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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 12:54:43
March 10 2011 01:10 GMT
#1
For all those who are in Japan, know Japanese, or are a fellow weeaboo, I have discovered the Japanese Starcraft 2 Scene if you are interested.

This is their site: http://starcraft2.jpcommunity.com/sc2/

And they have an IRC channel if you wish to get into contact with them to play games (they play on the U.S. server).

If you have your own IRC client, you can just type in their server: irc.friend-chat.jp, channel #sc2. However, if your client does not have SJIS-JIS conversion (which the newest mIRC client does not), you'll have to download their recommended client or a client with SJIS-JIS conversion.

Here is their client: http://limechat.net/ Installation is pretty straight forward even if you don't know Japanese.

If you're interested in learning about the community and other info, check this thread out:

Their channel on the U.S. server is jpn-1. You can go there and try to get some pick-up games if you'd like, but few of them speak English so keep that in mind.


Links:


+ Show Spoiler +
Site: http://starcraft2.jpcommunity.com/sc2/

Japanese IRC client: http://limechat.net/, server: irc.friend-chat.jp, channel #sc2

Japanese SC:BW/SC2 news site: http://sc-times.net

Interview with matsujun: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=199737
Interview with WCG Japan's Representative: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=261272



Streams:

+ Show Spoiler +
matsujun's stream - will be streaming tournaments amongst other things:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/starcraft2jp

kurOa's stream - 3.5K Master's Terran Player - Speaks Proficient English:
http://ja.justin.tv/kuroa1/

Skeith aka breek - 3.3K - 3.4K Master's Zerg:
http://www.justin.tv/breek912#/w/953367280

Check this post to see how to use livedoor: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=199890#19

For now, they will post in this thread when they are streaming SC2. They'll have to wait three months before they can get it published on Teamliquid.net.

You can also check out their site for streams. There will be streams on the homepage if anyone is streaming and is one of the first things you see.


Weekly Tournament:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=202333

Replays:

03/10/11: Japan vs. Taiwan Replay Pack: http://starcraft2.game-server.cc/sc2/modules/xhnewbb/upload_files/20110311_0003_JPN_vs_TWN.zip


If you have any questions, feel free to ask. ^^ I will answer them to the best of my knowledge.
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-miDnight-
Profile Joined September 2010
Taiwan455 Posts
March 10 2011 01:27 GMT
#2
http://sc-times.net/item/3940http://sc-times.net/item/3940

One of the Taiwanese player who live in Japan just wont the Razer sc2 tournament in Japan.
http://www.facebook.com/midnightsc Chinese caster from TW (go SEn)
Selith
Profile Joined September 2010
United States238 Posts
March 10 2011 01:37 GMT
#3
I remember seeing a single Japanese guy during GSL Open Season 2 or 3. He didn't go past the prelims though.

Would be nice to see some of old Japanese BW greats to show up for GSL.
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 10 2011 01:47 GMT
#4
Hm, from what I was told in the interview, it seems almost all of the SC:BW players have switched over to SC2, so maybe some time soon. ^^
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Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
March 10 2011 01:50 GMT
#5
It's a shame pc gaming never caught on in japan (due to consoles of course and I love consoles too so no big deal), then there would be a gsl in japan and we could listen to jpop before matches and jpop > kpop (even though I've grown attached to some of the kpop).
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Dice17
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
March 10 2011 01:53 GMT
#6
Woo Japanese sc2 player fighting ^_^

I knew I wasn't the only one who doesnt play sf4 lolol
GamaBear #1 Fan! Sen fighting~
LoLAdriankat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4307 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-10 01:59:40
March 10 2011 01:58 GMT
#7
On March 10 2011 10:50 Canucklehead wrote:
It's a shame pc gaming never caught on in japan (due to consoles of course and I love consoles too so no big deal), then there would be a gsl in japan and we could listen to jpop before matches and jpop > kpop (even though I've grown attached to some of the kpop).

It did during the 80's. The Wizardry games had a following in Japan, and they were pretty influential too. The standard JRPG combat system stemmed from Wizardry.

Glad to see that Starcraft 2 has some recognition in Japan. Doubt we'll be seeing any amazing players from there due to the language barrier, though.
Chise
Profile Joined December 2010
Japan507 Posts
March 10 2011 02:02 GMT
#8
Sounds cool. I guess I'm trying to get somewhat involved in the japanese SC2 scene since I'll be in japan for a semester starting in april.

Thanks for the links.
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-10 02:09:25
March 10 2011 02:08 GMT
#9
That's cool, I'll be in Tokyo still in April. If they have offline gatherings during that time and if you'd be interested in coming, let me know.

Edit: Oh wait, I think you mean the upcoming April and not next's year, nevermind. I won't be there until July.
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OTL
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
313 Posts
March 10 2011 02:30 GMT
#10
I really wish Japan wasn't such a console-heavy country. I think they could do extremely well in the SC2 scene if it became popular. They have a great environment that would be conducive to really awesome tournaments.
LetoAtreides82
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1188 Posts
March 10 2011 02:38 GMT
#11
Would be great to see a Japanese player make it into the GSL, they got cool names.
The spice must flow
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9021 Posts
March 10 2011 02:53 GMT
#12
I really hope SC2 becomes something in Japan.
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 10 2011 03:06 GMT
#13
Garnet - I do too, but from what I've gathered after talking with some guys in their IRC channel, it doesn't seem likely.

First, there is not enough support for Japanese players. They have to obtain an English copy which is hard to come by and is very inconveniencing.

Then, the reason they don't have support is because their market is small. From what I was told, the whole "Japanese people don't have computers thing" is a hoax. However, it is true that most people don't buy computers for the purpose of gaming. If they do, it's usually for hentai games or MMORPGs.

And from what I was told, in terms of preference, Japanese gamers really prefer something that tests their reaction times or puzzle-type games where things are more random, compared to war games.

That's the basic outline of it anyway.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 10 2011 18:35 GMT
#14
Update: Their channel on the U.S. server is jpn-1. You can go there and try to get some pick-up games if you'd like, but few of them speak English so keep that in mind.

Also, just found out that one of their SC:BW WCG 2010 representatives plays SC2 by the name of kurOa. You (and Jaedong) may know him as the "Computer" from WCG 2010. =P
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-10 22:51:27
March 10 2011 22:48 GMT
#15
Update: Here's matsujun's stream link.

On March 11 2011 06:30 Penguinox wrote:
His stream is located at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/matsujun and is online quite alot with decent view counts. Sometimes Age of Empires 3 is played as matsujun is also part of the japanese AoE3 community.
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SDream
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Brazil896 Posts
March 10 2011 22:58 GMT
#16
ありがとうよ ^^v

I was looking for japanese players since last year, but couldn't find much, I even looked up on mixi but there was so few players there ^^'
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 02:49:13
March 11 2011 02:43 GMT
#17
Update: Found kurOa's stream. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kuroa-sc21

kurOa is currently one of Japan's most prominent SC2 players and was so in SC:BW as well.

Currently 3.5K Masters, Terran player.
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SDream
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Brazil896 Posts
March 11 2011 03:13 GMT
#18
ERROR!!

海外ホスト規制中!


This error appears when I try to comment on his board site. 外人差別!!!!
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 11 2011 03:17 GMT
#19
Update: Okay, so there is a neat little function on Japanese streams (or at least kurOa's) that I should explain to anyone who is interested.

It is called livedoor. Basically it allows you to send a message to the streamer while they are playing and they will be able to see the message while they are in game. In this way, if you have a question, he can answer you while he plays.

On kurOa's stream description you will be able to see the link: http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/netgame/8037/

Open a new tab in your browser and copy and paste the link. It'll take you to a page that looks like this:

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Scroll down the page until you see the first grey box:

[image loading]

Then just enter your desired username where it says "Souma". You don't have to fill out anything for e-mail. Your message goes where I have put, "Hi! Why are you losing!?"

Then you just click on the button that says 書き込む and it'll send the message. After you click the button, it'll take you to a white screen with a message written. Just wait and it'll redirect you back to the livedoor page.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 11 2011 03:20 GMT
#20
On March 11 2011 12:13 SDream wrote:
Show nested quote +
ERROR!!

海外ホスト規制中!


This error appears when I try to comment on his board site. 外人差別!!!!


lol weird. It's working for me. :x
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SDream
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Brazil896 Posts
March 11 2011 03:27 GMT
#21
I was able to send once then get "banned" maybe? Well, I just want to watch anyway, thanks ^^
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
March 11 2011 03:33 GMT
#22
Japan seems like a good fit for Starcraft2 and would be a real boon to the e-sports community, being the the techy society it is. Perhaps Team Liquid could petition Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo to add a Team Liquid channel/selection/option thing?
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 03:36:16
March 11 2011 03:33 GMT
#23
That's weird. kurOa says he's not sure what's going on.

I guess livedoor doesn't like Brazilians...

Edit: You can at least sign up for UStream and use the chatbox. =) He can at least respond to you in between games.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 11 2011 04:27 GMT
#24
Update: Yesterday there was a scrimmage between a group of Japanese players vs. a Taiwanese professional team. Here is the replay pack.

http://starcraft2.game-server.cc/sc2/modules/xhnewbb/upload_files/20110311_0003_JPN_vs_TWN.zip
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 11 2011 05:06 GMT
#25
Update: Found Skeith's aka breek's stream: http://www.justin.tv/breek912#/w/953367280

3.3-3.4K Master's Zerg.

He's streaming right now too!
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 11 2011 05:46 GMT
#26
Update: There's an offline tournament on Saturday in Japan. For those who are in the area and are interested in going or would just like a stream and more details, check out this thread:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=200297
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 12 2011 03:21 GMT
#27
Unfortunately the CyAG tournament was canceled. There is another tournament coming up for anyone interested in watching it. You can find details here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=200561
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Rhombus
Profile Joined June 2010
United States187 Posts
March 12 2011 03:45 GMT
#28
will definitely bookmark this thread. nice to see japanese gamers in sc - i don't know how strong the japan scene is for any pc game, really, but i'm excited to see it.
i am a logical person.
SilverPotato
Profile Joined July 2010
United States560 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-12 04:03:51
March 12 2011 04:01 GMT
#29
On March 11 2011 12:33 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Japan seems like a good fit for Starcraft2 and would be a real boon to the e-sports community, being the the techy society it is. Perhaps Team Liquid could petition Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo to add a Team Liquid channel/selection/option thing?

Actually from what I've been told, people in Japan aren't very competitive with each other, the prefer single player games and such. It's just their culture, so the SC2 scene wouldn't pick up very well over there. Where as in the US where competition is more important than air it's self (and I guess Korea ^_^) SC2 is thriving.

But I can see any Japanese progamers interested probably moving to Korea to practice. Oh and good luck to those who do! Japan Fightiiing:D
"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage." ~Arie de Geus
Basileus
Profile Joined October 2010
United States103 Posts
March 12 2011 05:10 GMT
#30
hope those folks are OK with the earthquake and such
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-12 05:43:10
March 12 2011 05:42 GMT
#31
On March 11 2011 12:33 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Japan seems like a good fit for Starcraft2 and would be a real boon to the e-sports community, being the the techy society it is. Perhaps Team Liquid could petition Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo to add a Team Liquid channel/selection/option thing?


They don't seem to be that interested in RTS games from what I've seen. A lot of interest in RPGs, fighting games, console games in general, and surprisingly TBS (turn-based strategy) games, but not much in RTS.
Alphaes
Profile Joined April 2010
United States651 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-12 08:05:36
March 12 2011 08:03 GMT
#32
On March 12 2011 14:42 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2011 12:33 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Japan seems like a good fit for Starcraft2 and would be a real boon to the e-sports community, being the the techy society it is. Perhaps Team Liquid could petition Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo to add a Team Liquid channel/selection/option thing?


They don't seem to be that interested in RTS games from what I've seen. A lot of interest in RPGs, fighting games, console games in general, and surprisingly TBS (turn-based strategy) games, but not much in RTS.


They're definitely top-tier in fighting game, similar how Korea is with Starcraft in comparison to the rest of the world. Their annual SBO is the easily the largest and most prestigious fighting game tournament in the world.
Anyways, it'll be interesting to see how the Japanese play SC2, though I'm not expecting much at this point.
What this
zanmat0
Profile Joined December 2010
188 Posts
March 12 2011 08:47 GMT
#33
On March 11 2011 07:58 SDream wrote:
ありがとうよ ^^v


idiot.


User was warned for this post
K4m4Hl
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria100 Posts
March 12 2011 10:53 GMT
#34
i think they have other worries than sc2 atm
zeroISM
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan161 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-12 11:45:07
March 12 2011 11:43 GMT
#35
I really think they aren't interested much in the game yet because there is no Japanese language in it.

According to a documentary, lots of young people hate the English class the most.

Also, for those who are living in Japan and are interested in joining the tournament, here is some info about it:
http://cyac.jp/jec#sc2

On March 11 2011 12:13 SDream wrote:
Show nested quote +
ERROR!!

海外ホスト規制中!


This error appears when I try to comment on his board site. 外人差別!!!!


If you put that on a translation tool, it says something like "No Foreigners!!"
♘
god_forbids
Profile Joined October 2010
United States111 Posts
March 12 2011 14:04 GMT
#36
The server message was "International Hosts Not Allowed", to which SDream replied sadly "Foreigner Discrimination!"
Junkka: "I prepared this" Protoss hwaiting!!!
kurOa
Profile Joined February 2011
Japan9 Posts
March 16 2011 21:04 GMT
#37
streaming now
Hi I'm Japanese
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 18 2011 05:46 GMT
#38
The Japanese community is holding daily tournaments and those on the NA server can participate!

Check here for more details:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=202333
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Shiragaku
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong4308 Posts
March 18 2011 06:42 GMT
#39
On March 17 2011 06:04 kurOa wrote:
streaming now

Woot, welcome to Team Liquid. Pity that you had to face Jaedong in the last WCG DX
ForTeEscaPe
Profile Joined October 2010
United States38 Posts
March 18 2011 07:57 GMT
#40
I embarassed myself in front of Japanese. I'm so kawaii uguu
Create your beat. Live Loud.
Gingerninja
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom1339 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-18 08:09:48
March 18 2011 08:06 GMT
#41
Have been trying to keep the Japanese Page updated on the Wiki. but it's hard as my Japanese is only of a lower intermediate level at the moment, and I play on EU.. so I can't play Japanese people on SC2 to get in with the scene (everyone is on US I believe, due to the game not being officially available over here.)
Seems a good a place as any... anyone know of any good youtube casters ? I split most of my day up between Japanese and Starcraft... if I could combine them. that'd be awesome,

btw.. isn't livedoor just the same kind of thing as Xfire?
戦いの中に答えはある
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 30 2011 06:36 GMT
#42
Sorry, don't know of any youtube casters.

Never used Xfire so I don't know about that, either. o_O
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sandyph
Profile Joined September 2010
Indonesia1640 Posts
March 30 2011 08:36 GMT
#43
On March 12 2011 13:01 SilverPotato wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2011 12:33 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Japan seems like a good fit for Starcraft2 and would be a real boon to the e-sports community, being the the techy society it is. Perhaps Team Liquid could petition Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo to add a Team Liquid channel/selection/option thing?

Actually from what I've been told, people in Japan aren't very competitive with each other, the prefer single player games and such. It's just their culture, so the SC2 scene wouldn't pick up very well over there. Where as in the US where competition is more important than air it's self (and I guess Korea ^_^) SC2 is thriving.



two words
Daigo Umehara

^_^
Put quote here for readability
fUddO
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada197 Posts
March 30 2011 08:40 GMT
#44
Yeah, Japan is probably the fighting game mecca.
luvtechno
Profile Joined March 2011
Japan7 Posts
March 30 2011 11:59 GMT
#45
From what I can see, one of the major reasons SC2 or even RTS aren't popular in Japan is clearly language barrier. At least a few of my friends refused to play and they mentioned they won't be enjoying games in English. Blizzard needs to release Japanese version.
Visit SC2 Achievement Twit at http://sc2-achievements.appspot.com/
chenchen
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1136 Posts
March 30 2011 12:04 GMT
#46
On March 30 2011 20:59 luvtechno wrote:
From what I can see, one of the major reasons SC2 or even RTS aren't popular in Japan is clearly language barrier. At least a few of my friends refused to play and they mentioned they won't be enjoying games in English. Blizzard needs to release Japanese version.


The Japanese version of BW was a complete failure. I think Blizzard has learned its lesson about Japan and Starcraft.
powerade = dragoon blood
Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
March 30 2011 12:21 GMT
#47
When SC2 came out, CyaC was hosting fairly regular tournaments, I believe they had one with foreigners facing off against Japanese players in the finals. If I recall I ended up loosing in the middle rounds to mykgen (perhaps misspelled the name) and if I am somehow super sharp I believe Vibe took the whole thing before he was super well known. Anyways here is a link to the website http://cyac.jp/en , they host other e-sports related things too, but i think do to latency and/or language barriers, they are not currently accepting foreigners in their tournements unless you can participate in their offline completions should you advance that far.

Either way I thought it was neat, and I would personally participate in all the events since I am studying japanese and planning on teaching there in the future, but latency issues makes many games unplayable, save maybe sc2.
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
March 30 2011 12:26 GMT
#48
Nevermind, this was a different tournement perhaps, but I found the one I believe i was talking about, here are the brackets for some funzies and spoilers http://cyac.jp/en/node/4093/brackets
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
ppshchik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-30 17:48:46
March 30 2011 17:47 GMT
#49
Japanese have way better RPG's and other games themselves.

Fast hand Japanese players prefer to play in Arcade fighting games. Strategical ones play Koei Strategy games and the nerds play RPG.

Japan has always been secluded into their own community in terms of agriculture (not buying imports), food (banning US beef) and entertainment (buying their own games). It's more of a cultural thing.
Legends never die... they end up working in McDonalds.
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-06 18:02:38
April 06 2011 17:57 GMT
#50
Need this community's help. There was a guy who approached the Japanese community offering to create a professional environment for Japanese players. I don't know who he is nor his legitimacy, felt kind of random. He leaves some of his info in the chat he had with a couple of Japanese players. I'll quote the chat here. If anyone knows anything, let me know!

Note: Convo was not translated, I believe they spoke in English so it is a bit broken.

+ Show Spoiler +
[21:22:20] enza: hey kumazo-
[21:22:26] kumazo-: hi
[21:22:34] 真太: hi
[21:22:40] enza: hes team leader
[21:22:48] 真太: ahh I see
[21:23:04] 真太: you guys are online team?
[21:23:08] kumazo-: yes
[21:23:30] 真太: most players live in different cities ya?
[21:23:38] kumazo-: ya
[21:23:47] 真太: kk
[21:24:51] 真太: my organization is starting now, as we search for sponsors I'm seraching for talented and dedicated players
[21:25:26] 真太: I like Japan, so I want to look at Japan for some players
[21:25:44] kumazo-: i know some good players in japan
[21:25:56] 真太: I know only enza and kurOa
[21:26:21] enza: http://sc2ranks.com/c/586#rank:1
[21:26:27] kumazo-: they have attended international competitons
[21:26:29] enza: its japanese ranked
[21:26:38] enza: bobissonice = me
[21:27:15] 真太: Ash is Japanese?
[21:27:18] enza: yea
[21:27:19] enza: sure
[21:27:27] 真太: different from DuskBin.Ash?
[21:27:30] enza: no
[21:27:31] enza: not he
[21:27:58] enza: duskbin is hongkong team
[21:28:00] enza: maybe
[21:28:16] 真太: yeah I know DuskBin
[21:28:20] kumazo-: Ash who enza says is not duskin
[21:28:40] 真太: lol... iLoveSNSD
[21:28:45] 真太: nice name xD
[21:29:33] 真太: hmm, anyways, can you tell me which players are in your team?
[21:30:17] kumazo-: http://kqnsc2.blog137.fc2.com/blog-entry-10.html
[21:30:20] kumazo-: our member list
[21:30:58] kumazo-: http://sc2ranks.com/c/586/jpmaster
[21:31:03] kumazo-: japan ranking
[21:31:17] kumazo-: i can contact with almost all player
[21:31:20] 真太: wow Dimaga wins... Lucky that MVP dropped in the last game xD
[21:31:24] kumazo-: in that list
[21:31:25] kumazo-: ya
[21:31:33] kumazo-: i just watched
[21:31:52] 真太: I was looking at some players before
[21:32:19] 真太: I was looking at Ash MasterGODx nazomen Enoch and kurOa
[21:32:33] 真太: also nemuke since he is USiGoD from wc3
[21:32:45] kumazo-: nemuke isnt usigod
[21:32:48] enza: yea
[21:32:51] 真太: oh?
[21:32:55] enza: usigod leave sc2
[21:32:59] enza: back to wc3 lol
[21:33:02] 真太: xD LOL
[21:33:02] enza: but not serious
[21:33:05] 真太: I see
[21:33:21] 真太: wait...................................................
[21:33:30] 真太: I'm just mistaken
[21:33:46] 真太: I can remember now nemuke is Japanese SC:BW player in WCG
[21:33:52] enza: no
[21:33:56] enza: hes age of empire
[21:33:57] enza: players
[21:34:10] enza: aoe3
[21:34:11] 真太: he is SC:BW too... I remember from WCG webpage
[21:34:18] enza: nono
[21:34:24] enza: hes paly wcg with aoe3
[21:35:59] enza: ash here
[21:36:05] *** enzaがdragon_ash5を追加しました ***
[21:36:14] 真太: hmmm
[21:36:20] enza: hes japanese no1 terran player
[21:36:32] 真太: I never pay attention to AOEIII though.... so how can I know his name?
[21:36:48] 真太: anyways, #1 terran player hm
[21:36:56] kumazo-: nemuke attended IEM as WC3player
[21:37:04] enza: no
[21:37:05] enza: ief
[21:37:06] enza: IEF
[21:37:33] 真太: oh IEF
[21:37:44] 真太: lol ya... kk then
[21:37:50] 真太: that's why
[21:38:21] 真太: Ash here?
[21:38:25] Ash: y
[21:38:37] 真太: kk hi
[21:38:40] Ash: hi
[21:38:49] 真太: how do you 3 feel about SC2 in Japan?
[21:39:09] 真太: can any JP player fight any foreign player?
[21:39:40] 真太: do you think JP can improve to PRO level?
[21:40:09] Ash: hmm
[21:40:42] 真太: this question includes yourself
[21:41:08] 真太: I'm searching for motivation, dedication, and talent
[21:41:26] enza: i can go prolevel! on sc2!
[21:41:28] enza: :D
[21:41:32] 真太: my partners will not agree to recruit any Japanese players if Japan has no chance
[21:41:50] 真太: ;P ENZA
[21:41:59] enza: but busy life now
[21:42:05] enza: -O-
[21:42:08] 真太: http://sc2ranks.com/c/586/jpmaster where is ENZA on this list? lol
[21:42:17] enza: bobissonice
[21:42:28] enza: im use only cheese
[21:42:31] enza: haha
[21:42:40] enza: o_O
[21:42:43] 真太: lol....
[21:43:03] 真太: so noob.. cheese.. >.<~!
[21:43:06] enza: lol
[21:43:08] enza: sure
[21:43:13] 真太: haha
[21:43:20] enza: enoch beat hypro
[21:43:36] enza: and play vs mouzstrelork?
[21:43:47] enza: i dont remenbar hes name
[21:43:58] enza: but hes lost vs mouzplayer
[21:44:12] enza: luquitd hypro?
[21:44:17] enza: hmm i dont remenbar
[21:44:18] enza: oO
[21:44:28] 真太: Strelok
[21:44:30] enza: aaa
[21:44:33] enza: he
[21:45:07] 真太: he beat TLAF.Haypro?
[21:45:16] enza: luquid?
[21:45:20] 真太: yes
[21:45:21] enza: http://starcraft2.jpcommunity.com/sc2/modules/xhnewbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1924
[21:45:24] enza: yea
[21:45:24] 真太: Liquid.Haypro
[21:45:27] enza: hes beat
[21:45:30] enza: on ladder
[21:46:22] 真太: hmm, this replay Enoch < Strelok?
[21:46:27] enza: yes
[21:46:30] 真太: -.-
[21:46:35] 真太: Strelok is Protoss player
[21:46:35] enza: but good game
[21:46:40] 真太: =P
[21:46:40] enza: yea
[21:46:47] 真太: but replay says Terran
[21:47:08] enza: japanese can change to gosu
[21:47:15] enza: i think
[21:47:16] enza: but
[21:47:31] enza: we not have good practice and ....
[21:47:47] enza: i know NA server is not good skill
[21:48:04] 真太: hmm?
[21:48:08] 真太: NA skill is okay...
[21:48:25] 真太: you should be Grand Masters for good practice
[21:48:51] enza: elite ladder?
[21:49:02] kumazo-: there is and will be no player in japan who can reach grandmaster reague
[21:49:06] kumazo-: i think
[21:49:09] 真太: yes, Grand Masters will start in next season
[21:49:19] 真太: Grand Masters is top 200 players only
[21:49:24] enza: i see
[21:50:38] 真太: my friend from Indonesia is top 200 NA
[21:50:49] 真太: also my friend from high school is top 200 NA
[21:50:57] enza: oo
[21:51:06] 真太: if you say no player in Japan can reach this level, then the level in Japan is too low
[21:51:13] enza: yea
[21:51:15] enza: but now
[21:51:24] kumazo-: i know japanese level is too low
[21:52:13] 真太: hmm
[21:52:28] enza: to many tornament on sc2 in japan
[21:53:50] kumazo-: but i hope japanese can reach grandmaster league in the future
[21:54:05] 真太: I see
[21:54:10] enza: i hope back games
[21:54:18] 真太: everything is possible
[21:54:22] kumazo-: yes
[21:54:37] 真太: but for gaming, it's very serious
[21:54:48] 真太: you should make a decision to be PRO or only for fun
[21:55:28] 真太: every player has life outside gaming, but gaming is like a job
[21:55:51] 真太: you need to study, and dedicate time every day
[21:56:25] 真太: do you think any player in Japan has the heart to be gaming PROs?
[21:57:05] enza: low player
[21:57:13] enza: hope progamers
[21:57:42] kumazo-: i think a few japanese go into professional gameing seane
[21:57:55] kumazo-: want to go
[21:58:07] kumazo-: into professional gaming seane
[21:58:25] 真太: if you want to find me players with that dream
[21:58:28] kumazo-: but its like a kind of dream
[21:58:42] 真太: I will dedicate my time to join them in scheduled practice times
[21:59:00] 真太: and I will be their coach for some time
[21:59:09] enza: oo
[21:59:16] enza: who
[21:59:29] 真太: any Japanese who want to be PRO
[21:59:50] 真太: I will do training for anyone who wants to join the PRO gaming scene
[22:00:51] enza: i hope ;;
[22:01:28] kumazo-: i can understand what you say
[22:01:46] kumazo-: i introduce you to japanese community site
[22:03:21] 真太: I cannot speak Japanese now, so I need someone to help me
[22:04:07] kumazo-: if you write comments in english , i will transkate it in japanese
[22:04:18] 真太: kk
[22:04:43] 真太: first, I wish to ask all Japanese to support my organization
[22:05:08] 真太: I will move to Japan later after I finish my studies and after I can speak better Japanese
[22:05:28] 真太: at that time I hope my organization is in top PRO level gaming
[22:05:37] enza: only japanese?
[22:05:53] 真太: then I hope I can make some training center for Japanese gamers
[22:06:02] 真太: in Tokyo or Kyoto
[22:06:28] 真太: my organization is Global, but I want to ask for Japanese to support us
[22:06:52] 真太: we need more fans so we can attract more sponsors
[22:07:59] 真太: can you understand that?
[22:08:08] kumazo-: ya
[22:08:21] kumazo-: and plz tell me your website and contact
[22:08:39] 真太: our website is still making
[22:09:25] 真太: it will be finished 2nd week of April or so
[22:09:53] 真太: everyone in our organization is working hard, we are all very serious about gaming
[22:10:53] 真太: my contact: BNET NA server Shinta
[22:11:34] 真太: facebook fan page here:http://www.facebook.com/GO.Electronic.Sports
[22:11:42] kumazo-: ok
[22:12:09] kumazo-: i will translate it and introduce japanese community
[22:12:25] 真太: okay thank you
[22:14:47] 真太: if you can find any players who want to try their best to become PRO, you can find out their schedule information so we can set up weekly practice times
[22:15:01] kumazo-: but japanese cant meet your expectation i think
[22:15:29] 真太: maybe
[22:16:02] 真太: I think if ENZA and USiGoD tried harder, they could be very big in the old WC3 pro scene
[22:16:28] 真太: at that time I was not working with any professional organization, so I could only watch
[22:16:44] 真太: so now I want to try to support any Japanese who want to be at the top level
[22:16:54] kumazo-: i see
[22:17:11] 真太: ENZA should know that I support smaller countries
[22:17:36] 真太: before my team was the top players from Malaysia Indonesia Singapore and Vietnam
[22:17:51] enza: u got revenant? :D
[22:17:53] 真太: yeah
[22:17:58] enza: ohh
[22:17:58] enza: good
[22:18:09] 真太: but at that time Revenant was already unmotivated
[22:18:36] 真太: if Revenant joined me a long time ago during the time of Army and EsM, then I could make him a professional player
[22:18:50] enza: oo
[22:18:54] 真太: same for ENZA, I could have made you a professional player
[22:19:11] 真太: but at that time nobody knows me, so nobody would follow me
[22:19:46] 真太: the important thing is to try your best together
[22:20:19] 真太: if we have some team like Kim Revenant orcbaby Freedom, and we have some serious training
[22:20:26] 真太: then all 4 can be top level
[22:20:32] enza: oo
[22:20:38] enza: kim and orcbaby play sc2?
[22:20:43] 真太: nope
[22:20:47] 真太: I just say an example from wc3
[22:20:52] enza: aa
[22:20:54] enza: isee
[22:21:17] 真太: if only 1 player from that team is trying for top level, then no player can reach top level
[22:21:59] 真太: that's why I want to search for all the top Japanese players who want to try for PRO level
[22:22:22] 真太: we can make weekly practice times, and I will be their coach so they can try to improve together
[22:22:27] enza: enoch
[22:22:30] enza: hes want pro level
[22:22:34] enza: but hes cant speak english
[22:22:50] 真太: I see
[22:22:57] enza: hes 17-18age
[22:23:05] 真太: that's a good age
[22:23:08] enza: yea
[22:23:28] 真太: so I need a Japanese assistant
[22:23:38] 真太: someone who can join with all of us in practice times
[22:23:42] 真太: and can translate for me
[22:24:07] enza: ;;
[22:24:27] 真太: it will require some work
[22:25:26] 真太: I will make weekly reports, that means I will write once a week about each players progress, each players weakness, each players strength, etc
[22:25:33] 真太: and someone can translate for me
[22:26:12] 真太: like I said before, anything is possible, but I need some help if I can be successful
[22:26:25] 真太: maybe kumazo ?
[22:26:45] kumazo-: im busy in full time work
[22:26:55] kumazo-: so i cant help you fully
[22:27:26] 真太: k
[22:27:46] 真太: I'm also busy with full time work, but I work super overtime for sc2
[22:27:53] 真太:
[22:29:31] 真太: anyways for now you can advertise my offer
[22:29:42] 真太: thanks so much for your help
[22:29:45] kumazo-: np


I left out some of his more personal contact info. But, from the chat, his b.net name is Shinta and his facebook fanpage is apparently http://www.facebook.com/GO.Electronic.Sports .

If this is legit, it would mean a lot of hype for the Japanese SC2 scene.
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JadedShock
Profile Joined October 2010
United States90 Posts
April 06 2011 18:03 GMT
#51
There's not to much I can offer except moral support -- seeing a Japanese scene grow despite the setbecks of not having a local translation of the game and the country having a minimal e-sports presence in general would be amazing.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
April 06 2011 18:16 GMT
#52
Thanks. Support in any form is great for the Japanese community and means a lot!
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JadedShock
Profile Joined October 2010
United States90 Posts
April 06 2011 18:23 GMT
#53
On April 07 2011 03:16 Souma wrote:
Thanks. Support in any form is great for the Japanese community and means a lot!

I wish my Japanese were better, but alas my two years in undergrad have kinda left me with only rudimentary skills. Still a lot of love for the country and will definitely be following your progress here. good luck!
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godbless_sublime
Profile Joined November 2010
Philippines1 Post
April 28 2011 16:11 GMT
#54
Wow, i didn't know there were such many foreign players like me here in japan, thanks team liquid. Anyways I wanna join a Japanese SC2 clan, i wonder if they would allow foreigners?
諦めないでつずければずっとできるから
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
April 28 2011 16:20 GMT
#55
On March 31 2011 02:47 ppshchik wrote:
Japanese have way better RPG's and other games themselves.

Fast hand Japanese players prefer to play in Arcade fighting games. Strategical ones play Koei Strategy games and the nerds play RPG.

Japan has always been secluded into their own community in terms of agriculture (not buying imports), food (banning US beef) and entertainment (buying their own games). It's more of a cultural thing.


That's a good point, also. Foreign games are rarely successful in Japan, no matter the genre. They have their own game industry and pretty much stick to it, so unless a Japanese RTS makes it big internationally it's hard to see them developing a huge scene for it.
Ymatostacraft
Profile Joined August 2011
Japan4 Posts
August 31 2011 05:11 GMT
#56
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JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
April 30 2012 16:33 GMT
#57
There was a recent Japan vs Taiwan showmatch. Replay pack is available on Japanese community site!! http://starcraft2.jpcommunity.com/sc2/modules/xhnewbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2856
Armada Vega
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada120 Posts
April 30 2012 19:43 GMT
#58
correction Kuroa is Protoss GM
twitter: @ArmadaVega
dacimvrl
Profile Joined December 2011
Vatican City State582 Posts
May 01 2012 02:06 GMT
#59
didn't know there's a japanese scene, but yeh, would be nice to see some pros coming out of japan
Xyst
Profile Joined April 2012
Turkey66 Posts
May 01 2012 02:16 GMT
#60
If Japanese weren't into consoles this much, I think they could have amazing players like Korea. The entire country has an amazing understanding of discipline... They would par with Korean players' practice schedule
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=330806&currentpage=57#1139
KaienFEMC
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada127 Posts
May 01 2012 02:37 GMT
#61
On March 30 2011 21:04 chenchen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2011 20:59 luvtechno wrote:
From what I can see, one of the major reasons SC2 or even RTS aren't popular in Japan is clearly language barrier. At least a few of my friends refused to play and they mentioned they won't be enjoying games in English. Blizzard needs to release Japanese version.


The Japanese version of BW was a complete failure. I think Blizzard has learned its lesson about Japan and Starcraft.


SC2 not being released in Japan with localization had nothing to do with BW sales in Japan but mainly WoW release.
Capcom, who publishes Blizzard games in Japan had screwed WoW release in Japan because they wanted to protect their own game Monster Hunter. Blizzard and Capcom stopped co-operation and Blizzard also gave up Japanese market since then.
JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
May 01 2012 16:31 GMT
#62
On May 01 2012 11:37 KaienFEMC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2011 21:04 chenchen wrote:
On March 30 2011 20:59 luvtechno wrote:
From what I can see, one of the major reasons SC2 or even RTS aren't popular in Japan is clearly language barrier. At least a few of my friends refused to play and they mentioned they won't be enjoying games in English. Blizzard needs to release Japanese version.


The Japanese version of BW was a complete failure. I think Blizzard has learned its lesson about Japan and Starcraft.


SC2 not being released in Japan with localization had nothing to do with BW sales in Japan but mainly WoW release.
Capcom, who publishes Blizzard games in Japan had screwed WoW release in Japan because they wanted to protect their own game Monster Hunter. Blizzard and Capcom stopped co-operation and Blizzard also gave up Japanese market since then.


Totally true, but Blizzard should not close eyes on us! Now more and more people getting into Starcraft in Japan, community grows bigger and bigger. People just don't really know about Starcraft phenomenon but when they hear about it and try it they continue to play. Also a lot of people promoting Starcraft as much as they can:D players are streaming, casters do cast on niconico douga, YouTube, tournaments are held! Japan is moving towards Starcraft and if Blizzard could make the movement more smoother by making an Japanese version of the game it will be so cool!!
Kalum
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom2 Posts
May 23 2012 00:50 GMT
#63
Yeah, Japanese players are really sparse. There are very few high levelled Japanese players, although Kur0a is really really good. I would love to see what would happen if the Japanese players all moved into a team house type thing and trained like the Koreans do. I think they have huge potential to be great.
BioTech
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia264 Posts
May 23 2012 01:00 GMT
#64
So why is SC2 huge in S.Korea and not super huge in Japan?
I actually played the original WarCraft - Orcs v Humans back in 1995!
reDicE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1020 Posts
May 23 2012 01:06 GMT
#65
On May 23 2012 10:00 BioTech wrote:
So why is SC2 huge in S.Korea and not super huge in Japan?

I'm not an expert, but I believe it's because Japan has a bigger Arcade scene, while Korea has their PC Bangs.
Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
May 23 2012 01:11 GMT
#66
Try tweeting @Blizzard and @Starcraft, sending emails and posting on their forums for Japanese support! I sent them a tweet, you should too.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
May 23 2012 01:11 GMT
#67
Korea has/had a lot of arcades as well - it's more about PC/Online gaming not being that big in Japan I think.
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paintfive
Profile Joined September 2011
785 Posts
May 23 2012 01:28 GMT
#68
I believe MMOs like Final Fantasy was a bit popular, but yea PC gaming is not big over there. The biggest problem is that there's never been much of a competitive scene comparable to the western scenes. There are no "teams" or "clans" and so no competitive spirit, barring the arcade community.
sunnata
Profile Joined February 2008
Russian Federation228 Posts
May 23 2012 01:41 GMT
#69
On May 02 2012 01:31 JapaneseSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2012 11:37 KaienFEMC wrote:
On March 30 2011 21:04 chenchen wrote:
On March 30 2011 20:59 luvtechno wrote:
From what I can see, one of the major reasons SC2 or even RTS aren't popular in Japan is clearly language barrier. At least a few of my friends refused to play and they mentioned they won't be enjoying games in English. Blizzard needs to release Japanese version.


The Japanese version of BW was a complete failure. I think Blizzard has learned its lesson about Japan and Starcraft.


SC2 not being released in Japan with localization had nothing to do with BW sales in Japan but mainly WoW release.
Capcom, who publishes Blizzard games in Japan had screwed WoW release in Japan because they wanted to protect their own game Monster Hunter. Blizzard and Capcom stopped co-operation and Blizzard also gave up Japanese market since then.


Totally true, but Blizzard should not close eyes on us! Now more and more people getting into Starcraft in Japan, community grows bigger and bigger. People just don't really know about Starcraft phenomenon but when they hear about it and try it they continue to play. Also a lot of people promoting Starcraft as much as they can:D players are streaming, casters do cast on niconico douga, YouTube, tournaments are held! Japan is moving towards Starcraft and if Blizzard could make the movement more smoother by making an Japanese version of the game it will be so cool!!


Keep going and growing guys, I really hope that Blizzard will release HotS and LotV in Japan! Japanese progamers.. sounds scary, given the fact that they are one of the most hardworking people in the world =)

By the way, how is Diablo III doing in Japan at the moment?
Only way to know the future is to make it.
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
May 23 2012 05:24 GMT
#70
Japan has a massive Arcade scene, pachinko etc.
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freakhill
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Japan463 Posts
May 23 2012 06:25 GMT
#71
apparently d3 is selling relatively well
http://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/hotline/20120519/etc_diablo.html

from what i can read they are selling some overpricing boxes (import) and emptied their stock a few times.
(akiba/tokyo. some kind of otaku/techie mecca)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Blizzard-Entertainment-Diablo-III-輸入版/dp/B00178630A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337754066&sr=8-1
still pretty niche, seen by the complete evaluations you get in the amazon commentaries

they don't sell it on rakuten - http://global.rakuten.com/en/search?pf=&pt=&f=0&fs=0&vm=2&sm=0&st=&tl=0&k=diablo


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IndomitusGaia
Profile Joined October 2011
Mexico56 Posts
May 23 2012 06:49 GMT
#72
Also some good terran players TypeNemuke, TypePsiArc
http://www.own3d.tv/live/181022/TypeNemuke
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
May 23 2012 06:51 GMT
#73
would be interesting for me, if the japanese scene became bigger, cause a year before sc2 was out, I was so into the anime stuff by doing subtitling for some groups, and know some japanese [I'm currently retired from fansubbing]...

so if you guys do get big I can help do translating and would just be in general interesting for me because I went from japanese stuff -> korean stuff when I went into sc2 and all ._. idk

best of luck to you guys~
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JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
May 23 2012 11:25 GMT
#74
On May 23 2012 10:28 paintfive wrote:
I believe MMOs like Final Fantasy was a bit popular, but yea PC gaming is not big over there. The biggest problem is that there's never been much of a competitive scene comparable to the western scenes. There are no "teams" or "clans" and so no competitive spirit, barring the arcade community.

You are right in general, but we actually have some teams: ZaC, ESC, PlayGG. 4 Japanese players are currently playing in German team "Type Gaming" ENZA, PsiArc, nemuke and breek. Also there are quite a few players who are masters on Korean server. It feels like the scene gradually growing bigger but it is very slow. There are no commercials or adds any where to be seen, only people who follows PC gaming knows about Starcraft. People who do not get any information about the game will never know about it...
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