[syfRize]

Originally Posted by eCKo'Probe

It was actually right, just weird because 5-8th = 1-4th on day 2

Yeah I think that's what confused me and a couple others, having the prize distribution go down to top 12 is kinda what I mean then.

[syfChase]

Yeah haha it was pretty funny when people were telling me I won $300 and then I got excited and told my parents and then 15min later people were tellin me I actually didn't win anything


awkward conversation with my parents ensued

WCS was really cool, I enjoyed it. Did some preparation nice feeling being amongst the top contenders, even if I'm not exactly right up there on their level.

Only suggestion I could make is some sort of seeding system for the open qualifier, as I feel like I kinda 'cheated' my way into the top 16 when there were better players then me who missed out.

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[Ascarecrow]

Originally Posted by fray`Chase

Yeah haha it was pretty funny when people were telling me I won $300 and then I got excited and told my parents and then 15min later people were tellin me I actually didn't win anything


awkward conversation with my parents ensued

WCS was really cool, I enjoyed it. Did some preparation nice feeling being amongst the top contenders, even if I'm not exactly right up there on their level.

Only suggestion I could make is some sort of seeding system for the open qualifier, as I feel like I kinda 'cheated' my way into the top 16 when there were better players then me who missed out.

only first season is random seedings next season will have proper seedings. it was to give up and comers a chance.

[Eddie]

Using the Starcraft twitch channel was a brilliant idea

Having 3 live casters rotating was great!

Studio looked good.

Admin power outage was out of anyone's control (But might be a good idea to have someone with ESL site permissions on standbye in future.)

I would like to see some changes to the format to align with standards for LOTV - Bo5's are the way to go! (Usually done in the time of old HOTS Bo3's.)

$10000 is also an amazing prizepool! Should be shared to top 16 (making top 16 is a good achievement). Rewarding top 4 with double payment is a bit strange (worked when there was a clear challenger/premier, but as it's now one tournament, with 1 player advancing, doesn't work imo).

Example of Europe Regional
Example of NA Regional

Top 16, 2 day event. All Bo5's, Top 16 paid!

I'd also like to see things slow down a bit, don't rush through the bracket. Show more games/players (or arrange a 2nd stream). It's a big tournament, with big $'s on offer. Players can put in a bit more time, and i'm sure would like the exposure. It seemed a lot of day 1 was spent casting the top 4 guys playing for seeding, who ended up being casted again the next day. Changing to the EU/NA format would eliminate this.