I think if they wanted the scene to grow in NA and Europe this was probably the necessary step. Right now it is messy and organization is pretty bad.
I don't know how LoL works but I believe LCS is similar model, except it is region locked.
I am thinking a possible locking a region base on team might be better than players. So team like EG would be registered as NA team so their players would compete in NA. They would still be allow to compete in team league like the Pro-League, but for WCS they have to remain in that certain region. Does this have a problem? Yeah, but it makes more sense then the current model. The fact that most of NA is Korean is just stupid. I just hope Blizzard will sort things out by the end of the year. WCS potentially could be really good.
And I don't think any western viewers would choose any other casters over Tastosis.
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