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2 players from KR...this is gonna be WESG all over again
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China6271 Posts
The Korean qualifier is going to be a bloodbath.
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Not even the IEM world champion is invited/seeded? This is madness!
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I guess we should've expected a disappointing format of the sort when we heard about the Olympic partnership. Any guesses as to who will represent Asia West and East?
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Slot distribution seems fair given the number of participants. I'll never understand the people crying about Koreans being given "little" spots in a region-based system.
Asia West qualifiers is an early Christmas present for Demi. Asia East qualifiers is basically Sioras vs SEA & Taiwan.
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On November 30 2017 02:07 ElusoryX wrote: Slot distribution seems fair given the number of participants. I'll never understand the people crying about Koreans being given "little" spots in a region-based system.
Asia West qualifiers is an early Christmas present for Demi. Asia East qualifiers is basically Sioras vs SEA & Taiwan. Well it's more than fair if we do this based on population and our goal is to have players all around the world compete in it. Based on regional strength this is absurd. This being connected to olympics the former priority makes sense i guess, i still would prefer the tournament to be created with competitiveness in mind though.
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On November 30 2017 02:01 ZigguratOfUr wrote: I guess we should've expected a disappointing format of the sort when we heard about the Olympic partnership. Any guesses as to who will represent Asia West and East? East probably Has
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Given the context with the Winter Olympics and everything, it would probably be a bad idea to have a mostly Korean lineup. 2 might be on the low side but if they're trying to make a tournament that's parallel to the olympics in any way, having even 25% (4/16) of the players coming from one country wouldn't look great.
On November 30 2017 01:06 DieuCure wrote: And the future winner is known to all of course. Cure?
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So we're going with the Korean-qualifier-bloodbath into guaranteed-Korean-finals system for IEM, I see.
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What is this? WESG? I know it is Olympics and all but still it is ridiculous to have only 2 Korean slots. It is hosted in South Korea for crying out loud.
What a waste this is. Another lame event to start 2018 (technically it is in 2017 but still).
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Stephano gets a free spot again, he must be happy .
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I don't see why anyone would be shocked that a tournament held AT THE OLYMPICS is gonna be international. Like wtf were you people expecting?
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I'm wondering, who the player from Africa is gonna be. Anyone have any ideas?
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United States32433 Posts
NA and SA getting same # of players, as it should be
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Well, at least the funding is great...
But I dont see a reason to give Korea 4 slots. Even if you want to make it regional, there is so much top talent in korea, that you can give them more slots then just 2. Even little Jamaika is able to send more then one top sprinter to the olympics.
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Were people crying that much at WCG back in the day about it not having 50% of Korean line-up too?
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On November 30 2017 03:13 billynasty wrote: I'm wondering, who the player from Africa is gonna be. Anyone have any ideas? Probably Stephano, he has French and Tunisian citizenship if I'm not mistaken
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On November 30 2017 03:58 aQuaSC wrote: Were people crying that much at WCG back in the day about it not having 50% of Korean line-up too? Na, but I think people have different expectations for IEM.
Everyone knew that ESWC and WCG were going for the Olympics feel, so there wasnt any crying.
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On November 30 2017 03:49 Clonester wrote: Well, at least the funding is great...
But I dont see a reason to give Korea 4 slots. Even if you want to make it regional, there is so much top talent in korea, that you can give them more slots then just 2. Even little Jamaika is able to send more then one top sprinter to the olympics.
There are more than 16 sprinters competing in the Olympics though. Jamaica can send three + the reigning Olympic champion if he/she is Jamaican I believe.
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