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Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:03:40
July 27 2011 23:00 GMT
#41
There are a lot of stupid SC2 fans who come into the BW forums and go "BW is going to die lol play Starcraft". They go into BW threads, make stupid statements about how this that our the other is the rise of SC2 mua-ha-ha. They are usually wildly inaccurate. ("Yellow is retiring because SC2 > BW". Wrong for reasons so obvious I won't get into it)

There are a lot of stupid BW fans who go into the SC2 forums and go "lol SC2 is a shitty game for stupid people play Brood War". They go into SC2 threads, make stupid statements about BW is a better game and BW players are better people. They are usually wildly inaccurate ("There's nothing that discourages leaving units clumped". Fungal, Banelings, landmines, storms, EMPs...)

Then there was the KeSPA Lawsuit, which made a lot of of BW fans unhappy at SC2. (Because it had SC2 and BW literally against one another). This becomes self-enforcing, because every bad thing that happens to BW is seen as SC2's fault (I keep expecting to see a conspiracy thread accusing Dustin Browder of Tonya Harding-ing Flash's wrist)

Then there was the Elephant in the Room article, which made a lot of SC2 unhappy at BW (Because it said that SC2 was only played by lazy assholes, and the game would probably be good if real many BW men showed scrubs like Nestea how to play). That "BW fans > SC2 fans" had been around for a while, but seeing it as a front-page article infuriated a lot of people

tl;dr: A lot of BW fans hate SC2 because they perceive SC2 as being a direct threat to BW. A lot of SC2 fans hate BW because they hate the BW community.

But mostly, it's just trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls trolling Mormons trolling trolls.

On July 28 2011 06:53 erin[go]bragh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 06:46 Itachii wrote:
I don't hate SC2, i just ignore it.


+1!

Also, I don't see any bw > sc2 hate in the BW forums unless it's called for.


That's because all the BW trolls go to the SC2 forums.
Guamshin
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands295 Posts
July 27 2011 23:00 GMT
#42
Alot of people may not agree with this but this is just my opinion.
I miss the times when Starcraft:BWwas just Starcraft:BW, barely any trolls, alot of exciting tournaments, no immature kids. Just a very good community, i would say 2006-2009 were the best years for BW. Now BW is getting more and more problems.

When SC2 arrived people(alot of foreigners) started to play that because of it's graphics, not knowing anything about BW except maybe "Koreans are good at it". Now there are lots of immature kids, trolls, progamer wannabe's, "SC2 is better then BW" fights.

I feel like SC2 ruined alot of BW.

I don't hate SC2, i play it but i'm not liking all the problems BW is getting because of this.
Weeeee
Aron Times
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States312 Posts
July 27 2011 23:02 GMT
#43
On July 28 2011 08:00 Ribbon wrote:Then there was the Elephant in the Room article, which made a lot of SC2 unhappy at BW (Because it said that SC2 was only played by lazy assholes, and the game would probably be good if real many BW men showed scrubs like Nestea how to play).


Link?
"The drums! The drums! The drums! The neverending drumbeat! Open me, you human fool! Open the light and summon me and receive my majesty!"
Brad`
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada548 Posts
July 27 2011 23:05 GMT
#44
Probably because every time a sc2 "fan" posts in the broodwar forum its to celebrate bad news and speculate about how good it will be for the sc2 community.

I imagine it would be something like your neighbor finding out your wife died so he shows up at your door asking if he can have her stuff. When you say no, he continues to show up every few weeks asking if he can have it now.

puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
July 27 2011 23:05 GMT
#45
On July 28 2011 08:02 Eternal Dalek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:00 Ribbon wrote:Then there was the Elephant in the Room article, which made a lot of SC2 unhappy at BW (Because it said that SC2 was only played by lazy assholes, and the game would probably be good if real many BW men showed scrubs like Nestea how to play).


Link?


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=221896

Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
Aron Times
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States312 Posts
July 27 2011 23:07 GMT
#46
Just checked the threads on the MBCGame closing. Holy flame war, Batman!
"The drums! The drums! The drums! The neverending drumbeat! Open me, you human fool! Open the light and summon me and receive my majesty!"
Blasterion
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
China10272 Posts
July 27 2011 23:08 GMT
#47
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.
[TLNY]Mahjong Club Thread
gds
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Iceland1391 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:11:36
July 27 2011 23:09 GMT
#48
On July 28 2011 06:26 Eternal Dalek wrote:
Anyway, does anyone know where I can buy SC + BW cheap and legal? It's $19.99 on Battle.net.


http://www.g2play.net/store/Starcraft/
€3.99
Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4994 Posts
July 27 2011 23:10 GMT
#49
There does seem to be some trolling and hate, but overall, what I see makes me wish I found Starcraft and this site a long time ago. Or before SC2 launch, at the very least. The people in the BW forum are always more mature, helpful, respectful, etc.
"But, as the conservative understands it, modification of the rules should always reflect, and never impose, a change in the activities and beliefs of those who are subject to them, and should never on any occasion be so great as to destroy the ensemble."
Crisium
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1618 Posts
July 27 2011 23:11 GMT
#50
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

User was warned for this post
Broodwar and Stork forever! List of BW players with most Ro16, Ro8: http://tinyurl.com/BWRo16-Ro8
Blasterion
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
China10272 Posts
July 27 2011 23:18 GMT
#51
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

here's an example of why the Brood War trolls get on our nerves.

User was warned for this post
[TLNY]Mahjong Club Thread
Kanil
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1713 Posts
July 27 2011 23:20 GMT
#52
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

Yep.

The people that come to this section of the community just to shit on BW deserve all the hate they get.

And vice-versa, I wish we could just get along. It's all still StarCraft, damnit.
I used to have an Oz icon over here ---->
Brad`
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada548 Posts
July 27 2011 23:20 GMT
#53
On July 28 2011 08:18 Blasterion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

here's an example of why the Brood War trolls get on our nerves.

Because they call you out for stupid posting?

ok.
ThePianoDentist
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom698 Posts
July 27 2011 23:22 GMT
#54
for anybody wanting to purchase brood war for single player i recently got it cheap off amazon but couldnt find any cd key anywhere, but if you have a problem with that just google brood war cd key generator.

Brood War Protoss, SC2 Terran/Protoss
blubbdavid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Switzerland2412 Posts
July 27 2011 23:22 GMT
#55
On July 28 2011 08:18 Blasterion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

here's an example of why the Brood War trolls get on our nerves.

On whose nerves? This is the BW forums, Sir, and I don't think that many users of the BW forums are offended by his "trolling". And if you have time, notice how I can write BW in Capslock TO EMPHASIZE IT without breaking any rules.
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Blasterion
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
China10272 Posts
July 27 2011 23:22 GMT
#56
On July 28 2011 08:20 Brad` wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:18 Blasterion wrote:
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

here's an example of why the Brood War trolls get on our nerves.

Because they call you out for stupid posting?

ok.

Because they're elitist jerks mostly
[TLNY]Mahjong Club Thread
Crisium
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1618 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:23:46
July 27 2011 23:22 GMT
#57
On July 28 2011 08:18 Blasterion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 08:11 Crisium wrote:
On July 28 2011 08:08 Blasterion wrote:
Because Brood War fans are fantatics that can't tolerate anything other than Brood War and attack SC2 with every chance they get.


And here's an example of why the SC2 trolls get on our nerves.

here's an example of why the Brood War trolls get on our nerves.


So it annoys you when someone points out SC2 trolls on a Brood War forum? You are attempting to compare that to your baseless remarks that ignore several pages worth of examples? You don't even attempt to hide your troll status when you do a simple copy-paste post.
Broodwar and Stork forever! List of BW players with most Ro16, Ro8: http://tinyurl.com/BWRo16-Ro8
humanimal
Profile Joined June 2010
United States151 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:40:13
July 27 2011 23:23 GMT
#58
On July 28 2011 07:48 yeti wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2011 06:53 Lucumo wrote:

On July 28 2011 06:42 hayata2.0 wrote:
There's not as much going the other way seeing as the diehard BW fans tend to have the SC2 forums minimized in the sidebar and don't even look at them.

Exactly
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The biggest criticism I have toward web format is the TLPD search bar now defaults to SC2, and you cant change the default. Not anything against SC2 itself, but it is certainly annoying to remember when looking up stats and names, and that frustration is often directed toward the SC2 influx.


A nice thing that I've found is if you use the search bar at the top, it'll list both SC2 and BW results and you can just click the right one. Essentially it'll be the same as the TLPD, but combined. Hopefully that'll save you some annoyance ;D

As for the OP, I think it's mostly just when people try to impose SC2 onto BW in such a way that's offensive, annoying, or rude. But for the most part, BW players are kind enough to just ignore/avoid SC2 if they don't agree with it. There's a good number of players who do play both however (myself included)

EDIT: What a frickin waste of my 100th post =_=
Blasterion
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
China10272 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:24:28
July 27 2011 23:23 GMT
#59
On July 28 2011 08:22 Crisium wrote:
So it annoys you when someone points out SC2 trolls on a Brood War forum? You are attempting to compare that to your baseless remarks that ignore several pages worth of examples?

Sorry just read some of the other comments I must say it was pretty bad I'll accept my loss here. But I honestly just get the feel alot of Brood War fans are elitist people that just look down on other people because we play SC2.
[TLNY]Mahjong Club Thread
Rinrun
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada3509 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 23:25:42
July 27 2011 23:23 GMT
#60
On July 28 2011 08:22 ThePianoDentist wrote:
for anybody wanting to purchase brood war for single player i recently got it cheap off amazon but couldnt find any cd key anywhere, but if you have a problem with that just google brood war cd key generator.


How dare you? Talking about a key gen? Buy the game, support them.

Besides the above, I accept both with open arms.
MBC/Liquid/TSM always.
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