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alvadr
Profile Joined May 2012
135 Posts
February 21 2013 09:13 GMT
#21
WCS Europe got 90-100k concurrents at the finals, doesn't appear on the graph with DW Winter 2012 concurrent viewers.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 21 2013 09:16 GMT
#22
On February 21 2013 08:29 NightElf wrote:
Actually the worrying thing is the decrease of viewership...

Actually all the charts relevant to viewership don't show a decrease. Dreamhack went up after every event, IEM goes up and down, IronSquid got more traffic the second time...

Or do you just want to pretend that the sky is falling?
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Norada
Profile Joined August 2010
China482 Posts
February 21 2013 09:19 GMT
#23
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 21 2013 09:27 GMT
#24
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Norada
Profile Joined August 2010
China482 Posts
February 21 2013 09:28 GMT
#25
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 21 2013 09:38 GMT
#26
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?

I'm sorry, was that supposed to discredit anything I pointed out?

WC3 and SC1 need one copy for every machine in the shop, and zero extra payments from the users. That's how PCBangs work.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
recklessfire
Profile Joined September 2010
United States373 Posts
February 21 2013 09:45 GMT
#27
On February 21 2013 18:38 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?

I'm sorry, was that supposed to discredit anything I pointed out?

WC3 and SC1 need one copy for every machine in the shop, and zero extra payments from the users. That's how PCBangs work.


true, the pc bangs buy the copy of the game, and ANY person can use it. for sc2, you need to buy an account just to play it, so its outside of the pc bangs control. Huge difference that we all need to be aware of when we look at these types of statistics. Maybe one day, blizzard will release ftp sc2 after LotV........
Ksi
Profile Joined May 2010
357 Posts
February 21 2013 09:51 GMT
#28
The comparisons in total prize money between 2012 and 2010 are so disingenuous. Starcraft 2 was only released in July of 2010, and GSL only started operating around August or so.
neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
February 21 2013 10:13 GMT
#29
On February 21 2013 18:16 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 08:29 NightElf wrote:
Actually the worrying thing is the decrease of viewership...

Actually all the charts relevant to viewership don't show a decrease. Dreamhack went up after every event, IEM goes up and down, IronSquid got more traffic the second time...

Or do you just want to pretend that the sky is falling?


You're missing the point! This data is a bad coverup and SC2 is dying!!!!!!1


+ Show Spoiler +
:ppppp
maru G5L pls
SoFrOsTy
Profile Joined December 2011
United States525 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 10:20:47
February 21 2013 10:20 GMT
#30
that is a lot of money...
Julyzerg ftw
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
February 21 2013 10:34 GMT
#31
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?



????????????????????????????????????????????/
I own a PC. I own a laptop, my sister owns a laptop, my bro - in law owns a pc.
all of my friends own PCs or laptops. Where the hell did you come up with that??????
please dont spread wrong information thanks
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
naastyOne
Profile Joined April 2012
491 Posts
February 21 2013 10:39 GMT
#32
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?

What? Dude, get a clue. SK has the highest computer ownership rate in the world, 88% households own a computer, and 80% have internet acces.
iNbluE
Profile Joined January 2011
Switzerland674 Posts
February 21 2013 10:43 GMT
#33
This is biased. StarCraft 2 was released in July of 2010. Of course the prize money for 2010 is gonna be lower.
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Patate
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada441 Posts
February 21 2013 10:46 GMT
#34
Dreamhack's unique viewership also includes the LoL (and other games) tournaments.

Overall, I did not see much concerning the number of viewers, so I'd say it is dodging quite a few stats to make it sound optimistic.
Dead game.
YuiHirasawa
Profile Joined August 2012
Japan220 Posts
February 21 2013 10:48 GMT
#35
On February 21 2013 19:43 iNbluE wrote:
This is biased. StarCraft 2 was released in July of 2010. Of course the prize money for 2010 is gonna be lower.


If SC2 was that bad, there wouldn't be any prizepool anymore..
Fun things are fun
Patate
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada441 Posts
February 21 2013 10:53 GMT
#36
On February 21 2013 18:16 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 08:29 NightElf wrote:
Actually the worrying thing is the decrease of viewership...

Actually all the charts relevant to viewership don't show a decrease. Dreamhack went up after every event, IEM goes up and down, IronSquid got more traffic the second time...

Or do you just want to pretend that the sky is falling?


I would really like to see the thread that gives out the number of stream viewers, by streamers (along with their increase or decrease, by amount of viewers AND compared to other streamers).

The longer Blizzard takes to realize they need to revamp some very important aspect of the game to be popular among viewers, the more Starcraft will keep declining. And trust me, once the sponsors start leaving the scene (or sign less generous contracts), you will see things fall apart pretty quickly. I'd say the first ones to be affected will be Kespa. The HUGE decline, both in Proleague and Starleague (go see the difference in attendancies between the last BW OSL and the first SC2 OSL), will critically affect Kespa to the point that I wonder if they will even survive.
Dead game.
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
February 21 2013 11:06 GMT
#37
Overall, I did not see much concerning the number of viewers, so I'd say it is dodging quite a few stats to make it sound optimistic.


Basically this. Stats can be added to or ignored to support a preconceived hypothesis. Not that SC2 is dying or anything that extreme, but one has to be extremely careful when dealing with statistics and graphs.
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
February 21 2013 11:20 GMT
#38
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?

I think you live in the past...
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19240 Posts
February 21 2013 11:51 GMT
#39
On February 21 2013 20:20 Assirra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2013 18:28 Norada wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:27 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 21 2013 18:19 Norada wrote:
here's another infograph about Korea.

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

it seems sc2 isnt even on the top 10 of pcbang popularity list, sc1 and wc3 still have more people playing it. It seems all the pro hardcore korean players are playing that game tl seems to hate for some reason.. 30% league of legends.

Another interesting thing to note: Everything except the RPGs are free to play.

Says a lot more about the people at PCBangs than it does about popularity.



you understand most koreans dont own their own computer and just go to pcbangs right?

I think you live in the past...

I'm pretty sure pcbangs are still very popular.

Am I the only one who is unimpressed by the amount of content in this graphic? Other than exact numbers anyone could have put this together in their head if they followed the scene at all.
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algorithm0r
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada486 Posts
February 21 2013 15:39 GMT
#40
Cool. But I don't really feel I learned anything from the graphic. Mostly just some numbers in a long picture. Could be better with more interesting data and presented to capture our attention and interest.
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