EPT[Interview] The Philosophy of the GSL - Page 6
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viraltouch
United States299 Posts
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
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bias-
United States410 Posts
When will people see that the twist in Blizzard/Activision, their terrible relations with Korean e-sports culture/fans, and bad battle.net interface? Blizz obviously is trying to kill SC:BW leagues to promote SC2 and the one and only league for it that it happens to run. Great graphics, shiny story, good gameplay, but no one seems to care about what made TL what it is in the past. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On August 07 2010 22:54 Milkis wrote: BW evolved from amateur leagues/tournaments -> Proleague. SC2 is now saying "screw professional teams, we're going back to deal with amateurs" There's a very good reason why you want professional teams sponsored by corporations. You won't really have that with this system. There's many advantages to BW's system, it's kinda sad that they only look at the so called "down sides" of it and brush it off. GSL's system in the end is very similar to BW's system except it's only a little bit more accessible to amateurs and now pro players are going to have a harder time earning a living. Yeah, it's 1.2 billion Won, but that's NOTHING when you think about how it needs to be distributed to everyone who wants to earn an actual living as a progamer, not just win one or two tournaments. Basically, we're going back to the times were progamers are back in their tiny cramped apartments eating ramen all day in order to compete. So it makes sense that SC2 needs to evolve the same way BW did. People need to remember that SC2 is a different game. There isn't a big pool of players ready to just be professional SC2 players and there isn't a bunch of corporations ready to shell out money to support teams and players like this yet.. The scene needs to grow. The game hasn't even been out for a month. | ||
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zenMaster
Canada761 Posts
"Quality --> Passion --> Money NOT Money --> Passion --> Quality" SC2 is just a fad that will fade away in a year or two because it is a terrible spectator sport. BW will continue to grow(OSL finals in Shanghai anyone? Chinese market is huge am I right?). | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
This is especially the case since there hasn't been a truly good Chinese SC player since PJ. I imagine that it's much like the foreigner BW scene where there's still some people going at it and fans of pro-gamers, etc. But if there was going to be a major expansion it'd have happened by now. People just need to accept that SC 2 is likely going to be the next big thing, at least internationally. Can't say how long it'll last, but judging by Blizzard's release schedule it'd probably last at least 3 more years. | ||
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