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On September 17 2013 11:01 lichter wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 10:51 Dodgin wrote:
I'm not denying that it would be better for BW to still be alive professionally, just saying that Kespa probably isn't kicking themselves over the death of BW. If anything what Kespa most likely regrets the most is not being able to transfer the fandom of some BW players like Jaedong over to LoL to increase Its popularity even further(LoL has its own stars now, but it wasn't always like that).
Maybe BW could have continued for longer than sc2 will alongside LoL but It's not some kind of permanent solution, they would still need an exit strategy for when the popularity of the game reached a point where it was no longer feasible to run competitions(something that I fear doesn't exist for sc2). I think part of the reason for Kespa's continued support of Starcraft, more so than Blizzard's support, is them having no idea what to do with all the BW pro players if they abandon their system. 100~ pro players + team staff would suddenly be unemployed and it would look awful for them to abandon them. LoL has a vibrant foreign scene. SC2 has a much stronger foreign scene than BW. It makes sense for Kespa to use SC2 to bumper their foreign presence with LoL being their primary game.
Don't really think foreigners care about kespa. Beside its only the EU scene that's sustainable. Pretty soon, the Korea SC2 infrastructure will collapse and you won't get high level training environment anymore and have less crisper games.
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Goodbye s2, fare thee well :X
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On September 17 2013 11:19 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 11:01 lichter wrote:On September 17 2013 10:51 Dodgin wrote:
I'm not denying that it would be better for BW to still be alive professionally, just saying that Kespa probably isn't kicking themselves over the death of BW. If anything what Kespa most likely regrets the most is not being able to transfer the fandom of some BW players like Jaedong over to LoL to increase Its popularity even further(LoL has its own stars now, but it wasn't always like that).
Maybe BW could have continued for longer than sc2 will alongside LoL but It's not some kind of permanent solution, they would still need an exit strategy for when the popularity of the game reached a point where it was no longer feasible to run competitions(something that I fear doesn't exist for sc2). I think part of the reason for Kespa's continued support of Starcraft, more so than Blizzard's support, is them having no idea what to do with all the BW pro players if they abandon their system. 100~ pro players + team staff would suddenly be unemployed and it would look awful for them to abandon them. LoL has a vibrant foreign scene. SC2 has a much stronger foreign scene than BW.It makes sense for Kespa to use SC2 to bumper their foreign presence with LoL being their primary game. Can we please stop comparing the SC2 scene to the BW scene? It's an unfair comparison. You guys are very fortunate to have the money we do now.
I really wish this could happen, tbh. Just be happy with what we have and contribute to try and make it better.
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On September 17 2013 11:33 lichter wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 11:19 StarStruck wrote:On September 17 2013 11:01 lichter wrote:On September 17 2013 10:51 Dodgin wrote:
I'm not denying that it would be better for BW to still be alive professionally, just saying that Kespa probably isn't kicking themselves over the death of BW. If anything what Kespa most likely regrets the most is not being able to transfer the fandom of some BW players like Jaedong over to LoL to increase Its popularity even further(LoL has its own stars now, but it wasn't always like that).
Maybe BW could have continued for longer than sc2 will alongside LoL but It's not some kind of permanent solution, they would still need an exit strategy for when the popularity of the game reached a point where it was no longer feasible to run competitions(something that I fear doesn't exist for sc2). I think part of the reason for Kespa's continued support of Starcraft, more so than Blizzard's support, is them having no idea what to do with all the BW pro players if they abandon their system. 100~ pro players + team staff would suddenly be unemployed and it would look awful for them to abandon them. LoL has a vibrant foreign scene. SC2 has a much stronger foreign scene than BW.It makes sense for Kespa to use SC2 to bumper their foreign presence with LoL being their primary game. Can we please stop comparing the SC2 scene to the BW scene? It's an unfair comparison. You guys are very fortunate to have the money we do now. I really wish this could happen, tbh. Just be happy with what we have and contribute to try and make it better.
I feel that SC2 community should help out BW community too for that to happen.
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Awww, farewell s2. I know you will be missed. 
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On September 17 2013 06:50 Xiphos wrote:
^yeah isn't this the only Zerg that left SC2 so far?
Stephano.
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On September 18 2013 11:05 DyEnasTy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 06:50 Xiphos wrote:
^yeah isn't this the only Zerg that left SC2 so far? Stephano.
Doesn't he have til october?
He might change his mind.
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This hurts. Loved S2 in his prime. Was really a good sniper
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