On January 15 2022 10:23 Blue Light wrote:
Why don't Valve held the major in China instead?
Like last year TI, if valve held the TI10 in china than those problem with "no spectator allowed" will not happen, yes I know you need to go through 2-3 week hotel quarantine (regardless of negative test or vaccine status) to enter China, but after that annoying process done, you can do what you want there with no restriction. IMO, China is the safest country from covid this days, and the most reasonable place to held such event
Australia can be another alternative coz it's relatively easy to enter the country if you been fully vaccinated, though for safety from covid , for today alone +134,508 new covid case is the number, so it wouldn;t be a surprise if a player or staff gets infected once they there (like what have at TI10 in Romania)
I, my self travel around coz my job requires me, for me those 2 country would be the most possible choice, China is a pain in the ass coz of their 0 covid policy, but they are the safest place and the only place that I visit which able to live very close to a normal life before covid struck, way to get out from china to return to their own country for the team probably via singapore to cut the quarantine process, coz of politics, many western country make it difficult to enter or go back to any western country if you come directly after you visit china, the way around it for me is via Singapore or some of my friend use Dubai as alternative (2 weeks quarantine transit at singapore or dubai),
Why don't Valve held the major in China instead?
Like last year TI, if valve held the TI10 in china than those problem with "no spectator allowed" will not happen, yes I know you need to go through 2-3 week hotel quarantine (regardless of negative test or vaccine status) to enter China, but after that annoying process done, you can do what you want there with no restriction. IMO, China is the safest country from covid this days, and the most reasonable place to held such event
Australia can be another alternative coz it's relatively easy to enter the country if you been fully vaccinated, though for safety from covid , for today alone +134,508 new covid case is the number, so it wouldn;t be a surprise if a player or staff gets infected once they there (like what have at TI10 in Romania)
I, my self travel around coz my job requires me, for me those 2 country would be the most possible choice, China is a pain in the ass coz of their 0 covid policy, but they are the safest place and the only place that I visit which able to live very close to a normal life before covid struck, way to get out from china to return to their own country for the team probably via singapore to cut the quarantine process, coz of politics, many western country make it difficult to enter or go back to any western country if you come directly after you visit china, the way around it for me is via Singapore or some of my friend use Dubai as alternative (2 weeks quarantine transit at singapore or dubai),
I agree china is probably the safest place covid wise, but I think the quarantine kills the plan. 1) who’s is going to pay for it? The players cannot, the organizer cannot, valve could. However, quarantine for 20 teams is probably more than the rest of the tournament combined including the prize pool. It’s not worth it IMO. 2) two weeks is a long time relative to the tournament. The wild card teams will play for two days then go home, only a few days for the group stage teams. I don’t think many players would want to quarantine for nothing.