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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51709 Posts
May 13 2011 10:04 GMT
#2941
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 10:08:22
May 13 2011 10:06 GMT
#2942
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
May 13 2011 10:09 GMT
#2943
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 18:58 setzer wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:57 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:54 Boblion wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:43 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:40 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:37 setzer wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:25 Vorlik wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:58 Slakter wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:50 Ruscour wrote:
Brood War is bound to fall. It has a large, loyal fanbase, but that fanbase is growing far slower than SC2's fanbase, and this will continue to deteriorate, because the game looks like balls. And that's a factor.

The transition will be slow, but it IS a transition. Brood War will die eventually. And Blizzard wants it to.

How can this be true in any way?

At least in South Korea this just simply IS NOT true. Brood war is far from dying, players are still playing at a higher level than SC2 will see in many years, the game is constantly changing (Through pros working out new builds, not patches) and the competition is as hard as it has ever been. I cant see how anyone can think that Brood war is dying.


Sorry to break it to you but it doesn't matter how much competition, new builds, level of play,etc there is. It boils down to how many people actually care, and I guarantee you the broodwar audience is not growing, it's only declining. No 15 year old is going to start up their first rts experience with broodwar, but with sc2. It's been over a decade, it's dying, that's all there is to it.


You have absolutely no idea what BW is like in Korea, yet you claim things with absolutely certainty?

This has been said before: Korea cares very little for SC2.


even 3 year olds still watch BW in Korea,no its not going anywhere in Korea.

Oh and even Blizzard can't kill BW,they tired and failed.

They did not attempt to and they could have easily forced iccup servers to shut down, which would have killed BW. It's understandable why someone who does not understand IP laws and why companies initiate these kind of law suits would believe that though

They would have not been able to shut down the Iccup servers since they are located in Russia and also it is hilarious to think that shutting down Iccup would kill Korean bw lol.

You seem to be under the impression Russia is some free haven free of IP laws, but I can assure you that's not the case. Moreover, if there were no legal servers for players to play online on, BW would have definitely died at least if the servers were forced to shut down within a specific time frame


You realize that SC has this function called LAN support, right?

Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW

While you can't kill hamachi, it's of questionable legality so I'm not sure if BW could thrive if it had to rely on illegal means


You just said in a previous post:

It's absolutely true Blizzard wanted everyone to transition to SC2, but as I said, they could have easily killed BW without the law suit.


What are they going to do instead? ask nicely?
Legatus Lanius
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
2135 Posts
May 13 2011 10:10 GMT
#2944
i wonder whatll happen to intrigue
"He's the Triple H of Brood War." - Ribbon on Flash | "He's more like the John Cena of Brood War." - Aus)MaCrO on Flash
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51709 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 10:14:42
May 13 2011 10:13 GMT
#2945
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.


my accusation of Blizzard killing BW is not false,and i did not say it would have been ok if they killed BW via the lawsuit either.We can dance this dance a hundred times if you want or we can let it go..

On May 13 2011 19:10 Legatus Lanius wrote:
i wonder whatll happen to intrigue


nothing,given that the only flak he got is from the community and not the pros I'm sure hes fine.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
mdb
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Bulgaria4059 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 10:25:24
May 13 2011 10:24 GMT
#2946
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.



So if you prefer watching bw over sc2, why I havent seen your name in the lr threads in the bw section? And looking through your post history I see that you only post in SC2 related stuff. How can that be?
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 10:30:00
May 13 2011 10:26 GMT
#2947
On May 13 2011 19:09 setzer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:58 setzer wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:57 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:54 Boblion wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:43 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:40 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:37 setzer wrote:
On May 13 2011 18:25 Vorlik wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:58 Slakter wrote:
[quote]
How can this be true in any way?

At least in South Korea this just simply IS NOT true. Brood war is far from dying, players are still playing at a higher level than SC2 will see in many years, the game is constantly changing (Through pros working out new builds, not patches) and the competition is as hard as it has ever been. I cant see how anyone can think that Brood war is dying.


Sorry to break it to you but it doesn't matter how much competition, new builds, level of play,etc there is. It boils down to how many people actually care, and I guarantee you the broodwar audience is not growing, it's only declining. No 15 year old is going to start up their first rts experience with broodwar, but with sc2. It's been over a decade, it's dying, that's all there is to it.


You have absolutely no idea what BW is like in Korea, yet you claim things with absolutely certainty?

This has been said before: Korea cares very little for SC2.


even 3 year olds still watch BW in Korea,no its not going anywhere in Korea.

Oh and even Blizzard can't kill BW,they tired and failed.

They did not attempt to and they could have easily forced iccup servers to shut down, which would have killed BW. It's understandable why someone who does not understand IP laws and why companies initiate these kind of law suits would believe that though

They would have not been able to shut down the Iccup servers since they are located in Russia and also it is hilarious to think that shutting down Iccup would kill Korean bw lol.

You seem to be under the impression Russia is some free haven free of IP laws, but I can assure you that's not the case. Moreover, if there were no legal servers for players to play online on, BW would have definitely died at least if the servers were forced to shut down within a specific time frame


You realize that SC has this function called LAN support, right?

Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW

While you can't kill hamachi, it's of questionable legality so I'm not sure if BW could thrive if it had to rely on illegal means


You just said in a previous post:

Show nested quote +
It's absolutely true Blizzard wanted everyone to transition to SC2, but as I said, they could have easily killed BW without the law suit.


What are they going to do instead? ask nicely?

All companies want the playerbase to move on to their new product, but few for instance terminate their old online services to achieve that goal. They attempted to achieve that goal by making a product that could compete with the old and attempted to provide further incentives by making the game relatively cheap in Korea. Unfortunately for them they appear to have failed in game design; not that it's a bad game, but in its current form it just can't compete with high level BW as a spectator sport.


On May 13 2011 19:24 mdb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.



So if you prefer watching bw over sc2, why I havent seen your name in the lr threads in the bw section? And looking through your post history I see that you only post in SC2 related stuff. How can that be?

I read BW live threads and rarely post in SC2 ones because live threads in general aren't my thing; also the BW side is a bit elitist nowadays. Further, while I think BW is the superior spectator game, I'm excited about the growth of SC2 outside Korea, enjoy following foreigner players and still hold hope some of the design issues will be addressed eventually.
Casablancas
Profile Joined February 2011
Denmark145 Posts
May 13 2011 10:26 GMT
#2948
On May 13 2011 19:24 mdb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.



So if you prefer watching bw over sc2, why I havent seen your name in the lr threads in the bw section? And looking through your post history I see that you only post in SC2 related stuff. How can that be?

Yeah, he is clearly not part of the elite! Kick him out of the club!
hmmm...
Profile Joined March 2011
632 Posts
May 13 2011 10:27 GMT
#2949
On May 13 2011 17:40 karpo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 17:28 setzer wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:35 TheButtonmen wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:33 Meapak_Ziphh wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:25 mdb wrote:
On May 13 2011 16:20 Meapak_Ziphh wrote:
Just a question for the people bashing this article, how much BW have you watched? Not played, watched.


My thoughts exactly. Its obvious that the people getting angry with this article are all people who just havent watched, played and therefore dont understand bw at all.

I want everyone who's bashing this article to go out and watch a flash/Jaedong/bisu Vod. Once you've watched several of those then come back and we can continue the debate since we'll all have the same base knowledge.


Why?

I don't follow BW, I've never followed BW and I don't care about BW. I don't need a single lick of knowledge about BW to enjoy playing/watching SC2. No amount of knowledge about BW will lower my enjoyment of the SC2 games I've watched nor will any amount of BW knowledge make me acknowledge that the SC2 scene is a farce.


Lol yep we got it after the 10th time you said you don't care about BW, never did and never will. The players in BW have no effect on you or SC2, despite significant evidence in the way SC2 has developed as an e-sport and the strategies used. If Boxer didn't switch would you not care about him, despite basically being the father of SC e-sports?

Sad to see so many new players willfully ignorant of e-sports history that directly impacts the game they love.

On May 13 2011 16:50 Ruscour wrote:
Brood War is bound to fall. It has a large, loyal fanbase, but that fanbase is growing far slower than SC2's fanbase, and this will continue to deteriorate, because the game looks like balls. And that's a factor.

The transition will be slow, but it IS a transition. Brood War will die eventually. And Blizzard wants it to.


Yeah man the only reason I watch SC2 is because it has pew pew lasers and flashy visuals. BW suxx! Seriously, the fans of BW don't care how old the game looks and never did.


I'm a huge fan of BW and i care how it looks. I loved BW to death but the graphics are just so dated. Super Mario 3 and World/Zelda 3 aged with grace, to me BW didn't. Saying that BW fans don't care about graphics is a huge statement not really based on facts, i'm pretty sure a decent amount of fans moved over to SC2 cause it just much more fluent and looks better.

Edit: Just waiting for the "The ones who care about graphics were never BW fans" comeback.


i think this just goes to show how opinions are so strong.

i am being 100% honest from here: i like BW graphics much more than sc2 graphics. why? because it's much clearer and spectators (and the gamer alike) can tell what's going on better. units are bigger with respect to each square feet of the map so micro is more possible, etc.

look, i'm not saying i like bw more than sc2 b/c of the graphics, i clearly don't. but i'm just saying that you shouldn't be too sure that a decent amount of bw fans moved over to sc2 b/c it looks better because i personally know a lot of people who like the clarity of sc1 graphics more.

most BW fans who play sc2 but still watch BW do so b/c many of their friends are playing sc2, it's fun playing sc2 (but not as fun to watch), and a myriad of other more significant reasons that the graphics.

i don't really understand why anyway would play a game based on graphics....let alone a RTS game.
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
May 13 2011 10:29 GMT
#2950
On May 13 2011 19:26 Casablancas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:24 mdb wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations. I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.



So if you prefer watching bw over sc2, why I havent seen your name in the lr threads in the bw section? And looking through your post history I see that you only post in SC2 related stuff. How can that be?

Yeah, he is clearly not part of the elite! Kick him out of the club!

LOL what a terrible double agent.
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5617 Posts
May 13 2011 11:00 GMT
#2951
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations.

They basically let BW be for 10 years and then all of a sudden start a lawsuit. You have to incredibly gullible to not see that they are trying to kill BW. If the timing isn't enough, maybe the fact that they demanded stuff that are completely absurd like a "smoth transition" to SC2 and control of the proteams and maps.

I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.

Well it worked on you, didn't it? I doubt even you could have misunderstood their intentions if they killed all possibility to play BW all of a sudden.
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
Nayl
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada413 Posts
May 13 2011 11:05 GMT
#2952
On May 13 2011 20:00 Elroi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations.

They basically let BW be for 10 years and then all of a sudden start a lawsuit. You have to incredibly gullible to not see that they are trying to kill BW. If the timing isn't enough, maybe the fact that they demanded stuff that are completely absurd like a "smoth transition" to SC2 and control of the proteams and maps.

Show nested quote +
I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.

Well it worked on you, didn't it? I doubt even you could have misunderstood their intentions if they killed all possibility to play BW all of a sudden.


To be fair, Blizzard has been trying since 2007, when KeSPA suddenly decided they held broadcasting right to Proleague. They have tried to negotiate for 3 years, without much result, and had to resort to lawsuit. It is not necessarily fair thing to say Blizzard is blindly trying to kill BW. KeSPA has its faults in this as well.
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5617 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 11:17:22
May 13 2011 11:15 GMT
#2953
On May 13 2011 20:05 Nayl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 20:00 Elroi wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:06 syllogism wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 13 2011 19:03 syllogism wrote:
Prima facie it would seem to me they could have prevented pcbangs from including BW


you seem to have an intent to kill BW in a place that is happy with BW.

again like I said,killing BW would only make the fanbase unhappy.

Not at all, I prefer watching BW over SC2, I'm merely against people making false accusations.

They basically let BW be for 10 years and then all of a sudden start a lawsuit. You have to incredibly gullible to not see that they are trying to kill BW. If the timing isn't enough, maybe the fact that they demanded stuff that are completely absurd like a "smoth transition" to SC2 and control of the proteams and maps.

I don't think killing BW via the law suit would have made the fanbase any happier.

Well it worked on you, didn't it? I doubt even you could have misunderstood their intentions if they killed all possibility to play BW all of a sudden.


To be fair, Blizzard has been trying since 2007, when KeSPA suddenly decided they held broadcasting right to Proleague. They have tried to negotiate for 3 years, without much result, and had to resort to lawsuit. It is not necessarily fair thing to say Blizzard is blindly trying to kill BW. KeSPA has its faults in this as well.

I have been on TL almost every day since 2007. I had never heard about blizzard interfering with BW before 2010. Not even once.

BW has been televised in Korea since forever. It is not a new phenomenon.
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
Squeegy
Profile Joined October 2009
Finland1166 Posts
May 13 2011 11:22 GMT
#2954
On May 13 2011 18:31 Drolla wrote:
Great read, I never had a chance to experience Brood War, but this article makes me want to see all these amazing players, like Flash, Bisu etc. play Starcraft 2 and see whiter they will be the powerhouses they were in Brood War.


If only even one percent of the newbies were like you. :/
Stan: Dude, dolphins are intelligent and friendly. Cartman: Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
May 13 2011 11:30 GMT
#2955
Kind of an odd time to post something like this just before the TSL3 finals.
KingOfKangTheHee
Profile Joined April 2011
39 Posts
May 13 2011 11:37 GMT
#2956
This is really insulting to all the victors of tournaments for SC2...

Its not like they have a game changing patch every month or so...

since the different game theory has already been stated, id like to throw it out there that i had a 90% win at golems 9.0

but only 30% on sc2
FireBlast!
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United Kingdom5251 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 11:39:44
May 13 2011 11:38 GMT
#2957
Id like to thank intrigue for his bravery in trying to substantiate the elephant that is all too visible for those who can see it for those who are not able to see it. The post is a great insight into a large part of that ineffable something that is as of yet missing from the SC2 competition.

There's no denying within the space of a year SC2 has grown tremendously showing its potential of growth into something in its own light. But people cannot ignore the ornate monuments built by the BW scene and the invaluable insight it offers in mere defensive sycophancy. Until we see the introduction of the "Flash and Jaedong" outliers that will stretch and define the benchmarks of competition of the SC2 scene it will always be "incomplete" as a progaming scene judging from what we've been treated to for the ten beautiful years of the BW scene.

The real question is whether the elephant is an innate part of the room or whether something that can be ushered out through gradual cultural evolution. We won't know for sure until a few years and have the benefit of hindsight.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
loupouk
Profile Joined May 2003
France105 Posts
May 13 2011 11:44 GMT
#2958
SC2 is to broodwar what WNBA is to NBA. But at least in WNBA they did not lowered the basket to 2 meters and doubled its radius like they did in SC2.
DarkMatter_
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada1774 Posts
May 13 2011 11:48 GMT
#2959
On May 13 2011 20:22 Squeegy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2011 18:31 Drolla wrote:
Great read, I never had a chance to experience Brood War, but this article makes me want to see all these amazing players, like Flash, Bisu etc. play Starcraft 2 and see whiter they will be the powerhouses they were in Brood War.


If only even one percent of the newbies were like you. :/

Agreed.
LucienL
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands8 Posts
May 13 2011 11:54 GMT
#2960
the OP is rife with this bullshit idea that you can have talent at SC2, or any videogame

everyone starts off at the same level, and everyone can get the same benefits from practice. There is no talent.

your romantic idea that some players are "just better" and somehow should be winning is so wrong it's not even funny
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