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bubblegumbo
Taiwan1296 Posts
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:03 infinity2k9 wrote: I wonder who pressured for this to happen huh. Maybe.... blizzard? | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES51077 Posts
On March 07 2011 21:56 Sayle wrote: np, ISL got this. I agree,but the first day was,well,umm...had too much drama. | ||
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
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purpose
Sweden1017 Posts
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BaltA
Norway849 Posts
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DTWolfwood
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NIIINO
Slovakia1320 Posts
but im still happy for SC2. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
 But it makes sense. I'm just glad Flash managed to finally win one and became the last champion of BW!  | ||
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Adila
United States874 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:03 infinity2k9 wrote: I wonder who pressured for this to happen huh. Maybe because of the fact that the foreigner scene is practically dead? Might as well just give South Korea the 3 medals for BW and drop the farce of an "international" competition. At least SC2 will be competitive for now. | ||
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Valikyr
Sweden2653 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:03 infinity2k9 wrote: I wonder who pressured for this to happen huh. Uhm, because BW is dead outside of Korea? | ||
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e_i_pi_1_0
933 Posts
While I can see where they're coming from, it's still saddening. WCG has produced some really great games between the pros (JD vs Flash on Tau Cross, anyone?), and now we don't get to see those anymore. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:19 DTWolfwood wrote: Well at the least this gives the rest of the world a fighting chance at actually winning the Grand Finals for an RTS XD They did have Age of Empires II/III/Mythology and Command and Conquer 3 at previous WCG Grand Finals, and I'm pretty sure non-Koreans won those competitions. Heck, I think I even saw some VODs floating around on Youtube with DjWheat casting some C&C3 games for WCG. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the world fares against the best of Korea. Considering the events at IEM and FXOpen, mid-level Koreans are still quite scary when facing foreigners, and top level Koreans will only be more frightening unless Huk, Jinro, or Idra can knock them out early. | ||
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Wazabo
Italy124 Posts
Considering that I find pretty hard to call sport a game owned by a private company, I think we're going in the right direction to get it really popular everywhere. The numbers are on SC2 side. I really doubt there are BW youtube channels with hundred millions of views. SC2 streamings are getting really popular with increasing numbers all the time. To me this looks like the best shot to get e-sports in the western world like it is in Korea. I respect all the BW lovers, and I sort of understand them (I didn't like much the passage of Q3 --> QL aswell), but let's be realistic, this and all the other big tournaments announced in the western world are really good news. | ||
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Garrl
Scotland1978 Posts
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:19 DTWolfwood wrote: Well at the least this gives the rest of the world a fighting chance at actually winning the Grand Finals for an RTS XD For this, you don't need to get rid of SC:BW, just introducing SC2 would be enough. Though I highly doubt that we'll see a non-korean SC2 champion, but yeah, a "fighting chance" it is. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On March 07 2011 22:24 Adila wrote: Maybe because of the fact that the foreigner scene is practically dead? Might as well just give South Korea the 3 medals for BW and drop the farce of an "international" competition. At least SC2 will be competitive for now. Although there is a much greater chance of a foreigner taking gold in SC2, I still think it's going to a Korean lol. | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
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ccHaZaRd
Canada1024 Posts
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