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fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
January 07 2020 14:55 GMT
#41
Having stability for 3 years is a great sign


On January 07 2020 23:11 Nakajin wrote:
3 years! Apolo saving us

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I would have loved to keep Blizzcon tho, but what can you do

Go4SC2 are back too with point attached to it! Bly to the world championship!

I think it's a good decision to take SC2 off of Blizzcon. The last few ones it felt somewhat halfhearted in the conditions the SC2-competition was given there. IEM proved to hype the shit out of their tournaments and their competitors, so I think, we won't have weird unworthy celebration scenarios like it was the case with Dark.


On January 07 2020 23:24 xelnaga_empire wrote:
So does this mean Afreeca TV backed out of broadcasting SC2? If Afreeca TV doesn't want to pick up GSL, then that's not a good sign in Korea ...

We probably have to wait for further information. It would be kind of dumb to make SC2-tournaments in South Korea without using the expertise and infrastructure of Afreeca/GSL. As I understood GSL was already almost entirely funded by Blizzard and now that IEM seems to be fully responsible of Blizzard's esport money it's their choice under what conditions the Korean competition will carry on. I think it's highly probable that they'll keep working with afreeca but perhaps they will end the GSL format? It wasn't very favorable for newcomers, so an system overhaul perhaps wouldn't be a bad thing. On the other hand it would be good to keep the system for on more year and then celebrate it's farewell.
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
MinixTheNerd
Profile Joined July 2019
200 Posts
January 07 2020 14:56 GMT
#42
On January 07 2020 23:35 vik7 wrote:
ESL Hype, although ima be sad for 2021. Blizzcon was only a 30-minute drive for me ;(


it is sad to see old traditions go, but to be honest 2019 blizzcon was pretty shit for sc2, it really looked like they just wanted to rush it out of the way. I know Apollo still loves sc2 and will treat it right. Besides what made sc2 great was never blizzard, but rather the community all the way from Husky starcraft to homestory cup
yht9657
Profile Joined December 2016
1810 Posts
January 07 2020 15:01 GMT
#43
Finally someone other than Blizzard will be running sc2 esports, and ESL of all TOs sounds very promising.

I'm also absolutely fine with Katowice replacing Blizzcon, it already is the best sc2 tournament of the year.
DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
January 07 2020 15:06 GMT
#44
I'll only support this if, in his good time, and if he can, Apollo helps host/cast in some of these ESL events. I wanna hear Apollo and Kaelaris cast again.

OT: Three more years of stability for the foreign scene. Hope something equally good happens for Korea.
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Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-07 15:09:31
January 07 2020 15:08 GMT
#45
Awesome to see three additional years of SC2! That makes me very happy and is more than expected, awesome job, finally I'm getting a good feeling about this year =D



On January 07 2020 23:44 xelnaga_empire wrote:
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On January 07 2020 23:30 Elentos wrote:
On January 07 2020 23:24 xelnaga_empire wrote:
So does this mean Afreeca TV backed out of broadcasting SC2? If Afreeca TV doesn't want to pick up GSL, then that's not a good sign in Korea ...

I don't know how you got that from this announcement to be honest.


It's right there in the announcement:

Show nested quote +
ESL did not confirm whether they would still operate under the GSL brand.

Maybe I'm just daft but I really don't understand what that phrase even means. Pretty much all the information they are releaseing are in regards to WCS. "Did not confirm" pretty much translates to: "Said nothing about". Which means they might operate under GSL brand or nor, you do realise that Appolo (or anyone else) would "not confirm" wether ESL with have any thing to do with SC2 in 2020 if you asked Before today.

Until deals are finalized nothing is made public, why does that suprise people and why in the World does some of you turn the lack of news into proof of there being news (no GSL/Afreec not interested in GSL).

Also Apollo confirmed region lock still in Place, same rules for 2020, that means no koreans in the global wcs because they have their own tournaments in korea. Either way the korean tournaments should stay otherwise they would have changed the rules.
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
January 07 2020 15:11 GMT
#46
Katowice did always have kind of a strange world championship vibe to it from when they made it winner take all for a while. Think it’ll be a better show for SC2 than BlizzCon. Really cool to see
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Darkness2k11
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Chile313 Posts
January 07 2020 15:11 GMT
#47
We lost blizzcon but sc2 lives on, nice

I love the new distribution of prizepools
When Behind, Dark Shrine
hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland931 Posts
January 07 2020 15:15 GMT
#48
The Katowice stage is better for SC2, and now with the Major Championships, I reckon a lot more fans will travel there, so the audience should be great too.
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
January 07 2020 15:19 GMT
#49
That sounds great but will the total prize pool per year be the same, higher or lower compared to now?
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10055 Posts
January 07 2020 15:19 GMT
#50
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
January 07 2020 15:20 GMT
#51
I'm not surprised to see WCS not continue with the WCS brand, or Blizzcon being replaced either.
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MisterL
Profile Joined February 2015
Germany24 Posts
January 07 2020 15:20 GMT
#52
AMAZING
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-07 16:13:30
January 07 2020 15:27 GMT
#53
On January 08 2020 00:19 MockHamill wrote:
That sounds great but will the total prize pool per year be the same, higher or lower compared to now?


700K higher, altough personnally I could have lived with a similar prize pool and 500-600k more invested in tournament organizer, but still, good news!
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OsaX Nymloth
Profile Joined March 2013
Poland3244 Posts
January 07 2020 15:28 GMT
#54
HYPE
Twitter: @osaxnymloth
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14456 Posts
January 07 2020 15:32 GMT
#55
Fuck yes
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FunKaDeLiC
Profile Joined April 2010
France79 Posts
January 07 2020 15:33 GMT
#56
hyped for the future
showstealer1829
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Australia3123 Posts
January 07 2020 15:35 GMT
#57
On January 07 2020 23:32 Durnuu wrote:
Did Apollo KILL THE KOREAN SCENE back then in order to take control of all SC2?


The irony of this is not lost on me
There is no understanding. There is only Choya. Choya is the way. Choya is Love. Choya is Life. Has is the Light in the Protoss Dark and Nightmare is his chosen Acolyte
IncarnatioN_
Profile Joined April 2018
Russian Federation38 Posts
January 07 2020 15:36 GMT
#58
apollo the hero
2020 is the year of terrans (i hope)
Vutalisk
Profile Joined August 2016
United States680 Posts
January 07 2020 15:37 GMT
#59
SC2 tournaments will be in a good hand of IEM. I really like that. More tournaments regardless the size will help creating a consistent competitive atmosphere in the scene which is a great news. The only sad news that will be no more BlizzCon starting 2021. Honestly, not a total bad news given BlizzCon has been underwhelming to say at least in the past couple years. Katowice is always a better tournament so it deserves its world championship title.

Given how things have been going lately, I'm glad everything works out well. Just hope for 2021, they will get rid of region-lock altogether then maybe SC2 will flourish again.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
January 07 2020 15:38 GMT
#60
Wow. Didn't expect the entire system to be overhauled this way. More integration with smaller events sounds intetesting.
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