On February 07 2013 11:49 lokes wrote:
Of course there will be tournaments, and of course i will watch them. It will be interesting to see how the metagame will keep changing and i hope blizzard keeps on patching wol.

I don't really think Blizzard will support WoL after HotS in terms of new patches.

Patriot.dlk

Sweden5462 Posts

February 07 2013 20:36 GMT

#42

I think hots is the natural next step so I will go ahead and support it. I never liked to split my attention to different variants of the same thing so yeah no more wol for me.

xmungam

United States1050 Posts

February 07 2013 20:50 GMT

#43

YES. it's not feasible for all WOL pros to switch to HOTS immediately, it will take time just like going from BW to WOL. I will stay with WoL as long as i can because the Kespa pros are probably gonna keep playing WoL in proleague for at least a little while, and i will always follow the korean homeland :D

GoodSirTets

Canada200 Posts

February 07 2013 21:00 GMT

#44

On February 07 2013 13:10 Emzeeshady wrote:
absolutely

WOL is in the best shape it has ever been

I can't help but notice your list of players "fighting" is all zerg ;P
Best shape the competitive scene's ever been in indeed.

Maitolasi

Finland441 Posts

February 07 2013 21:00 GMT

#45

I've been bored with watching WoL for the past two months already so I won't be watching any WoL until HotS comes out.

LowEloPlayer

United States205 Posts

February 07 2013 21:03 GMT

#46

No. I've had enough of zerg.

LowEloPlayer

United States205 Posts

February 07 2013 21:06 GMT

#47

On February 08 2013 05:50 xmungam wrote:
YES. it's not feasible for all WOL pros to switch to HOTS immediately, it will take time just like going from BW to WOL. I will stay with WoL as long as i can because the Kespa pros are probably gonna keep playing WoL in proleague for at least a little while, and i will always follow the korean homeland :D

"it will take time just like going BW to WOL"

I don't think so. That was a transition between two completely different games, while this is a transition just between expansions. For one thing, Korean pros who are strictly in Korea will switch to HOTS because GSL (And OSL, I believe) will switch to HOTS, and if it was hard trying to get your name out there with mediocre results in the league everybody watches, imagine trying to get your name out there with mediocre results in a randomy undergrouns WOL league nobody watches.

Most foreigners are also making the transition to HOTS. I don't honestly see any reasons to stay in WOL for any pro. The money is in HOTS. New gameplay is in HOTS. The audience is in HOTS. End of story.

Prplppleatr

United States1518 Posts

February 07 2013 21:10 GMT

#48

Bad question will get bad responses...ofc people will move on to HOTS, but what i'm guessing this is directed at is the tournaments directly after release (IPL6, etc.), if so then it's just a bad question...should be a question of when, not if

Hermanoid

Sweden213 Posts

February 07 2013 21:53 GMT

#49

Going with "not sure". HotS might have issues with strategies being too powerful in the beginning and with WoL being so figured out and played at a very high level already, it might be worthy of supporting an intermediate post-HotSrelease WoL scene. SC1 stayed around for a long time. While WoL and HotS are based on the same core, WoL might do the same regardless I think.

oneill12

Romania1222 Posts

February 07 2013 22:12 GMT

#50

Voted not sure because after march there will be no more wol tournaments(after ipl) but I might still watch if my favourite players play. In my opinion HotS will be much more exciting and fresh than WoL so the latter will disappear.

Linog[e]

59 Posts

February 07 2013 22:32 GMT

#51

hots will be much worse. deal with it

yokohama

United States1116 Posts

February 07 2013 22:34 GMT

#52

I might watch a few, but my main focus is for sure HotS. I really hope HotS release will be like BW and make SC2 a completely different, and better game.

skatblast

United States784 Posts

February 07 2013 23:39 GMT

#53

Not at all. IPL 6 then ill be done watching WoL. Time to move on

Vindicare605

United States16071 Posts

February 08 2013 00:21 GMT

#54

The metagame for WoL has stagnated to a point where it is no longer nearly as entertaining for me as it was a year ago.

TvT and TvZ remain fun match ups to watch, and the odd TvP can be really fun as well but the other match ups are absolute shadows of their former selves. (Except PvP which is about as fun as its always been... which isn't a good thing for me.)

HoTS provides the shake up that's badly needed, already it looks promising and it's not even out of beta yet and the metagame is still in its infancy. I look forward to seeing where it takes us. Once the current season of GSL ends HOTS will be my only focus and WoL can retire with honor.