No Starcraft 2 at MLG Columbus (so far) - Page 30

On August 09 2013 05:35 theking1 wrote:


sc2 is still their second most watched game.and besides the international dota2 does not have a succesfull na lan scene.and cod never beat sc2 viewership numbers despite having a higher playerbase.and mlg is business,we are talking bout the same dudes who had world of warcraft as a main esport title back when bw was rocking korea and europe as all into wc3.

On August 09 2013 05:09 Patate wrote:


Pretty sad that SC2 has been a terrible successor to BW.. Blizzard has a phenomenal legacy to respect, and just like Diablo they shat on it.. just not as much

SC2 is still an ok game, but it is a terrible game to watch. Just admit it.. I for one stopped watching it around the HoTS turnaround, and I've been very happy with LoL. I just can't wait for this community to be done with this denial, and to just move on.

On August 09 2013 05:37 Plansix wrote:

Dota 2 doesn't need a sucessful LAN scene at this times. The teams are rocking out doing online leagues. They can grow into lans if studios pick up the game. But right now, they are fine.

On August 09 2013 05:29 lowreeezy wrote:


Actually we can and we should.

On August 08 2013 22:06 Seiniyta wrote:
I didn't see anyone making a thread yet so here we go.



Source: https://twitter.com/MLGSundance

This doesn't mean SC2 won't be at Colombus but it's worth mentioning nonetheless!

the next MLG Championship event is being held on 22-24 November.

On August 09 2013 03:27 DeathProfessor wrote:
Twitter is bullshit and people should have abandoned that already its 2013. I have never had a better feeling about a SC2 pro or personality from a Tweet. Have you? They always come off as whiny bitches to me. TotalBiscuit meant well but his tweets really just stirred up the beesnest. =/ "If there isn't a SC2 at this event, the scene is DEAD and I retire!"

Sundance should not have even mentioned it on Twitter. He should have created a website and conspicuously left out SC2 and made a small press release saying a few words about how the current marketplace did not justify a SC2 event in Columbus but please stay tuned for future events.

That would have been a drama free way. You just can't run a professional business on Twitter. Just stahp.

Honestly, speaking from my heart, I have been watching 1.5 years and can barely keep my attention on the screen. No matter how you dress it up, SC2 is just becoming boring to me. If I keep a stream on its usually like radio, I read TL or news while its on in the background.

When its about the people I love like Grubby, I love the game again. That to me is why I watch SC2 to see the people who grow up with me succeed. That was one of my favorite moments seeing Grubby's face after winning.

I don't care about "high-level" games anymore, they usually just disappoint. We get the best Koreans in the world, they usually just cheese each other for 3 of 5 games. Maybe 4 of 5. I stayed up to watch Innovation vs. Maru. I got 3 straight cheeses. Don't feel like another 4AM bender just for that again. I just feel like for the most part I have seen it all now.

When Stephano retired it felt like a metaphor for the game and the foreigner scene. We love it but its becoming less passionate and washed up, it can still show us great plays but they are becoming few and far between and HoTS killed it.

I felt like this week was the week when SC2 retired from the US scene.

On August 09 2013 05:36 Plansix wrote:

This I agree with 100%. If you want to see SC2 there, let them know. But dont' whine because they told people in advance that is won't be at this time.

On August 09 2013 05:50 sparklyresidue wrote:
Here's a quick, gut-based opinion of mine, that hasn't been thought out very thoroughly yet (so please tell me why I'm wrong): IF WCS can be "fixed" (whatever that means), I'd prefer having that style of tournament on 3 continents going semi regularly than MLG. MLG, read any LR thread, is not that great of a tournament.

Sure, SC2 owes MLG a lot from publicity and stuff, but their live events are only good because of the names (players/casters) they're able to pull in, but the production is glitchy and often half baked... in a word, uninspired. Their website summarizes their entire nature as a production company.

So while I'm not glad the sky is falling for SC2, and I'm not glad MLG is dropping SC2, I'm not gonna miss it that much, to be honest.

On August 09 2013 05:38 MVega wrote:


That, my friend, is your opinion. In my opinion, League is pretty much the single most boring thing on the entire planet that someone can watch. However I have to then realize that a lot of people enjoy watching it. While I don't understand their reasons for enjoying it, they do. I, and a huge number of people, enjoy watching StarCraft. You don't. You can't just declare that StarCraft 2 isn't fun to watch just because you don't enjoy it.

Also this BW shit is getting really old. Great, we never got super pros in anime space suits and a gigantic stadium filled to overflowing with fangirls waiting to battle to the death for 5 seconds of aforementioned super pros' time. StarCraft 2 is a fine game. There are people who still insist that Third Strike is a better game than SF4 as well, doesn't mean that's actually the case.

On August 09 2013 05:55 Passion wrote:

Ooohw.. don't tell me you don't miss the overflowing-fangirl-stadiums or the spacesuit progamers.

More on topic, it's sad to see a US league taking a (hopefully small) step away from SC2 - but if it has to be anyone, MLG is fine.

On August 09 2013 06:01 Buddy168 wrote:
I don't see... Why they'd cut it.

There has to be something else planned.