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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
My big complaint is the lacking of Global events. There are only two, IEM Katowice and All-Star (Global Finals doesn't count). The big part of be a fan of SC2 is to see top players, Korean and foreigners, compete in Global stage. I would prefer to have about 3 Global events. Anyway, my feeling about today news is that it is not too rosy but not too dim either. I really hope Korean SC2 remains positive. I just don't want to see many of them give up and retire. Stay strong, guys! | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:46 Musicus wrote: Good point, I sure hope they will joing the GSL casting team. I don't think there is a demand for that many casters. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15956 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:42 Espartaquen wrote: Is it a good time to start rioting or are we still gonna still lick blizzard´s ass? A lot of people have dedicated insane amounts of time for this game and in return they are getting nothing out of it. This really pisses me off. They are investing a ton of money into a game which brings little profit. Korea gets more tournaments than the rest. Katowice is a global event. I don't know a better reason to lick blizzard's ass  | ||
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
Katowice is back and it is great. Bad: -4 Dreamhacks make up the complete circuit? -1 less Starleague in Korea Neutral: 2M is slightly lower then last years money by Blizzard, but Battlechests can increase it, overall more then I expected. But only 4 WCS Events is a joke and shows that not only Korean SC II is almost dead, but also nobody in the foreign scene wants to invest into starcraft. Even on the 2016 terms. | ||
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usopsama
6502 Posts
For me, ASL is like a loaf of bread and SC2 tournaments with Koreans are like bread crumbs. If I can have the bread, that's great. If I can't, at least bread crumbs are better than nothing. | ||
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atrox_
United Kingdom1710 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:47 Vutalisk wrote: I'm not a fan of region lock given Koreans and foreigners are much more aligned in term of skills nowadays.! They're not aligned in skill per se just nobody in Korea plays the game anymore | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
All in all at least the "WCS Apartheid" crowd will be quiet now that foreigners have as few tournaments to play in as Koreans  | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Espartaquen
88 Posts
Sorry, maybe I get a bit carried away, but seeing people that have given up the safety of a normal job, have devoted their lives to this game, sacrificed friends, health and education ir order to become the best and in the end don´t get rewarded because of a company´s bullshit policy, it really makes me angry. Most of these retired pros were good enough, it was not their fault that Blizzard decided to screw the WCS System and tournaments so much. In the end, they have been forced to leave, they have not done so willingly. | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:48 Clonester wrote: Good: Katowice is back and it is great. Bad: -4 Dreamhacks make up the complete circuit? -1 less Starleague in Korea Neutral: 2M is slightly lower then last years money by Blizzard, but Battlechests can increase it, overall more then I expected. But only 4 WCS Events is a joke and shows that not only Korean SC II is almost dead, but also nobody in the foreign scene wants to invest into starcraft. Even on the 2016 terms. Yeah, 4 DHs is not much of a circuit. This does not give me too much hope for an exiting 2017.  Battle chests, for what? Again it is not explained. I'm not buying this at all. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:25 Kaizor wrote: Besides from neeb, how many foreigners have gone to korea and won a tournament? You cannot just go for the highest skill level and ignore the foreigner scene. The most hyped tournaments are the Koreans vs foreigner ones. This is what most people were talking about during Kespa cup, shoutcraft, and blizzcon. People want to see NErchio, neeb, snute, scarlett etc go up against byun, inno, zest etc. Koreans historically win because they had better infrastructure for competing. That's now gone and they are on the same level as foreigners, or even worse considering most don't have teams. Blizzard probably can't have any global cups because DH etc don't want them. Simple as. I just hope that more korean cups pop up throughout the year (kespa or hot6ix cups would be a dream) | ||
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lastride
2390 Posts
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Wintex
Norway16838 Posts
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
On December 10 2016 03:48 Ansibled wrote: I don't think there is a demand for that many casters. Well, there was more casters then players at Blizzcon | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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KappaKingPrime
United States468 Posts
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purakushi
United States3300 Posts
*if the winner of the IEM Katowice event is a WCS Korea competitor, then only four players will be drawn from the WCS Korea Standings to fill out the complement of eight WCS Korea players at the WCS Global Finals. and still more welfare region lock sigh | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
On December 10 2016 04:06 Musicus wrote: I hope Blizzard contacts Take and they do a WCS Krefeld. 4 events is just not enough for the WCS Circuit, just like it was not enough in WCS Korea last year. Well there are 5 events if you add in Katowice. I don't know I don't think it's unreasonable for a circuit. | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
On December 10 2016 04:06 Musicus wrote: I hope Blizzard contacts Take and they do a WCS Krefeld. 4 events is just not enough for the WCS Circuit, just like it was not enough in WCS Korea last year. Yeah but HSC wouldn't be as fun if it has to be PG, which I'm sure Blizzard would require for a WCS event. | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On December 10 2016 04:06 Musicus wrote: I hope Blizzard contacts Take and they do a WCS Krefeld. 4 events is just not enough for the WCS Circuit, just like it was not enough in WCS Korea last year. Yeah, I don't get this either. They are going to get the 8 best EU players from 4 events only? 6-8 events would make much more sense. | ||
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