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​@alexanderweinrich7418 wrong reply but YAHHHHH WOOOOOO NEVER GIVE UP

I was just there last summer and loved it! Never expected to be back so soon but I'm very much looking forward to it

Stockholm in oktober can be a more hostile experience than in the summer. With some luck there is some desent autumn days left when you are here

Likewise!

Actually I am from USEA

Really?@@ChicagoGeographer

NCNC LatAm streaks kreygasm

its really big for a browser game

friend the whole event was advertised as invite-only from the start

You’ve got to be more than decent at the game to play in the World Cup. No shade to you but I also consider myself “decent” at the game and know I have zero chance. The World Cup is for the greats only…for a reason.

You need to understand a few things. First off, the tournament will be streamed to 10s of thousands of people, some who have never seen the game before this tourney happens. Sponsors will be watching. It would be catastrophic for their brand if someone, came in and said something offensive, or politically controversial, or did something inappropriate on stream. They needed players that were properly vetted, and the only way to do that, is to stick with players already well known from the plethora of tourneys that have gone on, and with no controversies on them. Second, there is a vast difference from "decent player", and "top 100 player", which everyone in this tourney clearly is. I am also a decent player, even beaten 2 (or more, just two I recall) of the WC players in Duels myself, but am fully aware that if this was an open tourney, I'm not making the final 24..... I'm not even making the final 100... probably. Third, this is Geoguessr. Not the Olympics here. They dont have the budget to run 100s of qualifier tourneys for months straight to get the best players.... yet. They need to work around the reality they live in. Even if the game grows 5Xs what it is now, they are never going to be having large & complex qualifier events. There will ALMOST certainly be more detailed ones than this event had for future iterations. But this was their 1st one, and needed to make decisions on how to streamline the roster options. They also had to make assurances that there would be a wide scope of countries. What if they had run open quallies, and the 24 spots ended up being 21 of them split between 3 countries? Not much of a World Cup. So they worked long & hard to try & have as wide of a field of representation as they could. An open quallie doesnt offer them that. Fourth - What if they ran quallies, and some kid lied to get in..... and showed up to Sweden & wasnt eligible to play? Fifth - You type English well enough to understand it, so your speaking is probably just fine. I mean Shiina is in, and afaik, no ones even heard if that player knows how to speak English.

@@DoiInthanon1897 exactly. Unless they plan to do country team events in the future, I have no shot. The field of "decent" players is notable. But "decent" wont get you into any major championship 99.5% of the time for a solo event. So many people think because they beat someone thats in the field on a live challie, or a duel, or a battle royale once, they are suddenly elite stars. The difference between being an "elite star" & "decent" is the consistency. You can beat one of the elite stars once. But if it was a bo7, you are out 4-1, or if they are having an off day 4-2 at best.