Yevhenii Shumilin · @G2Neirea
28th Mar 2019 from TwitLonger
My opinion on Grandmasters system
So Grandmasters system was revealed. I will be short, don't even want to talk about criterias of invitations, I only want to share my pros and cons of system:
Pros:
You will see some of your favorite players compete for whole year, so they can build cool storylines and grow their fan base.
Cons:
People who didn't get invited for whatever reason, have only Masters Tours and third-party tournaments to compete in. And if you are not a content creator, lack of tournaments will lead to low chance of getting sponsored or getting into org to travel accross the world to compete in Masters Tours, unless you can pay travel for yourself. So less players will want to become/stay a full time pro and they might potentially quit the scene (and it's majority of the scene, even players who had very successful performances in HCT and other big tournaments)
Watching same players compete for whole year can be very boring. We had similiar experience with first HGG being too long and it lasted only 4 months! Also let's say if 2 player have low scores in the league, they get no incentive to try their best to win, because they are in the "safe zone" until season 2, and it hurts level of competition and viewership as well.