EPTYou may call me a dreamer, but I am not the only one
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gCgCrypto
Germany297 Posts
You may call me a dreamer, but I am not the only one | ||
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blAke139
Switzerland199 Posts
I don't know if making SC2 related music really counts as what you say is needed, but I gave and give my best.  More is to come StarCraft 2, what up! You can't put us down cause we come up! :D | ||
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FlukyS
Ireland485 Posts
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SelectStaR
United Kingdom129 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On November 22 2011 20:20 blAke139 wrote: That's why I love this scene. Really good write-up Geoff! I don't know if making SC2 related music really counts as what you say is needed, but I gave and give my best. More is to come StarCraft 2, what up! You can't put us down cause we come up! :D Ey you're the guy who made a couple songs on sc2 right? I love em,<3. | ||
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maiko
Germany13 Posts
Here a just a few thought that came to my mind i wanted to share. Right now I am living in a small city and going to college. I moved together with my girlfriend about a year ago and showed here, that I was really passionate about eSports, SC2 and so on. When we watched the first games together, she didnt understand a thing. I remember a nice evening where we sat on the balcony and i told her the whole SC Lore as good as I could remember it from sclegacy articels. Some months ago, it was her birthday and I got her a copy of SC2. Right now, we watch all big events together, she is a huge MKP fan and we do a prediction game for every GSL Season together which is really fun. It is so nice to have someone around, that you can share your hobby with! Furthermore, I wasnt always happy with the social contacts I had the last years in college. I mean the guys I knew from college were nice and fun to hang out with but I was lacking something. Some months ago i stumbled upon a threat about a BarCraft in my town. Actually it was just a guy who just moved here asking if there were any other SC2 geeks around. Right now we have met several times at one of our places and had a great time together. I met a lot of people I have so much in common with. Not just passion for games but also like MTG and poker and so on. Some days ago I thought I will never have to be afraid again to got somewhere on this planet and feel lonely or dont find any friends. There will be some SC2 people around everywhere i can have fun with and eventually become friends with. So awesome of an idea! I have been thinking about doing my own little SC2 webshow for months. I did some casting in the past and after reading this post I am really motivated once again to finnaly just get started. Seriously if you have an idea, just get started. This is actually the hardest part I think. Last but not least: When I read the part about the flooding in Australia I literally almost started crying. It is really impressing and moving how far you can reach and what you can archive! Incontrol keep going and everybody else take a good example and support what you love in life! Greetings! | ||
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MalakhWing
United States16 Posts
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ParkBomLove
Korea (South)22 Posts
Wonderful post to read, hopefully it will motivate everyone as much it has myself! | ||
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Andypk
Scotland512 Posts
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Mikkerthebhu
Denmark154 Posts
On November 22 2011 19:49 DarkSider wrote: I might be classed as a selfish bastard but I have only one question if somebody could clarify: Why would I as a viewer want sc2 to become huge ? All top players would say hell yeah i want bigger prize pool and more tourneys because i want to make bling-bling but for a viewer what sc2 becoming huge could mean ? Most of the viewers would follow blindly what their idols say but i do have this worry: If sc2 gets too big then we have a big yummy cake from which many will try to get a bigger slice. If sc2 is broadcasted on tv we might get tournaments with exclusive broadcasting rights (idk how happy the tv station would be to sign a contract and have the stream be available online aswell), maybe we get payperview etc. For example after the GSL success which had a free stream we got AOL to follow which wasn't free anymore. (This is still a game and probably a large majority of players/viewers are too young to have a way to buy online tickets and whatnot to view those events. Or they just can't afford the 10-20$) Also too big prizes might hurt aswell since some great players who could provide entertaintment of highest caliber to us would feel too big to train 8-12 hours a day when they have several hundread thousand $ in their bank account. I just assume many top players if they had the money they wouldn't waste their youth in front of a monitor - i might be wrong. And also with huge prizes you get thausands more Leenok wannabe who don't go to school hoping for 1 Jackpot in sc2 to change their life. And inevitably most of them will get no education and fail in sc2 too. Don't get me wrong, I would love a couple more big offline tournaments but if sc2 changes from "home game" to an industry I wonder if the change would be good or bad. Don't worry, you don't come out as an selfish bastard! To me you don't sound like a fan of the game and scene, but a guy who is pretty much content at the current position SC2 is in. I am a fan, and I will put my dream in contrast to your worries. I would love if Starcraft was recoqnized beyond its own playerpool to be a respectable "sport/activity". Even to a degree that becomming a professional gamer is respectable choice of profession. I dream of watching starcraft on television and being able to talk about the game with complete strangers without being shunned. Lets be honest, it is not like gaming is anywhere close to be a hobby you go around and brags about. Gaming is in general still taboo. My first reason for making SC2 bigger: Minimizes the taboo and makes the whole "gaming" idea more acceptable. Second reason, it will give me a lot more accessable content. Third reason, if starcraft hits TV, then it can have a unifieing role (which indeed would be great). At the moment TL seems to be the unifieing factor, highlighting all the major tournaments etc. Fourth reason, the whole industry would grow: Bigger audience -> more sponsors -> greater prizepools -> More professional gamers -> more content -> higher competition for viewers -> more quality shows -> Potentially reaching TV-quality -> Get an even wider audience -> making gaming acceptable -> repeat. There is most likely some flaws and holes in this argument, but this is me dreaming, thus only looking at the positive side of things. Now, the bad side. Could SC2 be torn by interest groups and collapse on its own weight? If it had reached the point that it had become that huge, then all of my dreams had already come true. But would this be sustainable? If we compare it to soccer. Then soccer has reached a point where there is a unique professional league in every single country. There are huge international events. There are sooo many of them. There are even national teams! There is so much content that you would never be able to watch it all. There are more professional soccer players than you would ever know of. How come Starcraft cannot become as huge as soccer? Again this is me dreaming. But the analogy fits. You do only mention minor(though important) problems to an idea, but nothing that cannot be overcome with simple solutions. If you were a true fan of the game and scene, then there is nothing better than sharing your passion with the rest of the world. | ||
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pajal
Austria1 Post
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/OM8F1.png) yeah i'm sure he totally wants esports to grow cause he loves the community User was banned for this post. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On November 22 2011 20:42 pajal wrote: + Show Spoiler + yeah i'm sure he totally wants esports to grow cause he loves the community Please leave this blog and never return, if you think geoff is doing this for money then you really are stupid. | ||
alteredclone
United States110 Posts
On November 22 2011 20:42 pajal wrote: yeah i'm sure he totally wants esports to grow cause he loves the community you are directly contributing to my lack of faith in humanity. | ||
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blamous
United States377 Posts
GoGo! Spread the gospel! Tell the world what SC2 has done for you! | ||
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Ditone
Singapore22 Posts
Really gives me hope for the future! | ||
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sagiy19
Israel11 Posts
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blAke139
Switzerland199 Posts
On November 22 2011 20:32 Steveling wrote: Ey you're the guy who made a couple songs on sc2 right? I love em,<3. Yeah, that's me thanks mate! I'm totally gonna make a heart now: <3 | ||
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Boonbag
France3318 Posts
While i watched every game of every mlg and ipl and iem, i kind of do it out of fandom, because the games feel really repetitive | ||
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Cheydahi
United Kingdom37 Posts
Starcraft 2 Fighting!! | ||
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