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2019 WCS Global Finals info (venue, reduced days) - Page 4

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Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-27 07:05:13
April 27 2019 07:04 GMT
#61
everything up to the final will be BO3 and final BO5. Done. Because that's the way it's heading. It's sad to see how the game is spiraling down, especially now when there's no Mike to protect it. Corporate will run wild. WCS will be next on the chopping block when suits decide to cut costs
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
April 27 2019 09:52 GMT
#62
To be honest most sc2 series at least on the top level are over pretty quickly. TvP, PvZ, and PvP are especially quick. Only TvZ tends to have long games.

Even if a lot of tournaments are 8 hour days and 1/2 to 2/3 of that is downtime. There pretty much won't be any in this format else the event would be too long. IEM Katowice played 8 bo5s in a day and it took 11+ hours iirc.

But I will say that having the biggest event of the year over in a day is pretty anti hype. Compared to other esports at least.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
StabiloBoss20
Profile Joined July 2015
313 Posts
April 27 2019 11:13 GMT
#63
On April 27 2019 18:52 Fango wrote:
To be honest most sc2 series at least on the top level are over pretty quickly.


... and then Maru starts turtling.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
April 27 2019 11:29 GMT
#64
On April 27 2019 02:06 Xamo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2019 10:48 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
On April 26 2019 06:42 Xamo wrote:
I don't know if I am missing something, but this seems ok for me. SC2 gets back to the Arena, instead of having its own separated space. The R08 and onwards played out entirely on day 1 is probably a step back, but it actually may make the timing better for us europeans.

More likely its worse for us. There will be delays, there are always delays.

Maybe is not so bad for Spain but for Finland :D

That friday is holiday in Spain and in Germany. I had assumed it was in the whole continent... my bad.

Edit: It is holiday also in France

Well for most EU country the match are gonna be during of hours right?
The first round of 8 matches probably won't but they were always on Friday anyway. But if the lasts few matches run late it's gonna be super late for you guys.

Also it's cruel twist of fate, that of all the tradition at Blizzard runing an event on a friday is the one that stayed.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
April 27 2019 11:50 GMT
#65
Anything is better than nothing
Zerg for Life
StarcraftSquall
Profile Joined December 2018
United States196 Posts
April 30 2019 05:04 GMT
#66
Top 8 in one day has been done before. WCS Montreal 2018 pulled it off. The last day was longer but it was still pretty fun. I believe the whole day lasted approximately 10 hours. (This was the Serral Reynor 7 game finale)
asongdotnet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1060 Posts
May 04 2019 06:46 GMT
#67
As someone who sat through IPL 4 and 5, those were miserable viewing experiences... literally like 12 hours of SC2 crammed into one day especially the final day of IPL4
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
May 04 2019 18:04 GMT
#68
On May 04 2019 15:46 asongdotnet wrote:
As someone who sat through IPL 4 and 5, those were miserable viewing experiences... literally like 12 hours of SC2 crammed into one day especially the final day of IPL4

The difference is that those tournaments needed to have 12 hour days because they were 70+ players in a double elimination bracket. Blizzcon is an 8 player single elimination bracket, there’s no reason to cram it all into one day.
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
May 04 2019 19:23 GMT
#69
Tried to get Blizzcon tickets, no luck. I was hoping to see a WCS Finals live just once.
LoganJames1
Profile Joined September 2019
3 Posts
September 23 2019 22:25 GMT
#70
To be clear, if one buys a Blizzcon ticket - then the only day that ANY starcraft will be played is the first day - October 25? And from October 26 to November 2nd, there will be no starcraft played?

I am just wondering if I am gathering this correctly. I was going to buy a Blizzcon ticket but cannot attend the first day, so if the above is correct then its pointless for me to buy a Blizzcon ticket at all? (Assuming I wan to see Starcraft being played).
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-23 23:18:43
September 23 2019 22:56 GMT
#71
Edit: Did not see that this thread started in April. I'm behind the times
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Mahanaim
Profile Joined December 2012
Korea (South)1002 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-24 05:20:53
September 24 2019 05:13 GMT
#72
On September 24 2019 07:25 LoganJames1 wrote:
To be clear, if one buys a Blizzcon ticket - then the only day that ANY starcraft will be played is the first day - October 25? And from October 26 to November 2nd, there will be no starcraft played?

I am just wondering if I am gathering this correctly. I was going to buy a Blizzcon ticket but cannot attend the first day, so if the above is correct then its pointless for me to buy a Blizzcon ticket at all? (Assuming I wan to see Starcraft being played).


Friend, Blizzcon goes on for a weekend, and not an entire week (11/1-11/2 instead of 10/25-11/2). See this link for more general information. The games played on October 25th are the Ro.16 games (not played in Blizzcon), and only a week later (probably on 11/1, since the announcement says the winner will be crowned on day one) will the Ro.8 be played in Blizzcon.

TL;DR: You won't miss the games if you are able to attend Blizzcon at least on 11/1.
Celebrating Starcraft since... a long time ago.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6928 Posts
September 24 2019 09:37 GMT
#73
It's gonna be a hard day ^^

If my math is correct, this starts at 5:30 pm CET and ends somewhere around 5:00 am CET. Guess I have to stock up on red bull, coffee and pizza
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
September 24 2019 09:50 GMT
#74
Hey it starts at like 3am for me and I'm way too old to stay till noon. You Europeans already drew the better straw.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-24 15:11:40
September 24 2019 15:09 GMT
#75
I think I gonna watch the relevant matches and skip the others.

If Serral in the final again, I am gonna skip and watch later after the tournament. Probably, I wont bother to watch if he grab another title again.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
September 24 2019 17:40 GMT
#76
On September 25 2019 00:09 swarminfestor wrote:
I think I gonna watch the relevant matches and skip the others.

If Serral in the final again, I am gonna skip and watch later after the tournament. Probably, I wont bother to watch if he grab another title again.

Well, your sig says does it all, doesn't it?
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25283 Posts
September 24 2019 17:43 GMT
#77
One day? Really?

I loved the marathons when I was younger, whole day devoted to a tournament, some friends round and grab some beers.

Nowadays not so much, I’m older and have other things to do, I imagine the majority of SC2’s viewership skews post-college age nowadays.

Seems a bad decision on that basis to me.

Casting might be fine depending on rotation, I’ve casted (badly) many times and if you’re doing 8+ hours straight it is really draining to keep that energy and focus high.

I don’t think it’s ideal for the players but it’s not nearly as gruelling as coming through a WCS bracket or a Katowice open bracket.

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-24 17:59:05
September 24 2019 17:57 GMT
#78
On September 25 2019 00:09 swarminfestor wrote:
I think I gonna watch the relevant matches and skip the others.

If Serral in the final again, I am gonna skip and watch later after the tournament. Probably, I wont bother to watch if he grab another title again.


You are entitled to do that, but it's madness if you ask me. Consider yourself lucky since TL is not Sparta
StarcraftPeffo
Profile Joined May 2019
Italy66 Posts
September 24 2019 19:20 GMT
#79
I'm really happy about it, sorry, I love Starcraft marathons.

Luckily that's the Lucca Comics & Games week end so I already booked holidays, it won't be a problema staying up all night to watch SC
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12875 Posts
September 24 2019 19:47 GMT
#80
So let me get this straight:
One day for ro16 at some location, then ro8 to finals another day during actual blizzcon?

Well it’s not that bad, hopefully we have a lot of Maru action
WriterMaru
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