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On September 06 2016 23:33 Ctone23 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 23:26 Olli wrote: Incredibly relieved to be able to point to this and say "but we did have a Global Event!" when the discussion about WCS 2017 starts. Yeah it's a huge relief, I only wish the winner of this would get an invite to Blizzcon. It's good that they don't. Stuff like that only punishes people who were consistent throughout the year but didn't actually win a tournament, especially because it's a very late announcement.
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On September 06 2016 23:46 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 23:33 Ctone23 wrote:On September 06 2016 23:26 Olli wrote: Incredibly relieved to be able to point to this and say "but we did have a Global Event!" when the discussion about WCS 2017 starts. Yeah it's a huge relief, I only wish the winner of this would get an invite to Blizzcon. It's good that they don't. Stuff like that only punishes people who were consistent throughout the year but didn't actually win a tournament, especially because it's a very late announcement. Seems only fair to me, but I can respect that argument.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 06 2016 23:26 Olli wrote: Incredibly relieved to be able to point to this and say "but we did have a Global Event!" when the discussion about WCS 2017 starts.
Incredibly funny to point out it was fucking Kespa who did it
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On September 06 2016 22:41 Biscuittzz wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 22:34 Eiltonn wrote: Btw what except for Neebs recent run in the Olimo Cup makes people think that foreigners will be able to beat Koreans? I do not mean any offense, but when there is 8 people going through KR only qualifiers + herO, Maru, Zest and Stats the only chance i see for the foreigners is Zest going for a cannon rush lol Is that the same Olimoleague that Neeb was manhandled by Byun?
No sadly ByuN lost in the semi Finals to Reality :-/
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So when are the EU qualifiers? We have only 1 month until the event :p
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!
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On September 06 2016 23:41 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 22:22 Olli wrote: Korean tournaments profit from having foreigners in their tournaments, it's that simple. People watch foreigners. Imagine the hype if Neeb makes it kinda deep into the tournament, or at least doesn't die in the first round
nope, not gonna happen
all foreigners will clearly be practicing for the Blizzcon and refuse to show good games
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this is gonna be awesome!
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On September 06 2016 22:22 Olli wrote: Korean tournaments profit from having foreigners in their tournaments, it's that simple. People watch foreigners.
Guess I am not a people then .
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Korean doing legal murder of foreigners.
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Korean vs Foreigner is the best matchup, predictable as fuck sadly.
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On September 07 2016 00:01 Nerchio wrote: So when are the EU qualifiers? We have only 1 month until the event :p
what is your excuse going to be when you get destroyed?
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Suppose a Korean player qualifies as a result of this tournament, will one month be enough time to obtain a visa for Blizzcon?
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United States8476 Posts
On September 07 2016 00:23 rednusa wrote: Suppose a Korean player qualifies as a result of this tournament, will one month be enough time to obtain a visa for Blizzcon? Korea is involved with the visa waiver program. You can get one immediately with a phone call at the airport basically.
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On September 06 2016 19:34 Olli wrote: Maybe the qualified players get "invited", as in having their travel cost paid for? Might just be a translation thing. It's a Blizzard rules thing: On Dec 17, 2015 Blizzard Esports wrote:- In addition to the required Global Qualifiers, WCS partners may invite additional players at their discretion
- Any player in the tournament that did not qualify through a Global Qualifier will be considered an invitee
- Invitees may not be seeded into the Top 8 and will only earn points after advancing a round
They're not from the global qualifier, so they're technically invitees. But Kespa may use any criteria to choose who they invite, including an open, region-restricted tournament. Until we hear more, we can't say anything for sure, but "Seed Challenge" sounds somewhat promising.
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global event hype!!! still even if Maru win this he wont be able to go to BlizzCon G_G
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Holy shit, best tournament of 2016 apart from Blizzcon?
I hope some foreigners can make a good showing at least (as in don't get destroyed in the first two rounds).
And Korea doing the first global event is downright ironic. The fact that the first (and most likely last, apart from Blizzcon) such event is held at the end of the year is very telling.
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Nice more korean starcraft to watch is always a good thing. Having foreigners there should be fun as well, Apollo was right we actually get a global event. Apollo for president!
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What does "Best of 3, Dual Tournament" mean?
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On September 07 2016 00:59 rednusa wrote: What does "Best of 3, Dual Tournament" mean? GSL style groups
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