EPTOn November 17 2006 02:09 5HITCOMBO wrote:
How did you come up with this theory? Hasn't the move towards team based SC like... made sponsorships, created TV channels, increased awareness, increased skill levels, and basically made SC into Korea's national sport?
How did you come up with this theory? Hasn't the move towards team based SC like... made sponsorships, created TV channels, increased awareness, increased skill levels, and basically made SC into Korea's national sport?
The reason the rise of pro league has been such a boon to pro gaming is because as of right now it's directly related to the players who have made reputations as individual tournament players. If a player becomes big in pro league it's exciting because he isn't big in 1v1 tournaments and therefore that method of proving himself is interesting. When we see a player who is big in 1v1 tournaments play in proleague it's interesting because it's a new area for him to prove himself in.
Proleague by itself is stale. Who cares about the players in it if all we are seeing if it's just bodies on a team being strategically chosen to play in the optimal game slots.
