Also imo brood war is much more interesting to watch, as the battles take place over larger areas, are easier to discern, and require more skill. Korean matches are even better still, since the players actually are 'professionals' (ie they do it as a profession and it shows), foreign 'pros' to me are just good players, [b]not anywhere near the level of Korean StarCraft.
And that is probably why a lot/some switched. It's a new scene, [b]and they got the opportunity to become the best. They won't earn anything (on a regular basis) in broodwar, SC2 might give them them that opportunity.
If anyone switches over from playing casual bw to casual sc2 with their main reason being they can become a top player is sadly mistaken, terrible reason to switch games
Its a much easier game to become basically top ranks with. That certainly might not be your ONLY reason for switching over, but its a viable and popular one nonetheless since its undeniably true.
I'm a D- player who switched to SC2 for a while, but now with all this balancing nonsense, I'm considering switching back to SC1 until it gets fixed. Hard countering Zerg as a Terran like its WC3 just loses its appeal after a while. I've also noticed that the player count for ICCup is starting to go back up after dropping due to the release of SC2.
The problem is that we basically were tricked into buying 1/3 of a game. The original SC had 3 campaigns, one for each race. The new plan (as announced) was to split these 3 campaigns in SC2 so you buy 1 campaign at a time. SC1+Expansion(1) = 6 campaigns to play. SC2 (The 2 "expansions" aren't really expansions since it creates 1 game when altogether) = 3 campaigns to play. As for the whole "well it hasn't been out long enough yet" people, seriously just drop it. Logically then we shouldn't buy SC2 at all until 2-3 years after the initial release so it can be "complete" before considering into making it an esport much like SC1 did.
Edit: And another thought: now we can actually click those small upwards arrows beside the starcraft 2 forums and keep using Teamliquid for our broodwar needs just as it was before.
SC2 will never be as good of a spectator game as BW, but SC2 is nicer/easier/more fun to play. Whether you want that in a game, though, is subjective. I do admire the intense skill required to play BW, but I can't dedicate enough to it. So I play SC2, but I watch BW. I don't think I'll watch SC2 until BW stops happening (which I hope is never).
while i do agree that sc2 is easier, and the pressure resulting from a competitive atmosphere is almost nonexistent, i cannot agree that it is more fun. the only games in sc2 that are more fun than in bw are ums and campaign. every melee game is superior in bw.
I love watching the BW Korean Pro scene, I can just sit and watch VODs all day. While on SC2 after watching a couple of games I get bored, there is no creativity someone can play terran and do the same strategy every game and have a 70% win rate.
On August 14 2010 06:56 oo_xerox wrote: HAHAH, ive said this a lot of times and is shameless self promotion but whatever
Cuba still has a solid BW scene, nobody here is into SC2 (I have no idea why) and the tournaments keep getting bigger and bigger. So i only play BW. I played the sc2 campaign on brutal and it was over in 2 days. THe downfall of BW is helping and hurting our scene in a lot of ways, but so far there is an steady increase in funds/fans/players etc.
You guys shouldn't get TOO big or you're gonna have Blizzard on your backs! haha
On August 16 2010 07:23 zerious wrote: I love watching the BW Korean Pro scene, I can just sit and watch VODs all day. While on SC2 after watching a couple of games I get bored, there is no creativity someone can play terran and do the same strategy every game and have a 70% win rate.
Brood Wars is an excellent game, but when I'm playing an RTS, I'd rather spend more time playing the game (making units, harassing, vying for position, expanding, etc) and less time wrestling with the UI (sending each of my new workers to mine, selecting each of my 12 gateways and telling it to build a unit, etc. over and over again). I'll probably still fire up BW from time to time, but I'm playing SC2 more, and I can't see that changing.
On August 23 2010 06:12 NiTrOuS wrote: I still mostly play and watch BW, not SCII. Only real time I play SCII is when my friend forces me to....
Lol me too, really the only reason why I kinda consider buying SC2 is because so many people play it, I even have co-workers that are not really gamers that play it.
On August 23 2010 06:23 Zato-1 wrote: Brood Wars is an excellent game, but when I'm playing an RTS, I'd rather spend more time playing the game (making units, harassing, vying for position, expanding, etc) and less time wrestling with the UI (sending each of my new workers to mine, selecting each of my 12 gateways and telling it to build a unit, etc. over and over again). I'll probably still fire up BW from time to time, but I'm playing SC2 more, and I can't see that changing.
Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
On August 23 2010 06:12 NiTrOuS wrote: I still mostly play and watch BW, not SCII. Only real time I play SCII is when my friend forces me to....
Lol me too, really the only reason why I kinda consider buying SC2 is because so many people play it, I even have co-workers that are not really gamers that play it.
Well I was at a friend's birthday gig and I was talking to my friend about SCBW and someone heard me say Terran and asked if we were talking about SC2. The conversation then turned into SC2 and one of the girlfriends heard and said to her bf "isn't that the game your mum plays?" to which he replied "yeah". instant -_____________- face LOL
Omg...before SC2 came out, I was THE guy who always talk about it like with other guys about strategies and stuff. Now SC2 came out, like EVERYONE was playing the game, I don't feel 'unique' anymore cuz it use to be my 'thing'
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