Code S Qualifiers conclude (2019 Season 1) - Page 3

On January 27 2019 01:55 Ej_ wrote:
Having said all of that, I don't think any amateur player has a hope of ever making Code S as long as there are 32 (ex-)pros in Korea.

It's just a matter of whether you feel the spot not occupied by KR pros should go to actual progamers (albeit not Korean) or KR amateurs.
To elaborate on that, I also do not think the Korean scene can be nurtured in any way for the Korean amateurs to grow, the gap is massive and there's few amateurs willing to actually compete.

On January 26 2019 23:35 blunderfulguy wrote:

Seems like it's with WCS Challenger Circuit and GSL/WCS Korea Circuit, Winter is outside of that. It's weird though, loads of people are wanting some official statement.

On January 27 2019 06:39 BaneRiders wrote:


That just sounds too weird. Is it a fact that foreigners were told off to compete in GSL? Did anyone tweet about it or something?

On January 27 2019 07:07 William paradise wrote:

TIME maybe was told he couldn't compete in wcs though a email.

On January 27 2019 07:24 Elentos wrote:

Nobody gets it. Nobody will get it until we get the full rule set for 2019 WCS from Blizzard. If we're lucky we might have that by 2020.

On January 27 2019 07:20 Shellshock wrote:
SHURRAAAAA

On January 27 2019 07:24 Elentos wrote:

Nobody gets it. Nobody will get it until we get the full rule set for 2019 WCS from Blizzard. If we're lucky we might have that by 2020.

On January 26 2019 20:40 opisska wrote:
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!

On January 27 2019 01:42 Xain0n wrote:


Let's then take a look at what happened in Code S qualifiers last two years!

I am listing which foreigners qualified and at the expense at which korean player, considering qualifier matches only(and ignoring the foreigner who lost when there was no korean player in the qualifier match); It's unlikely that someone losing to a foreigner in the first matches could have proceed to beat the other koreans players who ultimately eliminated said foreigners in the qualified, if those were absent.

S1 2017-Scarlett instead of Seed; S2 2017-SpeCial, Scarlett instead of Hurricane, herO.

S3 2017-SpeCial, Scarlett, TIME, Elazer, NoRegreT instead of Seed, Myungsik, Zest, Prince, Impact.

S1 2018-Scarlett, NoRegreT, SortOf instead of Patience, Patience(lol), Rookie.

S2 2018-Scarlett, Zanster, SortOf, Elazer instead of Bunny, Ragnarok, herO, Hurricane.

S3 2018-Reynor, Neeb, SpeCial instead of Trust, Byul, Patience ; S1 2019-Scarlett instead of Bomber.

Foreigners qualified nineteen times in seven seasons; I don't think that's too massive of a representation
However, the koreans who were denied their Code S spot were mostly mid-level players who don't always pass the qualifiers and former champs past their primes or in a slump; only twice a foreigner took the place of a korean up and comer: Elazer beating Prince and SortOf beating Rookie.

On January 27 2019 09:30 gophersnake wrote:


Ya it's good to see the fresh korean talent finally rising up and getting to play on the big stage. No more 3 non-korean players robbing their scene of it's round of 32 money.