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On August 04 2013 22:38 AgentW wrote: Qualifying for two consecutive Ro16, knocking out players, when you're not sure if you'll be able to attend the offline Ro16 and onward just doesn't seem right.
Technically none of the non-US resident player can be sure they'll be able to attend Ro16 though.
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On August 04 2013 22:42 calh wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2013 22:38 AgentW wrote: Qualifying for two consecutive Ro16, knocking out players, when you're not sure if you'll be able to attend the offline Ro16 and onward just doesn't seem right.
Technically none of the non-US resident player can be sure they'll be able to attend Ro16 though. Fair enough, but when you've been denied entry before because of an issue that hasn't been resolved, you should think twice about re-upping until you can set things straight.
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Region Lock for heavens sake please.
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esports visa, make it happen.
I understand why people would like a region lock, but no point in sending a bunch of players who will just lose all their matches at the finals anyway.
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Well, if he overstayed his visa, it's his fault for sticking in US region. There is no chance he will be able to get a visa within 10 years.
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Well this is strange as the USA does see eSports as sport and VISA's shoudn't be a problem
Well, now according to Riot Games eSports manager Nick Allen (speaking to Gamespot), after a long back and forth with the government, the U.S. finally now recognizes eSports players as professional athletes, and will grant them visas under that identifier. This will dramatically streamline the process for foreign players to enter the U.S. for events, and it’s a big victory for the scene.
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/07/14/the-u-s-now-recognizes-esports-players-as-professional-athletes/
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On August 04 2013 23:09 Marchinko wrote:Well this is strange as the USA does see eSports as sport and VISA's shoudn't be a problem Show nested quote +Well, now according to Riot Games eSports manager Nick Allen (speaking to Gamespot), after a long back and forth with the government, the U.S. finally now recognizes eSports players as professional athletes, and will grant them visas under that identifier. This will dramatically streamline the process for foreign players to enter the U.S. for events, and it’s a big victory for the scene. + Show Spoiler +http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/07/14/the-u-s-now-recognizes-esports-players-as-professional-athletes/
Forbe's article didn't mention how the USA only sees players in the LCS as professional athletes.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
More Visa issues
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People who blame Blizzard for this - get a grip. He overstayed far too long last year and now he's paying for it. If you wanna blame Blizzard, you could say it's their fault not negotiating Jim's and Macsed's visas in time for which their team management is also to blame. And don't even try to justify it saying 'yeah, but you need booked flights etc'. They should've started official negotiation with immigration office way ahead to explore all the options, not wait for last minute.
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On August 04 2013 22:48 Spectralx wrote: Region Lock for heavens sake please. What region do you lock Chinese players into? Or Australians? Or South Africans? Or Euros in the US, or Americans in Europe? Or Koreans in Europe or the US?
Saying "region lock" is the most pointless thing in the world and IMO should be something that there's a rule against.
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I am shocked, shocked to hear the Violet is messing up another WCS bracket by being a no show......
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On August 04 2013 23:21 Lonyo wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2013 22:48 Spectralx wrote: Region Lock for heavens sake please. What region do you lock Chinese players into? Or Australians? Or South Africans? Or Euros in the US, or Americans in Europe? Or Koreans in Europe or the US? Saying "region lock" is the most pointless thing in the world and IMO should be something that there's a rule against.
China, it has it's own scene, give it the support it deserves.
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It's highly questionable whether he should have entered season 2 when his visa was not at all a certainty.
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Continental region locks, with Korea as it's own "Continent" sounds good to me.
Split up the current NA prize pool among the other continents, should make a lot of people happy.
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This sucks for viOlet but this also sucks for HwangSin/Top or whoever else could have had viOlets spot and been able to attend.
Hopefully viOlet gets this visa situation sorted out soon because I miss having him at events.
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Visas: killing e-sports since forever. sigh...
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
This should surprise nobody. Last time the US let viOlet in, he abused his visa and overstayed. He broke the law. That's their perspective and it happens to be correct. I know online we're all one big happy family, but countries take this stuff seriously. viOlet and his management really screwed up. Honestly, viOlet should probably try to switch regions, because it's going to continue to be hard/impossible for him to get into the US for years.
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Overstay is pretty bad for Visa, for normal people, they may never get a visa again in their whole life, ofc talking about US visa, not European countries, don't know policies there.
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