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Japan Competitive Gaming opens up an SC2 league!

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520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 17:13:18
April 23 2013 16:09 GMT
#1
http://sc2.j-cg.com/

http://sc2.j-cg.com/news/2

It looks like Japan has started their own league system for intrepid Starcraft 2 players in the country. The format is split into seasons of 6-weeks each and split into three classes of competition that all run concurrently. The league starts on May 6th.

Tournaments will be streamed on http://www.twitch.tv/japanesports

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The first is the open class, which takes place every Tuesday at 9pm JST in the form of 4-man single-elimination Bo3 tournaments. Each tournament distributes points to its participants based off of placement. 1st place 5 pts, 2nd place 3 pts, 3rd place 2 pts, 4th place 1 pt. Once you get at least 10 league points, you are eligible to participate in the second stage.

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The second stage is the master league, which takes place every other Sunday at 9pm JST in the form of 4-man round robin Bo3 tournaments. Similarly to the open league, you receive points based off of placement. 1st place 5 pts, 2nd place 3pts, 3rd place 2 pts, 4th place 1 pt. The top 4 players by point-ranking are eligible to participate in the third stage. For Season 0, entry is limited to players who have reached Master's League or higher on any server, but for future seasons, you will be able to enter based off of your league points you've received in the open class.

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The third stage is the premier league, which also takes place every other Sunday at 9pm JST on the weeks that the master league tournaments are not held. The tournament format is a series of 4-man round robin Bo3 tournaments. Winners of these round robin matches compete in a playoff each season to determine the victor of the season. The victor of each season will get an invite to a LAN finals to take place in January 2014.

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Yellow - Open Class
Green - Master League
Red - Premier League
Striped Boxes - Playoff Matches
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Nithix
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States184 Posts
April 23 2013 16:11 GMT
#2
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!
Not even death can save you from me. - Diablo
synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
April 23 2013 16:13 GMT
#3
A really surprising change in JP.
I know that JP is hardcore console gaming, PC is very rare there but if SC2 goes big, there might be hope.
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 16:14:06
April 23 2013 16:13 GMT
#4
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
Heathen
Profile Joined January 2011
Philippines351 Posts
April 23 2013 16:14 GMT
#5
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.
Demicore
Profile Joined October 2011
France503 Posts
April 23 2013 16:24 GMT
#6
Excellent news, can't wait to see what comes out of it.
"I love male nipples in starcraft; the two go together so well." ~Tasteless
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 23 2013 16:25 GMT
#7
Excellent news actually, would be awesome to see Japan attend the global SC2 scene.
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
April 23 2013 16:26 GMT
#8
Cool. Very happy for Japan!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Zion9
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Romania347 Posts
April 23 2013 16:27 GMT
#9
Good news ! Hopefully it will be a real good league and japanese players can get some exposure out of this!
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LTY
Profile Joined November 2012
United States223 Posts
April 23 2013 16:32 GMT
#10
niceeee!!!!!!
Known as Miso or LTY
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
April 23 2013 16:32 GMT
#11
Beautiful. We need more Japanese culture in the SC2 scene
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
April 23 2013 16:34 GMT
#12
Maybe Kuroa will play in it, I was always curious at the lack of well known Japanese players.
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
April 23 2013 16:35 GMT
#13
They should invite all the Koreans with GSL wins to help grow their scene, increase their skill level and develop their eco system. They should allow anyone without a realistic chance to sign up, too, so they can model themselves after perfection, MLG.

Is it possible for a NA to choose the Japan region, or are they not playing "make believe"?
Larkin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom7161 Posts
April 23 2013 16:37 GMT
#14
Cool, glad to see everything expanding!
https://www.twitch.tv/ttalarkin - streams random stuff, high level teamleague, maybe even heroleague
blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 16:40:07
April 23 2013 16:39 GMT
#15
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft
FOOL! Pain is my friend! Now let me introduce you to it!
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
April 23 2013 16:40 GMT
#16
Really cool news.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
April 23 2013 16:42 GMT
#17
Any word on a stream? I've been looking for a good Japanese SC stream
CuteZergling
Profile Joined November 2011
641 Posts
April 23 2013 16:45 GMT
#18
On April 24 2013 01:13 ragz_gt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene


I've heard the same thing about the gambling laws and that FGC pros in Japan often compete for small amounts of money, or prizes/food/store points.
Team owner of team QTLing
Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
April 23 2013 16:46 GMT
#19
Hopefully I'll see more out of Breek and Nemuke now. I'd like to watch if they have streams.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
April 23 2013 16:50 GMT
#20
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
dynwar7
Profile Joined May 2011
1983 Posts
April 23 2013 16:50 GMT
#21
Wow in Japan! Esports making progress! :D
Regarding the imbalance, hilarious to see Zergs defending themselves....
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 16:53:22
April 23 2013 16:53 GMT
#22
Good Japan, let the ESPORTS flow through you!
followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1449 Posts
April 23 2013 16:54 GMT
#23
I still cant believe they dont dominate gaming scene. I always thought of them as of land of computers/technics. I really hope China and Japan can soon surpass Korea in sc2
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
April 23 2013 16:55 GMT
#24
Shikku!
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
April 23 2013 16:55 GMT
#25
On April 24 2013 01:42 Sayle wrote:
Any word on a stream? I've been looking for a good Japanese SC stream


On April 24 2013 01:46 Dismay wrote:
Hopefully I'll see more out of Breek and Nemuke now. I'd like to watch if they have streams.


Forgot to include this, but they will be streamed on http://www.twitch.tv/japanesports
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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12022 Posts
April 23 2013 17:03 GMT
#26
On April 24 2013 01:53 Ettick wrote:
Good Japan, let the ESPORTS flow through you!


Outside of Korea, Japan has pretty much the biggest eSports scene, it's just for fighting games :p
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MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 17:05:07
April 23 2013 17:04 GMT
#27
On April 24 2013 01:54 ZeRoX-45 wrote:
I still cant believe they dont dominate gaming scene. I always thought of them as of land of computers/technics. I really hope China and Japan can soon surpass Korea in sc2


Japan are pretty big when it comes to fighting games and China has always had a huge fanbase and playerbase for DotA (and also WarCraft 3). "gaming scene" is in no way, shape or form limited to SC2.

This is pretty cool news, will definitely try to tune in if it's not inconvenient schedule-wise. Breek and Nemuke used to be pretty good ye? ^^
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
Empirimancer
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada1024 Posts
April 23 2013 17:05 GMT
#28
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


Hahahaha, that would be awesome.

Graphix
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States208 Posts
April 23 2013 17:05 GMT
#29
Cool to see stuff poppin up in japan
~Jaedong Forever~
Tminus____
Profile Joined September 2011
249 Posts
April 23 2013 17:06 GMT
#30
whoa what sort of skill are we going to expect once the finals come around.
cmon gimme a break im to old for this shit
PardonYou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1360 Posts
April 23 2013 17:06 GMT
#31
Wow, nice to see. I wasn't sure if they'd start something for SC2 in Japan after nothing really happened during WoL.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
April 23 2013 17:11 GMT
#32
Whenever I think of Japan in StarCraft I think of that guy who beat Machine at WCG one year with hydras in ZvZ.

Cool to see a tournament pop up.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
April 23 2013 17:14 GMT
#33
If they can make Jap players as good as their fighting game players that would be awesome
SHOOG
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1639 Posts
April 23 2013 17:15 GMT
#34
This is really awesome in my opinion.
I have always loved all things Japanese especially their competitive gaming.
I look forward to how strong their SC2 crowd is.
purakushi
Profile Joined August 2012
United States3300 Posts
April 23 2013 17:18 GMT
#35
Awesome stuff! I hope they become international contenders~
T P Z sagi
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
April 23 2013 17:19 GMT
#36
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

Looool I would read the fuck out of that.
"Starcraft Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Hellbat-dropped Into the Darkness".
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
April 23 2013 17:20 GMT
#37
On April 24 2013 02:19 ZenithM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

Looool I would read the fuck out of that.
"Starcraft Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Hellbat-dropped Into the Darkness".

Does it culminate in a battle where Akagi is drained of blood every time he loses a unit?
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GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
April 23 2013 17:26 GMT
#38
On April 24 2013 01:14 Heathen wrote:
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.


They're the mecca of gaming in general. I don't think they care much about competitive gaming when they have such a large gaming industry in general.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
April 23 2013 17:26 GMT
#39
On April 24 2013 02:20 scintilliaSD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 02:19 ZenithM wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

Looool I would read the fuck out of that.
"Starcraft Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Hellbat-dropped Into the Darkness".

Does it culminate in a battle where Akagi is drained of blood every time he loses a unit?

And a big yakuza guy cuts one of his left-hand fingers with a katana every time he loses a set.
Obviously, the climax match is a Bo9.
elfonse
Profile Joined March 2011
416 Posts
April 23 2013 17:28 GMT
#40
I just imagined Initial-D but about sc2.
Pri1230
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom148 Posts
April 23 2013 17:30 GMT
#41
On April 24 2013 01:13 ragz_gt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene


I didnt think it was because of gambling laws but simply because arcade games and home gaming consoles are just way more popular.
gillon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1578 Posts
April 23 2013 17:32 GMT
#42
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


I'd watch the shit out of that.
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AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
April 23 2013 17:33 GMT
#43
Always nice to see new blood, especially Asian new blood. Those guys always dominate eSPORTS for some reason.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
April 23 2013 17:34 GMT
#44
Manga is comic books, so u read it.
But anyway I'd read the shit out of that too!
P.S wasn't there a comic about a cheesy terran?
Arkanthiel
Profile Joined March 2011
Philippines100 Posts
April 23 2013 17:39 GMT
#45
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


Okay... http://imgur.com/gslaEzN

+ Show Spoiler +
That's tosh behind nova
Los! Los Cabadrin!
Exarl25
Profile Joined November 2010
1887 Posts
April 23 2013 17:39 GMT
#46
On April 24 2013 02:26 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:14 Heathen wrote:
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.


They're the mecca of gaming in general. I don't think they care much about competitive gaming when they have such a large gaming industry in general.


They are competitive. PC gaming is just not common over there. With a few exceptions (MMOs and such) PC "gaming" in Japan usually means visual novels and porn. Historically the biggest eSports (CS, Quake, BW, WC3, DotA etc) are more often than not PC games and so have had little following in Japan. They do have a thriving arcade scene and so do very well when it comes to fighting games. The Japanese SC2 community probably consists of a small number of hardcores.
Fibbz
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany62 Posts
April 23 2013 17:40 GMT
#47
Nice to hear, glad to see Starcraft growing.
Gl JP
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
April 23 2013 17:45 GMT
#48
On April 24 2013 02:32 gillon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


I'd watch the shit out of that.


You mean read?
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
Klipsys
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1533 Posts
April 23 2013 17:45 GMT
#49
On April 24 2013 02:39 Exarl25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 02:26 GreEny K wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:14 Heathen wrote:
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.


They're the mecca of gaming in general. I don't think they care much about competitive gaming when they have such a large gaming industry in general.


They are competitive. PC gaming is just not common over there. With a few exceptions (MMOs and such) PC "gaming" in Japan usually means visual novels and porn. Historically the biggest eSports (CS, Quake, BW, WC3, DotA etc) are more often than not PC games and so have had little following in Japan. They do have a thriving arcade scene and so do very well when it comes to fighting games. The Japanese SC2 community probably consists of a small number of hardcores.



Spot on. Arcades and consoles are the thing there. They're incredible at fighting games.
Hudson Valley Progamer
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
April 23 2013 17:45 GMT
#50
On April 24 2013 02:39 Arkanthiel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


Okay... http://imgur.com/gslaEzN

+ Show Spoiler +
That's tosh behind nova

lol thank god.
+ Show Spoiler +
with the dreads i was worried it was post op kerrigan
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
April 23 2013 17:46 GMT
#51
They need more mechas to accept the game though.
Bring back the fucking Warhound and make it fly.
mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
April 23 2013 17:47 GMT
#52
Is there a prizepool?

Would be nice to know abit about some of the best players in Japan. A guy called whitewhale won the CSN tournament in Japan a few days ago against breek (who was previously on Type Gaming with ReaL), anyone know anything about him?
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MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
April 23 2013 17:47 GMT
#53
On April 24 2013 02:45 ComaDose wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 02:39 Arkanthiel wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


Okay... http://imgur.com/gslaEzN

+ Show Spoiler +
That's tosh behind nova

lol thank god.
+ Show Spoiler +
with the dreads i was worried it was post op kerrigan


That sounds like something Blizzard would do...

On April 24 2013 02:46 ZenithM wrote:
They need more mechas to accept the game though.
Bring back the fucking Warhound and make it fly.


The Mech-a-tron is back? Or... Thor speed increased to 4, can now launch nukes.
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
MoonfireSpam
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1153 Posts
April 23 2013 17:55 GMT
#54
Just need to put SC2 into arcade cabinets, then it'll thrive!
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
April 23 2013 17:56 GMT
#55
Fantastic stuff, really hope to see some Japanese gamers getting into StarCraft!!
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2101 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 17:58:42
April 23 2013 17:57 GMT
#56
Interesting to see this. I'm not actually sure how good Japanese players are at all. I'd watch it just for curiosity's sake, but I have somewhat low expectations from how little I've seen JP in tournaments.

Also, thanks for the translation and posting the format. I actually think it's a pretty good league. WCS NA/EU should just use the same system ^_~
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
April 23 2013 18:08 GMT
#57
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!

Would pay so much money for that o.o

Do they have Street Fighter manga?
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
PanzerElite
Profile Joined May 2012
540 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 18:13:38
April 23 2013 18:13 GMT
#58
Now Blizzard should also support Japanese ingame.
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
April 23 2013 18:14 GMT
#59
Yessss Japanese Starcraft scene.

Hope this does well.
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xgtx
Profile Joined February 2009
227 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 18:16:47
April 23 2013 18:16 GMT
#60
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan
Ponchmeister
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States73 Posts
April 23 2013 18:25 GMT
#61
I really hope Crimson plays in this, hes one of my favorite streamers
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Comogury
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States412 Posts
April 23 2013 18:27 GMT
#62
On April 24 2013 03:13 PanzerElite wrote:
Now Blizzard should also support Japanese ingame.

japanese voice pack pls
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
April 23 2013 18:28 GMT
#63
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan

Oh come on, its not that bad...
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
April 23 2013 18:30 GMT
#64
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Kerrigan/Nova eroge incoming? :3
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
PanzerElite
Profile Joined May 2012
540 Posts
April 23 2013 18:34 GMT
#65
On April 24 2013 03:30 MasterOfPuppets wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Kerrigan/Nova eroge incoming? :3

And Kerrigan uses all of her tentacled buddies. (゚ー゚)(。_。)ウンウン (* ̄o ̄*)
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 23 2013 18:39 GMT
#66
On April 24 2013 02:39 Exarl25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 02:26 GreEny K wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:14 Heathen wrote:
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.


They're the mecca of gaming in general. I don't think they care much about competitive gaming when they have such a large gaming industry in general.


They are competitive. PC gaming is just not common over there. With a few exceptions (MMOs and such) PC "gaming" in Japan usually means visual novels and porn. Historically the biggest eSports (CS, Quake, BW, WC3, DotA etc) are more often than not PC games and so have had little following in Japan. They do have a thriving arcade scene and so do very well when it comes to fighting games. The Japanese SC2 community probably consists of a small number of hardcores.

sc-times.net

There is this website which has been running for a long time, and other websites for the Japanese Starcraft scene. Interest has never really been the problem, it's just the fact that its not a sustainable career in Japan.
Even fighting games are not in eSports, so they are typically only competitive in arcades. A professional scene has never been possible, but many have tried over these long years.

This tournament is great news for Japan. If this is successful, hopefully they'll start getting some real money involved. All Japan needs is money. Sustainable careers. You'll see plenty of Japanese progamers at that point.
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IcedBacon
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada906 Posts
April 23 2013 18:41 GMT
#67
Was wondering if Japan would ever get into SC2, this is good news :>
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DidYuhim
Profile Joined September 2011
Ukraine1905 Posts
April 23 2013 18:47 GMT
#68
Desu league.
Mudkipnick
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Korea (South)241 Posts
April 23 2013 18:51 GMT
#69
I've always kept this to myself... I've always wanted Japan to be more into Starcraft 2. I'm so happy to hear this...
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Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
April 23 2013 18:52 GMT
#70
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

Didn't GO become really popular again during the late 90's is because of an Anime/Manga that came out about a kid striving to become a GO player? I heard the GO scene blew up because of that show.
Getting too old for this..
jackrandomsx
Profile Joined October 2010
United States24 Posts
April 23 2013 19:00 GMT
#71
On April 24 2013 02:30 Pri1230 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:13 ragz_gt wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene


I didnt think it was because of gambling laws but simply because arcade games and home gaming consoles are just way more popular.



It's much less that competitive gaming is not popular, much more that PC gaming is not that popular for competitive gaming.

for the Japanese, multiplayer gaming is still very much an in person social experience, this is why it's done more in arcades or in public places with handhelds.
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5214 Posts
April 23 2013 19:06 GMT
#72
Hope there's a stream. o.O

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Nuclease
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1049 Posts
April 23 2013 19:07 GMT
#73
I wonder if Americans can play in this league...
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Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
April 23 2013 19:10 GMT
#74
Maybe MKP can go over there and finally settle that island expo dispute.
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Nuclease
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1049 Posts
April 23 2013 19:20 GMT
#75
On April 24 2013 04:10 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Maybe MKP can go over there and finally settle that island expo dispute.


Wrong country bro. It's gonna have to be MacSed or Comm.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
April 23 2013 19:31 GMT
#76
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


You obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

This is really cool! I hope it will still be functioning by the time I go to Japan next summer, maybe they'll let me enter >.>~
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LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
April 23 2013 19:45 GMT
#77
If Starcraft somehow became big in Japan, that would be amazing.

On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


And this would be even more amazing.
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
April 23 2013 19:50 GMT
#78
On April 24 2013 04:45 LockeTazeline wrote:
If Starcraft somehow became big in Japan, that would be amazing.

Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


And this would be even more amazing.


:}
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asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
April 23 2013 19:58 GMT
#79
JSL!!! japanese star league! hehehe
rip prime
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
April 23 2013 19:58 GMT
#80
On April 24 2013 04:20 Nuclease wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 04:10 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Maybe MKP can go over there and finally settle that island expo dispute.


Wrong country bro. It's gonna have to be MacSed or Comm.

Japan and Korea are in disputes over islands, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks
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cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
April 23 2013 20:05 GMT
#81
Wow cool, I thought Japan only played video-games :O
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IMinato
Profile Joined May 2012
209 Posts
April 23 2013 20:13 GMT
#82
On April 24 2013 01:13 ragz_gt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene


The scene is actually not comparable to western scenes,because most tournaments dont even have prize money.
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1797 Posts
April 23 2013 20:16 GMT
#83
KurOa said that he may or may not and that "Crimson probably will".

Japanese StarLeague gogo
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Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
April 23 2013 20:20 GMT
#84
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


I remember seeing my SK friend reading a sc:bw manga at my old school, so it's definitely out there somewhere.
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exvoid
Profile Joined January 2012
United States3 Posts
April 23 2013 21:07 GMT
#85
More foreign hopes please!
DjSweetBazz
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden172 Posts
April 23 2013 21:07 GMT
#86
If japanese players start playing sc2 seriously like their neighbors, it would be gg for koreans
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
April 23 2013 21:08 GMT
#87
the more the merrier
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
April 23 2013 21:15 GMT
#88
On April 24 2013 02:32 gillon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft


I'd watch the shit out of that.

or a manga with an alternate starcraft universe where SC2 pros are story characters
yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 21:23:44
April 23 2013 21:22 GMT
#89
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.
Rainman5419
Profile Joined January 2011
United States92 Posts
April 23 2013 21:24 GMT
#90
I'd love to see Japan have a SC2 scene also. Good luck to them!
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EthanKairos
Profile Joined June 2012
Philippines65 Posts
April 23 2013 21:24 GMT
#91
On April 24 2013 05:20 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


I remember seeing my SK friend reading a sc:bw manga at my old school, so it's definitely out there somewhere.


Oh my god I need to read this.
Now, I can change almost anything.
kurOa
Profile Joined February 2011
Japan9 Posts
April 23 2013 21:31 GMT
#92
If you guys are interested in Japanese stream, come watch mine!

http://ja.twitch.tv/kuroa1

Whenever I got time, I will be streaming 7pm~9pm (Japan Time) Monday to Friday , anytime in Saturday and Sunday.
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zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
April 23 2013 21:32 GMT
#93
yay japanese \o/
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Negius
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Netherlands290 Posts
April 23 2013 21:40 GMT
#94
Yes! Japanese influence is what I need to make SC2 even better to watch/play. Can't wait to have a SC2 Meijin, Kisei or Honinbo.
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Savage88
Profile Joined April 2013
Germany132 Posts
April 23 2013 21:44 GMT
#95
Japanse culture is the most crazy thing on earth. I hope they stay in their own scene.
shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
April 23 2013 21:54 GMT
#96
wow this is interesting and good!!
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Ponchmeister
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States73 Posts
April 23 2013 22:25 GMT
#97
On April 24 2013 05:16 Master of DalK wrote:
KurOa said that he may or may not and that "Crimson probably will".

Japanese StarLeague gogo

yeeeesssss crimson fighting ^.^
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ScoutWBF
Profile Joined April 2005
Germany599 Posts
April 23 2013 22:26 GMT
#98
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.
blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
April 23 2013 22:28 GMT
#99
On April 24 2013 04:58 scintilliaSD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 04:20 Nuclease wrote:
On April 24 2013 04:10 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Maybe MKP can go over there and finally settle that island expo dispute.


Wrong country bro. It's gonna have to be MacSed or Comm.

Japan and Korea are in disputes over islands, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks

lmao i love how the foreigner world is just like 'fuck it we'll name these islands ourselves'
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Conut
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1026 Posts
April 23 2013 22:35 GMT
#100
very sad news coming out lately, this is pretty great tho, glad to hear something nice
Sc2 always got your back
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
April 23 2013 22:35 GMT
#101
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.
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Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
April 23 2013 22:42 GMT
#102
On April 24 2013 06:07 DjSweetBazz wrote:
If japanese players start playing sc2 seriously like their neighbors, it would be gg for koreans

Ehh how come? As far as I know they don't have anything comparable to the established PC gaming scene in Korea. Now China on the other hand...
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 22:52:40
April 23 2013 22:50 GMT
#103
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

although I guess that doesn't really apply much to american born/raised asians cause I'm Chinese (my grandparents = China, my parents = Taiwan, I was born in the US... am I taiwanese or chinese lolol) and was born in the USA, and don't really have that hatred or anything ~o~

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.


so I guess they'll have a crazy audience with them hating each other? =.=;;
w/e lolstereotypes
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Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
April 24 2013 00:04 GMT
#104
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

although I guess that doesn't really apply much to american born/raised asians cause I'm Chinese (my grandparents = China, my parents = Taiwan, I was born in the US... am I taiwanese or chinese lolol) and was born in the USA, and don't really have that hatred or anything ~o~

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.


so I guess they'll have a crazy audience with them hating each other? =.=;;
w/e lolstereotypes

It's not "hate". They dislike each other, that's all. Mainly because of the Dokdo islands.
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zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 00:14:45
April 24 2013 00:13 GMT
#105
On April 24 2013 09:04 Hoon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

although I guess that doesn't really apply much to american born/raised asians cause I'm Chinese (my grandparents = China, my parents = Taiwan, I was born in the US... am I taiwanese or chinese lolol) and was born in the USA, and don't really have that hatred or anything ~o~

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.


so I guess they'll have a crazy audience with them hating each other? =.=;;
w/e lolstereotypes

It's not "hate". They dislike each other, that's all. Mainly because of the Dokdo islands.

nope, that's the issue in most recent history, but there's quite a few other reasons that they all hate each other..

WWII (and the shrines), japanese occupation of korea, etc

(my opinion though is that's the past, and I don't think the modern japanese kids I know are somehow responsible for say the actrocities that the japanese government did sometime in the past *_* but w/e, but there's quite a bit of hate between the asian races as a result of the history x-x)
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Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
April 24 2013 00:29 GMT
#106
On April 24 2013 09:13 zhurai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 09:04 Hoon wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

although I guess that doesn't really apply much to american born/raised asians cause I'm Chinese (my grandparents = China, my parents = Taiwan, I was born in the US... am I taiwanese or chinese lolol) and was born in the USA, and don't really have that hatred or anything ~o~

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.


so I guess they'll have a crazy audience with them hating each other? =.=;;
w/e lolstereotypes

It's not "hate". They dislike each other, that's all. Mainly because of the Dokdo islands.

nope, that's the issue in most recent history, but there's quite a few other reasons that they all hate each other..

WWII (and the shrines), japanese occupation of korea, etc

(my opinion though is that's the past, and I don't think the modern japanese kids I know are somehow responsible for say the actrocities that the japanese government did sometime in the past *_* but w/e, but there's quite a bit of hate between the asian races as a result of the history x-x)

But that's like saying the US hates Germany.
The current Japanese and Korean society only remembers the things that happened during their lifetime, which is the Dokdo conflict.
But I don't live in Japan nor Korea, so maybe I'm wrong.
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Apack
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada159 Posts
April 24 2013 00:33 GMT
#107
Can't wait for JApaneese players to get good enough for MLG to screw them over
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 24 2013 00:41 GMT
#108
On April 24 2013 09:13 zhurai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 09:04 Hoon wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

although I guess that doesn't really apply much to american born/raised asians cause I'm Chinese (my grandparents = China, my parents = Taiwan, I was born in the US... am I taiwanese or chinese lolol) and was born in the USA, and don't really have that hatred or anything ~o~

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.


so I guess they'll have a crazy audience with them hating each other? =.=;;
w/e lolstereotypes

It's not "hate". They dislike each other, that's all. Mainly because of the Dokdo islands.

nope, that's the issue in most recent history, but there's quite a few other reasons that they all hate each other..

WWII (and the shrines), japanese occupation of korea, etc

(my opinion though is that's the past, and I don't think the modern japanese kids I know are somehow responsible for say the actrocities that the japanese government did sometime in the past *_* but w/e, but there's quite a bit of hate between the asian races as a result of the history x-x)

Don't be so foolish to blow things out of proportion. There is a love-hate relationship between the two countries. You can't just say that they are utter enemies....

They have a lot of history, but the cultures love each other. There is constant trade and exchanging influences. Many Japanese study Korean and vice versa.
They dislike each other as far as history is concerned, but individuals don't really care about that, so overall it's easier to say that they like each other.
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Flench
Profile Joined June 2012
United States21 Posts
April 24 2013 00:43 GMT
#109
When I was there I checked a huge store in Japan that sold computer games and they didn't even have Starcraft so I wouldn't expect a high level of gameplay.
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Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2101 Posts
April 24 2013 00:53 GMT
#110
Saying that Japan hates Korea is silly. I doubt most people who live in Japan actually care much about who the islands belong to. I also think, even with that silly difference, that no Japanese would hate a Korean. Kpop is actually quite popular in Japan. Anyway, I definitely want to see some Japanese success here! I hope they won't be as neglected as the Chinese scene! (Oh the drama!)
-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 01:13:00
April 24 2013 01:10 GMT
#111
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.

w/e lolstereotypes


+ Show Spoiler +
I don't know why people say this kind of stuff. If you really don't know the PEOPLE of a country why would you say such things?

Of course! Every country has extremists that reject and hate everything that isn't their nation. America has it and it's called the Republican media that shoves misinformation down people's throats. Does that mean every citizen that lives here thinks like they do? To seriously post shit like this is degrading to a population. It's obvious not all citizens hate other Asians, and for unfounded reasons at that. If you knew what you were typing why would you even click the post button? Do you think about what you're typing, or even care? @_@;;?
edit to the below, god dammit i was still making sure this made sense and u quoted me, hueuhehue


People should stop posting about diplomatic relations and instead focus on how awesome this is.
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Comogury
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States412 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 01:12:05
April 24 2013 01:10 GMT
#112
On April 24 2013 09:43 Flench wrote:
When I was there I checked a huge store in Japan that sold computer games and they didn't even have Starcraft so I wouldn't expect a high level of gameplay.

maybe it was all sold out ;P

On April 24 2013 10:10 -Kyo- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.

w/e lolstereotypes


+ Show Spoiler +
I don't know why people say this kind of stuff. If you really don't know the PEOPLE of a country why would you say such things?

Of course! Every country has extremists that reject and hate everything that isn't their nation. America has it and it's called the Republican party. Does that mean every citizen that lives here thinks like they do? To seriously post shit like this is degrading to a population. It's obvious not all citizens hate other Asians, and for unfounded reasons at that.


People should stop posting about diplomatic relations and instead focus on how awesome this is.

internet forums are full of people who talk about stuff where they have no expertise or very limited experience and form opinions based on anecdotes or by skimming over poorly informed articles
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 24 2013 01:16 GMT
#113
On April 24 2013 09:33 Apack wrote:
Can't wait for JApaneese players to get good enough for MLG to screw them over

lolololololololol.
I was waiting for one of these... Anyways this is awesome for Japan
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BoxingKangaroo
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Japan955 Posts
April 24 2013 01:32 GMT
#114
Love the format. This might get me playing again.
HeyImFinn
Profile Joined September 2011
United States250 Posts
April 24 2013 01:36 GMT
#115
If this becomes successful, will they need to hire more voice actors for the units?
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BlackCaXIII
Profile Joined February 2013
Canada9 Posts
April 24 2013 01:37 GMT
#116
This is pretty awesome, always wondered how big Starcraft was over in Japan.
Hopefully we get to see some new legends from Japan.
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
April 24 2013 01:40 GMT
#117
On April 24 2013 10:36 IAmMajiC wrote:
If this becomes successful, will they need to hire more voice actors for the units?

It will be interesting to hear "desu" at the end of every unit voiceclip. Kimochi.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Niten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States598 Posts
April 24 2013 01:47 GMT
#118
This is totally incredible to see! I am really excited to see more of the SC2 JP scene
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Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
April 24 2013 01:47 GMT
#119
On April 24 2013 10:10 Comogury wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 09:43 Flench wrote:
When I was there I checked a huge store in Japan that sold computer games and they didn't even have Starcraft so I wouldn't expect a high level of gameplay.

maybe it was all sold out ;P

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On April 24 2013 10:10 -Kyo- wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:35 ymir233 wrote:
A Japan vs Korea match would have quite the crazy audience.

apparently
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries

then again I guess it's mainly the japanese+korean netizens that hate each other... so w/e.

w/e lolstereotypes


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I don't know why people say this kind of stuff. If you really don't know the PEOPLE of a country why would you say such things?

Of course! Every country has extremists that reject and hate everything that isn't their nation. America has it and it's called the Republican party. Does that mean every citizen that lives here thinks like they do? To seriously post shit like this is degrading to a population. It's obvious not all citizens hate other Asians, and for unfounded reasons at that.


People should stop posting about diplomatic relations and instead focus on how awesome this is.

internet forums are full of people who talk about stuff where they have no expertise or very limited experience and form opinions based on anecdotes or by skimming over poorly informed articles

If everyone was well informed of the real real truth, then there would be no discussion.
And no, it's not only on the Internet. It's just that people browse forums and imageboards because they have nothing better to do, so they decide to discuss to waste time, nothing so serious.
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HeyImFinn
Profile Joined September 2011
United States250 Posts
April 24 2013 01:48 GMT
#120
On April 24 2013 10:40 julianto wrote:
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On April 24 2013 10:36 IAmMajiC wrote:
If this becomes successful, will they need to hire more voice actors for the units?

It will be interesting to hear "desu" at the end of every unit voiceclip. Kimochi.


我々はより多くのミネラルを必要とするです!

I don't know if it'll be as obnoxious as the constant yo's and nida's in the Korean version.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)STYLE START SBENU( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
theMagus
Profile Joined February 2013
578 Posts
April 24 2013 01:56 GMT
#121
awesome sauce. was wondering when this will happen.
"Give away the stone. Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor. Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold. Let go."
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
April 24 2013 01:59 GMT
#122
I wanna watch this O.o
User was warned for too many mimes.
gubbstrut
Profile Joined September 2011
Sweden39 Posts
April 24 2013 02:30 GMT
#123
So if i understood this correctly its online in (SEA region?) and they will all be online qualifiers untill the winner gets to go to LAN right ?
Also if you would lose your group and not be able to go to stage 3, its possible to play in it the next week ?

Then stage 3 is all about winning to qualify to a playoff? sorry for being slow :D
Lovin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark812 Posts
April 24 2013 02:33 GMT
#124
やった~! God I've been waiting for this for so long, and I didn't even know it. Now I can watch starcraft and pretend to be learning Japanese!
AKA SuddenSalad
KaienFEMC
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada127 Posts
April 24 2013 02:36 GMT
#125
gogo PSiArc!
TR
Profile Joined February 2011
2320 Posts
April 24 2013 02:44 GMT
#126
gogo Nemuke! :D
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 02:47:21
April 24 2013 02:46 GMT
#127
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
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On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.

Wait let me get this right.
You just used 2 comedy (one completely anime/otaku as whole subject) anime as proof? Oh man, if we based off every country on 2 shows you happen to saw form there then i guess watching a show like trailer park boys means nobody in America has a real house and everyone lives in a trailer right. Do you have any idea how insane your logic is?
TheRealNanMan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1471 Posts
April 24 2013 03:42 GMT
#128
im so pumped for this league! I'm glad they are going to stream it up but i hope we get some english casts for the league
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gengka
Profile Joined September 2010
Malaysia461 Posts
April 24 2013 03:53 GMT
#129
I hope Daigo switches to Starcraft 2 LOL LOL
Make Love Not War
BasicBarcode
Profile Joined May 2011
United States56 Posts
April 24 2013 03:53 GMT
#130
This just made moving to Japan so much cooler.
grapedog
Profile Joined August 2010
United States151 Posts
April 24 2013 05:44 GMT
#131
I went to a gsl finals barcraft in tokyo a number of months ago and met the type gaming team, dont recall a player named Real. A buddy of mine is good friends with a few of them, ill have to ask him.

Gambling is illegal here in japan, but there are ways around it. They dont consider this kind of gaming gambling though. Fighting games are just a drop in the bucket here. Arcades everywhere, always packed, and so many crazy games. Lots of multiplayer games too. You can find like 20 guys sittng at a giant screen doing horse racing, tons of card gsmes, fighting games. Awesome arcades here... and more manga and anime than you could ever possibly hope to consume. Interesting culture...
At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go in the same box.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12355 Posts
April 24 2013 06:25 GMT
#132
Japan fighting!!
hope to see some stars from Japan eventually
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
April 24 2013 07:28 GMT
#133
On April 24 2013 06:24 EthanKairos wrote:
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On April 24 2013 05:20 Targe wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


I remember seeing my SK friend reading a sc:bw manga at my old school, so it's definitely out there somewhere.


Oh my god I need to read this.


Good luck finding it, that was like six years ago
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Callynn
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands917 Posts
April 24 2013 07:43 GMT
#134
The hope of the world to beat the koreans ? :D
Comparing BW with SCII is like comparing a beautiful three-master sailing ship with a modern battlecruiser. Both are beautiful in their own way, both perform the same task, but they are worlds apart in how they are built and how they are steered.
ScoutWBF
Profile Joined April 2005
Germany599 Posts
April 24 2013 08:00 GMT
#135
On April 24 2013 11:46 Assirra wrote:
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On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.

Wait let me get this right.
You just used 2 comedy (one completely anime/otaku as whole subject) anime as proof? Oh man, if we based off every country on 2 shows you happen to saw form there then i guess watching a show like trailer park boys means nobody in America has a real house and everyone lives in a trailer right. Do you have any idea how insane your logic is?


I didn't base it on those 2 Anime shows, but gave them as an example. From my experience there is still a quite negative image of people playing video games in Japan (which anime also depict. Dunno if I have ever seen a Gamer or PC Programmer shown as a super awesome person in an Anime). PCs were mainly used for eroge or other adult stuff, that was not allowed on consoles.
Even the huge fighting game community doesn't get much love. There are much more sponsored players in the US or Europe than in Japan, even though the Japanese dominate pretty much every game.

Anyway, GL to the Japanese guys. Hope they can make something happen
yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 08:16:38
April 24 2013 08:10 GMT
#136
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
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On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.
WetSocks
Profile Joined June 2012
United States953 Posts
April 24 2013 08:17 GMT
#137
really surprising, good to see Japan getting into eSports scene other than the fighting games
ScoutWBF
Profile Joined April 2005
Germany599 Posts
April 24 2013 08:27 GMT
#138
On April 24 2013 17:10 yokohama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.


I wrote "seems like" as all my friends in Japan use a notebook instead of a PC, some families of my friends even use it for the whole family, aka it's the only computer in the apartment. Did not want to generalize something I cannot back up by statistics. If you have more information on that subject, I would be very interested in it. Japanese sources are fine as well.
I have only been in Japan for ~1,5months now. I would not really call myself a weaboo, as I'm more interested in video games than anime/manga. I rather hit up an arcade in my free time. Also I've been to Osaka and Tokyo so far, not planning to move to some desolate place in the near future.
Maybe I just have a different experience in Japan up till now, compared to your experience.
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
April 24 2013 08:27 GMT
#139
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.

Pretty much my thoughts. And I've lived in Japan for more than 8 years now.

I work in Akihabara (the video games, electronic town in Tokyo for those who don't know) and I have to agree a majority of PC games sold here are erotic games (can we even call this a game ?).
It doesn't mean PC gaming is not popular at all here, but associating PC games in Japan with porn is not a mistake imho.

Recently the Playstation/Xbox games are more often on PC so I wouldn't be surprised if more japanese switch to play with their PC instead. However, japanese youngsters often live in a 20 square meters 1 room appartment with tatami flooring and not much furniture (at least nothing big like a desk). They like to play sitting on the futon with the TV often set directly on the floor, so playing with a mouse + keyboard is not really convenient in this case.
yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
April 24 2013 08:37 GMT
#140
On April 24 2013 17:27 ScoutWBF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 17:10 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.


I wrote "seems like" as all my friends in Japan use a notebook instead of a PC, some families of my friends even use it for the whole family, aka it's the only computer in the apartment. Did not want to generalize something I cannot back up by statistics. If you have more information on that subject, I would be very interested in it. Japanese sources are fine as well.
I have only been in Japan for ~1,5months now. I would not really call myself a weaboo, as I'm more interested in video games than anime/manga. I rather hit up an arcade in my free time. Also I've been to Osaka and Tokyo so far, not planning to move to some desolate place in the near future.
Maybe I just have a different experience in Japan up till now, compared to your experience.


Understandable :D If you would've had that as your second post I would've seen where you were coming from and it wouldn't sound like an attacking post. Glad we can settle on different experiences without just getting on the offensive :D cheers
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 08:48:28
April 24 2013 08:44 GMT
#141
On April 24 2013 17:10 yokohama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.

Well, even someone who has always lived in Japan can't be sure about how popular notebooks are vs desktops, so the "seems like" sounds legit. However I am pretty sure notebooks have a bigger market share here compared to Europe for instance (based on how many notebooks are shown compared to desktops in big shops such as Yodobashi Camera + own experience).

Obviously it depends on who you know in Japan. If you speak about married persons with a house, obviously they have room for a desktop PC, if you are considering younger people they may live in a 1-room. In some small households, even in Tokyo, you will have mostly tatami rooms with no desk. I think the amount of families with these old fashioned appartments is constantly decreasing, so that the amount of desktops is likely to increase in that regard. So well, maybe the children born in these households will be more likely to get into PC gaming, but habits in Japan are hard to change.
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
April 24 2013 08:58 GMT
#142
On April 24 2013 11:30 gubbstrut wrote:
So if i understood this correctly its online in (SEA region?) and they will all be online qualifiers untill the winner gets to go to LAN right ?
Also if you would lose your group and not be able to go to stage 3, its possible to play in it the next week ?

Then stage 3 is all about winning to qualify to a playoff? sorry for being slow :D

Now that the server can be selected, it could be the KR server, Korea has the best ping from Japan (a pretty good one given it's overseas). But actually almost every japanese plays with the US version of the game. If you try to buy SC2 online in Japan, you automatically get to the US battle.net, based on your IP and regardless of your PC settings.
Infernal Knight
Profile Joined July 2012
United States557 Posts
April 24 2013 11:29 GMT
#143
What surprises me the most about hearing this is that as far as I know there's no Japanese language version of Starcraft II - or any other Blizzard game here, for that matter. Never been quite sure as to why that's the case.

It's definitely true in my experience that PC gaming isn't nearly as big as handheld or console gaming, but I'd stop short of characterizing all computer gaming as eroge. If you only used Akihabara or Denden Town as examples, then yeah, maybe. There is from what I can see a definite lack of Japanese-made PC games and they don't tend to like the Western ones that are made, so there's not a whole lot of market at the moment.
"It's like you were running away from bears, except that the bears have the power to make forcefields." - QxC
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
April 24 2013 12:00 GMT
#144
On April 24 2013 20:29 Infernal Knight wrote:
What surprises me the most about hearing this is that as far as I know there's no Japanese language version of Starcraft II - or any other Blizzard game here, for that matter. Never been quite sure as to why that's the case.


Starcraft was released in Japan but BW wasn't.
Emix_Squall
Profile Joined February 2012
France705 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-24 12:21:40
April 24 2013 12:20 GMT
#145
On April 24 2013 17:44 samurai80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 17:10 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.

Well, even someone who has always lived in Japan can't be sure about how popular notebooks are vs desktops, so the "seems like" sounds legit. However I am pretty sure notebooks have a bigger market share here compared to Europe for instance (based on how many notebooks are shown compared to desktops in big shops such as Yodobashi Camera + own experience).

Obviously it depends on who you know in Japan. If you speak about married persons with a house, obviously they have room for a desktop PC, if you are considering younger people they may live in a 1-room. In some small households, even in Tokyo, you will have mostly tatami rooms with no desk. I think the amount of families with these old fashioned appartments is constantly decreasing, so that the amount of desktops is likely to increase in that regard. So well, maybe the children born in these households will be more likely to get into PC gaming, but habits in Japan are hard to change.


"How to go from the most narrow minded statement to the most open minded one, once someone proved you wrong" Could be a title to that post.

In your first post it's almost like your trying to educate the reader. You force your opinion and so called "knowledge" of Japan on others and pretend it's fact. Than suddenly someone who actually may know shit about the country starts proving you wrong and you're like "Oh shit ... better rephrase what I say in a less categoric way or I'll look like a dummy"...

And here we are: forum posting 101

Back on Topic:

I'm a huge fan of Competitive Gaming in general (SC2, DOTA, Fighting Games) and I've always thought japanese players with their hard work and dedication (comparable to Korean players) could definitely translate those skills to more mediatized games such as SC2 or Mobas.
I'm really glad to finally see it happening and I hope this could help dynamize the asian scene outside of Korea.
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
April 24 2013 14:47 GMT
#146
On April 24 2013 20:29 Infernal Knight wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
What surprises me the most about hearing this is that as far as I know there's no Japanese language version of Starcraft II - or any other Blizzard game here, for that matter. Never been quite sure as to why that's the case.

It's definitely true in my experience that PC gaming isn't nearly as big as handheld or console gaming, but I'd stop short of characterizing all computer gaming as eroge. If you only used Akihabara or Denden Town as examples, then yeah, maybe. + Show Spoiler +
There is from what I can see a definite lack of Japanese-made PC games and they don't tend to like the Western ones that are made, so there's not a whole lot of market at the moment.

I didn't say all computer gaming in Japan was eroge of course, I just said it's big enough to be somewhat associated to the image of PC gaming in Japan. And well, imo Akiba must be at least representative of a big part of gaming in Japan. But yes, there are some other japanese popular games on PC (Monster Hunter and FFXI for instance). Until recently it was actually funny to see these FFXI benchmarks running on gaming PCs in shops here, as if FFXI and its antique graphics would be able to benchmark a recent PC ^^

But now some good hardware shops (Tsukumo, Ark) in Akiba have pretty nice gamer hardware (headsets, mouse, keyboards, mouse cable holders, chairs...). Most of them with some foreign game playable (often it's an FPS).

When WoL was released I remember there were signs announcing it in some streets near the shops selling it. This is why more recently with HotS, I actually searched a bit for an EU version of HotS (as my WoL was EU I need to upgrade with an EU box version). I went to a shop that appeared to be selling like 95% of PC games in eroge and 5% in foreign games, so that the guy didn't even seem to know SC2... I didn't search too long but in the area I was there were tons of eroge and no trace of HotS (well it was before the release but I was looking for some announcement). I think that was the wrong place to get my game but still, pretty disapointing (that's where I remember seeing these SC2 signs when WoL was released).
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
April 24 2013 14:51 GMT
#147
On April 24 2013 21:20 Emix_Squall wrote:
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On April 24 2013 17:44 samurai80 wrote:
On April 24 2013 17:10 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.



I've lived in Japan for 2 years so far, and was married to a Japanese woman for 3 years before I came over. From your examples listed, I'm not even going to go into it because you sound like some weaboo that seems to have some strange view of Japan from your weird ass animes and is stating it as a fact when it is actually just some obscure observation that no one I have spoken to even has ever heard of before.

I'm going to take you saying "seems like families have notebooks than normal computers" to mean you've never actually been to Japan or have only visited for a short time. In Kanagawa and Tokyo at least, everyone I know has a desktop computer. Even my friends who live in little apartments still have room for computers. Hell, even my girlfriend's mother has her own PC. Japanese houses and apartments/mansions are small yes, but small enough to not have room for a computer? That is another telltale that A. you either have never actually been to Japan, or B. you went to some desolate prefecture that shouldn't be generalized as all of Japan.

So to answer your question, no, I didn't just put Japan as my country for fun. Thanks for asking though.

Well, even someone who has always lived in Japan can't be sure about how popular notebooks are vs desktops, so the "seems like" sounds legit. However I am pretty sure notebooks have a bigger market share here compared to Europe for instance (based on how many notebooks are shown compared to desktops in big shops such as Yodobashi Camera + own experience).

Obviously it depends on who you know in Japan. If you speak about married persons with a house, obviously they have room for a desktop PC, if you are considering younger people they may live in a 1-room. In some small households, even in Tokyo, you will have mostly tatami rooms with no desk. I think the amount of families with these old fashioned appartments is constantly decreasing, so that the amount of desktops is likely to increase in that regard. So well, maybe the children born in these households will be more likely to get into PC gaming, but habits in Japan are hard to change.


"How to go from the most narrow minded statement to the most open minded one, once someone proved you wrong" Could be a title to that post.

In your first post it's almost like your trying to educate the reader. You force your opinion and so called "knowledge" of Japan on others and pretend it's fact. Than suddenly someone who actually may know shit about the country starts proving you wrong and you're like "Oh shit ... better rephrase what I say in a less categoric way or I'll look like a dummy"...

Aren't you confusing about who made the post !? I read Yokohama and ScoutWBF's posts, and I reacted to them giving my opinion on the subject. Anything wrong with that ?
renkin
Profile Joined July 2010
France249 Posts
April 24 2013 15:03 GMT
#148
On April 24 2013 21:00 Sayle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 20:29 Infernal Knight wrote:
What surprises me the most about hearing this is that as far as I know there's no Japanese language version of Starcraft II - or any other Blizzard game here, for that matter. Never been quite sure as to why that's the case.


Starcraft was released in Japan but BW wasn't.


That's very interesting to hear. Was there any competitive sc1 scene ?
Because if it didn't it means that the success of a SC2 pro scene in Japan will only be assured by SC2 alone without the whole broodwar legacy, without any big names... Only Heart of the Swarm.

... It's going to be though.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
April 24 2013 15:03 GMT
#149
Always good to see SC2 spreading to new places!
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Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 24 2013 15:36 GMT
#150
On April 25 2013 00:03 renkin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 21:00 Sayle wrote:
On April 24 2013 20:29 Infernal Knight wrote:
What surprises me the most about hearing this is that as far as I know there's no Japanese language version of Starcraft II - or any other Blizzard game here, for that matter. Never been quite sure as to why that's the case.


Starcraft was released in Japan but BW wasn't.


That's very interesting to hear. Was there any competitive sc1 scene ?
Because if it didn't it means that the success of a SC2 pro scene in Japan will only be assured by SC2 alone without the whole broodwar legacy, without any big names... Only Heart of the Swarm.

... It's going to be though.

There was competitive BW and WC3 in Japan, they just weren't as big as other countries. I wouldn't say that they were so tiny if you compare them with most countries, but if you compare them with the big ones, then yeah they were tiny.
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PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5214 Posts
April 24 2013 17:47 GMT
#151
On April 24 2013 17:00 ScoutWBF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 11:46 Assirra wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.

Wait let me get this right.
You just used 2 comedy (one completely anime/otaku as whole subject) anime as proof? Oh man, if we based off every country on 2 shows you happen to saw form there then i guess watching a show like trailer park boys means nobody in America has a real house and everyone lives in a trailer right. Do you have any idea how insane your logic is?


I didn't base it on those 2 Anime shows, but gave them as an example. From my experience there is still a quite negative image of people playing video games in Japan (which anime also depict. Dunno if I have ever seen a Gamer or PC Programmer shown as a super awesome person in an Anime). PCs were mainly used for eroge or other adult stuff, that was not allowed on consoles.
Even the huge fighting game community doesn't get much love. There are much more sponsored players in the US or Europe than in Japan, even though the Japanese dominate pretty much every game.

Anyway, GL to the Japanese guys. Hope they can make something happen


I don't know why that other guy says such stupid things but you are totally right. In japan 70% of all sold PC games are eroge or visual novels. There are a few exceptions, like S;G but mostly they do Rancer Hatoful, etc.

Not like I'm not rooting for SCtoo over there but their gaming culture comes from arcades and consoles, that's just the way it is.
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MstrJinbo
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1251 Posts
April 24 2013 17:55 GMT
#152
On April 25 2013 02:47 PVJ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 17:00 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 11:46 Assirra wrote:
On April 24 2013 07:26 ScoutWBF wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:22 yokohama wrote:
On April 24 2013 03:16 xgtx wrote:
in japan ,if you say you are a "computer gamer" it means that you play porn games on computers...gaming scene at computers are non existant in japan


Where did you pull this thought from? I have never heard of this garbage, and obviously it is wrong because even before this thread there have been tons of computer game tournaments for SC2 and even other computer games, it isn't a massive scene such as KR or EU, but it is still here.


How long have you been living in Japan? Or did you just put your country to "Japan" for fun? It's not too far off, that playing PC games is linked to Erotic Games in Japan. Anime like "Ore no imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai" show, in this case, a girl hording Erotic games and other stuff and lending it to her brother. "Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai" also has a girl that plays "Eroge" on her notebook.
Also it seems like families rather have notebooks than a normal computer, probably because of the limited space they get in their apartments.

Anyway, happy to hear that Japan is starting to develop "E-Sports". Fighting games or arcade games in general are not held with price money, but goods for the first place finisher. When I went to Tougeki 2010, the winners got 1 Hori Real Arcade Pro VX Arcade as their price. A friend of mine also told me that "DUNE", a Japanese KoF player, had organized a tournament with sponsorship and price money.

Wait let me get this right.
You just used 2 comedy (one completely anime/otaku as whole subject) anime as proof? Oh man, if we based off every country on 2 shows you happen to saw form there then i guess watching a show like trailer park boys means nobody in America has a real house and everyone lives in a trailer right. Do you have any idea how insane your logic is?


I didn't base it on those 2 Anime shows, but gave them as an example. From my experience there is still a quite negative image of people playing video games in Japan (which anime also depict. Dunno if I have ever seen a Gamer or PC Programmer shown as a super awesome person in an Anime). PCs were mainly used for eroge or other adult stuff, that was not allowed on consoles.
Even the huge fighting game community doesn't get much love. There are much more sponsored players in the US or Europe than in Japan, even though the Japanese dominate pretty much every game.

Anyway, GL to the Japanese guys. Hope they can make something happen


I don't know why that other guy says such stupid things but you are totally right. In japan 70% of all sold PC games are eroge or visual novels. There are a few exceptions, like S;G but mostly they do Rancer Hatoful, etc.

Not like I'm not rooting for SCtoo over there but their gaming culture comes from arcades and consoles, that's just the way it is.


People lets not derail this thread by talking about Eroge video games.
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
April 25 2013 03:50 GMT
#153
I propose there be anime graphics for starcraft 2 with cell-shading. It will look like an episode of CarbotAnimation's Starcrafts.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sycro
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
April 25 2013 04:08 GMT
#154
I'm so excited for this. When I studied abroad in Japan I saw a lot of SC2 since all the time zones lined up perfectly! I'd be able to start watching American and European tournaments in the morning and such and also catch the GSL since it's in the same time zone as Korea. I always wondered why I didn't see many Japanese pro gamers in the international scene at all since I't so so close to Korea. Anyway, I hope to see their scene grow more and more!
Isuna
Profile Joined October 2012
Japan7 Posts
April 26 2013 07:49 GMT
#155
I'm surprised to find so many Japan-knowers/Japanese-speakers here. I'd figure one would find more people interested in Korea. "Yokohama" are you a fellow Yokohama:er? : D

At the discussion whether PC = eroge or not, I'd say having a PC is not weird at all (where would you otherwise look at Outlook Express?). However "playing games on PC" is quite "nerdy". Even if it isn't eroge, it is way more "nerdy" than playing games on console or at the arcade.
My view of it is that being "nerdy" is becomming more and more okay, but it still looked down upon by majority of the society.

On April 24 2013 07:50 zhurai wrote:
japanese hates koreans
and koreans hate japanese
actually from what I know all the asian countries hate the other asian countries


The Japanese and Taiwanese like each other! : D
Partly becuase they both dislike the Chinese.

On April 24 2013 02:20 scintilliaSD wrote:
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On April 24 2013 02:19 ZenithM wrote:
"Starcraft Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Hellbat-dropped Into the Darkness".

Does it culminate in a battle where Akagi is drained of blood every time he loses a unit?

Stim Packs maybe?

On April 24 2013 02:28 elfonse wrote:
I just imagined Initial-D but about sc2.

Takumi was forced to play SC2 every morning from 4 o'clock since he was 13.
Takumi's father, Bunta, was a pro back in the Brood War days.
Takumi didn't enjoy it and just tried to kill his opponent as quick as possible to be able to go back to sleep, and in the process acquired some real skills. Though, this is just against the computer, he has never been interested in the ladder.
But suddenly one day he is challenged and finds the joy of playing competively.

Something like that?

On April 24 2013 03:52 Danzo wrote:Didn't GO become really popular again during the late 90's is because of an Anime/Manga that came out about a kid striving to become a GO player? I heard the GO scene blew up because of that show.


Kind of, but that boom is dead by now. Unless you go to a Go Saloon you'd be surprised by how few even knows the (few) rules of it. Shougi on the other hand, some people at least seem to know the rules.
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Daumen
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany1073 Posts
April 26 2013 08:00 GMT
#156
On April 24 2013 01:46 Dismay wrote:
Hopefully I'll see more out of Breek and Nemuke now. I'd like to watch if they have streams.


^ fuck yeah
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yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
April 26 2013 08:03 GMT
#157
On April 26 2013 16:49 Isuna wrote:
I'm surprised to find so many Japan-knowers/Japanese-speakers here. I'd figure one would find more people interested in Korea. "Yokohama" are you a fellow Yokohama:er? : D



Yeah I live near Yokohama from Sotetsusen:D
elfonse
Profile Joined March 2011
416 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-26 08:10:57
April 26 2013 08:10 GMT
#158
[

Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 02:28 elfonse wrote:
I just imagined Initial-D but about sc2.

Takumi was forced to play SC2 every morning from 4 o'clock since he was 13.
Takumi's father, Bunta, was a pro back in the Brood War days.
Takumi didn't enjoy it and just tried to kill his opponent as quick as possible to be able to go back to sleep, and in the process acquired some real skills. Though, this is just against the computer, he has never been interested in the ladder.
But suddenly one day he is challenged and finds the joy of playing competively.

Something like that?





Yessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! probably uses simple splitting for his first technique, shocks all the players
JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
April 26 2013 21:26 GMT
#159
Blizzard please make a Japanese language pack for SC2. There are some many people who dont start playing because they do not understand English.
Fix637
Profile Joined February 2011
United States256 Posts
April 26 2013 21:37 GMT
#160
I've been curious when Japan was going to make an entrance into the competitive scene. It would be cool to see some Japanese pro gamers!
JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
April 26 2013 21:43 GMT
#161
I think that the we play on NA because judgement of players skill is based on NA ladder ranking. Though I am agreed with you that KR should be the better option.

On April 24 2013 17:58 samurai80 wrote:
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On April 24 2013 11:30 gubbstrut wrote:
So if i understood this correctly its online in (SEA region?) and they will all be online qualifiers untill the winner gets to go to LAN right ?
Also if you would lose your group and not be able to go to stage 3, its possible to play in it the next week ?

Then stage 3 is all about winning to qualify to a playoff? sorry for being slow :D

Now that the server can be selected, it could be the KR server, Korea has the best ping from Japan (a pretty good one given it's overseas). But actually almost every japanese plays with the US version of the game. If you try to buy SC2 online in Japan, you automatically get to the US battle.net, based on your IP and regardless of your PC settings.

wozzot
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1227 Posts
April 26 2013 22:59 GMT
#162
On April 27 2013 06:26 JapaneseSC2 wrote:
Blizzard please make a Japanese language pack for SC2. There are some many people who dont start playing because they do not understand English.

You should be posting this on the Blizzard forums, not here. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this new tournament
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Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
April 26 2013 23:19 GMT
#163
On April 24 2013 16:28 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 06:24 EthanKairos wrote:
On April 24 2013 05:20 Targe wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


I remember seeing my SK friend reading a sc:bw manga at my old school, so it's definitely out there somewhere.


Oh my god I need to read this.


Good luck finding it, that was like six years ago

thats the only one i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=70414
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Onlinejaguar
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia2823 Posts
April 27 2013 00:29 GMT
#164
If the prize pool becomes decent i can see koreans going to compete and taking all the money.
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
April 28 2013 08:16 GMT
#165
On April 27 2013 08:19 Paljas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 16:28 Targe wrote:
On April 24 2013 06:24 EthanKairos wrote:
On April 24 2013 05:20 Targe wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:50 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!


I remember seeing my SK friend reading a sc:bw manga at my old school, so it's definitely out there somewhere.


Oh my god I need to read this.


Good luck finding it, that was like six years ago

thats the only one i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=70414

wasn't that :D
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wozzot
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1227 Posts
May 07 2013 16:27 GMT
#166
Day 1 of the JCG opens ended a little while ago, surprised that this thread hasn't been bumped yet. Mizchin vs hitagi on Akilon Flats was a quite unique game

VOD here: http://www.twitch.tv/japanesports/b/400369496
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JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
May 07 2013 18:22 GMT
#167
On May 08 2013 01:27 wozzot wrote:
Day 1 of the JCG opens ended a little while ago, surprised that this thread hasn't been bumped yet. Mizchin vs hitagi on Akilon Flats was a quite unique game

VOD here: http://www.twitch.tv/japanesports/b/400369496


Missed the live but will watch now!
HeyImFinn
Profile Joined September 2011
United States250 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-08 05:57:40
May 08 2013 05:55 GMT
#168
This is badass!

The play wasn't the best, but... Boiiiiiiiiiiiidu Ray!! Boiiidu ray, BOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDU RAY!!!
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JapaneseSC2
Profile Joined April 2012
60 Posts
May 12 2013 11:53 GMT
#169
Master tournament starts now!
wozzot
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1227 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-12 13:05:47
May 12 2013 12:35 GMT
#170
The japanesports channel is broadcasting the LoL tourney; JCG SC2 is being broadcasted here: http://www.twitch.tv/matsujun

e: If anyone wants to know, this is the rest of the JCG schedule:

Master League Day 1 (today)
Saturday, May 11 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Open Class Day 2
Monday, May 13 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Master League Day 2
Sunday, May 19 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Open Class Day 3
Monday, May 20 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Master League Playoffs
Sunday, May 26 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
May 12 2013 13:44 GMT
#171
Even in Japan, Fantasy GG timing.
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wozzot
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1227 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-12 14:02:00
May 12 2013 13:58 GMT
#172
Terran mech vs. Tempest/Carrier, only in Japan

e: And mech loses again
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KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
May 12 2013 14:07 GMT
#173
Like iNcontroL keeps on saying, Terran, you've got a free scouting resource. Instead of being greedy by using all that command center energy on mules, use them on scans if you feel something's weird.

Tempest carrier should be pretty easy to sniff out especially if you see the fleet beacon and two stargates, as well as a weirdly tiny Protoss main army.
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