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On January 25 2012 04:16 See.Blue wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 04:14 fabiano wrote: SC2 wont have my support until they make it at least as 90% as good as BW, which might mean never. SC2 now is about where SC1 was 2-3 years after release. Gotta be patient, G. Oh you mean SC1 at 2000-2001? Wasn't that the the time when the replay function was introduced for the first time?
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Just read through the thread, and I'm really amazed by two things.
1. Denial. It's not a secret to anyone now that the BW teams are going to switch at some point, but it looks like 90% people having posted here are in total denial.
2. Hate towards SC2 (which explains the denial). I don't get it, everytime there is a thread related to both BW and SC2, there is a huge hate from the BW people towards SC2. I personnally like both games, and even if SC2 is obviously not as mechanically hard to play, I like watching it. Even if some people don't like it, they can just respect it, and stop the ridiculous elitism.
EDIT: just looking at people's quotes/signatures proves a really weird hate. It's not that people are obsessed by BW, they are obsessed by hating SC2
1Eris1 : "I tried out StarCraft 2 and League of Legends. I was so surprised when I first played StarCraft 2. I couldn't believe that such an easy game exists." -Midas
Ideas: BW is the only esport. gogo STX/Bogus/Calm/Jaedong/Kal
fabiano: The biggest mistake of Starcraft 2 is to be named after the greatest of all games: Starcraft: Broodwar
blubbdavid:A thread vaguely bashing SC2? SWARM ON, LOW POST COUNT BRETHREN! DEFEND THE GLORIOUS GAME THAT IS OUR LIVELIHOOD ¦¦ ESPHURRRDS != Starcraft
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On January 25 2012 04:16 See.Blue wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 04:14 fabiano wrote: SC2 wont have my support until they make it at least as 90% as good as BW, which might mean never. SC2 now is about where SC1 was 2-3 years after release. Gotta be patient, G.
I've to be patient until when? 3-4 years after LotV? Too long 
The hate is not towards mechanics, but design flaws, especially unit designs.
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On January 25 2012 02:46 shalafi wrote: Meh, if there aren't BW matches the scene dies for me. It would be the same as if they just stopped playing. Luckily I have acquired enough hobbies not to miss pro-gaming.
Sadly, it's the same for me. E-sports, for all its growth, hasn't really matured at all. It's still a thing for kids. As BW slows down, I'm steadily outgrowing the entire e-sports scene and moving back to watching more traditional sports. Most of my posts in the last few months here in TL are in the NFL and NBA threads.
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Newer fans > older fans anyway
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I like how my signature always fulfills. (thx misrah)
If you see a thing threatening the thing you love, then you will automatically develop hatred.
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Everybody calm down. Even if an SC2 proleague is introduced, that doesn't mean that this has that many negative effects on BW. Given that the league would draw a lot of foreign fiewers, it could also help to raise awareness of BW in the foreign scene, thus bringing new players/fans to the scene. Also i think that OGN's extremely impressive production could teach the current SC2 leagues a thing or two. Also (as already stated), it's likely that only the b-teamers (that get no exposure anyways) will switch. Don't be too negative, we will see how this turns out
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On January 25 2012 04:01 Crisium wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 03:50 Milkis wrote:On January 25 2012 00:58 Vul wrote:On January 24 2012 23:35 Milkis wrote:On January 24 2012 23:12 ShadeR wrote:On January 24 2012 22:27 Milkis wrote: I really don't understand the level of denial in this thread Poor you. Reddit SC2 has killed your soul. I'll see if i can find you something warm and fluffy. Haha, won't deny that i lost a lot of interest in esports in general after that incident. But BW scene switching to SC2 isn't really a "rumor" from what I know :S How can you be sure? And can you give us anymore details, especially whether you're referring to entire teams? The OP and others seem to think that we're only talking about C-teamers practically, and maybe some B-teamers who actually do play BW pretty well, but not many. I will be excited either way. Because former BW players have been so successful in SC2, many SC2 fans respect the top BW players like Jaedong even though they don't watch them. Even if players of that top caliber don't switch to SC2, it'll be cool to see SC2 players playing in the same practice house and environment as Jaedong, Bisu, Flash, etc. Maybe the same practice environments that produced those players can produce some excellent SC2 players. Also maybe it would give SC2 more legitimacy in KR if BW teams had SC2 teams? Obviously it would help a ton if big names switched to SC2, but I still don't believe that yet. I wrote more than enough about this subject. I'm sure you can find at least a few posts where I talk about it o.o This? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=301720¤tpage=6#103That's your insider information that allows you to state that it's not a "rumor"?
That's an explanation I posted that only uses publicly available information as evidence, yeah.
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On January 25 2012 03:53 Crisium wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 00:56 Acer1791 wrote: cant believe why so many people like lol more than sc2.. sc2 is much more competitive than lol. its clear to say bw>sc2>lol Even us Broodwar fans can agree with this. OGN airing a LoL tournament is killing e-sports.
Not all of us, I find LoL more fun to watch than SC2
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I love NBA and real football (played with the foot) , e-sports are another thing but SC1/SC2 are on another league. Good SC2 matches are great to watch , LOL gets viewers but its a borefest and WC3 is pretty much dead. FPS are also not fun to watch for me.
Hots will make SC2 much better and blizzard may even introduce some kind of lan mode , the game is faster and much more appealing to masses than SC1 so if BW switches to SC2 it will be great for the game , SC2 is not so easy as some say and i really think that it requires as much skill as bw its just that some people dont really like changes, but so many things in the world change everyday ( laws and tech ) .
We change for the better not for the worse
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well maybe bw teams just go LoL or DOta 2 -_-
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On January 25 2012 02:55 DyEnasTy wrote:Show nested quote +On January 24 2012 20:20 SenorChang wrote:On January 24 2012 20:11 TrainSamurai wrote:Nice. Get ready for more Flash walk outs. Hopefully kespa plans to run sc2 seperate from BW + Show Spoiler +Do sc2 fans not realise that when they say "give it more time" they're essentially saying "our game sucks atm" That's the idea, things need time to grow and mature - why would SC2 be any different? Broodwar didn't start out super popular, it grew to be that popular. Popularity isnt the issue. Its game design. BW is far and away superior than SC2. The reason SC2 is popular is because its new with good graphics and its easy to play. Its different because when Blizzard release BW it made Starcraft better. Now with SC2 already being flamed for not being well designed (mostly by old school bw players), bliz is releasing an expansion that actually makes the game look worse. It looks more and more like C&C Tiberium Sun mixed with Transformers with a sprinkling of Starcraft lore to keep the Starcraft fans happy. edit: I walked away and thought of what really upsets me about the game more than battle hellions and warhounds, and thats the lack of LAN and no cross server play. I had friends that I could enjoy BW with from all over the planet after buying the game one time. I could also have all my friends come over (bringing pizza and soda too  ) to my house and LAN for hours on hours. I didnt have to have an internet connection to enjoy a game with my friends in my room. But I still want to be optimistic about SC2. So my opinion of what it needs: 1) get Dustin out 2) focus on what made BW the best rts ever made, and one of the best games ever made. 3) value more input from the fans who are not band wagoners who jump from new game to new game. Get insight on game features from people who care about the long term life of the game. 4) allow cross region play and consider some form of offline play.
The older higher ups of Blizzard have most left now, after SC2 was published and is having, in their eyes, very good success. So Dustin will probably stick around for very long. I do think he tries very hard to honor BW, but he just isn't up to the level of the original Blizzard game designers, who basically created [a of part of] the PC gaming industry from scratch.
If you look at HotS additions, they are mostly trying to address the "SC2 is inferior to BW" claims. Just look at the new units:
A- Terran has basically what they think is a spidermine now, which should restore BW's "Terran map control" (oc it wont). The Battle Helion/Warhound are just a way to give Terran a "Mech Play" route, similar to BW's, in Blizzard's on view. B- Zerg has gained the Viper, which is a remake of the defiler, with an inferior Dark Swarm ability. The Swarm Host is just a shitty Lurker replacement.
So they're trying to fix it, but they just lack the talent to get it right imo.
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It's sad that people would rather see BW die than SC2 prosper. BW and SC2 scenes need to start working together, or soon enough there won't be any of them. MMO and MOBA games will eventually take over if the scene remains separated.
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As long as FlaSh and his punching bag Jaedong is still in BW, Im fine
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Hm.. Lock the thread? It becoming SC2 Vs BW thread with all the SC2 ppl advertising how good their game is.
Edit: Don't really think there is any point disucssing the rumour, time will tell.
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On January 25 2012 05:12 HaFnium wrote: Hm.. Lock the thread? It becoming SC2 Vs BW thread with all the SC2 ppl advertising how good their game is.
Edit: Don't really think there is any point disucssing the rumour, time will tell.
It didn't help that all the BW fans bashed SC2 to high heaven early on in this thread....
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On January 25 2012 05:15 Zeroxk wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 05:12 HaFnium wrote: Hm.. Lock the thread? It becoming SC2 Vs BW thread with all the SC2 ppl advertising how good their game is.
Edit: Don't really think there is any point disucssing the rumour, time will tell. It didn't help that all the BW fans bashed SC2 to high heaven early on in this thread....
Well this is the BW forum how do u think ppl will react. Not to mention some SC2 dudes come here to bash BW. I would expect ppl bashing BW when i go to sc2 boards (although tbh i hid the forum and never go there lol) Anyways this thread is really meaningless wont post now 
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On January 25 2012 04:51 darkmighty wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 02:55 DyEnasTy wrote:On January 24 2012 20:20 SenorChang wrote:On January 24 2012 20:11 TrainSamurai wrote:Nice. Get ready for more Flash walk outs. Hopefully kespa plans to run sc2 seperate from BW + Show Spoiler +Do sc2 fans not realise that when they say "give it more time" they're essentially saying "our game sucks atm" That's the idea, things need time to grow and mature - why would SC2 be any different? Broodwar didn't start out super popular, it grew to be that popular. Popularity isnt the issue. Its game design. BW is far and away superior than SC2. The reason SC2 is popular is because its new with good graphics and its easy to play. Its different because when Blizzard release BW it made Starcraft better. Now with SC2 already being flamed for not being well designed (mostly by old school bw players), bliz is releasing an expansion that actually makes the game look worse. It looks more and more like C&C Tiberium Sun mixed with Transformers with a sprinkling of Starcraft lore to keep the Starcraft fans happy. edit: I walked away and thought of what really upsets me about the game more than battle hellions and warhounds, and thats the lack of LAN and no cross server play. I had friends that I could enjoy BW with from all over the planet after buying the game one time. I could also have all my friends come over (bringing pizza and soda too  ) to my house and LAN for hours on hours. I didnt have to have an internet connection to enjoy a game with my friends in my room. But I still want to be optimistic about SC2. So my opinion of what it needs: 1) get Dustin out 2) focus on what made BW the best rts ever made, and one of the best games ever made. 3) value more input from the fans who are not band wagoners who jump from new game to new game. Get insight on game features from people who care about the long term life of the game. 4) allow cross region play and consider some form of offline play. The older higher ups of Blizzard have most left now, after SC2 was published and is having, in their eyes, very good success. So Dustin will probably stick around for very long. I do think he tries very hard to honor BW, but he just isn't up to the level of the original Blizzard game designers, who basically created [a of part of] the PC gaming industry from scratch. If you look at HotS additions, they are mostly trying to address the "SC2 is inferior to BW". Just look at the new units: A- Terran has basically what they think is a spidermine now, which should restore BW's "Terran map control" (oc it wont). The Battle Helion/Warhound are just a way to give Terran a "Mech Play" route, similar to BW's, in Blizzard's on view. B- Zerg has gained the Viper, which is a remake of the defiler, with an inferior Dark Swarm ability. The Swarm Host is just a shitty Lurker replacement. So they're trying to fix it, but they just lack the talent to get it right imo. Hey man, don't forget the new cool abilitys they introduced at Blizzcon! Viper also has the "GET OVER HERE!"-hook from Scorpion in Mortal Kombat, Banelings can MOVE underground while burrowed, you can actually upgrade Hydra speed at hive tech(!) AND Ultralisk can upgrade Charge and do some underground charge attack you would expect from some strenght hero in DotA/HoN. Oh yeah, you can actually build a assimilator in your opponents base and turn it into a cannon or something like that.
It's like a mix of Starcraft, wc3, some MOBA game and C&C Red Alert 2 lol.
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On January 25 2012 04:52 Odoakar wrote: It's sad that people would rather see BW die than SC2 prosper. BW and SC2 scenes need to start working together, or soon enough there won't be any of them. MMO and MOBA games will eventually take over if the scene remains separated.
+1. Sadly, the ensulting voices always seem to be much louder than the voices of reason.
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Wow so people would have their hero's play LoL over SC2?
This is too depressing.
+ Show Spoiler + sad thing is, its very likely
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