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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
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outscar
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emc
United States3088 Posts
Why would they make it more like SC2? they understand that any "improvements" to the game engine is only likely to piss people off and there are plenty of SC2 style BW mods people can already play. They understand the huge culture surrounding this game, their PR would be screwed if they mess this up, I don't think they will. | ||
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moopie
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lestye
United States4186 Posts
On August 06 2016 00:27 nbaker wrote: Is it really releasing next month? Seems so soon since this is the first we're hearing about it. Blizzard is sponsoring/supporting this ASL thats going on right now. The Grand Finals are on September 4. It's likely, if this isn't bullshit, it will be revealed then. | ||
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Bareleon
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Dingodile
4139 Posts
edit: I don't like the colors in sc2, they look so pale compared to wc3. | ||
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GoShox
United States1842 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50596 Posts
On August 06 2016 00:44 lestye wrote: Blizzard is sponsoring/supporting this ASL thats going on right now. The Grand Finals are on September 4. It's likely, if this isn't bullshit, it will be revealed then. this is the first I'm hearing about blizzard sponsoring ASL. | ||
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Probemicro
3708 Posts
RTS has always been niche and less mainstream | ||
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Heyjoray
240 Posts
On August 06 2016 00:53 GoShox wrote: I know the main feeling is to have no faith in Blizzard, and I completely understand that. SC2 is/was a disaster. That said, they nailed Overwatch and Hearthstone, so they're clearly capable of doing things the right way. I would hope they have the common sense to know that increasing the number of units per group would completely break the game, and I think they do. If they can manage to not break anything while also giving us a central server with LAN latency and auto matchmaking, that'd be incredible. Maybe I'm too optimistic for my own good, but I have faith that this will be a good thing. What is the problem with SC2 again? | ||
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lestye
United States4186 Posts
On August 06 2016 00:57 BLinD-RawR wrote: this is the first I'm hearing about blizzard sponsoring ASL. I might have misunderstood the situation, but with the crazy ammount of Overwatch ads plus they were pulling weight with casters, http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/510321-2016-afreeca-starleague-announced-june-sept?page=12#238 I thought this meant they were supporting ASL in some capacity. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3689 Posts
Let's just hope they don't fuck it up like the bw -> sc2 transition. If they are actually looking to allow Korea to switch from SC2 and what is left of BW to BW HD, they should make sure to properly work with Kespa this time. Just thinking about getting back BW PL is super awesome. I think with Heroes of the Storm also being a pretty big failure for Blizzard standards, Morhaim is starting to realize that the sc2 team sucks. I remember Blizz talking about considering making sc2 just an hd version of brood war and ultimately deciding against doing so, I'm pretty sure they are regretting that decision at this point. | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50596 Posts
the overwath stuff is to promote the kt giga bj match for overwatch | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19299 Posts
On August 06 2016 01:01 lestye wrote: I might have misunderstood the situation, but with the crazy ammount of Overwatch ads plus they were pulling weight with casters, http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/510321-2016-afreeca-starleague-announced-june-sept?page=12#238 I thought this meant they were supporting ASL in some capacity. I have no confirmation Blizzard has offered any money. In fact, the prizepool is so high AfreecaTV actually owes Blizzard money. It is possible this fee could be traded in advertisements. | ||
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Heyjoray
240 Posts
On August 06 2016 01:01 Lorch wrote: Pretty sure it's the other way around and Afreeca has to pay Blizzard to run a Brood War tournament. Let's just hope they don't fuck it up like the bw -> sc2 transition. If they are actually looking to allow Korea to switch from SC2 and what is left of BW to BW HD, they should make sure to properly work with Kespa this time. Just thinking about getting back BW PL is super awesome. I think with Heroes of the Storm also being a pretty big failure for Blizzard standards, Morhaim is starting to realize that the sc2 team sucks. I remember Blizz talking about considering making sc2 just an hd version of brood war and ultimately deciding against doing so, I'm pretty sure they are regretting that decision at this point. Explain why Heroes of the Storm is a failure. You guys cant just throw shit all over the place without explaining | ||
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KameZerg
Sweden1767 Posts
On August 06 2016 00:53 GoShox wrote: I know the main feeling is to have no faith in Blizzard, and I completely understand that. SC2 is/was a disaster. That said, they nailed Overwatch and Hearthstone, so they're clearly capable of doing things the right way. I would hope they have the common sense to know that increasing the number of units per group would completely break the game, and I think they do. If they can manage to not break anything while also giving us a central server with LAN latency and auto matchmaking, that'd be incredible. Maybe I'm too optimistic for my own good, but I have faith that this will be a good thing. I havnt played Overwatch but probably both HS and OverWatch are in line with blizzards "modern game philosophy" which isnt good. In contrast to their old games they now make games that are meaninglessly addictive by sort of tapping on a persons mental reward functions by adding Achievements, unlocking portraits, daily to-do sort of things then you have paying for in-game benefits and stupifying games to make it accessible to a wieder audience and the list goes on.. The philosophy behind what made BW is no longer there ;(. | ||
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lestye
United States4186 Posts
On August 06 2016 01:05 BisuDagger wrote: I have no confirmation Blizzard has offered any money. In fact, the prizepool is so high AfreecaTV actually owes Blizzard money. It is possible this fee could be traded in advertisements. Gotcha. I'd be very surprised if they actually tried to charge for licensing nowadays with how much competition there is. I know they were after television revenue years ago, but with how many game companies completely subsidize tournaments. I know Valve & Riot require licensing (http://store.steampowered.com/tourney/ ) but its like a glorified permission slip nowadays./ | ||
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Heyjoray
240 Posts
On August 06 2016 01:09 ICanFlyLow wrote: I havnt played Overwatch but probably both HS and OverWatch are in line with blizzards "modern game philosophy" which isnt good. In contrast to their old games they now make games that are meaninglessly addictive by sort of tapping on a persons mental reward functions by adding Achievements, unlocking portraits, daily to-do sort of things then you have paying for in-game benefits and stupifying games to make it accessible to a wieder audience and the list goes on.. The philosophy behind what made BW is no longer there ;(. Because 0ldsch00l so c00l  ((((( | ||
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palexhur
Colombia730 Posts
On August 06 2016 01:11 lestye wrote: Gotcha. I'd be very surprised if they actually tried to charge for licensing nowadays with how much competition there is. I know they were after television revenue years ago, but with how many game companies completely subsidize tournaments. I know Valve & Riot require licensing (http://store.steampowered.com/tourney/ ) but its like a glorified permission slip nowadays./ If you have to exchange ads for fees, then they are actually charging licensing fees, how it is being paid is irrelevant. | ||
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