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BruCE!
10 Posts
On October 02 2013 22:36 shid0x wrote: It isn't really a bad news. We all knew (come on don't lie) that EGTL would probably not participate again. So its only logical. so then is it good news? regardless the reason i say its bad | ||
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noneforall
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Requiem-
Uruguay162 Posts
 , I just hope blizz finds a way like they did with bw. | ||
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AyaaLa
Spain629 Posts
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Burns
United States2300 Posts
but inst that how esports franchises should operate, no game will carry on forever you have to adjust with what games are popular its much more dynamic than, say an NFL franchise | ||
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Zenniv
United States545 Posts
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aslejoh
Norway96 Posts
Love that you are so open about stuff that concerns us, the fans. | ||
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PsionicLord
United States119 Posts
I hope he finds a good home! | ||
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
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j1nzo
Germany367 Posts
even though i don't like eg it's still bad news- unless they will compensate for this soon hope we will still have a team next pro league... | ||
disciple
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flashimba
225 Posts
This will only strengthen EG's foreigner presence. Frankly, I, and I am sure many others as well, are sick and tired of Koreans taking over our teams. | ||
nimdil
Poland3751 Posts
On October 02 2013 22:15 Plansix wrote: Until they abandon the game and move on and there are no other events out there because Riot runs them all. Actaully I wonder how would Riot organize StarCraft esport scene. | ||
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Wuster
1974 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:39 HardlyNever wrote: The irony in all this is that this might be what ultimately breaks the korean dominance in sc2 (not EGTL house closing). What I mean is if sc2 becomes no longer viable as an esport in korea (or incredibly tiny) we might see what most people claim they want to see: a scene dominated by "foreigners," mostly europeans. I still think we are a long way away from that, but I think the only way we will see koreans lose their dominance of the scene is if they basically just stop playing the game. Will the quality of the games suffer? Probably? Will the "community" care? Who knows? Can sc2 even survive without Korea? I like to think so, since the best crowds so far have been at foreign events like the GSL finals at Blizzcon, that first full year of MLG, Dreamhack,e ct. Of course there's the huge caveat that a lot of these events generated a lot of hype from having top-level Koreans playing at them. Right now, Europe isn't on-par with Korea when it comes to SC2 skill (overall that is and I guess at the very top level). But WCS_EU is going strong, they still have lots of small events / non-WCS events. They also haven't seen a total flood of Koreans, nor total domination by the ones that did go and for the most parts the ones that went are popular in Europe too. So I think your perspective on this really changes based on if you're looking at foreign scene from the perspective NA or Europe. On October 03 2013 08:00 nimdil wrote: Actaully I wonder how would Riot organize StarCraft esport scene. Probably the way they're managing it now, after all Riot had the advantage of watching on Blizzard approached SC2 and make their own decisions based on that experience. I guess they also had the advantage of not having to worry about Kespa or what not in transitioning (then again, seems they more or less ignored the existing Dota scene when promoting LoL as an eSports). | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On October 03 2013 07:39 disciple wrote: all these news... it feels like world war z Does that mean Incontrol gets to pretend he's Brad Pitt? In all seriousness, I think this is overall just an effect of the Korean SC2 scene undergoing some reorganization and realignments. Can SC2 survive without Korea? Better than BW, but then BW wasn't as big as SC2 is now on a global basis. So a smaller Korean scene could be detrimenal, but I think it's just change. Overall I don't think SC2 esports is dying. (Hell, there are smaller communities around games that are still going strong.) SC2 might not be the flagship for eSports that it may have been for a little while a year or two ago. That's okay. I wouldn't worry unless the next announcement is Coca going back to LoL, and Flash going with him. | ||
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sparklyresidue
United States5523 Posts
On October 03 2013 08:15 felisconcolori wrote: Does that mean Incontrol gets to pretend he's Brad Pitt? In all seriousness, I think this is overall just an effect of the Korean SC2 scene undergoing some reorganization and realignments. Can SC2 survive without Korea? Better than BW, but then BW wasn't as big as SC2 is now on a global basis. So a smaller Korean scene could be detrimenal, but I think it's just change. Overall I don't think SC2 esports is dying. (Hell, there are smaller communities around games that are still going strong.) SC2 might not be the flagship for eSports that it may have been for a little while a year or two ago. That's okay. I wouldn't worry unless the next announcement is Coca going back to LoL, and Flash going with him. Did Brad Pitt get a raise in WWZ? Seriously though, I think PL was the best thing to happen to both EG & TL in a long time (aside from recruiting Jaedong I guess), sucks they won't be competing again, assuming PL will in fact happen again of course. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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scares
Germany239 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:50 Requiem- wrote: ofc it can, even bw had to grow , I just hope blizz finds a way like they did with bw.wasn't their way to not do anything? aka not interfere? I would also consider how big bw was outside korea. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:50 Requiem- wrote: ofc it can, even bw had to grow , I just hope blizz finds a way like they did with bw.Blizzard didn't find a way to make Brood War grow. People in Korea did. | ||
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NoGasfOu
United States1117 Posts
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