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Why doesn't Blizzard support SC2 more? - Page 9
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KiLL_ORdeR
United States1518 Posts
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branflakes14
2082 Posts
On August 19 2011 06:46 stormfoxSC wrote: Compare the popularity of the SC2 pro-scene right now compared to one year after SC1 was released. I'll give you three guesses as to which one is bigger, and the first two don't count. It's not surprising when you consider the hype wave SC2 rode in on. Hell, all SC2 is doing is standing on SC1's shoulders. | ||
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tztztz
Germany314 Posts
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ProxyKnoxy
United Kingdom2576 Posts
ohwait But yeah I agree with what someone said a few pages back that SC2 really has no competition as an RTS game, compared to the MOBA games. + It's not like these million dollar tournaments are going to be a regular thing, they're just hyping their game up and giving it attention. SC2 is starting to have regular 50k-100k tournaments. | ||
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aaronlolol
134 Posts
At least Blizzard got BW to great balance, SC2 will be the same in due time ( and is already well balanced as is). | ||
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Toadvine
Poland2234 Posts
However, the lack of proper cross-region play, shared replay viewing, a better system for handling lag and disconnects, and a variety of other BNet 0.2 deficiencies, do make the lives of players and tournament organizers alike a lot harder. That's what hurts the most. When I read about the things Valve have planned for DotA2, it just makes Blizzard look extremely bad in comparison. Don't actually like DotA, and don't care for their 1 million $ tournament, but their pro-esports features sound pretty awesome. At the same time Blizzard can't even produce a good basic interface for custom games or an invisible mode. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7028 Posts
Ask yourself what incentive some random gamer has to learn the very uncompromising SCII multiplayer if he isn't already acquainted with, say, the pro-scene - or at least the notion it's fun to play it competitively. I don't think there is, because SCII is not a good RTS to play online if you don't prescribe to the idea playing to win is fun. And that's something of an acquired taste to be honest. We all tried to do so in WC3 and Brood War back when we were young and we didn't have any better online games, but nowadays you have so many worthwhile FPS and DotA games that as an RTS you will have a hard time to getting a lot of market share. They're just too old-fashioned. | ||
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rd
United States2586 Posts
OP's point is insane. | ||
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Novalisk
Israel1818 Posts
On August 19 2011 07:02 Tyrant0 wrote: Blizzard already supports SC2 as an e-sport in many ways except monetarily. GSL? | ||
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rd
United States2586 Posts
GSL now has many more sponsors. I don't know if Blizzard still pays for their prize pool, but if they do it only furthers the ridiculousness of this thread. | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
Despite the cute disclaimer, this thread is still a "WAAAAA why can't Blizzard be as good as Riot" Seriously, I think people should be grateful that Blizzard doesn't have to promote SC2 as much because the community for the most part has stepped in to that role and does a much better job of it. Look to your right at the ridiculous amounts of online tournaments and tell me that Blizzard needs to help SC2 from growing. They don't. Besides, they hosted their battlenet invitationals on their websites. Good enough for me. | ||
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Tsuki.eu
Portugal1049 Posts
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Bleak
Turkey3059 Posts
On August 19 2011 07:02 Tyrant0 wrote: Valve and Riot are creating massive bubbles around DotA 2 and LoL which will inevitably pop if other outside organizations don't invest. . | ||
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stangstang
Canada281 Posts
On August 19 2011 06:55 branflakes14 wrote: It's not surprising when you consider the hype wave SC2 rode in on. Hell, all SC2 is doing is standing on SC1's shoulders. no sc2 is standing on the shoulders of blizzard. blizzard could make a new franchise rts game and it would sell millions. cause blizzard now has a reputation of making amazing games. | ||
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Mastertouch
United States136 Posts
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tztztz
Germany314 Posts
On August 19 2011 07:02 Tyrant0 wrote: Blizzard already supports SC2 as an e-sport in many ways except monetarily. The game is balanced around professional level play, they advertise tournaments, blizzcon. SC2 can flourish on it's own. Valve and Riot are creating massive bubbles around DotA 2 and LoL which will inevitably pop if other outside organizations don't invest. OP's point is insane. massive bubbles? they said the same about sc2 back then (and some still do). anyways, let's judge after mlg raleigh, when we have the viewer counts. if it ends up like dreamhack i can see sc2 losing the mainstage again next season. | ||
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rcg
Australia47 Posts
Putting dota2 as a link to the tourny is just another hype factor for their marketing of the game. Theyre not promoting esports. Yes i wish blizzard could do more but im just happy that theyre at least doing SOMETHING like attending mlg events etc and listening to feedback. Its only riot that are outliers who try their best to promote their game as an esport title. | ||
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stangstang
Canada281 Posts
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
Blizzard does support the E-sports scene, they do announce tournaments on their website and in the gameclient. It just isn't as 'in your face' as LoL does. They also have their own tourneys, 4 regionals with a 21K pricepool and the actual Blizzcon tourney which will have a far far bigger prizepool. The viewership doesn't have much to do with promotion. U want to compare LoL viewership to SC viewership? allright let's do it. LoL has far more players then SC, according to them they peak @ 500k players at the same time per day. 1,4million unique players. So it isn't so strange the MOBA genre has more viewers, because it has more players. They have more players because the games are indeed more casual, which attracts more people. Most gamers really dislike playing 1v1 starcraft because of the 'hardcore' focus required for it, guess why it attracts less players. So, yes Blizzard does support their own game well enough, but u can't expect to be bigger then others with a smaller playerbase. | ||
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tztztz
Germany314 Posts
On August 19 2011 07:18 stangstang wrote: Also, they are creating 2 expansions to SC2. don't know how much more support you expect them to give. haha, that's funny | ||
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