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this is a thought i had to ask myself recently and it sort of made me come to the realization that starcraft is probably one of the best online games ever made.
as most of you know of my notorious ammount of choking in wcg this past year, i decided to quit broodwar after wcg and didnt play it for about 3 weeks straight. i decided to quit because right b4 wcg i was playing like almost 4 hours a day and it was taking all the fun out of it. after my failure at wcg i decided to quit permanantly and try to devote time to the things i used to enjoy b4 i started playing brood war too much. the reason i asked this question to all of you, is because with no major competitions available for foriegners for another year (for the most part) why keep playing a game and dedicating time to it to improve in skill, if nothing serious happens for another year or so?
for me i have started playing a little bit now and again and have really started enjoying the game for what it is, and have found that the less i actually devote to playing it the more i tend to enjoy it. But what about all of you who still play this game seriously? what drives you to spend as much time as you do with this game? furthermore, what about players of extremely strong skill levels already? (naz etc..) what is in it for them? why do they still play?
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Well, I think the most of the players are playing still for the fun. For sure some of that wanna get better and stuff... The reason I'm playing it is: FUN/BUDDYS/and the hole fucking stuff arround it(community sites, tournaments, etc). Its damn interesting - and I wonder everytime that this(hole) Online Community help that the Game is staying alive!
In fact there is some kind of obsession, I know we all love StarCraft!
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Norway10161 Posts
Im playing a few games now and then for old time's sake, and to hook up with old online friends. Thats all it is now.
There will never be a western sc pro gaming scene anyway, so either you go for it all in korea or you play it for fun.
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I haven't been playing seriously for the past year now, just playing for fun. I'm not trying to improve my skills anymore, or find good opponents to play, I just play some games now and then for the fun of it.
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Netherlands4511 Posts
year? lol i don't think so, 1 year ago is when me and you started finding games for you on WEST.. as ns.l)_darky etc..1 year ago i came on BW and joined I)- lol :D
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Then, it was a few months later. Anyway, I think I only played around 6 games on that darky account.
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this is so true
play less, enjoy more
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Canada398 Posts
i play to improve and have fun, the only reasons that matter.
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