EPTIntroducing WCS Winter 2019 - Page 2
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dummy1
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On December 21 2018 04:08 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: That prize pool distribution is quite interesting. WCS Circuit prize pool distribution has never been top heavy (which is good) but in this WCS Winter tournament I think its getting too far. 12k vs 8k? There is a big difference in points. This way the runner up may live to fight another day.  | ||
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ClaudeSc2
United States73 Posts
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
On December 21 2018 04:12 BaneRiders wrote: There is a big difference in points. This way the runner up may live to fight another day. 1600 vs 1100 now versus 2018 WCS circuit 3000 vs 1400 So not only prize money is less top heavy, WCS points are also | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30545 Posts
 . And Korea will be nervous getting nothing...I guess the positive thing for top32 players is way more chances, double elimination and round robin is more forgiving than 2018 format. The weird top6 bracket of doom format is interesting though. I wonder if Serral wil aim for 6th place just so he can personally wipe everyone out lol. Needs to challenge himself somehow. | ||
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ionONE
Germany605 Posts
WCS Leipzig is cut all together? The WCS winter event Lan finals are not scheduled, 4-6 weeks away without a date/location? 0 Informations from korea, merry christmas to all the korean progamers that are left! No longterm goals, this is what we want to achive with starcraft in 2019. Looking back/ personal highlights of the esports team at blizzard ... Overall structure next year? | ||
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geokilla
Canada8217 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30545 Posts
Next year the WCS will be streamed live at wcs.starcraft2.com Interesting tidbit. Does this mean no twitch? Or will it just be an embed? I like how the WCS site already has a next broadcast countdown though... of 41 days  ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/xHCVkDT.jpg) | ||
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dummy1
420 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16353 Posts
On December 21 2018 05:01 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Interesting tidbit. Does this mean no twitch? my guess is that WCS is on MLGNetwork. for 3 years now MLGNetwork has been listed as a "Strategic Initiative" by ATVI. WHich is a polite way of saying MLGNetwork is a FirePit where ATVI can throw money and watch it burn. My guess is ATVI wants to make MLGNetwork profitable; putting WCS on MLGNetwork is one step upwards along the stairway to heaven of profitability. | ||
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Lanthdoral
Germany7 Posts
hmm, 8 qualified from KR/Asia Server + 4 from China + Ladder NA TOP 8 + 12 qualified from NA server. so hows the round of 32 - round of 8? on NA server played? so basically Asia/China/Oceania players will suffer the lags. | ||
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MrWayne
219 Posts
The format Itself is very interesting. I like that they spread the prize pool even more between 64 players in total compared to 32 last year. What I don't like is that they basically separate Europe from the rest of the world(region lock REEEEEE :-P), at least the top 16 could face off to determine the best player outside koreas. I think the players who will benefit from this are EuroPros who aren't consistently top 16 and the whole NA scene and the ones who get shafted are the top EuroPros and the players from China/SEA/LA etc. Also this is probably bad news for some WCS casters, They already had almost to many casters in 2018 and this online format requires even less than a offline event. | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Lanthdoral
Germany7 Posts
On December 21 2018 05:50 MrWayne wrote: So they've downscaled WCS or at least the first WCS event. Compared to Leipzig last year, it is 30-40k less if you include all qualifiers. The format Itself is very interesting. I like that they spread the prize pool even more between 64 players in total compared to 32 last year. What I don't like is that they basically separate Europe from the rest of the world(regin look REEEEEE :-P), at least the top 16 could face off to determine the best player outside koreas. I think the players who will benefit from this are EuroPros who aren't consistently top 16 and the whole NA scene and the ones who get shafted are the top EuroPros and the players from China/SEA/LA etc. Also this is probably bad news for some WCS casters, They already had almost to many casters in 2018 and this online format requires even less than a offline event. yea, basically its REGION-LOCK 2.0 Region EU, Region NA and Region KR | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15866 Posts
On December 21 2018 05:57 Lanthdoral wrote: yea, basically its REGION-LOCK 2.0 Region EU, Region NA and Region KR This was 100% necessary. There was almost no motivation for an NA player to go pro when in every tournament they get immediately beaten by some faceless european. Now they have an incentive to improve. Can't wait for the gap to be closed. My only problem with the system is that I think NA players should be allowed to play in EU tournaments if they want to (but not vice versa) because it would add to the hype. | ||
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Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
On December 21 2018 06:08 Charoisaur wrote: This was 100% necessary. There was almost no motivation for an NA player to go pro when in every tournament they get immediately beaten by some faceless european. Now they have an incentive to improve. Can't wait for the gap to be closed. My only problem with the system is that I think NA players should be allowed to play in EU tournaments if they want to (but not vice versa) because it would add to the hype. I know you mean like Neeb, Scarlett, Special, etc. playing with the europeans... but as a rule, it would be extremely unfair (...and not the first rule like that). Anyway, we get almost the same amount of SC2, but they cut HUGE costs with the removal of a big event like WCS Leipzig. Less hype and "glamour", but if that is the cost of keeping SC2 like this, we are good. Really hoping they stream in Twitch though... viewership rises hugely and they change the streaming platform like this? best way to freeze that rise tbh. | ||
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MrWayne
219 Posts
On December 21 2018 06:24 Elmonti wrote: I know you mean like Neeb, Scarlett, Special, etc. playing with the europeans... but as a rule, it would be extremely unfair (...and not the first rule like that). Anyway, we get almost the same amount of SC2, but they cut HUGE costs with the removal of a big event like WCS Leipzig. Less hype and "glamour", but if that is the cost of keeping SC2 like this, we are good. Really hoping they stream in Twitch though... viewership rises hugely and they change the streaming platform like this? best way to freeze that rise tbh. yeah hopefully it's just an embedded Twitch Stream on their website. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12127 Posts
On December 21 2018 06:24 Elmonti wrote: I know you mean like Neeb, Scarlett, Special, etc. playing with the europeans... but as a rule, it would be extremely unfair (...and not the first rule like that). Anyway, we get almost the same amount of SC2, but they cut HUGE costs with the removal of a big event like WCS Leipzig. Less hype and "glamour", but if that is the cost of keeping SC2 like this, we are good. Really hoping they stream in Twitch though... viewership rises hugely and they change the streaming platform like this? best way to freeze that rise tbh. No, he mocks this region lock with how the Korean is based, where foreigners can take money off Korea but not vice versa Anyway, my expectation based on the silence about GSL No Code S next year, we get WCS Korea from now on No Afreeca(that's why no GSL as I believe they own the trademark) & no Tastosis, offline ro8+ | ||
Waxangel
United States33066 Posts
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