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babylon
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Fionn
United States23455 Posts
On October 24 2013 10:11 Advantageous wrote: did no one speculate that LG might be making their own team? like Samsung KHAN???????? I feel like if this was the case, LG would have bought out Incredible Miracle's two League of Legends teams like Samsung did with MVP. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On October 24 2013 10:11 Advantageous wrote: did no one speculate that LG might be making their own team? like Samsung KHAN???????? That's really inefficient in multiple ways. IM is already an well established team. Absolutely no reason to throw that partnership away and start from scratch. | ||
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GatsbyTheGreat
68 Posts
On October 24 2013 10:00 babylon wrote: Well, if you want to draw a historical parallel, the Korean scene collapsing in War3 didn't hurt the professional scene all that much. If WC3 level of professionalism is what SC2 is chasing for, then no worry for at least 5 years. | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
Or get out your Googims hat. | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
On October 24 2013 09:27 zezamer wrote: LG put half a million dollars into sc2 and ditched it once it wasn't "the thing" anymore... It's almost like a business was acting in its own interests or something. | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On October 24 2013 10:14 Fionn wrote: I feel like if this was the case, LG would have bought out Incredible Miracle's two League of Legends teams like Samsung did with MVP. But like people have said previously, IM's LoL teams aren't exactly that great. MVP's buyout by Samsung makes sense because they were one of the few top teams to not have a major sponsor fully backing them. If LG wishes to make their own LoL team, they might be looking to buy out a stronger team. Though my knowledge of the LoL pro scene is limited, so I can't exactly name any teams they'd be interested in buying out that would be stronger than IM's. | ||
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
On October 24 2013 09:56 Partha wrote: We are only assuming that because we've never giving foreigners a legitimate chance to shoot for the top. When MLG/DH/WCS and other tourneys started flooding in Koreans, of course they were going to win the majority of prize money. They have fucking team houses/coaches/maids/robotsexservants, how are foreigners supposed to compete with that? If the Korean scene was to shrink dramatically, we will have foreigners who have legit chances at the top 1-3 and thus they will try to improve their play. Legitimate competition= skill rise. Foreigners have had 3 years to "shoot to the top." A couple got close but none took any major title like gsl. If anything, all that is gonna happen is more exclusivity within the pro scene. Less competitions and only a certain number of spots to compete for to be in those competitions. The game is far from over or dying. This is more of a transformation. It just won't be hip anymore to be part of the sc2 community. | ||
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Fuchsteufelswild
Australia2028 Posts
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WigglingSquid
5194 Posts
On October 24 2013 10:14 babylon wrote: Deterioration of gameplay and skill (what you have in the War3 and BW scenes right now) will come when there are no longer any big tournaments going on. On the other hand, SC2 teams' management skills were already rock bottom.  Seriously, in which world do you wait months from the legal expiration of a contract to act upon the change? | ||
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
On October 24 2013 11:03 Baarn wrote: Foreigners have had 3 years to "shoot to the top." A couple got close but none took any major title like gsl. If anything, all that is gonna happen is more exclusivity within the pro scene. Less competitions and only a certain number of spots to compete for to be in those competitions. The game is far from over or dying. This is more of a transformation. It just won't be hip anymore to be part of the sc2 community. If a foreigner actually won a GSL then this player would be unbeatable in normal circumstances. In the finals the foreigner wouldn't play against a single Korean, but against the collective power of all Koreans combined. Which is their biggest advantage and disadvantage anyway. | ||
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iyasq8
113 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On October 24 2013 11:03 Baarn wrote: Foreigners have had 3 years to "shoot to the top." A couple got close but none took any major title like gsl. If anything, all that is gonna happen is more exclusivity within the pro scene. Less competitions and only a certain number of spots to compete for to be in those competitions. The game is far from over or dying. This is more of a transformation. It just won't be hip anymore to be part of the sc2 community. this. Unless I'm mistaken, it's been more than 3 years now(July was WoL release) so foreigners had more than enough time to prove themselves. There are still a couple who are competitive but Koreans top every tournament which isn't surprising to me at least. They put in the workload and they get the results. If the KR scene falls and it doesn't look good, SCII's pop will plummet even further. Eventually, it'll plummet after LoTV release but who knows. Maybe Blizzard will make some changes and fix things. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
On October 24 2013 11:20 iyasq8 wrote: ill never buy an LG product in my lifetime. Far better to buy from another company that has put $0 into SC2 | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On October 24 2013 11:03 Baarn wrote: Foreigners have had 3 years to "shoot to the top." A couple got close but none took any major title like gsl. If anything, all that is gonna happen is more exclusivity within the pro scene. Less competitions and only a certain number of spots to compete for to be in those competitions. The game is far from over or dying. This is more of a transformation. It just won't be hip anymore to be part of the sc2 community. No, no it won't with regards to exclusivity. On October 24 2013 11:27 Scarecrow wrote: Far better to buy from another company that has put $0 into SC2 Has no effect on me because I buy the best product that has what I need for the best price. I don't care about anything else personally. If people want to be bitter I say let them. Not like it will change anything. | ||
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thepuppyassassin
900 Posts
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GatsbyTheGreat
68 Posts
On October 24 2013 12:10 thepuppyassassin wrote: Damn it Koreans! Just like Starcraft already! Why don't you like Starcraft?! Your the best at it! Why don't you like something you're the best at?! Here! (starts stuffing Starcraft down Korea's throat) take it! Take the Starcraft! You're gonna like it! LIKE IT godamnit!!. They do like Starcraft. | ||
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thepuppyassassin
900 Posts
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kKagari
Australia84 Posts
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:32 Heyoka wrote: Ah so it finally happened. Yes, game finally daed User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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