EPTMaking them play two-three bo5 back to back seems like a lot.
Also the Maru-Stats-Serral group is now possible or even likely if Classic is allowed to play
2019 WCS Global Finals Ro16 to be held in Korea - Page 2
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Making them play two-three bo5 back to back seems like a lot. Also the Maru-Stats-Serral group is now possible or even likely if Classic is allowed to play | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On September 28 2019 20:57 Elentos wrote: They've not just moved the group stage to Seoul, they've also changed the format to make every match best of 5. Playing in Korea AND bests of 5? Now we just need Maru to finish 4th and to TY to finish 8th in WCS Korea points. | ||
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argonautdice
Canada2719 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On September 28 2019 22:30 Boggyb wrote: Playing in Korea AND bests of 5? Now we just need Maru to finish 4th and to TY to finish 8th in WCS Korea points. What for? Serral won two titles already on korean soil and defeated TY in two bo5 this year. As for Maru, who knows...if Serral beats him he would most likely get eliminated in such a group. | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On September 28 2019 20:57 Elentos wrote: They've not just moved the group stage to Seoul, they've also changed the format to make every match best of 5. That is so sick! Plus they play the matches in the proper GSL order, not the losers' match before the winners' match like last time. On September 28 2019 22:41 argonautdice wrote: 11pm start time for east coast and 5am start time for Europe? Pretty poor schedule for viewership. Shit, I missed that. Start time at noon during weekdays is also pretty bad for crowd attendance in the studio :/ | ||
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Xamo
Spain881 Posts
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On September 28 2019 19:30 sneakyfox wrote: As for the foreigners, since they have nothing else to do at the moment they can just fly in to Seoul early to get used to the time zone and enjoy the advantage of the superior practice environment. ah yes the classic meme that starcraft players have no families or social lives, robots, beep boop restarting program  | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On September 28 2019 23:37 brickrd wrote: ah yes the classic meme that starcraft players have no families or social lives, robots, beep boop restarting program I mean its common for them to fly out to korea for practice anyway. In 2017 Serral stayed in korea for the run up to blizzcon. So did Neeb last year (and the year before maybe?) | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
On September 28 2019 23:36 Xamo wrote: Those times are sooooo bad, viewership will be non-existent Exaggerated, but yes, not the best for high viewer numbers. Not exactly sure if I'll tune in to all matches, probably not. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
Is there a guide for foreigners on which hotels are near the FreecUp studio and how to use transit to get there? It’s too bad Creighton just left Korea, I think he used to help foreigners get to GSL. | ||
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starkiller123
United States4030 Posts
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Muraddin
Slovakia10 Posts
On September 28 2019 23:37 brickrd wrote: ah yes the classic meme that starcraft players have no families or social lives, robots, beep boop restarting program Nobody said that they have no social lives. But they are professionals so ... | ||
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Topin
Peru10098 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
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HelpMeGetBetter
United States764 Posts
On September 28 2019 22:41 argonautdice wrote: 11pm start time for east coast and 5am start time for Europe? Pretty poor schedule for viewership.  | ||
Waxangel
United States33502 Posts
On September 29 2019 04:46 BaneRiders wrote: Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. Between 6-12k watched the GSL final this morning. WCS EU qualifiers attracted more viewers than that. Well, for context, Korean fans have dealt with bad time zones for Global Finals for the entire time modern WCS has existed (2013~). Even if Korea has a relatively small fanbase (last night's Code S finals peaked at like 3700 viewers on AfreecaTV), Korean players still account for HALF of the Global Finals, while Koreans account for like 95%+ of all the success in high level SC2 progaming. I think it's reasonable enough to cater to Korea this ONE time out of  . | ||
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FBTsingLoong
China410 Posts
 At least I don't have to stay up too late to watch WCS this time. | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On September 29 2019 10:01 Waxangel wrote: Well, for context, Korean fans have dealt with bad time zones for Global Finals for the entire time modern WCS has existed (2013~). Even if Korea has a relatively small fanbase (last night's Code S finals peaked at like 3700 viewers on AfreecaTV), Korean players still account for HALF of the Global Finals, while Koreans account for like 95%+ of all the success in high level SC2 progaming. I think it's reasonable enough to cater to Korea this ONE time out of .I agree, but this isn't really catering to Korean fans. 12 pm on a weekday? That's not a good time slot. Really it seems that blizzard are catering to NA fans (west coast fans) with that evening broadcast. | ||
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Waxangel
United States33502 Posts
On September 29 2019 19:42 sneakyfox wrote: I agree, but this isn't really catering to Korean fans. 12 pm on a weekday? That's not a good time slot. Really it seems that blizzard are catering to NA fans (west coast fans) with that evening broadcast. Well in that case the California broadcast wasn't even good for NA fans, because they started on a Thursday at 9:30AM Pacific time. TL;DR: unite against greedy Europeans? | ||
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