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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that.
Just to make sure i am getting my point across.
 2019 WCS Winter/Americas
This is what i mean she played in, the group stage she was invited to, this is not anything to do with WCS Challenger then or am i getting all confused? Is WCS Winter completely seperate to the rest?
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On February 07 2019 03:58 Pandemona wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that. Just to make sure i am getting my point across. 2019 WCS Winter/AmericasThis is what i mean she played in, the group stage she was invited to, this is not anything to do with WCS Challenger then or am i getting all confused? Is WCS Winter completely seperate to the rest?
Yes, WCS Winter is independent of Challenger.
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It sounds to me like there may have been either jockeying by SLi to keep a busier schedule for their venue, or maybe Turtle isn't happy with their return on investment with WCS for their bigger events (Montreal isn't the most high-profile stop on the tour, so they may have the floor space to spare).
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On February 07 2019 03:58 Pandemona wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that. Just to make sure i am getting my point across. 2019 WCS Winter/AmericasThis is what i mean she played in, the group stage she was invited to, this is not anything to do with WCS Challenger then or am i getting all confused? Is WCS Winter completely seperate to the rest?
Yeah Winter has no challenger, she played the ladder qualifer. The first season of challgenger starts with WCS Spring. Players in GSL season 1 won't be allowed to play in WCS Spring challenger. So everybody but SortOf and Scarlett pulled out.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Ahhh then ignore me then :D
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On February 07 2019 04:01 Circumstance wrote:
It sounds to me like there may have been either jockeying by SLi to keep a busier schedule for their venue, or maybe Turtle isn't happy with their return on investment with WCS for their bigger events (Montreal isn't the most high-profile stop on the tour, so they may have the floor space to spare).
Wait, did Turtle buy Dreamhack?
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United States33079 Posts
On February 07 2019 03:58 MockHamill wrote:
So is the prize money the same as last year or not?
yes, it's $2m base prize for the 3rd straight year
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On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that. And WCS Winter has no challenger, so she can play that too. She will only have a disadvantage for WCS Spring. If she appers in WCS Spring, then it would be bullshit, but she won't.
well she might she said this might be her last gsl so well see
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On February 07 2019 04:04 William paradise wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that. And WCS Winter has no challenger, so she can play that too. She will only have a disadvantage for WCS Spring. If she appers in WCS Spring, then it would be bullshit, but she won't. well she might she said this might be her last gsl so well see
Just to clarify, I misstyped and meant WCS Spring Challenger in the last sentence. I expect her in the WCS Spring open bracket of course.
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On February 07 2019 04:05 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 04:04 William paradise wrote:On February 07 2019 03:56 Musicus wrote:On February 07 2019 03:54 Pandemona wrote:
Wait they said you couldn't compete in WCS challenger and go for GSL Season 1. So why is Scarlett playing in both? Seems like she decided to skip challenger and will fight through the open bracket instead. Honestly she (and sortof) has guts. Didn't want to miss GSL and was willing to go the harder route in WCS for that. And WCS Winter has no challenger, so she can play that too. She will only have a disadvantage for WCS Spring. If she appers in WCS Spring, then it would be bullshit, but she won't. well she might she said this might be her last gsl so well see Just to clarify, I misstyped and meant WCS Spring Challenger in the last sentence. I expect her in the WCS Spring open bracket of course.
ah ok makes since then was getting confused so she can basically play both gsl and wcs?
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This is very good news honestly and starladder will be a good partner for WCS.
Im just disappointed that both starladder events are in the same location, because its a bit of disadvantage for players not living around ukraine who want to compete in the open bracket. Also the issue TLO pointed out needs to be clarified.
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In my opinion:
The bad:
2 events in the same place.
No event in USA.
WCS Winter is meh.
The good:
Residency Requirements
1080 (lol)
At least there is one Dreamhack in the NA...
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On February 07 2019 03:42 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 03:40 sneakyfox wrote:
Finally! Basically no news at all, except for the two WCS Circuit stops at Starladder. Anybody knows anything about them?
Really weak that they went back on their attempt at modifying region lock. At least now they have acknowledged the problem and are working at a solution which will be announced for next WCS season, right? :|
Just end region lock completely already Starladder has organized the European part for WESG since its inception IIRC.
Okay. Any thoughts on how well they did?
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StarLadder is a respectable series of events in CSGO so I trust their production. It will be Kiev given the organization is based in Kiev. Not sure if everyone will be comfortable going there given the current political/military problem in the area.
Also, sad about the region lock announcement. There were other foreigners trying to qualify for GSL. Only Scarlett made it. It is not true that everyone pulled out. It is 2019 already. Let not have any restrictions anymore. Let open GSL and WCS for everyone. I'm not trying to be preaching here but a bit of inclusion will be nice for SC2.
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So the whole region lock thing was a false alarm and Blizzard was never going to change region lock at all.
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On February 07 2019 04:03 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2019 04:01 Circumstance wrote:
It sounds to me like there may have been either jockeying by SLi to keep a busier schedule for their venue, or maybe Turtle isn't happy with their return on investment with WCS for their bigger events (Montreal isn't the most high-profile stop on the tour, so they may have the floor space to spare). Wait, did Turtle buy Dreamhack?
No they are both owned by the same company
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Better late than never. Excited to see another company entering WCS.
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Lol foreigners > Koreans once again.
Does this mean there's no other LAN events?
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So koreans stealing foreign money is bad but foreigners stealing korean money is good? What's the difference between this region-lock and the WCS region-lock? That foreigners benefit from one and koreans benefit from the other but koreans aren't supposed to benefit from the system??
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