EPTI've been lurking this website for a long time now (even though for some of your standards probably a short time, that is 2 years) and so far I've only made a few minor comments on this page (number 1 was a 'thank you' in the Small VOD Thread, of course)
Now the reason I'm posting this is that I'm feeling a little upset right now - did TL.net really become this? There are more people watching Responses girlfriend (no offense, Response is awesome) play the SC2 campaign @ ~ 15 APM, than there are people watching remag (a B- protoss as you for sure know
) play on ICCUP. There are more people watching some random dude (diamond league, but still @ 60 APM) watch his units fight, than there are people watching high level (or midlevel) broodwar games. There are more people watching Lz.Gamer (again no offense, Lz.Gamer is also awesome) ladder, than there are people watching the OSL (Damn Stork is so cool)Having met SCBW only two years ago, i might not be as fed up with it as some of you guys, and for sure as a D+ protoss player I probably have way less time spent with it, but honestly SC2 is no substitude for me. I will play SCBW for years to come, and honestly I think it will be the last game I'll play (I mean seriously, I'm a 23 year old math and physics Master, starting my PhD in a year. I can't play every new game
).I didn't want to post this in the "downfall of the common broodwar player" thread (was this the name, oh well, sth like that) because I'm not mad at SC2 (and it seems like a lot of people in this thread are). Having played the Beta, I admit that it is a tempting low APM alternative (hell I, was in Diamond, fighting in the top 10). I just hope I'm not the only one feeling like this, and that what we're experiencing right now is just a SC2 hype. Many things I have yet to learn in Broodwar, and I think I'll ladder a little right now!
Maybe this should rather be a blog? Anyway thx for reading and greetings from Germany.
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Edit: Thx for all the great responses, I thought I'll sum up some of the best (trying to cover all opinions). Damn, I'm treating this like a blog, I should seriously get banned for this. I'll try to contact everyone that wants to play a game.
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On July 29 2010 04:27 Chill wrote:
My children, please fucking stop making threads about how you are pissed that Brood War is dying and so on and so forth. It's getting tiring, and my old bones ache.
My children, please fucking stop making threads about how you are pissed that Brood War is dying and so on and so forth. It's getting tiring, and my old bones ache.
On July 29 2010 04:36 alexpnd wrote:
I play iccup.
I play iccup.
On July 29 2010 05:35 See.Blue wrote:
The amount of snobbery in here is almost painful. I love BW, its was like my childhood, but honestly SC2 is off to an even better start than SC1 was. Who knows where it'll end up in a comparable amount of time.
The amount of snobbery in here is almost painful. I love BW, its was like my childhood, but honestly SC2 is off to an even better start than SC1 was. Who knows where it'll end up in a comparable amount of time.
On July 29 2010 05:57 FabledIntegral wrote:
Game came out YESTERDAY.
That's not very hard to comprehend T_T.
Game came out YESTERDAY.
That's not very hard to comprehend T_T.
On July 29 2010 06:03 Murderotica wrote:
I feel the same way you do bro. Check the recent SC2 news post comments to see many like-minded people.
I feel the same way you do bro. Check the recent SC2 news post comments to see many like-minded people.
On July 29 2010 06:44 PoP wrote:
I'm personally quite a bit disappointed/sad that people like Day[9] or Artosis, no matter how amazing they have been and still are for the community, have apparently completely forgotten about BW, and keep referring to it as "the old Starcraft".
I'm personally quite a bit disappointed/sad that people like Day[9] or Artosis, no matter how amazing they have been and still are for the community, have apparently completely forgotten about BW, and keep referring to it as "the old Starcraft".
On July 29 2010 09:19 ranma1202 wrote:
I tell you one thing. Since my wifi at home sucks, I got to go to school everytime I watch the ProLeague. It is 1 hour sooner here than korea, so for matches at 6pm, I might have to stay till 10-11pm in a damn cottage at school. But I don't mind it, I still do.
I'm sharing the wifi at home, which I told u, sucks. It only allows me to play 1on1, no more 3v3 Hunters, so I do iccup only (but I'm only D/D-). So again, I bring my laptop to school, sitting alone in that fucking cottage and play 3v3 with my friends at weekends. Lame hah? But I still do.
I tell you one thing. Since my wifi at home sucks, I got to go to school everytime I watch the ProLeague. It is 1 hour sooner here than korea, so for matches at 6pm, I might have to stay till 10-11pm in a damn cottage at school. But I don't mind it, I still do.
I'm sharing the wifi at home, which I told u, sucks. It only allows me to play 1on1, no more 3v3 Hunters, so I do iccup only (but I'm only D/D-). So again, I bring my laptop to school, sitting alone in that fucking cottage and play 3v3 with my friends at weekends. Lame hah? But I still do.
On July 29 2010 09:56 ]343[ wrote:
This. If/when that dies... Well maybe then I can do something useful with my life? XD
This. If/when that dies... Well maybe then I can do something useful with my life? XD
On July 29 2010 11:28 seRapH wrote:
I will not leave brood war until Bisu leaves.
I will not leave brood war until Best leaves.
I will not leave brood war until Midas leaves.
I will not leave brood war until forgg leaves.
I will not leave brood war until July leaves.
I will not leave brood war until s2 leaves.
the day i leave brood war is the day i leave teamliquid >=(
I will not leave brood war until Bisu leaves.
I will not leave brood war until Best leaves.
I will not leave brood war until Midas leaves.
I will not leave brood war until forgg leaves.
I will not leave brood war until July leaves.
I will not leave brood war until s2 leaves.
the day i leave brood war is the day i leave teamliquid >=(
On July 29 2010 15:38 G5 wrote:
Wait till you hit the ripe old age of 26.... you will barely be able to lift a happy meal to enjoy them mcnuggets. Nyoken will tell ya.
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Wait till you hit the ripe old age of 26.... you will barely be able to lift a happy meal to enjoy them mcnuggets. Nyoken will tell ya.
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im fucking pissed bw is dying. HAD TO DO IT SON 
On July 29 2010 17:41 Carnac wrote:
I stopped really playing BW actively like 2.5 years ago (or maybe even more?) and only watched some pro games (on a less regular basis that I used to before) as well as TL events. Even when I was playing BW it was mostly pretty casual, I mean I played BWCL for a couple of years, but I never laddered much. I don't think I played more than 100 iCCup and more than 500 PGTour games over all those years, never really was my thing to ladder a lot.
Right now I am playing the SC2 campaign, but I don't think I will get serious about playing SC2. Probably just some casual 2v2 & 3v3. It's a great game in its own right and I can understand why people are playing it, but it will never be as special as BW is to me. Even if SC2 were a better game than BW it could never be as special:
BW is the game I have played the most in my life, and there will never be a game that I will play half as much as I have played BW. Hell, one of the first things I did when I went online for the first time in my life was to log onto Battle.net, and nothing has shaped the online part of my life more than BW.
I stopped really playing BW actively like 2.5 years ago (or maybe even more?) and only watched some pro games (on a less regular basis that I used to before) as well as TL events. Even when I was playing BW it was mostly pretty casual, I mean I played BWCL for a couple of years, but I never laddered much. I don't think I played more than 100 iCCup and more than 500 PGTour games over all those years, never really was my thing to ladder a lot.
Right now I am playing the SC2 campaign, but I don't think I will get serious about playing SC2. Probably just some casual 2v2 & 3v3. It's a great game in its own right and I can understand why people are playing it, but it will never be as special as BW is to me. Even if SC2 were a better game than BW it could never be as special:
BW is the game I have played the most in my life, and there will never be a game that I will play half as much as I have played BW. Hell, one of the first things I did when I went online for the first time in my life was to log onto Battle.net, and nothing has shaped the online part of my life more than BW.
