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Kalera
Profile Joined January 2018
United States338 Posts
March 24 2018 03:54 GMT
#21
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-24 20:14:43
March 24 2018 20:14 GMT
#22
On March 24 2018 12:54 Kalera wrote:
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
Show nested quote +
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio


So if I get this right, those that won the qualifier for WCS Leipzig for Europe and North America get a seed to the qualifier, not those that actually did well in Leipzig, like Showtime who reached the final or Special, who reached the semi. Sounds a bit weird to me to be honest. I think it would have been better to skip this and let everyone qualify. That would mean more action for us viewers, and we could do with that.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
SNSeigifried
Profile Joined April 2013
United States1640 Posts
March 24 2018 21:11 GMT
#23
On March 25 2018 05:14 BaneRiders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 24 2018 12:54 Kalera wrote:
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio


So if I get this right, those that won the qualifier for WCS Leipzig for Europe and North America get a seed to the qualifier, not those that actually did well in Leipzig, like Showtime who reached the final or Special, who reached the semi. Sounds a bit weird to me to be honest. I think it would have been better to skip this and let everyone qualify. That would mean more action for us viewers, and we could do with that.

Major plays isn't NA he is latin they have a seperate challenger called Copa America.
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
March 24 2018 22:48 GMT
#24
On March 25 2018 06:11 SNSeigifried wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2018 05:14 BaneRiders wrote:
On March 24 2018 12:54 Kalera wrote:
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio


So if I get this right, those that won the qualifier for WCS Leipzig for Europe and North America get a seed to the qualifier, not those that actually did well in Leipzig, like Showtime who reached the final or Special, who reached the semi. Sounds a bit weird to me to be honest. I think it would have been better to skip this and let everyone qualify. That would mean more action for us viewers, and we could do with that.

Major plays isn't NA he is latin they have a seperate challenger called Copa America.


Ah, my bad. I thought Mexico belonged to North America geographically speaking.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Sinistro
Profile Joined February 2012
Brazil684 Posts
March 25 2018 11:49 GMT
#25
I like the changes on the format, is a balanced point between old (2014/2015) WCS format and the last iteration of the Challenger. Looking forward to see how it goes.
Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
March 25 2018 19:26 GMT
#26
On March 25 2018 07:48 BaneRiders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2018 06:11 SNSeigifried wrote:
On March 25 2018 05:14 BaneRiders wrote:
On March 24 2018 12:54 Kalera wrote:
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio


So if I get this right, those that won the qualifier for WCS Leipzig for Europe and North America get a seed to the qualifier, not those that actually did well in Leipzig, like Showtime who reached the final or Special, who reached the semi. Sounds a bit weird to me to be honest. I think it would have been better to skip this and let everyone qualify. That would mean more action for us viewers, and we could do with that.

Major plays isn't NA he is latin they have a seperate challenger called Copa America.


Ah, my bad. I thought Mexico belonged to North America geographically speaking.


Mexico does belong to NA geographically speaking, (as do some other countries which are not the USA or Canada) but their WCS region is Latin America
I am a slave of Golden from now on. Obey a supreme leader of StarCraft 2 or you get banned. I am really glad to be citizen of Democratic republic of Golden.
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
March 25 2018 20:26 GMT
#27
On March 26 2018 04:26 Corvuuss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2018 07:48 BaneRiders wrote:
On March 25 2018 06:11 SNSeigifried wrote:
On March 25 2018 05:14 BaneRiders wrote:
On March 24 2018 12:54 Kalera wrote:
Some more details were released.

The prequalified players are:
North American Region:
(P)Neeb
(Z)Scarlett
(T)MaSa
(Z)TRUE

European Region:
(Z)Elazer
(Z)Serral
(T)uThermal
(Z)Nerchio


So if I get this right, those that won the qualifier for WCS Leipzig for Europe and North America get a seed to the qualifier, not those that actually did well in Leipzig, like Showtime who reached the final or Special, who reached the semi. Sounds a bit weird to me to be honest. I think it would have been better to skip this and let everyone qualify. That would mean more action for us viewers, and we could do with that.

Major plays isn't NA he is latin they have a seperate challenger called Copa America.


Ah, my bad. I thought Mexico belonged to North America geographically speaking.


Mexico does belong to NA geographically speaking, (as do some other countries which are not the USA or Canada) but their WCS region is Latin America


Yeah, confusing stuff. Shifting Mexico to Latin America gives the region more weight I suppose (pun intended )
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
April 07 2018 21:49 GMT
#28
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.


I'm going to be a Community Caster for these qualifiers and who knows what else, hopefully i can bring some more eyes to this and to players playing in it.

There obv will be other Community Casters as well for it, if a player in the brackets is about to start a game and wants their game casted and i'm not already in a game casting...let me know and i'll cover it. I want to cast as many games as possible and give coverage to as many players and as much of the bracket as possible
Sup
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
April 07 2018 22:44 GMT
#29
I'm glad to see that Avilo has this opportunity, his passion for the game is almost unrivaled.
TL+ Member
FrkFrJss
Profile Joined April 2015
Canada1205 Posts
April 07 2018 23:07 GMT
#30
On April 08 2018 07:44 DieuCure wrote:
I'm glad to see that Avilo has this opportunity, his passion for the game is almost unrivaled.

I know there's a lot of controversy surrounding avilo, but I always support when a person/player/organization supports a scene. He has a large following, and he can bring a wider exposure to the NA scene than other people.
"Keep Moving Forward" - Walt Disney
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
April 07 2018 23:17 GMT
#31
On April 08 2018 06:49 avilo wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


I'm going to be a Community Caster for these qualifiers and who knows what else, hopefully i can bring some more eyes to this and to players playing in it.

There obv will be other Community Casters as well for it, if a player in the brackets is about to start a game and wants their game casted and i'm not already in a game casting...let me know and i'll cover it. I want to cast as many games as possible and give coverage to as many players and as much of the bracket as possible


Are you trying to qualify too or just casting?
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-07 23:38:37
April 07 2018 23:29 GMT
#32
Tuned in briefly, and avilo is a surprisingly good caster. He was doing some decent analysis in a crazy printf game, talking about walling off and mindgames and potential counters and so forth, and pretty enthusiastic.

Also not raving about maphacking or imbalance or anything like that, talking about "900 IQ plays from Protoss"
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-07 23:39:57
April 07 2018 23:38 GMT
#33
On April 08 2018 08:29 pvsnp wrote:
Tuned in briefly, and avilo is a surprisingly good caster. He was doing some decent analysis in a crazy printf game, talking about walling off and mindgames and potential counters and so forth

Also not raving about maphacking or imbalance or anything like that


Well he's not the one playing, so he can afford to be magnanimous.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-07 23:42:47
April 07 2018 23:40 GMT
#34
On April 08 2018 08:38 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2018 08:29 pvsnp wrote:
Tuned in briefly, and avilo is a surprisingly good caster. He was doing some decent analysis in a crazy printf game, talking about walling off and mindgames and potential counters and so forth

Also not raving about maphacking or imbalance or anything like that


Well he's not the one playing, so he can be magnanimous.


The funny part is that the Terran in-game is TheRiddler or something but is playing on an account named "avilo"

Oh and avilo is wearing a suit, for some reason.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
April 07 2018 23:43 GMT
#35
On April 08 2018 08:40 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2018 08:38 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On April 08 2018 08:29 pvsnp wrote:
Tuned in briefly, and avilo is a surprisingly good caster. He was doing some decent analysis in a crazy printf game, talking about walling off and mindgames and potential counters and so forth

Also not raving about maphacking or imbalance or anything like that


Well he's not the one playing, so he can be magnanimous.


The funny part is that the Terran in-game is TheRiddler or something but is playing on an account named "avilo"


Yeah, he plays for Waterloo in the CSL under that name iirc.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
April 08 2018 02:05 GMT
#36
Woah! Kane making his way through the winners bracket, that's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Go Kane! Hope he qualifies.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-08 03:16:10
April 08 2018 03:10 GMT
#37
Did NoRegreT (and Semper for that matter) not show up, or did two times Code S player NoRegreT lose to Farmcakes?
FrkFrJss
Profile Joined April 2015
Canada1205 Posts
April 08 2018 03:24 GMT
#38
On April 08 2018 11:05 TheDougler wrote:
Woah! Kane making his way through the winners bracket, that's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Go Kane! Hope he qualifies.

One of my favourite memories is him making it past Polt in the WCS qualifiers and then doing an interview half-naked.
"Keep Moving Forward" - Walt Disney
Kalera
Profile Joined January 2018
United States338 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-08 04:46:27
April 08 2018 04:40 GMT
#39
On April 08 2018 12:10 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Did NoRegreT (and Semper for that matter) not show up, or did two times Code S player NoRegreT lose to Farmcakes?


Bracket says NoRegreT beat "BadSheep" in the losers bracket, so he presumably was there, unless they were all no shows? Edit: Apparently he overslept and didn't make it.

puCK got knocked out by printf though!
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
April 08 2018 04:46 GMT
#40
On April 08 2018 13:40 Kalera wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2018 12:10 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Did NoRegreT (and Semper for that matter) not show up, or did two times Code S player NoRegreT lose to Farmcakes?


Bracket says NoRegreT beat "BadSheep" in the losers bracket, so he presumably was there, unless they were all no shows? It says he got knocked out by Disk in the next match. puCK also got knocked out by Silky and printf.

NoRegret and puCK are both playing from Korea, and the qualifier started at about 9 AM for them. 150+ ping and overall tiredness explains a lot.
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