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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
On October 09 2014 21:34 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Very sad to see, especially because I don't think heroes will be the future. Then again I don't like mobas so maybe I'm just bitter I don't like moba also, but they are insanely popular. Face it, SC2, or rts in general, is a niche market. Hey at least its not a dead market. I will always love SC2 over any game. | ||
The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On October 09 2014 21:44 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote: I don't like moba also, but they are insanely popular. Face it, SC2, or rts in general, is a niche market. Hey at least its not a dead market. I will always love SC2 over any game. RTS used to be a cornerstone of PC gaming. Now it's a "niche market". I guess its going the way of point and click adventure games. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6342 Posts
On October 09 2014 20:18 739 wrote: Is this gonna be Liquid.White-Ra ? Because TL is announcing HotS team any moment, lol. Why would Liquid make a hots team? Was some contract signed when sc2 came out that Liquid had to promote and open subforums/websites for every single thing that blizzard shits out? | ||
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m0ck
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
On October 09 2014 22:01 zeo wrote: Why would Liquid make a hots team? Was some contract signed when sc2 came out that Liquid had to promote and open subforums/websites for every single thing that blizzard shits out? Well no, but most Blizzard games are popular, so that's reason enough to create a team for it. However, we still have to see how good Storm is going to be. If it becomes popular, you can bet some of the smaller moba (e.g. Smite, HoN) are going to die. | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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FrozenProbe
Italy276 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On October 09 2014 22:26 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote: Well no, but most Blizzard games are popular, so that's reason enough to create a team for it. However, we still have to see how good Storm is going to be. If it becomes popular, you can bet some of the smaller moba (e.g. Smite, HoN) are going to die. the cool part of being a dead game like Starcraft is that it cannot die  | ||
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
On October 09 2014 22:37 Big J wrote: the cool part of being a dead game like Starcraft is that it cannot die lol I see what you did there! | ||
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
Hope it takes off really well | ||
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zeo
Serbia6342 Posts
On October 09 2014 22:26 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote: Well no, but most Blizzard games are popular, so that's reason enough to create a team for it. However, we still have to see how good Storm is going to be. If it becomes popular, you can bet some of the smaller moba (e.g. Smite, HoN) are going to die. Warcraft 3 was popular, we didn't have LiquidWar pop up. gg.net were the guys that jumped on every bandwagon that came along. If the way Liquid did business for 10 years before sc2 came out gave us the site we have today, why the hell go down this road of supporting vaguely competitive games a very small handful of people have played? Why not wait for this game to come out, and if it naturally grows from the passion in its community then start following it? I have practically never even heard about Heroes of the Storm outside of TeamLiquid. This is the only place on the internet outside of maybe a few posts on reddit and I think one article I saw on Eurogamer where even slightly positive things (or anything at all) are said about the game. Don't get me wrong, WhiteRa and Dimaga can go play Competative Solitare for all I care, they can do whatever they want. My question was, why would TL fund a pro team for a game barley going out of alpha? There are plenty of other games that are extremely popular and don't get pro-teams in their alpha stage. | ||
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tadL
Croatia679 Posts
On October 09 2014 21:24 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote: Once Blizzards HotS moba releases they will garner a lot of the market. Just on their name alone they will take 25% of the market. where do you get this numbers from? | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19364 Posts
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LeLfe
France3160 Posts
78% of the stats you read on the internet are made up. Edit: On October 09 2014 23:59 BisuDagger wrote: Losing White-Ra and Dimaga from Starcraft would be a big loss. I hope they find some resurgence in LoTV so I can keep watching them. when did you last see Ra play? or Dimaga playing at a decent level regarding his skills? They were huge but I think we lost them already | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
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fmod
Cayman Islands330 Posts
 in all seriousness I feel like it's a shame that these 'moba's' are so much more popular than starcraft/rts which are vastly superior games imo. | ||
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
Its just a guess. On October 09 2014 23:29 zeo wrote: Warcraft 3 was popular, we didn't have LiquidWar pop up. gg.net were the guys that jumped on every bandwagon that came along. If the way Liquid did business for 10 years before sc2 came out gave us the site we have today, why the hell go down this road of supporting vaguely competitive games a very small handful of people have played? Why not wait for this game to come out, and if it naturally grows from the passion in its community then start following it? I have practically never even heard about Heroes of the Storm outside of TeamLiquid. This is the only place on the internet outside of maybe a few posts on reddit and I think one article I saw on Eurogamer where even slightly positive things (or anything at all) are said about the game. Don't get me wrong, WhiteRa and Dimaga can go play Competative Solitare for all I care, they can do whatever they want. My question was, why would TL fund a pro team for a game barley going out of alpha? There are plenty of other games that are extremely popular and don't get pro-teams in their alpha stage. The esports scene was also very different when Warcraft 3 was popular. It wasn't feasible for any esports organization in the early 2000s to start multiple teams. The market was just way too small. Most teams during that era was focused on one title. Almost 15 years later, and we have a sudden growth in esports, garnering millions of audience around the world with games like LoL, Smite, HoN, Destiny, CS:GO, and countless other titles in the works. Now its feasible to invest in multiple platforms, because each of them has a decent player base. Hell even Smite probably has a decent community. The esports market is very large now, and will only grow bigger as the younger generation pay more attention to esports. To answer your question, TL would fund a pro team for Storm because they are betting it will be a successful game; played by millions; and watched by many more. As well, many TL staff/team probably already played the Storm alpha, and probably enjoy playing it right now. That is incentive enough to start a team. Essentially they are betting that Blizzard will make another great game, and if I had a million dollars, I would take a gamble and invest in a Storm team. | ||
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hfsrj
Germany166 Posts
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
On October 10 2014 00:09 fmod wrote: rts dead genre in all seriousness I feel like it's a shame that these 'moba's' are so much more popular than starcraft/rts which are vastly superior games imo. 'dead genre'? Not quite, but definitely a smaller genre compared to these mobas sprouting like dandelions in a field of grass. I completely agree with you though, rts takes more mental acuity then a moba. However, superior is not the same as popular. I would say Candy Crush is way more popular then SC2, but there is no comparison on which is superior. | ||
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