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wat. no u see peopel can still break into the scene, its just easier than like a year ago. you wont get like, a massive burst of popularity, but say im like good n shit, playing on US server, i see say, destiny on ladder. we have a good game, im like yo, lets play 2v2's. then we play 2v2's im on his skype talking n shit. if im intresting enough then some of the people on his stream will come and watch mine or something, idk.
(not that that's gunna happen, im a diamond lvl sea player lol)
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Good article, one of the reason I'm in Korea and plan to stay here until I stop playing. And it will become a lot worse once BW teams switch.
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On January 25 2012 20:29 LaLuSh wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2012 20:19 Soma.bokforlag wrote: seriously, can someone help me find the numbers the entire thread is based upon!?! nowhere can i find that the european and american servers has as few players as the korean!!
HELP!!
im starting to think that this entire thread is based on a LIE http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=298240OP's numbers might still be correct since there is no Season 5 data aside from sc2ranks.
yes, but all the numbers i can find on sc2ranks indicate that the difference is pretty much as big now as it was during s4
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I agree with this but i think that there is also quite a large difrence between european tournaments and american tournaments because there are far more open tournaments in europe with alot of really good players that sign up for them.
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On January 25 2012 19:06 Omar91 wrote: I for one stop playing because TvP is so fucking retarded, Collosus-Chargelots-Storm-FF made me rage quit the game, I was high diamond.
micro?
Yeah I kinda get annoyed that non-korean teams are picking up koreans coz I'd love to see truly great non-korean teams start to form by taking in and training up promising talent, and keeping those who are alrealy great and trying to propel them higher.
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I really take what you said to heart because the situation you described is exactly where I'm at.
I've finally hit GM, I've taken games off notable names on ladder... But who's going to watch my stream? What team would want me (and pay)? Nobody.
One thing that REALLY upsets me is one of the few ways I could be making money playing this game is through something like Playhem... I have been to the semi's before, and quarters many times... But who takes the crown away? The same Koreans (Revival, Golden, Rainbow, Illusion) etc... Like seriously... I would be a lot more motivated to play if the chances of me actually winning anything were improved by removing said players.
/rant...
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On January 25 2012 19:10 iky43210 wrote: There's also another big difference between pro in Korea and NA.
Teams in NA pick up players only if they can get the viewers (stated by incontrol).
Teams in Korea pick up players if they are good or have potential
Its sad
Players like ailuJ are perfect examples of this.
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Great post, I agree with most of it This should definitely be taken into consideration for tournament organizers
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On January 25 2012 20:31 desRow wrote: Good article, one of the reason I'm in Korea and plan to stay here until I stop playing. And it will become a lot worse once BW teams switch.
I didn't know you were in korea :D
But yeah i guess my comment would be if i were trying to go pro id take the violet route and plan to play everyday and compete in tournies everyday, with the goal being to improve to win tournies....making a name for myself hopefully? Idk
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I took the same data from each three servers, added dates from patches and this is what i got:
What did we do differently? Here's the data: + Show Spoiler +
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As esports gets more popular in the west and becomes more accepted, foreigners will eventually catch up to the Koreans. It might take a while, but remember that Korea has a 10 year head start when it comes to accepting Starcraft and playing it for a living.
So yeah there might be a period where foreigners are sparse, but new talents are going to come up as SC2 becomes more popular and accepted.
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On January 25 2012 20:44 Ewic wrote: I really take what you said to heart because the situation you described is exactly where I'm at.
I've finally hit GM, I've taken games off notable names on ladder... But who's going to watch my stream? What team would want me (and pay)? Nobody.
One thing that REALLY upsets me is one of the few ways I could be making money playing this game is through something like Playhem... I have been to the semi's before, and quarters many times... But who takes the crown away? The same Koreans (Revival, Golden, Rainbow, Illusion) etc... Like seriously... I would be a lot more motivated to play if the chances of me actually winning anything were improved by removing said players.
/rant...
You find it upsetting that players who are better than you are winning the tournaments you do play in? If you went to Mlg and lost would you find it upsetting that the same people are always reaching the top 4, top 8, top 16, top 32? would you be more motivated to play if your chances of winning were improved by removing said players?
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There are many wrong assumptions in the OP, but also some good points.
Too many people bash on events that don't have highest level Koreans in them. The events that help foreign players to get noticed are very important, but many forum/reddit posters are obnoxiosly vocal about how they don't care about "lesser" players. Shut the fuck up already.
By the way, in Russia/CIS soon there will be a big online league for all skill levels (Sc2tv.ru Non-stop Games league), they have a structure similar to GSL, except they have more tiers -- from Code S, Code A, Code B all the way to Code F. I think this is exactly what OP asks for.
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On January 25 2012 20:44 Ewic wrote: But who takes the crown away? The same Koreans (Revival, Golden, Rainbow, Illusion) etc... Like seriously... I would be a lot more motivated to play if the chances of me actually winning anything were improved by removing said players.
They should be removed because they play better? Isnt that the way the competition should work? Remove all South America and Europe players from football World cup, so that African or any other national team could win it.
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@ dapierow & NightOfTheDead - I'm echoing what the OP is saying - tournaments are being won by the same people over and over again and there is little room for up-and-coming players to be noticed or win anything. I think you would understand when you devote as much time into this game I have and haven't received $1 for it.
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For me personally, I'm just tired of doing the same thing over and over I guess, there is little to no variety in a SC2 game at high masters in EU, everyone does the same ~5 builds because, well, there are no other viable builds. I went from playing hundreds of games season 1 to just a few last season and none this so far, and It's piss easy to stay in masters for me even though I don't play at all, that tells me that the foreign scene is really really really bad and empty compared to the korean.
On January 25 2012 20:59 Ewic wrote: @ dapierow & NightOfTheDead - I'm echoing what the OP is saying - tournaments are being won by the same people over and over again and there is little room for up-and-coming players to be noticed or win anything. I think you would understand when you devote as much time into this game I have and haven't received $1 for it.
In response to this, I think it's a matter of that there are no new players. SC2 has a very small player base and for 2012 it's all set in terms of e-sports viewership but I really do wonder if it will be around for 2013 unless HotS turns out to be amazing
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Would this explain why Masters is harder this season.
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On January 25 2012 20:59 Ewic wrote: @ dapierow & NightOfTheDead - I'm echoing what the OP is saying - tournaments are being won by the same people over and over again and there is little room for up-and-coming players to be noticed or win anything. I think you would understand when you devote as much time into this game I have and haven't received $1 for it.
I'm sorry but that is an absurd statement... imagine your a pretty good basketball or football player and you tell someone Ive devoted so much time into this game and I haven't received $1 for it.
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All people I know stopped playing. There is just no reason to ladder if you know you will never make money with it.
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On January 25 2012 21:09 Aela wrote: All people I know stopped playing. There is just no reason to ladder if you know you will never make money with it.
Whenever someone posts something like this it just makes me sad. The reason people play is to have fun, goddamn.
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