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On December 10 2016 02:47 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2016 02:35 opisska wrote:
I get that many people will not like the specifics, but can someone be really disappointed by this? I mean, I was honestly expecting the "no WCS in 2017" news to pop up any time soon, so the very existence of WCS 2017 with actual global finals and a dozen tournaments through they year, is strictly positive news to me and a cause for celebration. I'm not sure this is better for me. Of course it's good that WCS is still there but with continuing the region-lock for no reason I feel like it's very discriminating. Before the disbandment of the teams the region-lock supporters could argue that it's not fair to compete with people that have such superior infrustructure but now is there any other reason to ban koreans other than "I don't want to see asians win"? I mean we can see now more sc2 but watching such a system kinda feels like supporting racism. I mean obviously nothing will drive me away from sc2 but this is disgusting to say the least and if I wouldn't love sc2 so much I'd boycott this system. I'd honestly prefer no WCS over racist WCS.
Are you sure there would be GSL without the whole WCS system in place? I do not know much about it, but can we really assume that? And I am pretty sure you'd be upset without any big Korean tournaments. I mean MKGA, Olimoleague and stuff are insanely cool nowadays when everyone plays in them, but it still does not beat having and actual big GSL. Then, in general, we want to watch SC2, right? What else is there left outside Korea, besides WCS, really? Even fucking Take, the messiah of SC2, has financial problems running SC2 events.
I am not thrilled with the region lock either, you know I am not, but still, is there more we could realistically wish for?
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IEM and DH probably don't want the region lock gone. Which I'm ok with; however I will hold my opinion until we get more information and not a picture. Austin Hype~
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Keep in mind that GSL is not region locked (tho it is kinda residency locked since you have to be there to play it)
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Maybe I was a bit harsh with my initial criticism, I apologize.
I just don't really understand why it's still needed to separate koreans and foreigners but looking at this it doesn't look that bad for koreans. But at least they should make the region-lock go both ways so that foreigners can't play in korean tournaments, doesn't sound really fair like it is.
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WCS 2018 confirmed 
"Overall, the structure we put in place for 2017 will largely remain unchanged in 2018"
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They're changing the broadcast times for GSL on Fridays to be more NA friendly, RIP EU
GSL qualifiers should happen pretty soon then.
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On December 10 2016 03:00 Musicus wrote:WCS 2018 confirmed "Overall, the structure we put in place for 2017 will largely remain unchanged in 2018"
That's really amazing news actually. At least two more years!
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Katowice25012 Posts
Excited 
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On December 10 2016 03:01 Elentos wrote:
They're changing the broadcast times for GSL on Fridays to be more NA friendly, RIP EU
I've woken up at 2 a.m. for like five years now in order to watch GSL.
It's become my norm. I was fine with it. Now I can't watch on Fridays, lol.
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Filthy NA scum taking away mah GSL.
5 in the morning that's gonna seriously do some passion-testing
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On December 10 2016 02:58 Charoisaur wrote:
Maybe I was a bit harsh with my initial criticism, I apologize.
I just don't really understand why it's still needed to separate koreans and foreigners but looking at this it doesn't look that bad for koreans. But at least they should make the region-lock go both ways so that foreigners can't play in korean tournaments, doesn't sound really fair like it is.
I agree that WCS Korea events should have the same region lock, this has always been a weird quirk.
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Australia18228 Posts
WCS Circuit is nice.
I think it's inevitable we'll see mass retirement from mid-tier Koreans though
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Wow, GSL is so early on the weekends now  .
Also only 4 WCS Circuit events is really not that much, but I hope there will be more smaller events announced. It's like WCS Korea in 2016 lol. 4 Championships is good, but I hope there will at least 1 HSC and maybe 2 or 3 more events. Katowice will also be awesome of course.
I guess online events will become very important.
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On December 10 2016 03:01 Elentos wrote:
They're changing the broadcast times for GSL on Fridays to be more NA friendly, RIP EU
GSL qualifiers should happen pretty soon then.
haha yea worst news for me
given the current state of sc2, these WCS2017 are better than nothing
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South Korea2106 Posts
I wonder if we're going to get an official statement regarding SSL soon.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
"support more globals"
Only have 1 additional event that's an all-star event.
And did they just say TRUE's WCS win wasn't legit?
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Mute City2363 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:01 Elentos wrote:
They're changing the broadcast times for GSL on Fridays to be more NA friendly, RIP EU
GSL qualifiers should happen pretty soon then.
Good luck getting a KR studio audience at 1pm on a Friday then
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On December 10 2016 03:13 stuchiu wrote:
"support more globals"
Only have 1 additional event that's an all-star event.
And did they just say TRUE's WCS win wasn't legit?
Well, they said it was not more legit than Nerchio's or Drogo's wins. And they are right.
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On December 10 2016 03:13 stuchiu wrote:
And did they just say TRUE's WCS win wasn't legit?
Where did they say anything close to that?
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EPT
