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(Re)Discovering the Turkish scene

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WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3346 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-12 13:11:32
May 08 2011 14:40 GMT
#1
Once upon a time, during the early days of Brood War, Turkey had a flourishing scene, with players like SuGosu in Brood War and Venom in WarCraft 3.

There were WCG qualifiers there and those two players were sent to represent their country in the WCG Grand finals. Here is a picture of the 2004 Turkish delegation:
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And then in 2007, following the withdrawal of Samsung's financial support, the WCG national tournament was cancelled. This event can be seen as the beginning of the dark ages for the Turkish e-sport scene. One turkish Brood War team, TD) led by the well known Turkish admin Pentagram, survived and kept playing in the various Clan Leagues but they went mostly unnoticed.

With StarCraft 2 however, the e-sport fever is spreading fast, and it has already reached Turkey. Yet, the lack of recognition and awareness of the Turkish scene from the international community is impairing its development.

Turkey is indeed not considered as a major country of e-sport, and while it is true that their players do not yet appear in the final stages of big tournaments and cups, such a big country deserves a little more attention.

The top Turkish team recently managed to get the support of TT esport, a gaming hardware company and a WCG sponsor, in an attempt at bolstering the Turkish SC2 scene with this formed team: V4 gaming. This team is currently enlisted in the SC2CL, in division 2a, and their players are participating in individual cups as well.

However, without WCG nor ESWC this year, team V4 is the only way for foreigners not to forget about Turkey. The team has therefore chosen to open its stream channel "V4 TV", that will be launched shortly.

The current line-up is as follows:

Owner
Vendetta (terran)

Manager
Pentagram(protoss)

Captain
WarAdmiraL(protoss)

Squad
SuGoSu(Random)
DarkSwArM(Zerg)
Tempest (Random)
Spartacus(terran)
SKTerran(terran)
Ille(Zerg)
SuSaNoO(terran)
Darvin (protoss)


It is the dream of most Turkish players to get noticed enough to regain the WCG spot they once had and hopefully we will get to see them again in major LANs and competitions.
Good luck to team V4 gaming, as well as to all the Turkish scene!

Sources: http://www.teamv4.com
photo WCG 2004: www.sk-gaming.com

*****
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bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
May 08 2011 14:56 GMT
#2
Cool find

Just kidding, I'm not surprised Turkey has a relatively undiscovered Gaming scene.

[Extreme, 1-week stay + Turkish friends insider-knowledge ahead]

I mean, it makes sense that there are enough people playing in Turkey overall that there could be a good environment, but it also makes sense that we haven't heard of them.

BTW are you the old Baal? As in the one who said he'd tap Fuddux's daughter? :S
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DeLoAdEr
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Japan527 Posts
May 08 2011 15:03 GMT
#3
ille gosu O_O
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
May 08 2011 15:38 GMT
#4
SuGoSu was sick in bw. Let's hope it will be the same for sc2.
Life?
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9990 Posts
May 08 2011 15:58 GMT
#5
WOOT SUGOSU!!!!!!!!!! and ille : D long time no see guys
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9990 Posts
May 08 2011 16:05 GMT
#6
On May 08 2011 23:56 bITt.mAN wrote:
Cool find

Just kidding, I'm not surprised Turkey has a relatively undiscovered Gaming scene.

[Extreme, 1-week stay + Turkish friends insider-knowledge ahead]

I mean, it makes sense that there are enough people playing in Turkey overall that there could be a good environment, but it also makes sense that we haven't heard of them.

BTW are you the old Baal? As in the one who said he'd tap Fuddux's daughter? :S


thats most likely the mexican baal : D
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Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
May 08 2011 16:15 GMT
#7
Baal is a Turkish protoss player, he was diamond before masters came out but i don't know his rank. His id was baaluo at that time, later switched to baal.

@OP: I thought Sleeep also played for v4 and turkish scene isn't limited to team v4 (ex td). There are other players like fevax and his team as well. Pentagram said something like that in v4 forum, that is currently closed.

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"Oyuncumuz Sleeep'i Türkiye'nin en iyi oyuncusu anketinde destekleyelim" lafını bir tek ben öyle anlamış da olabilirim tabi ki.
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ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
May 08 2011 19:12 GMT
#8
On May 09 2011 01:05 TT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 08 2011 23:56 bITt.mAN wrote:
Cool find

Just kidding, I'm not surprised Turkey has a relatively undiscovered Gaming scene.

[Extreme, 1-week stay + Turkish friends insider-knowledge ahead]

I mean, it makes sense that there are enough people playing in Turkey overall that there could be a good environment, but it also makes sense that we haven't heard of them.

BTW are you the old Baal? As in the one who said he'd tap Fuddux's daughter? :S


thats most likely the mexican baal : D


Nah, that is the French Baal from WGTour.com
Life?
Atom Cannister
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Germany380 Posts
May 09 2011 00:55 GMT
#9
Hey Baal. This seems a bit random. Are you just raising awareness?
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WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3346 Posts
May 09 2011 11:42 GMT
#10
On May 09 2011 04:12 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2011 01:05 TT1 wrote:
On May 08 2011 23:56 bITt.mAN wrote:
Cool find

Just kidding, I'm not surprised Turkey has a relatively undiscovered Gaming scene.

[Extreme, 1-week stay + Turkish friends insider-knowledge ahead]

I mean, it makes sense that there are enough people playing in Turkey overall that there could be a good environment, but it also makes sense that we haven't heard of them.

BTW are you the old Baal? As in the one who said he'd tap Fuddux's daughter? :S


thats most likely the mexican baal : D


Nah, that is the French Baal from WGTour.com



Yes I m not Mexican, but French, but I guess you can still make jokes about it

@Atom: sortof yet, but I know Pentagram well from Brood War, and it s a bit sad they dont have WCG anymore.

Also I m considering writing about the Irish scene too some time later
Horang2 fan
Pentagram
Profile Joined November 2010
Turkey11 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-11 15:23:46
May 11 2011 15:05 GMT
#11
thanks for your support, we are working for a better turkish sc2 scene and community, and this can be done with good friends
inferno esports
SenseiThc
Profile Joined August 2010
Turkey4 Posts
May 11 2011 15:16 GMT
#12
Hey guys nice information, go go go Turks
Platinum League & Developer
Bursat
Profile Joined June 2010
Turkey44 Posts
May 11 2011 15:34 GMT
#13
a smell of nostalgia news. sc2 will come in Turkey where it deserves.
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