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Information on WCS Challenger Season 1 (2018)

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
March 15 2018 22:19 GMT
#1
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https://wcs.starcraft2.com/en-us/news/21613835/Everything-You-Need-to-Know-About-WCS-Challenger-Season-1/

*4 players will qualify from their final placement at the WCS Leipzig Pre-season


4 players will qualify from their current rank on the competitive ladder
8 players will qualify from the online open qualifiers



North America qualifiers will run April 7-8
Europe qualifiers will run April 9-10


The main WCS Challenger tournament will run on weekends beginning April 14
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
March 15 2018 22:31 GMT
#2
So basically the same thing as last year?

I was hoping for a format that is better at giving exposure to the players. That's one thing that was really lacking last year--making Challenger feel a bit like a real event rather than just one more set of qualifiers.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-15 22:35:12
March 15 2018 22:34 GMT
#3
They added a group stage and only 4 players qualify through the ladder instead of 8 compared to last year, right?

Btw information is already plural, informations does not exist. Classic mistake for us euros .
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-15 22:40:01
March 15 2018 22:39 GMT
#4
The difference is only 4 through GM instead of 8. ( because of WCS Ro4, half GSL)
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
March 15 2018 22:46 GMT
#5
On March 16 2018 07:39 DieuCure wrote:
The difference is only 4 through GM instead of 8. ( because of WCS Ro4, half GSL)

Was there a group stage last year?
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
March 15 2018 22:54 GMT
#6
No , loser bracket only, thanks for pointing this
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Kafka777
Profile Joined December 2015
361 Posts
March 15 2018 22:58 GMT
#7
I can congratulate the person responsible for scheduling. It will be amazing to see how players participating in Nationwars finals on April 21 will be able to play both challenger and the said finals and what a treat for viewers as well, we will have to watch on 2 monitors :-)
ShowTheLights
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Korea (South)1702 Posts
March 20 2018 01:56 GMT
#8
lmfao what a waste of resources and time. Nobody watches these challenger brackets and they get no exposure whatsoever

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BonitiilloO
Profile Joined June 2013
Dominican Republic627 Posts
March 20 2018 02:36 GMT
#9
On March 20 2018 10:56 ShowTheLights wrote:
lmfao what a waste of resources and time. Nobody watches these challenger brackets and they get no exposure whatsoever

User was temp banned for this post.


banned just for a personal opinion?

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Vutalisk
Profile Joined August 2016
United States680 Posts
March 20 2018 03:04 GMT
#10
On March 20 2018 10:56 ShowTheLights wrote:
lmfao what a waste of resources and time. Nobody watches these challenger brackets and they get no exposure whatsoever

User was temp banned for this post.

Another random banned for voicing his/her opinion. The worst part? He is probably right. BZ makes zero efforts to even advertise those Challenger events. Most of people don't even know. A post on TL will not be enough nor 1 tweet one hour before the event either.

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33492 Posts
March 20 2018 06:29 GMT
#11
the post was shitty negativity/lashing out without suggesting improvements or actually contributing to a discussion

don't derail threads with moderation complaints or bans/warns will follow
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
March 20 2018 08:05 GMT
#12
More group stages is always nicer than se or de brackets, but this does mean top 4 of the respective region right?
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[Svall]Granis
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Sweden94 Posts
March 20 2018 17:52 GMT
#13
While ive learned to like this format, i still miss WCS EU/NA with the live crowd and all player present.
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
March 20 2018 18:48 GMT
#14
On March 21 2018 02:52 [Svall]Granis wrote:
While ive learned to like this format, i still miss WCS EU/NA with the live crowd and all player present.


Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the qualifiers could attract a large crowd too, not just the basement in Cologne(?) with room for 13 people...

I might be stupid, but I don't quite get what is meant with this:

4 players will qualify from their final placement at the WCS Leipzig Pre-season

Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Kalera
Profile Joined January 2018
United States338 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-20 19:04:23
March 20 2018 19:03 GMT
#15
On March 21 2018 03:48 BaneRiders wrote:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the qualifiers could attract a large crowd too, not just the basement in Cologne(?) with room for 13 people...

Would cost more though.

I might be stupid, but I don't quite get what is meant with this:

Show nested quote +
4 players will qualify from their final placement at the WCS Leipzig Pre-season



Seems like everyone from Ro4 at Leipzig automatically qualifies
KR_4EVR
Profile Joined July 2017
316 Posts
March 20 2018 19:10 GMT
#16
On March 21 2018 04:03 Kalera wrote:

Seems like everyone from Ro4 at Leipzig automatically qualifies


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Et tu Brute ?
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
March 21 2018 00:35 GMT
#17
On March 21 2018 04:10 KR_4EVR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2018 04:03 Kalera wrote:

Seems like everyone from Ro4 at Leipzig automatically qualifies


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Ok thanks! With only 4 WCS tourneys I'm not sure I agree with such freebies, but ok.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-21 03:58:36
March 21 2018 03:57 GMT
#18
On March 21 2018 04:10 KR_4EVR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2018 04:03 Kalera wrote:

Seems like everyone from Ro4 at Leipzig automatically qualifies


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I'm deeply facinated by the though process that made you arrive at the conclusion that posting a zoom in screenshot of a bracket was the best way of telling us the top 4 players.
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inuh
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Korea (South)15 Posts
March 21 2018 12:23 GMT
#19
On March 16 2018 07:58 Kafka777 wrote:
I can congratulate the person responsible for scheduling. It will be amazing to see how players participating in Nationwars finals on April 21 will be able to play both challenger and the said finals and what a treat for viewers as well, we will have to watch on 2 monitors :-)


Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
March 21 2018 12:29 GMT
#20
After reading the official thing, it seems 4 of NA and 4 of EU automatically qualify so that would be
EU: (Z)Serral (P)ShoWTimE and two of (Z)Elazer, (Z)Nerchio or (Z)Snute
NA: (P)Neeb (Z)TRUE (T)MaSa and (Z)Scarlett
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