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Achilles
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada385 Posts
October 07 2010 13:34 GMT
#101
TBH, Blizzard are the ones in control of the korean proleagues. Don't renew the SC:BW contract with the proleagues, but give them an option for SC2.
[rS]Gluske // http://www.rsgaming.com // Troku[tC]
RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
October 07 2010 13:36 GMT
#102
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66163 Posts
October 07 2010 13:40 GMT
#103
On October 07 2010 22:34 Achilles wrote:
TBH, Blizzard are the ones in control of the korean proleagues. Don't renew the SC:BW contract with the proleagues, but give them an option for SC2.

no

all they're doing is holding it hostage because of that retarded IP rights + time slot issue
POGGERS
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
October 07 2010 14:01 GMT
#104
I read the whole thing expecting some exciting news or a big announcement, got neither. I'm beginning to think nothing will ever really change about the game or bnet2
0mar
Profile Joined February 2010
United States567 Posts
October 07 2010 14:06 GMT
#105
bunch of politick speak. worthless.
btlyger
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States470 Posts
October 07 2010 14:08 GMT
#106
I'm actually comforted by this. I believe in Mike Morhaim, and I think if he took the time to personally address us, even if it is damage control, it shows that all of blizzard is invested in making this game good, and are actually listening to us.

Can't wait to see some of these new changes in, and can't wait for the seasons to start. Thanks mike.
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ArghUScaredMe
Profile Joined July 2010
United States712 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 14:09:41
October 07 2010 14:08 GMT
#107
Meh, I had a good feeling after reading the letter.

Then I realized everything is politics, PR, and ass-kissing. This open letter came immediately after the Mike vs Minister of Korean Culture mouthing off to each other.

Mike is just trying to appease to their main audience - Korean gamers.

In short, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Achilles
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada385 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 14:10:58
October 07 2010 14:09 GMT
#108
On October 07 2010 22:40 konadora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 07 2010 22:34 Achilles wrote:
TBH, Blizzard are the ones in control of the korean proleagues. Don't renew the SC:BW contract with the proleagues, but give them an option for SC2.

no

all they're doing is holding it hostage because of that retarded IP rights + time slot issue


And from a purely business standpoint Blizzard should then hold the BW hostage if they want SC2 to explode and make money in that market.

Valve did it for CSS when DirectTV had their CGS program on. Unfortunately DTV doesn't know how to run a company.
[rS]Gluske // http://www.rsgaming.com // Troku[tC]
DragonDefonce
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States790 Posts
October 07 2010 14:14 GMT
#109
So....... what was the point of this letter?
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
October 07 2010 14:15 GMT
#110
I want more information on the 'Pro' and 'Semi pro' leagues. Sounds to me like we're just going to get a new Diamond league that most people get into eventually. It'd be nice if it was invite only. Otherwise I'm going to feel pressure as a commentator to actually earn my way in, which will take a lot of my time, hahaha.

Also, seasons... I'd like to see them be as long as traditional seasons. Would be interesting to have Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer seasons each year. I think four month periods are the perfect times for ladder resets.
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Legace
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden342 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 14:25:37
October 07 2010 14:21 GMT
#111
On October 07 2010 21:51 Art_of_Kill wrote:
"I’d also like to mention that we are actively encouraging the creation of amateur StarCraft II tournaments as well, and we look forward to supporting more community tournaments at that level. "
aha, like delaying HDH2 until GSL preseason 3 is over
interesting way of supporte


Amateur tournaments refers to tournaments where participants are not professional.

I.e. having professional gamers like idrA and TLO competing in HDH2 disqualifies it as an "amateur tournament".
potatoedoughnut
Profile Joined July 2008
United States334 Posts
October 07 2010 14:23 GMT
#112
Well that was disappointing. No real new info, and it worries me that things like custom games get mentioned up front, none of the major sc2 competitive concers are mentioened, and bw gets a brief mention at the end. Honesly I just want to watch some good bw at this point. I'm happy if sc2 improves, but isn't my main concern right now. I honestly don't care at all about custom games and maps.
Eagles may soar, but weasels do not get sucked into jet engines.
MuteZephyr
Profile Joined August 2010
Lithuania448 Posts
October 07 2010 14:26 GMT
#113
Korea gets free SC2 with WoW!? o.0

I'm excited about the new semi-pro/pro leagues too, makes it more apparent where you really are skill wise. The difference between HuK for example at the top of diamond and the average mid-diamond player is HUGE. Both should really not be in the same league :D
I don't Micro, I FEMTO. That's 9 orders of magnitude more extreme.
StifSokSamurai
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States120 Posts
October 07 2010 14:28 GMT
#114
On October 07 2010 17:30 Sprouter wrote:
Show nested quote +
Korea is the only region where World of Warcraft players can play StarCraft II for free!
holy fuck blizzard really wants korea to play sc2

It was at this point I went O.o "holy cow" too. Not that it matters much to us a WoW noob is a WoW noob no matter what country they are from.
zergporn
Profile Joined April 2010
Estonia156 Posts
October 07 2010 14:30 GMT
#115
meanwhile GSL finals hit 800k views @ gomtv.com
the game changes as you get higher
sleepingdog
Profile Joined August 2008
Austria6145 Posts
October 07 2010 14:30 GMT
#116
On October 07 2010 23:15 Wolf wrote:
I want more information on the 'Pro' and 'Semi pro' leagues. Sounds to me like we're just going to get a new Diamond league that most people get into eventually.


well, if they are serious about this, then I don't see why this should be the case

if we compare it to iCCup they could make it so semi pro league basicly resembles B- / C+ while pro is A- / B+ up....or something like that
it will definitely be percentage-wise and not point-wise; currently, I think about 6-7% are in diamond; if the top 1% overall get moved into "semi pro" and the top 10-20% of "semi-pro" into "pro", then this could work, don't you think?
"You see....YOU SEE..." © 2010 Sen
Phrencys
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada270 Posts
October 07 2010 14:36 GMT
#117
Allowing WoW players to play SC2 is not a terrible move.

I would probably had kept my WoW account active if they rewarded me with a free SC2 for doing so. SC2 is about 5months worth of WoW game time.

And then you get to basically force players to keep their WoW account active saying "if you deactivate your WoW account, you will need to buy SC2 to continue playing it".

It sounds pretty smart. I wonder why they didn't do it in other countries?
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
October 07 2010 14:48 GMT
#118
They don't really mean any of it though. They'd have made the obvious changes to Bnet2 2 weeks in if they did.
My. Copy. Is. Here.
thehitman
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
1105 Posts
October 07 2010 14:55 GMT
#119
always good stuff to hear from the man himself. Hopefully they will also add LAN, unlock global servers, rework the custom games window, improve the game lobby and make name changes free forever.
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 14:57:11
October 07 2010 14:55 GMT
#120
On October 07 2010 18:06 DiamondTear wrote:
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On October 07 2010 17:46 infinity2k9 wrote:
On October 07 2010 17:40 xBillehx wrote:
We recognize many of you are interested to continue watching StarCraft I matches on TV, and as long as there is interest, we would like to see that continue as well. ...
...Contrary to what you may have heard, it would make us very happy to see both StarCraft and StarCraft II matches continue to be televised at the professional level. These are both Blizzard games, after all.

I think this is a very important part. Can we stop claiming Blizzard wants BW to die now?

Other than that I'm highly interested in the custom maps. :D
Thanks for the info Waxangel!


Because he said it, it's true? The actions don't match the words here.


Gretech wants BW to die. Depending on their contract, Blizzard might or might not want it.


Gretech doesn't want BW to die - keep up with the current negotiations. They've recently said all they want is the IP rights and an -extremely- small fee (considering the profits the companies are making). At the moment, it really sounds like MBC is the one acting out of line, and they're the ones paying for it. KeSPA just wants both MBC and OGN to broadcast it and Gretech isn't happy with MBC. Hopefully it will get worked out.

On October 07 2010 23:48 Piy wrote:
They don't really mean any of it though. They'd have made the obvious changes to Bnet2 2 weeks in if they did.


Because it's easy to develop a shitload of content in 2 weeks. Seriously?
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