Destiny: The Pro Scene Depends on the Casual Scene - Page 22

sabas123

Netherlands3121 Posts

October 22 2012 19:34 GMT

#421

On October 23 2012 03:29 Kresh wrote:

Well, I guess I didn't make my point clear:

If you play something, you appreciate and understand it, and it's a natural step to look to see how people who are really good at it perform.

It's not whether you are a player "right now" or even a top performer. Everyone was an athlete at school, most people drive a car or at least understand how cars work. Most people have played a game where they hit a ball with a stick of some kind.

My point is that if you are not exposed to the sport as part of your life (play it; do the same actions yourself etc) then WHY would you go looking for it? WHY would you take all that time to learn the complexities? This isn't "that car is faster than this one", or "that guy ran faster than this guy".

MOST people won't, and the viewer numbers bear that out. Otherwise how do you explain that SC2 doesn't get the same viewers as LoL or Dota2?

its cool that you try BUT there are some REAL problems with the GAME that we told them since sc2 came out and they STIL didn't listen

and i think destiny said it brillant about how we ARE depended on the casual scene. and there is not a clear seperation in the game itself for casual and competitve gamers

the game thourgh the ladder system and ui WANTS you to be competitive and stuff. but it ain't working.

TheDraken

United States640 Posts

October 22 2012 19:55 GMT

#422

On October 22 2012 18:50 WniO wrote:

dat body.

mahO

France274 Posts

December 24 2012 17:04 GMT

#423

On October 20 2012 04:26 Schnullerbacke13 wrote:
Way better on point than his recent post. He is 100% right. However I'd like to note that the average age of LOL players is probably a lot younger than SC2. So SC2 people probably have more buying power. Anyway this does not make up for the huge difference in viewer base.

I think you're wrong, actually SC2 players if they want to commit need a lot of free time, even to watch SC2, I've seen it on some of my friends who loved SC2, but just gave up and went to LoL because it's more casual, requires less practice if you want to "feel good about your level of play" and way easier to access + it's a team game obviously and after work it's more chill than grinding 8 games on SC2 ladder. I'd be interested in seing some data on this but I dont think that the LoL players average age is that low, lots of casual gamers are in their late 20s or early 30s and are attracted to that kind of game.

Denzil

United Kingdom4193 Posts

December 24 2012 17:22 GMT

#424

Pretty sure destiny is no longer relevant

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

December 24 2012 17:25 GMT

#425

On October 20 2012 04:23 zazen42 wrote:
People will continue playing Starcraft 2 no matter what the prize money for tournaments or the number of viewers is compared to League of Legends, because the two are completely different games. Hell, even if there were no streams/tournaments/people playing SC2 anymore I still wouldn't switch to LoL because I enjoy games with more strategic depth. If SC2 died I would switch back to Broodwar or just playing chess full time.

Also, I think that HotS will appeal more to casual players with the inclusion of unranked 1v1 quick-match.

Maybe not, I like starcraft more, but I'm basically switching to League because my friends play it, and the pro scene is imo better. Team format is sick, blizzard doesn't promotes, and they suck at balance.