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On February 28 2020 19:23 Devangel wrote:Despite everything that happened I am still on my way to Katowice as I kinda don’t have another choice. May post if I find out how other people watch SC2 there, for now I plan to do some sightseeing and watch the games in my hotel room 
Try to get some random Barcraft going! You are probably not alone
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It's more cancelling an event a few hours before it starts that's shitty. Most people attending would have already arrived. Katowice is now just full of tourists with nothing to do
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Czech Republic12133 Posts
On February 28 2020 19:41 Fango wrote:
It's more cancelling an event a few hours before it starts that's shitty. Most people attending would have already arrived. Katowice is now just full of tourists with nothing to do
IT's close to the Czech Republic, we have them cheap alcohols.
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Anyone in Katowice should get in touch with Netwars guys. A bunch of them are going there regardless. Bound to have lots of SC-related fun with them
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On February 28 2020 20:47 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2020 19:41 Fango wrote:
It's more cancelling an event a few hours before it starts that's shitty. Most people attending would have already arrived. Katowice is now just full of tourists with nothing to do IT's close to the Czech Republic, we have them cheap alcohols.
And alcohol is a disinfectant. Remember: we make no mistakes, we make happy accidents.
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ESL is so responsive it’s great! For their new observer UI for IEM Katowice, they changed the army icon from chevrons to a sword for clarity after people expressed that icon wasn’t as clear.
Starcraft 2 is in great hands with ESL!
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On February 28 2020 07:51 Slydie wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2020 07:00 maybenexttime wrote:On February 28 2020 06:43 Slydie wrote:
Bullshit. This virus is no worse than a normal seasonal flu, which actually kills 290k-650k people.
I wonder when this hysteria will fade out. You are clueless. It's mortality rate is a least an order of magnitude higher. A bit of comparison: https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-compare-with-flu.htmlMany things go into how dangerous a virus is: how many are getting sick, how contageous it is and mortality rate. The deathrate of Corona is not certain yet, and it varies heavily for different age groups. If we look back at previous red-alert outbreakes, the death tolls never came close to be justified by the hysteria: SARS: 773 EBOLA: 11310 At worst, I think this could reach the death toll that of a seasonal flu, but this is essentially a fear of the unknown. How much of our lives it is worth cancelling for this should absolutely be debated. Fear itself is a health risk.
I thought the work done in Toronto to contain SARS was heroic and necessary. i thought the way SARS was dealt with in Toronto and southern Ontario was in line with the danger SARS presented.
Whenever any problem is fixed its always easy to say after the fact that it wasn't a big problem.
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Smart move since they are so many travelling from asia there.
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On February 28 2020 23:07 Psychobabas wrote:
Smart move since they are so many travelling from asia there.
Anyone that wanted to attend the event would have arrived in Katowice already. So instead of going to event, they can now go to local bars... What did this sudden last minute ban actually change I wonder?
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Finland965 Posts
On February 29 2020 01:26 BaneRiders wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2020 23:07 Psychobabas wrote:
Smart move since they are so many travelling from asia there. Anyone that wanted to attend the event would have arrived in Katowice already. So instead of going to event, they can now go to local bars... What did this sudden last minute ban actually change I wonder?
Spreading them out is still somewhat better than packing everyone into the arena. Most people would've gone to the bars anyway, this doesn't really change that.
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Can we rename the thread to :
"Experts in Covid-19 talks and also iem will not be held"
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I support their decision, even if it sucks that a people who traveled don't get to go.
Shit happens, and this virus is no joke. Better be safe than sorry. Epidemics are bad news, and I support any prudent actions taken by the government and experts.
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Russian Federation66 Posts
I’ve been looking around in Katowice for last hour and a half, it’s 11.15 right now here and the city looks empty. Maybe it is just to early. I was advised to go to the main bar street of the city - barely any people here, and most of pubs open olny at 3 p.m.
Managed to find the infamous cybermachina though, they open at 12 specifically for IEM so i try my luck there
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Last minute ban was a smart move from goverment) All tourists already in Katowice, already paid for all, locals are happy, and don't need to do any refunds and compensations)
Global health is really important, but how they did this desigion is shame.
I spent a lot of time, money, and very tired and upset now(
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