The ladder and online qualifiers for WCS Winter have concluded, determining the 64 players who will compete in the first WCS Circuit competitions of 2019. The group stages for WCS America and Europe are set to begin on January 31st. WCS America and WCS Europe will take place on and offline from January to March*, with $60,000 in prize money on the line in both tournaments ($120,000 total).
On January 22 2019 16:23 FFW_Rude wrote: Also isn't PsiArc Japanese ?
According to WCS Winter Americas on Liquipedia, Asia is comprised of Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, and Japan, so PSiArc is in the correct region.
If Asia is comprised of Japan and PsiArc is japanese why is he in America WCS ? Or you mistyped and wanted to type America instead of Asia.
I understand for TLO now
There is still no WCS Asia. Blizzard is using the old America/Europe/Korea region system for this WCS, and Asia is lumped in with WCS America. So PSiArc is "region locked" to WCS America.
On January 22 2019 16:23 FFW_Rude wrote: Also isn't PsiArc Japanese ?
According to WCS Winter Americas on Liquipedia, Asia is comprised of Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, and Japan, so PSiArc is in the correct region.
If Asia is comprised of Japan and PsiArc is japanese why is he in America WCS ? Or you mistyped and wanted to type America instead of Asia.
I understand for TLO now
There is still no WCS Asia. Blizzard is using the old America/Europe/Korea region system for this WCS, and Asia is lumped in with WCS America. So PSiArc is "region locked" to WCS America.
Blizzard's naming/branding during the various incarnations WCS has always been confusing, but at least it's occasionally consistent XD
On January 22 2019 19:42 D-light wrote: Kinda surprised that Clem and Stephano couldn't make it. Pretty neat to see some new faces there though.
Clem is the one really missing. Stephano can't win a boX ZvZ.
More in general just kinda surprised of him not making it out of all four qualifiers. Not just losing against SoulSpirit, Basset and HateMe... even though it's also somewhat surprising even with his distaste of the match-up.
On January 22 2019 19:42 D-light wrote: Kinda surprised that Clem and Stephano couldn't make it. Pretty neat to see some new faces there though.
Clem is the one really missing. Stephano can't win a boX ZvZ.
More in general just kinda surprised of him not making it out of all four qualifiers. Not just losing against SoulSpirit, Basset and HateMe... even though it's also somewhat surprising even with his distaste of the match-up.
Losing to soulspirit and hateme is not that surprising, but in general I agree
I don't recognize a couple names there, I am unfamiliar with both Coffee and MeomaikA
And yeah... dunno what the deal is with Stephano, he may not be at the level of his old self but he should definitely still be good enough to qualify... That's too bad. I am less surprised with Clem, he has just seen so inconsistent I think he still has a way to go.
On January 22 2019 22:41 travis wrote: It's so cool that PsiArc qualified.
I don't recognize a couple names there, I am unfamiliar with both Coffee and MeomaikA
And yeah... dunno what the deal is with Stephano, he may not be at the level of his old self but he should definitely still be good enough to qualify... That's too bad. I am less surprised with Clem, he has just seen so inconsistent I think he still has a way to go.
meomaika is vietnams best player. up and comer for the last few years in sea.
On January 22 2019 22:41 travis wrote: It's so cool that PsiArc qualified.
I don't recognize a couple names there, I am unfamiliar with both Coffee and MeomaikA
And yeah... dunno what the deal is with Stephano, he may not be at the level of his old self but he should definitely still be good enough to qualify... That's too bad. I am less surprised with Clem, he has just seen so inconsistent I think he still has a way to go.
When you consider that two years ago, Clem and Reynor were considered very much alike...
Clem missed his connections to very high level it seems.
On January 22 2019 19:42 D-light wrote: Kinda surprised that Clem and Stephano couldn't make it. Pretty neat to see some new faces there though.
Clem is the one really missing. Stephano can't win a boX ZvZ.
More in general just kinda surprised of him not making it out of all four qualifiers. Not just losing against SoulSpirit, Basset and HateMe... even though it's also somewhat surprising even with his distaste of the match-up.
Pretty ironic that Reynor who lost all significant matches to ZvZ is now under Stephano's wing. I really hope gaining each other as practice partners can fix that.
On January 22 2019 19:42 D-light wrote: Kinda surprised that Clem and Stephano couldn't make it. Pretty neat to see some new faces there though.
Clem is the one really missing. Stephano can't win a boX ZvZ.
More in general just kinda surprised of him not making it out of all four qualifiers. Not just losing against SoulSpirit, Basset and HateMe... even though it's also somewhat surprising even with his distaste of the match-up.
Pretty ironic that Reynor who lost all significant matches to ZvZ is now under Stephano's wing. I really hope gaining each other as practice partners can fix that.
He came closer than pretty much anyone else (save Neeb, I guess) in the second half of 2018 to beating Serral though, he's definitely got a metric ton of potential.
On January 22 2019 22:41 travis wrote: It's so cool that PsiArc qualified.
I don't recognize a couple names there, I am unfamiliar with both Coffee and MeomaikA
And yeah... dunno what the deal is with Stephano, he may not be at the level of his old self but he should definitely still be good enough to qualify... That's too bad. I am less surprised with Clem, he has just seen so inconsistent I think he still has a way to go.
Coffee was banned for a year and a half for match fixing in China. But his ban is over and he's on iG now
On January 22 2019 22:41 travis wrote: It's so cool that PsiArc qualified.
I don't recognize a couple names there, I am unfamiliar with both Coffee and MeomaikA
And yeah... dunno what the deal is with Stephano, he may not be at the level of his old self but he should definitely still be good enough to qualify... That's too bad. I am less surprised with Clem, he has just seen so inconsistent I think he still has a way to go.
Stephano looked good in the last qualifier, I was watching his stream, than he did what he does best, after some cool macro ZvTs and ZvPs he got dropped by a random zerg.
On January 23 2019 03:48 Akio wrote: Congrats to the qualified players, especially pumped for PsiArc getting through! Looking forward to seeing some Japanese talent in the WCS.
Yes, it is actually the first time I see PsiArc in WCS. Good luck for him!
EPT
Protoss: Astrea, Has, Neeb, puCK, DisK, MCanning, PiLiPiLi, Probe, Firefly
Terran: Kelazhur, MaSa, Epic, ExpecT, SpeCial, Future, PsiArc, Vindicta, Seither, Coffee, TIME
Zerg: Cham, Erik, Scarlett, TLO, Silky, JonSnow, Demi, GogojOey, JimRising, MeomaikA, Rex, TooDming
