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Keep any SC2 vs BW comments out of this thread. This is a thread about Brood War and Esports (Tekken Crash, Special Forces, etc) in general. If you discuss what this means for ESPORTS be sensitive about it. | ||
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Tyree
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Infernus
Norway222 Posts
 not so good news to wake up to! God damn, what a silly move.. | ||
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FireBlast!
United Kingdom5251 Posts
just no. /in denial  Something's bound to happen! They have such a huge legacy it can't evaporate like this, I'm sure there must be a company willing to take the MSL to a new breeding ground? This is like learning your best friend from childhood is going to die OSL was always the dazzling theatre of drama but MSL was the true champions' arena.. *sob* | ||
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everstarleague
China89 Posts
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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
On July 27 2011 21:01 Dubzex wrote: Well... fuck. This is a travesty. At least OGN will stay around longer now if they exclusive rights to BW casting, right? Right??? that ain't true it also means OSL probably could go down after what happen in msl . | ||
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RJGooner
United States2038 Posts
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KingVietKong
United States170 Posts
On July 27 2011 20:54 Sawamura wrote: and yeah how about you guys coming in and strolling over an ISSUE THAT MATTERS TO BW only and yet you guys come and talk trash saying bw is going to die and so . Damn well we are going to be pissed off . Sure grow up how about other guys who bring in their childish comments who are not receptive over the issue hand .That's just bullshit. So.... red text doesn't do much for you I see. The people talking "trash" on BW are few and have been dealt with summarily, and most of the posts, whether they be from pure BW fans, pure SC2 fans, or people who have come to appreciate both are all saying the same thing: Where does this leave eSports? Leave your aggression at the door. Does this tell us anything about eSports' mainstream popularity in Korea as a whole, or is this just a set of secondary issues? Before SC2 even came out, I figured if it failed there would still be a vibrant BW competitive scene to fall back on, but this is a scary moment. If the GSL were to crack (not saying it will, but it's certainly always a concern) where would everything go after that? | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
this is horrible!!! >< why oh why!? even as an SC2 fanboy this makes me so sad T_T I dreamt of one day seeing 18:00 KST MSL 20:00 KST MS2L T_T | ||
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Hittegods
Stockholm4640 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On July 27 2011 15:57 Waxangel wrote: Source: This Is Game Not actually "shutting down" on paper, but it is in effect. The company that operates MBCGame has decided to change it into a music cable channel instead, planning to begin the process in August and complete the switch by the end of the year. All game related activities will be wrapped up by then, with the current MSL becoming the final MBCGame Starcraft League. Ow. That really, really hurts. This was the news Ryo spoke of when he blogged. That is a brutal blow. That just ruined my day. | ||
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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
I loved that there were two channels and two leagues and two matches on Proleague nights. The whole world of my hobby just got much smaller and I hate it | ||
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ambit!ous1
United States3662 Posts
it is truly a sad day T.T | ||
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Denis Lachance
Canada162 Posts
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:35 DarkMatter_ wrote: Something big must be done to restore the BW proscene because I just don't see it surviving for long in its present state. On July 27 2011 16:35 mnck wrote: BW will "die" eventually. It looks like it is close to the final stage, then professional Broodwar will be all history. You don't really believe a computer game would stay forever? Even if pro BW lives on for some years, it's demise is inevitable as computer technology develops very fast.This seems like a pretty devastating blow to the BW scene... First match fixing scandal and now this? I'm starting to question wether BW will survive this. Thoughts? Considering that BW has 4:3 graphics with just VGA resolution and is using no more than 256 colors it's strange that it is still played today, in the times of 16  1080p fancy 3D truecolor graphics. I think the best what can be done now is to integrate all the good parts of the BW pro scene into the upcoming SC2 pro scene so that the scene will live on even though the game was replaced. | ||
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Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
Omg this sux. Is it something to do with ratings or something? Can I rage at Kpop for leading to this? Really hope the Tyrant wins this MSL. Its been a long time coming. | ||
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Ikonn
Netherlands1958 Posts
On July 27 2011 21:08 [F_]aths wrote: I think the best what can be done now is to integrate all the good parts of the BW pro scene into the upcoming SC2 pro scene so that the scene will live on even though the game was replaced. yeah, great, let's have Kasparov play checkers User was warned for this post | ||
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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
On July 27 2011 21:08 [F_]aths wrote: BW will "die" eventually. It looks like it is close to the final stage, then professional Broodwar will be all history. You don't really believe a computer game would stay forever? Even if pro BW lives on for some years, it's demise is inevitable as computer technology develops very fast. Considering that BW has 4:3 graphics with just VGA resolution and is using no more than 256 colors it's strange that it is still played today, in the times of 16 1080p fancy 3D truecolor graphics. I think the best what can be done now is to integrate all the good parts of the BW pro scene into the upcoming SC2 pro scene so that the scene will live on even though the game was replaced.Personally, I don't give a shit about e-sports. I just want to watch Broodwar, so this does me zero good. | ||
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chesshaha
United States1117 Posts
I guess MBCGame HERO is also going away, hopefully those players will get picked up by other teams. Best of luck to all. RIP MBCGAME | ||
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