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Saw this on hltv, wondered why noone here picked up the news. Wonder what this means for sc2?
http://www.hltv.org/news/13830-csgo-to-become-dhs-main-game
All DreamHack events in 2015 will feature CS:GO as a main game, HLTV.org has learned.
So far, CS:GO has had limited exposure in DreamHack's world circuit, with the game having been left of out of a number of events that take place in several countries throughout the year.
However, a source inside DreamHack has told HLTV.org that CS:GO will replace Starcraft 2 as the main game of the 2015 event circuit, which means full production and main stage privileges in all tournaments.
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Out with quality. In with quantity :/
RTS is the true eSports!
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As long as SC2 still has a small stage, I'm fine with that.
It's perfectly normal that CS, with it's viewers numbers, take a bigger role within DreamHack's circuit
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i assume sc2 will still be in dh, cant see any good reason to drop it so just going to have less effort put on the production i guess.
absolutely right decision for dh to do this since cs is in a serious upswing and dh main events being in sweden and cs in there is HUGE
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I didn't even know that Sc2 was the main game, owell, no harm done I suppose.
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Wonder if the prize pools will suffer or if there will even be sc2 at every event.
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On December 15 2014 22:50 OnSpeed wrote:
Out with quality. In with quantity :/
RTS is the true eSports!
I'm not really sure how you can say this, CSGO events this year have been really really good. More power to them.
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All the koreans going back to Korea are now a bit happier about their situation.
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On December 15 2014 22:50 OnSpeed wrote:
Out with quality. In with quantity :/
RTS is the true eSports!
Replace SC2 with BW and i'd agree with you.
Makes total sense when CS absolutely dominates all other numbers at dreamhack.
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Out with Ohlen, Nothing will change.
And in the end, PR strikes again....
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On December 15 2014 22:50 OnSpeed wrote:
Out with quality. In with quantity :/
RTS is the true eSports!
CS:GO is awesome. Nothing wrong here.
I would be highly surprised if SC2 goes away entirely.
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This is sad news.
Well, when LotV brings SC2 back to new heights, the audience should remember that Dreamhack is another LAN with no real Starcraft authority.
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On December 15 2014 22:56 Headnoob wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2014 22:50 OnSpeed wrote:
Out with quality. In with quantity :/
RTS is the true eSports! Replace SC2 with BW and i'd agree with you. Makes total sense when CS absolutely dominates all other numbers at dreamhack.
Good thing he doesn't mention SC2 in his post then.
On topic I'm sure if that's really a terrible news. It's logical considered the viewer numbers, and the future of SC2 seems much more centenred around the Korean scene for 2015
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It's a numbers game. When StarCraft II came out and became the largest game (numbers wise) DH picked it up as their main game. Now CS is doing the same thing.
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On December 15 2014 22:53 johnbongham wrote:
Wonder if the prize pools will suffer or if there will even be sc2 at every event.
I'm gonna say yes and it's hard to tell. If you aren't a main stage game you don't get main stage money.
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On December 15 2014 22:56 SC2Toastie wrote:
Out with Ohlen, Nothing will change.
And in the end, PR strikes again....
As much as I would like to believe otherwise, this certainly seems to be the case.
On December 15 2014 22:51 Pino wrote:
As long as SC2 still has a small stage, I'm fine with that.
It's perfectly normal that CS, with it's viewers numbers, take a bigger role within DreamHack's circuit
The article doesn't say that sc2 won't also be held on the main stage.... it will probably have its own side stage just like before and then the final four will be on the mainstage alongside CS:GO and Hearthstone. Starcraft 2 won't be their top headliner but it will still be a big one for them. By the way, it already looked like they had done this at DreamHack Winter with no warning first. It was clear that Starcraft got far less resources for its DreamHack season finale than CS:GO despite being the "main game". This only them announcing what they have already done.
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On December 15 2014 22:56 SC2Toastie wrote:
Out with Ohlen, Nothing will change.
And in the end, PR strikes again....
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the big disagreements between Ohlen and the other execs the roll of SC2 at DH?
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On December 15 2014 23:02 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2014 22:56 SC2Toastie wrote:
Out with Ohlen, Nothing will change.
And in the end, PR strikes again.... Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the big disagreements between Ohlen and the other execs the roll of SC2 at DH?
Sounds possible. Is Ohlen the first martyr of sc2?
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EPT
