EPTIntroducing WCS Winter 2019 - Page 3
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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Pedro1
Brazil40 Posts
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
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StarcraftSquall
United States196 Posts
On December 21 2018 03:56 KappaKingPrime wrote: It's somewhat weird, that this time there is nothing about Korea, usually they announce everything. I wounder if it's good or bad.  Korea in 2019 We’re currently putting the finishing touches on our 2019 plans for WCS Korea. Look for more details in the new year for the region that started it all. And I do agree with iNcontroL: If the region lock is removed from Korea DESPITE Serral, StarCraft 2 will die under current circumstances. This is only a viable conversation if and when WCS Circuit players start taking matches from Koreans about 50-50. The region lock is a good thing and we should stop clamoring for it to be released. It only hurts the overall scene for the game and while Korea has most of the talent, the rest of the world brings in the viewership. | ||
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blunderfulguy
United States1415 Posts
I wish we had good videos (or at least good infographics) for announcements like this. Videos once in a blue moon for War Chests and Commanders, why not announcements like these? Or a few more official videos in general, maybe not quite as often as other games get them (WoW, Heroes) but just a little teensy bit more often for important stuff? | ||
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Kalera
United States338 Posts
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Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 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. Charoisaur is a world class troll! That's impressive but nothing compared to him worshipping Serral for a week after BlizzCon xD Blizzard tells us Region Lock is THE WAY; I'm not sure separating EU from the rest of the world is appropriate, even If it might be limited to WCS Winter and actual offline WCS events could be the same as 2017/2018 ones. | ||
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Rodya
546 Posts
On December 21 2018 08:19 StarcraftSquall wrote: Korea in 2019 We’re currently putting the finishing touches on our 2019 plans for WCS Korea. Look for more details in the new year for the region that started it all. And I do agree with iNcontroL: If the region lock is removed from Korea DESPITE Serral, StarCraft 2 will die under current circumstances. This is only a viable conversation if and when WCS Circuit players start taking matches from Koreans about 50-50. The region lock is a good thing and we should stop clamoring for it to be released. It only hurts the overall scene for the game and while Korea has most of the talent, the rest of the world brings in the viewership. Yeah, it's not like white people like to watch Koreans play or anything... I'm white and I have never watched a single "WCS stop" match (as in, the foreigner-only tournaments that have existed the last couple years). I don't know where you get your data from if you're saying that people would stop watching tournaments if there were only 2-3 white people out of 16 attending. That was never a problem in the past. | ||
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RealityTheGreat
China564 Posts
We will not stay up too late for weekend Tournaments. And we can see more players. | ||
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seemsgood
5527 Posts
Cant wait to see Korea announcment | ||
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Anc13nt
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Tommy131313
Germany157 Posts
On December 21 2018 09:20 Jj_82 wrote: I have no clue what to make of this. Is that a good or bad sign? Anyways, it's just really frikken late like always. These are big companies. Why can't they plan a bit more in advance? Blizzard please. I think it's mostly a good sign. Obviously having some changes scares some guys a lot. As usual... Of course it's sad for the Leipzig event. But hey, it's esport, it's not that much relying on regional fans but on global viewership! And honestly, Blizzard not telling all the plans for 2019 doesn't mean they have none. You get a lot more excitement when releasing news over some time, bit by bit...  | ||
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Kaizor
Singapore909 Posts
1. Blizzard and Afreeca can't agree on the terms for GSL 2019. 2. GSL season 1 is most likely going to be delayed. Qualifiers for season 1 2018 started on 26th Dec 2017. Neither are good signs, and i would predict that GSL is getting a much bigger scale back than WCS. | ||
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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
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dummy1
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shadow4723
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12132 Posts
On December 21 2018 08:19 StarcraftSquall wrote: Korea in 2019 We’re currently putting the finishing touches on our 2019 plans for WCS Korea. Look for more details in the new year for the region that started it all. And I do agree with iNcontroL: If the region lock is removed from Korea DESPITE Serral, StarCraft 2 will die under current circumstances. This is only a viable conversation if and when WCS Circuit players start taking matches from Koreans about 50-50. The region lock is a good thing and we should stop clamoring for it to be released. It only hurts the overall scene for the game and while Korea has most of the talent, the rest of the world brings in the viewership. FFS why the people can see only removing the region lock... it's not JUST REMOVE REGIONLOCK!!$!%!%!@%!@%! HURR DURR!!!!! Holy Batman on a nuclear powered pogo stick >< If there's no protection of Korea the Korean scene will die. But since the SC2 scene will die anyway soon it probably doesn't matter now. | ||
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uummpaa
238 Posts
but hey, at least they show some sort of humor with the region lock for serral (or EU if you wish), now all that is missing is to keep GSL (if still existing) ooen for everybody and their mom, you know cause hypocrisy isn't a thing thank god for some independent people like IEM, TakeTv and oGaming who provide some not-at-all locked tournaments to enjoy for the viewers | ||
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litLikeBic
Canada105 Posts
On December 21 2018 03:25 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Announcements are pretty late in arriving because they had to get approved by the new CEO of Blizzard Entertainment. Whoever that is. I got $50 that says it ain't an electrical engineer. User was temp banned for this post. why would being an electrical engineer bear any relevance? your temp ban was deserved for such a silly comment | ||
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