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I don't know if this, DH Bucharest skipping SC2 actually means anything in the long run, but my gut reaction is simple: This is terrible news for SC2 and Blizzard both. If DH the likes of it continues to not include SC2 in their events this year, where HoTS should be peaking really, in terms of providing good competitions that is, and LoTV is still far away from any kind of maturity, its like Blizzard completely missed the timing of the LoTV release. All the momentum the scene currently has would be wiped out, players dispersed etc. So yeah, this could be pretty bad. 
Also, I don't quite understand the notion that "...as long as SC2 is going to continue in Korea I don't care...." For me, as a fan of SC2 and with a huge interest in the EU-scene, a SC2 only in Korea is something I wouldn't be able to follow, and to be honest, something that I wouldn't want to follow either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the biggest scene (not to be confused with the strongest scene) is EU, not KR. I wonder how long Blizzard would continue to maintain a game that is only played competitively in KR, when gaming all around the world is booming like nothing we have seen before? Probably 2 seconds?
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Relax guys. Although I'm from Romania, I'm pretty confident that post doesn't say all.
StarCraft2 can never die. Not in Romania. If I'm wrong, I'll be disappointed, but seriously doubting that will happen at the moment.
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Wow....really sad day when MineCraft replaces StarCraft....
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On March 10 2015 02:44 BaneRiders wrote:I don't know if this, DH Bucharest skipping SC2 actually means anything in the long run, but my gut reaction is simple: This is terrible news for SC2 and Blizzard both. If DH the likes of it continues to not include SC2 in their events this year, where HoTS should be peaking really, in terms of providing good competitions that is, and LoTV is still far away from any kind of maturity, its like Blizzard completely missed the timing of the LoTV release. All the momentum the scene currently has would be wiped out, players dispersed etc. So yeah, this could be pretty bad. Also, I don't quite understand the notion that "...as long as SC2 is going to continue in Korea I don't care...." For me, as a fan of SC2 and with a huge interest in the EU-scene, a SC2 only in Korea is something I wouldn't be able to follow, and to be honest, something that I wouldn't want to follow either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the biggest scene (not to be confused with the strongest scene) is EU, not KR. I wonder how long Blizzard would continue to maintain a game that is only played competitively in KR, when gaming all around the world is booming like nothing we have seen before? Probably 2 seconds?
That's what I call screaming before you feel the pain. Starcraft 2 will be at the DH which follows Bucharest, Tours, and will most likely be part of the next DHs too. IEM had a non-SC2 event last year, and no one went batshit over it, and IEM is still strongly supporting SC2 as of today.
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Do we really lose to minecraft in viewership?
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On March 10 2015 02:57 Darkhorse wrote:
Do we really lose to minecraft in viewership?
On your average twitch day, yes by quite a bit.
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Really sad news.
With LotV coming eventually SC2 will become a thing again and so I'd think it would be smart to invest in the scene, for better interest in the haul.
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This thread title is somewhat confusing because I'm not sure if it's saying SC2 isn't the featured game or if SC2 will not be at Bucharest at all. I assume it's the latter. Which really sucks.
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On March 10 2015 02:57 Darkhorse wrote:
Do we really lose to minecraft in viewership?
Now:
Minecraft 14.1k
SC2 13.1k
Twitch numbers. Thats right now, some tourneys going for sc2 right now so you could be more unlucky with sc2 viewership timings. Not representative though.
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On March 10 2015 02:57 Darkhorse wrote:
Do we really lose to minecraft in viewership?
Doesn't really surprise me, all the kidz play that game.
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On March 10 2015 02:46 RealAncestor wrote:
Relax guys. Although I'm from Romania, I'm pretty confident that post doesn't say all.
StarCraft2 can never die. Not in Romania. If I'm wrong, I'll be disappointed, but seriously doubting that will happen at the moment.
But this is only because you are all vampires, just like they are in transsylvania
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I must admit, I've played more minecraft than starcraft 2, but I dunno about watching minecraft competitively. How would that even work? A race to build the prettiest house? Mine the most diamonds? I'm going to have to tune in out of sheer curiosity.
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save sc2!
blizz should throw in a bunch of rng units into lotv
then it'll be just like hearthstone
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a "craft" game beats starcraft, and its not "war"
hmmm
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Yes we need RNG.
Using stim has 5% chance of killing the marine
Protoss warp in has 20% chance of killing the unit outright because of psionic interference
Zerg drones have 10% chance of dropping mineral when harvesting
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Maybe this is skirting the issue, but if SC2 multiplayer were F2P..... Who knows.
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Hm my cousin is like 12, he playes minecraft all day...but it isn't about building 'n stuff, always some private server and mods that basically turn it into the fugliest version of a poor man's quake 3 I have ever seen. Maybe it is a way for the youth to rebel, playing a game with shitty graphics we had to suffer through in the 90's, but instead of admiring it's redeeming qualities, they cut out the creative game ideas and replace it with something that has been there a million times over. Gotta admire them, I identify as an old folk now, the youth found a way to behave that I just don't want to comprehend.
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On March 10 2015 03:12 Deathstar wrote:
Yes we need RNG.
Using stim has 5% chance of killing the marine
Protoss warp in has 20% chance of killing the unit outright because of psionic interference
Zerg drones have 10% chance of dropping mineral when harvesting
A zealot has 50% chances of fleeing the battle when he says "I cannot hold"
A roach unburrowing with a hydra on top has 30% chances of creating a mighty hydraroach
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