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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
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Kazzabiss
1006 Posts
On March 07 2011 13:25 eviltomahawk wrote: I agree with everyone else who says that this is the most logical decision for SC2. Looking at the player roster for WCG 2010, most, if not all, of the non-Korean players are currently playing SC2, and most of the more famous ones, such as Brat_OK and White-Ra, were already playing both SC2 and BW at the time. The total number of competitors that year was 19, which seems to be a shell of former WCGs. We all watch WCG to see epic games between Koreans (Flash vs JD), epic games between foreigners (Idra vs White-Ra), and games where foreigners somehow scrape by with wins against Koreans (Mondragon vs Savior). Now that all the foreigners have switched, we only get to see complete unknown foreigners play low-level games, Koreans roflstomping them, and maybe Koreans playing some epic games that could've been seen in any other Korean league, assuming that KeSPA even allows their players into WCG. This is a correct step for WCG. The foreign BW is, unfortunately, completely dead and replaced by SC2. Competitive BW only exists in Korea, and it would be unwise for WCG to cater only to Koreans at this point. The world is playing SC2, but only Korea is playing BW. Now, I'm only worried about WCG's partnership with Samsung and OGN right now. Since WCG is no longer including BW, I wouldn't be surprised if Samsung pulls all their funding and OGN cancels their broadcasting partnership. Samsung maybe, but OGN probably not. You have to remember that they sponsor WCG to make money, not to support BW. And even with BW gone, OGN and Samsung will still be making money from the sponsorship. | ||
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StutteR
United States1903 Posts
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Herper
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Yung
United States727 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 07 2011 13:28 Kazzabiss wrote: Samsung maybe, but OGN probably not. You have to remember that they sponsor WCG to make money, not to support BW. And even with BW gone, OGN and Samsung will still be making money from the sponsorship. True. However, Samsung did state that they don't want to sponsor WCG if it meant advertising Blizzard games, especially considering the state of the Blizzard vs KeSPA talks. OGN technically can't, and won't, broadcast the SC2 and WC3 events due to the lawsuit going on, and without BW, I doubt they will have much of an incentive to broadcast any part of WCG at all. Since Samsung is a big member of KeSPA and a sponsor of a BW team, I wouldn't be surprised if they pull their funding as a message to Blizzard for having the lawsuit in the first place. | ||
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King[Neikos]
Costa Rica506 Posts
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Fear_Chaos
United States101 Posts
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aimaimaim
Philippines2167 Posts
And yes, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for SC2 in WCG will still be koreans. | ||
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Hypemeup
Sweden2783 Posts
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bkrow
Australia8532 Posts
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ericfalcrow
Singapore9 Posts
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composition
98 Posts
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only_human89
United States212 Posts
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
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TexSC
United States195 Posts
SC2 is where the competitive RTS scene is now a days, and Korea will come around as well soon. | ||
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aimaimaim
Philippines2167 Posts
On March 07 2011 13:48 only_human89 wrote: Someone needs to make a video highlighting the best moments and memories of WCG. Great Idea! That would be totally awesome!  | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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Ansinjunger
United States2451 Posts
SC2 players also don't want to feel "second class," the "SC2" is easier stigma. Keep in mind that when Starcraft was as old as SC2 is now, BW wasn't even out yet. While people are worried about protoss death balls right now, SC1 was still working out various abuses like sliding command centers for years. Also, much <3 to Starcraft 1, it still stands as the most influential game of all time for me. When I first ventured online and realized you could play with people who were far different and better than any computer, but that I could possibly beat them if I got better, what a delicious discovery that was. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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