CS:GO Replacing SC2 as Dreamhack's Main Game - Page 16

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Meavis

Netherlands1300 Posts

December 16 2014 18:06 GMT

#301

XNT's can be great or awful depending on how they're used.

Godwrath

Spain10137 Posts

December 16 2014 18:07 GMT

#302

On December 17 2014 02:17 The_Templar wrote:

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Can we not have this discussion? >.>

What discussion ? People will always be demeaning to other's people hobbies when they feel displaced, that's the point i am trying to convey, not that SC2 is worse/better/whatever than BW. Or do you mean something else ?

Kevan

Sweden2303 Posts

December 16 2014 18:47 GMT

#303

I remember SC2, there were a lot of awesome people involved in the scene. Unfortunately the game wasn't particularly well designed and the developers didn't do enough to help it prosper. Also the lack of international competition at the highest level probably turned a lot of casual western viewers off.

CS:GO wasn't great in the early days but the developers did enough to help it and now Counter Strike is back to being one of the premier esports in the west and the world. Makes sense for organisations to start picking CS:GO over SC2, especially for Dreamhack.

klipik12

United States241 Posts

December 16 2014 20:04 GMT

#304

On December 16 2014 14:07 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:

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Its unclear what this means yet, but I don't think DH will drop SC2 completely. They might reduce the number of tourneys, but definitely not drop it.

Maybe they change it, so SC2 gets ESL-One-like tourneys now.

Ovid

United Kingdom948 Posts

December 16 2014 22:57 GMT

#305

Nathanias cryptic clues what are DH going to do with SC2?

slytown

Korea (South)1411 Posts

December 17 2014 06:29 GMT

#306

Unfortunately that's business. Starcraft won't die though. Don't worry people.

plgElwood

Germany518 Posts

December 17 2014 11:34 GMT

#307

I want all E-Sports to co-exist and push each other. Valve upped CS:Source to a mass compatible enjoyable game.
Ladder, Ranks, AntiCheat, Bets, Item Drops, InGame spectator, microtransaction basicly they took the best from LoL and Sc2 and put it in source engine.
I could live with sc2, Dota2/Hots/LoL,CS 1.6 - 2 as DH games.

anessie

180 Posts

December 18 2014 00:18 GMT

#308

Past two months I found myself watching more cs:go esport streams than sc2 esport streams. I didn't watch DH winter sc2 at all, enjoyed DH winter cs:go instead. Maybe it's cause I have a history with the original vanilla cs, maybe it's cause sc2 got boring.

I would even be fine with it now if they kept sc2 esports mainly just in Korea (gsl & proleague) as long as the match quality & English coverage/commentary there are amazing.

Valve is just smarter about the design compared to sc2. CS:Go costs only 2.5 euro at times, but all the sticker/skin micro-transactions pump money into that esports scene. Looking at my gmail (steam wallet refill) it seems I spend 85 euro on random cs:go crap in 2014.

Cheren

United States2911 Posts

December 18 2014 01:36 GMT

#309

http://kniferound.net/wiki/Premier_Tournaments

I'm impressed by the consistency in CS:GO, I don't think any major esport has had this small of a group of teams/players winning everything since Brood War.

asdfOu

United States2089 Posts

December 26 2014 16:30 GMT

#310

im surprised it took this long to happen