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On December 10 2016 03:45 digmouse wrote:
IEM doesn't start their season till about July, and if past seasons are any indication the first stop will be in Asia, specifically China which SC2 do have a sizable audience.
But yeah, the amount of tournaments announced here, does not strike any confidence at all.
Yeah so far this seems a WCS where W stands for "Western", I'd like to see at least a couple of tournaments in China/Taiwan/SEA...
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On December 10 2016 04:10 Solar424 wrote:Show nested quote +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.
There have been HSCs which gave WCS points. I dont think thats the problem.
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On December 10 2016 04:10 Solar424 wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Nono, I mean completely seperate from HSC. A real WCS event at Take's location.
It's perfect, Take has the people, the location and the experience. Blizzard just has to give the money  . I can understand if IEM does no longer want to do sc2 next seaon and go with OW instead, but Take will always be willing to do sc2 I think.
Sure, HSC could become a WCS event again too. But I'd rather HSC stays fun, mostly based on invites and open to Koreans.
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Do not fuck this up. This is your last chance, do it well.
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On December 10 2016 04:16 LongShot27 wrote:
Do not fuck this up. This is your last chance, do it well.
Well they confirmed for 2018 as well
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On December 10 2016 04:09 Ansibled wrote:Show nested quote +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.
The WCS pentagram confirmed. Now is the time for Diabolique to come back from his ban and tell us he is the actual devil and it was his plan all along.
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. . . and Better Viewing Times for Global Fans
And finally, some good news for NA viewers. We are planning to run Wednesday GSL broadcasts at the usual 6:30 p.m. KST time, which is also evening/night time in SEA/ANZ, and mornings in EU. Friday night broadcasts will move to 1:00 p.m. KST Saturday (8:00 p.m./11:00 p.m. Friday Pacific/Eastern), which will allow for easier viewing for North American audiences. While no one time is perfect for everyone, we hope these timeslots offer better opportunities for a wider viewership of GSL around the globe.
Like the fact that we got big, bold headline to announce better times for (all) global fans and then the text just goes to speak to NA audiences while playing down how much EU is getting screwed over. <3 Not like the 11:30am/12:30pm starting time was the greatest here in Finland, but at least it's bearable as a university student. However 6am at the weekend, nope. Guess it's just one day of Starcraft/week from now on for me then. Wonder if this means that NA audience is bigger than EU, or did they just screw up something in Korea and not getting exclusive time slot for Friday night.
Overall, good that we finally got some news regarding WCS 2017, though the loss of one GSL day each week is a quite big hit.
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Charlie Sheens House51492 Posts
6 Korean tournaments for prizes vs 4 foreigner tournies and a global Katowice this system is much fairer, 5 tournaments from January > November is the issue though but still im happy.
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anyone know how many War Chests will be available for purchase between now and BlizzCon 2017? 3? 4? some other #?
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well thats seems intriguing , maby this wcs system turns out to be not that bad 
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On December 10 2016 04:18 LefaLefa wrote:Show nested quote +
. . . and Better Viewing Times for Global Fans
And finally, some good news for NA viewers. We are planning to run Wednesday GSL broadcasts at the usual 6:30 p.m. KST time, which is also evening/night time in SEA/ANZ, and mornings in EU. Friday night broadcasts will move to 1:00 p.m. KST Saturday (8:00 p.m./11:00 p.m. Friday Pacific/Eastern), which will allow for easier viewing for North American audiences. While no one time is perfect for everyone, we hope these timeslots offer better opportunities for a wider viewership of GSL around the globe.
Like the fact that we got big, bold headline to announce better times for (all) global fans and then the text just goes to speak to NA audiences while playing down how much EU is getting screwed over. <3 Not like the 11:30am/12:30pm starting time was the greatest here in Finland, but at least it's bearable as a university student. However 6am at the weekend, nope. Guess it's just one day of Starcraft/week from now on for me then. Wonder if this means that NA audience is bigger than EU, or did they just screw up something in Korea and not getting exclusive time slot for Friday night. Overall, good that we finally got some news regarding WCS 2017, though the loss of one GSL day each week is a quite big hit.
Well...at least you got it at a more reasonable time to begin with. Think of like ALL NA audiences who had to wait until like 2 or 3 AM to watch GSL. Most of the times I couldn't even watch it live because I'd be asleep. 6AM in the morning is a lot more preferable to 2 or 3 AM in the morning.
Also, I'm really hyped for the new WCS 2017 tournaments. Of course, SSL and Proleague not being there sucks, but I'm excited for the new season.
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Thing about this community is that overwhelmingly many more people are interested about the tournaments as bystanders rather than participants, even if they complain about the game not being fun or playable for them. That's why the game doesn't grow.
I'm really happy for the ongoing support.
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I think this looks pretty cool.
The tournament plan and the warchest will help a lot. The deep mind integration might help wiht popularity.
Now Blizzard just has to continue patching until the game is fun for all three races..
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I don't like the idea of winning a Dreamhack automatically gets you into Blizzcon. Instead of seeding players like that, it should be like before where you are only awarded points. Too often we see a player win a tournament but that was because they were lucky more than anything else. The region locking isn't very good either. This means Koreans cannot play in Dreamhack and IEM, which completely defeats the purpose of being a SC2 progamer in Korea. Might as well retire now and move on with their life..
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Now to see who else in Korea retire from SC2...
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On December 10 2016 04:33 geokilla wrote:
I don't like the idea of winning a Dreamhack automatically gets you into Blizzcon. Instead of seeding players like that, it should be like before where you are only awarded points. Too often we see a player win a tournament but that was because they were lucky more than anything else. The region locking isn't very good either. This means Koreans cannot play in Dreamhack and IEM, which completely defeats the purpose of being a SC2 progamer in Korea. Might as well retire now and move on with their life..
Lucky? Give me an example
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I like how people are negative when Blizzard is already doing this out of kindness, cause I can guarantee you, they are not making ANY profit from this. This is all charity.
So, even though Korea isn't in super great health, it's also not really dead. That's a lot of money in tournaments. It's not CS:GO levels, but it's pretty generous.
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Im just incredibly excited for the warchest!
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On December 10 2016 04:37 Blargh wrote:
I like how people are negative when Blizzard is already doing this out of kindness, cause I can guarantee you, they are not making ANY profit from this. This is all charity.
So, even though Korea isn't in super great health, it's also not really dead. That's a lot of money in tournaments. It's not CS:GO levels, but it's pretty generous.
I mean it's pretty hard to compete financially with a scene that flourished because of illegal (super shady at least, if not just illegal) practices like gambling. Not saying that CS:GO is a bad game of course, on the contrary.
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On December 10 2016 03:55 lastride wrote:
Sc2 is saved! Blizzard played its role for 2017. Now its our turn. We should support sc2 in any way, and financially ofc. We must show them there's still a large community behind sc. Not everything is lost.
+1 yes!
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