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Serek
Profile Joined May 2011
United Kingdom459 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#461
On May 02 2012 11:26 malady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:21 Serek wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:17 Hesmyrr wrote:
This is one historical event I've never hoped to bear witness to. I don't even know how to write... it was good knowing you, korean professional Brood War scene. Though the game definitely deserve its greatness and will keep burning on regardless of this cruel fate, I would be lying if I didn't acknowledge that your presence made following Brood War tenfolds more entertaining. You've been with me since childhood, and like many of the those things you are now lost. ... Good bye good years- the Golden Decades of Brood War.


So much drama. The writing was on the wall once SC2 esports took off in the west. Blizzard et al. won't support both games simultaneously for longer than necessary to make the transition because it segments their market.



don't be a jerk
let the guy express himself
bw started it all


Aww. Grow up
pdd
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia9933 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#462
TL Live Report ‏ @TeamLiquidLIVE
So, May: Hybrid, Oct: full SC2, if things go as planned

+ they're finding a way of integrating SC2 teams into Oct PL. That plus the fact that the next OSL is not confirmed (although highly likely) to be SC2, just basically means that KeSPA players will probably be in a state of limbo for awhile having to juggle between two games.

I guess the last question left to ask is will any of the KeSPA players be trying out for Code A next season.
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Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#463
GOMTV should become KeSPA's new partner after MBC quit BW.
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#464
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.
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X10A
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada9837 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#465
How long would the hybrid season be May-August? September?
Doesn't seem like much =/
Please please please alternate days and not sets, it'd be a bitch to LR
CJ/T8 Fighting//#1 STX and Bisu anti <3//YES X10A is based off the Freedom Gundam
singul4rity
Profile Joined September 2011
United States54 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#466
TeamLiquidLIVE OGN: We're preparing foreign broadcasts for SC II, as we've done for other game leagues (LOL)


If Moletrap is involved I will be alittle unhappy...
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Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#467
On May 02 2012 11:27 sGs.Kal_rA wrote:
What really makes me sad is that the only reason bw's life is threatened is directly because of sc2. Not because the game has gotten boring or stale (quite the contrary actually)

Oh well.. not like life is always fair anyways... at least were gonna gave some games coming our way with a hybrid (even if the quality of games are gonna tank)


Weren't there already cracks in BW, seeing as how there was the period of not having enough sponsors for all the teams and needing to disband and combine some of them?

From everything I've heard, there is practically no competition for money in Korea from SC2, so while the international market makes BW look unsustainable, seeing as how Korea was where all the money was coming from anyways, it's hard for me to imagine that SC2 really brought about that downfall. At best, you could say SC2 provided a legitimate alternative plan to an already (slowly) declining BW.
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6259 Posts
May 02 2012 02:31 GMT
#468
Hybrid BW/SC2 followed by a full transition to SC2! Great news!!
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
May 02 2012 02:32 GMT
#469
On May 02 2012 11:29 1Eris1 wrote:
Please please please please please please
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Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please



alternate days and not matches. please


I'm ideally hoping for 3 rounds (1 round BW 1 round sc2 1 round BW) and figure out something good for playoffs (like day1 bw day 2 sc2 day3 bw could lead to people being shitty practicing half and half. But at least the teams could dedicate people to playing one full time and not suck).

iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
X10A
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada9837 Posts
May 02 2012 02:32 GMT
#470
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough
CJ/T8 Fighting//#1 STX and Bisu anti <3//YES X10A is based off the Freedom Gundam
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
May 02 2012 02:33 GMT
#471
If I'm forced to watch english casts this proleague then I'll destroy the universe in the implosion of my rage.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 02 2012 02:33 GMT
#472
On May 02 2012 11:32 X10A wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough

OGN needs to hunt down Cholera and drag him over to Korea for the twilight days of BW.
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Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
May 02 2012 02:34 GMT
#473
On May 02 2012 11:32 N.geNuity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:29 1Eris1 wrote:
Please please please please please please
+ Show Spoiler +
Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please



alternate days and not matches. please


I'm ideally hoping for 3 rounds (1 round BW 1 round sc2 1 round BW) and figure out something good for playoffs (like day1 bw day 2 sc2 day3 bw could lead to people being shitty practicing half and half. But at least the teams could dedicate people to playing one full time and not suck).



This seems even worse than alternating sets imo.
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
May 02 2012 02:34 GMT
#474
On May 02 2012 11:33 eviltomahawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:32 X10A wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough

OGN needs to hunt down Cholera and drag him over to Korea for the twilight days of BW.

Hearing Cholera one last time would be amazing I must say :D
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
zz_
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden1022 Posts
May 02 2012 02:34 GMT
#475
On May 02 2012 11:29 1Eris1 wrote:
Please please please please please please
+ Show Spoiler +
Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please



alternate days and not matches. please


Not gonna happen. They need people to watch both games, not just pick the day of the game they prefer. Think about it, this is pretty much 100% to get the Korean BW fans more exposed to SC2. What better way to do that than to intersect it with BW.
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
May 02 2012 02:34 GMT
#476
On May 02 2012 11:33 eviltomahawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:32 X10A wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough

OGN needs to hunt down Cholera and drag him over to Korea for the twilight days of BW.


Reach retired so cholera's passion may be lost.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
TL+ Member
Chytilova
Profile Joined December 2011
United States790 Posts
May 02 2012 02:35 GMT
#477
Well I'm glad the Q&A has been more interesting at least.
Clbull
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-02 02:35:55
May 02 2012 02:35 GMT
#478
On May 02 2012 11:34 corumjhaelen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:33 eviltomahawk wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:32 X10A wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough

OGN needs to hunt down Cholera and drag him over to Korea for the twilight days of BW.

Hearing Cholera one last time would be amazing I must say :D

And maybe Klazart.
X10A
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada9837 Posts
May 02 2012 02:35 GMT
#479
On May 02 2012 11:34 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 11:33 eviltomahawk wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:32 X10A wrote:
On May 02 2012 11:31 eviltomahawk wrote:
Well, at least some more concrete news is starting to come out of this.

Hybrid PL in May. Full SC2 PL in October, with GSL/GSTL teams.

And cool to see OGN plan on preparing for English broadcasts. Moletrap, anyone? lmao.

I'm down for Moletrap to give everyone that was around for the SC2GG days some more BW
Flash crushing Zero wasn't enough

OGN needs to hunt down Cholera and drag him over to Korea for the twilight days of BW.


Reach retired so cholera's passion may be lost.

Cholera coming back would make Reach become the new bonjwa, and destroy everything, and then crush ZergBong back into a 2v2 partner in star2. hehe <3
CJ/T8 Fighting//#1 STX and Bisu anti <3//YES X10A is based off the Freedom Gundam
Mawi
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden4365 Posts
May 02 2012 02:35 GMT
#480
man the negotiations will be the most hectict ever
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