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GSL blocked non-korean WCS players?
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Mountain_Lee
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parrotpitaya
Germany37 Posts
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Mudbuddha13
9 Posts
difference is WCS has blocked korean players since whenever, GSL is pretty competition friendly. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
These contradictions are confusing. And we still don't know anything concrete, about region-lock or even WCS 2019 as a whole. Blizzard please. | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On January 31 2019 07:11 pvsnp wrote: Major refused to comment about his withdrawal from GSL and told people to ask Blizzard (good luck with that). Given Showtime's comments on the same and all the withdrawals from GSL, it's self-evident that region-lock won't work the same way it did last year. Except Scarlett qualified for GSL and still appears to be participating in WCS. These contradictions are confusing. And we still don't know anything concrete, about region-lock or even WCS 2019 as a whole. Blizzard please. Yep. I can understand a total foreigner ban, but the fact that Scarlett still gets to do both makes me wonder. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6714 Posts
 It's gotta be sth to do with perma living in Korea, which Scarlett kinda does | ||
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Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
I asked Sortof in one of his streams a couple days ago why Special didn't try to qualify, and he said he chose to play LATAM Challenger (Copa América, which can pay him up to 4k$ per season, more than qualifying for GSL, he made 12k$ last year and 600 WCS points only with his Challenger). We will see when Scarlett (1.6k$ for first place in NA challenger with Neeb and Masa) or Sortof (too much level in EU) play in WCS stops. Regarding the "ask Blizzard not me", "I'm not saying anything", etc. well.... it's Juanito we're talking about, as much as I like him he has always had this behaviour. Blizzard should release an official statement once and for all though. | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On January 31 2019 18:11 Elmonti wrote: They (Noregret, Sortof, etc.) said playing GSL qualifiers bans you from playing WCS Challenger for future WCS Stops... WCS Winter has nothing to do with this. I asked Sortof in one of his streams a couple days ago why Special didn't try to qualify, and he said he chose to play LATAM Challenger (Copa América, which can pay him up to 4k$ per season, more than qualifying for GSL, he made 12k$ last year and 600 WCS points only with his Challenger). We will see when Scarlett (1.6k$ for first place in NA challenger with Neeb and Masa) or Sortof (too much level in EU) play in WCS stops. Regarding the "ask Blizzard not me", "I'm not saying anything", etc. well.... it's Juanito we're talking about, as much as I like him he has always had this behaviour. Blizzard should release an official statement once and for all though. If this is the case, why is Scarlett allowed to play both? | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
derp. | ||
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William paradise
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On February 01 2019 16:19 William paradise wrote: Scarlett said this might be her last gsl cause of the new rules with wcs But did Scarlett say anything about why all the other foreigners didn't want to play in one last GSL? | ||
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Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
On February 01 2019 12:53 mierin wrote: If this is the case, why is Scarlett allowed to play both? Because as I said, WCS Winter has nothing to do with WCS Challenger, it just had a normal qualifier, without prize or WCS points. WCS stops do have Challenger. On February 02 2019 19:03 pvsnp wrote: But did Scarlett say anything about why all the other foreigners didn't want to play in one last GSL? She didn't. But all the europeans left the house without having news on GSL qualifiers, only Sortof stayed, and he tried to qualify. In the case of Special, his Challenger (Copa América) is easier and more rewarding than qualifying for GSLRo32. | ||
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FvRGg
68 Posts
The scene is not going to die because this waited until 2020. I'm sure GSL is not pleased about it either because foreigners have been bringing them some views, and now that several foreigners are top 20 in the world, GSL sort of loses its sheen as the pinnacle of open competition in starcraft. I just fail to understand how completely inconsiderate blizzard is to all who are involved. I would expect an apology to the players with an announcement when it finally comes. | ||
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selmaquuen96
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On January 24 2019 14:51 v5872012 wrote: Edited: TIME said he doesn't want to cause any trouble, so I will not show their communication record. According to TIME and Cloudy, two Chinese progamer who was lived in Korea camp, said, non-korean players who play in GSL events cannot play in WCS events anymore since rules was changed. It was still not confirmed by Blizzard official. Sry about my bad english skill Money, dude. Everything costs money. It doesn't matter where you get the money from, it only matter how much you have, and what you spend it on. They might make tons of money on Diablo micro transactions in china, and if they think OWL is the future, they can put all of it into that. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10654 Posts
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EvanC
Canada130 Posts
On February 01 2019 16:19 William paradise wrote: Scarlett said this might be her last gsl cause of the new rules with wcs This would be so sad. | ||
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Mun_Su
France2063 Posts
This is good. No more double standards. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
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Elentos
55456 Posts
On February 03 2019 00:36 Zzoram wrote: It’s been a staple of GSL since the beginning though, there has almost always been a foreigner in the qualifiers that sometimes gets to the Ro32 before getting bopped Well they wouldn't be banned from GSL. Just forced to make a choice, like the Koreans. Would be real nice to have a WCS announcement though... | ||
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darksagus
United States39 Posts
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