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Why the WCS Circuit Outshone Code S in 2018

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Why the WCS Circuit Outshone Code S in 2018

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February 6th, 2019 01:22 GMT

Why the WCS Circuit Outshone Code S in 2018

by Mizenhauer
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The prevailing storylines in WCS and GSL were similar in 2018. (Wiki)Maru and (Wiki)Serral dominated their respective leagues in absolute, undeniable, and unprecedented fashion. However, while historic dominance is something well worth tuning in for, it's not the only thing that that keeps us at the edge of our seats.

Serral's sweep was the story of the WCS Circuit on the outside, but the beating heart beneath it all was the belief that anything was possible. (Wiki)MaNa’s last stand, (Wiki)Has’ remarkable face-turn, and (Wiki)Reynor's almost-miracle run to usurp Serral's reign—these were the kind of moments that gave the WCS Circuit a vibrant soul that the GSL sorely lacked. It was this identity that made the WCS Circuit the better league to watch.

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Photo: Carlton Beener (via Blizzard)

The first WCS Circuit event I watched was WCS Austin 2017. I wasn’t enthused at the prospect of wasting my weekend logging the all-foreigner affair in excruciating detail, but TL.net needed recaps and I was the man for the job. I was sure going in that I was going to hate it, but the tournament wound up being worse than even my darkest fears. The match between (Wiki)Nerchio and (Wiki)TRUE, in particular, was an unimaginable abomination. It got off to a rocky start when TRUE nearly threw away a massive lead by refusing to make anything but roaches in game one. From there it got even worse. TRUE's decision making in their base-trade on Bel’Shir Vestige was demoralizing, to put it lightly. I couldn’t believe it when he plowed his weird roach/infestor army into a concave of lurkers. The fourth game was rather tame, but by that point I’d already learned what it meant when people said someone was going full foreigner.

How was I supposed to enjoy this farce when the players were so bad?

In those days I was your typical Korean elitist. I’d been watching StarCraft for seven years but I’d never punished myself by intentionally watching a match between foreigners. Watching players like MarineKing, Leenock, or TaeJa slaughter helpless foreigners at international events made it obvious that the Korean leagues featured a far superior level of StarCraft II. I cheered for Life—a player I had never supported or cared for—when he thrashed Lilbow at BlizzCon. I wrote off Neeb’s KeSPA Cup win as a complete fluke. I relished in Serral and Elazer's humiliating defeats at the hands of Dark in 2017. By the time I signed up to write for TL in November 2016, there was no doubt in my mind: Koreans were a cut above. Foreigners weren’t even worth watching.


Is this it? The essence of full foreigner?

I entered 2018 excited for another year of spectacular Korean StarCraft in the GSL. But as I told the stories from StarCraft II's most prestigious league, I started to realize those stories had barely changed over the last few years. The more GSL I watched in 2018, the more those once enthralling storylines started to feel repetitive and contrived.

The round of 32 featured a regular cast of cannon-fodder who were dismissed after some insincere lip-service. (Wiki)Dark continued to be a paradox of supreme talent disappointing results. Every (Wiki)sOs appearance was about winning that final trophy which would complete a legendary career. For the sixth time in his career, (Wiki)Trap lost in the final match of his RO16 group. I lost track of how many times we asked of (Wiki)Classic, (Wiki)Dear, (Wiki)INnoVation, and numerous others: "Can he rediscover his championship form?"

The worst possible thing had happened to Korean StarCraft. It had become stagnant.

(Wiki)Maru's back-to-back GSL wins were the last straw. A few years ago, I would have thought it was the most exciting thing happening in StarCraft II. In 2018, it signaled that the disease of inevitability had infected the entirety of the GSL, all the way up to the championship. I acknowledged that Maru was amazing and I was still happy for him as a long-time fan. Yet, because of him, not only had the GSL journey become the same, but so had the destination.

I tuned into WCS Austin 2018 on a whim. Somehow, the tournament I had deemed to be the nadir of StarCraft a year ago didn't seem so awful anymore. Players began to distinguish themselves amid a previously anonymous morass. I liked European Zergs like (Wiki)Zanster, (Wiki)Lambo and (Wiki)Namshar because I couldn't figure out how good they were from game to game. I was intrigued by Korean champions (Wiki)Neeb and (Wiki)Scarlett because their Korean titles didn't seem to guarantee them any Circuit success. I wasn’t so interested in the youngsters (Wiki)Reynor and (Wiki)Clem, but they seemed to be faring better than DRGLing and NightMare.

Ultimately, it was (Wiki)MaNa's run that made the difference. I never imagined that someone who’d been mediocre for so long could shine so brightly. (Wiki)Leenock never did this—Leenock's destiny was to die in the RO16. When was the last time the GSL saw someone unexpected cut a swathe through its titans, like MaNa was doing to Neeb, Snute and SpeCial? The 3-0, 3-0, 3-1 scores might have seemed lopsided, but the margin of victory was razor thin. By the time MaNa reached the finals, I was transfixed. The last time Korean StarCraft made me feel that way was when Maru soared back to win 2015's SSL Season 1. And, while (Wiki)Serral was the one uncorking the champagne at the end of the day, MaNa’s run was what left a lasting impression. Even in defeat, MaNa made it seem like anything was possible on the WCS Circuit.

That feeling continued at WCS Valencia when (Wiki)Has—a player who seemed firmly locked into the cheesy, mid-tier caste—engineered a masterful, inexplicable run that took him all the way to the finals. Something like that could never happen in Korea, where players are militantly kept in rank by those higher up in the pecking order (and players like (Wiki)MyuNgSiK are publicly flogged for their impudence). Has managed the impossible, beating one supposedly superior player after another with a befuddling playstyle his opponents should have seen coming.

Maybe I should have been paying more attention to that (Wiki)Reynor kid because he put together another one of these magical WCS runs at WCS Montreal (ironically, he had first announced himself to the StarCraft community by spicing up my beloved GSL with an unexpectedly strong showing). He stormed his way to the finals and, despite throwing away the upset of the year on Cerulean Fall—he tested Serral in a way no foreigner had all year.

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Photo: Carlton Beener (via Blizzard)

Serral may have ended up with the trophy on all the 2018 Circuit stops, but each time there was no telling how we'd arrive at that outcome. The group stages were a regular bloodbath. The elimination rounds always produced a stand-out match, often between the most unexpected players. A miracle run like MaNa’s or Has’ seemed but a few games away. There were young competitors who had the potential to become breakout star. Oh boy, was it fun.

The last GSL Code S finals between Maru and TY was a redeeming moment for a lackluster year in Korean StarCraft II. I’d argue that the games on their own weren’t that spectacular, but the sheer tension had me captivated for the entire series. Maru had finally found an equal in TY—a player who could change his entire legacy and break a year's worth of storylines with a single victory. Those are the kind of matches that make competitive StarCraft great. When the narratives become too familiar and the results too predictable, the competition loses its spark. The 2018 WCS Circuit, meanwhile, kept me in suspense every step of the way. The history and prestige of the GSL may never be challenged in StarCraft II, but 2018 showed us that the WCS Circuit has the potential to remain the most exciting league going forward.



Credits and acknowledgements

Writers: Mizenhauer
Editor: Wax
Photos: Carlton Beener courtesy of Blizzard
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3546 Posts
February 06 2019 01:32 GMT
#2
A nice piece! I foresee an unusually high number of ritual suicides here on TL, tho xd
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada6579 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 01:36:07
February 06 2019 01:35 GMT
#3
Some men just want to watch the world burn

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Jk, nice work
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States29670 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 01:35:36
February 06 2019 01:35 GMT
#4
I'm glad Mizenhauer realized that watching Dark totally destroy [Player] in the RO32 and saying to yourself 'this is peak StarCraft II' isn't the only way to enjoy the game.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16502 Posts
February 06 2019 01:36 GMT
#5
I'm not sure if/to what extent I agree with this, but this article definitely provides food for thought. I wonder to what extent the format influences things. The GSL Super Tournaments was relatively similar in format to WCS, and at the time they were pretty interesting, but in hindsight it didn't leave too much of an impression.
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/563903-2020-season-2-ladder-map-statistics-retrospective
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States29670 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 01:40:54
February 06 2019 01:39 GMT
#6
On February 06 2019 10:36 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I'm not sure if/to what extent I agree with this, but this article definitely provides food for thought. I wonder to what extent the format influences things. The GSL Super Tournaments was relatively similar in format to WCS, and at the time they were pretty interesting, but in hindsight it didn't leave too much of an impression.

I think the human brain is just fickle, and even if it should know something rationally (Koreans are generally better than foreigners at StarCraft), you find a way to dismiss it emotionally after you don't see it happen for a while.

Someone find me a cognitive science paper that confirms this theory I pulled out of my ass.
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Rodya
Profile Joined January 2018
527 Posts
February 06 2019 01:45 GMT
#7
So basically, the WCS has significantly lower quality games overall, but you think we should still watch it because of... some kind of drama?

I don't know, I like to watch high quality games, and the storylines are the facts. I don't need you or anyone else to tell some fictional story and relate it to Oedipus Rex or Othello. Besides, I don't think it's exciting that a low quality player can make a run in an event that has only one of the best players in the world attending (unless they beat that player), but that isn't exciting really, it's just one match of interest.

Tell me which round of 8 onwards match wasn't hype? (Wiki)2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1/Code S In fact, tell me which round of 16 group wasn't hype. For overall storylines, Maru's run was exciting to watch the whole way through. Maru's thrashing of Zest was one of the most thrilling moments of the year for me, and I'm a big fan of Zest. It was just that epic.

GSL was action packed last year and plenty of exciting games every week. I am not a korean elitist for thinking this, nor am I a korean elitist for not wanting to watch low quality games.

Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!
Mudbuddha13
Profile Joined October 2018
9 Posts
February 06 2019 02:07 GMT
#8
GSL is always more exciting than WCS imo,
agsub
Profile Joined May 2012
Singapore365 Posts
February 06 2019 02:23 GMT
#9
The "tension" in WCS is due to the inconsistency of gameplay among WCS pros (Serral being the exception). It is frustrating to watch them throw away games due to unforced errors or taking forever to close out won games.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany13632 Posts
February 06 2019 02:26 GMT
#10
On February 06 2019 10:45 Rodya wrote:
So basically, the WCS has significantly lower quality games overall, but you think we should still watch it because of... some kind of drama?

I don't know, I like to watch high quality games, and the storylines are the facts. I don't need you or anyone else to tell some fictional story and relate it to Oedipus Rex or Othello. Besides, I don't think it's exciting that a low quality player can make a run in an event that has only one of the best players in the world attending (unless they beat that player), but that isn't exciting really, it's just one match of interest.

Tell me which round of 8 onwards match wasn't hype? (Wiki)2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1/Code S In fact, tell me which round of 16 group wasn't hype. For overall storylines, Maru's run was exciting to watch the whole way through. Maru's thrashing of Zest was one of the most thrilling moments of the year for me, and I'm a big fan of Zest. It was just that epic.

GSL was action packed last year and plenty of exciting games every week. I am not a korean elitist for thinking this, nor am I a korean elitist for not wanting to watch low quality games.


Agree with this but the article has a point that the korean scene became stagnant. how many high stake encounters have we seen by now between Maru, TY, Dark, Inno, Classic, Stats etc.? there's little room for really exciting new storylines.

On the other hand how many high stake encounters have we seen between Serral, Neeb, Elazer, Showtime, Reynor etc.? Far less so the novelty factor is definitely higher there.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada6579 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 03:02:41
February 06 2019 02:54 GMT
#11
While I agree that GSL really is getting a bit stale, also because it's hard to emphasize the importance of a GSL when almost everyone has major win to there name, in the last GSL ro16 only 6 players (Reynor, Trap, Keen, Impact, Leenock, TY) had never won a premier tournament in Korea (and 3 of those had won premier outside of Korea) and 8 were already multiple time premier champion in Korea. At this point it's hard to put a lot of a lot of emphasis on the championship, I mean what would another GSL really mean to guys like Zest, Maru, INno or Stats? It would be nice for them of course but for most of them it would only be another trophy in their collection.

But on another note, I do have to wonder if the fact that the SC2 viewer base (I assume) getting older is affecting how we view WCS and GSL. Korean Starcraft is on at dismal hours for most people and as more people get full time jobs and kids it become harder to stay invested enough to stay up at midnight or get up at 5 am just to watch a round of 32 GSL group. Even myself as a student who watch way to much Starcraft I don't have the will I had to fuck up my sleep schedule just to watch the GSL. It's way easier to watch some Starcraft on the weekend or in the evening, and stay more invested in the story lines.
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30729 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 03:13:37
February 06 2019 03:12 GMT
#12
Sadly I'd have to agree. It's great that WCS had a spectacular 2018, but it's also indicative of how much the Korean scene has withered. I mean look at code A 2014 vs Code S 2019

2014 (particularly group G here...)

2019

of course there's stagnation with the same faces, there isn't much left of the middle-class in Korea (especially among the Zergs). There aren't any promising younger players on the rise either like Reynor in WCS :/

To me, the lone hope of adding some rejuvenation to the scene and the prime story to watch in Korea for 2019 is the performance of the returning military players. MC, Dream, Fantasy, PartinG, DRG, and Taeja especially could make things a little more interesting in a couple months. I believe Curious should be due back soon as well.

==

On February 06 2019 10:45 Rodya wrote:
So basically, the WCS has significantly lower quality games overall, but you think we should still watch it because of... some kind of drama?

I don't know, I like to watch high quality games, and the storylines are the facts. I don't need you or anyone else to tell some fictional story and relate it to Oedipus Rex or Othello. Besides, I don't think it's exciting that a low quality player can make a run in an event that has only one of the best players in the world attending (unless they beat that player), but that isn't exciting really, it's just one match of interest.



GSL is still higher quality, there's still clearly a gap, but not nearly as much as it used to be. I don't know if it's more that Korea has diminished or foreigners have really stepped it up (probably both), but I think there are more players than Serral that are clearly code S level that are playing in WCS.

Scarlett, Neeb, Special, ShowTime, uThermal, and Reynor at a minimum are code S level.


Tell me which round of 8 onwards match wasn't hype? (Wiki)2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1/Code S In fact, tell me which round of 16 group wasn't hype. For overall storylines, Maru's run was exciting to watch the whole way through. Maru's thrashing of Zest was one of the most thrilling moments of the year for me, and I'm a big fan of Zest. It was just that epic.



It's hype but tiring to see the usual suspects all the time. Aside from Maru's domination, I think Neeb and Scarlett drew the most hype with their respective runs. There was no old soldier like ByuN/Gumiho who finally got their day in the sun, nor a new badass on the block like with Zest's 2014 royal road to really juice things up.

Don't know how you found Maru vs Zest "thrilling" though. That will go down as the worst gsl finals we've had to date. Even worse than NesTea vs Inca (at least that was funny and very memorable).


GSL was action packed last year and plenty of exciting games every week. I am not a korean elitist for thinking this, nor am I a korean elitist for not wanting to watch low quality games.


Koreans play plenty of shit games too, see sOs vs HeroMarine at Blizzcon. A higher level on average sure, but not like it used to be.
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Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1436 Posts
February 06 2019 03:23 GMT
#13
On February 06 2019 12:12 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Sadly I'd have to agree. It's great that WCS had a spectacular 2018, but it's also indicative of how much the Korean scene has withered. I mean look at code A 2014 vs Code S 2019

2014 (particularly group G here...)

2019

of course there's stagnation with the same faces, there isn't much left of the middle-class in Korea (especially among the Zergs). There aren't any promising younger players on the rise either like Reynor in WCS :/

To me, the lone hope of adding some rejuvenation to the scene and the prime story to watch in Korea for 2019 is the performance of the returning military players. MC, Dream, Fantasy, PartinG, DRG, and Taeja especially could make things a little more interesting in a couple months. I believe Curious should be due back soon as well.

==

Show nested quote +
On February 06 2019 10:45 Rodya wrote:
So basically, the WCS has significantly lower quality games overall, but you think we should still watch it because of... some kind of drama?

I don't know, I like to watch high quality games, and the storylines are the facts. I don't need you or anyone else to tell some fictional story and relate it to Oedipus Rex or Othello. Besides, I don't think it's exciting that a low quality player can make a run in an event that has only one of the best players in the world attending (unless they beat that player), but that isn't exciting really, it's just one match of interest.



GSL is still higher quality, there's still clearly a gap, but not nearly as much as it used to be. I don't know if it's more that Korea has diminished or foreigners have really stepped it up (probably both), but I think there are more players than Serral that are clearly code S level that are playing in WCS.

Scarlett, Neeb, Special, ShowTime, uThermal, and Reynor at a minimum are code S level.

Show nested quote +

Tell me which round of 8 onwards match wasn't hype? (Wiki)2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1/Code S In fact, tell me which round of 16 group wasn't hype. For overall storylines, Maru's run was exciting to watch the whole way through. Maru's thrashing of Zest was one of the most thrilling moments of the year for me, and I'm a big fan of Zest. It was just that epic.



It's hype but tiring to see the usual suspects all the time. Aside from Maru's domination, I think Neeb and Scarlett drew the most hype with their respective runs. There was no old soldier like ByuN/Gumiho who finally got their day in the sun, nor a new badass on the block like with Zest's 2014 royal road to really juice things up.

Don't know how you found Maru vs Zest "thrilling" though. That will go down as the worst gsl finals we've had to date. Even worse than NesTea vs Inca (at least that was funny and very memorable).

Show nested quote +

GSL was action packed last year and plenty of exciting games every week. I am not a korean elitist for thinking this, nor am I a korean elitist for not wanting to watch low quality games.


Koreans play plenty of shit games too, see sOs vs HeroMarine at Blizzcon. A higher level on average sure, but not like it used to be.


I still remember Maru vs Zest game 4 where I was hoping Zest would some pull off some crazy reverse sweep.
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franzji
Profile Joined September 2013
United States571 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 19:10:19
February 06 2019 03:41 GMT
#14
WCS > GSL last year easily. easily!

This year? Well so far it looks like WCS is going into the dumpster. If Blizzard can't negotiate the weekend tournaments and WCS gets stuck with this budget WCS Winter stuff, I worry for starcraft.

Update: I do not like the new WCS circuit that much.
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia975 Posts
February 06 2019 03:49 GMT
#15
On February 06 2019 12:23 Anc13nt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 06 2019 12:12 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Sadly I'd have to agree. It's great that WCS had a spectacular 2018, but it's also indicative of how much the Korean scene has withered. I mean look at code A 2014 vs Code S 2019

2014 (particularly group G here...)

2019

of course there's stagnation with the same faces, there isn't much left of the middle-class in Korea (especially among the Zergs). There aren't any promising younger players on the rise either like Reynor in WCS :/

To me, the lone hope of adding some rejuvenation to the scene and the prime story to watch in Korea for 2019 is the performance of the returning military players. MC, Dream, Fantasy, PartinG, DRG, and Taeja especially could make things a little more interesting in a couple months. I believe Curious should be due back soon as well.

==

On February 06 2019 10:45 Rodya wrote:
So basically, the WCS has significantly lower quality games overall, but you think we should still watch it because of... some kind of drama?

I don't know, I like to watch high quality games, and the storylines are the facts. I don't need you or anyone else to tell some fictional story and relate it to Oedipus Rex or Othello. Besides, I don't think it's exciting that a low quality player can make a run in an event that has only one of the best players in the world attending (unless they beat that player), but that isn't exciting really, it's just one match of interest.



GSL is still higher quality, there's still clearly a gap, but not nearly as much as it used to be. I don't know if it's more that Korea has diminished or foreigners have really stepped it up (probably both), but I think there are more players than Serral that are clearly code S level that are playing in WCS.

Scarlett, Neeb, Special, ShowTime, uThermal, and Reynor at a minimum are code S level.


Tell me which round of 8 onwards match wasn't hype? (Wiki)2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1/Code S In fact, tell me which round of 16 group wasn't hype. For overall storylines, Maru's run was exciting to watch the whole way through. Maru's thrashing of Zest was one of the most thrilling moments of the year for me, and I'm a big fan of Zest. It was just that epic.



It's hype but tiring to see the usual suspects all the time. Aside from Maru's domination, I think Neeb and Scarlett drew the most hype with their respective runs. There was no old soldier like ByuN/Gumiho who finally got their day in the sun, nor a new badass on the block like with Zest's 2014 royal road to really juice things up.

Don't know how you found Maru vs Zest "thrilling" though. That will go down as the worst gsl finals we've had to date. Even worse than NesTea vs Inca (at least that was funny and very memorable).


GSL was action packed last year and plenty of exciting games every week. I am not a korean elitist for thinking this, nor am I a korean elitist for not wanting to watch low quality games.


Koreans play plenty of shit games too, see sOs vs HeroMarine at Blizzcon. A higher level on average sure, but not like it used to be.


I still remember Maru vs Zest game 4 where I was hoping Zest would some pull off some crazy reverse sweep.


Maybe it's because I'm a long-time Maru fan, but I kind of enjoyed that finals and found it memorable. I remember everyone coming up with a case for why Zest would actually win and finding it really satisfying to see him get so totally crushed. Objectively, it wasn't a finals with a lot of tense exciting games, but it had some exciting moments. IIRC there was at least one game where it felt like Maru lost and he marched across the map with what he had left and took a somewhat surprising win.
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RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China555 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 05:36:37
February 06 2019 05:32 GMT
#16
In the best games of 2018,
8 games from WCS circuit(and challengers)
11 games from GSL.
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
StarcraftSquall
Profile Joined December 2018
United States196 Posts
February 06 2019 06:42 GMT
#17
On February 06 2019 12:41 youngjiddle wrote:
WCS > GSL last year easily. easily!

This year? Well so far it looks like WCS is going into the dumpster. If Blizzard can't negotiate the weekend tournaments and WCS gets stuck with this budget WCS Winter stuff, I worry for starcraft.


I’m not too worried yet. I seriously doubt GSL would get a full year commissioned by Blizzard with WCS KR point breakdowns and them NOT planning the same on the Circuit.

WCS Winter is allowing more players the opportunity to kick off the year without investing a lot of time and money traveling to a predetermined venue where they could be out in 20 minutes. We are getting up close looks at players that have been underneath the radar during this. And I think that’s a good thing.

As far as the big tournaments don’t fret: IEM Katowice is coming, and I imagine we will hear about the three other Circuit stops before very long. My guess just like the GSL it’s just taking longer to get things arranged this year because of all the changes going on at Blizzard.
KaiserCommander
Profile Joined April 2010
Mexico290 Posts
February 06 2019 06:52 GMT
#18
With all respect, you describe a "gimmick" that will never be superior to Korean Starcraft.
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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8848 Posts
February 06 2019 07:02 GMT
#19
I honestly can't discern whether he is just trolling for fun, trying to recapture the e-fame he got after he called rogue that word or really succumbed to his own obsession with "narratives" over actual game quality.
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France9963 Posts
February 06 2019 07:24 GMT
#20
For me WCS was really disappointing because of the lack of terrans in the upper rounds, and the lack of high level players besides 3 or 4 top europeans and Juanito (Scarlett was only hot in another tournament than WCS, Pyongchang IEM I guess)
GSL was way more enjoyable.
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