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IEM Gyeonggi - WCS Korea 2017 - Page 2

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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
November 19 2016 11:23 GMT
#21
Grouuuuups! Maybe IEM regained their minds?
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
November 19 2016 11:55 GMT
#22
On November 19 2016 18:23 Elentos wrote:
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On November 19 2016 18:21 lechatnoir wrote:
That is good news, I think. December is STACKED with events.

But it seems to indicate further segregation in WCS? We shall have to see. :/

Doesn't imply anything we didn't already have this year.


I know, I know... just kinda hopeful for change, I guess.
Lgnarrow
Profile Joined April 2015
104 Posts
November 19 2016 12:09 GMT
#23
Too late
Dungeontay
Profile Joined December 2015
126 Posts
November 19 2016 12:31 GMT
#24
very small prive pool
Zzz
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10128 Posts
November 19 2016 13:21 GMT
#25
i hope blizz open IEM, DH, and other events to every region.
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-19 13:59:26
November 19 2016 13:58 GMT
#26
It seems a little weird that a tournament a month from now will be on the old map pool.

Anyway should be a fun event and I hope more complete WCS information comes out soon.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
November 19 2016 14:14 GMT
#27
On November 19 2016 22:58 Ansibled wrote:
It seems a little weird that a tournament a month from now will be on the old map pool.

Anyway should be a fun event and I hope more complete WCS information comes out soon.

better than dreampool =.=

I hope we get tournament organizers to use community maps again at some point tho
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
November 19 2016 15:01 GMT
#28
so that implies there will still be separate WCS ? I don't think the scene is healthy enough to sustain them, or with fewer tournaments with no residency / citizenship restrictions.
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
November 19 2016 15:35 GMT
#29
Too fucking late Blizzard.

You already killed the Korean scene.

Why couldn't you do this during the 2016 year?

User was warned for this post
KT FlaSh FOREVER
Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
November 19 2016 15:39 GMT
#30
On November 20 2016 00:35 Lunareste wrote:
Too fucking late Blizzard.

You already killed the Korean scene.

Why couldn't you do this during the 2016 year?


Well iem is not blizzard, so you can't blame them only IEM
I am a slave of Golden from now on. Obey a supreme leader of StarCraft 2 or you get banned. I am really glad to be citizen of Democratic republic of Golden.
Antonidas
Profile Joined August 2014
United States105 Posts
November 19 2016 16:05 GMT
#31
too many koreans. put up more force fields. kappa.

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as long as there is Starcraft, life is good *insert propaganda here*
Dungeontay
Profile Joined December 2015
126 Posts
November 19 2016 16:51 GMT
#32
It actually is too late to save WCS Korea. Also, the total prize pool is 35 000 USD. Wasnt that the money for GSL first place only? you cant support the korean scene with such little, its just stupid. They really should have thought two times before killing the korean scene.
Zzz
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
November 19 2016 17:30 GMT
#33
On November 19 2016 17:16 Probe1 wrote:
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On November 19 2016 16:41 Blargh wrote:
On November 19 2016 14:13 Probe1 wrote:
I'm all for getting the party started right away but players who are good 11 months before Blizzcon may not be good at Blizzcon.

I kinda wish they held off on giving out points until February or March. You can still have the tournament in December but it's difficult to know if the winner is going to stay at their level for nearly an entire year. Especially since the professional scene will remain volatile due to the new patch and unchanged nature of Starcraft 2.

But that sort of applies to stuff in January-February too, ya? Someone who wins the first GSL of the year isn't necessarily going to be the best when Blizzcon comes around. And I think the Korean scene needs everything it can get right now...

There is a real world issue of there not being enough time to schedule all the tournaments, give players enough revenue to continue playing, give player opportunity to compete..

But I dunno man. I'm seeing this and thinking "Will the winner be the best player of 2017 before 2017 even starts?". I'm thinking that it's going to reflect who from 2016 adapted the fastest to the new patch.

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On November 19 2016 15:10 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On November 19 2016 14:13 Probe1 wrote:
I'm all for getting the party started right away but players who are good 11 months before Blizzcon may not be good at Blizzcon.

I kinda wish they held off on giving out points until February or March. You can still have the tournament in December but it's difficult to know if the winner is going to stay at their level for nearly an entire year. Especially since the professional scene will remain volatile due to the new patch and unchanged nature of Starcraft 2.


Maximizing the skill of the players at Blizzcon is hardly the goal of WCS or any sort of circuit event for that matter. If it was you'd just pick the best players of the last few months, or hold a bunch of qualifiers.

I don't know what to say to that. It's a tournament to help decide who the most deserving players through skill.


Deserving players displaying skill over the past year of play. Not at the time of Blizzcon. It's to tie all the storylines of the year together, and give some continuity to the SCII scene.
ivancype
Profile Joined December 2012
Brazil485 Posts
November 19 2016 17:55 GMT
#34
well, at least we know there is going to be wcs 2017...
The other race is OP
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-19 18:24:06
November 19 2016 18:21 GMT
#35
Why don't we save the IEM/Blizzard/Apollo are killing SC2 posts for the actual WCS announcement instead of deciding that IEM being a WCS Korea event means everything is dead?

It really makes no sense to me.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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SC2FeaR1
Profile Joined June 2016
19 Posts
November 19 2016 18:44 GMT
#36
didnt know apollo killed SC2 T_T what a bad decission by him to ban all koreans OH WAIT he doesnt have anything to say in blizz WCS decissions im pretty sure he appreciates the hate for no reason
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
November 21 2016 23:03 GMT
#37
Byun will probably forfeit this tournament, since it overlaps with WCA and it has a much higher prize pool with a lower skill level. Then again, there's no guarantee he will get paid from WCA, so who knows
Jj_82
Profile Joined December 2012
Swaziland419 Posts
November 22 2016 18:24 GMT
#38
Cool!!! What a surprise, another BIG tournament in 2016!!! Gonna be good!!! But why didn't IEM announce this earlier???

And to all the people complaining: STFU and GTFO, even without the F. I mean, come on, the map pool is because it's gonna be on the new patch, obviously. So the players can really get to show the changes in it, which are not based on maps. Second: Some troll complained about small prize pool: Dude SC2 is now a mid-tier game in terms of viewership. It was bloated and now it's shrunk. Of course it can't pay the rent of all the players!

Rooting for Byun and Maru of course. And $0$, and Ryung. And Parting :D
Once rode a waterslide with PartinG and TaeJa ✌
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10128 Posts
November 22 2016 18:40 GMT
#39
this was announced early this year w/o the details
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24604 Posts
November 22 2016 20:01 GMT
#40
2017 is the new 2016
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