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yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
October 09 2013 13:40 GMT
#161
Another day, another loss :[
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
October 09 2013 15:02 GMT
#162
The real question is after sC wins Fragbite masters will the monies make him want to keep playing.
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Nekovivie
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2599 Posts
October 09 2013 15:49 GMT
#163
On October 10 2013 00:02 Darkhoarse wrote:
The real question is after sC wins Fragbite masters will the monies make him want to keep playing.


..or quit while hes ahead?
If you are not supporting K-Pop you are hurting E-Sports.
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
October 09 2013 15:50 GMT
#164
On October 08 2013 15:47 norjoncal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2013 09:36 Goldfish wrote:
On October 08 2013 06:37 ElMeanYo wrote:
On October 08 2013 06:33 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Many many pros joined the scene when Kespa switched, the scene could not realistically handle that many pro's therefore retirements were announced, the scene is regressing back, it will eventually stabilize.


I've heard this argument before... but in reality if the game was popular enough it could support all these new pros and more.

I don't like to diss SC2 cause it is still my favorite game, and I'm hoping for a revival and resurgence in popularity at some point. I guess LOTV.


Yeah, and also it doesn't help the fact that South Korea has had half the tournaments than before.

Shortly after KeSPA switch, there were 5 GSLs that year and 1 OSL too (potentially 2 OSLs a year alongside those GSLs next year).

However, now it's 2 GSL and 1 OSL (technically we did have 3 GSL but that one was before the WCS system).

Of course, you can argue whether GSLs or OSLs would have cut short regardless of WCS system or not, and that's definitely a valid point (even without WCS, would there be less GSLs this year anyway)? In any case, the problem of the retirements lately is not just because of more players but also less tournaments too.



I think they would have been cut short regardless. There are not enough fans in Korea. OSL in BW was sustainable. GOM GSL from what I recall has been propped up by blizzard the whole time.

I thought that was only the first 3 with the huge pricepools and from that point they got sponsors.
fireforce7
Profile Joined June 2010
United States334 Posts
October 10 2013 03:25 GMT
#165
I still remember those games...I didn't think that sC would retire twice so soon....then again, I also didn't think TheBest was still playing sc2! lol
I'm terranfying
SoFrOsTy
Profile Joined December 2011
United States525 Posts
October 10 2013 04:57 GMT
#166
Damn I just watched the SC vs Nestea game. Players were so bad back then lol. It is insane how far we have come, thta having been said, the casting was way better than it is today. They used to be so excited about everything, now they don't seem phased in the slightest when cool things are happening.
Julyzerg ftw
CarlMikael
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden1043 Posts
October 11 2013 09:18 GMT
#167
No sC
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