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Hi everyone. As some of you may know, Dreamhack has decided to stop hosting their brood war tournament, which means that the foreign scene is now one big offline event shorter.
Emerald (who wrote what i'm about to post) has made a post about this where he explains the situation and he's reaching out to the SC/BW community for help. He asked me to post it here because he can't access his tl account or whatever.
"Last week we got the information that Starcraft has been removed from the Dreamhack tournaments. This event is the major event for every swedish Starcraft player and also several foreigners travel across Europe to take part of this huge and great experience.
As I do have contact with Martin Öjes at Dreamhack i have decided to organize a name-list asking them to please add Starcraft back to the Dreamhack tournaments. The text goes like this:
Starcraft is the best and most entertaining E-sports game after Counter-strike (some might argue about this and say Starcraft is THE most enjoyable game to watch.) With Starcraft 2 waiting around the corner the hype around Starcraft is now bigger than for years.
By putting our name to this list we disagree with your decision to remove Starcraft from this winter edition of Dreamhack. We demand a change - We demand Starcraft to be added back to the selected pool of games. We can compromise, lower the prize money if you so wish, only give prize money to 1st place. Do what you need to do, but PLEASE ADD STARCRAFT BACK!!!
The Starcraft community is so so strong when it comes to supporting the scene. Here in Sweden we already lost our hopes of ever getting a WCG qualifier as this years supposed one got canceled. We NEED Dreamhack!!! Please, if you ever thought about giving your vote for a good cause, this is the time to do it. Let's overwhelm Dreamhack with thousands of names.
NAME LIST IS HERE:
http://www.namninsamling.se/index.php?sida=2&nid=2556
Sign to the right:
Namn = Name
Stad/Ort = Town/Country
Then hit the orange button below.
I also ask everybody to spred the link to this forum thread to everybody you know... spam everybody in your msn list.
Help us to get Dreamhack back! "
EDIT: Not sure if this is supposed to be in the Brood War forum or in the Tournament section, I guess the mods can move it if they want to.
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Done, 19th Name (i think, my swedish isnt very good xD)
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Sweden33719 Posts
Done, feels silly to remove SC from dreamhack just before SC2 is about to be released.. Why not take advantage of the hype?
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Signed. I hope we get alot of help from TL, because it looks like we will need it.
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signed it, hope they decide to ad SC back.
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is starcraft going extinct or what...T.T?
and with sc2 just around the corner?
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I'm the 57th Underskrifter!
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I'm sort of pessimistic about this working , althougH I feel like it is a stupid decision to remove SC from Dreamhack ... it seems like SC at Dreamhack has been getting more popular, with bigger and better players coming each season, and now they decide to remove it? seems like the best time to remove it would have been 2 years ago when random newbs were playing it and only like 1-2 good players O_O!
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Signed, been there 6 times and going this winters event aswell, really hope that they reconsider.
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Signed it. Hope this works, though petitions like this rarely do.
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On November 05 2008 08:11 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Done, feels silly to remove SC from dreamhack just before SC2 is about to be released.. Why not take advantage of the hype?
+signed
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Voted.
Btw wtf?? SCII is almost there and they remove SC from their competition?? Sounds weird... but bleh...
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Starcraft has never been big in europe and especially not in sweden, which blows my mind considering how good and competitive the game is..I really hope things change with SC2 beacuse im getting sick of following the extremely predictable and boring CS 1.6 scene.
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Jag skrev under!!! 
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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i gues little signing wont harm anyone!
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Voted, Sweden has to be in shape for sc2 ffs!
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How many people usually attend dreamhack for sc?
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Signed it.
It really sucks that they canceled the tournament just in this edition, since Cloud and I had plans to go.
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Canada7170 Posts
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Insamlingen har 183 Underskrifter!
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Signed, offline events keep things exciting.
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An e-signing for a just real life cause!
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Signed. I don't much like attending these events myself but I still believe it's very important that BW is among the games played especially since so many players travel from other european countries to attend.
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signed, though not really sure what it is.
if TL supports, I do.
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Signed
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Signed, I always like reading about the Scandinavian players and how the tourney went on gg.net
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You get my support! No way that Starcraft should not be in a big tournament like this >_<
It really is a great game (:
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The link's not working...:X
EDIT
Ok, it works now, but I don't think it's accepting my vote...how quickly does the list update?
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let us prove that TL > world (dreamhack this time) yet again
btw signed!
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On November 05 2008 18:05 iori_LT wrote:let us prove that TL > world (dreamhack this time) yet again btw signed!
TL wins the internet!!!!
TL FIGHTING!
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Germany2762 Posts
signed
sc at dreamhack must survive!
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CA10835 Posts
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signed! Hopefully it will help!
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On November 05 2008 08:57 Senx wrote:
Starcraft has never been big in europe and especially not in sweden, which blows my mind considering how good and competitive the game is..I really hope things change with SC2 beacuse im getting sick of following the extremely predictable and boring CS 1.6 scene.
yeah things will change with SC2, but not because of how good or competetive the game will be...
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Signed. Never attended one myself, but I've watched the streams since like two years. ;]
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signed
although pathetic saying CS is better T_T
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On November 05 2008 23:54 AnOth3rDAy wrote:
signed
although pathetic saying CS is better T_T
Politics...
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On November 05 2008 08:11 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Done, feels silly to remove SC from dreamhack just before SC2 is about to be released.. Why not take advantage of the hype?
Just my words.
Signed.
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Insamlingen har 582 Underskrifter!
Från 536 IP-adresser
582 sign ups from 536 IP's?
Not bad but we still need more.
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Signed. I hope we succeed!
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On November 05 2008 08:57 Senx wrote:
Starcraft has never been big in europe and especially not in sweden, which blows my mind considering how good and competitive the game is..I really hope things change with SC2 beacuse im getting sick of following the extremely predictable and boring CS 1.6 scene.
Starcraft used to be big in Sweden and in Europe back in the days. also *signed*
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signed, 632, the numbers are gettin` high 
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On November 06 2008 03:54 DrainX wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2008 08:57 Senx wrote:
Starcraft has never been big in europe and especially not in sweden, which blows my mind considering how good and competitive the game is..I really hope things change with SC2 beacuse im getting sick of following the extremely predictable and boring CS 1.6 scene. Starcraft used to be big in Sweden and in Europe back in the days. also *signed*
Yeah around 2000-2003 sweden was like ranked #1 after Korea T_T
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If this doesn't work out, let's try getting Wcg to replace the Sc:Bw at DH. Definitly worth a try.
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Hehe I just saw that the little brother of a highschool friend signed. His brother played some sc on LAN with me and my friends in the 90s. The little brother was like 9-10years old but funny since he acted like ~18, really cool that he seems to be playing starcraft too. It's a small world.
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ooh thnx,
saw this earlier but had no idea what i was supposed to do, not being able to read that language and all 
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voted twice (or whatever it was i did).
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Signed.
This reminds me of the garbage GGL.
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Just saw this and finished it.
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United States11637 Posts
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done, for what frozen arbiter said, absolute truth for sure, capitalize on the sc market right before sc2 come out, will be huge profit margin
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Signed. Removing SC from any tournament is suicide...
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Signed. (I've even participated in the tourney once) and Dreamhack is really a awesome event!
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1199 sugnatures. Keep going!
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They should call dream hack, counter hack or world of warhack instead since thats seemingly what everyone plays there anyway.
Nonetheless, signed.
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Dreamhack Team wrote:
With respect to the petition etc we will consider
bringing StarCraft back again for DreamHack Summer
2009. With roughly two weeks left for the event
it's too tight to revert the decision and bring
the game back in the game pool.
I hope the news that Blizzard will be on location
and showcase StarCraft II will make you guys feel
better.
Thank you for your input and much respected
DreamHack Team
T_T
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On November 12 2008 10:27 Superiorwolf wrote:Show nested quote +Dreamhack Team wrote:
With respect to the petition etc we will consider
bringing StarCraft back again for DreamHack Summer
2009. With roughly two weeks left for the event
it's too tight to revert the decision and bring
the game back in the game pool.
I hope the news that Blizzard will be on location
and showcase StarCraft II will make you guys feel
better.
Thank you for your input and much respected
DreamHack Team T_T
haha, maybe this will work for other tournaments
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I just dont understand dropping the game 1-2 years before its sequel hits the shelves. This is just bad decision making on Dreamhacks part.
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Oh well its not like its the end of the world. Dreamhack will be fine.
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EPT
