What do you guys think of WCS 2015 region lock?

I was just wondering what you guys think of the region lock plans Blizzard has for WCS 2015, here's a poll: http://strawpoll.me/2507387 

I only know opinions in eu/am scene, was wondering what Korea thinks. Also leave your thoughts in comments if you want :) 

The top Koreans in the foreign scene has visas anyway. I don't think it would make huge of a difference.

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region lock is correct but it is too late

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Is it possible to leave my opinion another country's community site?
I don't like this decision...it is no difference to implement Rergion Lock

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Some will get the visa, some will change their region(esp. from AM), and the others will retire. It's quite sad to see players retiring, but it is kinda inevitable because the scene has got too small in Korea. I think region lock was necessary though as the top-level of foreign progamers has been just decreasing without any chance of rebound. Lots of foreign players have stopped playing professionally during this year for they lost passion or were left behind.

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i agree

No reason to oppose it. Though some players who play in AM/EU may go down, but it is right and rational to play in the region where they live in. I would object to region lock if new region lock said that no Korean players can play in AM/EU, but this kind of strengthened region regulation is what we need for both fans and gamers.

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Is it possible to leave my opinion another country's community site?
I don't like this decision...it is no difference to implement Rergion Lock


I can post them for you,

Interesting opinions btw, thanks for response!

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It would not affect at all for those players who already have visa with them; players like JD, bomber, polt etc.
However, it would damage a lot for those who are planning to switch to other regions in the future.
They may have to wait for a long time to get the visa out. This would affect them to miss 1 or 2 seasons.
With this change, players may have to think wisely when they decide to leave the kespa teams - RIP TRUE - and it would boost the average speed of retirement, especailly for those who did not show the sucessful results in GSL.

The bright side is, with this some kind of barrier and regulation, it can give more chances and spots for forieners in WCS.
However, this does not solve the fundamental problem ( koreans invading wcs AM and EU)
after koreans receive their visas, this system will collapse easily and everything will go back again.
From my perspective, it might be better to bring up with different regulation such as "Limited spots for koreans" if the blizzard's goal is to reduce korean players in wcs.
In conclusion, this regulation is only a matter of time to collapse, foreigner will have chance to compete with koreans in premier league for 1 or 2 seasons and then everything will go back to previous again

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