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Registration to both opens today, European qualifiers will run in October (40k main event), American ones in December (30k main event).
WESG 2017 European & American Qualifiers details
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CynicalDeath
Italy3435 Posts
Americas Europe Registration to both opens today, European qualifiers will run in October (40k main event), American ones in December (30k main event). | ||
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Kas
Ukraine20 Posts
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Thomasmarkle
United States85 Posts
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Kashim
Poland1209 Posts
On August 21 2017 23:35 Thomasmarkle wrote: Am I crazy or is there no Finland on the Europe page? Baltics + Scandinavia | ||
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aQuaSC
717 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
Other than that it's really cool to see WESG continuing with sc2. Edit: Oh at least Sweden counts as a seperate country, so it's between Snute and Serral. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On August 21 2017 23:40 aQuaSC wrote: Well with this design patch coming... I think the qualifiers will be played on the live game and the event will be held post-patch? Yup. Exactly same as last year. KR qualifiers are gonna be a bloodbath | ||
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GoloSC2
711 Posts
WIN, LOSS AND ABNORMAL SITUATIONS 5.1. Player is declared as a winner after his/her opponent types “gg” or has all of his/her buildings destroyed; this one is interesting also problematic if a player starts the game by wishing their opponent a good game | ||
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Alex007
Ukraine211 Posts
Ukraine and Russia get tw spots each, all of Scandinavia gets one spot, lmao. We know that's rough for Snute, Serral and especially other players in the region, but a lot of factors have to be considered when splitting countries into regions and giving the spots. Unfortunately we had only three participants in Norwegian SC2 qualifier last year as well as only five Finnish players in Northern European one. Similarly, numbers were around the lowest in other titles. | ||
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aQuaSC
717 Posts
On August 21 2017 23:56 GoloSC2 wrote: this one is interesting also problematic if a player starts the game by wishing their opponent a good game I always thought these "gg" at the beginning of a game were to imitate Korean poor English skills, everyone knows what gg means, why type it in the beginning | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On August 22 2017 00:04 Alex007 wrote: We know that's rough for Snute, Serral and especially other players in the region, but a lot of factors have to be considered when splitting countries into regions and giving the spots. Unfortunately we had only three participants in Norwegian SC2 qualifier last year as well as only five Finnish players in Northern European one. Similarly, numbers were around the lowest in other titles. I can understand that amateurs won't sign up in a qualifier with only 1 spot, if Snute is playing in it. Everybody knows Snute will get the spot, only if there was a second spot would it make sense for weaker players to try. But now there is 1 spot for Snute and Serral combined which means even out of those two only one player will make it. If you want more signups for that region, you would now have to offer at least 3 spots. One for Serral, one for Snute and one for the amateurs to fight for. On the other hand, of course there will be more signups in Ukraine and Russia, since apart from Bly there are no real favourites for those spots and amateur players have a real shot and qualifying. So I don't think the number of signups of last year is a fair way to distribute spots, instead you could look at the number of players with WCS points per country or region. Just some feedback for next year maybe . | ||
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207aicila
1237 Posts
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Rescawen
Finland1028 Posts
On August 22 2017 00:04 Alex007 wrote: We know that's rough for Snute, Serral and especially other players in the region, but a lot of factors have to be considered when splitting countries into regions and giving the spots. Unfortunately we had only three participants in Norwegian SC2 qualifier last year as well as only five Finnish players in Northern European one. Similarly, numbers were around the lowest in other titles. maybe the reason behind this is lower level players do not want to go through the hassle of registration when they know that their chances versus snute/serral respectively are basically none. | ||
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Alex007
Ukraine211 Posts
On the other hand, of course there will be more signups in Ukraine and Russia, since apart from Bly there are no real favourites for those spots and amateur players have a real shot and qualifying. Do you really think that lack of amateur players in Scandinavian region is explained by the fact that Snute and whoever else in Finland was a clear favorite last year while there were no clear favorites in Ukraine or Russia? Sorry, I'm not really sure about that reasoning. It's OK if you're unfamiliar with Ukrainian/Russian scene but every experienced amateur player from these countires is pretty much aware of the best 3-4 players who are really able to advance. So I don't think the number of signups of last year is a fair way to distribute spots, instead you could look at the number of players with WCS points per country or region. The number of signups wasn't the only factor, just the one which could be described briefly. WCS and WESG are not connected in any ways. maybe the reason behind this is lower level players do not want to go through the hassle of registration when they know that their chances versus snute/serral respectively are basically none. We know that the registration process is not very simple, but we cannot do anything with that. Sending the scan of the passport is still required due to the nature of the tournament. I'm sorry about that. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On August 22 2017 01:09 Alex007 wrote: The number of signups wasn't the only factor, just the one which could be described briefly. WCS and WESG are not connected in any ways. I know that WCS and WESG are not connected, I was just trying to say that stronger regions should get more spots than weaker regions. As a good way to determine stronger regions I suggested WCS points, but you can also use Aligulac or something else. | ||
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CynicalDeath
Italy3435 Posts
On August 22 2017 00:33 207aicila wrote: Will there be a similarly crazy prize pool this time around as well? ...only for the Main Qualifiers prize pools are 30k and 40k so... | ||
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207aicila
1237 Posts
On August 22 2017 02:01 CynicalDeath wrote: ...only for the Main Qualifiers prize pools are 30k and 40k so... Ez 12k for Stephano in the Middle East & Africa qualifier again? :D | ||
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bulya
Israel386 Posts
It means that Snute and Serral will be competing for a single spot, while 2 Russian guys who are worse then Snute and Serral (and many other EU players in the scene) will be there! | ||
Mizenhauer
United States1886 Posts
On August 22 2017 02:37 bulya wrote: w00t, the Scandinavian region has only 1 spot while Russia and Ukraine have 2 spots each. It means that Snute and Serral will be competing for a single spot, while 2 Russian guys who are worse then Snute and Serral (and many other EU players in the scene) will be there! If things go as they did last year, only two Koreans will qualify while 10-20 Koreans who would have been the 3rd best player in the tournament don't get to go. This is an overarching problem when trying to divide qualifiers this way. | ||
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CynicalDeath
Italy3435 Posts
On August 22 2017 02:10 207aicila wrote: Ez 12k for Stephano in the Middle East & Africa qualifier again? :D ...no info yet about Middle East & Africa qualifier (even if Turkey is now included in one of the European local qualifiers) but I think the real matter here is if Stephano will be able to stay awake during the breaks in the Finals... | ||
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