This could be a bigger hit for WCG rather than BW. Without WCG, is Samsung going to sponsor what looks like a Blizzard run show? I doubt it, most probably, WCG is gonna lose their most important and ancient sponsors. Probably, they will also be need to change places from Busan, South Korea, as changing BW for SC2 is a stupid move (for the south-korean e-sports community). They will probably get some new sponsors for this year, thanks to SC2, like Activision or Vivendi, but in the mid-term, this is just another nail on the coffin of a debt-ridden show.

mevshero

911 Posts

March 07 2011 10:22 GMT

#323

On March 07 2011 12:32 arQ wrote:
And wow, the elitism of some people in here is just... wow. You want to be the old-times-are-better guy than go right ahead. The rest of us evolves meanwhile if you dont mind.

bw was such a big big part in our all youth and it's not that easy to see the most personal favorite computergame for so many years dying out outside korea.
i don't have a problem with blizzard moving on, i'm just pissed about that newcomer-kids that keep saying "hahah your old game is dead go sc2 go sc2!"
well, hopefully bw will move on in korea many more years, than everything is ok

bw will never die

c3rberUs

Japan11583 Posts

March 07 2011 10:28 GMT

#324

Well, pretty logical move by WCG. Broodwar is pretty much only played competitively in South Korea so, not really any other party in the world to 'challenge' them to who is the 'world champion in starcraft'. Starcraft 2 on the other hand is played by foreigners and Koreans alike so, by logic, it would be the better choice for the world cyber games.

This (removal of BW) wouldn't really harm broodwar in anyway, because the scene is watched, played and organized in Korea.

Garrl

Scotland1979 Posts

March 07 2011 10:31 GMT

#325

On March 07 2011 12:32 arQ wrote:
And wow, the elitism of some people in here is just... wow. You want to be the old-times-are-better guy than go right ahead. The rest of us evolves meanwhile if you dont mind.

ahem.

Firereaver

India1701 Posts

March 07 2011 10:33 GMT

#326

Gotta say that this is a good move for E-sports and WCG in general. Im really enjoying watching SC2 these days...

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 07 2011 10:43 GMT

#327

I dislike this announcement, but it is better than if they had excluded both games.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8921 Posts

March 07 2011 10:46 GMT

#328

wow....korea may lose its first wcg in like what...6 years? now that sc1 is gone

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

March 07 2011 10:51 GMT

#329

could somebody translate the korean comments?

shucklesors

Singapore1176 Posts

March 07 2011 10:53 GMT

#330

why shut down sc1 just for sc2 seriously..
isnt it so frickin obvious that they are 2 games so far apart in so many things?
i loved the wcg fpvods, im sure many who appreciate high apm and macro apart from just the stormuu and plaguu or micro love it too, i think sc1's requirement of such apm is what makes up its beauty, by maybe about 50%. sc2 is for the.. strategy appreciaters? i dont know, because i dont see sc2 coming close to sc1 in strategic planning, or in being an rts game in any way close for that matter. (just a side opinion)
my point: there is seriously no need to not have both sc1 and sc2 coexisting at the same time, THEY ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAMES, JUST RELATED.

Arkqn

France589 Posts

March 07 2011 10:54 GMT

#331

Top koreans will still win WCG, plus the fact it will be less exciting, as in BW.

Anyway, who needs WCG whe nwe have MSL/OSL/PL :o ?

Garrl

Scotland1979 Posts

March 07 2011 10:55 GMT

#332

sc2 is for the.. strategy appreciaters? i dont know, because i dont see sc2 coming close to sc1 in strategic planning,

Just because you can't see the strategical depth in BW doesn't mean it doesn't exist. BW is far deeper than SC2, strategically, because there's game mechanics and units that allow for terrain control.

IamBach

United States1059 Posts

March 07 2011 10:58 GMT

#333

On March 07 2011 19:55 Garrl wrote:

Show nested quote +

Thats basically what he meant.

Garrl

Scotland1979 Posts

March 07 2011 11:00 GMT

#334

Oh, right, sorry, I read that wrong.

Garmer

1286 Posts

March 07 2011 11:03 GMT

#335

the important thing is to have at least one "starcraft" game. doesn't matter if is BW or SC2, they are both AWESOME! they are brothers, not rivals.

Black Gun

Germany4482 Posts

March 07 2011 11:06 GMT

#336

sad, but the only logical decision. the foreigner bw scene is dead, at least on the professional level. its no fun anymore when the korean pros roflstomp every1 else like they were computers. there used to be at least a slim chance for upsets in foreigner vs koreans, but nowadays there is not even the smallest chance for this. so basically the bw competition in wcg would have been a boring contest of deciding the order in which the 3 korean representatives occupy the top 3 spots.

it wouldnt have made sense anymore.