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red_b
United States1267 Posts
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On January 08 2011 08:13 randomKo_Orean wrote: Holy crap, I watched OSL Ro8 Fantasy vs Hyuk and there are people STANDING around to watch the match. Did you watch HiyA v. Stork? The crowd was going insane over Stork sniping HiyA's scouting scv. That's esports. EDIT: Keeping this in the spoiler, but for easy watching... + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Caspor
Austria18 Posts
watching sc1 could only get that big because it was free and, even being free, it also didnt get big in 6 months. even microsoft started to fight piracy seriously only after everybody used it already and there was no alternative anymore. or if u get it better that way: the more you invest to grow it the more you reap. starting with the reaping wont work or at least you wont reap much. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6270 Posts
On January 08 2011 07:40 Sfydjklm wrote: they shoulda kept 2010 format. 2011 format is way to confusing and not exciting in any way. I would go as far as to claim that the current format is unacceptable. The fact that we are used to retarded qualification processes as a gaming community is not an excuse. If you wanna hit big follow the format of well established organizations, NFL, UEFA, and so on and so forth. Firstly sorry for spelling errors I am editing on my iphone. The 2011 group stages are quite similar to the FIFA world cup. The only difference is that when it is a tie the ones who are tied play eachother instead of playing everyone once. I like the format as it is I think people just need to get used to it like with everything and I think (pure speculation) that nobody will remember this whole discussion a month from now and it will be a non issue. | ||
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Caspor
Austria18 Posts
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kckkryptonite
1126 Posts
It's not the players, it's just the fact that everything is so balanced and nerfed in SC2. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
On January 08 2011 08:23 Caspor wrote: i guess you totally missed my point no one will pay 10$ a month (which is not the only obstacle there) for something he can have for free one way or another if he isnt already 100% into it. watching sc1 could only get that big because it was free and, even being free, it also didnt get big in 6 months. even microsoft started to fight piracy seriously only after everybody used it already and there was no alternative anymore. or if u get it better that way: the more you invest to grow it the more you reap. starting with the reaping wont work or at least you wont reap much. I agree with this, if I could only access BW vods and streams of the OSL,SPL and MSL(and others) by paying 10$ I would not do it if I had no prior knowledge of how awesome it is. Watching it makes me realize i would defeninently pay 10$ for it. I am skeptical about paying 10$ even if it is only 10 when I see posts everyday about the games being allin and under 10 minutes. The flaw in this however is that there are many casters who have ''free'' games to watch, like Day9 and such. | ||
Empyrean
17052 Posts
On January 08 2011 08:11 lluminium wrote: No one in our family owns a credit card. It's a risk and has a maintenance fee. Maybe we are just the odd ones out though, not sure. How do credit cards have risk? O_o | ||
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decaf
Austria1797 Posts
Fruitdealer gets to play in the up and down matches while other people cheese their way up to code s - it's so stupid. The only game I'm looking for atm is IdrA vs Jinro, but again only a best of 1 -.- I think the quality of the games got worse, I hope it will be different once we get to the Ro16 or whatever.. | ||
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ProbeEtPylon
168 Posts
I would suggest to slow down the overall game speed to somthing between faster and normal...It would allow much more micro during the battles... | ||
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Chise
Japan507 Posts
On January 08 2011 08:44 ProbeEtPylon wrote: I just watched my first Broodwar Match. It was amazing! The game itself seems to be slower than SC2 and the map was much bigger, but paradoxically there was so much happening: Fights everywhere, units attacking and retreating, harrassing... I would suggest to slow down the overall game speed to somthing between faster and normal...It would allow much more micro during the battles... I never played Broodwar myself either, but I started watching Broodwar shoutcasts a few weeks ago too. Most of them were way better than a lot of the Starcraft 2 matches I've watched so far. Also, I haven't watched a lot of games of the current GSL and I think I will continue only watching a few ones that I think might be interesting. A lot of it is just not worth the time watching it because it's simply boring. | ||
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lluminium
85 Posts
Number getting stolen and shit like that. I'm not too knowledgeable about credit card security to be honest coz I never felt the need to get one myself. | ||
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Nabes
Canada1800 Posts
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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crazeman
664 Posts
On January 08 2011 08:23 Caspor wrote: i guess you totally missed my point no one will pay 10$ a month (which is not the only obstacle there) for something he can have for free one way or another if he isnt already 100% into it. watching sc1 could only get that big because it was free and, even being free, it also didnt get big in 6 months. even microsoft started to fight piracy seriously only after everybody used it already and there was no alternative anymore. or if u get it better that way: the more you invest to grow it the more you reap. starting with the reaping wont work or at least you wont reap much. Honestly $10 a month isn't unreasonable at all, just because you're under 18 and don't have access to a credit card... I mean for BW fans disagreeing with me, ask yourself, would you fork over $10/month for watching all the BW games in HD quality vods, higher quality stream (as in not in a crappy restream) with English commentary for $10/month? I know I would. Disclaimer: I know BW can't even be played in widescreen/HD and BW people are going to shit on me and say they prefer the korean commentators and that the GOMTV stream isn't HD but if those were available for BW, wouldn't it make you cream your pants and go "OMFG I WANT IT" or at least make you think twice about it? Also I find it very admirable of GOMTV to have an English for foreigners. Hopefully one day they'll get a sponsor and companies willing to advertise on the English stream so they can make everything free. Also I like both SC2 and BW pretty equally. I used to watch a lot more SC2 than BW but recently I have been watching a lot of BW because my sleep schedule is all fucked and there's usually nothing on at 3-5 am in the morning  I'm starting to like BW a lot better now that I got more used to the (insanely fast) korean camera observer. | ||
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mmdmmd
722 Posts
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ProbeEtPylon
168 Posts
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exterminatus
Korea (North)142 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On January 08 2011 09:06 crazeman wrote: Honestly $10 a month isn't unreasonable at all, just because you're under 18 and don't have access to a credit card... I mean for BW fans disagreeing with me, ask yourself, would you fork over $10/month for watching all the BW games in HD quality vods, higher quality stream (as in not in a crappy restream) with English commentary for $10/month? I know I would. Disclaimer: I know BW can't even be played in widescreen/HD and BW people are going to shit on me and say they prefer the korean commentators and that the GOMTV stream isn't HD but if those were available for BW, wouldn't it make you cream your pants and go "OMFG I WANT IT" or at least make you think twice about it? Also I find it very admirable of GOMTV to have an English for foreigners. Hopefully one day they'll get a sponsor and companies willing to advertise on the English stream so they can make everything free. Also I like both SC2 and BW pretty equally. I used to watch a lot more SC2 than BW but recently I have been watching a lot of BW because my sleep schedule is all fucked and there's usually nothing on at 3-5 am in the morning I'm starting to like BW a lot better now that I got more used to the (insanely fast) korean camera observer. It's not the quality of the stream and casting but the entertainment value of the games. At this point I probably wouldn't even pay $1 to watch GSL, and that's with Tastosis. Now BW with Tastosis? I'd buy that for a dollar. | ||
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kvn4444
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