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Page 23. If I see any more BW vs SC2 debate from that point on you will get banned. | ||
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zeenix1
Sweden89 Posts
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ranjutan
United States636 Posts
;_; I don't watch or play much BW these days but this is still like ripping a piece out of my heart. Things are looking really bad for Korean esports with all the bad news recently ;_; | ||
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kidd
United States2848 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
SPL would be a lot less interesting if it's just a few teams loaded with the star players. IMO it's much better to have more teams with some starts, some PL workhorses and up and comers (and a few faded stars  ). | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On August 30 2011 11:29 gustavohmp wrote: You know what? This is Blizzard fault. All that trouble about BW and stuff only served to stir thing up. If Blizzard is worth their salt, they will sponsor a BW team. I know, impossible with SC2 around and shit. But really, they ought to do something. Though Im pretty sure thats what they want, they cant let it vanish like that. They... they cant... Someone, please, do something. PLEASE. Oh come on, that's one of the most obscure arguments to blame Blizzard I've ever heard. StarCraft II definitely accelerated the pace of Brood War's decline, but Blizzard isn't to blame for wanting to make a sequel. | ||
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Philo
United States337 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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NationInArms
United States1553 Posts
Anyways, at the very least BW has contributed the most to the E-sports community setting the foundation for the future. I really hope there are more proleagues..I feel like I want to cry or make a time machine to go back to the past and experience brood war all over again. (._.) | ||
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Sermokala
United States14047 Posts
I'm a sc2 fan now but its still really sad to see all the teams going away. Esports will never be the same and will always look up to the bw scene for the glory it will always hold. | ||
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TheNessman
United States4158 Posts
On August 30 2011 11:35 Cambium wrote: I think kespa will manage to find at least one sponsor for the teams. true. wait what if there was a new team that was a COMBO of these three teams!??!? JD + Sea uniting.... | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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Wohmfg
United Kingdom1292 Posts
On August 30 2011 11:21 lizzard_warish wrote: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news [though im sure others have said this] but brood war is dead. It wont be around in a year. They've had difficulty finding sponsors for OSL/MSL for almost two years- if not two years.. Costs for maintaining a team are high, and even though sc2 isnt very popular in korea, it has major effects on the BW scene: 1) BW was already declining in popularity and it did drag away SOME viewers 2) Little to no future players are coming in, so an investment in bw is no longer long term 3) starcraft 2 is, uh, starcraft two. It's new, and with all those connotations: Passing of the old, inevitability, better prospects, etc. Every time BW has had a hiccup, what has happened? sc2 players jump at it, yay, this will help our scene! I mean however deplorable that may be, its the mentality of the world looking in on brood war. When it has a slight issue, its not just a slight issue like back in the day, or even a catastrophe, its a nail in the coffin. The more people view BW as having an expiration date, the more people will move to sc2, which just exponentially ensures the death of the scene. More people leave, less viewers, less sponsors, less sponsors make people think bw is dieing and they leave. Repeat cycle. There wont be new sponsors coming in, certainly nothing that can maintain the same level of salaries. Players will be cut, training houses will be curtailed massively, and players will give up. I said this in Flash' contract thread. And I'm really not here to say sc2 is better or whatever, so please dont warn me, I love both games. This is just the way it is IMO. Where do you get the idea that no new players are coming onto the scene? And just because there is a sequel to a game, it doesn't mean that it will replace its predecessor. BW is dying slowly, but I think it will last more than a year. And for a lot of people SC2 will never be a replacement. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
On August 30 2011 11:26 harhar! wrote: plz jd come to sc2 User was warned for this post what's wrong with hoping a bw player switching to sc2? :\ it would definitely be a momentous event, someone of jaedong's stature but he would have to get offered like a billion dollars to switch, and honestly only a foreign team could afford that, but then he probably wont want to join a foreign team THE DREAM (of a bw player going to sc2) IS DEADDDDDDDDDDD User was warned for this post | ||
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elsation
Australia661 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
On August 30 2011 11:34 dcemuser wrote: Oh come on, that's one of the most obscure arguments to blame Blizzard I've ever heard. StarCraft II definitely accelerated the pace of Brood War's decline, but Blizzard isn't to blame for wanting to make a sequel. Blizzard caused the leagues to come to a full stop for several months because of their lawsuit. So it's a little more than just making a sequel that damaged the scene because of Blizzard. | ||
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HotS
Sweden46 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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sheaRZerg
United States613 Posts
OZ too?...but they had actually been doing okay. If Jaedong retires now I will be so unhappy...he has had a bit of a slump :[ | ||
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Louuster
Canada2869 Posts
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kaleidoscope
Singapore2887 Posts
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getSome[703]
United States753 Posts
this is depressing. BW is dying when for a year after SC2's release it looked like it would be OK | ||
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