Could BW make a come back? - Page 9

On October 03 2012 10:53 Funnytoss wrote:


Without sponsorship, it's quite difficult to get back up to the level it was before, by which I mean prestigious tournaments, full house teams sponsored by rich corporations, and TV broadcasts. You have to think about where sponsors are coming from. Basically, they do it because they feel that it's a worthy form of advertising. For tech companies like Intel, their incentive is to back the newest game possible, as that allows them to sell more product. Sponsoring an old game (technologically) like BW might help create more positive feelings towards the company, but might not translate directly into additional sales like SC2 would (being that you might need newer computer equipment to run it, while BW can run on a microwaved brick). The cost-benefit analysis is key, and unless you can think of a way to convince corporations that sponsoring BW makes sense, over something that's flashier and more popular at the moment among customers that might *buy* their new gadgets... it's unlikely.

That said, I've been getting back into the game over the past few days, and while I'm absolutely terrible at the moment (struggling to even hold D-rank, actually), it's still a lot of fun. I think we'll see BW continue on for quite some time, in forms like SOSPA or the amateur competitions we're seeing now.

On October 04 2012 08:41 GGzerG wrote:
Maybe the StarCraft : Pheonix game that Blizzard is working on will be a BW remake, one can dream.

On October 04 2012 06:57 Emon_ wrote:
Honestly, if we wanted we could make BW a viable online tournament game. All it would take is management, contributors and financial backing. The tournaments are already strong both korean and foreigner. We just need to polish the edges and it will be fine. Sonic SL is looking great - if we could get an english caster on this along with an observer that knows how to pace the game (There's a reason we don't watch every game from the first person view). This is our best hope for reviving BW.

Foreigner tournaments are abundant, as is the money being spread around. What's missing is management and marketing. A new blog with frequent updates about the scene (several times a day) with both results, analysis and trivia would do wonders for the scene. What we see now is an unfocused scatter of threads with good intentions, high ambitions but it always fails to build momentum. Remember when the korean pros dressed up as if to go on dates for the group selection? Didn't have much to do with the game but it's one of those stand-out moments in my mind that helped get to know the gamers as young men with ambitions and goals beside gaming.

While on the subject. Female supporters need to be attracted to any scene. SC2 is miserable because it fails horribly in this regard. BW had fangirls both for players and teams cheering the players on and following the game with excitement. If Jaedong miss-micros his mutalisks and loses one carelessly - you can hear them gasping for air and shrieking with despair. As well as the joy that comes from a lurker-ling-defiler attack from all sides on HBR. It gave male fans and progamers a sense of justification that they were being part of something unique and accepted. MKP and MVP are coming close to being regarded in this esteem. But no one else is coming close in SC2 and this is bad news. Cheerleaders from the big tournament sponsors are not gonna fix this situation. Having Khaldor and Incontrol geek out over details is entertaining, but it's nowhere near enough. It's just a sausage-fest right now. Appeal to female gamers will broaden the scene and introduce new people to the game. WoW does a great job at this and LoL too I believe. Another season of Liquibet won't cut it.

Lastly - a thing needs to be said about our champions. The gladiators that we cheer and scorn. They're investing a lot of time and should be justly compensated even if they don't take first place. This will encourage competition, instead of creating a domination by a few gamers while everyone else loses interest because life happens. Top 10 in a tournament should be evenly compensated with a slant toward #1 instead of the current 70% for 1st - 20% for 2nd and 10% for 3rd. Prize pools should be bigger and we should be donating more. 20$ a month from 100 fans will bring on great tournaments each month.

TL:DR - English cast Sonic SL and get observer without ADD, Make a new BW blog that's updated daily with results, interviews and trivia, find a way to get girls interested in BW, compensate all top tournament players not just winners.

On October 04 2012 12:34 Dontkillme wrote:



This. It will never return to its professional state like it did with the OSL, MSL, etc. But it will defenitly be a classic game everyone plays and remembers.

On October 04 2012 15:57 Black[CAT] wrote:
Only in the form of Brood War 2: Return of the Reaver.

On October 04 2012 15:12 Sinedd wrote:

I actually like the idea of donating small amounts and making regular tournaments with nice prizepool

community at its best !

On October 04 2012 11:36 vOdToasT wrote:
Certainly. Of course a good and interesting RTS game could be made. Blizzard just failed. There's nothing magical about BW that can't be replicated. It would even be possible to make a game that's even better than BW. But it hasn't been done, and probably won't ever be done.

On October 04 2012 20:11 Sawamura wrote:
@Darksoldier Valve wouldn't do a bw2 because they fear they will get copy right infringement from blizzard.

On October 04 2012 05:59 jackdavis486 wrote:
Perhaps they should just remake BW as close as they possible can just with modern graphics. Mind you I am not a programmer so idk about the technicalities behind this. But I would like to see it.

On October 04 2012 19:37 Darksoldierr wrote:
In this current age there is just no place for a game like BW. Korea was a miracle, Brood War was at the right place at the right time.

Look all the games getting released nowdays, each becoming more and more causal friendly, becouse the masses just figured it out, they can play games in their freetime, it dosen't make them bad people. A generation of gamers grown up to become an adults, whos played games in 80s, 90s. The world is changing.