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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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zimz
United States510 Posts
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blubbdavid
Switzerland2412 Posts
On December 06 2011 06:38 zimz wrote: BW is not popular in west because we keep getting owned so bad vs Koreans(stomped to death). it discourages people and they want to play sc2 instead because its less mechanically demanding. Lets face it this is the reason sc1 pros left in droves to sc2, not because they believe sc2 is more fun. sc2 is just mechanically easier for foreigners, and aging Korean bw players. Noone argues this (except mad SC2 fanbois). But this isn't the point of this thread. This thread is about making BW interesting on a casual level. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 06 2011 06:56 blubbdavid wrote: Noone argues this (except mad SC2 fanbois). But this isn't the point of this thread. This thread is about making BW interesting on a casual level. No, they left because initially it was something new to try and then stayed because so much more money was available. Kinda hard to justify practicing BW 6-8 hours or more per day only to still be worse than B-team level with only the occasional chance to make some money by having a good run in tournaments like TSL. I'm pretty confident that if BW had the same amount of money in it as SC2 you would see many foreigners come back and play BW. | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
On December 06 2011 08:37 L_Master wrote: No, they left because initially it was something new to try and then stayed because so much more money was available. Kinda hard to justify practicing BW 6-8 hours or more per day only to still be worse than B-team level with only the occasional chance to make some money by having a good run in tournaments like TSL. I'm pretty confident that if BW had the same amount of money in it as SC2 you would see many foreigners come back and play BW. I highly doubt there are any foreigners who practice 6-8 hours a day. With the exception of Idra, Ret, and Nony will in Korea. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10700 Posts
On December 06 2011 06:38 zimz wrote: BW is not popular in west because we keep getting owned so bad vs Koreans(stomped to death). it discourages people and they want to play sc2 instead because its less mechanically demanding. Lets face it this is the reason sc1 pros left in droves to sc2, not because they believe sc2 is more fun. sc2 is just mechanically easier for foreigners, and aging Korean bw players. That is probably the smallest reason, the biggest reason is money, money, money. The root of all evil. | ||
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greenelve
Germany1392 Posts
On December 06 2011 08:41 tryummm wrote: I highly doubt there are any foreigners who practice 6-8 hours a day. With the exception of Idra, Ret, and Nony will in Korea. Foreigners moved to SC2 because there was a foreignerscene mit tournaments and prizemoney...korean B-Teamer were thinking about a better chance of being one of the top class player like mentioned before. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 06 2011 08:41 tryummm wrote: I highly doubt there are any foreigners who practice 6-8 hours a day. With the exception of Idra, Ret, and Nony will in Korea. Exactly my point. In SC2 though it might be a little more reasonable to do such a thing since you can actually support yourself if your a good player. | ||
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leo23
United States3075 Posts
On December 06 2011 08:37 L_Master wrote: No, they left because initially it was something new to try and then stayed because so much more money was available. Kinda hard to justify practicing BW 6-8 hours or more per day only to still be worse than B-team level with only the occasional chance to make some money by having a good run in tournaments like TSL. I'm pretty confident that if BW had the same amount of money in it as SC2 you would see many foreigners come back and play BW. but i'm pretty sure they would get stomped by koreans. non of the matches would even be close | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
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gen.Sun
United States539 Posts
On December 06 2011 10:47 fabiano wrote: If there was IEM/MLG for BW, I believe many top foreigns would continue to play BW consistently. There isn't an IEM/MLG because there isn't sufficient spectator interest. We need to fix that first before anything else IMO. | ||
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Boundz(DarKo)
5311 Posts
Edit: Oh and a OLD BW VOD Night #2 would be nice  | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 06 2011 09:48 leo23 wrote: but i'm pretty sure they would get stomped by koreans. non of the matches would even be close No doubt. That said it is still possible to be pretty successful even if you can't win tournaments because even lower place finishes make a decent bit of money, and with the rise of more serious team commitments + streaming revenue its quite possible to make some decent money even if you can't actually win tournaments. | ||
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whatusername
Canada1181 Posts
On December 06 2011 11:33 Boundz(DarKo) wrote: Edit: Oh and a OLD BW VOD Night #2 would be nice can this please be done? man Old VOD Night was one of the best things i've ever watched. btw do u still have the vod for that? i cant find it anywhere | ||
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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
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GeckoVOD
Germany814 Posts
On December 06 2011 17:44 puppykiller wrote: So i've been writing BW songs since we need more. I really wanna make videos to go along with them and then put them on TL. anyone have any experience doing this? Part I Part II Part III Part IV ... not to thourough but should do the job. | ||
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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
On December 06 2011 18:27 Gecko[Xp] wrote: Part I Part II Part III Part IV ... not to thourough but should do the job. zomg its huge! | ||
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Boundz(DarKo)
5311 Posts
On December 06 2011 13:22 whatusername wrote: can this please be done? man Old VOD Night was one of the best things i've ever watched. btw do u still have the vod for that? i cant find it anywhere Yes I have the vod on my computer, I can upload it to youtube if it's ok with TL admins. Edit: I am uploading it as we speak, realizing it will probably be fine with Plexa and thedeadhaji. If not: I'll remove it! | ||
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Starburst
United States108 Posts
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Falling
Canada11439 Posts
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