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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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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On July 28 2011 00:39 alffla wrote: ah i cant believe i used to think that it was too much BW back then... i wish i could feel that way again now ;< I hear ya. That's how I feel about SC2 now though, haha. There's so much going on, and sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in it. I REALLY wish there was a BW Calendar or something, even as plain as it would be. TT | ||
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blubbdavid
Switzerland2412 Posts
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PHC
United States472 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:10 Chargelot wrote: I have to respectfully disagree. It means they believe their current lineup of E-Sports may be failing, and that it is more reasonable to change their broadcasting genre than to edit their lineup. League of Legends got something ridiculous, in the neighborhood of 2.2M unique viewers at DreamHack Summer (A very high number, insanely large, was concurrent). SC2 Got a few hundred thousand, running well over 80,000 concurrent for most of the final day. I think a station playing more modernized E-Sports games could do very well. Maybe not in the Korean market, but like I've mentioned, BW is the only game in which Korea remains the E-Sports capital of the world. An American company -- lets say G4 -- could do very well by broadcasting modern E-Sports games. Broadcasting modern esports on American television is not going to work, I'm sorry. 1.) Gaming as a profession is not socially accepted like it is in Korea. Like the TL staff member said earlier, BW is on two primetime cable channels that everyone has access to - everyone from infants to the elderly know what Brood War is. 2.) The hardware and money required to broadcast to the 3rd largest country in the world is nothing short of staggering. CGS tried this on DirecTV. Failed miserably. USA Network played a couple of MLG highlight programs a few times throughout the year. They were also broadcasted at like 9:00 A.M. 3.) Like many have already said, a lot of us don't watch TV more than an hour a week. If Esports was to be viable outside of Korea, it would have to be through internet streaming such as ESPN3. Although I like your optimism, you will never see an American TV channel dedicated to Starcraft 2. Broadcasting television is not that simple my fellow SC fan. "Never" is a strong word, but in America, the medium of the future is through internet broadcasting. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19384 Posts
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Chimpalimp
United States1135 Posts
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TheOnly92
Malaysia804 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On July 28 2011 00:42 PHC wrote: Broadcasting modern esports on American television is not going to work, I'm sorry. 1.) Gaming as a profession is not socially accepted like it is in Korea. Like the TL staff member said earlier, BW is on two primetime cable channels that everyone has access to - everyone from infants to the elderly know what Brood War is. 2.) The hardware and money required to broadcast to the 3rd largest country in the world is nothing short of staggering. CGS tried this on DirecTV. Failed miserably. USA Network played a couple of MLG highlight programs a few times throughout the year. They were also broadcasted at like 9:00 A.M. 3.) Like many have already said, a lot of us don't watch TV more than an hour a week. If Esports was to be viable outside of Korea, it would have to be through internet streaming such as ESPN3. Although I like your optimism, you will never see an American TV channel dedicated to Starcraft 2. Broadcasting television is not that simple my fellow SC fan. "Never" is a strong word, but in America, the medium of the future is through internet broadcasting. Also dont forget that a lot of games are about killing eachother in mass quantities. That generally isn't a family friendly sort of thing. | ||
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Kaolla
China2999 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33691 Posts
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
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hellbound
United Kingdom2242 Posts
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Theclutch
United States119 Posts
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obsKura
Ireland1061 Posts
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mavsfan0041
United States306 Posts
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Refused.
United States108 Posts
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Carkis
Canada302 Posts
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mooshoo
United States37 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On July 28 2011 00:57 mooshoo wrote: i've cried for the past couple of hours....wait i only have like 15 posts, i must be lying!! No I feel you those tears are real. Regardless what the post count, we are all comrade and lover of E-Sports | ||
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tripper688
United States569 Posts
On July 27 2011 18:07 Ryo wrote: An update from Fomos: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=119604&db=issue&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd= Basically, the management is still discussing this. They haven't made a decision whether or not to proceed with this. Even if they decide to proceed, they still have to seek the approval of the Korean Communications Commission (govt body) if they want to change the gaming channel into a music channel. best news I've seen in this otherwise heart breaking thread | ||
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Taekwon
United States8155 Posts
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