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TSL_inori retires from SC2 and switches to League - Page 4

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Stop derailing this thread, get back on topic.
Damnight
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany222 Posts
November 23 2012 10:22 GMT
#61
I wonder how many people still care about retirements and switches like this. It´s happening so often nowadays. It´s not like inori was a fan favorite or something. I just wonder if this should be frontpage news, still. I´d say it´s time for a poll.
sharky246
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1197 Posts
November 23 2012 10:23 GMT
#62
i knew it! As soon as i saw the word retire, the first thing that popped in my head was 'league of legends'.
On January 03 2011 13:14 IdrA wrote: being high on the ladder doesnt get you any closer to your goal. Avoiding practice to protect your rating is absurd. If you want to be good go play 40 games a day and stop thinking about becoming a pro.
sHt_
Profile Joined January 2011
France239 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-23 10:48:44
November 23 2012 10:23 GMT
#63
About the numbers and all, i am the only one that find LoL tournaments viewer count really shitty? (shitty as in if i was riot i'd be ashamed of myself that is).
Claiming an over 35 millions active players base and, while having an embed video player in the client for every event they have and ONLY geting twice the numbers of sc2 seems pretty ridiculous, considering the sc2 player base is something around 9/10 times smaller.. (not forgetting the fact that the prize money for LoL tournaments come mostly directly from riot himself)

on topic : Good luck to him, even if i gotta admit i've never heard much of him ;D
edit : http://i.imgur.com/Rwyq2.png Stream numbers from yesterday DH, seeeee, only 15k+ than us, sooo bad :D
In Blizzard's imaginary world, players sit at home devising plans to maximize the usage of destructible rocks (c) Ver
elKaDor
Profile Joined April 2009
Sweden376 Posts
November 23 2012 10:24 GMT
#64
On November 23 2012 18:44 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 23 2012 18:32 udgnim wrote:
both SC2 and LoL is hard to make it big as a progamer making sufficient money

with SC2 for Koreans, it's mostly needing to win tournaments or consistently placing high to earn some income

with LoL, it has the potentially of at least supporting teams via contracts like BW since LoL is blowing up in Korea. in the OGN LoL tournament pre-final matches, LoL draws audience sizes as big if not bigger than recent GSL finals.

while KESPA teams are currently paying their SC2 players salaries still, I think a lot is going to change when more and more players start to have their contracts expire and KESPA teams needing to seriously evaluate their market exposure and potential ROI.

SC2 just isn't big in Korea, and SC2 needs a lot more multitask and micro injected into it to make it become a better spectator game. unfortunately, it's really up to Blizzard to make the necessary changes.


You have no idea what you are talking about in the last part at least that is not why LoL has more viewers than SC2.


No its not, its just that blizzard completely failed making sc2, its even boring to watch the tournaments atm

and no im not an LoL player
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-23 10:31:53
November 23 2012 10:25 GMT
#65
wrong thread sorry
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-23 10:31:29
November 23 2012 10:26 GMT
#66
meant to edit god damn it
Beyonder
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands15103 Posts
November 23 2012 10:28 GMT
#67
On November 23 2012 19:23 sHt_ wrote:
About the numbers and all, i am the only one that find LoL tournaments viewer count really shitty? (shitty as in if i was riot i'd be ashamed of myself that is).
Claiming an over 35 millions active players base and, while having an embed video player in the client for every event they have and ONLY geting twice the numbers of sc2 seems pretty ridiculous, considering the sc2 player base is something around 9/10 times smaller.. (not forgetting the fact that the prize money for LoL tournaments come mostly directly from riot himself)

on topic : Good luck to him, even if i gotta admit i've never heard much of him ;D

Hahahaha. Thats one way to look at it. Gotta give you props for creativity. That or the finals of LoL had over a million concurrent viewers.

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PRESIZirox
Profile Joined November 2011
France20 Posts
November 23 2012 10:33 GMT
#68
Sad
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12399 Posts
November 23 2012 10:35 GMT
#69
well best of luck inori, I always kinda liked you because of your name, not much for the blink stalker all in though

Hope you do well in LoL, the LoL scene ain't so korean dominated
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
November 23 2012 10:36 GMT
#70
Goodbye another talented sc2 player to LoL
|LoL & SC2 IGN both my username| Just livin' the baylife| Hearthstone ID: MooMooMugi#1544| Dank Memer since 2011
Destro
Profile Joined September 2009
Netherlands1206 Posts
November 23 2012 10:36 GMT
#71
On November 23 2012 18:51 udgnim wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 23 2012 18:44 NovemberstOrm wrote:
On November 23 2012 18:32 udgnim wrote:
both SC2 and LoL is hard to make it big as a progamer making sufficient money

with SC2 for Koreans, it's mostly needing to win tournaments or consistently placing high to earn some income

with LoL, it has the potentially of at least supporting teams via contracts like BW since LoL is blowing up in Korea. in the OGN LoL tournament pre-final matches, LoL draws audience sizes as big if not bigger than recent GSL finals.

while KESPA teams are currently paying their SC2 players salaries still, I think a lot is going to change when more and more players start to have their contracts expire and KESPA teams needing to seriously evaluate their market exposure and potential ROI.

SC2 just isn't big in Korea, and SC2 needs a lot more multitask and micro injected into it to make it become a better spectator game. unfortunately, it's really up to Blizzard to make the necessary changes.


You have no idea what you are talking about in the last part at least that is not why LoL has more viewers than SC2.


that part is directed solely at SC2 and not related to LoL at all

you really like the death ball style in many SC2 games along with anti-micro abilities like fungal and FF?


ok really. if we are going to compare the games. LoL is so bad. the fights are over in seconds, the game is full of stuns, blocks, etc that limits players way worse then any fungal / ff.

Black ops 2 just sold over half a BILLION dollars in 24 hours. so given the current climate on sc2, that must mean black ops 2 is the best game.

case closed.

When will people realize its not the size of your community, but the quality of it.
Riot please take more scrubs away from sc2, we really dont want/need them.

bring back weapon of choice for hots!
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
November 23 2012 10:36 GMT
#72
Good luck in the future inori.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
Chloroplaste
Profile Joined February 2011
France281 Posts
November 23 2012 10:37 GMT
#73
That sad to see Inori retire, but that's normal after so many BW Kespa players switching to SC2.

Overall, SC2 is not losing players, and it's ridiculous to see that lolers are happy to see player who fail switch to their game.

There is a high chance that his APM don't help him on league, and with a so small skill cap (like Ocelotte or other lol pro said) there is so little chance that he find a good team and continue progaming.

I hope there will be more tournament in korea though in the future.
Polarexia
Profile Joined November 2010
United States383 Posts
November 23 2012 10:38 GMT
#74
why why why why why why why why
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
November 23 2012 10:39 GMT
#75
On November 23 2012 19:24 elKaDor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 23 2012 18:44 NovemberstOrm wrote:
On November 23 2012 18:32 udgnim wrote:
both SC2 and LoL is hard to make it big as a progamer making sufficient money

with SC2 for Koreans, it's mostly needing to win tournaments or consistently placing high to earn some income

with LoL, it has the potentially of at least supporting teams via contracts like BW since LoL is blowing up in Korea. in the OGN LoL tournament pre-final matches, LoL draws audience sizes as big if not bigger than recent GSL finals.

while KESPA teams are currently paying their SC2 players salaries still, I think a lot is going to change when more and more players start to have their contracts expire and KESPA teams needing to seriously evaluate their market exposure and potential ROI.

SC2 just isn't big in Korea, and SC2 needs a lot more multitask and micro injected into it to make it become a better spectator game. unfortunately, it's really up to Blizzard to make the necessary changes.


You have no idea what you are talking about in the last part at least that is not why LoL has more viewers than SC2.


No its not, its just that blizzard completely failed making sc2, its even boring to watch the tournaments atm

and no im not an LoL player


The fuck are you even doing here then? You obviously don't know what you're talking about and you have no interest in actually playing the game or watching the game so why are you wasting everyone's time shitting up the retirement thread of a player? Jeez.
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
November 23 2012 10:43 GMT
#76
On November 23 2012 18:57 Cereb wrote:
I don't quite get why you would annouce these "I'm switching to LoL" statements..

It's like Football player switching Basket Ball... Just because you were good in one sport doesn't mean that it will translate directly to the next.

Just say you retire from SC2, try the game out and maybe you are gonna be good. I just feel that this statement implies that you are guaranteed do be succesful in something that is very different from what you did well in.


This is so well said.
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
MiND.GaMeS
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany218 Posts
November 23 2012 10:46 GMT
#77
On November 23 2012 18:16 emc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 23 2012 18:16 Snowbear wrote:
I hope that this time people won't act like it's the end of sc2. The competition is too high atm, there are too many professionals, so people will have to quit. Good luck inori!


but isn't LoL bigger? it's also a team sport which is harder in other ways because there are more things that are out of your control.

Let's answer this question with some logic. Btw: You could have answered this question on your own. So... he leaves starcraft because he feels his skills aren't high enough to win major tournaments in SC2, so he switches to LoL.. that thing alone answers your question.

Another thing: Why is LoL bigger? Because it's easier and way more newby-friendly than a game like starcraft, because LoL is extreeeeemely easy to learn and the skillgap on the other hand isn't very high either, so it's easier to reach the top tier there.
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Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
November 23 2012 10:47 GMT
#78
Sad to see all these players go to LoL. If they change to these "moba" games they should switch to DotA.
I had a good night of sleep.
smileface
Profile Joined September 2011
76 Posts
November 23 2012 10:49 GMT
#79
another one bites the dust...
LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
November 23 2012 10:52 GMT
#80
On November 23 2012 18:24 JonIrenicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 23 2012 18:16 emc wrote:
hahaha, he sure missed out on that GSL trophy

On November 23 2012 18:16 Snowbear wrote:
I hope that this time people won't act like it's the end of sc2. The competition is too high atm, there are too many professionals, so people will have to quit. Good luck inori!


but isn't LoL bigger? it's also a team sport which is a lot harder in a lot of ways because there are more things that are out of your control.



People inside this forum will say no, because they are heavy fanboys, so I advise you to not believe anyone and just try LoL yourself and find if this is true or not.


I think it's quite sad that because some people have come to the conclusion that Starcraft is the only game people should ever play. League of Legends is a great game in many ways, and like others, has a great competetive scene. I think it's funny when people say LoL is easy at the top level, or dismiss is as being a challenge. The fact that you're competing against the best in the world is a challenge no matter what.

In a lot of peoples assesment of LoL and Starcraft, they say that LoL is easy because there's not as much to do. You only control one hero, instead of an entire army AND managing a base while microing fights. Sure, it might be easier, but at the top level it's the same as everything else. Take darts for example. Looks easy you might say? Then why can't every single person hit 180 every single time.

Every sport/game whatever you want to call it, is difficult in it's own ways. If you don't accept that, you're narrow minded in my opinion. Everything comes with it's own difficulties.
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