Fuck that shit. I'm gonna host tournaments as soon as I finish my education and get a job.
StarCraft is too magnificent for me to let it wither away because of the stupid bullshit that killed it. In the meantime, I'm donating my share to the swedish brood war initiative.

Just lol. I'm pretty sure your education isn't related to business or management or economics.

Good luck with that.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

October 03 2012 11:34 GMT

#83

Anything is possible.

Ribbon

United States5278 Posts

October 03 2012 11:34 GMT

#84

On October 03 2012 20:32 sinigang wrote:
NO. Not one significant or relevant sponsor is putting money into it anymore. That's how business is.

Who needs sponsors? I'm actually really excited about the Kickstarter idea. I think that could work and be awesome!

Edit: Though I'm not 100% sure if Kickstarter would allow that...the rules imply yes, the lack of results for "tournament" when searching projects implies no....

J1.au

Australia3596 Posts

October 03 2012 12:08 GMT

#85

Well SC2 certainly isn't going to last, it has noticeably stagnated already. All that's next is a decline. In Korea I can definitely see some sort of professional competition returning, though never to the level it once was.

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6709 Posts

October 03 2012 12:10 GMT

#86

never say never

Garmer

1286 Posts

October 03 2012 12:22 GMT

#87

only a Broodwar reloaded or a remake, something on this line can make it happen
they can make a new BW with some small fixes to make some units more viable(this how SC2 should have been in the first place) like for example:

make covert ops attached to the accademy so ghost comes much early and you can go bio vs protoss by using lockdown to stop reaver and vessel for high templar
add an upgrade for firebat to late game so they become more useful
add an upgrade to valkyrie(like a gravity missile; an ability like spider mine(so no energy) that attract all units in the targeted area, only one missiles per valkyrie
buff scout ground to 10 and make the up velocity give him more speed than any other air, also make it a detector with small
range(much smaller then obs), it's a fucking scout after all
buff guardian to 200 hp
buff queen with 125 broodling
add a spellcaster for zerg morphed from zergling with an ability that increase regeneration hp in target area, so zerg can also fight without expansion

just a few idea

KazmA

United States117 Posts

October 03 2012 12:25 GMT

#88

On October 03 2012 16:57 Kal_rA wrote:

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Like a.... T.. S... L... Fivee ? 0_0

Well it would be awesome to have that but unfortunately I don't think that TL would allow the TSL to do a Sc2->BW transition.

Qikz

United Kingdom12022 Posts

October 03 2012 12:25 GMT

#89

On October 03 2012 21:08 J1.au wrote:
Well SC2 certainly isn't going to last, it has noticeably stagnated already. All that's next is a decline. In Korea I can definitely see some sort of professional competition returning, though never to the level it once was.

Eh? Viewer Numbers are going up and up as tournaments go on also the game is still (in some areas) massively evolving with metagame shifts and HoTS is coming out soon too.

I can see BW being big in China, but in Korea I think the "big" Broodwar scene is gone sadly. All the best Broodwar players have switched over to SC2 now and I can see SC2 going from strength to stregnth with Kespa and their help. It's sad not having a big professional league for Broodwar anymore in Korea, but it certainly won't die out.

Will it ever be as big as it once was? It's doubtful. Either way I'd rather both games found a way to succeed so everyone could enjoy watching the games they love, that's what's important. It shouldn't be some slagging match of one being better than the other all the time.

arb

Noobville17921 Posts

October 03 2012 13:02 GMT

#90

On October 03 2012 21:25 Qikz wrote:

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The game is still boring and stagnant, of course the numbers are going up because theres a new expansion out. Once the shine of it wears off in a couple months numbers will drop like they did before.

NicksonReyes

Philippines4431 Posts

October 03 2012 13:19 GMT

#91

It's possible. It's possible.

winthrop

Hong Kong956 Posts

October 03 2012 13:21 GMT

#92

If someone host a BIG prize pool tournament every month,
yes!

Ribbon

United States5278 Posts

October 03 2012 13:30 GMT

#93

I don't think it's possible if everyone's sitting around going someday and making wishes. The only ones who can save BW are us.

NuKE[vZ]

United States249 Posts

October 03 2012 13:34 GMT

#94

No because Starcraft2 is bigger internationally which is appealing to sponsors in the Korean market. Not to mention Starcraft 2 isn't a bad game, and HoTS will be better than BW.

Play it for fun, but please come over to Sc2/HotS and help us grow it even bigger than ever.

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AleXoundOS

Georgia457 Posts

October 03 2012 13:36 GMT

#95

It's possible!

However I don't like the idea of touching game's code. It's already a great game!
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The only one improvement that BW sometimes needs is a bit higher size/resolution of viewable area when casting. But it is already implemented, you can find it in SOSPA tournament.

On October 03 2012 13:16 L_Master wrote:
Okay, this is actually pretty true; though I do feel the graphics are in many ways cleaner and possibly more visually appealing than SC2. Yes, I'm certainly in the minority on this.

I agree with L_Master about the graphics. The graphics feel better, they are more beautiful and have better proportions.
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Golden Ratio

The images taken from: reps.ru

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

October 03 2012 13:38 GMT

#96

On October 03 2012 22:34 NuKE[vZ] wrote:
No because Starcraft2 is bigger internationally which is appealing to sponsors in the Korean market. Not to mention Starcraft 2 isn't a bad game, and HoTS will be better than BW.

Play it for fun, but please come over to Sc2/HotS and help us grow it even bigger than ever.

you got me with "hots gonna will be better than BW" I bursted with laughter...

sprinkled mashed potatoes all over my monitor ;(((

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

October 03 2012 13:38 GMT

#97

On October 03 2012 22:30 Ribbon wrote:
I don't think it's possible if everyone's sitting around going someday and making wishes. The only ones who can save BW are us.

Word ! <3 u Ribbon !

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

October 03 2012 13:42 GMT

#98

Nah, don't think so.

SC2 killed BW, and SC3 (or even dota2) will kill SC2. The sad truth is that SC2 unfortunately killed off something that almost withstood the test of time, and there is simply no replacement, yet, at least.

figq

12519 Posts

October 03 2012 13:46 GMT

#99

Before all, people will keep playing BW in significant amounts even 20 years from now, I expect. The game is just too much fun, just like many ancient arcade games are still in heavy use today. About professional scene, I doubt it can reach a level of greatness that it had in Korea in the past decade, because at least that would actually require another similar decade. That is, I don't think you can get there in a short time, it's like wine. However, I do believe that technically people in the future could play professional BW games at level of skill similar to the best of the Korean peak BW years, if not even improve upon it. They may not be as famous or well paid, but some of them could be able to walk the skill path of the old school.