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thebike
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States157 Posts
July 17 2012 07:44 GMT
#101
I agree that a full switch is preferable. Postponing this just means that the BW players will take longer to catch up with the current SC2 pros in skill. I would have preferred another season of BW-only PL, but if we're going to switch to SC2, we might as well make the transition as quick and painless as possible.
the bike AKA the REGULAR TRAIN
plaszczka
Profile Joined August 2007
Poland376 Posts
July 17 2012 09:11 GMT
#102
KeSPA is still very unprofessional association
But - this decision is very welcome
I apologize for all my english mistakes. I used to write really good senteces in this lenguage, but nowadays, i smoke too much weed and drink too much vodka. So you must forgive me :)
maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5755 Posts
July 17 2012 09:30 GMT
#103
On July 17 2012 07:48 Ribbon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2012 07:12 jalstar wrote:
On July 17 2012 07:11 maybenexttime wrote:
On July 17 2012 06:56 mdb wrote:
I dont agree that this is a bad choice. I think that the main problem for Kespa is that if they switch to SC2 noone is going to watch the proleague live and on tv. This will put the whole industry at risk. At least bw games will give the some viewership.


Then they should just switch to LoL... That's what you get when blizzard kills BW without making SC2 a worthy successor.

I wonder when sponsors will abandon SC2 due to the lack of interest among the audience in Korea.

Based on the fact that blizzard designers seem completely clueless as to what they want HotS to be, I don't even expect SC2 to last till LotV.


There's a pretty big Korean SC2 audience. (smaller than BW though) They're just all watching GOMTV.


Which they will likely continue to do after the switch happens. GOMTV right now has the best players, the best maps, and is much better at working with the community than KeSPA's ever been. KeSPA simply can't just mosey in to the SC2 scene on Flash's star power. They need to actually have the best players, not just players with a lot of potential who are expected to do well eventually. MVP is saying he beats Soulkey while off-racing as Zerg.

There is absolutely no reason for anyone to watch Proleague right now, unless they're a huge fan of a team or player specifically. And all those people are watching the hybrid format now. Seeing what a failure the hybrid format is (SPL is getting way worse crowds even than GSTL)....


I don't seen how that's such a big deal (talking about MVP beating SoulKey). One of the best SC2 players beats someone when off-racing. Flash was able to beat progamers (even as high as top30 KeSPA rank I think?) with his Protoss. Dunno about other progamers.
Jojo131
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil1631 Posts
July 17 2012 09:35 GMT
#104
tbh until the Kespa guys are better at SC2, keeping BW in the format makes for a better finals (both in viewer count and actual games)
flashimba
Profile Joined May 2011
225 Posts
July 17 2012 09:50 GMT
#105
finals should be BW only as a send off for BW
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
July 17 2012 10:12 GMT
#106
Hmm, interesting... wasn't expecting this from the news I'd heard up until now. While a few more bw games is nice I think ending the current Korean pro-gaming phase with the OSL finals would be better.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
July 17 2012 11:33 GMT
#107
I just hope they do something HUGE for the last BW tournament. Like a MONSTUOUS tournament with all of the good players that made it a true E-sport.

Even if they not play as good as they used to i really would like to see BW going out with a tournament with all the bonjwa (yes i said ALL ! fuck you i love Savior). Even just see Boxer playing one more time and bunker rush yellow 22times in a row. See JulyZerg win in a 1minute game without knowing that he had been proxy gateway but his opponents trapped his zealots between the gateway...

I wanna see nuke rushes, dropships micro, barracks landing behind the mineral line making the marines impossible to kill. Vultures run bys and mutas micro.

If Brood War has to go, it has to go with style, and a lot of the greatest figures of all time.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
July 17 2012 13:21 GMT
#108
This is so ridiculously bad for players...
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1706 Posts
July 17 2012 13:43 GMT
#109
On July 17 2012 20:33 FFW_Rude wrote:
I just hope they do something HUGE for the last BW tournament. Like a MONSTUOUS tournament with all of the good players that made it a true E-sport.

Even if they not play as good as they used to i really would like to see BW going out with a tournament with all the bonjwa (yes i said ALL ! fuck you i love Savior). Even just see Boxer playing one more time and bunker rush yellow 22times in a row. See JulyZerg win in a 1minute game without knowing that he had been proxy gateway but his opponents trapped his zealots between the gateway...

I wanna see nuke rushes, dropships micro, barracks landing behind the mineral line making the marines impossible to kill. Vultures run bys and mutas micro.

If Brood War has to go, it has to go with style, and a lot of the greatest figures of all time.

It's not going. One bit of it is. Stop saying this. Thanks.
EleGant[AoV]
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
July 17 2012 14:39 GMT
#110
They could make the games have more quality if they stopped this whole switching between games requirement.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Gihi
Profile Joined September 2011
384 Posts
July 17 2012 14:48 GMT
#111
The fruit of selfish fans putting this strain on the players for another couple of months... Move on, doing good to nobody
Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
July 17 2012 15:01 GMT
#112
I can't believe that they are sticking with that format. Is KeSPA that dumb ? Either stick with BW or switch to SC2 completely. Make a fckin decision !!!
reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2216 Posts
July 17 2012 17:03 GMT
#113
Full switch back to BW would be preferable, but some professional BW is better than none.
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
July 17 2012 20:46 GMT
#114
On July 17 2012 23:48 GIhi wrote:
The fruit of selfish fans putting this strain on the players for another couple of months... Move on, doing good to nobody


are you seriously blaming fans for this?
iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 22:08:53
July 17 2012 22:08 GMT
#115
Edit: I can't read.
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