From Dreaming to action and why 2013 will b better - Page 5

Pursuit_

United States1330 Posts

January 04 2013 08:09 GMT

#81

Thanks for the inspiration iNcontroL, you're one of my favorite personalities in the SC2 scene. I really hopes things come together for SC2 in 2013, because it really seemed like we could do no wrong coming into 2012 but everything just fell apart.

YourGoodFriend

United States2197 Posts

January 04 2013 16:13 GMT

#82

I freaking love you Geoff and am so glad you are a driving part of this community. Keep striving and dreaming big you got it man!

psiANIDe

Korea (South)47 Posts

January 04 2013 19:18 GMT

#83

incontrol, This is about the best blog entry I have read on Team Liquid in a while. I too found the "sky is falling" crowd quite annoying, but what is there to do. People will always have their opinions, whether they are right or wrong.

Also, I have decided that it is time to start acknowledging the MOBA games. The growth of eSports will only be due to all the top games and their communities working together. Football doesn't hate Basketball or Baseball. Sure, some fans like other games more than StarCraft, however, that doesn't mean that we have to hate them. The people who play league are not killing eSports anymore then those who play StarCraft are killing it by not being open to other ways of growth and frankly being a bit elitist. Does StarCraft deserve to be elitist, possibly, because of our long and illustrious heritage; but we have to remember that Brood War was a different game, and SC2 is owed nothing because of its predecessor.

I love Team Liquid, I love StarCraft, and I love eSports. Let's make 2013 a year to be remembered!

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

January 04 2013 20:03 GMT

#84

so after perusing through a series of threads on hots, i ask you this incontrol: do you really think that 2013 is going to be better? the streams for hots gather no more viewers than wol anymore, and the gameplay looks equally stagnant in its variety of games we see. I understand that the community has a part to play in the growth of esports, but I feel that there is only so much we can do when the game we are playing and promoting and loving is getting to be the way that it is. Competing games are arguably more fun to play/watch right now, and the immaturity in their presentation is sure to be cleaned up in the coming months. If hots was released in its current state (minus the obvious imbalances that are sure to be patched before release i.e. medivac speed) do you really think that 2013 will be better than 2012?

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

January 04 2013 20:19 GMT

#85

good q's.

I'd say 2013 will be better but not for the same reasons as '11

I think beta at this point is not what beta was in WoL. in WoL it was a new game and beta had some novelty. Now I think it's about release. I think release will spike numbers (again, not like in '11) and I think SC2 will remain one of the 3 big games that is a must have for streaming/tourneys.

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

January 04 2013 22:34 GMT

#86

im cautiously optimistic in what you say. I just worry that the foundation of the whole sc2 scene (the game itself) might be fundamentally flawed. My feeling is that people are slowly losing interest because its the same thing over and over again. hell, my best friend who I introduced to sc2 has since moved to LOL simply because its more fun to him, and I get the feeling that there are a lot of people who have allready made that same switch or will in the future. do you think that hots is going to be able to get sc2 back to where it needs to be? I guess this might not be the correct question to ask at this stage because we havent seen the final product yet and it will probably take years to see how it performs.. but still

Snow Goose

Australia23 Posts

January 09 2013 08:08 GMT

#87

Why not bring all of esports together? LoL people only really say nice things or talk about how much harder starcraft is (otherwise they hardly mention it). Why do you have to be all big mouthed "we advertise ourselves better" sort of shit just beacuse they aren't reading it? The amount of your own credibility you destroy when you just slag a community you don't understand is monstrous.

LoL people dont pimp their twitters and all that stuff as much because at the moment they dont need to, the game is young, huge viewer and player base.

You are speaking as if you are on some higher level just because you are a "starcraft" player rather than a LoL/DotA player when in actuality the SC community is better at all of these things because it has been associated and a strong part of esports for the last ~10 years

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

January 09 2013 11:44 GMT

#88

You need to reread what I said lol

Snow Goose

Australia23 Posts

January 09 2013 12:00 GMT

#89