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Redunzl
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
862 Posts
March 07 2011 06:00 GMT
#201
On March 07 2011 11:51 Ideas wrote:
hopefully it'll come back one day. I'll always believe that BW will rebound in the foreign scene!

for sure. after martial law is declared and all the corporate servers and internets go private only BW will remain as a LAN option.
Gorguts
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada254 Posts
March 07 2011 06:05 GMT
#202
I'm glad they removed it instead of WC3.

because WCG has always been considered a minor tournament for BW, its overshadowed by OSL and MSL, whereas WCG has always been the #1 tournament for Warcraft 3. Also WarCraft 3 desperately needs any tournament it can get..
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
March 07 2011 06:05 GMT
#203
This kind've makes me sad. I never really got into the BW scene, but I'm really into SC2 now, and have started watching more BW in addition. I think the BW scene is really awesome, so it's sad to see it fading now that I've finally discovered it.
you gotta dance
gamecrazy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States421 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 06:08:43
March 07 2011 06:06 GMT
#204
I think BW will never die, and there will always be tourneys out there for it, but WCG wants to grow their fanbase around the world. To do so, they felt they needed to cut out BW, which is a onesided rofl-stomp that generally discourages international participation in WCG. I can see the logic in their decision, and I'm glad I got to watch the LAST WCG finals that included SC:BW. I hold out no hope that they'll reverse this decision.

edit: Sure, BW is being somewhat supplanted by SC2 here, but I don't think it's anything about SC2. BW would fade away without foreigners ever wanting to pick it up and play it if SC2 doesn't exist anyway. I just think WCG wants to make their entire grand final experience more "international" and having BW in the tourney is just not conducive to that. Doesn't really mean BW is dieing.
jayGroove
Profile Joined October 2010
United States15 Posts
March 07 2011 06:06 GMT
#205
On March 07 2011 14:55 Chimpalimp wrote:
I wonder if they removed WC3 from the line up too. If WC3 and BW were replaced by SC2 and LoL, I will honestly have no reason to watch WCG. It will be a hollow tournament.

The article mentioned that WC3 remains in the line-up. Don't worry.
Easy come, Easy go
devilshootsdevil
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada122 Posts
March 07 2011 06:07 GMT
#206
Good. WCG has always been global and SC2 is obviously more popular outside of South Korea.
They mostly come at night, mostly...
Babaganoush
Profile Joined November 2010
United States626 Posts
March 07 2011 06:10 GMT
#207
Good for WCG. It's time to move on.

I know there's a lot of people who are still into BW but if you do a side-by-side comparison with the *international* SC2 fans, then they're most likely outnumbered. While Koreans dominate BW, I think foreigners have a better chance in competiting with Korea in SC2.
Stick a fork in those buns.
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6105 Posts
March 07 2011 06:10 GMT
#208
End of an era for BW, but Starcraft 2 is the future.

Looking forward to it.
#1 Terran hater
HeIios
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden2523 Posts
March 07 2011 06:17 GMT
#209
I'm glad to see that at least SC2 will be in the line-up, but what happened to the whole "samsung to pull all blizzard games from WCG" thing? Surely it couldn't already be resolved?
Kal_rA1
Profile Joined January 2011
160 Posts
March 07 2011 06:20 GMT
#210
shame.. well as long as proleague msl and osl are still on im happy
Jaedong Oz
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
March 07 2011 06:21 GMT
#211
It's the most sensible decision for WCG right now in terms of money... we'll see in a few years what happens in terms of popularity.
6581
kisoso
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria105 Posts
March 07 2011 06:21 GMT
#212
On March 07 2011 11:49 HKriceboy88 wrote:
I'm sad, but i guess this was bound to happen one day. No more auto 1,2,3 finishes for Korea. =[

Yeah, probably not 'auto', but more or less Koreans will dominate.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
March 07 2011 06:23 GMT
#213
On March 07 2011 15:17 HeIios wrote:
I'm glad to see that at least SC2 will be in the line-up, but what happened to the whole "samsung to pull all blizzard games from WCG" thing? Surely it couldn't already be resolved?

Samsung said that they would pull funding and sponsorship if WCG decided to include Blizzard games.

Now, we just need to wait to hear about Samsung's response, which probably won't be good. I expect them to pull their sponsorship while WCG attempts to find another sponsor.
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LumberJack
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3355 Posts
March 07 2011 06:23 GMT
#214
On March 07 2011 11:49 HKriceboy88 wrote:
I'm sad, but i guess this was bound to happen one day. No more auto 1,2,3 finishes for Korea. =[


... what was the IEM finishes again?
Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.
potatomash3r
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia417 Posts
March 07 2011 06:25 GMT
#215
I understand why they are doing this but its still a sad thing to see happen this soon. It hasn't even been a year since starcraft 2 was released D:
Part of being mature is to accept your loss.
Leetley
Profile Joined October 2010
1796 Posts
March 07 2011 06:25 GMT
#216
On March 07 2011 15:05 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
This kind've makes me sad. I never really got into the BW scene, but I'm really into SC2 now, and have started watching more BW in addition. I think the BW scene is really awesome, so it's sad to see it fading now that I've finally discovered it.

Exactly my thoughts. I wish I would've been here before the SC2 release.
ranma1202
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Vietnam62 Posts
March 07 2011 06:25 GMT
#217
NOW CAN WE SAY THAT BLIZZARD KILLED BW? OR AM I GOING TO GET ANOTHER WARNING?

User was temp banned for this post.
Life is a game, and when things dont work out, dont unplug, just reset and restart from last checkpoint.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
March 07 2011 06:26 GMT
#218
On March 07 2011 15:23 LumberJack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2011 11:49 HKriceboy88 wrote:
I'm sad, but i guess this was bound to happen one day. No more auto 1,2,3 finishes for Korea. =[


... what was the IEM finishes again?

Here's hoping that Ret, Jinro, and Huk represent Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada respectively. It would be a disservice if they had to qualify with the Koreans.
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hazz.
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom83 Posts
March 07 2011 06:26 GMT
#219
On March 07 2011 15:23 LumberJack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2011 11:49 HKriceboy88 wrote:
I'm sad, but i guess this was bound to happen one day. No more auto 1,2,3 finishes for Korea. =[


... what was the IEM finishes again?

What were the Dreamhack finishes again?
Jaedong | FlaSh | Bisu | IdrA | Tyler | Ret | mOOnGLaDe | Jinro | White-Ra | DeMusliM
sharky246
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1197 Posts
March 07 2011 06:28 GMT
#220
On March 07 2011 15:26 hazz. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2011 15:23 LumberJack wrote:
On March 07 2011 11:49 HKriceboy88 wrote:
I'm sad, but i guess this was bound to happen one day. No more auto 1,2,3 finishes for Korea. =[


... what was the IEM finishes again?

What were the Dreamhack finishes again?


IEM is more up to date though
On January 03 2011 13:14 IdrA wrote: being high on the ladder doesnt get you any closer to your goal. Avoiding practice to protect your rating is absurd. If you want to be good go play 40 games a day and stop thinking about becoming a pro.
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