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Ars Technica, "The Dawn of Starcraft is Now!" - Page 4

Forum Index > SC2 General
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Mattm3th
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2011-04-01 09:15:30
April 01 2011 09:15 GMT
#61
wtf april fools day!!!!
MapleFractal
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada307 Posts
April 01 2011 09:21 GMT
#62
Thanks for the link, great article. Good read.
its called a Tuque damnit!
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-01 09:29:45
April 01 2011 09:22 GMT
#63
I wonder how would SC2 "thrive" if not for huge investments that have been poured into it. It would be strange if this game wouldn't hit the tops. Many young gamers start off from sc2 and enjoy the glossiness and nice hardcore it brings into their lives. That is really sad, cause I firmly believe that it is lacks something very important.
+ Show Spoiler +
This is just pop music, rock-n-roll is not here dudes.


I shall add, I'm not against SC2, great game, no chit.
I'm more for BW popularization, I'm sad that many ppl start forgetting how epic it is. Very sad.
Zihua
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands177 Posts
April 01 2011 09:23 GMT
#64
Many young gamers start off from sc2 and enjoy the glossiness and nice hardcore it brings into their lives. SC2 has become their ideal?. That is really sad, cause I firmly believe that it is far from truth. It this is just pop music, rock-n-roll is not here dudes.


what.

User was warned for this post
wattabeast
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States957 Posts
April 01 2011 09:40 GMT
#65
On April 01 2011 14:43 HQuality wrote:
i'm only hoping that jae, flash, stork, stats, bisu, fanta switch to sc2 in near future

That'd be sick. I don't know why their teams won't just switch to SC2 O_O
:O
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10834 Posts
April 01 2011 10:53 GMT
#66
On April 01 2011 16:44 Golgotha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2011 16:17 Velr wrote:
TSL3 is better than live:
You don't know the results like it is live but you have nearly no delay between games.

I think what really should change in the near future are the endless downtimes between games in basically all except the "best run" tournament streams (and even there technical difficulties can just fuck them over)...
Really, i don't get why not EVERYTHING is cast from replays:
1: Stream-Cheating = Impossible.
2: Casters for online tourneys could just grab a game and cast it instead of complaining about not being invited to some game or something not showing up.
3: You don't even notice that it's a replay if the Streamers are not overdoing it with the "replay" features.



what. not sure how replays beat live matches. Well, I do not care either way if the matches are live but we can't see the players. But GSL style live is hands down the best and of course better than replays. This is why I cant wait for the finals of TSL3!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"Offline"-Events (please notice the ") are another thing, casting from replays there would obviously be a little strange.

But for Internet tournaments being 100% live has just like no advantage over casting the Replays of the game with about 30 Minute delay.
You get less delay between games (due to the 30 Minute buffer if some games are shorter/longer or someone not showing up on time) and if done properly there is really not much of a diffrence (expect that Replays offer more observing options than "live" observing (iirc)?

+ The "cheating" thing.
RageBot
Profile Joined November 2010
Israel1530 Posts
April 01 2011 10:55 GMT
#67
On April 01 2011 18:40 wattabeast wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2011 14:43 HQuality wrote:
i'm only hoping that jae, flash, stork, stats, bisu, fanta switch to sc2 in near future

That'd be sick. I don't know why their teams won't just switch to SC2 O_O


There's still more money, in Korea, in BW.

And many more viewers.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9527 Posts
April 01 2011 10:58 GMT
#68
I love everything about the SC2 scene, except the game itself that is . I'm still curious how far will it go though.

Also, it's very clear that author did a lot of research for his article, but the part about KeSPA vs Blizzard part was highly opinionated and biased. Other than that, it was a really nice article (props for mentioning Mani's RWAs lol).

On April 01 2011 18:40 wattabeast wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2011 14:43 HQuality wrote:
i'm only hoping that jae, flash, stork, stats, bisu, fanta switch to sc2 in near future

That'd be sick. I don't know why their teams won't just switch to SC2 O_O

Yeah, I also don't know why football teams won't just switch to basketball O_O
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
S.O.L.I.D.
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States792 Posts
April 01 2011 11:57 GMT
#69
This article is exciting, and I'm glad the SC2 foreigner scene is getting such good attention. 2011 is the year!
redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
April 01 2011 12:00 GMT
#70
"It's what you guys do for us, right?" said a representative from GOM TV when discussing the matter with a TeamLiquid administrator. "Maybe it's our turn."

<3
Semtext
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany287 Posts
April 01 2011 12:00 GMT
#71
On April 01 2011 19:58 2Pacalypse- wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
I love everything about the SC2 scene, except the game itself that is . I'm still curious how far will it go though.

Also, it's very clear that author did a lot of research for his article, but the part about KeSPA vs Blizzard part was highly opinionated and biased. Other than that, it was a really nice article (props for mentioning Mani's RWAs lol).

On April 01 2011 18:40 wattabeast wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2011 14:43 HQuality wrote:
i'm only hoping that jae, flash, stork, stats, bisu, fanta switch to sc2 in near future

That'd be sick. I don't know why their teams won't just switch to SC2 O_O

Yeah, I also don't know why football teams won't just switch to basketball O_O


more like wheelchair basketball to NBA, right?
+ Show Spoiler +
JUST KIDDING, I like my SC1 as well, but it is a whole different story. And damn, most of them wheelchair basketball dudes shoot sick threepointers from far out!


the article is a good read, makes me want to be able to look two or three years into the future and see what SC2 has become...
http://de.twitch.tv/semtext | FBH, Socke, WhiteRa, GoOdy, TLO
Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
April 01 2011 12:30 GMT
#72
An amazing amazing read.

I'm totally gonna spread this out to friends.

But just one question:
"it briefly crashed the Internet in Korea as millions of fans tuned in to see this epic matchup."

I know it crashed GOM servers, not the "internet". Also, I thought it was 700,000 people tunning in, not millions.

Can anyone explain this part? :}

//tx
"A coward is not someone that runs from a battle knowing he will lose. A coward is someone who challenges a weak knowing he will win."
leviathan400
Profile Joined November 2006
United Kingdom393 Posts
April 01 2011 12:36 GMT
#73
esports, let it grow :D
:o
dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
April 01 2011 12:42 GMT
#74
Nerd-chills ALL over my body after reading that. WOOT!
Special Endrey
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany1929 Posts
April 01 2011 12:49 GMT
#75
really well written - i mean this guy is not a supa dupa nerd like a lot of people here so i like how well informed he actually is
This signature is ruining eSports - -Twitter: @SpecialEndrey
johanngrunt
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Hong Kong1555 Posts
April 01 2011 13:39 GMT
#76
They quoted John!!!! I need to see more of John, stop getting Tasteless to translate T.T
Turnus
Profile Joined June 2007
United States86 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-01 13:40:32
April 01 2011 13:40 GMT
#77
For the first time ever, I've seen an article liked and linked to by a non-starcraft playing friend. If that isn't any indication of the "bigness" of this article, don't know what is. A common trend among posters on this thread, nerd-chills are dominating me.
cui dono lepidum novum libellum
Eeeegor
Profile Joined April 2005
Australia809 Posts
April 01 2011 13:45 GMT
#78
Awesome to see mainstream coverage of the sc2 pro scene like this
Day9 Made Me Do It
Nizaris
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-01 13:50:10
April 01 2011 13:46 GMT
#79
On April 01 2011 16:17 Velr wrote:
TSL3 is better than live:
You don't know the results like it is live but you have nearly no delay between games.

I think what really should change in the near future are the endless downtimes between games in basically all except the "best run" tournament streams (and even there technical difficulties can just fuck them over)...
Really, i don't get why not EVERYTHING is cast from replays:
1: Stream-Cheating = Impossible.
2: Casters for online tourneys could just grab a game and cast it instead of complaining about not being invited to some game or something not showing up.
3: You don't even notice that it's a replay if the Streamers are not overdoing it with the "replay" features.

Casters always de-synch and it is really annoying. Until Blizzard implements a way to watch replay online synched with more then 1 person then maybe live won't be better. But hearing casters talking about stuff that happened 2s ago or that will happen in 2s is really annoying.

I'll take the live cast with possible delays and synched casters over a replay cast with de-synched casters any day.

Either way this is offtopic. Great article by Ars, i read them all the time, great blog.
phoque
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden39 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-01 13:55:52
April 01 2011 13:51 GMT
#80
Fruitdealer - He played Zerg, at a time when Zerg was considered underpowered and Terrans had an arsenal of tools that could wipe Zergs off the map in the early game. When he took out Lee Jung Hoon in the finals and won the $90,000 prize, it was the culmination of a long-delayed dream.


Pretty sure Rainbows name is Kim Sung Je =(
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