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wiesel
Germany727 Posts
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wassbix
Canada499 Posts
On April 15 2010 15:43 jpak wrote: Great read. I, too, believe Starcraft 2 will be a HUGE success, because there's already a strong community around the game. It's people like us who make the games so great. There are games with better designs, mechanics, and graphics than SC1 or 2. But a game is only truly great when we the fans lift it to that pedestal. Well done, sir. CS Source had a huge fanbase too. In the end Source scene kinda died while CS 1.6 is still played competitively and leisurely. So I don't think SC:BW being big will mean SC2 will succeed, it might even harm it as players return to it instead of embracing SC2. | ||
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Zona
40426 Posts
It's inevitable as part of a video game's lifecycle. BW has already lasted a length of time unmatched by most games. | ||
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Ohforf
Singapore80 Posts
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
Whilst SC2 brings fan to SC2... it also brings fans to BW. And there will be some bounce-back as SC2 begins to lose the novelty value it has right now. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On April 15 2010 21:09 Zona wrote: While BW won't "die", I do think a ton of players and viewers are leaving the scene. It's inevitable as part of a video game's lifecycle. BW has already lasted a length of time unmatched by most games. I don't think so. A bw game is still 20x more exciting to watch than Sc2. Also most of the "top players" leaving the scene are foreigners who were nowehere near close to the top level and would have never achieved anything in the big Korean leagues ( sorry Idra ). I think that Louder and Inka have even said in an interview that they have switched not because they prefer Sc2 but because there are more opportunities for the foreigners. Korean broodwar might last for a (long) while. Cool read btw  | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
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Stropheum
United States1124 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
I'm not being facetious, I'm curious. | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
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Bwenjarin Raffrack
United States322 Posts
I love getting up in the middle of the night to watch Korean teenagers play a video game a world away, doing things I could never hope to. I love seeing their first-person views and becoming light-headed, dizzy, and nauseated. I love the nostalgia, the old and new heroes. I love the silly spacesuit past and the commentators who never lost their spacesuit spirit when they scream in words I can't even understand. I love that I have no idea what they're saying, and I love that I love it regardless. I love rooting for my favorite players and booing my favorite villains. I love the games, both close nail-biters and utter routs. I love this community that supports and embraces such a strange obsession with news write-ups, translations, streams, commentaries, encyclopedias, and great posts from other addicts like the OP. Starcraft 2 may come into its own, but will it have the same lasting Brood War brouhaha? Will it be as good, as balanced, as fun, as dramatic, or as Korean as Brood War? I don't know, but until then I can shrug off scandals without a care as long as I can see people playing this amazing game. Too strong to die? Too amazing to die. Vive le Starcraft! | ||
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
I have Starcraft 2, and while it's a great game, I still come back to BW. It's really sad when I log onto ICCup and see all the major clan channels that were once filled with players now empty.  Starcraft is one of those games I hope that will live on forever. I still play with my friend over hamachi on a daily basis just because we love the game so much!Long live Brood War! | ||
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
On April 15 2010 22:13 DivinO wrote: So wait...Kal is an older player? and ZerO is considered newer? I'm not being facetious, I'm curious. Yeah Kal's been around for awhile iirc. | ||
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seRapH
United States9795 Posts
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nozaro33
Taiwan1819 Posts
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
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Toads
Canada1795 Posts
When i open this thread i was sure i would read something like '' all of this is because of Starcraft 2 bla bla bla this game sucks why people play it '' But no I totaly agree with you if blizzard keep up his good work, probably starcraft 2 will be as good of starcraft brood war or better !! Who know | ||
2Pacalypse-
Croatia9530 Posts
I don't know what else to say other than pleaseeee make this a Final Edits! | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
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