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Originally Posted by goofyballer
What in particular do you like about it? I was randomly thinking today about things like "X player's SICK RUN through MLG City Y" that we remember and how it won't mean anything anymore when that SICK RUN is through dudes like Mana and Lilbow instead of Bomber and Leenock.
Correct me if I'm wrong but there will only be 3 WCS Circuit events where Koreans are effectively banned from playing right? The rest Koreans will be able to enter just fine, maybe in limited numbers in some but I expect them to be well-represented in most others.
I agree with Blizzard that there was too much content in the SC2 scene and that it was probably holding back growth. I also agree that the 2 most exciting types of content are:
*The months-long Korean tournaments where the best of the best gameplay is shown
*The events where large crowds gather to watch a fast-paced tournament over the course of a couple of days
WCS Europe/America/WCS non-Korea were just kind of boring overall imo. Seeing more weekend tournaments is something I am very happy about. I also think that the new system will allow for three important things to happen that are good for the scene long term:
*SC2 really needs more good streamers. I hope that now that people need to worry less about the schedule of produced SC2 content being so crazy-full that more streamers will step up.
*I hope that with the new system more foreigners go train in Korea and maybe even try to participate in GSL.
*I think the new system will help in creating more interesting storylines with how the Blizzcon rules have changed and once again with the new focus on weekend-long tournaments. You can say what you want but non-Korean storylines were non-existant in 2015 except for Lilbow and that ended up being an absolutely terrible storyline. I agree that that this is because non-Koreans simply sucked but a large part of the scene still love a good non-Korean storyline. It is probably also what we need if we want this esport to still be around in 5 years.