EPTGSL vs. The World: Team World Vote (2019) - Page 15
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MoDiV
United States90 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
But the World vote definitely has a bitter taste now and if someone like Reynor or Heromarine gets screwed, it will really suck. | ||
Poopi
France12894 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:04 Musicus wrote: I loved the close race in Korea with players like Fantasy and Trap streaming a ton and advertising with all kinds of stuff. Fans making reddit posts and discussing the race on TL, that was fun and whoever won, it would be okay. But the World vote definitely has a bitter taste now and if someone like Reynor or Heromarine gets screwed, it will really suck. At least if Scarlett doesn't get the spot, you know Elazer is gonna deliver a similar / better performance. (if Reynor loses though I doubt any of Elazer/Scarlett will deliver as good performance as he would have...) However I don't see Kelazhur perform as well as HeroMarine at all, so I really hope nothing crazy happens in the terran pool too. Iirc the last time Kelazhur was getting good results were during the reaper/ByuN era. | ||
TheOneAboveU
Germany3367 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:04 Musicus wrote: I loved the close race in Korea with players like Fantasy and Trap streaming a ton and advertising with all kinds of stuff. Fans making reddit posts and discussing the race on TL, that was fun and whoever won, it would be okay. But the World vote definitely has a bitter taste now and if someone like Reynor or Heromarine gets screwed, it will really suck. Totally agree with this. The "in-scene" Korean campaigning feels very natural and the way it should be with such a vote going on - in fact, as someone who always has disliked popular votes for tournaments the Korean engagement really jumped out very positively to me. But this race right here with the external interference just shows everything that's wrong with the system. | ||
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sneakyfox
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MoDiV
United States90 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:07 TheOneAboveU wrote: Totally agree with this. The "in-scene" Korean campaigning feels very natural and the way it should be with such a vote going on - in fact, as someone who always has disliked popular votes for tournaments the Korean engagement really jumped out very positively to me. But this race right here with the external interference just shows everything that's wrong with the system. the sytem is wrong, some people are saying well its always been a popularity contest, which is true but its been a popularity contest within the community, but when players start having outside sources getting votes for them, its not even a "fan" vote anymore | ||
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blizzardxu3
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For Elazer, well, he might have won his ticket this time, but I'm sure he has also lost something else on the way. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18050 Posts
On July 30 2019 18:18 Harris1st wrote: Team World is too straight forward. We need more drama here! Your wish is some Polish youtuber's command... | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25651 Posts
I kind of agree with Elazer in a sense here. It’s been an issue with SC2 since forever, not just votes but also invites have always skewed to existing favourites, giving them more exposure, more invites and thus the cycle continues. Even talk shows followed this pattern but to the scene’s credit I feel they do a much better job giving lesser known folks a shot. Elazer winning based on who he knows is unfair, to me Elazer will perpetually lose a fair vote to Scarlett, who has benefitted as much as anyone in SC2 history by virtue of being a fan favourite. Despite not being quite GSL level the WCS Circuit is a real enthralling tournament to watch because it’s completely meritocratic, you don’t need a team to fly you somewhere on a slim chance of even breaking even, you don’t have to rely on invites. And we’re seeing new and exciting talents breaking through there. I felt this being so vote dependent was a step in the wrong direction of having a clear pathway for aspiring players. Get better on the ladder, try to qualify for WCS, try to do well enough in WCS and you get a shot at taking down Korea’s best or going to Blizzcon. | ||
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Executer08
Germany163 Posts
On July 31 2019 23:05 HolydaKing wrote: And no one should be surprised, the guy supporting Elazer has 1.7million subscribers on youtube and posted a youtube video. Wouldn't be surprised if it's over 10k next hour. try 100k  | ||
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MoDiV
United States90 Posts
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Mizenhauer
United States1886 Posts
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Wintex
Norway16838 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:29 Wintex wrote: im certain everyone is allowed to have friends, so don't apologize, elazer. This can't be stated enough, while the system sucks and Blizzard should've changed it, the players should do everything they can and can't be blamed at all. Even if Reynor drops out, you should not give up your spot Elazer! | ||
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
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Rayl99
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TymonTT9
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Elentos
55553 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:33 Rayl99 wrote: other than HeroMarine, did any of these foreigners bothered to campaign?? Compared to the Koreans, their efforts have been kinda laughable. The foreign team house in Korea did a 24h stream but that frankly did more work in campaigning for TY than it did for any of them. | ||
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MoDiV
United States90 Posts
On August 01 2019 01:33 Rayl99 wrote: other than HeroMarine, did any of these foreigners bothered to campaign?? Scarlett sort of did when the foreign team house did their 24-hour stream, but other than that I think big Gabe is the only one foreign player actually campaigning like the Koreans are doing | ||
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