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leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
March 25 2013 21:04 GMT
#481
On March 26 2013 05:57 mrRoflpwn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 05:53 leo23 wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:50 dAPhREAk wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:42 LighT. wrote:
Also to the people who say
MLG would be fine without the koreans..
You're being delusional.
Yes, they'd likely be fine as an organization but there would be a sharp drop off in viewership.
Seriously..would you watch the best of the best going at it in the RO8s where every matchup seems to be Code S Finals material?
Or..would you see Idra vs Demuslim in Ro4?
:/..

i would definitely watch idra vs demuslim in ro4. generally, i see higher numbers for foreigner streamers than korean streamers so the idea that people wont watch an all foreigner tournament is silly. i wont speculate on how much of a drop in viewership there would be, but i imagine it would drop, just not sure how much.


I think the numbers at are their highest when it's korean vs foreigner (see: stephano matches vs koreans)


Pretty sure the highest viewer count for this past MLG was during the RO4 with Innovation vs Flash and Life vs MC.


Yes, I should have specified that I was talking about WoL since HoTS has the novelty factor included in it which boosts the views the tournament had.
banelings
Qwyn
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2779 Posts
March 25 2013 21:06 GMT
#482
On March 26 2013 05:49 LighT. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 05:46 Plansix wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:42 LighT. wrote:
Also to the people who say
MLG would be fine without the koreans..
You're being delusional.
Yes, they'd likely be fine as an organization but there would be a sharp drop off in viewership.
Seriously..would you watch the best of the best going at it in the RO8s where every matchup seems to be Code S Finals material?
Or..would you see Idra vs Demuslim in Ro4?
:/..


Can I have both? Would we not be better off with both, just like cake and pie?

Yes...but people are phrasing as if..
"Without koreans" WE SITLL HAVE CAKE AND PIE!"
when the reality is..
"Without koreans!" We still have pie but no cake!


What you mean to say is that, "without Koreans," we still have cake but not PIE!

And if the negative consequences of this event are being overstated, then I can't wait for things to be clarified.
"Think of the hysteria following the realization that they consciously consume babies and raise the dead people from their graves" - N0
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
March 25 2013 21:12 GMT
#483
I really am not surprised that some of these removing KeSPA from the equation rumors appear to be inaccurate. For one, the second source says that Blizzard negotiated with KeSPA, so it wouldn't make sense for KeSPA to give up its major individual league without substantial payment. Also, KeSPA has semi-ownership of half of Korea's players. It makes no sense to alienate them. There would have to be an incredulous amount of stupid for those bad rumors to be correct.
PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
March 25 2013 21:14 GMT
#484
what a mess :/
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
March 25 2013 21:17 GMT
#485
Considering the diminished role OGN has with KeSPA let alone their current schedule of titles? I'd certainly not be shocked if Blizzard was the one to open up lines with them to discuss, "Hey we want more SC2 on your network!"
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
March 25 2013 21:17 GMT
#486
On March 26 2013 06:14 opterown wrote:
what a mess :/


I agree... T_T the only problem is that Blizz is visiting Korea in April. And its not April yet were going to have to wait quite a bit longer to find out what's going on.
PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 25 2013 21:18 GMT
#487
On March 26 2013 06:04 StarStruck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 05:40 Plansix wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:26 oogieogie wrote:
On March 26 2013 04:11 Plansix wrote:
On March 26 2013 04:04 oogieogie wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:57 Fenrax wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:54 hidetoaizen wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:44 MHT wrote:
A foregin tournament without koreans isn't worth watching this will kill MLG and DH if this is true.


DH and MLG did fine before the koreans came and, will survive if they dont return


Times have changed since then. By now everybody knows that from a competitive aspect tournaments without Koreans are very low level.

Yea I don't want to hear "X foreigner only won because koreans wern't there."


Why? Every time a European hockey team wins its because the NHL pros from NA were not there? You do realize that most NA teams in professional sports(excluding soccer) could mop the floor with any other team in the world. Does that stop them from having their own leagues? Do people not watch college football, claiming, “Well there are no NFL players so these kids are jokes.” There are soccer teams for tons of countries and only some are top tier.

because it feels like it limits the competition, and I would rather a foreigner win by beating other top players. Also are you saying that top teams playing each other is bad? I don't want there to be a doubt that the person who won played good enough to get to that spot.

Also there is no amateur competitive league so we should see top players play each other more then in real sports.


It has nothing to do with limiting competition and high level players till play, against each other . All professional sports have this system of dividing up leagues by skill/region. In baseball there are the major and minor leagues. If you make it to the minor leagues, you might get picked up by a major league team. College football feeds directly into the NFL. College hockey and the European leagues freed the NHL. College basket ball feeds into the NBA. Kespa stars aren’t born, they are crafted and trained.

You cannot have a competitive anything if there are not different level of competition. Its not about a foreign beat Flash or Life. It is about finding the foreign play with the potential and drive to beat them and having a system that will cultivate that player into becoming that player, training with the best and then beating them. Its not about “practicing harder”, but creating a system where players are taught how train that hard.

And every event does not need to be the best players in the would. College football is awesome. March madness(college basketball) is some of the most watched TV in America right now. Guess what, none of those players are the best in the world. And the NBA and NFL will still happen. We don’t need to choose, we can have it all.


That's a bad comparison because in athletics those kids are still developing their game whereas in gaming it works very differently. The age group is vastly different as in they need to develop a lot longer, i.e. Flash and BaBy were child prodigies. I do agree on having minor leagues and major leagues though. That's why the OSL had survivor tournaments. That's why Pro Gamers earned their right through Courage. That's why the GSL has Code B, A and the grand Daddy of them all S (which in reality has very limited meaning now once you look at the groups).


I agree that Flash and BaBy were likely the most talented people that enter the progaming scene in Korea, but the system they had focused that talent into the players they are today. The problem in NA is that we don’t have any system to find that talent or a system to cultivate it. And even if we could find that player, we wouldn’t know what to do with him or her and you can’t just send some kid off to train in Korea without building it up to it.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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renezerg
Profile Joined May 2007
Peru186 Posts
March 25 2013 21:18 GMT
#488
may be sAviOr is coming back to destroy us all in 2013 :D
gg
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 25 2013 21:21 GMT
#489
On March 26 2013 05:26 bduddy wrote:
I don't see at all why Proleague would be killed... it's more prestigious than OSL or GSTL. The only reason I could possibly think of is that Blizzard wants to get rid of KeSPA once and for all (running OSL on their own), but that seems... unlikely.

Also, at this point there are so many ridiculous rumors and almost no concrete information... I think at some point in this topic GSL, OSL, GSTL, WCS and PL have all been killed. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the reactions we're seeing from players, media, etc. are also based on rumors... just because someone is Korean and/or a pro doesn't mean they know everything that's going on.





No.. just no.. the birth of Esports was an indiviual league. Proleague is not more prestigious than OSL. No matter how much money kespa puts into Proleague, it will never be as prestigious/popular as OSL. Who says proleague is more prestigious than OSL? dont paint yourself as a majority.
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
LighT.
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4501 Posts
March 25 2013 21:21 GMT
#490
On March 26 2013 06:18 renezerg wrote:
may be sAviOr is coming back to destroy us all in 2013 :D

Plot Twist: Blizzard's newest executives are Luxury, Kwanro and Savior
triforks
Profile Joined November 2010
United States370 Posts
March 25 2013 21:22 GMT
#491
whatever happens its gonna be good.

finally blizz getting involved like they should be.
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
March 25 2013 21:23 GMT
#492
On March 26 2013 06:21 LighT. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 06:18 renezerg wrote:
may be sAviOr is coming back to destroy us all in 2013 :D

Plot Twist: Blizzard's newest executives are Luxury, Kwanro and Savior


I would love to see how SaviOr does in SC2.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
LighT.
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4501 Posts
March 25 2013 21:24 GMT
#493
On March 26 2013 06:22 triforks wrote:
whatever happens its gonna be good.

finally blizz getting involved like they should be.

This is both a good and bad thing.
Last time they got involved, they wrecked havoc.
LighT.
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4501 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 21:27:17
March 25 2013 21:26 GMT
#494
On March 26 2013 06:23 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 06:21 LighT. wrote:
On March 26 2013 06:18 renezerg wrote:
may be sAviOr is coming back to destroy us all in 2013 :D

Plot Twist: Blizzard's newest executives are Luxury, Kwanro and Savior


I would love to see how SaviOr does in SC2.

Probably turn into an all-out war
With Savior as Lord Voldemort
Flash as Professor Dumbledore
Leta as Professor McGonnall
And life as Harry
D4V3Z02
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany693 Posts
March 25 2013 21:28 GMT
#495
On March 26 2013 06:23 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 06:21 LighT. wrote:
On March 26 2013 06:18 renezerg wrote:
may be sAviOr is coming back to destroy us all in 2013 :D

Plot Twist: Blizzard's newest executives are Luxury, Kwanro and Savior


I would love to see how SaviOr does in SC2.


He gotta make the roach vibuu.
http://www.twitch.tv/d4v3z02 all your base are belong to overlord
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
March 25 2013 21:31 GMT
#496
On March 26 2013 06:14 opterown wrote:
what a mess :/

It's like everyone who has theories or axes to grind come out during announcements of announcement threads, lol.
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
March 25 2013 21:32 GMT
#497
This is going to be bigger than #Vengeance!!!
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Pimpmuckl
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany528 Posts
March 25 2013 21:33 GMT
#498
On March 26 2013 05:50 dAPhREAk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 05:42 LighT. wrote:
Also to the people who say
MLG would be fine without the koreans..
You're being delusional.
Yes, they'd likely be fine as an organization but there would be a sharp drop off in viewership.
Seriously..would you watch the best of the best going at it in the RO8s where every matchup seems to be Code S Finals material?
Or..would you see Idra vs Demuslim in Ro4?
:/..

i would definitely watch idra vs demuslim in ro4. generally, i see higher numbers for foreigner streamers than korean streamers so the idea that people wont watch an all foreigner tournament is silly. i wont speculate on how much of a drop in viewership there would be, but i imagine it would drop, just not sure how much.


I would watch the shit out of Flash vs Life while i wouldn't watch Life stream. It's just different to a point.

And to the question: I would much prefer Flash vs Life finals over IdrA Demuslim. While i love to watch IdrA or Demuslim stream, i want the craziest micro with sickest macro you can get on the planet in a final. If that is displayed by a foreigner, that's the icing on the cake. nomnom. Now im hungry TT.
twitter.com/pimpmuckl
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
March 25 2013 21:34 GMT
#499
On March 26 2013 06:18 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 06:04 StarStruck wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:40 Plansix wrote:
On March 26 2013 05:26 oogieogie wrote:
On March 26 2013 04:11 Plansix wrote:
On March 26 2013 04:04 oogieogie wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:57 Fenrax wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:54 hidetoaizen wrote:
On March 26 2013 03:44 MHT wrote:
A foregin tournament without koreans isn't worth watching this will kill MLG and DH if this is true.


DH and MLG did fine before the koreans came and, will survive if they dont return


Times have changed since then. By now everybody knows that from a competitive aspect tournaments without Koreans are very low level.

Yea I don't want to hear "X foreigner only won because koreans wern't there."


Why? Every time a European hockey team wins its because the NHL pros from NA were not there? You do realize that most NA teams in professional sports(excluding soccer) could mop the floor with any other team in the world. Does that stop them from having their own leagues? Do people not watch college football, claiming, “Well there are no NFL players so these kids are jokes.” There are soccer teams for tons of countries and only some are top tier.

because it feels like it limits the competition, and I would rather a foreigner win by beating other top players. Also are you saying that top teams playing each other is bad? I don't want there to be a doubt that the person who won played good enough to get to that spot.

Also there is no amateur competitive league so we should see top players play each other more then in real sports.


It has nothing to do with limiting competition and high level players till play, against each other . All professional sports have this system of dividing up leagues by skill/region. In baseball there are the major and minor leagues. If you make it to the minor leagues, you might get picked up by a major league team. College football feeds directly into the NFL. College hockey and the European leagues freed the NHL. College basket ball feeds into the NBA. Kespa stars aren’t born, they are crafted and trained.

You cannot have a competitive anything if there are not different level of competition. Its not about a foreign beat Flash or Life. It is about finding the foreign play with the potential and drive to beat them and having a system that will cultivate that player into becoming that player, training with the best and then beating them. Its not about “practicing harder”, but creating a system where players are taught how train that hard.

And every event does not need to be the best players in the would. College football is awesome. March madness(college basketball) is some of the most watched TV in America right now. Guess what, none of those players are the best in the world. And the NBA and NFL will still happen. We don’t need to choose, we can have it all.


That's a bad comparison because in athletics those kids are still developing their game whereas in gaming it works very differently. The age group is vastly different as in they need to develop a lot longer, i.e. Flash and BaBy were child prodigies. I do agree on having minor leagues and major leagues though. That's why the OSL had survivor tournaments. That's why Pro Gamers earned their right through Courage. That's why the GSL has Code B, A and the grand Daddy of them all S (which in reality has very limited meaning now once you look at the groups).


I agree that Flash and BaBy were likely the most talented people that enter the progaming scene in Korea, but the system they had focused that talent into the players they are today. The problem in NA is that we don’t have any system to find that talent or a system to cultivate it. And even if we could find that player, we wouldn’t know what to do with him or her and you can’t just send some kid off to train in Korea without building it up to it.


Those are only two examples though. I decided to use the most popular ones because a lot of people know their story. As for the NA scene, there are a few guys who have a good eye for scouting talent here. One of which is headlining the CSL atm. Pretty good gig if you ask me. There are plenty of opportunities here. As for cultivating such a thing, well that's completely different and unfortunately I never see that changing. This pre-dates to the BW days where a bunch of guys would join Korean guilds/clans and practice in those houses. As if they were already a member of a Pro Gaming team where you live it and breath it. This type of endeavor isn't for everyone. Just like sail racing all across the world isn't for everyone. You see how those guys live? Holy shit. I couldn't imagine it.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 25 2013 21:36 GMT
#500
On a side note: this leak has caused greatness on Twitter: Sundance, Kennigit and SirScoots talking about BBQ and out scoping Slasher. So my day is made.
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