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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
Isn't that really insulting to all the other games Liquid supports... | ||
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Nebula
England780 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:51 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: "Its place in esports history is rivaled only by Starcraft" Isn't that really insulting to all the other games Liquid supports... Not to mention it's not even remotely true, holy shit. BW, CS and Q3, these games have real esport history. I didn't think anyone in real competitive gaming even took console fps serious :/ | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:51 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: "Its place in esports history is rivaled only by Starcraft" Isn't that really insulting to all the other games Liquid supports... Ya, what about Melee? The only game that's had almost as long of a tournament life as BW, and unlike BW is currently still growing 14 years later. That's some historical ass shit right there. Oh, and Quake, CS? Those games have more history I'd think. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:53 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, what about Melee? The only game that's had almost as long of a tournament life as BW, and unlike BW is currently still growing 14 years later. That's some historical ass shit right there. Melee has existed a long time, but it was never on the level of Halo 2/3, which I believe is what they meant. In USA, Halo was THE esport. (See: Tsquared on dr. pepper) | ||
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KtJ
United States3514 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:53 Najda wrote: Haven't watched halo in a long time, which one is being played competitively? Melee has existed a long time, but it was never on the level of Halo 2/3, which I believe is what they meant. In USA, Halo was THE esport. I'm pretty sure its halo 2 anniversary | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
saw a tourney with that so yeah I'm pretty sure that's what their using. and yeah Halo was pretty big in the US for a while. they had a deal with ESPN at one point and were on tv (albeit a temporary thing on a cable network at the end of Halo 2). I don't know enough about other games to know how they compare with them) also for the longest time Halo basically was MLG. | ||
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McRatyn
Poland901 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:57 McRatyn wrote: What are the prerquisites (besides killing the other team) to win a Halo pro-game? Like CS - bomb, SC - destroy buildings etc. usually (and this is based of off halo 3/ reach/ halo 4). there's: team slayer (self explanatory to 50 kills. usually and more open maps early halo 3 they did it on maps with more set ups and one team would get like a 10 kill lead then the other team would wait for power ups/rockets and try to break and if the failed they'd just wait again, got very boring. ) ctf (3 or 5 caps to score depending on map, own flag needs to be in to score, froget how flag reset works but I think its touch on small maps and timer on larger ones.) oddball, (basically a skull that you have to have someone on your team hold andyou get points while they do. goes to 250 points, forget points per second, usually the most based around set ups). a popular strategy is holding it until you die in a position where it falls of the map on death so it resets) and king of the hill ( one hill that rotates between I think 3 locations and you try to hold it.) game usually revolves around power weapons like snipers and rockets (think shotgun in halo 2 was one also) which have timed respawns as well as overshield (think its like 3x normal shield, and camo which are also on timers, somewhere I have the respawn timers for halo 3 but since they're probably diferent now its not worth posting). everyone generally has the same weapon (dmr or Battle rifle.) 2 grenades on spawn, grenades are your bread and butter for quickly killing people. flags and oddballs do normal damage on melee's they could have changed it since then though If your more interested pm me or something and I can explain it in more detail (although to be fair I'm slightly out of the loop) | ||
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DSK
England1110 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:19 Specialist wrote: lol User was warned for this post Honestly, this was my exact response. I thought "Halo" was a LoL or DOTA player. | ||
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HaloFrankie
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Cricketer12
United States13990 Posts
On May 15 2015 02:08 cutler wrote: oh cool. Halo is played as a esport? Never seen it before...rock in the name of liquid guys! This surprises me more than the announcement | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:53 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Ya, what about Melee? The only game that's had almost as long of a tournament life as BW, and unlike BW is currently still growing 14 years later. That's some historical ass shit right there. Oh, and Quake, CS? Those games have more history I'd think. http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/11th_SonicTV_Starleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Draemong_Starleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Seaside_Super_Tournament http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/HungryApp_Starz_League_with_Kongdoo I'm pretty certain BW is not dead. | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
dont worry People around 2010 will know what this means  . | ||
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CakeSauc3
United States1437 Posts
On May 15 2015 03:52 Nebula wrote: Not to mention it's not even remotely true, holy shit. BW, CS and Q3, these games have real esport history. I didn't think anyone in real competitive gaming even took console fps serious :/ I've been following Halo as an esport since 2004, and it was already a thing by then. It's consistently had tournaments and a fanbase since 2001. It's what made MLG a thing and was involved in WCG tournies back when BW was there, too. That's 14 years of history. Real competitive gaming extends beyond the PC, though the PC does have a lot of it. I personally much prefer Halo over CS as a shooter, and I've been a StarCraft fan for over a decade. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On May 15 2015 04:07 stuchiu wrote: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/11th_SonicTV_Starleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Draemong_Starleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Seaside_Super_Tournament http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/HungryApp_Starz_League_with_Kongdoo I'm pretty certain BW is not dead. I never siad BW was dead, far from it. I just said it's not growing, at least not on the same level as Melee, which in the last few years has gone from completely grassroots and kinda dead to rivaling SC2 in viewer numbers. On May 15 2015 04:07 ptbl wrote: tahts halo dont worry People around 2010 will know what this means .Only us 2010 kids amirite? /s | ||
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alukarD
Mexico396 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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Juliette
United States6003 Posts
On May 15 2015 04:07 ptbl wrote: tahts halo dont worry People around 2010 will know what this means .ahhhh god dammit - i started my videogaming in pokemon and halo and branched off into cod/sc2/dota, so putting it all together is mindblowing for me. im so hyped oh my goodness | ||
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Fazers
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On May 15 2015 04:10 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: I never siad BW was dead, far from it. I just said it's not growing, at least not on the same level as Melee, which in the last few years has gone from completely grassroots and kinda dead to rivaling SC2 in viewer numbers. Only us 2010 kids amirite? /s BW is growing. Much in the same way as Melee. Just because it's all naturalized in Korea rather than America, it doesn't mean it's not growing. | ||
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