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SC2 Open Beta in Korea - Page 4

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zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
March 30 2010 18:46 GMT
#61
Good for the game as a whole, very good for Blizzard, very bad for kespa, and a straight punch in the face for competitive players in the foreign scene.
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XXXSmOke
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States1333 Posts
March 30 2010 21:19 GMT
#62
On March 30 2010 15:03 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Who lives in AZ? My house just so happens to have 3 computers that have SC2 Beta Key... =p


I am so down haha. How did you manage to get 3 keys???
Emperor? Boxer disapproves. He's building bunkers at your mom's house even as you're reading this.
milo
Profile Joined February 2010
116 Posts
March 30 2010 23:17 GMT
#63
I wonder if this will have any noticeable effect on Korean's proleague attendance/general interest?
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
March 30 2010 23:20 GMT
#64
On March 30 2010 15:03 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Who lives in AZ? My house just so happens to have 3 computers that have SC2 Beta Key... =p

I smell the perfect way to make rent till beta ends!
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
nitdkim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1264 Posts
March 31 2010 00:04 GMT
#65
blizzard trying to re-emulate the PC Bang environment that made the original SC such a success
PM me if you want random korean images translated.
MidKnight
Profile Joined December 2008
Lithuania884 Posts
March 31 2010 00:12 GMT
#66
UHHH, Blizzard decided to play DIRTY!
Take that KeSPa !
xD

I wish they did same everywhere though :/
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-31 00:19:26
March 31 2010 00:17 GMT
#67
Very smart decision on Blizzard's part. PC Bangs are the cradle of e-Sports, since all games that became e-Sports started off by being the game of choice in PC Bangs, not to mention most (if not all) SC progamers started their careers by playing SC in PC Bangs. If SC2 succeeds in PC bangs, it will inevitably lead to a strong competitive scene in Korea.

I really wonder how KeSPA will react to this.

EDIT: Also, I kind of wish we had PC Bangs outside Korea. I think it would both help improve the image of gaming as well as make it a more social experience.

Yes, I am aware of e-Cafés, but those usually do not have such a strong emphasis on gaming. It does not help that they are few and far in-between. =(
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Darpinion
Profile Joined January 2010
United States210 Posts
March 31 2010 00:22 GMT
#68
Google Chrome translates flawlessly.
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StayFrosty
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada743 Posts
March 31 2010 00:29 GMT
#69
that is really frusturating
splcer
Profile Joined October 2009
United States166 Posts
March 31 2010 00:32 GMT
#70
i dont mind mostly caus I HAVE the beta =p
That which grows fast, whithers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures
Re-Play-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Dominican Republic825 Posts
March 31 2010 00:42 GMT
#71
On March 31 2010 09:32 splcer wrote:
i dont mind mostly caus I HAVE the beta =p


??
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Wedge
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada580 Posts
March 31 2010 00:45 GMT
#72
On March 31 2010 01:27 OOl wrote:
I don't see how people are happy about this. We should be at SC war with korea for a dominant position. We spent what? 10+ years having "korean" be *the* thing and now they get first open beta which means more time to play with more serious gamers. IE: a potential edge. I don't want to see korea as *the* sc2 community just like it was *the* sc1 community. I want to see euro/us get some credit.


wtf..

Cant tell if serious. Actually you probably are.
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
March 31 2010 00:52 GMT
#73
I know of 20 pc cafes in my area(within 20 mile radius).
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
March 31 2010 01:13 GMT
#74
Somewhere the future boxer of sc2 is logging into a pc bang.
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Iris7
Profile Joined March 2010
Angola39 Posts
March 31 2010 01:19 GMT
#75
On March 31 2010 09:45 Wedge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 31 2010 01:27 OOl wrote:
I don't see how people are happy about this. We should be at SC war with korea for a dominant position. We spent what? 10+ years having "korean" be *the* thing and now they get first open beta which means more time to play with more serious gamers. IE: a potential edge. I don't want to see korea as *the* sc2 community just like it was *the* sc1 community. I want to see euro/us get some credit.


wtf..

Cant tell if serious. Actually you probably are.


I think a lot of people were hoping the US would be the dominant power in sc2.. but here's the thing.. Korea is going to blow us out of the water in sc2 for the same reason public schools usually beat private in highschool football games.. a larger pool of talent to draw from. ....Blizzard is intentionally birthing an esports community in America... Using Korea as a sure fire place their game will explode can only help cause an esports revolution in the U.S... A few months for koreans to figure out how the game is "supposed" to be played.. can really only benefit us..
sc1: 3a.4a.5a.6a.7a. sc2 5a.6a.
Spawkuring
Profile Joined July 2008
United States755 Posts
March 31 2010 01:23 GMT
#76
On March 31 2010 10:19 Iris7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 31 2010 09:45 Wedge wrote:
On March 31 2010 01:27 OOl wrote:
I don't see how people are happy about this. We should be at SC war with korea for a dominant position. We spent what? 10+ years having "korean" be *the* thing and now they get first open beta which means more time to play with more serious gamers. IE: a potential edge. I don't want to see korea as *the* sc2 community just like it was *the* sc1 community. I want to see euro/us get some credit.


wtf..

Cant tell if serious. Actually you probably are.


I think a lot of people were hoping the US would be the dominant power in sc2.. but here's the thing.. Korea is going to blow us out of the water in sc2 for the same reason public schools usually beat private in highschool football games.. a larger pool of talent to draw from. ....Blizzard is intentionally birthing an esports community in America... Using Korea as a sure fire place their game will explode can only help cause an esports revolution in the U.S... A few months for koreans to figure out how the game is "supposed" to be played.. can really only benefit us..


US being the dominant power is a pipe dream. As long as US culture doesn't facilitate pro-gaming, it will never become #1 in e-sports. It would be awesome if we could at least make the US more open to it with SC2, but I can't imagine it becoming the next Korea for a long time unless SC2 suddenly becomes a phenomenon like WoW, and I can't see that happening simply because WoW got popular for being the first casual MMO, and SC2 is anything but casual.
Rufio
Profile Joined December 2009
241 Posts
March 31 2010 05:05 GMT
#77
I really like this. I wonder if Artosis can get some footage of the PC Bangs providing sc2 beta. I think it would be nice getting a glimpse of it.
"Rufio Rufio Ru Fi OOOooo" - The Lost Boys
k!llua
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia895 Posts
March 31 2010 07:03 GMT
#78
Wow, xenophobia much?

There's nothing wrong with Korea having the most dominant scene, just as long as they allow foreigners the opportunity to compete in their leagues (if they're good enough, of course).
my hair is a wookie, your argument is invalid
danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
March 31 2010 07:25 GMT
#79
On March 31 2010 16:03 k!llua wrote:
Wow, xenophobia much?

There's nothing wrong with Korea having the most dominant scene, just as long as they allow foreigners the opportunity to compete in their leagues (if they're good enough, of course).


you didn't feel any national pride whatsoever when the summer olympics were held in sydney? it doesn't make sense if you didn't. there's no problem with it.

that said, it'd be "cool" if the usa was at the top of sc2. why? because i'm from the usa!

that also being said, people need to chill out. the beta in pc bangs in korea only help the international scene, which is what we all want, right? don't take this past the level it should go.
"Science has so well established that the preborn baby in the womb is a living human being that most pro-choice activists have conceded the point. ..since the abortion proponents have lost the science argument, they are now advocating an existential one."
Tamerlane
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada426 Posts
March 31 2010 07:46 GMT
#80
On March 30 2010 15:03 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Who lives in AZ? My house just so happens to have 3 computers that have SC2 Beta Key... =p


OMG ARE U SIRIUS??

3 computers :O

do you play all 3 at the same time?? That would be so pro...wait...you can even play yourself using 2 of those computers, of better yet : FFA yourself using all 3!!


Wait...wait...did you mean that you could log on bnet from any of those computers?? I'm getting confused here
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