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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On March 29 2018 19:00 Chris_Havoc wrote: There is the "nuclear option", which is to simply abolish the WCS altogether and let each tournament organizer to decide on region locking for themselves. And that worked for almost 3 years until blizzard decided they needed to run things. I miss late 2010-early 2013 | ||
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rotta
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Kalera
United States338 Posts
I expect the end result is that region lock will apply for both sides, which is probably what they should have done to start if the goal was fostering local talent. However, Blizzard fucked themselves on this one because changing the rules mid-season is would be a huge headache. | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4958 Posts
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Hadronsbecrazy
United Kingdom551 Posts
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muppet70
Sweden72 Posts
Those good enough play on the top tier global scene, the rest battle it out in their region. Question is if sc2 interest is big enough to support an expansion like that and also if it would drain some regions too much of top players. | ||
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juvenal
2448 Posts
On March 29 2018 19:00 Chris_Havoc wrote: There is the "nuclear option", which is to simply abolish the WCS altogether and let each tournament organizer to decide on region locking for themselves. WCS is a stillborn abomination that no one called for. Your option is actually the best one. | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
On March 29 2018 21:13 juvenal wrote: WCS is a stillborn abomination that no one called for. Your option is actually the best one. Yes let's abandon WCS so we have no StarCraft to watch except for online tournaments. They should just region lock GSL and be done with this. | ||
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argonautdice
Canada2719 Posts
Oh, and let TRUE play. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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CynicalDeath
Italy3521 Posts
On March 29 2018 16:28 pvsnp wrote: This basically means: 1. If you were born in Korea, you can play in EITHER WCS Korea or WCS Circuit 2. If you were born in any other country in the world, you can play in BOTH WCS Korea and WCS Circuit No exceptions, no loopholes, no workarounds. ...this is pretty dumb... | ||
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DBooN
Germany2727 Posts
On March 29 2018 22:01 travis wrote: Why would they enforce this? According to the tweet in the second post of the thread they're not just enforcing it, they changed the interpretation of the rule just to stop TRUE. | ||
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barcodeno1
20 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
Many have mentioned many times how unfair the situation is. Finally the issue has come up and it will be interesting to see how Blizzard responds. I really hope they don't ignore it. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On March 29 2018 21:13 juvenal wrote: WCS is a stillborn abomination that no one called for. Your option is actually the best one. Nobody would run big sc2 tournaments without WCS. We only have those tournaments because Blizzard pays for everything. Just remove region lock, but WCS is needed. Otherwise HSC would be the biggest event of the year, but only if the community stays passionate enough to crowdfund it. | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
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10dla
127 Posts
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On March 29 2018 23:01 Boggyb wrote: Delete region locking or enforce it on Korean events as well. The former is better than the latter as competitive events should be open to everyone and the best player should win. If non-Korean Starcraft dies, so be it. A region with only 2 of the 3 races wasn't worth saving in the first place. The problem is that we've gone through this before. If the global scene collapses, the Korean scene will also collapse. Like it or not, but it's money from Blizzard and outside organizations that are keeping the SC2 scene alive. Remember, tournament organizers stopped wanting to hold SC2 events because the local scenes were getting destroyed. If we return to a pre-region lock time, the foreign scene will collapse and then the Korean scene. So if that's the case, I'm in favour of tiered region locking. If you are of a certain skill level in a region, you cannot compete in both regions, but if you are under a certain skill level, you can compete in all tournaments. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On March 29 2018 23:46 FrkFrJss wrote: The problem is that we've gone through this before. If the global scene collapses, the Korean scene will also collapse. Like it or not, but it's money from Blizzard and outside organizations that are keeping the SC2 scene alive. Remember, tournament organizers stopped wanting to hold SC2 events because the local scenes were getting destroyed. If we return to a pre-region lock time, the foreign scene will collapse and then the Korean scene. So if that's the case, I'm in favour of tiered region locking. If you are of a certain skill level in a region, you cannot compete in both regions, but if you are under a certain skill level, you can compete in all tournaments. In that case lock the GSL and save the Korea. Let the foreigners taste their own medicine. | ||
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WGT-Baal
France3422 Posts
Whether or not the rule is stupid, Blizzard should have told TRUE (and his team) before the qualifier even began. Looks very amateur (that or TRUE ignored it but i find it unlikely) | ||
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