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Cele
Germany4016 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:37 Gamegene wrote: Long ago the two starcraft scenes lived in harmony and peace. Then, everything changed when Blizzard attacked. there was only one sc scene if not for blizzard? what are you aiming at? | ||
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
If you think SC2 Terran is similar to SC1 Protoss, you're making an extremely shallow comparison. Just because Terran does drops and harasses doesn't mean they reward the same skillset. | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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cutler
Germany609 Posts
User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:38 EchelonTee wrote: tbh I have never really understood why the big BW leagues stopped. Even post match fixing scandal OSL's had huge amounts of spectators. Definitely more than SC2 ever has had in Korea. If sponsors started becoming more hesitant they could have just scaled back the tournies. It's not like SC2 has had the best sponsor support either. BW was heavily played in PC bangs up until recently, much more than SC2 ever has. Why did the leagues stop? Most people point to match fixing as the reason but honestly I can't help but feel like Kespa and co were forced to switch by blizzard :/ I'm all for the huge growth of Starcraft in the foreign scene due to SC2, but I still can't really understand why it had to mean BW's death. I think the scene was dropping away as you said and instead of scaling back they wanted to take a chance on sc2 making it big. | ||
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larse
1611 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:41 Subversive wrote: I think the scene was dropping away as you said and instead of scaling back they wanted to take a chance on sc2 making it big. No, BW was not declining as fast as SC2 actually. If KeSPA introduces a more free model and play both BW and SC2, then it may be better. This transition thing just doesn't work. | ||
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purakushi
United States3300 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:38 EchelonTee wrote: tbh I have never really understood why the big BW leagues stopped. Even post match fixing scandal OSL's had huge amounts of spectators. Definitely more than SC2 ever has had in Korea. If sponsors started becoming more hesitant they could have just scaled back the tournies. It's not like SC2 has had the best sponsor support either. BW was heavily played in PC bangs up until recently, much more than SC2 ever has. Why did the leagues stop? Most people point to match fixing as the reason but honestly I can't help but feel like Kespa and co were forced to switch by blizzard :/ I'm all for the huge growth of Starcraft in the foreign scene due to SC2, but I still can't really understand why it had to mean BW's death. Blizzard. They (naturally) wanted to push SC2 out as much as possible, even if it meant making it much more difficult to have BW tounaments/etc. It was essentially forced upon Korea to switch over. | ||
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Hrrrrm
United States2081 Posts
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juvenal
2448 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:41 cutler wrote: finally. Time to get rid of that old stuff that was shiny like 10 years ago. We need new Players like Maru etc. User was temp banned for this post. like maru who cheeses his way to victory then proceeds to get raped by alive and scralett in wcs finals, yeah gl with that. Ungrateful starcraft fans, give the props to the leaving legend. | ||
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
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9-BiT
United States1089 Posts
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
 sad day my favorite Protoss player </3 | ||
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Ciryandor
United States3735 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:38 EchelonTee wrote: tbh I have never really understood why the big BW leagues stopped. Even post match fixing scandal OSL's had huge amounts of spectators. Definitely more than SC2 ever has had in Korea. If sponsors started becoming more hesitant they could have just scaled back the tournies. It's not like SC2 has had the best sponsor support either. BW was heavily played in PC bangs up until recently, much more than SC2 ever has. Why did the leagues stop? Most people point to match fixing as the reason but honestly I can't help but feel like Kespa and co were forced to switch by blizzard :/ I'm all for the huge growth of Starcraft in the foreign scene due to SC2, but I still can't really understand why it had to mean BW's death. Well, I remember how SSL 8 had this small uproar about being blocked from playing because they needed to buy a license from Blizzard. All that just because they managed to put up a tournament with over 5K USD in winnings. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:51 9-BiT wrote: I predict 1 week until a Bisu stream. Jangbi's stream was up pretty quickly.Broodwar's back baby :D | ||
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Epithet
United States840 Posts
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On September 09 2013 13:57 Titusmaster6 wrote: The man that took HIM down. gl hf Bisu, you're a legend, no SCBW story could be complete without you. He slayed a bonjwa, and fixed PvZ. Just look at PvZ statistics from before and after Bisu's rise. Almost every map, during like 2003 - 2006 had 55 - 60% winrates for Zerg in ZvP. After Bisu, it was closer to 50% than it was to 60. Before, it was the reverse. Just like sAviOr fixed ZvT, and beat NaDa in the OSL, Bisu fixed PvZ, and defeated sAviOr in the MSL at the same time. Poetic. | ||
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Seraphic
United States3849 Posts
Sigh -.- Well I stopped really following SC2 so I guess... it kinda goes with the flow on how the scene is really. Time to change my signature again :p | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
If he decides to come back to eSports after his service, I'm sure the community will welcome him. | ||
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