EPTI find the current player pool very interesting, and would certainly not watch without the koreans and chinese players.
TLnet Poll - Should the 2014 season of WCS have residency/…
Should the 2014 season of WCS have residency/citizenship restrictions? :
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Zenbrez
Canada5957 Posts
I find the current player pool very interesting, and would certainly not watch without the koreans and chinese players. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
On September 26 2013 14:19 Zenbrez wrote: I'm still undecided. Despite what some people say, WCS NA would not be better (for the viewers) if it was largely NA players. I don't think most of the koreans currently in the league would move over here for a year. I find the current player pool very interesting, and would certainly not watch without the koreans and chinese players. Agreed, though the 2012 style of WCS was nice in its own right. If restrictions were imposed this time around, Blizzard would certainly at least have to expand the number of regions. | ||
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Oiseaux
United States653 Posts
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ejozl
Denmark2874 Posts
And would China&SEA then still be part of America? I think a better restriction is just that on the day the player needs to be in the country, this would stop the latency issues along with Koreans just being everywhere at once. Maybe even have the offline part be a bigger part of the tournament instead of just the top 16 of the premier division. | ||
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1583 Posts
The best thing to do now is just open a fourth region that is open for everyone from Iran to New Zealand. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10507 Posts
a) Would WCS NA have the same prize pool than WCS KOR or WCS EU? b) What about the players from China and Australia? | ||
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Sjokola
Netherlands792 Posts
Edit: Players from none of the regions should be allowed to choose where they want to play. | ||
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MuMeise
Germany81 Posts
Guys like MVP though who just arrive the day before the live shows should no longer participate or they should actually live in the EU. I don't like the attitude to play in WCS EU because it's EZ like they say. | ||
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Targe
United Kingdom5978 Posts
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KristofferAG
Norway19209 Posts
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Gaius Baltar
United States447 Posts
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Cyroch
Germany45 Posts
On the other hand I see a few potential problems with the lock: 1. If foreigners would only play amongst themselves for the whole year, I think it is possible to see an overall decrease in foreign skill. Right now I would carefully say that there are a few foreign player who can cause upsets against good Koreans on a regular basis and some who are on the brink of getting there. 2. While I would probably still watch my local WCS (EU) and Korea, I would most probably stop watching NA, just because I'm just not related enough to that region. Assuming I am not the only one who feels like that, this could lead to a decrease in viewers for the foreign regions. And let's be honest, they aren't that high anyway right now. In General, I think that a region lock would not tackle the main problem WCS has IMO. The oversaturation of tournaments going on. Right after each PL, challenger starts right up again. Sometimes having WCS streams 5 days a week. It is too much in my opinion. I just don't get that pumped for tournament days anymore. | ||
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thimius
Sweden28 Posts
On September 26 2013 15:15 Oiseaux wrote: I already know who the strong koreans are. If I want to see them I'll watch GSL. I want to see strong NA players. Do you also think its fair that Kane, Goswser and Demuslim could end up winning the same prize money as say...Soulkey, Jaedong, Innovation, Rain and any other of the 50 koreany players that are ACTUALLY better players than the American ones? BEcause if they were to create a region lock, the code A of korea should actually have a higher prize pool than the american premier one, it's sad to say, but it's actually the truth... | ||
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Elite_
United States4259 Posts
It might be good for the foreign players if it was region locked but it would only mean that they'll be wrecked at the season finals by Koreans instead of Premier League which lessens the value of the games for the viewers at later stages of the tournament. I mean what's more important? Seeing your favorite foreign players do well in Premier League and getting bopped by Koreans at the season finals or seeing the best games between the best players at season finals and BlizzCon? ~_~ | ||
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pNRG
United States243 Posts
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BraveProbe
36 Posts
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eonrulz
United Kingdom83 Posts
As it is, there's not enough big tournaments for players to make a name for themselves, so players are slowly becoming strangled and choked out of money. So they retire and seek employment in the traditional job market. More restrictive region-locking, without changing the current WCS structure, would only aggravate the situation, especially in Korea. | ||
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j1nzo
Germany349 Posts
however for me wathing the koreans duke it out is one of the reasons to watch wcs. i mean think about it- if the best football/basketball etc players were koreans, would we really wanna restrict their number and prevent us from watching the best play? | ||
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Undead1993
Germany16256 Posts
On September 26 2013 18:15 MuMeise wrote: It definitly should have residency check. Not citizenship though. Guys like MC living in germany, or ForGG livin in France should be able to participate in WCS EU. Guys like MVP though who just arrive the day before the live shows should no longer participate or they should actually live in the EU. I don't like the attitude to play in WCS EU because it's EZ like they say. i didn't hear a single progamer saying wcs eu is easy, except for huk. on topic, that's so ridiculous. the skill of game would be just so so much lower. i don't get how anyone could think that would improve anything. i love it the way it is. and if we would have the restrictions and then only blizzcon at the end, it wouldn't change anything the foreigners would still get crushed left and right, i really dislike this discussion. i think it's even comparable with the globalisation. people who were in a country before think they should be prefered over the immigrants, but it's just not true, it doesn't help any organisation if they hire workers only because of their nationality. | ||
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elmoDD
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