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hifriend
China7935 Posts
They have for every IEM anyway.. And in the US, console games are getting the bigger audiences. | ||
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yB.TeH
Germany419 Posts
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PrimeTimey
Canada369 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:06 hifriend wrote: They have for every IEM anyway.. And in the US, console games are getting the bigger audiences. CSS wasn't at IEM, and secondly you said "always get a lot more viewers" not one event. | ||
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BlindSC2
United Kingdom435 Posts
Starcraft will grow and grow, as well as all the other titles, but if there were some kind of casually-playable game, like CoD, that could also somehow be played to the standard/competitiveness of Quake (whether it be 1v1 or 5v5 etc), there would be a built in audience of hundreds of thousands of people with the proper support/advertising of the creators | ||
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Woony
Germany6657 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:11 BlindGamer wrote: Once we get the next Quake-esque game, I think that will be the next explosion in e-sports. Starcraft will grow and grow, as well as all the other titles, but if there were some kind of casually-playable game, like CoD, that could also somehow be played to the standard/competitiveness of Quake (whether it be 1v1 or 5v5 etc), there would be a built in audience of hundreds of thousands of people with the proper support/advertising of the creators I doubt that. People just don't wanna watch 1v1 shooters I think. QL barely get's any viewers and Quake has been going downhill for years (in terms of popularity). I think it's said, but that's the way it is. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:04 PrimeTimey wrote: The game is casual, its free to play, very few professional organizations sponsor League of Legends teams, the game has no online events and very few LAN events. Just because you can get tons of people turning into a stream doesn't legitimize anything. *Edit: Never mind the fact the game doesn't even have a spectator mode so you can't watch games be played -- how can that be considered an eSports title? The company is new, game is new, etc. How big of an esport was SCBW in 1998? EDIT: And there's so much sponsorship potential in 50-100k+ viewers that it shouldn't take a long time. | ||
MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
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Sae
United Kingdom74 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:09 PrimeTimey wrote: CSS wasn't at IEM, and secondly you said "always get a lot more viewers" not one event. every IEM is not one event.. I don't get where people got the idea that sc2 is extremely popular, its a rather small (one of the smallest) game just with a very strong high-tier competitive environment adopted from the original game. | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:16 MoonBear wrote: I don't understand the hate you guys are putting on other games such as LoL. It's not like SC2 should be "The Only E-Sport". Isn't it a good thing that games in generally are becoming more accessible and mainstream instead of considered some dorky nerd thing? We should be celebrating that more and more people are willing to consider watching e-sports in general. It doesn't matter what game it is. If it was dorky nerd thing then games would be made for nerds exclusively, now they are made for mainstream = no games made for people like me. | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:11 BlindGamer wrote: Once we get the next Quake-esque game, I think that will be the next explosion in e-sports. Starcraft will grow and grow, as well as all the other titles, but if there were some kind of casually-playable game, like CoD, that could also somehow be played to the standard/competitiveness of Quake (whether it be 1v1 or 5v5 etc), there would be a built in audience of hundreds of thousands of people with the proper support/advertising of the creators We will never get one unfortunately because every FPS game is designed to be playable on consoles which means in general slower paced, boring gameplay. On June 18 2011 22:19 WArped wrote: LoL, HoN, DotA are all competitive, what if Blizzard DotA becomes very competitive will people be upset then? if it's anything like bnet2 it's going to have half the features and twice the lag of those games. I'm more curious about dota2 right now | ||
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AxiR
Germany944 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:06 hifriend wrote: They have for every IEM anyway.. And in the US, console games are getting the bigger audiences. As we've seen at MLG. | ||
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BlindSC2
United Kingdom435 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:13 Woony wrote: I doubt that. People just don't wanna watch 1v1 shooters I think. QL barely get's any viewers and Quake has been going downhill for years (in terms of popularity). I think it's said, but that's the way it is. Part of the problem with Quake is that it is getting relatively old now, and part of being a casual gamer is that you generally like pumped up graphics and new stuff etc. True, many people might not like 1v1's, but 5v5 would still be very viable I think | ||
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waffleduck
125 Posts
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PrimeTimey
Canada369 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:15 Shikyo wrote: The company is new, game is new, etc. How big of an esport was SCBW in 1998? EDIT: And there's so much sponsorship potential in 50-100k+ viewers that it shouldn't take a long time. The Company is new - "Riot Games was established in 2006" The Game is new - "and released on October 27, 2009" Sponsorship potential does not lie only in numbers there is a lot more to the equation. | ||
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Razzah
United States35 Posts
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Cashmere
Australia66 Posts
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Domination
United States1177 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:17 Sae wrote:I don't get where people got the idea that sc2 is extremely popular, its a rather small (one of the smallest) game just with a very strong high-tier competitive environment adopted from the original game. This is so wrong I don't even know where to begin to right it. On June 18 2011 22:06 hifriend wrote: They have for every IEM anyway.. And in the US, console games are getting the bigger audiences. No they aren't lol. MLG got a 250% viewership boost during MLG this year. SPOILERS: It wasn't for call of duty. Jesus, this thread is so bad. A whole bunch of insecure nerds (THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS LEGITIMATE VIEWERSHIP....LOL IS CASUAL BULLSHIT) and some people just flat out making things up. The simple fact of the matter is that riot has been hyping the shit out of this tournament for a long time now and it's pretty much the only real show in town for the LoL community. No real surprise here about the viewership numbers. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
 http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/breakycpkI believe they are in between matches right now though. Though only 3k viewers.  Le sigh. HoN had a really unlucky run in the fact that they decided to make their game have an initial price, when their main competitor is free to play. I think it's one of the main reasons why LoL is so much more popular than HoN is now. | ||
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Domination
United States1177 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:23 Angra wrote: On the topic of dota/lol/hon, here's the HoN stream from Dreamhack http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/breakycpkI believe they are in between matches right now though. Though only 3k viewers. Le sigh. HoN had a really unlucky run in the fact that they decided to make their game have an initial price, when their main competitor is free to play. I think it's one of the main reasons why LoL is so much more popular than HoN is now.Well that and the HoN community is somehow even more angry than the LoL community. I personally perfer HoN but man do those guys get mad. The HoN community is downright toxic. | ||
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