BW General Discussion - Page 107

On March 12 2015 00:54 Deathstar wrote:


I thought 2.0

On March 24 2015 00:13 GeckoXp wrote:


I don't really seen what they (Koreans) have given us. The entire KeSPA era was basically Koreans for Koreans and no real project to involve foreigners to speak of. Meanwhile, dozens and hundreds of posts from all over the globe focussed on Korea. After the Beta even worse, 95%+ of all coverage was about Korea, not about how to play the game, or anything aside watching the game. The only guy to do "something" as Korean for non-Koreans seemed to be Sonic, but only partially though. Don't get me wrong, I like Sonic like every other person around here, but "they gave us so much" - really don't know. That we could see their games was mainly thanks to few motivated posters around here, not so much the efforts of Korean organizers or players. Not sure if they really care all that much about us, or that it'd be so needed to throw few resources on them, instead of the people trying to keep the foreign readers reading, or more importantly, playing. For Koreans some few $ don't mean much, for a portal like Defiler it means quite a lot.

On March 24 2015 20:54 shizzz wrote:


They might not have been doing it specifically for us, but they've given us over a decades worth of a professional scene. If it wasn't for them, I really doubt we'd be still here talking about this great game. Not to mention there were some opportunities for foreign players (can't expect them to be too generous if the skill isn't there, it was a business after all), but that's moving away from what I originally meant. Without them, BW wouldn't have achieved what it did, and for that I'm grateful.

It was just an idea though, I don't really think the money is there. Seeing as how you were the first person to reply to me, I'm guessing not much interest either.

On March 24 2015 22:43 GeckoXp wrote:


Don't be discouraged, I am with you when you say you're grateful for the Koreans. I did follow their scene for a long time and did promote the content when I had time and motivation to do so. However, the point is that it seems they're capable to host their shows on their own, meanwhile foreigners struggle to raise money. The amount of work you need to put into gathering money, transfering it and send it to the Korean scene is in no proportion to what you'll get in return - not much more than you already see, maybe you'll get a thank you from Sonic, maybe not. It will just not make much of a difference, if you can't raise big numbers. Small numbers are possible, as shown by Yoda - and these can be put to work and would make a difference.

On March 24 2015 23:03 shizzz wrote:


Yeah, I do agree with you. I mention I had been thinking about it for awhile, when I first thought it might work, $150 would have been enough for a small 8 player thing.. not so much these days . I'm also interested in what could be done for the foreign scene, but honestly I know very little about it these days. Once upon a time I used to be a huge fan, but now 95% of the BW I watch is Korean (something I've been working to change in the past few months). I'm not sure how the money could be best spent within the scene when it comes to returns on investment (if that is what it's being spent as). Does it go to something established like defiler or something new? What would the target players be etc etc.

On March 31 2015 04:22 haitike wrote:
Hi, people.

I haven't played ladder broodwar since 2009/2010 in Iccup (I was C- back then, quite average). After too much dota, I would like to play again but, What server is popular now? Do you guys play on Iccup or Fish?

I discovered the mca64 launcher now, and it is really awesome!

On March 31 2015 04:24 amazingxkcd wrote:


Fish is better due to player number, but one can still find games on Iccup quickly if one can host