WCS 2015: Blizzard détaille les points, prix et lieux de résidence
Dans ce récent article publié sur le site officiel des WCS, Blizzard revient sur les modifications qui seront apportées pour l'édition de 2015, notamment concernant la répartition des points, des prix, et les zones de résidence des joueurs.
On note par exemple que les IEM San José, que vous pourrez suivre en intégralité sur Twitch.tv/judgehype, rapporteront des points WCS en cette fin d'année 2014 ! C'est plutôt cool et permettra à certains joueurs de bien démarrer la saison 2015. On notera également que Blizzard a entendu les prières de ForGG qui ne sera plus obligé de repartir en Corée et pourra participer aux WCS sans quitter l'Europe.
In our World Championship Series 2015 announcement, we told you about some major changes we’re making to our Premier League. Now we’re back to fill in the blanks on a few outstanding questions, including details on the WCS point allocation for the Global Standings, the WCS Premier League prize pool distribution, and some clarifications on residency requirements.
WCS Point Allocation
The WCS Premier League, the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Code S, and SPOTV Games Individual League will all share the same distribution of WCS points in 2015.
WCS Premier, GSL and SPOTV
- 1st : 2000 Points
- 2nd: 1250 Points
- 3rd-4th : 900 Points
- 5th-8th : 600 Points
- 9th-12th : 400 Points
- 13th-16th : 300 Points
- 17th-24th : 150 Points
- 25th-32nd : 100 Points
WCS Challenger and GSL Code A will continue to offer 50 points to the eliminated player.
WCS Global Events will offer the same distribution of points as in 2014. You can find the new requirements in our WCS 2015 announcement.
WCS Global Events Start Now!
Events year-round will now be included in the WCS Standings and offer WCS points. Events held after the Global Finals at BlizzCon 2014 will be wrapped into the 2015 tally and subject to the 2015 requirementstwo such events already qualify:
- 2014 Hot6 Cup 4000 WCS points November 18 to December 7
- IEM San Jose 4000 WCS points December 6 and 7
WCS Premier League Prize Pool
With WCS America and WCS Europe uniting into the brand new WCS Premier League, their prize pools are also combined. Check out the breakdown of prizes:
WCS Premier
- 1st : $30,000
- 2nd : $15,000
- 3rd-4th : $10,000
- 5th-8th : $8,000
- 9th-16th : $6,000
- 17th-32nd : $4,500
WCS Challenger (on exit)
- 32 Players : $2,000
Residency Requirement Clarification and Changes for WCS
Players Training Outside of Their Home Region
Players who are a citizen in a country within a WCS region will be allowed to participate in that region’s qualifiers and Challenger regardless of their current residency status.
Exception for Long-Standing Residency
In our original announcement, we stated that players must have a valid residency visa (i.e. work visa, athlete visa, student visa) in order to compete in a region’s WCS Challenger. While that is true for the vast majority of players, we will be waiving the requirement for players who can demonstrate consistent residency in a region starting on or before January 1, 2013.
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