WEC-Preisgeld konfisziert

Anfang September 2014: TidesofTime gewinnt das zur Zeit höchste Preisgeld in Hearthstone bei den WEC 2014. Was viele überraschte: Er bekam es bar auf der Bühne. Bei der Ausreise gab es jedoch Probleme, weswegen eben jene $32.000 von chinesischen Zollbeamten konfisziert wurden. Die WEC hat jedoch reagiert und wird TidesofTime so bald wie möglich auszahlen.

Die WEC hat sich für die Probleme entschuldigt, will aber dennoch an ihrer Idee festhalten, das Preisgeld bar auf der Bühne zu überreichen.
Außerdem wird die Schuld den strengen Gesetzen Chinas gegeben.

Statement der WEC:

„First of all, we are very sorry for any inconvenience caused. We
think it’s a wonderful idea to pay players their prize money in cash on
the scene of finals and it was proofed that players and audience there
were quite excited at that moment. It’s our mistake, without concern for
limits of carrying hard cash across the border out of China.

 

At present, our financial department is dealing with reward
deposit. In China, the process of sending foreign remittances is kind of
complicated. Besides, it’s a large sums of reward and there would be
some issues about tax. For now, we are trying to handle it as a regular
money transfer instead of a reward deposit. The application of money
transfer has already been submitted to our bank and there would be a
check by bank and government. At the moment, the status shows that the
transfer is still in process and we were told there should be a response
around 15th this month. We deeply appreciate the player’s understanding
and patience. The process is more intricate than we thought and we are
trying our best to accomplish it.“

Dan ‚Frodan‘ Chou, Manager von Team Tempostorm, für welches TidesofTime momentan spielt, gab daraufhin selbst ein Statement ab.

Statement von Frodan:

„We’re happy that WEC plans to faithfully follow up with their prize
money. We understand things do not always go as planned, but as long as
Tides gets his proper payout then there is nothing to worry about!“