On July 04 2013 20:34 N.geNuity wrote: about time, LoL is fucking gigantic in korea
also, I know lots of people probably addressed it, but the kespa teams may or may not be current kespa (eg samsung). The special force leagues certainly had other sponsors (tving, IT bank), could be any sponsor
Wouldn't surprise me if they just take the old teams, seeing how we already have CJ Entus, KT Rolster and SKTT1 teams
On July 04 2013 19:25 theking1 wrote: @spikestarcraft
so the fact that a moba resigns a contract with a company they already had a good contract with in the first placemakes you hate sc2 .Why can not you like sc2 for what it is .
@Alexj
Enlighten me a little bit.what is the difference between proleague and olympus champions beside different format?What will it bring to lol and how will it negatively impact sc2?
@evilfatsh
not you dota2 fans too.............why?what does this have to do with dota 2?You guys already have the 2 million dollar nexon thingy.How does negatively impact you...come on guys
how doesnt it? we all know kespa is what makes koreans pro scenes so god damn pro. so what if we have a big tournament sponsored by nexon? whos gonna win it? "pro" korean teams that would get owned by any pro b team from china/eu? kespa was the best bet for all aspiring dota 2 progamers, and now that it has been ruled out dota players have no alternative but to play in teams that probably dont have the knowledge nor the experience required to become top level. considering the fact that china and eu started playing the game YEARS before koreans did, it just got infinitely harder for koreans to rival the chinese and the western community.
On July 04 2013 14:14 Empirimancer wrote: Sometimes I try to imagine how popular SC2 would be in Korea if it had been as accessible as Brood War in internet cafes and if bnet 2.0 had been well designed.
Then I get depressed and I think about something else.
lol the only way sc2 would have ever reached the popularity of bw if it became free2play or if people found a way to pirate it at no profit to blizzard like bw.
it is nearly oO as for now hots is free in the internet cafes from korea and also other stuff ... its just not that easy lol is so rnd everyone can play it with 5apm and do something there so its always more popular btw why is this in sc2 section ? so much lol
On July 04 2013 14:14 Empirimancer wrote: Sometimes I try to imagine how popular SC2 would be in Korea if it had been as accessible as Brood War in internet cafes and if bnet 2.0 had been well designed.
Then I get depressed and I think about something else.
Sometimes I try to imagine if Blizz dev team didn't make Starcraft 2 so noob friendly to keep the competitive level harsh just like BW. Surely a high percentage of Pro Koreans would've have switched to Starcraft 2 keeping the player base and viewer base the same to the new game.
Agreed. With League of Legends it has become apparent that any game that caters towards the casual audience is going to crash and burn. I bet this is why nobody is playing LoL anymore while Dota 2 has the biggest player base of any esport game.
On July 04 2013 14:25 Chexx wrote: And here we are on TL where the majority is still unbelievable angry about lol and think it is a games for noobs.
Not at all, but if you don't play LoL it is a terrible spectator esport. Not the same with SC2.
That is completely subjective and will probably result in a lot of biased discussion.
LoL is easy to understand by watching it, you may not grasp what ADC, Jungler and what not is at first glimpse, but its really easy to see if someone did something "good" and who the winning team is.
On July 04 2013 14:04 larse wrote: Riot's representative said that holding global tournaments in Korea is like holding world cup in Brazil--it's crazily good.
On July 04 2013 19:39 Kontrax wrote: So sad that LoL is more popular than Dota2,,, But i guess the easier game has more followers.
It depends, some people find dota easier, some find lol easier. Matter of opinion.
I would say LoL being easier at the entry level is a fact, getting good is a different story though.
Its not a bad thing either, being accessible is one of the games biggest draws so if anything more games should try to be like it.
It is a big pro for a game to be easily accessible. And LoL has a good skill scaling to the top, it's not that a decent SC2 player comes in and owns everyone. It's fun and you see the skill in the play of those korean pros.
On July 04 2013 14:25 Chexx wrote: And here we are on TL where the majority is still unbelievable angry about lol and think it is a games for noobs.
Not at all, but if you don't play LoL it is a terrible spectator esport. Not the same with SC2.
IDK, I watched a OGN game of LoL and immediately went to download it and now I have a lot of fun playing it. It was just so crazy and interesting.
Besides, if Kespa makes a lot of money with LoL, maybe that will help relieve some of the burden on the SC2 guys.
Same here, but I did have my little brother explain things while watching because the casters don't really do a good job explaining things for noobs IMO. At least the matches I was watching.
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