EPTso far it seems like blizzard knows they sold out, and after a few months of selling the game to casuals in north amercia, they are going to get chatrooms and ect rollin
SC2 in Korea; Problems and More - Page 2
| Blogs > MrHoon |
|
jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
so far it seems like blizzard knows they sold out, and after a few months of selling the game to casuals in north amercia, they are going to get chatrooms and ect rollin | ||
ArvickHero
10387 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:45 Chanted wrote: I agree with most of your points here, and they are very wellwritten. The only thing I would object is that GOM for us foreigners really isnt all that bad. I remember following proscene for a bit, and I got really psyched when they finally had a tournement with english casters, that was really great, atleast for me personally. Now I hope and believe that GOM will follow in that path, and include English commentary to the matches, something that im not sure that OGN/MSL would do. Seems like you need to improve your reading comprehension, since he said GOM sucked for Koreans, while it was awesome for foreigners because of Tasteless. And to be honest, I thought the commentary got worse with every season. On August 08 2010 15:48 jodogohoo wrote: is there anythign blizzard can do to fix this? so far it seems like blizzard knows they sold out, and after a few months of selling the game to casuals in north amercia, they are going to get chatrooms and ect rollin add LAN and get rid of that stupid subscription fee they charge at PC Bangs. Won't solve the problem completely, but it'll do some good. | ||
|
Mortician
Bulgaria2332 Posts
| ||
|
Boonbag
France3318 Posts
| ||
|
knyttym
United States5797 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:54 Boonbag wrote: Awesome. Also why do I get bashed each time I try to say the exact same things the pictures. You can't bash someone with that much artistic talent | ||
|
Qwerty.
United States292 Posts
| ||
GTR
51680 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:40 heyoka wrote: One thing I don't necessarily agree with though is GOM's money. I don't care if GOM is the bastard stepchild of e-sports, they are willing to pump ~5 times as much money into this tournament as an OSL. History will show you that people go to the money regardless of event. The popular sports in America are the ones where the money is, we don't have good soccer players because it pays jack shit, if you're an athlete you choose the sport that gives bling. The formats that are competitive in magic the gathering are the ones that have big money tournaments, the guys who play more casual formats are much worse players. I disagree. The prime example of this theory of pumping money into a sport and hoping it would work is the CGS. Most of us know what happened after that. I fear this GOM 'rebellion' will see a Korean version of the CGS fiasco all over again. | ||
|
quasar
140 Posts
I agree, Blizzard should have been focused into making a good game first, instead of all that e-sport crap we have now. I just hope that Blizzard can make SC2 in something more than a tool to make more money and a tool for people trying to make SC2 a way of living (those aspiring "progamers"). I like SC2, I really do (hell, I even bought the game but my crappy laptop can't even play it without lagging like crazy), but as a BW fan, it's just not the same feeling i get when i watch a SC2 match, i get bored so easily. All in all, the odds of SC2 becoming a good game, and a worthy succesor to BW seem bad  . | ||
|
Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + pretty solid reasoning though. cant help but agree | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:46 Chimpalimp wrote: @heyoka Your whole argument seems to based solely on the perception that Koreans will follow the capitalistic notion to go where the money is. Which isn't always true, especially in countries that are not America. Can you point out some examples? People have this notion that "outside of capitalist pig america people do things for fun and not money" but I've never seen evidence of it being true. Europe doesn't have good American Football players because they can play soccer and get paid. If you were in Russia in 1980 you played chess because the state gave you money if you became good. Two baseball players were recently drafted from India. They had never played baseball in their life, they became pitchers because they had spent their lives honing javelin throwing skills and it turns out you can also use that motion to throw a baseball fast enough to get a signing bonus. | ||
|
Jugan
United States1566 Posts
| ||
|
Motiva
United States1774 Posts
 I also agree with the sentiments that korea isn't the center of the universe. Furthermore, I support US IP Laws feel kespa has overstepped it's necessity.I also feel like we have a few years before the official verdict is out. Gom is looking for a TV channel, Blizzard is gonna work on bnet's community features, a couple years of balance and metagame development. It's not close to "over" yet. | ||
|
Parabola
Korea (South)111 Posts
| ||
|
Mortician
Bulgaria2332 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:59 GTR wrote: I disagree. The prime example of this theory of pumping money into a sport and hoping it would work is the CGS. Most of us know what happened after that. I fear this GOM 'rebellion' will see a Korean version of the CGS fiasco all over again. Erm...What is CGS? | ||
|
Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
#5 is so true. The vast majority of Koreans are Hunters players and the focus on competition and esports is just the wrong way to go about it. | ||
|
Jacopana
El Salvador210 Posts
| ||
|
HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
| ||
|
Grettin
42414 Posts
Great read man, great read! and oh yeah, you are totally right about that commentator chick, horrible voice but god i could watch her instead. :O | ||
|
Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
Really hoping it increases in popularity soon. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
On August 08 2010 15:57 Qwerty. wrote: Because you don't live in Korea and lack the first-hand experience and knowledge to be a credible source of ESPORTS news. Take a second of your life and read his blog. Educate yourself before making asinine statements like this. | ||
| ||
