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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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Reason.SC2
Canada1047 Posts
Maybe if you want to play on ultra with high res... My 2 year old 500 dollar laptop can even run SC2 on low settings. Is the computer situation in Korea really so bad that most people don't have a machine that can run SC2? I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that most people are casual gamers and thus RPGs have a much broader appeal, and that Brood War is still very popular so most hardcore RTS types are sticking to that instead of moving to SC2. | ||
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deafhobbit
United States828 Posts
On March 14 2011 07:01 Reason.SC2 wrote: I don't get the whole "you need a nice computer to play SC2" argument... Maybe if you want to play on ultra with high res... My 2 year old 500 dollar laptop can even run SC2 on low settings. Is the computer situation in Korea really so bad that most people don't have a machine that can run SC2? I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that most people are casual gamers and thus RPGs have a much broader appeal, and that Brood War is still very popular so most hardcore RTS types are sticking to that instead of moving to SC2. Good computer is a relative term. Think about it this way, what use besides gaming, graphics design, or a few other specialized functions do things like graphics cards, >1gb ram (>2gb on 7 or other shiner OS's), or fast processors have? Answer, not much, and in particular not much an average computer user needs. I know plenty of people who use a single netbook as their exclusive computer, because it's all they need. Hell, for a year and a half i was one of these people, when i didn't have enough time to do any gaming at all. Simply put, unless you plan on gaming or a few other more intense tasks, there's no reason to buy a computer that can run Sc2. Thus, a lot more people than you'd expect won't have such a computer. | ||
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Reason.SC2
Canada1047 Posts
And gamers should also have gaming-capable computers. It isn't exactly expensive. Again, I purchased this notebook almost 2 years ago for only 500 dollars and even it can run SC2. Its not like you need to shell out 2 thousand every year for a new gaming rig to be able to play games. The people you're describing certainly exist everywhere (that have a 8 year old comp used only for e-mail and typing stuff on word). These aren't gamers though so they shouldn't affect the statistics here. | ||
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MuTT
United States398 Posts
On March 14 2011 07:01 Reason.SC2 wrote: I don't get the whole "you need a nice computer to play SC2" argument... Maybe if you want to play on ultra with high res... My 2 year old 500 dollar laptop can even run SC2 on low settings. Is the computer situation in Korea really so bad that most people don't have a machine that can run SC2? I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that most people are casual gamers and thus RPGs have a much broader appeal, and that Brood War is still very popular so most hardcore RTS types are sticking to that instead of moving to SC2. Well sc2 graphics is pretty much the only thing that is better than bw, so if they can't use the high graphics then its terrible lol | ||
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fams
Canada731 Posts
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
On March 14 2011 07:25 fams wrote: As two others have indicated, it isn't DotA that is super popular in Korea, but Chaos a similar game. It is quite big in Korea : ) Yes, nobody plays Dota in Korea they are actually playing warcraft 3 | ||
Spazer
Canada8036 Posts
On March 14 2011 07:18 Reason.SC2 wrote: Right, but PC Bangs should be equipped with computers that are prepped for gaming, so that wouldn't explain them not running SC2. And gamers should also have gaming-capable computers. It isn't exactly expensive. Again, I purchased this notebook almost 2 years ago for only 500 dollars and even it can run SC2. Its not like you need to shell out 2 thousand every year for a new gaming rig to be able to play games. The people you're describing certainly exist everywhere (that have a 8 year old comp used only for e-mail and typing stuff on word). These aren't gamers though so they shouldn't affect the statistics here. I think you're overestimating the amount of money most people have to spare... | ||
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Yurie
12146 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:23 Slardar wrote: All hail Defense of the Ancients!  . What is Sudden Attack? I also can't believe Aion is in the #1 spot..the mass grindfest game which was imbalanced. Sudden Attack is a game that is very similar to CS. A bit different, but basically a competitive team FPS. Without vehicles and on mostly smallish maps, same as CS. Many different modes to play in, but the most popular is the bomb mode as in CS. | ||
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yoonyoon
Korea (South)1065 Posts
On March 14 2011 06:47 tyCe wrote: Might I suggest that the ranks can be touched up to make SC2 and WoW, both current flagship Blizzard titles seem less relevant? I have no proof obviously, but it is not out of the question, especially in such a politically motivated industry in a country ingrained with little politics. Because if you think about it - if the university students are playing SC2 far more than BW, then who is there to play BW to triple SC2's playing time? High-schoolers? Why would they play something far older and less "shiny"? Office workers? Where do they get the time? If what your friend says is indicative of the university population, then these figures dont make sense. How did my comment about my friend turn into a SC2 conspiracy theory? I just added that in because I don't go to PC bangs often and I wanted input of a guy friend who did. | ||
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Serejai
6007 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:23 Slardar wrote: All hail Defense of the Ancients! . What is Sudden Attack? I also can't believe Aion is in the #1 spot..the mass grindfest game which was imbalanced. I think you're just too used to being handed free stuff like most American MMOs. Aion is hardly a "grindfest" (much easier to level than EverQuest was), and the PvP is infinitely more balanced than PvP in WoW is. It's not surprising at all that it's the most played game in Korea. It's an extremely good game... it just never took off in the NA market because people here are used to watered down games like WoW and refuse to play anything where they have to put in effort to get somewhere. Asian cultures, on the other hand, tend to prefer games where their time and effort is rewarded based on what they put in so it makes sense to see Aion and TERA up there. | ||
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Morale
Sweden1010 Posts
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kaisen
United States601 Posts
On March 14 2011 07:33 Yurie wrote: Sudden Attack is a game that is very similar to CS. A bit different, but basically a competitive team FPS. Without vehicles and on mostly smallish maps, same as CS. Many different modes to play in, but the most popular is the bomb mode as in CS. So, it's basically a CS ripoff. | ||
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moopie
12605 Posts
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HudsonK
China172 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
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misaTO
Argentina204 Posts
Korea had top cs teams (project : korea) but they suddenly disapeared  Im not surprised to see Lineage2 because it has a superior political aspect than most mmos. | ||
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mdma-_-
Nauru1213 Posts
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
Let's see if the release of expansions can change this (I sort of doubt it) | ||
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misaTO
Argentina204 Posts
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