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On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU?
Because apparently it might have something to do with the Korean scene.
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Live streams went down. Is that part of the event too?
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On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU? South Korea is called the Mecca of SC2 for a reason, because SC2 holds a major foothold in the country. Most people suspect the announcement will be related to (a) Korean league(s) as a result.
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On April 03 2013 08:52 amazingxkcd wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 08:38 eviltomahawk wrote:On April 03 2013 08:36 Grettin wrote:On April 03 2013 08:35 eviltomahawk wrote: Blizzard is revealing the identity of Icefrog. To promote their own Dota-like game? Sounds legit. Surprise. Icefrog has been working on both DotA 2 and Blizzard All-Stars. Because Icefrog isn't a man. He is an organization. A secret organization, like the Templar or the Illuminati. Iceforg is the majestic 12, even more secret. Don't be silly, we all know IceFrog is actually Eul...
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On April 03 2013 08:55 Noocta wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU? Because apparently it might have something to do with the Korean scene.
That''s obvious... I was curious about why the Korean scene, and not the global scene.
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On April 03 2013 08:59 .maLice. wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 08:55 Noocta wrote:On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU? Because apparently it might have something to do with the Korean scene. That''s obvious... I was curious about why the Korean scene, and not the global scene. They might announce something for global scene as well.
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I have nerd dread that region-locking is going to actually be a Thing, and while I get both sides of it (arguably better for entertainment value for foreign tourneys, but just as arguably bad for competition in general, blah blah), it just feels really sort of lame and sad. I'm tired of foreigners implicitly throwing in the towel. If there are foreign pros who can't get motivated because the Korean competition is stiff and they're stealing all the prize pools in 'our' tournaments, I'm not interested in those pros. I want the ones that are determined to get better & be competitive against the best. Does US become the 'It's Okay American Pros Everybody Gets Medals Now' circuit? I have my pet favorites I'm dying to see on the mainstage more but if they're just beating up on each other in the kiddie pool...no thanks.
Really hoping this turns out to be a figment of community imagination but my gut is telling meit's coming and I'm not buying one inch of it from those shrugging their shoulders saying hey it's just the way of the future. That's a crappy future for a competitive scene. CatZ posterchilding it on SotG was appropriate in all the ways I'm surprised this community isn't more vehemently scared about.
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On April 03 2013 09:01 jpak wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 08:59 .maLice. wrote:On April 03 2013 08:55 Noocta wrote:On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU? Because apparently it might have something to do with the Korean scene. That''s obvious... I was curious about why the Korean scene, and not the global scene. They might announce something for global scene as well.
Very true. I guess we shall wait and see!
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omg #esports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Canada16217 Posts
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Announcement of announcement!
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um mvp was maphacking? i read it on the log thing for this post o.o
edit: ooo lol i get it, ahahah silly of me to doubt god for a moment
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On April 03 2013 08:59 .maLice. wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 08:55 Noocta wrote:On April 03 2013 08:39 .maLice. wrote: Anyone have any idea why Blizzard is doing all of this in Korea and not promoting e-sports in NA or EU? Because apparently it might have something to do with the Korean scene. That''s obvious... I was curious about why the Korean scene, and not the global scene.
Because it's the one having the more problem getting popular ?
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I'm scared... I hope it's good.. *nervous*
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On April 03 2013 09:01 neversleeping wrote: I have nerd dread that region-locking is going to actually be a Thing, and while I get both sides of it (arguably better for entertainment value for foreign tourneys, but just as arguably bad for competition in general, blah blah), it just feels really sort of lame and sad. I'm tired of foreigners implicitly throwing in the towel. If there are foreign pros who can't get motivated because the Korean competition is stiff and they're stealing all the prize pools in 'our' tournaments, I'm not interested in those pros. I want the ones that are determined to get better & be competitive against the best. Does US become the 'It's Okay American Pros Everybody Gets Medals Now' circuit? I have my pet favorites I'm dying to see on the mainstage more but if they're just beating up on each other in the kiddie pool...no thanks.
Really hoping this turns out to be a figment of community imagination but my gut is telling meit's coming and I'm not buying one inch of it from those shrugging their shoulders saying hey it's just the way of the future. That's a crappy future for a competitive scene. CatZ posterchilding it on SotG was appropriate in all the ways I'm surprised this community is more vehemently scared about.
Couldn't agree with this more. If it is region locking, i just wont watch anything but the korean scene, because as much as i love some euro/american players and want them to do well, it will simply disgust me to watch them only start winning because everyone decided that they weren't capable of competing with koreans and threw in the towel. I believe that tournament viewership would go down across the board is region locking is the case.
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Something something esports.
I am prepared.
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Fenrax
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I'm skipping sleep for that so it better be good!
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