Well Sc2 brought me back into BW so to speak. I was pretty active in playing BW between 2001-2004 and then ofc also followed Boxer Garimto and Nada. Then I kinda stopped following the BW scene and playing the game.
And with the advent of sc2 I said to myself "Wow how cool was sc1 maybe I should give it a try" and it sucked me in back again :D Although I dont play that much anymore.

Gescom

Canada3397 Posts

June 27 2011 13:19 GMT

#182

When SC2 was ramping up I came to TL in January 2010 and started following BW right away.

Zetter

Germany629 Posts

June 27 2011 13:42 GMT

#183

I began watching Starcraft in 2008, Starcraft 2 had nothing to do with it. How often I watch BW has always been changing, from several series a day to rarely anything (in May and April for example) and SC2 didn't really have an impact on that. If anything, I began watching more BW matches, because I've gotten more and more into esports during the past 3 years.

NotSupporting

Sweden1998 Posts

June 27 2011 14:15 GMT

#184

I got into the BW scene back in 2007 just after the announcement of SC2 so I guess you could say that SC2 got me into watching BW, I played the game when I was little but never in a competitive way. After SC2 came out I more or less only watched that but nowdays I watch less and less of SC2 and more and more of BW, it simply is much more enjoyable to watch.

NicksonReyes

Philippines4431 Posts

June 27 2011 14:29 GMT

#185

I started to comeback to BW when SC2 was announced. I played and watched BW again just because I'm too excited to play SC2. After 3 years with BW, sc2 was released, but I got disappointed and was too attached to BW to switch so I played BW again after finishing the WoL campaign. I'll buy the 2 remaining expansions just for the story and I won't watch pro sc2 unless BW is over before sc3, which is unlikely.

dibban

Sweden1279 Posts

June 27 2011 14:41 GMT

#186

I lost a bit of interest in spectating broodwar when SC2 came out, because of all the hype and excitement around it. During this time bw was at a stage of status quo where the future of the whole korean broodwar scene was uncertain. I started watching some SC2 to see if it could ever replace the greatness of bw. I found the result positive but not by any means satisfying enough as a replacement. When the scene was kicked back into life (starleagues starting and legal processes being somewhat solved) I went back to watching bw and I still love it!

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

June 27 2011 14:46 GMT

#187

I've been watching BW every now and then for years, mostly for nostalgia reasons.

SC2 didn't change that, but I do watch SC2 alot more than BW.

Cosmos

Belgium1077 Posts

June 27 2011 15:28 GMT

#188

Hello,

I am an ex-wc3 player. I directly switched to starcraft 2 when the beta came out and I decided to buy brood war one month before the beta came out to prepare myself a bit. I really didn't like broodwar because all the stuff "easier" on wc3 wasn't there: easier unit control group, better interface etc...

So I played starcraft 2 and I went into teamliquid. On teamliquid I saw a lot of informations about broodwar and I was interested in it. I now regulary watch some broodwar matchs (for example flash's match) and it is because of starcraft 2 !

ComaDose

Canada10357 Posts

June 27 2011 15:39 GMT

#189

SC2 turned me completely away from WATCHING BW

I was still watching during the beta!
and a few bigger tournaments after release.
but then i just... hadn't played in so long...
day9 stopped doing dailies on bw...
i didn't have to get up early to watch sc2....
one thing lead to another....
i... i'm so sorry...
its too late for me...

Philo

United States337 Posts

June 27 2011 15:46 GMT

#190

I came for SC2 and started doing Liquibet for BW because there was nothing to do in SC2 Liquibet but GSL then. Eventually I started looking watching old vods to get some history and now I watch proleague almost every night while I'm staying up to see GSL. Nice synergy IMO.

Hyaena

Croatia17 Posts

June 27 2011 16:01 GMT

#191

I bought SC2 at the end of 2010. Main reason was BW being one of my favorite games when I was younger (primary school, early 2000s), I could watch for hours older guys playing BW in LAN at PC bangs (there were many of them back then). I played mostly on my computer vs AI or at the friend's basement where 2-3 computers were connected and we would 1v1. After acquiring SC2 and discovering TL, I began to follow BW too. BW is great, proleague is great, players' skill is great, ... and seeing BW after almost decade felt great ... so, yeah ... I can say that SC2 introduced me in watching pro BW. BW (and korean SC2) is usually streamed at morning so while I'm having breakfast I sometimes watch proleague.

d_so

Korea (South)3262 Posts

June 27 2011 16:03 GMT

#192

On June 28 2011 00:39 ComaDose wrote:
SC2 turned me completely away from WATCHING BW

haha don't apologize. There are a lot of people like you. No problem with that

SirMilford

Australia1269 Posts

June 27 2011 16:17 GMT

#193

Late 2009 i watched some broodwar because i was playing it again. Then once sc2 beta came out i only watch starcraft 2. Its not that i find it more interesting etc its because i play starcraft 2 more and find that i can kind of implement things that i watch, whereas BW i sucked.

aaycumi

England265 Posts

June 27 2011 16:34 GMT

#194

I dont see the point in playing brood war anymore after it was ported, with the campaign in progress. But I do like watching some of the older games for cool builds like the ayumi build, double armory and 3 hatch muta.

djbhINDI

United States372 Posts

June 27 2011 17:23 GMT

#195

I became interested in RTS from Starcraft 2's release - I went to see what it was all about and started watching a few SC2 pro games. After seeing TLO's play, it became more interesting, and I checked out BW just to compare the two.

I no longer watch pro SC2 - BW is amazing.

Glurkenspurk

United States1915 Posts

June 28 2011 00:09 GMT

#196

Just finally deleted sc2 since game requires 0 skill. I can't believe I missed out on how amazing bw actually is/was.

Falling

Canada11349 Posts

June 28 2011 00:40 GMT

#197

I'd say SC2 has had no effect, or at least not directly. I watched BW first and SC2 later. But watching BW, I generally watched english commentated games, now there is very little of that so I don't watch as often. Except I still have to have my Taek-Bang Leessang fix.

MichaelEU

Netherlands816 Posts

June 28 2011 00:47 GMT

#198

SC2 introduced me to the concept of esports which led me to watching SFIV, BBCS2, QL, LoL, WC3 and BW as well.

kidleader

Korea (South)233 Posts

June 28 2011 01:02 GMT

#199

The beta announcement led me to SK Gaming, where Thorin had uploaded the TL subs of Oldu Boy, and then I began following BW. I played SC2 in beta some but I prefer BW and play that mostly. And now I moved to Korea, lol. So I can't play SC2 even if I wanted to.

GG_NO_RE

Japan238 Posts

June 28 2011 01:17 GMT

#200

On June 28 2011 00:39 ComaDose wrote:
...
day9 stopped doing dailies on bw...
i didn't have to get up early to watch sc2....
...

i think this is a big thing for a lot of people. there are much fewer english commentators for BW than there were before and if you want the experience of watching it live, you have to stay up until all hours of the night to watch it which is especially hard if you're not a student/actually work.

for me, i watch bw more now than before because i moved to the same timezone as korea and watch it at regular evening hours now.