EPTTwo players will earn spots at the 18-player main event at the Esports World Cup
Esports World Cup 2024 - Last Chance Qualifier (July 4-7)
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Waxangel
United States32971 Posts
Two players will earn spots at the 18-player main event at the Esports World Cup
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Haku
Germany550 Posts
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5476 Posts
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seopthi
389 Posts
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Waxangel
United States32971 Posts
On June 18 2024 05:34 seopthi wrote: Does anyone know if TY is going to give it a shot? or is he gone from sc2 altogether? He said this latest season of GSL was his retirement tournament. 'Retirement' is hardly a binding contract in SC2, but I seriously doubt he'll compete. | ||
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Balnazza
Germany998 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23276 Posts
On June 18 2024 03:18 Haku wrote: Insane to think about this qualifier basically having a 15k prize for the players who qualifies haha That is pretty mental now you mention it. Coulda been even more if the prize distribution wasn’t so top-heavy too! | ||
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bulldozer06701
105 Posts
On June 18 2024 04:43 jimminy_kriket wrote: MaxPax still hasn't pulled out. It would be awfully rude of him to pull out this late. I think we might see him play. Still thinking about this. I wonder if he has already pulled out though, and the standings just haven't been updated yet, or... | ||
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bigbasket
1 Post
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Blitzball04
116 Posts
On June 20 2024 15:36 WombaT wrote: That is pretty mental now you mention it. Coulda been even more if the prize distribution wasn’t so top-heavy too! Paying the 12-18th place players 15k is already pretty generous imo. No offence but those players games are usually not as exciting or hyped in these kind of big tournaments because we know all of them are not even remotely close to having a chance to winning it For example 15k is already a big step up in pay for players such as coffee, Astrea, gumiho, | ||
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cookinrelaxin
3 Posts
On June 25 2024 06:39 Blitzball04 wrote: Paying the 12-18th place players 15k is already pretty generous imo. No offence but those players games are usually not as exciting or hyped in these kind of big tournaments because we know all of them are not even remotely close to having a chance to winning it For example 15k is already a big step up in pay for players such as coffee, Astrea, gumiho, I think 15k is a big step up for almost everybody. | ||
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Philippe
345 Posts
On June 25 2024 06:39 Blitzball04 wrote: Paying the 12-18th place players 15k is already pretty generous imo. No offence but those players games are usually not as exciting or hyped in these kind of big tournaments because we know all of them are not even remotely close to having a chance to winning it For example 15k is already a big step up in pay for players such as coffee, Astrea, gumiho, It's not radically different from the split of the last IEM earlier in the year. I don't see them deviating from the top heavy distribution, their reasons on doing so are pretty clear in the first place. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10290 Posts
On June 18 2024 04:43 jimminy_kriket wrote: MaxPax still hasn't pulled out. It would be awfully rude of him to pull out this late. I think we might see him play. Wow that would be so awesome. Poor Spirit, but I think Maxpax would be much more fitting. I hope he competes and doesn't let the pressure get to him. He could win it all, it would be glorious. Or at the least, push Serral or Maru in a 3-4 match. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23276 Posts
On June 25 2024 06:39 Blitzball04 wrote: Paying the 12-18th place players 15k is already pretty generous imo. No offence but those players games are usually not as exciting or hyped in these kind of big tournaments because we know all of them are not even remotely close to having a chance to winning it For example 15k is already a big step up in pay for players such as coffee, Astrea, gumiho, Well such is the problem with throwing money at a mega tournament such as this in a scene that is in the state that it’s currently in. Certainly wouldn’t have been my first choice in how to use that kinda fund | ||
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JJH777
United States4373 Posts
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Philippe
345 Posts
On June 27 2024 02:33 JJH777 wrote: Are the open qualifiers region locked or just on a specific server? Given the entry lists on the ESL website I assume it's region locked | ||
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Balnazza
Germany998 Posts
Sadly that means the korean qualifier might be a bit bloated. Three slots after eight of the best Koreans already have a slot is...tragic to be honest. | ||
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dysenterymd
1155 Posts
On June 27 2024 06:12 Balnazza wrote: It's region-locked, though the European qualifier is actually the usual EMEA-qualify - not that it matters. Sadly that means the korean qualifier might be a bit bloated. Three slots after eight of the best Koreans already have a slot is...tragic to be honest. Stats/Shin/Bunny/Creator/Rogue/Nightmare are at least as good as any EU player who hasn't qualified yet, and better than most of them. | ||
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Waxangel
United States32971 Posts
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Balnazza
Germany998 Posts
On June 27 2024 06:54 dysenterymd wrote: Stats/Shin/Bunny/Creator/Rogue/Nightmare are at least as good as any EU player who hasn't qualified yet, and better than most of them. Might be...but then there are ~10 more slots for koreans most people have never heard about. On June 27 2024 07:02 Waxangel wrote: It's a peculiar choice since the Katowice qualifiers weren't region locked. I guess there's some "world cup" theming for EWC, but is there actually some higher-up at ESL/EWC who's gonna look at SC2 and say "hey why don't we have more players from Latin America" or something like that? Why not just try and get the best players in? I think just all EWC-qualifiers are region-locked? So it might really be that theme to have global representation...well, somewhat. It technically also aligns with the original ESWC who even had national-locked qualifiers. | ||
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