EPTWorld Cyber Games to officially retire StarCraft 1 - Page 9
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Ryuu314
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ROOTIllusion
United States1060 Posts
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zobz
Canada2175 Posts
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On March 07 2011 13:58 Ansinjunger wrote: I think Starcraft 2 players and fans don't want to see SC2 die, and many are willing to sacrifice SC1 in that sense. It's had its time to shine and arguably will always be the "greatest of all time" from a historical perspective, the same way DOOM and Tetris tend to make those lists. 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. Considering what was being figured out at the equivalent stage of SC1 is totally crazy to me. Maynarding was named after the actual dude who decided it was a good idea to oversaturate his main and then transfer some probes to his expansion when it came up. And then there was that story Day9 told during Funday Monday about people figuring out that you could make a nexus at another mineral patch and get twice the money. Whoa! Thinking about Starcraft without that kind of stuff is mind boggling. | ||
ArvickHero
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Isn't WCG supposed to be at LA this year? I was really looking forward to going to WCG this year since I live in SD so I could watch progamers live................................ ADFASHGADFGHSDFHBVHBTGWAEASGASD >< | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
as much as i Love BW i no longer really care to watch lol. glad SC2 is going to be included. | ||
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moopie
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On March 07 2011 14:05 ArvickHero wrote: I'm banging my head against the desk right now. Isn't WCG supposed to be at LA this year? I was really looking forward to going to WCG this year since I live in SD so I could watch progamers live................................ ADFASHGADFGHSDFHBVHBTGWAEASGASD >< 2010 was in LA. 2011 is rumored to be in Busan, S.Korea. Anyway, not surprising to see BW dropped, but sad, since it was nice to see the koreans steamroll foreigners, and then watch the reps. | ||
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ki11z0ne
United States427 Posts
it would be nice if sc1 got like a monument hahah! lolz just saying | ||
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XXGeneration
United States625 Posts
Where is the foreigner BW love? I realize that it is a logical choice from WCG, but still.. This just makes me so unbelievably sad, that as an eighth grade kid who discovered BW only a few years ago, my favorite pasttime and sport to watch no longer has any ties with this "part" of the world. Foreign BW, R.I.P. | ||
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ArvickHero
10387 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:09 moopie wrote: 2010 was LA. 2011 is rumored to be in Busan, S.Korea. Anyway, not surprising to see BW dropped, but sad, since it was nice to see the koreans steamroll foreigners, and then watch the reps. lol........ How did I make that mistake xD I'm still very sad that there's no more WCG for BW D: no more pro reps is the worst of it.. and a guaranteed matchup between the best players was the best part of WCG BW :\ | ||
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knyttym
United States5797 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:13 ArvickHero wrote: lol........ How did I make that mistake xD I'm still very sad that there's no more WCG for BW D: no more pro reps is the worst of it.. and a guaranteed matchup between the best players was the best part of WCG BW :\ Best part was waiting for a pro to drop a set. Midas vs Draco was the first time I heard tasteless commentate and it was so sick. | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
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Keitzer
United States2509 Posts
nice nice! | ||
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hazz.
United Kingdom83 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:19 etheovermind wrote: Guys you realize this won't be permanent? Two years down the road, this same post will be made, only in the SC2 section, with BW coming back. Keep dreaming... | ||
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vek
Australia936 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:19 etheovermind wrote: Guys you realize this won't be permanent? Two years down the road, this same post will be made, only in the SC2 section, with BW coming back. If CS is anything to go by you could very well be right. | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:22 vek wrote: If CS is anything to go by you could very well be right. Of course I'm right. | ||
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hazz.
United Kingdom83 Posts
hardly any 1.6 players switched over and there were hardly any source tournaments but there were still a ton of 1.6 tournaments. almost the whole foreigner scene either retired or switched to Sc2 when it was released and there are now no foreign tournaments for BW | ||
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Utinni
Canada1196 Posts
 I think Activision/Blizzard might have a say what will be played in our future. | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
On March 07 2011 14:26 hazz. wrote: The situation of 1.6/css and bw/sc2 aren't even comparable. hardly any 1.6 players switched over and there were hardly any source tournaments but there were still a ton of 1.6 tournaments. almost the whole foreigner scene either retired or switched to Sc2 when it was released and there are now no foreign tournaments for BW Well there's that one that Artosis never got around to ending so Foreigner BW lives. | ||
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