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TitleRug
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? Well, I hope Starcraft II eventually catches on after a year or so. Maybe after the expansions. Who knows... | ||
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Taniard
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btlyger
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TheGeo
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antlu65
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Phanekim
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hadoken5
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
On August 09 2010 10:13 hadoken5 wrote: I think the low popularity in internet cafes is because players aren't good at it yet, once they get better at it they will want to play it more because right now people may just stick to SC1 because they are good at it. I do think this will all change when there are bigger tournaments and more worldwide coverage, so it feels as much as a sport as SC1. I also think that a huge impact will be if Terran became harder to play because right now watching Terran play isn't an observation of skill, unless it's TLO, since its the most popular race, you see too much of the same thing from them. I think that if people were to play Zerg and Protoss more then there would be much more attention, or at least if Terran was harder to play. But if they never play it, they'll never get better. Getting good at SC1 can only get you so far in SC2. | ||
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Mike941
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koOma
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Mike941
United States98 Posts
On August 12 2010 07:36 koOma wrote: LOL @ deeming SC2 a failure in Korea at this point. Given SC:BW's cemented status, it's pretty obvious a transition will take time. As tournaments like the one GOMTV is hosting soon starts popping up I'm positive it'll grow huge and, down the line, take over. I wasn't asking for stats about SC2 failing. I'm just wondering if i can find the S.K. pc bang stats in english. | ||
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DarQraven
Netherlands553 Posts
On August 09 2010 09:59 TheGeo wrote: I'm glad korea is not really into SC2. The entire "everything outside of korea relating to starcraft is foreign" is bothersome to me. Blizzard is HQ'ed in the USA. Korean starcraft is the foreign one to me. I do agree the use of the word foreign is slightly odd considering it's even used by non-Korean players to describe non-Koreans, but why is it relevant where Blizzard's HQ is located? It's a game, released in multiple languages, to play on the internet, a global, international network. It'd be equally odd to call any non-USA players foreign. TL:DR; I agree with your sentiment, but your argument supporting it doesn't make sense. | ||
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FragKrag
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Chrion
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Shaddox
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PanzerDragoon
United States822 Posts
On August 13 2010 23:25 Shaddox wrote: The major asspain of the Blizzard Defense Force is hilarious. Keep it coming guys. Proleague Finals was 2nd lowest attendance ever, only beating last year's attendance. Brood War peaked long ago and has been stagnant or declining in ratings since. Let it ride out into the sunset, it's time. | ||
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jp_zer0
Canada48 Posts
On August 07 2010 03:19 Mellotron wrote: Yeah but, people dont choose vinyl and BW because its older and harder. Its just a coincidence. Not one person here who prefers BW chose that because its "older". Its the content they value. Same for records. By the way, i dont know how much "less enjoyable" vinyl is. Its way bassier than cds. CDs cant go as low as vinyl can. Electronica and hip hop will always sound better played on vinyl. Orchestral recordings will always sound better on vinyl as well, because vinyl also goes sonically higher than a cd can. People choose vinyl for those reasons, not for exclusivity as you seem to claim. Exclusivity is always cited when the person debating feels unincluded in what they are arguing against. But its not that that keeps people coming back to BW, its the actual content. Digital audio can contain notes both lower and higher than the human ear can pick up. Either way the comparison between vinyl and digital is not that simple. Cheap vinyl setup will sound bad, cheap digital setup will sound bad. If you haven't heard top of the line D/A converters by Electrocompaniet/Abrahamsen or Audio-GD, I don't think you can say anything about digital audio. (I'll assume this is relevant to the topic somehow. Haven't seen the root of this debate, sorry if it isn't.) | ||
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some_noob
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Sagioio
United States27 Posts
It will still be at the WCG etc, there will still be major tournaments for it, if Koreans dont wanna play it then I guess we just need to find some other group willing to be the target of the stereotypes Gosu -> Sehr-Gut ? Playgu -> Baller ? | ||
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tacrats
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On August 09 2010 08:08 awesomoecalypse wrote: What I don't understand is why Blizzard don't just buy the top BW players for SC2? Seriously, if they just directly approached all of the top players in BW--Flash, JD, etc.--and offered them more money to come play SC2 than they are making in BW, it would instantly ramp up the competitive scene in SC2, while eliminating all competition from BW. Hell, why not get Boxer too? He's not the top player now, but he's still a huge name, and a lot of people would tune into watch him. For an investment of $5-10 mil (pocket change for Blizzard), I guarantee you they could instantly lure all of the top player into switching games. It wouldn't even matter that Flash and JD don't play SC2--offer them each $500,000-$1,000,000 a year in guaranteed salary for the next couple years, and they would absolutely make the switch. With no top players left in BW, PC Bangs would have to get with the program. because blizzard really doesnt give a fuck about esports. they want game sales. | ||
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