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Stop the League of Legends bashing. Temp bans will be handed out from now on. - Page 32.
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
October 11 2013 08:28 GMT
#321
Noooooo not MKP . They should introduce medivacs in LOL just for him to show off his micro.
Neosteel Enthusiast
Sjokola
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands800 Posts
October 11 2013 08:29 GMT
#322
Nooooooooo Why... Well maybe he'll come back someday. But for such a legendary player to switch. I'm sad now.
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1982 Posts
October 11 2013 08:29 GMT
#323
On October 11 2013 17:20 Loomies wrote:
[–]BlizzDustinBrowder
We have not seen a decline as a result of the rise of "DOTA Games." We don't see any "threat." They are very different games with very different types of players who want to play them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/19sg1x/we_are_dustin_browder_alan_dabiri_and_david_kim/c8qypuk


DB and DK are the best rts devs ever! They know what they are talking about!
Total Annihilation Zero
fant0m
Profile Joined May 2010
964 Posts
October 11 2013 08:29 GMT
#324
On October 11 2013 16:56 sqrt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 16:09 xtyxtbx wrote:
At least switch to Dota 2. This is embarrasing to the starcraft 2 community. At least I'd still hold lots of respect for going into a competitive game like dota 2. Don't get me wrong i respect marineking for his amazing games and effort he put into starcraft but this is just.... no.


But LoL is more competitive - more fans, more money, higher quality of tournaments.

And let's not pretend DotA is not casual - it was that map everyone played because they sucked at Warcraft.

As for the news - expected. There are not a lot more money than the SC2 scene and there is little incentive for new sponsors to chime in, moving to the biggest eSport game is the smart move.

Doesn't mean I won't miss him.



LoL worlds barely got more viewers than the TI3 finals. (LoL was at 1.4m, I don't remember exactly what the final number for TI3 was including all sources such as Highwind, but it was over 1m).

Considering the huge difference in player base, I think that pretty clearly shows that a lot of people think Dota is the better game to *watch* competitively. And if I'm a professional gamer, that's what I care about. Otherwise you'd be playing Candy Crush on Facebook if you decided based on the number of casual players.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
October 11 2013 08:29 GMT
#325
Wow I was sure it was a prank from TL or something. But seems to be true. Well gl, hf MKP.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:31:40
October 11 2013 08:31 GMT
#326
This looks a lot like a few years ago when all the BW players started switching to SC2.

Won't be long till Kespa moves everyone to LoL and we start having Kespa vs LCS debates
Come play Android Netrunner - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409008
sqrt
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1210 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:33:42
October 11 2013 08:31 GMT
#327
On October 11 2013 17:09 kickinhead wrote:

more popular maybe, but in terms of complexity and required skill it's far below dota2 or HoN. Besides, dota2 is getting more popular, even in South Korea and might even catch up to LoL someday. ^^'


Around the time Tera surpasses WoW I assume. Don't get me wrong, DotA has it's audience, but it's been three years (alright two years since anyone and their grandmother could get a key) already, if hasn't made it by now, it's very doubtful it'd make it later on. I think DotA has nearly reached it's peak and it'd start it's slow bleeding as the MOBA genre loses popularity.

And I'm saying this as someone who plays DotA daily and watched tournaments (I'm actually a DotA player).

That and Valve's support has been very lacking, when was the last time we got a new hero, three months ago or so? Jeez...

On October 11 2013 17:09 kickinhead wrote:
But IMHO, heavily e-sports-related people will sooner or later move on to the more complex and sophisticated game, if it doesn't heavily lack in other parts (which Dota2 doesn't, in any other form than the lower number of players).


If that was the case Quake Arena would still be the king of FPS.

I miss Quake...

On October 11 2013 17:09 kickinhead wrote:
So to get back to the topic: Why doesn't some dota2 Team pick up MKP?


He's sixth place in an amature LoL team, as much as I love MKP I doubt we'll see teams fight over him.
@
Mambo
Profile Joined February 2012
Denmark1338 Posts
October 11 2013 08:32 GMT
#328
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Boxer | MVP | Taeja | TLO | Grubby | Bunny (danish)
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
October 11 2013 08:34 GMT
#329
Ive been sc (bw and star2) to the death. And will continue to play watch and love both games but with the moba rise of lol and dota 2 I might just habe to dust my acc for both games off and give it a whirl to see what the fuss is all about in Korea for lol. Who knows might be fun.
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
elwoodng
Profile Joined August 2011
Singapore438 Posts
October 11 2013 08:36 GMT
#330
As a SC2 fan and someone who has followed the pro-scene and MKP since late 2010. I know he has not been relevant since a year or so, but still. This is so sad, I just cannot put it into words.
LaO-Tyros_Reffa
Profile Joined May 2005
Netherlands50 Posts
October 11 2013 08:37 GMT
#331
Even though he unfortunately didn't make many waves in sc2 since HotS, I'm supersad about this.
So many awesome memories of the amazing, marine-splitting master. Too many to list..
Never was I happier with a player winning a championship then when MarineKingPrime won MLG (twice).
Thank you for everything MKP, we will never forget you <3
Glhf!
Echo Six
Profile Joined April 2013
United States30 Posts
October 11 2013 08:38 GMT
#332
Good luck MKP maybe you can win the GSL equivalent to LoL!
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
October 11 2013 08:38 GMT
#333
On October 11 2013 17:29 fant0m wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 16:56 sqrt wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:09 xtyxtbx wrote:
At least switch to Dota 2. This is embarrasing to the starcraft 2 community. At least I'd still hold lots of respect for going into a competitive game like dota 2. Don't get me wrong i respect marineking for his amazing games and effort he put into starcraft but this is just.... no.


But LoL is more competitive - more fans, more money, higher quality of tournaments.

And let's not pretend DotA is not casual - it was that map everyone played because they sucked at Warcraft.

As for the news - expected. There are not a lot more money than the SC2 scene and there is little incentive for new sponsors to chime in, moving to the biggest eSport game is the smart move.

Doesn't mean I won't miss him.



LoL worlds barely got more viewers than the TI3 finals. (LoL was at 1.4m, I don't remember exactly what the final number for TI3 was including all sources such as Highwind, but it was over 1m).

Considering the huge difference in player base, I think that pretty clearly shows that a lot of people think Dota is the better game to *watch* competitively. And if I'm a professional gamer, that's what I care about. Otherwise you'd be playing Candy Crush on Facebook if you decided based on the number of casual players.


In Korea, LoL is like the NFL while Dota is like major league soccer in terms of popularity and viewership and that's all that matters in this case. I guess that tells you that the Korean audience which have had an esports scene the longest have decided that LoL is the better game to watch competitively.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12888 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:39:19
October 11 2013 08:38 GMT
#334
On October 11 2013 17:29 fant0m wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 16:56 sqrt wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:09 xtyxtbx wrote:
At least switch to Dota 2. This is embarrasing to the starcraft 2 community. At least I'd still hold lots of respect for going into a competitive game like dota 2. Don't get me wrong i respect marineking for his amazing games and effort he put into starcraft but this is just.... no.


But LoL is more competitive - more fans, more money, higher quality of tournaments.

And let's not pretend DotA is not casual - it was that map everyone played because they sucked at Warcraft.

As for the news - expected. There are not a lot more money than the SC2 scene and there is little incentive for new sponsors to chime in, moving to the biggest eSport game is the smart move.

Doesn't mean I won't miss him.



LoL worlds barely got more viewers than the TI3 finals. (LoL was at 1.4m, I don't remember exactly what the final number for TI3 was including all sources such as Highwind, but it was over 1m).

Considering the huge difference in player base, I think that pretty clearly shows that a lot of people think Dota is the better game to *watch* competitively. And if I'm a professional gamer, that's what I care about. Otherwise you'd be playing Candy Crush on Facebook if you decided based on the number of casual players.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/10/23/league-of-legends-world-final-officially-the-most-watched-event-in-gaming-history/
League of Legends World Final Officially the Most Watched Event in Gaming History:

"Over 8,000 traveled from all corners of the globe to cheer on Azubu Frost and the Taipei Assassins in person

More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in for the World Finals via TV and stream worldwide (including 2,402,225 TV viewers in Korea and China)

At peak, over 1,154,000 people were watching online alone (not counting any TV numbers) during the World Finals

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends"

did TI3 really have a number this close?
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
oneill12
Profile Joined February 2012
Romania1222 Posts
October 11 2013 08:38 GMT
#335
never cared for MKP
gneGne
Profile Joined June 2007
Netherlands697 Posts
October 11 2013 08:39 GMT
#336
Good luck MKP~~±±!!
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11109 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:42:43
October 11 2013 08:41 GMT
#337
How many BW pros lost their passion?

Doom and gloomy hmn.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Koromon
Profile Joined May 2012
United States304 Posts
October 11 2013 08:41 GMT
#338
On October 11 2013 16:51 tuestresfat wrote:
idk why people say LoL is such an easy game... I found it so much harder than sc2 T_T

making diamond (when it was the highest) with all 3 races on separate accts was so easy... less than 50 games each. Sure, getting to mid-high masters was a challenge but not that bad...

merely getting to gold in LoL was a fking nightmare

edit: no prior moba or rts experience whatsoever


Let's trade our talents :D Getting to diamond 1 from plat II took me two weeks and well... maybe a bit more than 50 games :D

Geting to mid masters... ha! I dream a good dream.
mTwRINE
Profile Joined February 2006
Germany318 Posts
October 11 2013 08:44 GMT
#339
Strange how ex-SC2 Pros think that its possible/easy to tranfer and hit pro status within a reasonable timeframe.

Playing Moba 12h/day because its fun to play doesnt mean you catch up one bit. Playing SC2 12h is nearly impossible/will make you a good player for sure because the game is hard and exhausting (so noone stands playing it 12h), but even casuals are playing Mobas 6-8h/day without getting better at all.

On the other side, why blame people for trying and if you can grab a little kickstart, maybe it will work out. But I doubt it.
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:49:01
October 11 2013 08:44 GMT
#340
On October 11 2013 17:31 sqrt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 17:09 kickinhead wrote:

more popular maybe, but in terms of complexity and required skill it's far below dota2 or HoN. Besides, dota2 is getting more popular, even in South Korea and might even catch up to LoL someday. ^^'


Around the time Tera surpasses WoW I assume. Don't get me wrong, DotA has it's audience, but it's been three years (alright two years since anyone and their grandmother could get a key) already, if hasn't made it by now, it's very doubtful it'd make it later on. I think DotA has nearly reached it's peak and it'd start it's slow bleeding as the MOBA genre loses popularity.


TERA is one of the most popular games in Korea. WoW wasn't even played that much until recently.

With the exception of a few games (LoL and SC) Korea's market is completely different from what you see on other parts of the world. It's like that in China too.

Also, I await the day we can accept that there is, and always was and alwas will be, more than one eSports. That being said, it's not helping that every company out their acts like their game is the only eSports in the world. Blizzard is an exception here as they explicitly stated that they watch LoL. But looking at Riot and their stories, and Valve, I don't see a "global eSports" thing happen anytime soon.

It will always be that one game everyone plays. Until the next game comes out that people find cool. It will always be like that.
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