I really hope Blizzard have large Aces up their sleeve to keep people with sc2. I really like this game so much more than those LoL/DOTA games. I really love the idea behind the economy focused play with a mixture of micro. I think SC2 will be around for a long time, but I'm just wondering if it will slowly degenerate into something where the only tournament events are Online or strictly will be kept on a national scale rather than international.

I might be speaking a little grim, but all of this hype about SC2 casual elements being rather low and also SC/Select switching over to other games... it really has to make you think.

I hope other pro players hang on a bit longer and atleast give HotS a chance, we'll see if Blizzard can offer something off the radar.

Clazziquai10

Singapore1949 Posts

October 24 2012 13:19 GMT

#122

On October 24 2012 18:20 Fionn wrote:
Starcraft was a town filled with many restaurants. Startale Burgers, LG-IM Sushi, TSL Tacos, and some others. Everything was good, and while some of the other places didn't get as many people, everyone could stay employed and continue working.

THEN OUTTA NOWHERE EIGHT NEW BIG CHAIN RESTAURANTS LIKE KT CRAB SHACK AND SK PIZZA MOVE INTO TOWN.

Guys, 100 or so players recently switched to SC2. The player field is now over saturated and those employers who could get by a while ago can't stand with so many new players coming over and taking their jobs. sC once had amazing potential and would have been a GSL champion if not for Nestea in possibly the greatest SC2 game of all-time, but he hadn't done much in over a year since his lung collapsed. He obviously has been playing LoL for a long time.

That, plus the fact that a couple of neighbouring towns such as El Oh El and Dote-Ah Too suddenly became a popular tourist destination and place to live in! And new restaurants were opened as a result! And they are hiring new people!

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

October 24 2012 13:21 GMT

#123

Ugh! Two of my favorite players (select and sC) are retiring from Starcraft? I should just cry.

klicken

Sweden206 Posts

October 24 2012 13:22 GMT

#124

Noooooooooooo, not sC aswell...

GornWood

Germany121 Posts

October 24 2012 13:24 GMT

#125

Good Luck for sC! Being one of the best players out there before his illness got even worse..
Edit: Removed stupid part of the post.
User was warned for this post

Fus

Sweden1112 Posts

October 24 2012 13:26 GMT

#126

YAY! :D What will be his nickname in LoL?

Clazziquai10

Singapore1949 Posts

October 24 2012 13:27 GMT

#127

On October 24 2012 22:26 Fus wrote:
YAY! :D What will be his nickname in LoL?

........LoL?

Antyee

Hungary1011 Posts

October 24 2012 13:30 GMT

#128

On October 24 2012 22:24 GornWood wrote:
As long as TL doesn't pick up a LoL forum it's still ok. I think TL will never support LoL in the news because it is like you choose either side DotA or LoL, with DotA being clearly the better pick...(In my opinion.)

Sad to see such a good player go to play a game, where the lack of skill ceiling makes it really boring. LoL wasn't designed for competitive play but Riot doesn't care so they just pump their dirty dollars into the scene and boom! Congatulations, casual game evolved to competitive game with lack of skill ceiling, so pros aren't better than casuals!

Good Luck for sC though! Being one of the best players out there before his illness got even worse..

Why do you bother typing stuff you have no clue about?
Just wondering, why are you making a fool of yourself, and wasting time typing stupid and untrue sentences.
It's just so counterproductive.

Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

October 24 2012 13:35 GMT

#129

OMG gais 5 players switched and ppl are complaining on the forumz, SC2 iz ded !!1!

Zerg.Zilla

Hungary5029 Posts

October 24 2012 13:41 GMT

#130

Another one bites the dust...taken away from us by that manifestation of evil so called Lol.

Praetorial

United States4241 Posts

October 24 2012 13:44 GMT

#131

Yay!

I'm a big fan of the LoL scene, really nice to see some more pros from other Esports begin to switch in!

ranjutan

United States636 Posts

October 24 2012 13:49 GMT

#132

On October 24 2012 22:27 Clazziquai10 wrote:

Show nested quote +

........LoL?

lol

Seriously, though, shouldn't it be loL?

Snowbear

Korea (South)1925 Posts

October 24 2012 13:51 GMT

#133

On October 24 2012 18:14 smileface wrote:
"starcraft is doing fine... not going anywhere"

yeah... right...

I don't think that a few players switching to LoL says something about sc2. Sc2 requires much more practice, and there is much less pressure when playing LoL (you can rely on teammates, it's much more casual).

It's really not weird that LoL is so much more popular. When I come home after a whole day of college, I want to chill, and definitely not play a game that 1) is damn hard, 2) gives me stress, 3) requires a ton of thinking and speed, 4) doesn't have any friends on it (bnet is a lonely place).

The only reason why I hit that ladder buttom everythime I can is because I am ultra competitive. I refuse to play LoL because of the easiness. I don't like LoL because it's really not appealing to not-players. Meanwhile I can show a starcraft 2 game to my girlfriend, and she will be interested + she will understand the game (not in depth, but still the basics). When I show LoL to someone, he will be bored after 1 minute.

Starcraft 2 is a hard game, and everyone without a competitive soul will quit it sooner or later.

LighT.

Canada4501 Posts

October 24 2012 13:53 GMT

#134

On October 24 2012 22:14 SupLilSon wrote:

Show nested quote +

There's already been quite a few and it's not like they were chumps either... CoCa/sC/Puzzle just recently. Any one of them could have made another run at CodeA/S with their skill level. It's not really a stretch of the imagination to see many of the lower tier Koreans making a switch to LoL in the upcoming weeks.

sC again, has been playing LoL for a while now...a switch shouldnt be surprising at all..it was expected at one point.
Apparently he has a 2200 elo or something like that which is pro level...
Coca/Min/Puzzle has been known by the Slayers faction for a while that they were sneaking to play LoL, and this is evident in their inactivity in the sc2 scene, in which was covered up with apparent "illnesses"
There might be a few more players retiring with the Kespa players storming in, and making each individual league harder to compete in, but I dont expect anymore players to switch over to LoL anytime soon.

Cauldron

Finland125 Posts

October 24 2012 13:55 GMT

#135

All the best sC! Thank you for the entertaining games

Arnstein

Norway3381 Posts

October 24 2012 13:56 GMT

#136

Not a surprise. Starcraft 2 isn't good enough. I hope everyone switches back to BW, so we can have fun again. I have subscribed to GSL since season 1, but the game is too boring, it just isn't worth it any more.

Snowbear

Korea (South)1925 Posts

October 24 2012 14:00 GMT

#137

I can't say it better then this.

On October 24 2012 22:56 Arnstein wrote:
Not a surprise. Starcraft 2 isn't good enough. I hope everyone switches back to BW, so we can have fun again. I have subscribed to GSL since season 1, but the game is too boring, it just isn't worth it any more.

Yeah, sc2 is not good enough, it's so boring, so people switch to an easier game that is much more boring? I challenge you, show a sc2 game to your non-gaming friends and show a LoL game to your non-gaming friends and see what makes them more excited. Kespa players joined a few months ago, and some of them are already code S level. Give it a few more months and we will see much more sick games.

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

October 24 2012 14:04 GMT

#138

People first need to find they are competetive and thats where the crux is. Many of us had previous experiences with RTS/Competetive gaming or Esports in general.

We as a TL vocal minority had previous experiences with competetive gaming thats why "find match" button is not as big of a deal as it is for non-vocal majority.

BW was incredibly taxing game but it had way better casual gameplay due to vast UMS system and living teamplay. In fact going hardcore and laddering was harder than finding funny UMS or Hunters team game. In SC2 its reverse a noob starts laddering before he even finds whether the game is fun or not. Its creating a bad habit when you play for win instead play to enjoy. I started playing CS 1.5 as a total noob in pubs and started to learn the game and then when i reached the conclusion "I want something more" i searched for clan and learned CW/teamplay and polished my skills. This is natural chain of events in breaching amateur/professional mindset in any activity you do.

Its just a blizzard did not foresee this, hindsight.