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StendHalArt
Profile Joined May 2011
New Zealand55 Posts
October 28 2011 10:38 GMT
#141
To me it seems as though the players are forced into playing sc2. They seem to be backed into a corner where they have no choice but to head in the direction of playing sc2, because that is where all the esports dollars are going to. I still enjoy watching BW and im sure the programers still enjoy playing it too. If it wasnt for sc2 im sure BW would be as strong, if not stronger today than if sc2 had not been introduced. I do want things to be sorted out though and Kespa needs to make a decision soon.
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ThatGuyDoMo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia516 Posts
October 28 2011 10:39 GMT
#142
holyyyyy shizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

So happy to see Sc2 finally progress to this level! REAL teams (no offence to current sc2 teams, I mean in terms of how established teams like KT and CJ etc. are)

I am sad for the BW scene though :-( Maybe it will finally go :-(
Diader
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States232 Posts
October 28 2011 10:40 GMT
#143
So does anyone know when KeSPA is going to announce 11-12 ProLeague anyway? Doesn't it usually start in late October?
PredY
Profile Joined September 2009
Czech Republic1731 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-28 10:42:21
October 28 2011 10:40 GMT
#144
BW Champions, players A and B are also the top players at SC2 within their teams:
"We are practicing by watching GSL matches. If we start for real I think we'll be able to become top players soon".
Flash and Jaedong are practising by watching the GSL? they don't even need to play the game.

anyway, im a big bw fan, and i will always consider bw to be the best game i've ever played, as i have so many fine memories of it. i will be sad if bw dies but it has to happen sooner or later. watching flash playing sc2 is something i dream of. i think hots is a good opportunity to start actually.

just hoping bw pros will enjoy the game!
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SoleSteeler
Profile Joined April 2003
Canada5459 Posts
October 28 2011 10:41 GMT
#145
On October 28 2011 19:23 mrtomjones wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2011 19:20 soulist wrote:
On October 28 2011 19:17 mrtomjones wrote:
Just a thought for all the Flash fans... have you not considered that he might decide to play Protoss or Zerg instead? Perhaps if he does as well in sc2 it will be Terran tears instead. Many players did switch races between the games. (Idra)


Rofl you say many players that switched races when they switched games yet you name one. Look at all the players that switched from bw that still play the same race: nestea, mvp, nada, mc, julyzerg, boxer, ret, tyler, jinro, and many more i cant think of

.... is it really necessary for me to research and find other examples? Do you really think Idra was the only one? More stayed the same then switched. Big deal. I simply threw out a possibility. Geez. Your mockery is so well placed! In fact I better go edit that just so you are happy I think! Ill get right on that!


Jinro played protoss, not terran in BW.
insanet
Profile Joined January 2010
Peru439 Posts
October 28 2011 10:41 GMT
#146
On October 28 2011 19:34 Bd.Snake wrote:
Lets hope the foreigners can keep up thats all i want


Sadly is not gonna happen. ask BW players what were doing christmas week? training. new year eve? training, holiday days? training. Im not exaggerating there is several interviews where day say that. BW players are training machines.

I think if they switch they are gonna hurt sc2 scene.
thoradycus
Profile Joined August 2010
Malaysia3262 Posts
October 28 2011 10:41 GMT
#147
although i would welcome the switch, fix toss 1st imo
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
October 28 2011 10:42 GMT
#148
On October 28 2011 19:40 PredY wrote:
BW Champions, players A and B are also the top players at SC2 within their teams:
"We are practicing by watching GSL matches. If we start for real I think we'll be able to become top players soon".
Flash and Jaedong are practising by watching the GSL? they don't even need to play the game.

anyway, im a big bw fan, and i will always consider bw to be the best game i've ever played, as i have some many fine memories of it. i will be sad if bw dies but it has to happen sooner or later. watching flash playing sc2 is something i dream of. i think hots is a good opportunity to start actually.

just hoping bw pros will enjoy the game!

They gotta learn the games, they are superior in mechanics, not in game knowledge

I am le sad
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JustinL
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia58 Posts
October 28 2011 10:43 GMT
#149
They're getting into Master League on the Korean ladder based on mechanics alone? That's crazy. Sure, if they watch some GSL they can learn a fair bit about the game but they have almost no experience in Starcraft 2 compared to the people they are beating. It's not super surprising but that doesn't make it any less incredible.
shadymmj
Profile Joined June 2010
1906 Posts
October 28 2011 10:43 GMT
#150
On October 28 2011 19:31 Meteora.GB wrote:
I fear that this might lead to a massive exodus of the current top tier Starcraft 2 players, being switched and replaced by either A/B-Teamers. I suppose the fact that there's many B-Teamers who switched over to SC2 (Ganzi, Losira, MC and Nestea). I believe MVP was the only relevant A-Teamer to switch over aside from ForGG (oGsFin).

This is good for SC2... only if its done later or at a gradual pace. I do not think an explosion of mass sponsorship and players is a good thing, unless you enjoy seeing our current players be pushed all the way down to Code B, assuming there IS a mass switch. It may work if its just B-Teamers from BW.

I don't want BW to die either so I think negatively of the news, despite the hype surrounding it.


correct

it's quite unarguable that most of the best players have BW experience. but that's not really the point. the point is that if most of the BW teams are going to create sc2 divisions, then there is no doubt that these divisions are going to dominate the scene, if not because of experience, then because of $$$ and fan support.

sc2 is already korean centric. there's just no arguing that, whether at blizzcon or mlg or a rather unimportant league like nasl, koreans are taking most of the top places. the reason why BW died out internationally is because the koreans dominated. if this news is going to come true, then i predict a surge in sc2 popularity for 1-2 years, followed by a huge decline in the west as newer games come out. maybe a couple of foreigners like idra and huk might stay at the top living in korea, but for the vast majority of them, they will be left by the roadside.

may not be a bad thing, though.
There is no such thing is "e-sports". There is Brood War, and then there is crap for nerds.
gn0m
Profile Joined January 2008
Sweden302 Posts
October 28 2011 10:43 GMT
#151
On October 28 2011 19:34 bokchoi wrote:
I highly doubt any high-profile, big name BW pros will switch over but we will see lesser pros who don't really have a chance to play in Pro League begin the SC2 divisons for their respective teams. If anything, this probably means that the Dream League is dead.

Yeah, I agree. Dream League dying feels pretty likely at this point, but I think that’s it. I don’t think we will see many A-teams switch, if any at all. Especially not just after the release of HoTS where Blizzard showed that the core issues of SC2 will not be dealt with and balancing is back to square one.
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Clefairy
Profile Joined September 2011
1570 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-28 10:44:59
October 28 2011 10:44 GMT
#152
Added article about STX, CJ and SK changing their equipment.

On October 28 2011 19:38 Soap wrote:
Let's read the OP folks:

Show nested quote +
BW Champions, players A and B are also the top players at SC2 within their teams:
"We are practicing by watching GSL matches. If we start for real I think we'll be able to become top players soon".


If watching GSL counts as practice then we have plenty of progamers in the making. That article is a joke, besides I suppose it's not allowed to have excerpts translated here.

They mean that they are practicing while watching the GSL to learn. It was a bad translation sorry.
dartoo
Profile Joined May 2010
India2889 Posts
October 28 2011 10:44 GMT
#153
I am a little sad, I hope broodwar can go on alongside sc2. But I agree that kespa not telling anyone anything about whats coming is just really unprofessional and not what you'd expect from a governing body.
Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
October 28 2011 10:46 GMT
#154
looks like we're sending tasteless to cover the proleague finals after all
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Splynn
Profile Joined September 2011
United States225 Posts
October 28 2011 10:46 GMT
#155
Sort of bittersweet... on one hand I'm super excited to see what TBLS might do in SC2.

On the other, well. BW just excites me more than SC2 does to watch it. Gets in my gut and wrenches it every time I watch Jaedong just refuse to die, and win a game through sheer force of will. Or Bisu control his units *perfectly* and win an engagement he really shouldn't have. Or Flash just plain have more stuff/bases than the other guy. It'll be sweet to see if SC2 can exhibit these sort of things. I just hope it can, if this is indeed where the BW teams are going.
Hassybaby
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom10823 Posts
October 28 2011 10:46 GMT
#156
On October 28 2011 19:42 Iplaythings wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2011 19:40 PredY wrote:
BW Champions, players A and B are also the top players at SC2 within their teams:
"We are practicing by watching GSL matches. If we start for real I think we'll be able to become top players soon".
Flash and Jaedong are practising by watching the GSL? they don't even need to play the game.

anyway, im a big bw fan, and i will always consider bw to be the best game i've ever played, as i have some many fine memories of it. i will be sad if bw dies but it has to happen sooner or later. watching flash playing sc2 is something i dream of. i think hots is a good opportunity to start actually.

just hoping bw pros will enjoy the game!

They gotta learn the games, they are superior in mechanics, not in game knowledge

I am le sad


Everyone will be reset though, since all the SC2 players will have to relearn everything. The changes are pretty brutal so I don't think the BW pros will be too far behind
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Benga
Profile Joined October 2010
Korea (South)471 Posts
October 28 2011 10:46 GMT
#157
On October 28 2011 19:41 insanet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2011 19:34 Bd.Snake wrote:
Lets hope the foreigners can keep up thats all i want


Sadly is not gonna happen. ask BW players what were doing christmas week? training. new year eve? training, holiday days? training. Im not exaggerating there is several interviews where day say that. BW players are training machines.

I think if they switch they are gonna hurt sc2 scene.


its the foreign players fault for hurting esports which arent going to reduce the gap.
a few huk,sase,naniwa,jinro are exemption
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Jehct
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
New Zealand9115 Posts
October 28 2011 10:48 GMT
#158
This could be really fucking cool. We'll see how much SC2 actually has levelled the playing field - if Idra (a guy who was barely good enough to make a BW B-team) can play star2 as well as he does, I'll be interested if anyone other than the absolute top (ie. TaekBangLeeSsang & Jangbi/Fantasy etc.) actually have the impact that people are afraid of. Could also make for some amazing storylines: imagine a Nestea/MVP v TaekBangLeeSsang ace match in proleague. Who wouldn't watch that VOD?
"You seem to think about this game a lot"
Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
October 28 2011 10:48 GMT
#159
On October 28 2011 19:41 insanet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2011 19:34 Bd.Snake wrote:
Lets hope the foreigners can keep up thats all i want


Sadly is not gonna happen. ask BW players what were doing christmas week? training. new year eve? training, holiday days? training. Im not exaggerating there is several interviews where day say that. BW players are training machines.

I think if they switch they are gonna hurt sc2 scene.

Hell, Flash had to have muscles removed from his wrist because they were overdeveloped and pinching a nerve.
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Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
October 28 2011 10:49 GMT
#160
well it this the end of BW?? They probably wont switch till mayb HOTS properly in my eyes, but deffiantly getting ready now by the look of the comments Deffiantly going to make their B team players witch quite soon
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