It doesn't seem like there are a lot of details and I'm not familiar with this tournament. So for me as an American, there's an online qualifier for USA in December, then a regional tournament for NA/SA taking place somewhere in NA/SA in February, and then an international tournament somewhere in China in March?

207aicila

1237 Posts

September 01 2017 18:46 GMT

#23

They feed into each other yeah. Kinda like the 2012 WCS system.

Zzzapper

1796 Posts

September 01 2017 19:42 GMT

#24

On September 02 2017 02:50 Rescawen wrote:
considering denmark https://en.wesg.com/en/sc2/tournaments/700/members has 0 sign ups so far, can we consider merging denmark with finland/norway?

Yeah, Finland and Norway both have better players than Denmark right now, I don't get why they're merged and we have our own qualifier.

Aeromi

France14460 Posts

September 01 2017 19:44 GMT

#25

On September 02 2017 04:42 Zzzapper wrote:

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Yeah, Finland and Norway both have better players than Denmark right now, I don't get why they're merged and we have our own qualifier.

Because Denmark has great CS:GO/Dota2/HS players. It is not only a SC2 tournament.

Zzzapper

1796 Posts

September 01 2017 19:47 GMT

#26

On September 02 2017 04:44 Aeromi wrote:

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Because Denmark has great CS:GO/Dota2/HS players. It is not only a SC2 tournament.

Are the qualifiers and number of spots the same for every game? That seems a bit silly

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

September 01 2017 23:20 GMT

#27

On September 02 2017 04:47 Zzzapper wrote:

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Are the qualifiers and number of spots the same for every game? That seems a bit silly

...numbers of spots slightly differ from game to game but "regional division" is the same...

Clevername02

15 Posts

September 02 2017 20:07 GMT

#28

I understand that there are various reasons why the qualifier is the way it is. But at the very least after the first round of qualifiers have taken place you could invite a few of the top players from the ladder to the main qualifier. I don't see any details for how the bracket works, but if there's 20 players right now you could just add the 4 top players from the ladder who didn't qualify through the regional qualifiers. So there would be 24 players total. If there's no extra money then they can pay their own way there. I'm sure the community would be willing to chip in to get some of their favorite players to this huge event.

I know it's frustrating getting so many comments about this but it really feels super unfair to the players and from a spectator's point of view it sort of poisons the event. A lot more people will watch this event if the community's favorite players are able to participate.

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 05 2017 20:43 GMT

#29

the first qualified player for the EU Main Qualifier is

(T)

DeMusliM

from the GB & Iceland Qualifier, beating RiSky 3-0
(Wiki)

World Electronic Sports Games 2017/Europe %26 CIS/UK

next: tomorrow evening (EU) the Danish Qualifier

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 06 2017 19:25 GMT

#30

the second qualified player for the EU Main Qualifier is

(T)

Lillekanin

from the Denmark Qualifier, beating Aggression 3-1
(Wiki)

World Electronic Sports Games 2017/Europe %26 CIS/Denmark

next: sunday morning the Benelux Qualifier

DieuCure

France3713 Posts

October 06 2017 19:30 GMT

#31

I'm sure that MarineLord can make it through FR qualifier if he tries.

If it can make me wait until Blizzcon

digmouse

China6329 Posts

October 06 2017 20:00 GMT

#32

Which org is running EU and AM qualifiers by the way?

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 06 2017 21:34 GMT

#33

On October 07 2017 05:00 digmouse wrote:
Which org is running EU and AM qualifiers by the way?

...if I'm not mistaken it should be run by themselves, except for Benelux (DSCL), Russia (Starladder) and Iberia...

VanCaspel

Netherlands250 Posts

October 08 2017 06:19 GMT

#34

The DSCL is not running the WESG Benelux qualifier, although Benelux players could qualify for the qualifier through the DSCL Open qualifiers. Glad I cleared that up

Blammo Entertainment / Firstlook Festival is running the qualifier, and it will be played TODAY at Firstlook Festival in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Check out the bracket here, more info is here. Come visit the event and meet your favorite Dutch memelords!

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 08 2017 09:46 GMT

#35

thanks VanCaspel for clearing that up!

edit: btw, this should have started more than 2 hrs ago...

Alex007

Ukraine211 Posts

October 08 2017 11:29 GMT

#36

On October 07 2017 06:34 CynicalDeath wrote:

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...if I'm not mistaken it should be run by themselves, except for Benelux (DSCL), Russia (Starladder) and Iberia...

EU and AM online qualifiers (except the three mentioned as they have their own LAN events) and LAN finals are held by StarLadder
Russian qualifiers were held by UCC

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 08 2017 15:47 GMT

#37

the third qualified player for the EU Main Qualifier is

(T)

uThermal

from the Benelux Qualifier, beating Harstem 3-0
(Wiki)

World Electronic Sports Games 2017/Europe %26 CIS/Benelux

next: tomorrow evening the South-Eastern Europe Qualifier

CynicalDeath

Italy3435 Posts

October 09 2017 14:56 GMT

#38

in the meantime, the fourth and fifth qualified player for the EU Main Qualifier are

(Z)

sLivko and (P)

Rail

from the Russia Qualifier (played on October 2)
(Wiki)

World Electronic Sports Games 2017/Europe %26 CIS/Russia

the two players will battle it out for seeding in a LAN tournament in St.Petersburg on October 22 (#russiathings)

Alex007

Ukraine211 Posts

October 09 2017 17:43 GMT

#39

On October 09 2017 23:56 CynicalDeath wrote:
in the meantime, the fourth and fifth qualified player for the EU Main Qualifier are

(Z)

sLivko and (P)

Rail

from the Russia Qualifier (played on October 2)
(Wiki)

World Electronic Sports Games 2017/Europe %26 CIS/Russia

the two players will battle it out for seeding in a LAN tournament in St.Petersburg on October 22 (#russiathings)

They actually have some prize pool ($200) for SC2 qualifier winners as well as for winners in other titles so this is basically the battle for money, not for seeding. Also, LAN will be held in Moscow.

Thank you so much for updating the thread!