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HOOCHIEMOMMA
Profile Joined March 2019
6 Posts
November 26 2019 06:59 GMT
#21
SC2 is a much harder game to balance than BW inherently. Blazzard's lack of support is due to not enough people watching the game.. Although it has a pretty small following now, I don't think this will always be the case. As E-Sports evolves and grows it's audience so will RTS. Starcraft II already has the wheels in motion.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
November 27 2019 22:54 GMT
#22
On November 12 2019 08:48 Kitai wrote:
Feeling positive overall. There's still plenty of passion and financial support, and the balance team is attempting to address zerg domination. I'm also very happy that China brought team leagues back to the spotlight - it feels like they're trying to fill a hole that has been missing for a while in that regard.

My biggest concern is the stagnation of the Korean scene. Feels like every GSL is the same names over and over again.

WCS is the Serral/Reynor show but that's a-ok right?
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DanceSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States751 Posts
November 28 2019 23:26 GMT
#23
e-sports in general I think has gone down hill. Companies only support the games that make them money and blizzard has been too busy in the past pushing hearthstone, then heroes of the storm, and now overwatch. Them squeezing Starcraft into a 1 day event felt pretty crappy but the increase in the prize pool and the support the starcraft community still has around the world is good to see. I just wish the game got more attention. I blame riot games for pushing league into esports, all these companies now think that any game can be an e-sport if they push hard enough, completely oblivious to the balance and skill required.
Dance.943 || "I think he's just going to lose. There's only so many ways you can lose. And he's going to make some kind of units. And I'm going to attack him, and then all his stuff is going to die. That's about the best prediction that I can make" - NonY
fgonzo
Profile Joined September 2019
108 Posts
November 29 2019 01:32 GMT
#24
On November 11 2019 12:50 NoS-Craig wrote:
I feel positive so far. IEM and HSC are still going.I know on the pylon show they said the reason SC2 isn't on Dreamhack or MLG is because of WCS scheduling. If we lost WCS I'm sure we'd get other tourneys like MLG and Dreamhack


We should get rid of WCS, or unlock region lock. We can now see that foreigners are on par with or better than Koreans right now.
SLCMemento
Profile Joined February 2013
13 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-11-29 14:21:25
November 29 2019 14:18 GMT
#25
I love Starcraft and will continue to play and watch it as long as it's there.I think the problem going forward is three-fold.

1) The e-sports viewing community wants what people want in every one of the biggest sports on the planet (soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc.), teams. It is by far more enjoyable to root for a team than an individual player, who other than very rare exceptions, careers don't last long at the top. I think SC2, or SC3 at this point, needs a real team game focus in addition to 1v1, maybe two different versions of the game/balance.

2) New players. Let's be honest, whats the average age on TL, 30 maybe? I'm 36. SC2 is an old mans game haha. The scene needs to draw in younger players to replace the many retirements, and it needs to make big structural changes to draw in younger viewers.

3) Business model - Blizzard needs money to justify more development. I've spent about $140 bucks to play a game for 9 years, not great for them. I'd like to see even single units added to the game every so often. Something new to spur excitement in the game. Of course a full new expansion would be great too.
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4225 Posts
November 30 2019 21:28 GMT
#26
one of the closest poll results i have ever seen..

Interesting.
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ThunderJunk
Profile Joined December 2015
United States710 Posts
November 30 2019 21:52 GMT
#27
I'd feel a LOT better if Flux Vanes wasn't on the menu. What a stupid upgrade. Completely ruins every game it's in.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
AntiHack
Profile Joined January 2009
Switzerland553 Posts
December 03 2019 10:49 GMT
#28
On November 13 2019 06:04 DrunkenJedi wrote:
The worst Global Finals ever certainly doesn't help. But still it's the on and only RTS eSports. So there will be coverage. But SC 2 is certainly not on the rise.
We had ASUS ROG back this summer which was awesome but the viewership was so bad, it's really sad to see.

The only RTS esport?
"I am very tired of your grammar errors" - Zoler[MB]
AntiHack
Profile Joined January 2009
Switzerland553 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-03 10:55:22
December 03 2019 10:54 GMT
#29
On November 29 2019 23:18 SLCMemento wrote: I'd like to see even single units added to the game every so often. Something new to spur excitement in the game.

Why do you even mention "esport" when talking of this crap?
"I am very tired of your grammar errors" - Zoler[MB]
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