EPTgravity of the situation (imo)
Also they are main sponsors of MBCSea, I believe.
Plus we have some speculations about STX going on sales and Wemade Fox disbanding.
My bw T_T
I worry about takken guys, do they have any other channels for them?
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Yodo
Russian Federation327 Posts
Also they are main sponsors of MBCSea, I believe. Plus we have some speculations about STX going on sales and Wemade Fox disbanding. My bw T_T I worry about takken guys, do they have any other channels for them? | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On July 29 2011 08:02 TBone- wrote: My condolences to all of you brood war players. As a fairly new person to the esports scene, I understand that this was an important part of your childhoods. Some of you really need to read more than 1-2 posts. I feel sorry for you. | ||
CountChocula
Canada2068 Posts
On July 29 2011 08:02 TBone- wrote: My condolences to all of you brood war players. As a fairly new person to the esports scene, I understand that this was an important part of your childhoods. Despite your good intentions, it comes off arrogant to think one can psychoanalyze someone through a few lines of text they've written and surmise the full depth of their passion towards BW as being due to mere childhood nostalgia. | ||
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
On July 29 2011 10:29 CountChocula wrote: Despite your good intentions, it comes off arrogant to think one can psychoanalyze someone through a few lines of text they've written and surmise the full depth of their passion towards BW as being due to mere childhood nostalgia. Lol, I love you for this. You win my personal "Rebuttal of the Day" award. Anyhow, I sincerely hope the owners of MBCGame decide to change their minds. | ||
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Lebesgue
4542 Posts
On July 29 2011 08:02 TBone- wrote: My condolences to all of you brood war players. As a fairly new person to the esports scene, I understand that this was an important part of your childhoods. Childhoods? Are you for real? I hope you had good intentions but what you wrote sounds really really wrong and actually offensive to me. | ||
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Hatsu
United Kingdom474 Posts
Trying to link the dots in my head, a couple of things pop in my mind: - have sponsors/teams been renewing contracts recently? If so, that would be a big sign that they know (or they believe it is likely) that the situation will be somehow solved. - could the recent agreement between KESPA and Blizzard have something to do with this? - obviously dropping an e-sports channel is bad news for e-sports, but perhaps BW is not the problem. Perhaps it is the other games that do not attract enough attention. Edit: the guy who posted the Jaedong video is a hero. | ||
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imperfect
Canada1652 Posts
On July 29 2011 09:50 pyrogenetix wrote: what the FUCK i literally said this out loud; prepare for the worst, but hope for the best i guess fingers crossed.. | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
This is not what I wanted to read, not at all. | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
At least ANIBOX will turn into game channel. -_- As long as I keep getting my dose of other E-Sports content on other channels, I'll be content. | ||
AltaiR_
Korea (South)922 Posts
On July 29 2011 04:41 Vul wrote: Its not our responsibility, as SC2 players, to tiptoe around your extreme sensitivities. That post you responded to was good natured and positive but you responded to it like that dude just insulted your mother. Here's a dose of reality: people that didn't play BW probably don't care that much about this situation. No one owes it to you to care as much as you do and talk about it like its a big tragedy. In the grand scheme its just a damn game, its not like people cheering in the streets during 9/11. People can see the positives in this, if they want to. ed: double word User was warned for this post Usually this kind of shit is ignored, but this is 76 god damn pages into it, and if someone doesn't get the message now, I have to say..are you fucking stupid? In the grand scheme it's just a damn game? Do you know where you are? It's a GAMING WEBSITE. This TRAGEDY means that a part of history has been lost forever. (If there was no BW proscene, there wouldn't be a SC2 proscene.) The admins and banlings around you are forum veterans, and a lot of SC2 pros are originated from BW. Do you know what that means? They're former BROOD WAR players as well as the rest of us, and saying that you shouldn't care because a foundation of BW doesn't owe it to SC2 is trampling on that fucking history. So yes, you did say it like you insulted someone's mother. | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
On July 29 2011 13:05 AltaiR_ wrote: In the grand scheme it's just a damn game? Do you know where you are? It's a GAMING WEBSITE. This TRAGEDY means that a part of history has been lost forever. Don't worry, the history will live on within your hearts and liquipedia. TBH, I'm feeling bittersweet about this. | ||
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Cr4zyH0r5e
Peru1308 Posts
On July 29 2011 13:09 JiPrime wrote: Don't worry, the history will live on within your hearts and liquipedia. TBH, I'm feeling bittersweet about this. Sorry, this is extremely condescending and thoughtless. Liquipedia does not host tournaments, battle.net attack, interviews with BW pros, or former pros playing UMS games with the intention of spreading knowledge about unit usage/composition. Liquipedia is a fan-based resource and as such it's not complete. Most of the people who contribute to it don't even speak Korean. If I took the time to learn the language, wouldn't I feel vexed that half of what is important to me vanishes due to corporate decisions? Sure. That's the world, it sucks that breaking even isn't enough for MBC, but this definitely bigger than you make it to be. I fail to see how is this 'bittersweet' when its effects are wholly negative. Liquipedia won't stream new games, Liquipedia won't scream 리버리버리버리버리버리버!!! I actually care about the repercussions of this. What will happen to the pro-teams? Will OGN stream proleague on its own? Is a monopoly good for the industry that is BW? Will pros work harder to win the single individual league or begin withdrawing from the game? What about EffOrt?-he just came back to BW after a few months of hiatus goddamit. I sincerely hope fans of MBC Game will do as much as humanly possible to prevent this tragedy from actually occurring. | ||
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Vul
United States685 Posts
On July 29 2011 13:05 AltaiR_ wrote: Usually this kind of shit is ignored, but this is 76 god damn pages into it, and if someone doesn't get the message now, I have to say..are you fucking stupid? In the grand scheme it's just a damn game? Do you know where you are? It's a GAMING WEBSITE. This TRAGEDY means that a part of history has been lost forever. (If there was no BW proscene, there wouldn't be a SC2 proscene.) The admins and banlings around you are forum veterans, and a lot of SC2 pros are originated from BW. Do you know what that means? They're former BROOD WAR players as well as the rest of us, and saying that you shouldn't care because a foundation of BW doesn't owe it to SC2 is trampling on that fucking history. So yes, you did say it like you insulted someone's mother. Wow For one, it wasn't my post that insulted anyone's mother, figuratively or literally. That was a reference to someone else's post which you can view, easily enough, if you expand all the quotes. Once again, my point was that its one thing to flame people for being purposefully offensive. It is another to flame people (to the extent that he was flamed, especially) for a post which was ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE NICE TO THE BW COMMUNITY. You need to actually read people's posts before you just jump in here. You clearly didn't even understand mine, nor did you read the rest of the replies that I made in this thread, in which I mention that I played BW for 5 years and am not happy about this either. Oh yea, and if its history its not lost forever. And no, nobody owes you anything like that, no matter how cool or foundational you think the game is. What a ridiculous argument | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On July 29 2011 13:09 JiPrime wrote: Don't worry, the history will live on within your hearts and liquipedia. TBH, I'm feeling bittersweet about this. There is nothing bittersweet about this. lmao My God. I've explained this at least 40 times in this thread alone and Vul your intentions might be good, but still there is no need to harp on one thing. History you say? We can keep making more history with MBC Game and once again it goes far beyond BW. Instead of nitpicking with one another. FOR ESPORTS! Goodness gracious big balls of fire. I swear some people need some sense knocked into them. Badly. | ||
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
On July 29 2011 13:41 Vul wrote: Wow For one, it wasn't my post that insulted anyone's mother, figuratively or literally. That was a reference to someone else's post which you can view, easily enough, if you expand all the quotes. Once again, my point was that its one thing to flame people for being purposefully offensive. It is another to flame people (to the extent that he was flamed, especially) for a post which was ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE NICE TO THE BW COMMUNITY. You need to actually read people's posts before you just jump in here. You clearly didn't even understand mine, nor did you read the rest of the replies that I made in this thread, in which I mention that I played BW for 5 years and am not happy about this either. Oh yea, and if its history its not lost forever. And no, nobody owes you anything like that, no matter how cool or foundational you think the game is. What a ridiculous argument The thing is you have to realized this is the broodwar forum what do you expect hugs from us ? for sc2 players ? who comes in and trample on us on the occasion of our most important tournament that is probably is going to be gone forever ? . This is our turf and we are going to defend it so I don't give a damn if you are thinking you can push us around . | ||
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Pelopidas
Canada225 Posts
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Menzies
New Zealand129 Posts
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pathy
Taiwan619 Posts
looks like bisu only has one more chance at taking a title ^^ jkjk | ||
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shadymmj
1906 Posts
i love bw for what it is because it is in truth not really a sport as much as a cultural phenomenon that was korea-centric that became socially accessible. the other character-less video games should just remain as video games. let BW's legacy stand uncontested. | ||
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