EPTSonic Interview: "OSL revived, dream realized" - Page 4
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sabas123
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lolmlg
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On December 21 2014 02:59 Hydro033 wrote: Much like people clinging to SSBM in the fighting community, I think this hurts the growth of the franchise in all honesty. People finally started letting go of CS 1.6 and embraced CSGO and it's taking off like a rocket. All good things must come to an end. Is CSGO generally considered an inferior spectator experience compared to CS 1.6? I'm not trying to start an argument but I'm not well-versed in professional Counter-Strike grief and I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that BW was more fun to watch than SC2. There are several reasons for this but it's beside the point. Also, obligatory comment about slamball never replacing basketball and the artificial nature of the way Blizzard forced the end of professional BW. | ||
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therabit
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On December 21 2014 04:18 lolmlg wrote: Is CSGO generally considered an inferior spectator experience compared to CS 1.6? I'm not trying to start an argument but I'm not well-versed in professional Counter-Strike grief and I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that BW was more fun to watch than SC2. There are several reasons for this but it's beside the point. Also, obligatory comment about slamball never replacing basketball and the artificial nature of the way Blizzard forced the end of professional BW. I think the general consensus on GO now is that it's the best CS yet. It had a rocky start but Valve really listen to its audience | ||
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Boundz(DarKo)
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Miragee
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On December 21 2014 04:18 lolmlg wrote: Is CSGO generally considered an inferior spectator experience compared to CS 1.6? I'm not trying to start an argument but I'm not well-versed in professional Counter-Strike grief and I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that BW was more fun to watch than SC2. There are several reasons for this but it's beside the point. Also, obligatory comment about slamball never replacing basketball and the artificial nature of the way Blizzard forced the end of professional BW. I personally think strategic wise GO is a better specating experience because of how the new grenades work. Wallbanging is so-so. I actually like both approaches. While 1.6's wall banging was ridiculous at times it also made up with nice skill display. For frags and clean view I think 1.6 is far superior for spectating. So in the end, both have their strengths and weaknesses and both are fine games and far superior to Source. | ||
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Carefree
United States1571 Posts
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Ribbon
United States5278 Posts
I'm glad that BW has basically revived now, and has upward momentum behind it. It's certainly not going anywhere anytime soon, and may even reclaim its glory days, at the rate it's going. Good for BW, the game that wouldn't die, even when it was killed. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10682 Posts
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chaosTheory_14cc
Canada1270 Posts
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On December 21 2014 02:59 Hydro033 wrote: Much like people clinging to SSBM in the fighting community, I think this hurts the growth of the franchise in all honesty. People finally started letting go of CS 1.6 and embraced CSGO and it's taking off like a rocket. All good things must come to an end. On December 03 2013 08:19 Hydro033 wrote: You can just be realistic and realize that a game made in '98 wouldn't last forever... i love how these are the two posts you've made in the bw section :^) | ||
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esdf
Croatia736 Posts
On December 21 2014 02:59 Hydro033 wrote: Much like people clinging to SSBM in the fighting community, I think this hurts the growth of the franchise in all honesty. People finally started letting go of CS 1.6 and embraced CSGO and it's taking off like a rocket. All good things must come to an end. It's not that BW died on it's own, via a natural process of being replaced by the better game. In fact, Blizzard is solely responsible for the death of BW proscene, killing it so they can push the then-subpar wings of liberty. Speaking of that, nowadays I enjoy sc2hots more than I do brood war. Not to offend anyone, but aside from 3-4 players, BW scene is really amateur when it comes to skill display. | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
<3 On December 21 2014 02:59 Hydro033 wrote: Much like people clinging to SSBM in the fighting community, I think this hurts the growth of the franchise in all honesty. People finally started letting go of CS 1.6 and embraced CSGO and it's taking off like a rocket. All good things must come to an end. Just because a new game comes out doesn't mean it should replace the previous one... some people just like the older games better  (and lol "franchise"... who's to say that the growth of new titles in the franchise requires a competitive scene for those new titles?) | ||
Falling
Canada11375 Posts
So crazy to see how far this has come. So hyped to see where it's going. The one esport to rule them all. bw4lyf | ||
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batsnacks
United States4466 Posts
I wish I had some SBENU shoes. | ||
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Kyyuna
United States1222 Posts
Sonic is our hero, hands down. | ||
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maybenexttime
Poland5675 Posts
On December 21 2014 05:13 Ribbon wrote: Good for them. I'm glad that BW has basically revived now, and has upward momentum behind it. It's certainly not going anywhere anytime soon, and may even reclaim its glory days, at the rate it's going. Good for BW, the game that wouldn't die, even when it was killed. What is dead may never die! | ||
Elyvilon
United States13143 Posts
On December 21 2014 04:18 lolmlg wrote: Is CSGO generally considered an inferior spectator experience compared to CS 1.6? I'm not trying to start an argument but I'm not well-versed in professional Counter-Strike grief and I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that BW was more fun to watch than SC2. There are several reasons for this but it's beside the point. Also, obligatory comment about slamball never replacing basketball and the artificial nature of the way Blizzard forced the end of professional BW. There are people who think SC2 is a better spectator experience than BW. The real point here is that I don't think we're not interested in progressing ESPORTS as a whole; rather, we're interested in watching BW. Maybe that makes us a bunch of curmudgeons who are stucking clinging to the past, I don't know and I don't care. What I do know is that this is awesome. | ||
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rotta
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On December 21 2014 05:49 ]343[ wrote: SuperSonic <3 Just because a new game comes out doesn't mean it should replace the previous one... some people just like the older games better Yes, I choose to play 1.6, because it still has that sparkly feeling, despite being pretty broken. I stopped playing competitevely and following the proscene during Source, but the community has done so much to keep the original alive. The amount of active servers (even in my country and its neighbours!) and mods these days is truly heartwarming. Too bad I didn't discover TL before 2010, but as a lover of all things Starcraft it was amazing to follow both simultaneously. I only hope BW & SC2 would co-exist and prosper in harmony. | ||
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muho-94
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HerbMon
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