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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On September 17 2013 16:28 9heart wrote: more fodder for killer in SSL flash next? Light, fodder for killer? Jokes! I fear if light comes to SSL killer never wins again...unless light happens to meet a protoss first. | ||
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DinoToss
Poland507 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:17 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm pretty sure there'll be people who enjoy playing the game. Who says there won't be? Its just the previous generation had their own dreams and new generation has their own dreams. Generally there is a disconnect between them. Its natural. One party is being honest and other party is also being honest. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
Zergs cry everywhere. | ||
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liberate71
Australia10252 Posts
On September 17 2013 17:44 FoShao wrote: It just so happens that now is the time where old BW pros are getting to that age where military service is daunting. still sad to see them go though  Exactly, everyone is quick to blame it on SC2 not being BW though. Flash will retire and go to military service and people will lose their shit. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3684 Posts
Really sad about light though, such a talanted terran T.T @ETisME: There are more pro gamers right now than there have ever been for bw in korea. And trust me there are still plenty of kids capable of winning code s that you have never heard off. | ||
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saddaromma
1129 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:30 liberate71 wrote: Exactly, everyone is quick to blame it on SC2 not being BW though. Flash will retire and go to military service and people will lose their shit. I don't see any new players up and coming. | ||
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liberate71
Australia10252 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:33 saddaromma wrote: I don't see any new players up and coming. Be honest, have you been looking?  There are plenty... most of the time people are all like "whos this random korean" eg: Ruin - he owned it up in the pre-season of GSTL last season, but then didnt manage to get into Code S or anything... I'm sure he will develop, hes surrounded by beast Protoss players. | ||
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Xiphias
Norway2223 Posts
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
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Olli
Austria24420 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:33 saddaromma wrote: I don't see any new players up and coming. Ruin, Ssanaee, Sora, Madbull are all players that have shown good amounts of talent. I just doubt that you're looking very hard. Because they're not the only ones. There's plenty of talent on Kespa B teams that you've never heard of and there's plenty of young players living with esf teams but not really playing regularly in GSTL + individual leagues are hard as hell to get into. | ||
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DinoToss
Poland507 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:32 Lorch wrote: Why so sad about flying? He was really awesome in bw but in star 2 his builds were some of the wierdest shit I have ever seen. Really sad about light though, such a talanted terran T.T @ETisME: There are more pro gamers right now than there have ever been for bw in korea. And trust me there are still plenty of kids capable of winning code s that you have never heard off. If you didnt need to win a courage or get special invite there would be tons of progamer in BW. Becoming a progamer was journey itself, Jaedong for example got after 6th or 7th courage (don't remember). BW progaming scene was simply different than current Esports scenes or previous ones. BW scene consisted of only big sponsors, clans, and semi pro houses were not included. BW proscene was mostly driven by quality over quantity as the main goal was to present a systematic televised league, you could probably double the size of teams and players in peak of BW but the quality would drop and you wouldn't be able to showcase it properly on TV. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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KaiserKieran
United States615 Posts
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:30 liberate71 wrote: Exactly, everyone is quick to blame it on SC2 not being BW though. Flash will retire and go to military service and people will lose their shit. This is of course just speculation, but I really doubt these retirements had happened already if kespa and OGN hadn't moved over to sc2. On the other hand, bw was already on a slow decline in S Korea pre sc2 (which is only natural) - at least as I see it. Maybe, just maybe, this is a chance to...reboot the system. The only thing that really needs to happen, is to get bw on television again - thus attract sponsorships. These players going back to bw and streaming it (plus earning money from it) is a clear reflection of two things. 1. The players passion is BW (This is not to say anything bad about sc2, but it is just not what they grew up with and became good at. As with any sport, for you to master it, the urge to become the best, there must be a specific passion towards exactly what you're doing to keep going. It's just not given, that they should experience this twice in their life - after all, sc2 is vastly different from bw). 2. There is still a drive from the public for them to keep playing (shown through donations). | ||
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arb
Noobville17921 Posts
best of luck if they don't though. | ||
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sushiman
Sweden2691 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
more sad newss | ||
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thezanursic
5490 Posts
Military, College, SoSPA? | ||
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bouboule
American Samoa62 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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thezanursic
5490 Posts
On September 17 2013 18:49 XsebT wrote: This is of course just speculation, but I really doubt these retirements had happened already if kespa and OGN hadn't moved over to sc2. On the other hand, bw was already on a slow decline in S Korea pre sc2 (which is only natural) - at least as I see it. Maybe, just maybe, this is a chance to...reboot the system. The only thing that really needs to happen, is to get bw on television again - thus attract sponsorships. These players going back to bw and streaming it (plus earning money from it) is a clear reflection of two things. 1. The players passion is BW (This is not to say anything bad about sc2, but it is just not what they grew up with and became good at. As with any sport, for you to master it, the urge to become the best, there must be a specific passion towards exactly what you're doing to keep going. It's just not given, that they should experience this twice in their life - after all, sc2 is vastly different from bw). 2. There is still a drive from the public for them to keep playing (shown through donations). Once they switched there was no going back. | ||
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