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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
So will DOTA 2 sort of be the next "iteration" of esports replacing SC2? or will SC2 live on in Dota 2's shadow? Annual championship with 1.6 million minimum prize, DOTA TV, more interesting strategies etc. As a big SC:BW fan, its obvious sc2 has failed to live up to the spectator side of SC:Bw.   | ||
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
They both draw different fans, players, and general demographic. | ||
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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
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United States7572 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
On September 02 2011 09:12 dacthehork wrote: As a big SC:BW fan, its obvious sc2 has failed to live up to the spectator side of SC:Bw. It's been one year. No offense meant but I feel like your insight on the topic is somewhat short-sighted. | ||
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Cofo
United States1388 Posts
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CaptainPlatypus
United States852 Posts
Then again, my DotA's been slacking off since I started playing SC2... | ||
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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
I just see a big decrease in interest in sc2 coming up, with bigger esports and other games sort of taking most of the interest share. | ||
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tyCe
Australia2542 Posts
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MERLIN.
Canada546 Posts
On September 02 2011 09:19 DivinO wrote: It's been one year. No offense meant but I feel like your insight on the topic is somewhat short-sighted. lets remember where BW was after 1 year... Playing on pingball tables for its first major lan : P | ||
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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
On September 02 2011 09:39 tyCe wrote: Well, DotA is much worse as a spectator esport than SC2 so it should be fine. About the playerbase, I'd expect a lot of SC2 players to play DotA2 when it first comes out, at least initially. How is it worse as a spectator experience? It has an established scene in China and does get viewers even on joindota / dota commentaries, and the dota 2 tournament was rather exciting (more exciting to me than any sc2 I've seen.) It has inbuilt DOTA TV, more replay options/support, and more developer support for tournaments (world championships) | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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supernovamaniac
United States3047 Posts
On September 02 2011 09:42 MERLIN. wrote: lets remember where BW was after 1 year... Playing on pingball tables for its first televised lan : P Fixed. Know your stuff before making comments like that. Korea had many offline tourneys that weren't broadcasted on Television for obvious reasons (no such word as ESPORTS, nor internet broadcasting). If anything, SC2 needs more work given the resources and materials that people can access today, compared to the old days. Look at the production value of OSL/Proleague/MSL and GSL. While OSL/Proleague/MSL has amazing production team that brings interesting intros and graphics, I fail to see such innovation in GSL production. The only thing interesting was the 'player-announcement' at the beginning of the match, some which seemed like 'oh hey, look here. boobs' | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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Dusty
United States3359 Posts
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hyptonic
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On September 02 2011 09:39 tyCe wrote: Well, DotA is much worse as a spectator esport than SC2 so it should be fine. About the playerbase, I'd expect a lot of SC2 players to play DotA2 when it first comes out, at least initially. mobas get more viewers than SC2 already. dota2 got 1.6m~ lol got 200k~ even hon gets 25k sometimes (more than ipl2 and dreamhack) one lol streamer averages 12000 viewers a day. i find it much more entertaining spectating than sc2 tbh. | ||
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