I like the idea that they will have some great successful international winner and then they will let him be beaten in a showmatch like Lilbow - Life.
You heard him? Jump the ship!
Somehow it feels to me that there is no structure yet at all to the entire Circuit system, I doubt that these events will be the same next year and I think that's what is required from the system to be truly of equal opportunities as Blizzard + partners wanted.
|
|
|
"1 slot for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan."
Keen.
|
wow im really really excited for this tournamnet
|
China6331 Posts
Schedule:
March 21st - 24th: Group play (GSL style)
March 25 and 26th: Playoffs
March 27th: Special events.
|
Actually this looks pretty great but I don't like travelling to Asia :D
|
Has is gonna cheese into victory
|
On February 04 2016 21:58 Nerchio wrote:
Actually this looks pretty great but I don't like travelling to Asia :D
Lazy Artur ^^
|
On February 04 2016 21:46 aQuaSC wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:42 Diabolique wrote:On February 04 2016 21:38 Musicus wrote:
Nice, should be fun.
But I'm still waiting for the first WCS Global event to be announced :/. Come on, don't make any jokes! There is no WCS Global event! As Homestory cup will not grant any WCS points and will not have 50k prize pool. EDIT: but I like the idea that they will have some great successful international winner and then they will let him be beaten in a showmatch like Lilbow - Life. You heard him? Jump the ship! Somehow it feels to me that there is no structure yet at all to the entire Circuit system, I doubt that these events will be the same next year and I think that's what is required from the system to be truly of equal opportunities as Blizzard + partners wanted.
There is a clear structure: Checklist: Did you ban all Koreans? Yes? OK, here are the money to support your welfare tournament.
|
sry, no koreans, not watching...
|
On February 04 2016 22:13 MorDka wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:58 Nerchio wrote:
Actually this looks pretty great but I don't like travelling to Asia :D Lazy Artur ^^
seriously, pls go Nerchio -.-
|
On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event.
Global events are almost impossible to do, would have been a huge surprise.
|
On February 04 2016 22:31 sAsImre wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event. Global events are almost impossible to do, would have been a huge surprise.
As Blizzard "stole" IEM into the Welfare circuit, there is nobody else big enough to organize a Global event. And only Denis Take has the balls to refuse the money and WCS points and organize a tournament with Koreans at Homestory cup, Unfortunately, Homestory cup is the only tournament, where I would not mind to see foreigners only as the quality of the game is not the primary thing to watch ..
|
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality  . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans.
|
On February 04 2016 21:58 Nerchio wrote:
Actually this looks pretty great but I don't like travelling to Asia :D
Change your mind plz, win that tournament and $16k ez pz.
|
On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:Show nested quote +
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans.
Haha, yeah that's actually pretty funny .
|
On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:Show nested quote +
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans.
But that is a great marketing move. Everybody will be interested in it :-) Only instead of Life - Lilbow in 30 minutes, we will see aLive - Nerchio in 25 minutes :-)
|
On February 04 2016 22:45 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans. But that is a great marketing move. Everybody will be interested in it :-) Only instead of Life - Lilbow in 30 minutes, we will see aLive - Nerchio in 25 minutes :-)
Yup, 3 times roach or overlord all ins and gg
|
On February 04 2016 22:54 Nerchio wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:45 Diabolique wrote:On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans. But that is a great marketing move. Everybody will be interested in it :-) Only instead of Life - Lilbow in 30 minutes, we will see aLive - Nerchio in 25 minutes :-) Yup, 3 times roach or overlord all ins and gg
No! You may not gg after a failed roach all in! You need to keep something at home to try to stay in the game longer! :-)
|
On February 04 2016 22:54 Nerchio wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:45 Diabolique wrote:On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans. But that is a great marketing move. Everybody will be interested in it :-) Only instead of Life - Lilbow in 30 minutes, we will see aLive - Nerchio in 25 minutes :-) Yup, 3 times roach or overlord all ins and gg
I see this as confirmation that you will go  .
|
On February 04 2016 22:45 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:42 SmykuToronto wrote:
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
What a nice way to remind foreigners of their mortality . Poor guy works his ass off to place high in tourney so he can be shat on by Koreans. But that is a great marketing move. Everybody will be interested in it :-) Only instead of Life - Lilbow in 30 minutes, we will see aLive - Nerchio in 25 minutes :-)
Who is aLive ?
16 men tournament for an entire week... That's interesting.
|
On February 04 2016 22:40 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:31 sAsImre wrote:On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event. Global events are almost impossible to do, would have been a huge surprise. As Blizzard "stole" IEM into the Welfare circuit, there is nobody else big enough to organize a Global event. And only Denis Take has the balls to refuse the money and WCS points and organize a tournament with Koreans at Homestory cup, Unfortunately, Homestory cup is the only tournament, where I would not mind to see foreigners only as the quality of the game is not the primary thing to watch ..
DH Winter isn't in the WCS season, maybe some redbull stuff too if they're involved. The point is that WCS Circuit events are really nice for organizers so it's hard to do a global or a non wcs event.
|
On February 04 2016 23:07 sAsImre wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:40 Diabolique wrote:On February 04 2016 22:31 sAsImre wrote:On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event. Global events are almost impossible to do, would have been a huge surprise. As Blizzard "stole" IEM into the Welfare circuit, there is nobody else big enough to organize a Global event. And only Denis Take has the balls to refuse the money and WCS points and organize a tournament with Koreans at Homestory cup, Unfortunately, Homestory cup is the only tournament, where I would not mind to see foreigners only as the quality of the game is not the primary thing to watch .. DH Winter isn't in the WCS season, maybe some redbull stuff too if they're involved. The point is that WCS Circuit events are really nice for organizers so it's hard to do a global or a non wcs event.
DH is too small. IEM was always much larger, so when no IEM for Koreans, then also no DH for Koreans. RedBull ... I am somehow internally dreaming that they might do ONE global event. But I do not see it that realistic, more I can imagine someone like MSI to forget any WCS points and just do an event for both Koreans and foreigners without any WCS points, I really hope. But WCS global event? There will be none ...
|
Why aren't there any National Qualifiers like it was for the Winter Circuit Championship??
|
On February 04 2016 23:31 RingSC wrote:
Why aren't there any National Qualifiers like it was for the Winter Circuit Championship??
It's a smaller event so they don't have the same requirements. There is already 1 spot for China and I suppose that they'll get some other chinese players with the invites.
|
China6331 Posts
On February 04 2016 23:31 RingSC wrote:
Why aren't there any National Qualifiers like it was for the Winter Circuit Championship??
There is a Chinese qualifier, since China is both one of the WCS regions and the host country there isn't a need to do a separate one, plus the offline open qualifier is basically a Chinese qualifier as well.
|
Hey Shanghai, I live there and it goes for so many days I'll definitely go at least once to check this out maybe more depending on the invites
|
On February 04 2016 22:19 ShiroUtsuRi wrote:
sry, no koreans, not watching...
But there is Has. no ?
|
|
|
|
|
Wow koreans in the all star match. This is fucking blasphemous. Not enough region lock. Why wont Blizzard let non koreans win for a change. So unfair. We need more region lock boys.
|
All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China.
Oh how gracious of you. How kind
I hope KeSPA fucking boycotts this. I really do
|
Imo the koreans should only start with 6 workers. Its just not right for our boys to lose to non WCS players after winning/placing high in a prestige tournament like this.
+ Show Spoiler +10th letter of the greek alphabet
User was warned for this post
|
I think we should not bash the chinese here for the WCS system. After all, they are kinda fighting the system on their own by giving us a showmatch with Koreans in it and possibly giving them money.
|
Only 16 players?
So the invited player are in the money and points without doing anything?
|
China6331 Posts
On February 05 2016 02:10 Clonester wrote:
Only 16 players?
So the invited player are in the money and points without doing anything?
There is already a WCS rule that invited players must advance one round to receive WCS points.
|
So are they ever going to have a WCS global event? Is it too much to ask?
|
On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event.
Opposite for me, I don't wanna see koreans crush foreigners all day long so this is imho a good mixup. If this happens regularly we will be able to see if the foreign scene is able to improve (or the koreans are able to decline )
|
On February 05 2016 02:34 Jodder wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event. Opposite for me, I don't wanna see koreans crush foreigners all day long so this is imho a good mixup. If this happens regularly we will be able to see if the foreign scene is able to improve (or the koreans are able to decline )
Yes, but we have enough wcs circuit events right now(dreamhack, iem), surely you won't mind one wcs global event in midst of all this?
|
How much are the Koreans getting pay? For showing up and/or tournament prize money?
|
On February 05 2016 02:34 Jodder wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 21:04 AWalker9 wrote:
Kinda disappointed the Koreans only get to feature in an allstar match tbh, would have much preferred them being involved in the actual tournament and not a side event. Opposite for me, I don't wanna see koreans crush foreigners all day long so this is imho a good mixup. If this happens regularly we will be able to see if the foreign scene is able to improve (or the koreans are able to decline )
Don't you think it's more likely for foreigners to improve, when they face Koreans in tournaments regularly? There is no real other way to train against Koreans for Europeans, other than offline events, since the ping to KR server is terrible. I think the disparity between Koreans and foreigners will get even bigger with the new WCS system.
|
Australia18228 Posts
Is the official name "'WCS Circuit Shanghai"?
|
On February 05 2016 03:54 Inflicted wrote:
Is the official name "'WCS Circuit Shanghai"?
Should be "Gold Series International 2016".
|
China6331 Posts
On February 05 2016 03:54 Inflicted wrote:
Is the official name "'WCS Circuit Shanghai"?
Should be Gold Series International 2016, at least that is what I was told, no idea why it isn't mentioned in the press release, probably not finalized?
|
this is so funny to me. It's in China and anyone from any region can play... except the Koreans who are right next door.
|
On February 05 2016 04:37 Popkiller wrote:
this is so funny to me. It's in China and anyone from any region can play... except the Koreans who are right next door.
it would be just unfair they are too good. What's the point of having a tournament where some players are better than others?
Koreans should either start sucking or stay in korea.
|
I wonder who they are going to invite because in this system any invites besides Korean ones will be unfair. They can't invite Bly and PtitDrogo for DH finals because of "Rich get richer" and they shouldn't invite guys for no reason so they have bigger chances than the rest of us as well. Kind of worried about it.
|
Nice to see more tournaments but can´t shake the feeling of BS that koreans are not allowed in.
|
boring, not going to tune in
|
How do you want to develop the foreign scene with only 8 online qualifiers spots for a 50K$ tournament? ):
|
On February 05 2016 04:42 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 04:37 Popkiller wrote:
this is so funny to me. It's in China and anyone from any region can play... except the Koreans who are right next door. it would be just unfair they are too good. What's the point of having a tournament where some players are better than others? Koreans should either start sucking or stay in korea.
How about we allow Koreans to play, but with a disadvantage? Like, have the Korean's units have 70% health.
Hell we could even implement an ELO system, and the favored player would get a unit health malus depending on the difference between his ELO and his opponent's. Such genius !
|
On February 05 2016 04:44 Nerchio wrote:
I wonder who they are going to invite because in this system any invites besides Korean ones will be unfair. They can't invite Bly and PtitDrogo for DH finals because of "Rich get richer" and they shouldn't invite guys for no reason so they have bigger chances than the rest of us as well. Kind of worried about it.
they spent almost the entirety of WCS 2015 with the "rich get richer" method of inviting people
|
we could limit cs:go tournaments for AM teams only isn't that a great idea by the way?
|
On February 05 2016 04:44 Nerchio wrote:
I wonder who they are going to invite because in this system any invites besides Korean ones will be unfair. They can't invite Bly and PtitDrogo for DH finals because of "Rich get richer" and they shouldn't invite guys for no reason so they have bigger chances than the rest of us as well. Kind of worried about it.
Hmm, they dont have to invite chinese guys, because the offline quallifier will be most like only China and TW players.
When I have to guess: 2 top EU (or players who counted once to top EU) 1 CN, 1 Korean who is allowed to play in WCS.
So: Lilbow, Snute, Mystery, Hydra?
On February 05 2016 05:02 boxerfred wrote:we could limit cs:go tournaments for AM teams only isn't that a great idea by the way?
You mean, Turner E-League?
In CS:GO there is one difference: While EU has the best team, NA has by far more money at the moment.
|
Oh great, another tournament! But do people appreciate that? Noooo, salt salt salt and more salt. Seriously, you guys... 
|
On February 04 2016 22:19 ShiroUtsuRi wrote:
sry, no koreans, not watching...
Oh no, how will we cope with the loss ...
|
China6331 Posts
It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess
|
I bet the only WCS Global event will be Blizzcon itself.
|
On February 05 2016 05:23 Thax wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2016 22:19 ShiroUtsuRi wrote:
sry, no koreans, not watching... Oh no, how will we cope with the loss ...
Yeah, it will be a tough one. I sense sleepless nights coming up here.
|
On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess
Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country.
|
China6331 Posts
On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country.
Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events.
|
Belgium489 Posts
cool tournament !
Only 2 slots for EU is a joke.
|
On February 05 2016 05:43 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country. Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events.
If I was a Chinese player I'd be damn happy with the new system, since I wouldn't get screwed by the "Asia qualifiers" anymore (which were always won by Koreans).
So I don't get what your first comment comes from 
|
On February 05 2016 01:24 gingerfluffmuff wrote:Imo the koreans should only start with 6 workers. Its just not right for our boys to lose to non WCS players after winning/placing high in a prestige tournament like this. + Show Spoiler +10th letter of the greek alphabet
On February 05 2016 01:21 showstealer1829 wrote:Show nested quote +All-star match on March 27th will feature invited Korean players versus the top finishers from WCS China. Oh how gracious of you. How kind I hope KeSPA fucking boycotts this. I really do
On February 05 2016 01:16 Cricketer12 wrote:
Wow koreans in the all star match. This is fucking blasphemous. Not enough region lock. Why wont Blizzard let non koreans win for a change. So unfair. We need more region lock boys.
When I read these replies on the bus on the way home from work I burst into laughter. Well played all three of you
|
China6331 Posts
On February 05 2016 05:54 Silvana wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 05:43 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country. Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events. If I was a Chinese player I'd be damn happy with the new system, since I wouldn't get screwed by the "Asia qualifiers" anymore (which were always won by Koreans). So I don't get what your first comment comes from
The reactions I've seen since the announcement of the new WCS system have most been "it is good that Koreans will no longer be plowing all the money away", instead of "the Korean scene is fucked" or "it is a downgrade from the old system where Koreans can play vs foreigners", not in the sense of "we can actually qualify for something".
In fact if you look at the qualifiers of both DH Leipzig and WCS Winter, realistically the only spot(s) available to Chinese players is still the one Chinese qualifier, having to play on US servers to qualify is insanely hard for Chinese players due to lag. Actually this WCS Shanghai event is probably the only event Chinese players can play/qualify en masse.
|
I think, this will be a good tournament and the awesome thing is that we will be able to laugh about the winner being beaten by some second tier Korean after the tournament :-)
So for me, 100 points up compared to some standard DH or IEM. As with IEM, they are even liing to the public by saying "The best players will be playing at the World Championship in Katowice". The Chinese did it great with this showmatch after the tournament. Of course if they invite someone reasonable.
|
On February 05 2016 06:07 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 05:54 Silvana wrote:On February 05 2016 05:43 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country. Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events. If I was a Chinese player I'd be damn happy with the new system, since I wouldn't get screwed by the "Asia qualifiers" anymore (which were always won by Koreans). So I don't get what your first comment comes from The reactions I've seen since the announcement of the new WCS system have most been "it is good that Koreans will no longer be plowing all the money away", instead of "the Korean scene is fucked" or "it is a downgrade from the old system where Koreans can play vs foreigners", not in the sense of "we can actually qualify for something". .
all this shows is that chinese people are more selfish than europeans or americans.
|
On February 05 2016 06:18 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 06:07 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:54 Silvana wrote:On February 05 2016 05:43 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country. Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events. If I was a Chinese player I'd be damn happy with the new system, since I wouldn't get screwed by the "Asia qualifiers" anymore (which were always won by Koreans). So I don't get what your first comment comes from The reactions I've seen since the announcement of the new WCS system have most been "it is good that Koreans will no longer be plowing all the money away", instead of "the Korean scene is fucked" or "it is a downgrade from the old system where Koreans can play vs foreigners", not in the sense of "we can actually qualify for something". . all this shows is that chinese people are more selfish than europeans or americans.
I think selfish is probably the wrong word? It is not the "Chinese people" that will be earning any moneys, am I right? Selfish has to do with getting benefits for your self.
|
On February 05 2016 06:42 BaneRiders wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 06:18 Charoisaur wrote:On February 05 2016 06:07 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:54 Silvana wrote:On February 05 2016 05:43 digmouse wrote:On February 05 2016 05:34 Elentos wrote:On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess Why wouldn't the Chinese scene be excited? They have every reason to. The players now actually have a chance to qualify for Premier tournaments because they no longer have to share qualifying spots with Korea. Their favorite Chinese players have a better chance than ever to prove themselves outside of their country. Essentially it is the same gain as any non-Korean country: non-Korean players get more tournaments to play, more exposure and of course more money, it is just that China gets a bit more gains due to previous limits, but the difference in reaction is pretty glaring. We don't really see concern like "lowering the skill level of tournaments" or "no Korean no watch", in fact the viewership of DH Leipzig here is as high as last year's WCS global events. If I was a Chinese player I'd be damn happy with the new system, since I wouldn't get screwed by the "Asia qualifiers" anymore (which were always won by Koreans). So I don't get what your first comment comes from The reactions I've seen since the announcement of the new WCS system have most been "it is good that Koreans will no longer be plowing all the money away", instead of "the Korean scene is fucked" or "it is a downgrade from the old system where Koreans can play vs foreigners", not in the sense of "we can actually qualify for something". . all this shows is that chinese people are more selfish than europeans or americans. I think selfish is probably the wrong word? It is not the "Chinese people" that will be earning any moneys, am I right? Selfish has to do with getting benefits for your self.
but they want their players to do well and don't care about the korean scene so it's selfish^^
+ Show Spoiler +and it was a joke I don't think chinese people are really selfish
|
On February 05 2016 05:24 digmouse wrote:It is funny that the Chinese scene is pretty excited for the tournament and the new WCS system as a whole. We are shortsighted I guess
I think you benefit quite a lot from it and it's fair since the chinese scene is actually making progress
|
Ugh, disgusted with this WCS.
|
Noooooo i'll be in Shanghai the week before and leaving the 19th :'(
|
So this is yet another weekend-type tourney ala DH and IEM.
Is there going to be a proper vanilla WCS tourney ala GSL? If yes, how many and when? Or is the WCS Circuit still making tourneys up as they move along?
As much as it's nice to have surprise announcements springing up, surely it's nicer for the players and viewers to have some clarity on the entire 2016 schedule. It's quite disconcerting that things are still being worked out behind the scenes. Blizzard has the clout and finances to make things happen by now (where as it's understandable for KeSPA to struggle with Proleague/GSL/SSL due to sponsorship issues and Blizzard's sudden WCS changes).
|
China6331 Posts
On February 05 2016 15:00 RKC wrote:
So this is yet another weekend-type tourney ala DH and IEM.
Is there going to be a proper vanilla WCS tourney ala GSL? If yes, how many and when? Or is the WCS Circuit still making tourneys up as they move along?
As much as it's nice to have surprise announcements springing up, surely it's nicer for the players and viewers to have some clarity on the entire 2016 schedule. It's quite disconcerting that things are still being worked out behind the scenes. Blizzard has the clout and finances to make things happen by now (where as it's understandable for KeSPA to struggle with Proleague/GSL/SSL due to sponsorship issues and Blizzard's sudden WCS changes).
It is a week long event, not something rushed in a weekend.
|
Really sad to see so much negativity.
|
Canada1169 Posts
On February 05 2016 15:42 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2016 15:00 RKC wrote:
So this is yet another weekend-type tourney ala DH and IEM.
Is there going to be a proper vanilla WCS tourney ala GSL? If yes, how many and when? Or is the WCS Circuit still making tourneys up as they move along?
As much as it's nice to have surprise announcements springing up, surely it's nicer for the players and viewers to have some clarity on the entire 2016 schedule. It's quite disconcerting that things are still being worked out behind the scenes. Blizzard has the clout and finances to make things happen by now (where as it's understandable for KeSPA to struggle with Proleague/GSL/SSL due to sponsorship issues and Blizzard's sudden WCS changes). It is a week long event, not something rushed in a weekend.
Which unfortunately means a lot of players that are in school cant play.
|
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket.
EDIT : it's okay now schedule has been updated
|
China6331 Posts
On March 20 2016 20:44 Marcintosh wrote:
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket.
Monday, Mar 21 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
|
On March 20 2016 21:17 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2016 20:44 Marcintosh wrote:
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket. Monday, Mar 21 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Interesting, so at the same time as the Proleague play offs. The winner of these two events is obvious. But good that after the Proleague finishes, we can switch to GPL :-)
|
China6331 Posts
On March 20 2016 21:30 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2016 21:17 digmouse wrote:On March 20 2016 20:44 Marcintosh wrote:
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket. Monday, Mar 21 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) Interesting, so at the same time as the Proleague play offs. The winner of these two events is obvious. But good that after the Proleague finishes, we can switch to GPL :-)
It is one Bo3 GSL group per day so it might end before Proleague =(
|
Thanks!
On March 20 2016 21:17 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2016 20:44 Marcintosh wrote:
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket. Monday, Mar 21 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
|
On March 20 2016 22:33 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2016 21:30 Diabolique wrote:On March 20 2016 21:17 digmouse wrote:On March 20 2016 20:44 Marcintosh wrote:
Hello! Somebody knows at what time will start GPL group A? This info is not indicated on the bracket. Monday, Mar 21 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) Interesting, so at the same time as the Proleague play offs. The winner of these two events is obvious. But good that after the Proleague finishes, we can switch to GPL :-) It is one Bo3 GSL group per day so it might end before Proleague =(
Yes, but it will be 5 BO3 matches, while proleague is one BO7 match. And it is all kill, so it might be just 4 BO1 matches. So Proleague should end much sooner. But that applies just for the groups A and B. Group C will be played when GSL starts and that will last certainly longer. But we could watch at least group D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
