State of BW in Korea, sponsoring, crowdfunding etc - Page 2

On June 23 2021 18:58 Cruiser0929 wrote:
Proscene promotes the game to people.
Korean teenagers no longer know about StarCraft.
When StarCraft is exposed to the media, it gets fans and players.
Also, young players try to become pros.
In the past, many young players wanted to become pros because Starcraft was fun. Now, young players want to earn a lot of money through games.
An overly pro-scene focus will lead to new "young" players.

Why Most People Who Watch Tournaments Don't Play
Their age should be taken into account.
Currently, the main audience watching the tournament is in their A few are in their 20s and many are in their 30s to 50s.
In Korean society, people in their late 30s to 50s live a very fierce life.
There is very little time to play.

On June 23 2021 19:29 masoka82 wrote:
And the feeling is that now they play more SC, in recent months the starcraft in Gametrics had 2% - 2.3%, while in recent weeks it has risen to 3%

http://www.gametrics.com/

On June 23 2021 19:24 ChosimZerg wrote:

I know that KartRider still has professional teams and leagues sponsored by big companies in Korea, and KartRider's PC ranking in Korea is far lower than that of BW. Is this also because of the Savior(IPXzerg) ？

On June 23 2021 22:46 lost dedicated wrote:

If you guys took the time to actually read the detailed data you'd see that's a normal fluctuation and overall popularity is actually trending downward. Not just with SC, but PC bangs in general. More people are playing from home these days as well. PC bangs don't have this cult following people make it out as. Take the leaderboard statistics with a grain of salt.

Ultimately, I'd say keep track of KR server's online user list at the server selection screen. That's the best way to see how things are. I think it's also worth mentioning that when Fish was facing closure the peak online player count on any given day was usually around ~30K, which it is still at. I'd say the game popularity has stagnated at best, and at worst slowly decreasing.

Even in KR new players say the game (and ladder) are intimidating. Again, this was also the case with Fish.

(edited for grammar, sorry)