EPTAlso, the documentary videos linked in the article were mindblowing. Seeing my favorite casters whom I've come to know and love over the past few months playing in WCG 2005 is awesome. Seeing Day9, Artosis, and Tasteless competing in 2005 reminds me why they are such incredible members of the community and how much of their history I've missed being a relative newcomer to the Starcraft world.
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St0chastic
United States103 Posts
Also, the documentary videos linked in the article were mindblowing. Seeing my favorite casters whom I've come to know and love over the past few months playing in WCG 2005 is awesome. Seeing Day9, Artosis, and Tasteless competing in 2005 reminds me why they are such incredible members of the community and how much of their history I've missed being a relative newcomer to the Starcraft world. | ||
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
Looks like everyone's esports dreams are rapidly materializing. We thought this would take years to happen, but it seems like everything in the scene is blowing up RIGHT NOW. It's a really exciting time to be into SC2, that's for sure. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
Couple things to note though: -IGN has not formally announced their league/tournament. That leak was made by chobopeon and an Anonymous source. -The pro-house will consist of both Fnatic and ROOT-gaming members, and should be listed as the second starcraft pro house to EG's ongoing house in Arizona. | ||
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MechKing
United States3004 Posts
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Skrillex
Canada48 Posts
 Grrr... Quebec Represent ! | ||
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Hoju
United States449 Posts
Although, it's kind of odd that it neglected to mention MLG which is happening A DAY AFTER the article was published. | ||
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r33k
Italy3402 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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eiger
Belgium98 Posts
However.. Whats interesting is that the second installment of starcraft is coming out (next year I believe?) and with that a whole new raft of gamers and a fresh revitalisation (I hope).. guys who've switched from consoles, people who never bought it first time round, total newcomers, etc, etc so the game can "repeak" if there is such a word, thus also increasing the chances it can hit the critical mass For me, the competition scene is SO good right now, I barely play the game anymore, but avidly follow GSL (which I gladly pay for, money well spent), TSL, various cups - I'm happy with the way it is right now, but, of course, fingers crossed it really takes off in a big way More articles, more interest, more players which equals more articles, more interest, more players - more money, bigger tourneys, bigger scene - the sky's the limit | ||
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iNViCiOUZ
Germany364 Posts
Nice article on a quite poular site! Edit: Hu why does the forum replace the Date of the first day in April with "interesting post"? | ||
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nemahsys
Canada457 Posts
On April 01 2011 14:37 Genome852 wrote: Good news. ... and I thought 20k viewers in HLTV back in the golden days of CS was huge. hey man...that was huge! | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10886 Posts
SC2 is "big", for a game. 50k viewers for something that is broadcastet to basically the whole english speaking world in European primetime is not THAT staggering (well it is staggering for SC2, but it's not like SC2 is outbursting like crazy). The analogies made in the, well written article, are also just stupid? Yes, 50k viewers are a big Soccer or whatever sports stadium, but he seems to forget the 1 Mil. people that view the games on TV... I don't know about the views on Youtube but from 50k to being "BIG" is still a long way. | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On April 01 2011 15:53 Velr wrote: Just one thing. SC2 is "big", for a game. 50k viewers for something that is broadcastet to basically the whole english speaking world in European primetime is not THAT staggering (well it is staggering for SC2, but it's not like SC2 is outbursting like crazy). The analogies made in the, well written article, are also just stupid? Yes, 50k viewers are a big Soccer or whatever sports stadium, but he seems to forget the 1 Mil. people that view the games on TV... I don't know about the views on Youtube but from 50k to being "BIG" is still a long way. yeah but that is exactly the crazy thing about it. It is just a game and yet it can command 50k viewers for a round 32 match! A "stupid" computer game had enough viewers to fill up a stadium! That is why it is so crazy ^^ hope you get my point. | ||
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cronican
Canada424 Posts
On April 01 2011 15:53 Velr wrote: Just one thing. SC2 is "big", for a game. 50k viewers for something that is broadcastet to basically the whole english speaking world in European primetime is not THAT staggering (well it is staggering for SC2, but it's not like SC2 is outbursting like crazy). The analogies made in the, well written article, are also just stupid? Yes, 50k viewers are a big Soccer or whatever sports stadium, but he seems to forget the 1 Mil. people that view the games on TV... I don't know about the views on Youtube but from 50k to being "BIG" is still a long way. And I say that the glass is half full! | ||
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Epic.MoTH
United States28 Posts
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pRo9aMeR
595 Posts
His real name is Mike Husky?? And all this time I thought it was just a nickname! ㅋㅋ + Show Spoiler + I know it's a typo...in case you didn't catch the sarcasm^^ | ||
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St0chastic
United States103 Posts
On April 01 2011 15:53 Velr wrote: Just one thing. SC2 is "big", for a game. 50k viewers for something that is broadcastet to basically the whole english speaking world in European primetime is not THAT staggering (well it is staggering for SC2, but it's not like SC2 is outbursting like crazy). The analogies made in the, well written article, are also just stupid? Yes, 50k viewers are a big Soccer or whatever sports stadium, but he seems to forget the 1 Mil. people that view the games on TV... I don't know about the views on Youtube but from 50k to being "BIG" is still a long way. True, but consider that this wasn't a live tourney nor a final. Additionally, even if it's only "big" for an RTS game, that is still a significant milestone that should be celebrated. Honestly, I'll be happy if the Starcraft community maintains its current size and interest level, although as with others, I have my fingers crossed that it'll continue to grow. A sport doesn't need to attract millions of viewers to be successful. As long as the size of the community is stable and interest is consistently high, then I think the SC2 community can be self-sustaining. | ||
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speakerbox
Canada453 Posts
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