EPTWorld Cyber Games to officially retire StarCraft 1 - Page 23
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KaizenOSU
United Kingdom33 Posts
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pedduck
Thailand468 Posts
Probably only one that I can get Korean pro's replay | ||
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qzmpwxno
Papua New Guinea152 Posts
oh well, it was gonna happen sooner or later. I don't think Wcg are real BW fans, unfortunately. | ||
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TiQ.SinGi
Norway385 Posts
But since there are no more players to actually have any real turnament in WCG for BW besides Korea its not like its a shock~~ only sad :d | ||
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Ruff
Kazakhstan179 Posts
I hate WCG now and will never watch it. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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TurboDreams
United States427 Posts
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smileyyy
Germany1816 Posts
On March 08 2011 02:56 Ruff wrote: "We decided to remove StarCraft 1 from our games lineup after a discussion with the gamers from all over the world". This is dirty lie!! SC: BW won WCG game poll every year. WCG sold themself. Money from Blizzard > gamers?! I hate WCG now and will never watch it. WCG = World Cyber Games != Korean Cyber Games BW is dead outside of Korea face it its the truth. Theres no point at all in keeping it. Sc2 on the other hand :o | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On March 08 2011 02:40 Torpedo.Vegas wrote: I think this part is jaded in subjectivity. Especially when you consider the different communities that existed from the start of BW versus SC2 and the state of the competitive scene. Although, I have not viewed the replay yet, this is just my initial thought. He got away with it because of the BW mention. if he had said starcraft1 he would have been way wrong. since starcraft1 on release was reallly awful. but from BW on it was a great game. | ||
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slappy
United States1271 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 08 2011 02:56 Ruff wrote: "We decided to remove StarCraft 1 from our games lineup after a discussion with the gamers from all over the world". This is dirty lie!! SC: BW won WCG game poll every year. WCG sold themself. Money from Blizzard > gamers?! I hate WCG now and will never watch it. SC2 won this year's WCG game poll over BW, unfortunately. The gamers and fans had spoken, and SC2 was on their minds over BW, possibly by an overwhelming number. http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C10121610000 | ||
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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
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playa
United States1284 Posts
On March 08 2011 03:05 eviltomahawk wrote: SC2 won this year's WCG game poll over BW, unfortunately. The gamers and fans had spoken, and SC2 was on their minds over BW, possibly by an overwhelming number. http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C10121610000 I only count 8 games listed, even though they are talking about the top 10 games. Part of why people don't play SC is cause of the lack of tournaments. Every year WCG has games where they are lucky if 5 people sign up per qualifier. No matter how you want to spin it, SC is not at that level of "dead." Koreans absolutely destroy non-Koreans every year in SC, so it's hyperbole to act like there will be a drastic difference or the world will end if a "tier 2 foreigner" is there instead of a tier A player. If you switched over to SC 2 and failed to qualify for finals, why wouldn't you also play SC if you're good at it? Marketing wise, what better place to kill off BW and promote SC 2 than Korea? The Blizzard vs Samsung dynamic is far more important in something like this, IMO. | ||
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Kaniol
Poland5551 Posts
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GriMeR
United States148 Posts
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sYz-Adrenaline
United States1850 Posts
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Sayle
United Kingdom3685 Posts
On March 08 2011 03:41 sYz-Adrenaline wrote: I officially quit BW~ Give us money for ISL2 and ISL3 first please :D | ||
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ZeritoN
United Kingdom14 Posts
/sarcasm | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 08 2011 03:28 playa wrote: I only count 8 games listed, even though they are talking about the top 10 games. Part of why people don't play SC is cause of the lack of tournaments. Every year WCG has games where they are lucky if 5 people sign up per qualifier. No matter how you want to spin it, SC is not at that level of "dead." Koreans absolutely destroy non-Koreans every year in SC, so it's hyperbole to act like there will be a drastic difference or the world will end if a "tier 2 foreigner" is there instead of a tier A player. If you switched over to SC 2 and failed to qualify for finals, why wouldn't you also play SC if you're good at it? Marketing wise, what better place to kill off BW and promote SC 2 than Korea? The Blizzard vs Samsung dynamic is far more important in something like this, IMO. Well, WCG did only include 9 games in their official lineup, and they chose Special Force and Crossfire over CoD Black Ops. I think one of the major issues that made WCG drop BW is the fact that with the Blizzard vs KeSPA debate and lawsuit going on, KeSPA would have most likely not sent their players to WCG and OGN would not be able to broadcast the event. In fact, according to a previous thread: "They are currently considering including Blizzard Games as an official event under the condition that they do not broadcast the games within Korea and Korean representatives are not playing in the WCG" http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=196208 So it pretty much was either having a BW tournament without Koreans or have an SC2 tournament. Considering the state of the foreign competitive scene for BW, a BW tournament would be an absolutely pitiful display of skill since most every non-Korean has switched over. | ||
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urashimakt
United States1591 Posts
On March 08 2011 03:28 playa wrote: I only count 8 games listed, even though they are talking about the top 10 games. Part of why people don't play SC is cause of the lack of tournaments. Every year WCG has games where they are lucky if 5 people sign up per qualifier. No matter how you want to spin it, SC is not at that level of "dead." Koreans absolutely destroy non-Koreans every year in SC, so it's hyperbole to act like there will be a drastic difference or the world will end if a "tier 2 foreigner" is there instead of a tier A player. If you switched over to SC 2 and failed to qualify for finals, why wouldn't you also play SC if you're good at it? Marketing wise, what better place to kill off BW and promote SC 2 than Korea? The Blizzard vs Samsung dynamic is far more important in something like this, IMO. I think you're talking about the difference between fielding a competition where several countries are well-represented but one is super dominant (SC:BW pre-SC2, Korea) and one where only one country is capable of respectable representation (SC:BW post-SC2, Korea). This is not to dig at BW as a respectable game, but to urge consideration for why it might no longer be a suitable competition at an international level as opposed to its previous showings. | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
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