[Blysk]

eventually OSC finals will jsut be NA, EU and koreans :')

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Originally Posted by Blysk

eventually OSC finals will jsut be NA, EU and koreans :')

Posts like this are always disappointing Especially from someone like yourself who has the most to gain from what we are trying to achieve.

To grow the league, we have to have tournaments accessible to more players. This leads to more tournaments, more global reach in players/audience/sponsors, which in turn we can use to build on our existing tournaments, yearly prizepools, and bonuses for players.

Having a good mix of top NA, EU, KR stars, included with many of our own, adds to the prestige, and takes away from that stigma of 'just another SEA tournament', or 'i've never heard of those guys before/just another SEA player'. But if you have players like Blysk, EnDerr, Azure, ranked highly amognst a HuK, Solar, Snute, etc, it carriers more weight, and is more impressive.

Furthermore, if say Blysk was rank 5, maintaining that throughout the year, and qualifies for finals (with that seed should place well), it's something he can take back to his team. Great rank in a $50000+ global league, featuring many of those other regions top tier talent, it's quite impressive. One would think he could make a strong case for additional support from his team, whether it be $'s or travel assistance. His team in turn could take such a strong result back to their sponsors, and in turn try for additional support.

And this year we've had a few bumps along the way, with lotv beta release making some tournaments ineligible earlier in the year. Plus i was away for 3 months/25% of the year, which is significant manpower away from the OSC team. However, despite this we are still going to hit that $45-50k total, with big finals. Imagine what we can do next year.

Plus SEA players get good bonus and other rewards for participation, bounties, SEA only tournaments, etc. There is still a 'home team' advantage, as we want to ensure we still support our core playerbase, and see players reap the rewards of increased prizepools, and prestige attached to a more competitive league.

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syfRize:

Solid post.~