Questions to Blizzard - Page 3

On August 09 2013 19:54 Gonzo103 wrote:


as stated in the MLG thread by many's already ... the 4.) problem is that Sc2 is not that good of an spectator sport!

On August 09 2013 19:53 Big J wrote:


It's funny, you didn't complain about SC2 being "too fast" in WoL. But then blizzard introduced the medivac boosters and gave mutalisks a 6.25% speed buff, and you have been pesky about it ever since. One may even think you just like to bash on everything SC2 is that BW was not

On August 09 2013 19:54 Gonzo103 wrote:


as stated in the MLG thread by many's already ... the 4.) problem is that Sc2 is not that good of an spectator sport!

On August 09 2013 19:50 kaluro wrote:


For example, Grubby has stated on several occassions, even in interviews, that he is approached by blizzard quite often.
For both general feedback as more balance-wise feedback.

Also you say sc II is stagnating, I say sc2 is reaching the highest viewer numbers it ever has, on twitch and gom.tv combined.
And if you see how many new players are playing the game right now ( Look at all those diamond players getting pushed upwards into masters league, because the lower leagues are now taken by the mass of new (or returning) players), I say sc2 is doing pretty damn well.

It will never be and has never been as popular as the Easy-to-understand and free-to-play League of Legends, but that was never the case in the first place. Compare sc2 to sc2 3 years ago, not sc2 to LoL at the moment.

On August 09 2013 18:34 Strelok wrote:
SCII becoming less popular. By little or by much? I don't know. But you can't ignore the fact, that instead of developing we start to get at least stagnation, if not worse. I was trying to contact Blizzard for several reasons during WoL. The reasons were different. I didn't get response for my feedback even a single time. I tried to talk with stuff from Blizzard, but no success. Even special meetings which were made for such a "discussions" were just for "V" in their diaries, not for discussion. I still remeber how in august 2012 in Germany progamers gathered together and tried to discuss with David Kim infestors and their imbalance in very late game, but he simply refused to listen. During next several months after that - huge number terran/protoss players retired. Noone wants to loose just because it's almost impossible to win. Maybe, if he listened, that wouldn't happen.

So i am writing here the open letter to Blizzard. Maybe now, they will answer for at least some of those questions.

1. Do you like how Starcraft develops? What do you plan to do to remain on level with such games as Dota, World of Tanks and LoL?

2. How WCS develops SCII scene? What will you say if WCS will be having top-8 each region as koreans? How will it help to develop young talents all over the world? How in general the participation of korean players who live and practise in Korea and then come to Europe and NA for 1-2 days for playing WCS and taking money away to Korea "develops" European and NA scene of Starcraft II?

3. In continuation to previous questions. Don't you fear that WCS will simply kill small(medium) online/lan events, because noone takes care of them, since WCS is always on a screens? And if it will be happening like that, how young potential stars can develop? There won't be small cups and big cups are taken by koreans in all 3 regions? Who will invest money in youngsters then?

4. Which are your nearest plans regarding battle.net upgrades? Why during all that time you still didn't make channels, like in SC:BW, where people from 1 region appear in a channel and can easily discuss stuff with friends? Don't you feel like every person feels "forever alone" in SC2? Why person can't race pick against every race, because it doesn't like, for example, mirrors?

5. What do you think about situation, in which terran as race almost disappeared from GML league in EU and NA servers? (47 from 200 in NA, 49 from 180 in Europe). Not so long ago you said that "Protosses simply lack of good players". So what happened to terrans then?

Dear community, if you agree with me - spread this letter wherever you can, add your questions (the biggest ones i will add in my first post). Only together we can manage to reach Blizzard and make them to answer to REALLY PROBLEMATIC questions. And even if with our efforts - we won't manage to get the answer... Well that will be also an answer from Blizzard to all of us. Now we can change something to a good side. Later - who knows?

On August 09 2013 19:59 Snowbear wrote:


You kidding right? SC2 is perfect as a spectator sport. It's amazing to see the top sc2 players play. Watching good micro, multitasking, sick strategies etc...

On the other hand LoL is boring as fuck to spectate: first you see some laning, then you see some teamfights where you think "wtf is happening", then the teamfight is over.

SC2 > LoL as spectator sport IMO.

On August 09 2013 19:47 Big J wrote:
- Chatchannels have been improved a lot over the course of SC2. I don't quite understand the problem you have with them.

On August 09 2013 19:42 Snowbear wrote:
SC2 is actually pretty good. The problem is that people prefer these MOBA games which 1) are played in team, 2) are easier, 3) are free (LoL at least). Imagine these MOBA games weren't there. There would be much more sc2 players.

On August 09 2013 20:04 SCguineapig wrote:



lol chatchannels have improved? then why is it when i join the TL channel of the TL group that i am the only one talking? i never go into chat channels because nobody pays attention to them, i am the only one talking and that is boring as fuck. when i played brood war last year on iccup there weren't many people but they were damn sure talking their ass off.

On August 09 2013 20:01 coyote37 wrote:
Is it possible to pass Starcraft 2 in Free to Play?
imo F2P = more players = more viewers on streams event = more money for organisers = everybody happy no?

On August 09 2013 20:04 SCguineapig wrote:



lol chatchannels have improved? then why is it when i join the TL channel of the TL group that i am the only one talking? i never go into chat channels because nobody pays attention to them, i am the only one talking and that is boring as fuck. when i played brood war last year on iccup there weren't many people but they were damn sure talking their ass off.

On August 09 2013 20:03 HeartOfTheSwarm wrote:
Moreover I can't help but feel that Blizzard is always many steps too late in everything they do.

On August 09 2013 20:09 Plansix wrote:
Why do we always have these threads where we try to figure out why people like to play other games? And why does it always come down to chat channels, like they would "save" SC2?