Possibility of complete translation to SC2 next yr - Page 10

On April 16 2012 18:41 shalafi wrote:
I prefer BW dying than getting replaced by a "successor", so it's memory is not tainted.

That's why I'm rooting for LoL (a game that I dislike) rather than SC2. It does have much higher chances of becoming big than SC2, considering LoL is #1 played game in Korea and SC2 doesn't even make it to the top ten, probably not even top 15.

On April 16 2012 18:44 eviltomahawk wrote:

In a best of 7.

Game 1: Brood War.
Game 2: SC2.
Game 3: BW
Game 4: SC2
Game 5: BW
Game 6: SC2
Game 7 (ace match): Always BW.

Or something like that. Maybe Game 1 would be SC2 and it alternates from there but with Game 7 always being BW.

On April 16 2012 18:44 eviltomahawk wrote:

In a best of 7.

Game 1: Brood War.
Game 2: SC2.
Game 3: BW
Game 4: SC2
Game 5: BW
Game 6: SC2
Game 7 (ace match): Always BW.

Or something like that. Maybe Game 1 would be SC2 and it alternates from there but with Game 7 always being BW.

It's a very ugly format, tbh. I would much rather have both games be in separate leagues.

On April 16 2012 18:31 USvBleakill wrote:
imagine if sc2 would be 12 years old and bw the "new" one. We would have the same discussion. It´s in almost everything what have a "new" part/rule/something that the old guys defending their ground with shitstorms without any knowledge.

Do BW fans really cheer for the game? Or for the players? How many of you would watch games of some random bad bw semi pro´s? Would you say "yea the players are really really bad but BroodWar is sooooo awesome!!!!". I don´t think so.


And please stop blaming blizzard for wanting to make money. It´s a company not a war veterans helping union.

On April 16 2012 18:37 unknownGamer wrote:
I don't get why people want to call it E-sports, its like people are trying to mainstream it to be something that is applicable to the norm. Why call it a sport? It just makes you trying hard to be something you are not. Why not be proud of the games you are playing and create a whole new genre, Even the term "gamer" is avoided by "e-sports" people because they don't want to be looked down upon by people who don't play games for a living. Ridiculous. just call it "pro-gaming". Non-pretentious unlike "e-sports" and a signification that you are proud of who you are. A professional gamer.

Back on topic, if it will happen, it will happen.

On April 16 2012 18:31 USvBleakill wrote:
imagine if sc2 would be 12 years old and bw the "new" one. We would have the same discussion. It´s in almost everything what have a "new" part/rule/something that the old guys defending their ground with shitstorms without any knowledge.

Do BW fans really cheer for the game? Or for the players? How many of you would watch games of some random bad bw semi pro´s? Would you say "yea the players are really really bad but BroodWar is sooooo awesome!!!!". I don´t think so.


And please stop blaming blizzard for wanting to make money. It´s a company not a war veterans helping union.

On April 16 2012 18:50 eviltomahawk wrote:

It's in the OP.

On April 16 2012 17:46 sluggaslamoo wrote:


Sarcasm detected!

On April 16 2012 18:50 Precipice wrote:


The use of the term does not signify what it, tautologically is, but instead, what we aim for it to be - the place we want it to fulfill. What is a sport? What do you actually gain by suggesting that eSports is not or cannot be one. Your flawed understanding of this issue causes you to critque those who "believe in eSports" as people "[that] don't want to be looked down upon by people who don't play games for a living." Many of us have been involved in this for over 10 years. Many of us are adults with fully established careers and peer groups. We do not need "affirmation" from the theoretical "public at large".

To understand what we want you have to understand the nature of sports today. The growth of physical sports in the Western world occured at the exact moment that we saw such things as the culmination of the industrial revolution and progressively fewer places/cultures to carry imperialism out upon. That is, physical sports grew in popularity at the exact moment that we needed to imagine ourselves as warriors - there were no longer places to realistically *be* warriors anymore. In that time, work was done physically. Thus, the sports themselves were physical.

As we now move into a second modernity the work that we do is progressively electronic and digital, and at the same time, we still need heroes. We still need warriors. We need people that we can look to who can remind us that all of us, deep down, innately, have the power and potential to do great and incredible things should the time or situation arise. I'll tell you why it's an eSport.

These games are eSports because just as physical competitions used to provide inspiration and harbor potential in eras past, so too, now, we as people immersed in computer technology; we as people who take more enjoyment from the mental and dexterous accomplishment of the competitive Starcraft player, find a sense of meaning in what these people can do. It's a sport because in each match is contained the desperate, innate, and personal desire of life. We each as I: I in my quest to survive this world must fight, and if the foe does something I did not expect then the message cannot be that I die; the message is that in the face of unexpected or impossible circumstances I can overcome through creativity, dedication, effort, striving, and will.

Starcraft is an eSport because at its very core it is the language which speaks best to us. And what does this language say? Live.

My father can have his football, but he understands, too, that I have my Starcraft. This isn't about validation. This is about inspiration.