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Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
December 10 2016 00:05 GMT
#201
On December 10 2016 08:56 Darkhorse wrote:
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On December 10 2016 08:41 Pr0wler wrote:
Yeah, Korea got fucked... with 6 tournaments and more than 600k in prize pools. I don't know what do you expect...
Right now I'm looking at the Dota 2 tournaments. Guess how many tournaments Valve held in China this year - "to support the chinese scene"... 1 and it was open for the entire world. Everything else is independent initiative. Where is the independent initiative in Korean SC2 ? They need smaller local tournaments created(AND FUNDED) by korean organisations. Or even bigger tournaments like WESG sponsored by huge corporations.

I'm happy with WCS... And at least 2 more years of great SC2 action.

To suggest that nobody in Korea has taken independent initiative or that no tournament in Korea has been funded by Korean orgs is way wrong btw

I didn't suggest that. I'm saying that they are not doing it enough. You can't expect Blizzard to fund the entire scene... It's not realistic.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-10 00:08:00
December 10 2016 00:07 GMT
#202
On December 10 2016 09:05 Lgnarrow wrote:
Last year of decent Sc2 pro scene. Sad bad true

I appreciate how you read an announcement that outlined the same level of commitment to SC2 for the next two years and then decided to come to this conclusion. It's a remarkable feat.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
December 10 2016 00:08 GMT
#203
On December 10 2016 09:07 Ansibled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 09:05 Lgnarrow wrote:
Last year of decent Sc2 pro scene. Sad bad true

I appreciate how you read an announcement

I appreciate how you think everyone bothers with reading the whole thing.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
aQuaSC
Profile Joined August 2011
717 Posts
December 10 2016 00:10 GMT
#204
Let's hope VSL kicks off and Leifeng Cup continues on.
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
December 10 2016 00:10 GMT
#205
On December 10 2016 09:05 Pr0wler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 08:56 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:41 Pr0wler wrote:
Yeah, Korea got fucked... with 6 tournaments and more than 600k in prize pools. I don't know what do you expect...
Right now I'm looking at the Dota 2 tournaments. Guess how many tournaments Valve held in China this year - "to support the chinese scene"... 1 and it was open for the entire world. Everything else is independent initiative. Where is the independent initiative in Korean SC2 ? They need smaller local tournaments created(AND FUNDED) by korean organisations. Or even bigger tournaments like WESG sponsored by huge corporations.

I'm happy with WCS... And at least 2 more years of great SC2 action.

To suggest that nobody in Korea has taken independent initiative or that no tournament in Korea has been funded by Korean orgs is way wrong btw

I didn't suggest that. I'm saying that they are not doing it enough. You can't expect Blizzard to fund the entire scene... It's not realistic.

It's funny you say that because the foreign scene probably would have died tbh if Blizzard hadn't stepped in and region locked a bunch of tournaments.

But I do agree with you to an extent. I think Olimoleague is a great example of someone taking it into their own hands
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r_gg
Profile Joined August 2015
141 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-10 00:14:58
December 10 2016 00:12 GMT
#206
On December 10 2016 08:22 Darkhorse wrote:
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On December 10 2016 02:38 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Great to see another year of WCS, I was a bit worried. Prizepool looks healthy enough.

For all the stupid conspiracy blizzard haters:






Korea got fucked..


the Korean community is definitely looking quite delighted from what I've seen so far /s
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MrWayne
Profile Joined December 2016
219 Posts
December 10 2016 00:13 GMT
#207
Hello everyone, this is actually my first post on TL and my Englisch is not the best, but i want to show you my thoughts about WCS 2017.

I don´t understand why so many of you are disappointed, I think the new WCS System is better than the one from 2016.
It´s the same over all WCS prizepool than last year, a little bit less for WCS korea and WCS Circuit and much more for global events.

It´s obviously sad but, after the proleague thing, I´m not very surprised that there is no SSL next year in korea.
On the other side the korean progame now have 8 tournaments to compete in, compared to 5 in 2016 wich is better for midtear pros.
No Crossfinals is also a good thing I think because only the two champions and runner-ups had a chance to win more monney.

the new WCS Circuit on the one side is bad for the European scene because it´s the biggest and now they have only 6 big tournaments(and two of them are global) and 4 very little ones to compete.
One the other side it´s better for the players from LATAM, CN, TW and ANZ/SEA because they become 4 little tournaments per region for there own.

well thats my thoughts
grtz
Jett.Jack.Alvir
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada2250 Posts
December 10 2016 00:13 GMT
#208
I never liked the PL format. Don't get me wrong, the games played were amazing, but trying to make a 1v1 game into a team format just seemed wrong, like putting a square peg into a round hole.

I always felt that SC2 should be all about the individual player, not about an individual playing 1 match in a set of 5 or 7.

Team format SC2 doesn't showcase the individual's skills. It does show the brilliance of the coach though, and the team's ability to create sniper builds for specific opponents. But as I said earlier, it seems weird for the coach's planning ability to be the focus, instead of the player's skills.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
December 10 2016 00:16 GMT
#209
On December 10 2016 09:13 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
I never liked the PL format. Don't get me wrong, the games played were amazing, but trying to make a 1v1 game into a team format just seemed wrong, like putting a square peg into a round hole.

I always felt that SC2 should be all about the individual player, not about an individual playing 1 match in a set of 5 or 7.

Team format SC2 doesn't showcase the individual's skills. It does show the brilliance of the coach though, and the team's ability to create sniper builds for specific opponents. But as I said earlier, it seems weird for the coach's planning ability to be the focus, instead of the player's skills.

I enjoyed proleague the most, all-kill was always the better format for me though.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-10 00:19:04
December 10 2016 00:16 GMT
#210
On December 10 2016 09:13 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
Team format SC2 doesn't showcase the individual's skills. It does show the brilliance of the coach though, and the team's ability to create sniper builds for specific opponents. But as I said earlier, it seems weird for the coach's planning ability to be the focus, instead of the player's skills.

Every time a snipe build in Proleague worked people were talking about the players, not the teams. Also first you say you never liked the PL format, then you say you don't like team formats in general. But what about all-kill format? That's all about showcasing the individuals on the team isn't it?

Never mind that though, replacing Proleague can't be on Blizzard. Maybe VSL can establish itself properly and become the "new" Proleague.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Lightrush
Profile Joined July 2015
Bulgaria164 Posts
December 10 2016 00:22 GMT
#211
So the SSL is deded ? Did I miss the announcement or something ?
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada2250 Posts
December 10 2016 00:26 GMT
#212
OK all kills are cool, I forgot about it.
munch
Profile Joined July 2014
Mute City2363 Posts
December 10 2016 00:35 GMT
#213
On December 10 2016 09:08 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 09:07 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 09:05 Lgnarrow wrote:
Last year of decent Sc2 pro scene. Sad bad true

I appreciate how you read an announcement

I appreciate how you think everyone bothers with reading the whole thing.

WriterForm is temporary, MMA is permanent || http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/508630-article-archive
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 10 2016 00:36 GMT
#214
On December 10 2016 09:22 Lightrush wrote:
So the SSL is deded ? Did I miss the announcement or something ?

This is the announcement, you're looking at it right now.
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
December 10 2016 00:37 GMT
#215
On December 10 2016 09:02 Ansibled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 09:00 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:55 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:52 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:41 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:37 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:33 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:22 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 02:38 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Great to see another year of WCS, I was a bit worried. Prizepool looks healthy enough.

For all the stupid conspiracy blizzard haters:

https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274418548281344

https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274523938549760


Korea got fucked.

I know it probably took a lot of hard work to get this done and I appreciate that Incontrol highlights that and I'm happy there will be a WCS in 2017, but I'm still gonna call a spade a spade. Korea got fucked.

In what way did Korea get fucked?

Pro league is gone. S2SL is gone. Nothing done to offset this (ie allowing Koreans to enter DH, other weekend events again) so yay for oversaturation in GSL with far fewer established teams to pay players

And by nothing done to offset this what you actually mean is

3 GSLs instead of 2, super tournaments, and money shifted from the foreign scene into global events (which Korea will take.)

I mean is the only way Korea doesn't get fucked to you if Blizzard comes out and funds 6 teams and a teamleague? You have pretty unrealistic expectations.

And of course this goes without mentioning the countless number of online tournaments we have.

Super tournaments replace Kespa cup, something Korea lost that I didn't mention in my previous post (because I knew super tournaments offset them) also the IEM WC in Katowice has always been global unless I'm mistaken so it's not like Korea was "given something" there although I'll concede that the prize pool is higher this year.

I'll concede that Blizzard shouldn't be expected to save PL on their own but Stork's recent interview seems to suggest they didn't even really try. That's most of my disappointment with Blizzard atm. Also I've never been a fan of splitting the global finals 50/50 (biggest prize pool of the year) when given an even playing field Koreans could easily qualify for more of those spots. But that last bit is all preference and I understand if you disagree

Well there was 1 KeSPA cup and it was a global event not a WCS Korea event, so that's not strictly true. IEM Katowice season was a WCS Circuit event.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2016_WCS_Winter_Circuit_Championship

I understand people not liking the way WCS final spots are allocated but I personally have no issues with it, and it's fairer than we see in most other games.

True on Kespa cup. I will say that there is only one IEM circuit event available to Korea this season as opposed to last season (gyeonggi this year as opposed to Shenzhen, gamescon, and Taipei last year)

The IEM and WCS seasons don't line up.

There are only 2 events left on the IEM circuit this year, Gyeonggi and Katowice. We won't know more about IEM until they announce their plans for next season, it's possible they host more events though I don't know how likely this is.

In any case I don't think Korea got fucked is a reasonable conclusion to draw from all of this. As an aside I hope people support online tournaments more this year, especially things like Olimoleague.

You've turned me around to some extent here. I think Korea is getting slightly fucked and not all of it from Blizzard. Just the loss of PL really hurts them
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17162 Posts
December 10 2016 00:46 GMT
#216
On December 10 2016 09:12 r_gg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 08:22 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 02:38 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Great to see another year of WCS, I was a bit worried. Prizepool looks healthy enough.
For all the stupid conspiracy blizzard haters:
https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274418548281344
https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274523938549760

Korea got fucked..

the Korean community is definitely looking quite delighted from what I've seen so far /s


hopefully, a lot of war chests will be purchased and a funding drive is undertaken by the pillars of the korean community.
once 10 million war chests are purchased by korean SC2 fans Blizzard will get the message.
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ossavi09
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany441 Posts
December 10 2016 00:48 GMT
#217
so some WCS players will get their travel expenses paid and all the others better hope they are on teamliquid? o.O
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4186 Posts
December 10 2016 00:51 GMT
#218
On December 10 2016 09:37 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2016 09:02 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 09:00 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:55 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:52 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:41 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:37 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:33 Ansibled wrote:
On December 10 2016 08:22 Darkhorse wrote:
On December 10 2016 02:38 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Great to see another year of WCS, I was a bit worried. Prizepool looks healthy enough.

For all the stupid conspiracy blizzard haters:

https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274418548281344

https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL/status/807274523938549760


Korea got fucked.

I know it probably took a lot of hard work to get this done and I appreciate that Incontrol highlights that and I'm happy there will be a WCS in 2017, but I'm still gonna call a spade a spade. Korea got fucked.

In what way did Korea get fucked?

Pro league is gone. S2SL is gone. Nothing done to offset this (ie allowing Koreans to enter DH, other weekend events again) so yay for oversaturation in GSL with far fewer established teams to pay players

And by nothing done to offset this what you actually mean is

3 GSLs instead of 2, super tournaments, and money shifted from the foreign scene into global events (which Korea will take.)

I mean is the only way Korea doesn't get fucked to you if Blizzard comes out and funds 6 teams and a teamleague? You have pretty unrealistic expectations.

And of course this goes without mentioning the countless number of online tournaments we have.

Super tournaments replace Kespa cup, something Korea lost that I didn't mention in my previous post (because I knew super tournaments offset them) also the IEM WC in Katowice has always been global unless I'm mistaken so it's not like Korea was "given something" there although I'll concede that the prize pool is higher this year.

I'll concede that Blizzard shouldn't be expected to save PL on their own but Stork's recent interview seems to suggest they didn't even really try. That's most of my disappointment with Blizzard atm. Also I've never been a fan of splitting the global finals 50/50 (biggest prize pool of the year) when given an even playing field Koreans could easily qualify for more of those spots. But that last bit is all preference and I understand if you disagree

Well there was 1 KeSPA cup and it was a global event not a WCS Korea event, so that's not strictly true. IEM Katowice season was a WCS Circuit event.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2016_WCS_Winter_Circuit_Championship

I understand people not liking the way WCS final spots are allocated but I personally have no issues with it, and it's fairer than we see in most other games.

True on Kespa cup. I will say that there is only one IEM circuit event available to Korea this season as opposed to last season (gyeonggi this year as opposed to Shenzhen, gamescon, and Taipei last year)

The IEM and WCS seasons don't line up.

There are only 2 events left on the IEM circuit this year, Gyeonggi and Katowice. We won't know more about IEM until they announce their plans for next season, it's possible they host more events though I don't know how likely this is.

In any case I don't think Korea got fucked is a reasonable conclusion to draw from all of this. As an aside I hope people support online tournaments more this year, especially things like Olimoleague.

You've turned me around to some extent here. I think Korea is getting slightly fucked and not all of it from Blizzard. Just the loss of PL really hurts them


Which is ultimately not their fault. Blizzard didn't run or organize the Proleague, that what Kespa did.
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aQuaSC
Profile Joined August 2011
717 Posts
December 10 2016 00:51 GMT
#219
On December 10 2016 09:48 ossavi09 wrote:
so some WCS players will get their travel expenses paid and all the others better hope they are on teamliquid? o.O

TL is not a guarantee for everything now, they had to move some resources to their new Civilization department

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Just kidding, don't hate on me
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Matroid_Prime
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada59 Posts
December 10 2016 00:54 GMT
#220
Thank you Elentos for your reasonable breakdown. I was very happy with 2016. Everyone who has been watching SC2 for years has seen that Proleague was going to break apart, it was just a matter of time. Hell, they even needed a "team 8" and needed a EGTL partnership to round out the league when it first started, it was never perfect.

Very excited that SC2 will be continuing in 2017. Also i'll be very happy if we don't return to the 2015 where foreigners may as well not of existed.
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