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Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
August 31 2013 18:26 GMT
#281
On September 01 2013 03:20 ACrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2013 03:14 Kasaraki wrote:
On September 01 2013 02:38 lichter wrote:
I am surprised by the number of hyvaa fans tbh

Well anti-fans like myself know better than to gloat in this thread.

I wish the gloating anti-SC2-fans had as much decency.

I wish so a well.

+ Show Spoiler +
And thank you for calling me decent. :D
OopsOopsBaby
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Singapore3425 Posts
August 31 2013 18:40 GMT
#282
On September 01 2013 03:21 rd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2013 00:51 herMan wrote:
It is only natural that many teams are folding as the interest for sc2 is nowhere near the peak it was in the brood war days. This and a huge influx of players and teams entering into an already established scene.


Except that has nothing to do with why STX disbanded. Their long time sponsor pulled out for reasons having nothing to do with SC2. People really need to stop throwing this around.

i'd say to expect more player cuts from teams regardless of kespa or esf to accomodate LoL players.
s3x2-2 xiao3x2+2 bone3+2+2
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
August 31 2013 18:42 GMT
#283
On September 01 2013 03:40 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2013 03:21 rd wrote:
On September 01 2013 00:51 herMan wrote:
It is only natural that many teams are folding as the interest for sc2 is nowhere near the peak it was in the brood war days. This and a huge influx of players and teams entering into an already established scene.


Except that has nothing to do with why STX disbanded. Their long time sponsor pulled out for reasons having nothing to do with SC2. People really need to stop throwing this around.

i'd say to expect more player cuts from teams regardless of kespa or esf to accomodate LoL players.


And i'd say that STX disbanding would be entirely unrelated to any of those events.
nextstep
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada705 Posts
August 31 2013 18:42 GMT
#284
RIP STX Soul.

Will miss them.
go KHAN! TBLS <3
Hall0wed
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States8486 Posts
August 31 2013 18:51 GMT
#285
It will be a great GSTL season atleast!

Sucks for STX but I don't mind things being shaken up a bit here and there. Surprised that no one wanted Dear though, that is quite odd.
♦ My Life for BESTie ♦ 류세라 = 배 ♦
mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
August 31 2013 18:55 GMT
#286
I think what most people are overlooking, is that STX SouL is NOT disbanding. They lost their sponsor, and a few of their players are moving on to other teams, or retiring, but you will see SouL participating in the next GSTL next week! with New Star HoSeo players! AND with Quantic's Koreans!
mousesports, Team Acer, Fnatic!
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
August 31 2013 18:56 GMT
#287
wow, lots of crazy news. Especially Hyvaa possibly retiring. Evil dies
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b3n3tt3
Profile Joined January 2012
595 Posts
August 31 2013 19:00 GMT
#288
On September 01 2013 00:58 juvenal wrote:
Tossgirl crying, Calm crying - had to be something more than just victory feelings.


My feels... T_T
_BAR_
Profile Joined April 2013
Canada33 Posts
August 31 2013 19:01 GMT
#289
Now who am I supposed to root for in pro league? This sucks. I really hope those other players find teams. I really like dear and hyvaa. I hope they find teams and hyvaa doesn't retire.

The only team left that I want to cheer for is Samsung Khan. This is gonna be a disappointing season
Gogo Khan.....I guess......
There is not enough alcohol in this house to make me dance.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
August 31 2013 19:04 GMT
#290
On September 01 2013 03:42 rd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2013 03:40 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
On September 01 2013 03:21 rd wrote:
On September 01 2013 00:51 herMan wrote:
It is only natural that many teams are folding as the interest for sc2 is nowhere near the peak it was in the brood war days. This and a huge influx of players and teams entering into an already established scene.


Except that has nothing to do with why STX disbanded. Their long time sponsor pulled out for reasons having nothing to do with SC2. People really need to stop throwing this around.

i'd say to expect more player cuts from teams regardless of kespa or esf to accomodate LoL players.


And i'd say that STX disbanding would be entirely unrelated to any of those events.


Precisely. You guys need to drop that other crap.
Slanina
Profile Joined November 2010
35 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-31 19:14:04
August 31 2013 19:13 GMT
#291
This is just another step in the decline of SC2. You see players retiring, teams disbanding, viewer numbers decline rapidly. I have been a SC2 fan since the release and i must simply say that SC2 has lost its atractivity in any way for me nowadays. And news like this prove that the majority of the players/pro players/viewers see it the same way.

I am bored of seeing Deathball vs. Deathball, and often you can see that a game is lost/won in the beginning phase, with a 10-20 min death animation. I dont care anymore.

And Blizzard has proven again and again that they are out of touch with the e-sports scene and that they simply dont care. See it this way: They sell a game 2-3 million times, earn 50-60 million dollars. The whole e-sport scene in three years hasnt generated any money for them, quite the opposite. So why should they care?

I stop watching streams, stopped watching gsl and any streamers. Its sad, but its true. SC2 has reached its peak a year ago, and now it trending downwards rapidly.
ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-31 19:16:18
August 31 2013 19:15 GMT
#292
On September 01 2013 04:13 Slanina wrote:
This is just another step in the decline of SC2. You see players retiring, teams disbanding, viewer numbers decline rapidly. I have been a SC2 fan since the release and i must simply say that SC2 has lost its atractivity in any way for me nowadays. And news like this prove that the majority of the players/pro players/viewers see it the same way.

I am bored of seeing Deathball vs. Deathball, and often you can see that a game is lost/won in the beginning phase, with a 10-20 min death animation. I dont care anymore.

And Blizzard has proven again and again that they are out of touch with the e-sports scene and that they simply dont care. See it this way: They sell a game 2-3 million times, earn 50-60 million dollars. The whole e-sport scene in three years hasnt generated any money for them, quite the opposite. So why should they care?

I stop watching streams, stopped watching gsl and any streamers. Its sad, but its true. SC2 has reached its peak a year ago, and now it trending downwards rapidly.


See ya and don't let the door hit you on the way out. We don't need the doom harbingers in the sc2 community. All they do is bring negative energy to the scene.
Don't mind me
SCnai
Profile Joined February 2010
322 Posts
August 31 2013 19:17 GMT
#293
On September 01 2013 00:58 juvenal wrote:
Tossgirl crying, Calm crying - had to be something more than just victory feelings.

Is there a video of them celebrating?
The legend of the fall, which everyone thought was only a dream, is being revived! Carriers, the symbol of Protoss, the hope of a million Protoss fans, are reviving the legend!
yawnoC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States3704 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-31 19:23:43
August 31 2013 19:17 GMT
#294
I am surprised only Classic got picked up by another team ... I guess this might show that the other teams are also either 1) in trouble 2) investing less in SC2. If I had to guess I would go with the latter. Hopefully the players who want to continue playing find new teams soon :/

Also GL to the players in GSTL and amazing to see the two coaches show that kind of support to there former players.
GG - UNiVeRsE is the best player in the WORLD
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
August 31 2013 19:29 GMT
#295
GL Soul!
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
Lovedoll
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan540 Posts
August 31 2013 19:33 GMT
#296
STX Soul wins Proleague; team explodes after.

I'm nowhere near STX Soul's biggest fan and I think this is a sad way for the team to go. Good luck to all players on and off the team, even the ones who retired.
Spread your eggs until they crack!
Prog455
Profile Joined April 2012
Denmark970 Posts
August 31 2013 19:33 GMT
#297
On September 01 2013 04:13 Slanina wrote:
This is just another step in the decline of SC2. You see players retiring, teams disbanding, viewer numbers decline rapidly. I have been a SC2 fan since the release and i must simply say that SC2 has lost its atractivity in any way for me nowadays. And news like this prove that the majority of the players/pro players/viewers see it the same way.


What did the scene lose than made it boring to watch? Because personally i think that SC2 is far better than it used to be. Also, eSport is the not center of the universe. A large company can get in financial problems regardless of the SC2 scene. Incredible - i know.
Trius
Profile Joined March 2013
Ukraine273 Posts
August 31 2013 19:35 GMT
#298
But SSanaE has known about smth like this at least for month, see http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=19345449
Thruth
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland112 Posts
August 31 2013 19:52 GMT
#299
On September 01 2013 04:13 Slanina wrote:
This is just another step in the decline of SC2. You see players retiring, teams disbanding, viewer numbers decline rapidly. I have been a SC2 fan since the release and i must simply say that SC2 has lost its atractivity in any way for me nowadays. And news like this prove that the majority of the players/pro players/viewers see it the same way.

I am bored of seeing Deathball vs. Deathball, and often you can see that a game is lost/won in the beginning phase, with a 10-20 min death animation. I dont care anymore.

And Blizzard has proven again and again that they are out of touch with the e-sports scene and that they simply dont care. See it this way: They sell a game 2-3 million times, earn 50-60 million dollars. The whole e-sport scene in three years hasnt generated any money for them, quite the opposite. So why should they care?

I stop watching streams, stopped watching gsl and any streamers. Its sad, but its true. SC2 has reached its peak a year ago, and now it trending downwards rapidly.


Jezus, you're a real idiot. I'm pretty sure that a company that is about to bankrupt is not very keen on sponsoring any-fucking-thing. Maby some day you will have something better to do in your life than commenting on a game you don't even care about.
vesicular
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1310 Posts
August 31 2013 19:54 GMT
#300
On September 01 2013 03:51 Hall0wed wrote:
It will be a great GSTL season atleast!

Sucks for STX but I don't mind things being shaken up a bit here and there. Surprised that no one wanted Dear though, that is quite odd.


Not surprising if you followed STX.
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