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Taku
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada2036 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-23 04:58:36
July 23 2012 04:58 GMT
#201
Yet another fallout caused by the SC2 transition, so sad... I guess this is a sign that the glory of BW will never be repeated...
When SC2 came for BW, I cried. Now LoL/Dota2 comes for SC2, and I laugh. \o/
SenorChang
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia4730 Posts
July 23 2012 05:00 GMT
#202
On July 23 2012 13:44 Sawamura wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2012 13:38 coverpunch wrote:
Hm, do they find other computer jobs for the players or do the nerds just go back to peeling potatoes?

Maybe this is their way of trying to get the BW players to recruit DRG, MKP, or MVP to do their service faster.


What ? For your information this players all have a home to return because they are all ex khan,cj,woongjin,stx and the list goes on . They don't need to peel potatoes please re-evaluate your ignorant statement because it just shows that you know nothing about the bw scene and it's player especially in the Air force ace area.

think you misinterpreted and overreacted
ლ(╹◡╹ლ)
GeLaar
Profile Joined January 2003
2421 Posts
July 23 2012 05:01 GMT
#203
So what exactly did you guys think was going to happen when Kespa abandoned Brood War?

I remember that during the match-fixing scandal there was a talk show where the commentators talked about what the scandal would mean for the future of e-sports. At one point Kim Carrier said something like "To me, the moment when I felt that e-sports had finally gotten some true recognition, was when the Army decided to create the Airforce team."

This should tell you what sort of recognition you can expect SC2 to get in Korea. Kespa and OGN gave away a game that held a unique position, for one that will just be one among many.
Brood War is alive and well.
FlukyS
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Ireland485 Posts
July 23 2012 05:03 GMT
#204
I love what they do after each win with salute but they kinda suck and never win anyway. I would have loved if some of the current generation of SC2 pros could play under the Ace banner but it wasn't an entire surprise.
b3n3tt3
Profile Joined January 2012
595 Posts
July 23 2012 05:08 GMT
#205
maybe they're switching to LoL
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
July 23 2012 05:09 GMT
#206
On July 23 2012 14:01 GeLaar wrote:This should tell you what sort of recognition you can expect SC2 to get in Korea. Kespa and OGN gave away a game that held a unique position, for one that will just be one among many.


It wasn't like KeSPA thought SC2 was awesome. They stuck with BW as long as they possibly could have.
Atticus.axl
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
July 23 2012 05:21 GMT
#207
This day came far, far too soon.
DoctorHelvetica <3
Switters
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada120 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-23 05:24:54
July 23 2012 05:23 GMT
#208
*mistype
Bippzy
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1466 Posts
July 23 2012 05:24 GMT
#209
On July 23 2012 14:09 Ribbon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2012 14:01 GeLaar wrote:This should tell you what sort of recognition you can expect SC2 to get in Korea. Kespa and OGN gave away a game that held a unique position, for one that will just be one among many.


It wasn't like KeSPA thought SC2 was awesome. They stuck with BW as long as they possibly could have.

Sad to see airforce ace go..more sad to really even hear about people talking about how sc2 wont get the same recognition in korea, implying sc2 is bad while bw was unique and one of a kind. Mourn the team, and what it represented. But certainly let's not get up in the politics of the matter.
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Marou
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1371 Posts
July 23 2012 05:26 GMT
#210
Surprising news, i expected them to transition to SC2 along with the other PL pro-teams. That's really sad news, whenever i was talking about esports to somebody that doesn't know it, i would always reference Air Force Ace to explain how popular SC is (was ? T.T) in Korea.

twitter@RickyMarou
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
July 23 2012 05:29 GMT
#211
WriterXiao8~~
DMXD
Profile Joined February 2008
United States4064 Posts
July 23 2012 05:30 GMT
#212
Air Force Ace was built for boxer and now this....=(
lbmaian
Profile Joined December 2010
United States689 Posts
July 23 2012 05:32 GMT
#213
Even if SC2 had been unquestionably better than BW, I don't think it would have mattered. In the face of casual games, MMOs, DotA clones, and in general flashy graphics, I'm sure BW would have plateaued and eventually declined anyway. (Maybe a decade or so from now, when graphics can't get much better and genres have all stabilized, we'll see another long-living esports game.)

So it makes sense why a sponsor would want to pull out. ACE is not a charity - it is first and foremost marketing. The question to me is why this marketing is so important to the South Korean military. Military service is already mandatory, isn't it? So couldn't the real reason be that they couldn't justify sponsoring an esports team and were just looking for an excuse to cut it off?
OminouS
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden1343 Posts
July 23 2012 05:33 GMT
#214
I feel like the world as we know it is coming to an end. I salute you, ace.
On the 6th day JF made Reavers and on the 7th day JF put his opponent to rest
Joker58
Profile Joined October 2011
France44 Posts
July 23 2012 05:36 GMT
#215
OMFG this is so sad !
Jaehoon I will never forget your fails ♥
Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
July 23 2012 05:37 GMT
#216
crazy stuff, but very understandable in the light of the current (new) environment...times are a changing
🥇 Prediction Contest - Mess with the best, die like the rest.
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
July 23 2012 05:46 GMT
#217
Air Force Ace, Boxer's old BW baby.
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
July 23 2012 05:48 GMT
#218
On July 23 2012 14:09 Ribbon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2012 14:01 GeLaar wrote:This should tell you what sort of recognition you can expect SC2 to get in Korea. Kespa and OGN gave away a game that held a unique position, for one that will just be one among many.


It wasn't like KeSPA thought SC2 was awesome. They stuck with BW as long as they possibly could have.


The real question is, just how much of this all goes back to the matchfixing. If that played as significant of a role for BW in things like the sponshopship struggles, MBC, image, etc. that I have heard implied then it may very well have been the event that killed professional BW.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14081 Posts
July 23 2012 05:51 GMT
#219
Sigh. I'm glad to have lived to see that milestone live.

<3 Boxer & ACE
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
SiCkO_
Profile Joined September 2010
United States481 Posts
July 23 2012 05:57 GMT
#220
but...but...who's gonna salute everytime they win now?

Thank you ACE, you guys have been awesome to cheer for! (except for when you go against SKT)
SKT Toss line Fighting! | Bisu, BeSt, By.Sun! |
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