EPTASUS ROG Summer 2019 (all-region tournament, WCS points) -…
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Seeker
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Xain0n
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The last one took place four years ago. | ||
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HolydaKing
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Pandain
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Fucking sick | ||
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ROGtournament
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 ASUS ROG Summer 2015 | ||
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Xain0n
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On June 19 2019 01:43 Fango wrote: That seems like a such a strange ruling. Is it really a lot of effort to just add any points they win to the KR standings? They haven't said how qualifiers or invites will work either so there's a chance not many koreans will end up at the event. Edit: I wonder when GSL vs The World will be announced as well, the date for it on liquipedia overlaps with this event. Qualifiers are online. It's a Circuit event without region lock, I guess you could at least appreciate the fact koreans are allowed in the tournament! Maybe they feared too many koreans would try to participate if GSL points were given while the intent of a WCS stop is to assign points for Circuit only. Actually, how does this work? Are the points won by a non WCS player not assigned or given to the first eligible WCS player? | ||
Waxangel
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Boggyb
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There is no reason a Korean player should attend unless they are given a paid flight. | ||
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Pandain
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Honestly even if it was just nonkorean players it would still be sick | ||
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Xain0n
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On June 19 2019 02:55 Boggyb wrote: Having WCS points attached to this makes it objectively bad for the game unless they are going to throw around huge amounts of money to pay for flights for qualified players. I'm not sure what flights will cost exactly, but I imagine a player from outside of Europe would need to make the top 8 or even top 4 to break even. That being the case, it would be questionable for anyone but Neeb and SpeCial to attend. That's a big deal since TIME, Masa, and Scarlett are all in contention for a WCS Global Finals bid. There is no reason a Korean player should attend unless they are given a paid flight. I guess teams pay for flights? Korean players who are already qualified for BlizzCon(or very close to) could easily decide to go, or even those who realistically have few chanches. | ||
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Cyro
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ArtyK
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Boggyb
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On June 19 2019 03:00 Xain0n wrote: I guess teams pay for flights? Korean players who are already qualified for BlizzCon(or very close to) could easily decide to go, or even those who realistically have few chanches. If teams didn't pay for flights for an event with a $100,000 prize pool in WCS Spring, I can't imagine why they'd do so for this event. | ||
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osliang
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By the way, if a Korean won 1st, and a non-Korean won 2nd, does the 2nd place get 600, or 1000 WCS point since Koreans don't get WCS points in this event? | ||
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Xain0n
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On June 19 2019 03:06 Boggyb wrote: If teams didn't pay for flights for an event with a $100,000 prize pool in WCS Spring, I can't imagine why they'd do so for this event. Didn't know they don't, it seems weird to me but w/e. This tournament is first and foremost meant as a WCS stop, evidently; if koreans will come, we'll be happier(not sure if WCS players would be). | ||
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Waxangel
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On June 19 2019 02:55 Boggyb wrote: Having WCS points attached to this makes it objectively bad for the game unless they are going to throw around huge amounts of money to pay for flights for qualified players. I'm not sure what flights will cost exactly, but I imagine a player from outside of Europe would need to make the top 8 or even top 4 to break even. That being the case, it would be questionable for anyone but Neeb and SpeCial to attend. That's a big deal since TIME, Masa, and Scarlett are all in contention for a WCS Global Finals bid. There is no reason a Korean player should attend unless they are given a paid flight. It's basically how the Tier 2-3 tournaments operated back in the 2014~2015 phase of WCS. It will actually be interesting to see how much travel support the players get from the current crop of teams, now that the 'premier' esports organizations have mostly left SC2 (and yes, I agree that there are inherent inequities in returning to this system). | ||
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Boggyb
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On June 19 2019 03:15 Xain0n wrote: Didn't know they don't, it seems weird to me but w/e. This tournament is first and foremost meant as a WCS stop, evidently; if koreans will come, we'll be happier(not sure if WCS players would be). Why is that weird to you? I don't know the specifics of any player's contract with their team, but the teams are trying to make money. If a player isn't a clear cut top 8 player (and that probably means they have to be top 4) and it takes a top 8 performance for the team to break even, why would they take that risk? | ||
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