I hope, one day, the entire corporate gaming industry as it exists today will lie in shambles. Broken, bankrupt, and bitter, destroyed by a revolution of Kickstarters, independent funding, and online distribution systems that decentralized the way games are made and sold and put the power back in the hands of the people this gaming shit belongs to: people who love games not money.

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

August 06 2012 02:55 GMT

#125

Good Game, my love.

Re?

Dispersion

Korea (South)504 Posts

August 06 2012 03:02 GMT

#126

gg...as someone who was extremely excited for SC2...I regret my decision.

Brood War is the superior game.

</3 RIP.

SausageLinks

United States93 Posts

August 06 2012 03:07 GMT

#127

goodbye, Brood War. it's been a fantastic 14 years.

chaosTheory_14cc

Canada1270 Posts

August 06 2012 03:16 GMT

#128

Goodnight, Brood War.

The greatest competitive game in history.

khy

United States475 Posts

August 12 2012 03:46 GMT

#129

Good night, Brood War. You are loved. You are missed.

tehredbanditt

103 Posts

August 12 2012 07:47 GMT

#130

It's sad to see that there are only 7 pages discussing the end to this great game. When I think back I remember all of the good times I had playing, and the players I shared that time with. I began following the pro scene since 2002, through teamliquid, and the best of times was the era of Savior. Being a zerg player (and fan) was difficult before him, hoping that Chojja or Yellow could sneak a win from the great Terrans and Protoss of the time. Having Boxer bunker rush yellow three games in a row comes to mind as one of my more bitter e sports memories(I'm still a Boxer and Terran race anti fan because of the early brood war days). It seemed that zerg was always the underdog.

Remember when iloveoov had the sickest TvZ in the world and it seemed like no zerg would ever beat him? Then how about when July zerg beat him using extremely aggressive tactics? None of it compared to the dominance of Savior though. The way he man handled all of the competition of the time, something a zerg had never done before. My years of rooting for zerg was finally paying off.

I could keep going on about this great game; more importantly about those who played it, but there is so much content that it's overwhelming. Sadly, in 5,10, or 20 years from now no one will REALLY know (except for us diehards) what BW was.

My favorite BW memories were watching Savior beat Nada in the finals and teaching friend how to play competitive 1v1. He has passed but I often think about him.

Slow Motion

United States6960 Posts

August 12 2012 07:58 GMT

#131

At least we'll always have the VODs. Maybe.

stambe

Bulgaria492 Posts

August 12 2012 08:08 GMT

#132

It's not the end, its a new beginning. And as long as i love the game and find it interesting and have the people who share that with me, BW will never die for me. Let's not forget why we started playing this game - it wasnt because there were progamming, that was just a bonus. People like Boxer, Yellow, Reach, Chojja, Nada, Xellos, Grrr, Garimto, Savior, Iloveoov, Jaedong, Flash, Stork, Bisu, etc. made the game spicy and made us relate to somebody, but the truth for is that this game is embedded in my mind and allows me to challenge myself every time i play it.
I hope more people think this way instead of the grim "BW is gone for me now".

elKaDor

Sweden376 Posts

August 12 2012 08:12 GMT

#133

now we can just hope that Blizzard will do an "Remake" of Broodwar, cuz sc2 aint even worth playing

GinNtoniC

Sweden2945 Posts

August 12 2012 08:19 GMT

#134

I'm happy it stuck around for as long as it did, but it's time to give it a rest.
Farewell!

Esp1noza

Russian Federation481 Posts

August 12 2012 08:33 GMT

#135

Good night BroodWar, greatest game ever.
I hope a morning comes one day.

TheEmulator

28090 Posts

August 12 2012 08:51 GMT

#136

Bw was in my life since I was 9 or 10. I am now 21 and it is crazy to think that this game I have dedicated thousands of hours into is coming to an end. Gone are the days of hanging out in clan x17. Gone are the days of grinding ladder on wgtour,pgtour and iccup. And alas, gone are the days of watching the most talented esports talents play the hardest game on earth.

Farewell

theslayer922

Canada304 Posts

August 12 2012 09:10 GMT

#137

Brood War, you've given me a lot of good memories. Good Night Sweet Prince.

TaShadan

Germany1977 Posts

August 12 2012 09:18 GMT

#138

On August 12 2012 17:12 elKaDor wrote:
now we can just hope that Blizzard will do an "Remake" of Broodwar, cuz sc2 aint even worth playing

I doubt that will ever happen and i doubt that a remake from Blizzard would be as good as the original.

Garmer

1286 Posts

August 12 2012 09:26 GMT

#139

they just need to make better texture, without touching anything else

MVega

763 Posts

August 12 2012 09:27 GMT

#140

Farewell Broodwar. I admit that for the last couple years, even before SC2, I had stopped paying attention to you. Partially I lost interest, partially I was just too busy with other things. I'll miss the good times, I'll not forget the first time I discovered a replay of BoxeR.

On August 12 2012 17:12 elKaDor wrote:
now we can just hope that Blizzard will do an "Remake" of Broodwar, cuz sc2 aint even worth playing

To be fair, the pro broodwar players for the most part seem to disagree with that assessment. I'm pretty excited about watching them in a new game and seeing what kind of interesting stuff they can come up with.