I think if the Elephant is banned, ISU-152 should be banned. I see no problem for using Elephant from that non meta commander. On some maps ISU-152 will be a game changer and there is no reliable counter for it. Pak43 can be nulified from distance by Priest/Kats.
Think about it or the tourney will be a ISU-152 fest.
I didn't watch this replay yet but moscow north sucks because its kinda impossible to hold the left fuel and its cut-off vs opponents with a very agressive play-style, the map-design gives the south players a cover-advantage for inf, also there are worse spots for mortar pit or OKW t1 in north imo.
Vet 5 JgT is insanely strong on such maps, the only way to deal with it is 2x royal engineer squad with double piat I think
Give Noggano the 2nd place prize money, let whatever two guys get flown out fight for the 1st place and 3rd place money, problem solved.
Nope this doesn't work because currently, DevM has 1000$ save. If you change the rules like that and he would lose in the finals, he would earn 750$ "only".
"All WPC participants were explicitly told via email before the tournament started that if they cannot attend the Grand Finals in Vancouver to inform the tournament organizer immediately" [...] Direct contact via email, Skype, and/or Steam was available to all competitors and not one player contacted the tournament admin saying they would not be able to attend"
I tryed to contact with someone who hosted this turney before quarters, but they just ignored my messages. I didnt know that player who can't fly to Vancuver will be discqualificated, I prepared for this turnament more then 1 month and that was totally wasted. Why they cant just replace me and VonIvan and let me play against Jesulin for the 3d place and throw VonIvan to the Final?
Why not just fly DevM to Vancouver and let Noggano play from Russia, while using the money which would have been used for Noggano's trip to Vancouver, to increase the price pool? Or does this solution make too much sense for Relic?