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dellesh1ruH
Profile Joined August 2009
Denmark509 Posts
June 15 2012 16:25 GMT
#121
Cool news! Best of luck to them.
Pain is temporary, Glory is forever!
huehuehuehue
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Estonia455 Posts
June 15 2012 16:26 GMT
#122
On June 16 2012 01:14 SeeKeR wrote:
T-T bye Grape.... GL with LoL!

On a side note: holy crap.... it's going to be frustrating to see my beloved BW players switch over to LoL instead of SC2.....

You think that more will switch? Personally I don't think so, I think those that don't like SC2 are just gonna retire. And BW skills imo don't translate that well to LoL.
zazone
Profile Joined April 2011
Romania460 Posts
June 15 2012 16:27 GMT
#123
Now I'm positive SC2 will never be big in Korea.
Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?-Adolf Hitler
cozzE
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia357 Posts
June 15 2012 16:29 GMT
#124
of course they quit BW for LoL.. haha they must be lapping the casualness
ToFu.
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
331 Posts
June 15 2012 16:42 GMT
#125
On June 16 2012 01:29 cozzE wrote:
of course they quit BW for LoL.. haha they must be lapping the casualness


how is lol in any way more casual than sc2?

i personally dislike sc2, but i never bash a game i feel is made for more casual gamers on that basis. there will always be a higher tier of play in any competitive game even if the main player base is casual.
Constipation Zerg Fighting!
Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
June 15 2012 16:42 GMT
#126
inb4 the team gets bought by KHAN and becomes their LoL team.

Heard it here first.
A fed jungler is no longer a jungler, but a terrorist.
palexhur
Profile Joined May 2010
Colombia730 Posts
June 15 2012 16:54 GMT
#127
Nothing strange they are moving to the game that will be the succesor in "Pro" scenary of BW, it has the popularity and the money is coming, not the other way like SC2, I dont see Lol at all and I have watched hundreds of Sc2 games (not all them complete because I dont get very hook by SC2), but it is the right move for Koreans BW pros in a business way.
Seiferz
Profile Joined May 2011
United States640 Posts
June 15 2012 17:09 GMT
#128
On June 16 2012 01:27 zazone wrote:
Now I'm positive SC2 will never be big in Korea.


A free game more popular than a game you have to pay for? Shocking. Though I do agree to an extent. Games that require a hefty payment are not popular. Either way I think it's a little ridiculous to have such a "large" competitive scene when Dota 2 exists and LoL gets new heroes all the time.
brolaf
Profile Joined May 2012
291 Posts
June 15 2012 17:24 GMT
#129
On June 16 2012 00:57 sharky246 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2012 00:17 brolaf wrote:
On June 16 2012 00:08 Morfildur wrote:
On June 15 2012 23:58 Darksoldierr wrote:
On June 15 2012 23:56 NonFactor wrote:
On June 15 2012 23:36 archonOOid wrote:
Why aren't Koreans picking up dota2 as money can be made there too? Is it because of the tough competition?


Why aren't Koreans picking up hockey? As money can be made there too?

The reason is simple, LoL has gained a dominant position in Korea currently and in the DOMESTIC market, there will be more money to be made then through LoL. It's simply the more popular game.

If the current trend continues LoL will be the biggest e-sport in korea. It has beat out Dota 2. And yes, I'm aware Dota 2 is still ''in beta'', but they've been trying to promote e-sports for a long time now, so the chances of anything changing when Dota finally ''releases'' are slim.


If this goes on, LoL will be THE esport on the whole planet, that games popularity is trough the roof


Yup, Riot has quite the efficient marketing department, it's really astounding how quickly that game got popular once they actively started promoting it. Blizzard (and in case of Dota 2 Valve) really need to step up their game to have a chance at keeping up.

Its not really that, its making the game accessible that counts. You gotta remember that Korea is still a somewhat price and requirement sensitive market, with lower budgets and hardware than most western countries do. So LoL with its free play and low requirements has everything it needs for explosive popularity. Dota on the other hand, will have significantly higher requirements as far as i know.


you gotta be kidding me. Dota is and always has been free and has much lower computer spec requirement (although lol spec requirement is pretty much the same as sc2). Guess what happened during the time lol didn't exist. Koreans played a dota clone called Chaos, dota never saw popularity in korea.

It's simply because koreans find lol fun, that it's popular in korea. The general population in korea doesn't give a flying fuck about marketing or doing things for esports, they are not that stupid. So please quit it with the "oh its free, that's why its popular" shenanigans.

chaos is also free and low reqs. so it became popular. my theory works i think
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1982 Posts
June 15 2012 17:26 GMT
#130
On June 16 2012 02:09 Seiferz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2012 01:27 zazone wrote:
Now I'm positive SC2 will never be big in Korea.


A free game more popular than a game you have to pay for? Shocking. Though I do agree to an extent. Games that require a hefty payment are not popular. Either way I think it's a little ridiculous to have such a "large" competitive scene when Dota 2 exists and LoL gets new heroes all the time.


Age of Empires Online is free to but failing. And there are many other examples for free2play games that just fail.
Btw is Sc2 still free for WoW players in korea? http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/30/starcraft-2-free-for-wow-players-in-korea-loses-18-rating/
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brolaf
Profile Joined May 2012
291 Posts
June 15 2012 17:32 GMT
#131
On June 16 2012 00:17 maLaK1 wrote:
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On June 15 2012 18:06 M2 wrote:
His decision man and it's possible that Brave also was part of this and influence grape to come over to LoL because sc2 isn't the same as broodwar .Grape and brave probably thinks that sc2 is not as fun as bw ? It's possible ...


I think a lot of the BW pros think this, but are scared to say it because they make their living playing BW, and BW is gone now

Speaking of fun, when the teams hang together and practice, you could speculate that practicing a team game with your teammembers is more fun than 1v1 laddering altogether, like even more fun than sc1. Becauseof how much the pros play the game, the shine of the game itself wears off and the comradeship is more important in keeping interest, and LoL ties it into the game far more than sc1 or sc2
oHInsane
Profile Joined February 2005
France727 Posts
June 15 2012 17:33 GMT
#132
On June 16 2012 00:40 Xiphos wrote:
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On June 16 2012 00:27 0neder wrote:
On June 15 2012 17:12 D4V3Z02 wrote:

Hmmm any reason why quite a few ex-SC players are moving to LoL?



It's EZ and they want fame/money in korea.

They also might enjoy it more than SC2. And if Blizz really cared about esports, it would have been free in PC bangs, at least.


If they really cared about Esports, they would have added LAN already and made B.net more sociable. Or if they truly cared about Esport, they wouldn't have sued Broadcasting station for making their game so popular. Or if they truly care about Esport, they would have...etc., etc., etc,


As an ex bw fanboy from 2000, I wholehearthly agree with this.
Seriously, Blizz messed up harcore on sc2, bnet 2.0 is a total joke compared to its father, maphack all over the place.
Another argument is that sc2 is mostly a solo game with a difficult learning curve. LoL is a 6 buttons co-op game that leads to infinite possibility. Sorry by the way to bash sc2 a little.
GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-15 17:37:42
June 15 2012 17:34 GMT
#133
On June 15 2012 17:09 LeapofFaith wrote:
Hmmm any reason why quite a few ex-SC players are moving to LoL?


It's more popular than SC2, probably more profitable, less stressful, probably requires less practice, and it's a lot easier.
TenJin`Lucian
Profile Joined August 2011
Costa Rica158 Posts
June 15 2012 17:34 GMT
#134
mmm nice, best of luck to you guys, hope to see you soon on the OGN championships.
Johnnyboy13
Profile Joined April 2005
United States26 Posts
June 15 2012 17:57 GMT
#135
LoL is a no-skill donkey game. I'm So glad the TL community has decided not to support it fully, seriously they ban people from the game permantantly just for minor trash talk. That game is for 12 year olds nuff said.

User was warned for this post
Sweetness
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
June 15 2012 18:00 GMT
#136
On June 16 2012 01:42 ToFu. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2012 01:29 cozzE wrote:
of course they quit BW for LoL.. haha they must be lapping the casualness


how is lol in any way more casual than sc2?

i personally dislike sc2, but i never bash a game i feel is made for more casual gamers on that basis. there will always be a higher tier of play in any competitive game even if the main player base is casual.


I think he is referring to the pro scene, not the game.
RodrigoX
Profile Joined November 2009
United States645 Posts
June 15 2012 18:16 GMT
#137
They were tired of trying when being a progamer. Go play LoL, play with one hand
We were all raised on televion that made us believe we'd all be Millionairs, Movie gods, and Rockstars..... But we won't.... We are slowly learning that fact. And we are very, very pissed off.
Release
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States4397 Posts
June 15 2012 18:41 GMT
#138
(T)Midas would be disappointed
☺
TemujinGK
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States483 Posts
June 15 2012 18:44 GMT
#139
I really wish that there wasn't this jump to LoL. I think their model is unsustainable and is only being kept afloat by huge cash flows from riot and a few sponsors who can't possibly be seeing enough return to keep this long term.
"Pikachu and Protoss are both yellow, Coincidence?" ~apexMorroW
Neurosis
Profile Joined October 2010
United States893 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-15 18:55:01
June 15 2012 18:54 GMT
#140
EZ money for them. Can't blame em.
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