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SpaNiarD
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Spain346 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-13 01:53:04
March 13 2011 01:51 GMT
#1
Since the SC2 was released, I found many tournaments online in sites such as ESL, GG.net, TL.net, etc. but, what about the LAN tournaments? From now, I just signed up to two events, very important in my region and with a high attendance and prizes. The problem is that they did never post StarCraft 2 as an official game and that makes me crazy and makes me think:

Does this happens everywhere or was I too blind to see it before?

There are a lot of stuff that an admin could told me as an excuse for avoiding $500 for a SC2 prize, the most popular RTS today, but the main reason was:
SC2 is an expensive game, and we prefer to have team games (cs 1.6, LoL, etc.) and face-to-face games (pes/fifa, street fighter, etc.)


I'm so dissapointed with this answer to my complaint about not having SC2 this year... is SC2 so unpopular to those who are not in the scene that they made every year tourneys with $500 prize for SCBW which was an "outdated game" and now the refuse to make it for SC2 which is the fashion game now?

Got no answer for this... seems too much for my little brain to find a true explanation...

PS: I attach the video from the prize ceremony the last year, where I received a $500 prize for playing SCBW...





SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
March 13 2011 02:04 GMT
#2
Uh, it doesn't have LAN?
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SpaNiarD
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Spain346 Posts
March 13 2011 02:08 GMT
#3
There is a 100 Mb internet connection in these kind of events
GriMeR
Profile Joined February 2010
United States148 Posts
March 13 2011 02:09 GMT
#4
the games young, need to set up the online base before the LAN base comes.. trust me in the comming future i promise we'll see more LAN events...
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merz
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Sweden2760 Posts
March 13 2011 02:23 GMT
#5
Hmm what do you mean? If you mean there's a lack of "small" LAN tournaments containing sc2 then that's probably due to the fact that they need a license from Blizzard to host it. Other than that, there's TONS of lan/offline tournaments going on, at least 1 per month to attend.
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SpaNiarD
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Spain346 Posts
March 13 2011 02:30 GMT
#6
That's what I'm talking about... I don't know if the game is unpopular in offline tournaments just in my region or it's in other places too. Probably veE is right too, maybe after this year they realize they need a RTS tournament back, and probably will be SC2

PS: they switched the SC2 tour and put instead League of Legends, which is not even RTS
icydergosu
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
528 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-13 02:42:16
March 13 2011 02:41 GMT
#7
On March 13 2011 11:08 SpaNiarD wrote:
There is a 100 Mb internet connection in these kind of events


I dont think thats good enough when a few hundred people use it. Should they block other traffic just for the sc2 tournament? I wouldnt want that kind of trouble it brings with itself just to host a sc2 tournament, especially when you look at all the online competitions.
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SpaNiarD
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Spain346 Posts
March 13 2011 02:46 GMT
#8
On March 13 2011 11:41 icydergosu wrote:
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On March 13 2011 11:08 SpaNiarD wrote:
There is a 100 Mb internet connection in these kind of events


I dont think thats good enough when a few hundred people use it. Should they block other traffic just for the sc2 tournament? I wouldnt want that kind of trouble it brings with itself just to host a sc2 tournament, especially when you look at all the online competitions.


I played this year an unofficial tournament with 500 ppl or so with that connection and it didn't lag in the whole games.
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
March 13 2011 02:54 GMT
#9
It's the requirement of a personal account (i,e, $$) for each player. It killed the casual LAN for Starcraft 2 before it could even begin.

A little personal disappointment since the first time I got into BW was via high school LANs
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icydergosu
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
528 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-13 03:28:54
March 13 2011 02:55 GMT
#10
On March 13 2011 11:46 SpaNiarD wrote:
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On March 13 2011 11:41 icydergosu wrote:
On March 13 2011 11:08 SpaNiarD wrote:
There is a 100 Mb internet connection in these kind of events


I dont think thats good enough when a few hundred people use it. Should they block other traffic just for the sc2 tournament? I wouldnt want that kind of trouble it brings with itself just to host a sc2 tournament, especially when you look at all the online competitions.


I played this year an unofficial tournament with 500 ppl or so with that connection and it didn't lag in the whole games.


The problem is that the organizers cant know for sure when the game is being played online. All it takes is a few heavy users, and i have seen lots of people who go to lans just to download all weekend long.

I would rather host a tournament with lan support for sure than one without lan support which might work out. Since they charge an entry fee they might have troubles/a delay to aquire the licence as well.

Another thought: Do SC2 players actually go to lans? I dont see much reason for the average player to attend with all those online tournaments (compared to other games) out there.

Lans usually dont make much profit, some even lose money. Maybe they dont want to lose their current customers and just dont have the money to host another money tournament.
I am the Punishment of God. If you had not commited great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
Miles_Edgeworth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States140 Posts
March 13 2011 03:20 GMT
#11
Don't SC2 tournaments also require a license from Blizzard?
Gofarman
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada645 Posts
March 13 2011 03:31 GMT
#12
On March 13 2011 12:20 Miles_Edgeworth wrote:
Don't SC2 tournaments also require a license from Blizzard?


Yes...

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Not that any tournament under 1000$ bothers though.
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TemplarCo.
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico2870 Posts
March 13 2011 04:23 GMT
#13
I'm guessing you mean more like accessible for not tip-top Masters League players, cause you have ESL, Dreamhack, MLG, Assembly, GSL, IEM etc. but this are only for yeah tip-top Masters.
So just find other players and organize your own community LAN.
With an average game length of 7m36s over his 6 games in GSL3, this is a no-brainer. BitByBit pulls more SCVs than yo momma at a club on Mar Sara. ♞
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
March 13 2011 05:47 GMT
#14
What kills it mostly is the fact that all participants need an account. Therefore limiting the user base and preventings casuals to just drop by and join the tournament. Same reason it is much easier to ask your friends to try out LoL , HoN or Dota compared to SC2.

Not everyone is willing to spend 50-60 bucks to try out a game.
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