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On December 15 2020 16:25 MrMischelito wrote:
with SC2, isn't offline still online just with players on site? without audience it wouldn't make much of a difference for me.
that said, it would be nice for the players if they can meet in person
It evens out the conditions for the players which is a huge part of why we consider offline results to be much more valuable.
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I am really happy that they try to make this offline! If it can't happen, so be it. But at least they tried
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I mean offline is great and all but has ESL seriously considered the prospect for non-EU players to actually get a visa and travel to Poland? Like if somehow all the Korean players can't acquire a visa because the government says no what would ESL do about it?
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On December 15 2020 20:31 yht9657 wrote:
I mean offline is great and all but has ESL seriously considered the prospect for non-EU players to actually get a visa and travel to Poland? Like if somehow all the Korean players can't acquire a visa because the government says no what would ESL do about it?
As fair as I understand if travel to the location isn't possible, they'll try to get players as close to it as possible, so they can host on EU servers only which will minimize lag. Meaning somewhere in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland or whatever
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Let's be realistic, offline is going to be extremely difficult for Korean and Chinese players. Plane tickets are super expensive, and at the moment non-EU residence can't fly to Poland afaik.
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On December 15 2020 22:26 osliang wrote:
Let's be realistic, offline is going to be extremely difficult for Korean and Chinese players. Plane tickets are super expensive, and at the moment non-EU residence can't fly to Poland afaik.
Travel is paid for apparently, there is a discussion going on twitter that the tournament prize distribution is extremely top heavy and then that came up. Still hope they address the distribution stuff
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On December 15 2020 09:51 iMECH_KolosS wrote:
Makes Sense. On a different note, have they announced in-game perks for watching the event ? Couldn't find info anywhere.
I doubt they will produce any in-game content after they announced SC2 is going into maintenance mode with no further development. If I recall correctly even the artist doing the portraits in previous years tweeted that there will be no portraits this year.
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On December 16 2020 10:05 ooCast1 wrote:I'm concerned about whether non-EU players are even allowed to enter Poland, according to this: https://www.gov.pl/web/coronavirus/travel#Looks like players who are not EU citizens are not allowed to enter?
I don't think they will have it in Poland. Perhaps another country in EU.
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On December 16 2020 10:18 buzz_bender wrote:I don't think they will have it in Poland. Perhaps another country in EU.
You mean IEM Katowice, even if offline, will not be held in Katowice?
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For non-EU players, through they may manage to get visa and have the ability to travel, it is even more difficult to find an airplane and necessary steps (such as nucleic test) to allow them to go back, and they would face another 2 weeks of quarantine at own expense after they are back to home.
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Sweden is and probably will be pretty open to all kind of citizens. Maybe they do it there? With the Dreamhack guys? Who knows 
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ESL sometime back announced that they built a studio to do preliminary CS tournaments offline. Somewhere in western europe, don't recall the exact location. Maybe they'll use that for the world championship.
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Will ESL announce the country and location of the offline studio soon?
It takes long time for players of certain countries, such as China, to apply the visa.
Yes, even announcing after DH Last Chance may be too late.
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On December 17 2020 03:35 ooCast1 wrote:
Will ESL announce the country and location of the offline studio soon?
It takes long time for players of certain countries, such as China, to apply the visa.
Yes, even announcing after DH Last Chance may be too late.
I'm guessing that IEM Katowice will be held in Katowice. Shot in the dark though.
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The fact that this is offline is nice, but I can't help but feel like it'll weed out some players depending on their countries' covid situation (and visas etc.)
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Korean apologists are going to be in shambles--if one of their players loses they won't be able to blame it on ping  I guess "they just don't care" will have to suffice as an explanation.
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On December 27 2020 22:28 mierin wrote:Korean apologists are going to be in shambles--if one of their players loses they won't be able to blame it on ping I guess "they just don't care" will have to suffice as an explanation.
How can you forget "Jet-lag Korean" :o ?
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On December 27 2020 22:28 mierin wrote:Korean apologists are going to be in shambles--if one of their players loses they won't be able to blame it on ping I guess "they just don't care" will have to suffice as an explanation.
Yep, and it's not like most of the EU vs KR matches are played on NA with similar ping to both as well 
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