SC2: future of SC1 leagues?

gwho

United States632 Posts

February 06 2008 22:19 GMT

we have many sc leagues including MSL OSL Proleagues, Star Invitationals, and a few other international leagues.

When SC2 comes out, it will be HUGE of course, and everyone can expect for there to be at least as many SC2 leagues as there were SC1.

will some sc1 leagues be cancelled? They have limited channels as well as a finite audience base. SC1 audience will certainly shrink. Which of the 4 leagues do you suspect will be cancelled if any?

I think either msl or osl, since they are both individual leagues, where as proleagues is the only team league, and you have to have an invitational to get the best of the best.

It will be a huge impact to broadcast as well as popularity. SC2... its like the Y2k of the starcraft tv world...

Aphelion

United States2720 Posts

February 06 2008 22:21 GMT

I used to think like that too.

Then after reading the B.net forums, the SC2 forums, and the craptacular press releases, I realized the real question is what is the future of SC2 after two years.

._.

1133 Posts

February 06 2008 22:33 GMT

The state of cs 1.6 vs cs source.

In my opinion.

Chef

10810 Posts

February 06 2008 23:53 GMT

SC2... its like the Y2k of the starcraft tv world...

In that, like Y2K, nothing will actually happen?

Macavenger

United States1132 Posts

February 07 2008 00:20 GMT

I think it's way too early to start speculating on what effect SC2 will have on SC1 leagues. Sometime late this year when it makes it to beta and we can start to really see what kind of game it's going to be we can start seriously thinking about that. Currently though, SC2 looks like it could range anywhere from a total flop that won't even be played professionally anywhere up to a masterpiece that will largely supplant SC1, depending on how much Blizzard listens to the fans and suchlike.

gwho

United States632 Posts

February 07 2008 00:49 GMT

yeah, i guess at this stage sc2 can be up or down. as long as it's balanced, i think it will do great. The same strategic-ness is there. and there are more units per race now.

hmm that brings up another question. how much time from sc2 release date should we estimate before the sc2 leagues start coming up? players have to get used to sc2 as well, and we don't want the league to have unrefined matches and be all over the place in the beginning.

Pervert

Korea (South)89 Posts

February 07 2008 00:55 GMT

They will probably have a whole new set of progamers for SC2 as well as whole new leagues. After all, SC2 is basically a whole new game.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 07 2008 02:22 GMT

Depends on how the game play is.

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