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On December 14 2015 03:38 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 03:29 Undead1993 wrote: holy shit blizzard how much can you do wrong? it amazes me how you can still take the worst decisions possible given the knowledge of the past years. ggwp, will suck for viewer numbers of dh and iem might make them consider once again to drop sc2 which i wouldn't be even mad about it More like ESL doesn't want WCS anymore and a replacement seems impossible. there is the reason to come up with an idea to run it yourself then
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I don't like it, seems pretty terrible actually.
I really liked last years format and think as a community we should actually stick with something.
It's been years of overhauls, year and year, but tell me what was really bad about last season?
And someone making the decisions tell me WHY this is a good decision for the scene and explain how it will help?
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On December 14 2015 04:05 Undead1993 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 03:38 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 03:29 Undead1993 wrote: holy shit blizzard how much can you do wrong? it amazes me how you can still take the worst decisions possible given the knowledge of the past years. ggwp, will suck for viewer numbers of dh and iem might make them consider once again to drop sc2 which i wouldn't be even mad about it More like ESL doesn't want WCS anymore and a replacement seems impossible. there is the reason to come up with an idea to run it yourself then Which reason? :D Background says no. Blizzard wanted MLG, they declined. Then NASL and then ESL.na.
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On December 14 2015 04:27 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 04:05 Undead1993 wrote:On December 14 2015 03:38 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 03:29 Undead1993 wrote: holy shit blizzard how much can you do wrong? it amazes me how you can still take the worst decisions possible given the knowledge of the past years. ggwp, will suck for viewer numbers of dh and iem might make them consider once again to drop sc2 which i wouldn't be even mad about it More like ESL doesn't want WCS anymore and a replacement seems impossible. there is the reason to come up with an idea to run it yourself then Which reason? :D Background says no. Blizzard wanted MLG, they declined. Then NASL and then ESL.na. if u think there is no reason for blizzard to try and run it themselves look at riot
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On December 14 2015 04:33 Undead1993 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 04:27 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 04:05 Undead1993 wrote:On December 14 2015 03:38 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 03:29 Undead1993 wrote: holy shit blizzard how much can you do wrong? it amazes me how you can still take the worst decisions possible given the knowledge of the past years. ggwp, will suck for viewer numbers of dh and iem might make them consider once again to drop sc2 which i wouldn't be even mad about it More like ESL doesn't want WCS anymore and a replacement seems impossible. there is the reason to come up with an idea to run it yourself then Which reason? :D Background says no. Blizzard wanted MLG, they declined. Then NASL and then ESL.na. if u think there is no reason for blizzard to try and run it themselves look at riot reason is clear I think. They dont want to try since WCS exists.
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On December 14 2015 01:33 Ppjack wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 01:30 MaCRo.gg wrote:On December 14 2015 01:26 Ppjack wrote:On December 14 2015 01:23 MaCRo.gg wrote:On December 14 2015 01:14 Ppjack wrote:On December 14 2015 00:58 HellHound wrote:On December 13 2015 21:47 MaCRo.gg wrote:On December 13 2015 20:17 pure.Wasted wrote:On December 13 2015 19:37 xyzz wrote: Baffling. The result will be completely opposite if the changes are as rumoured. If foreigners compete with other foreigners, earning serious money and getting success, the foreigner scene will stop shrinking. In fact it will thrive. Welcome to 2015, the year that 59/64 NA/EU seats belonged to foreigners, where placing in the Ro64 meant a guaranteed $2,000. And what was the result of this promised land? The disparity in skill between Koreans and foreigners has never been greater in the history of SC2. But magically in 2016 everything will change. Foreigners aren't going to have to push themselves as hard because they won't be facing Koreans, they're not going to have as many opportunities to win over fans because the WCS events are cut, it's very possible that the $2K award for top 64 finish will be nixed... but somehow, the foreign scene is going to thrive. I see nothing here but baseless wishes. The couple hardcore fans of korean players who refuse to tune in will be replaced by a large mass of others who now have some familiar community celebrities to cheer for. More wishes. Total Biscuit has put a lot of work into organizing grass roots foreign events, and he's gone on record multiple times saying the viewership spike for all-foreign events is a complete fantasy. Nobody gives a shit. Nobody shows up to watch. And just so we're clear, to answer your question in part, if the foreign scene would die; no, I wouldn't tune in to korean SC2. The game would be dead, and that has nothing to do with being a 'fair weather fan'. That's called being pretty normal. If the foreign scene dies, that means SC2 is dead? So Brood War, the esport that created esports, was... what? Never even alive? Get a clue. You're embarrassing yourself. So agree with this. Either they think "grassroots" events will thrive despite their lack of previous viewership or spout xenophobic nonsense. It boggles my mind that somehow they think that pulling in casual viewers that only care about the narrative while alienating hardcore viewers who care about the quality of the game is a good thing. That is the difference between players and viewers. Viewers watch for the narrative aka xenophobia and racism, while players watch for the best games between the best players that worked the hardest. I'll keep being a player of sc2, I'll still be here after all the viewers move on to their next bigoted itch. A casual viewer that cares about the story more than the flashy stuff? The fuck is that hahaahhahahah between the naritive of a white guy making it deep in a tourney by turtling to some bl infestor equivalent or watching Maru's micro I know which most people would prefer to watch :D This is a cool storyline for me because i am not Korean. Nuff said. Your white hood is showing. Fuck off. I am white yes. Are you aware that we have every etchnic origin in Belgium but we are all Belgians? Not white, black or blue or red. Stop typing words on your keyboard. You have some serious anger problems man. Get some help with that. Yes I was angry. I can't stand reading that kind of racism.
You shouldn't try to reason with him. I've tried. Waste of time, you'll only get condescending answer and tactless insult in return. Also it's almost ironic how he himself seem to have anger issue when looking at how he answers in DM :D
Back to topic. I hope Blizzard makes an official statement soon, if not to clear up the worries at least the rumours so that we know what we are in for next year.
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Errr what's the point of "WCS" if there's no more WCS tournament ? Dh,redbull,IEM...Should just flip the finger to blizzard and run their tournaments as they like.
As for blizzcon its a shame, it was actually fun to see the foreigner race, everyone was cheering for that one guy to make it. Now if basically half of it is foreign...retarded.
This could be the last year of sc2 we'll ever see big tournaments...
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Main thing I take from all of it is that it all comes from Breitbart, the right-wing propaganda lies, fearmongering & misinformation spewing site for the barely literate, where most of the stuff they write is pure BS to rile up the narrow-minded. In conclusion I guess I'll patiently wait for the official Bizzard anouncement; also Richard Lewis writes for Breitbart now?? for some reason I've always thought he has actual journalistic integrity.. my bad..
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This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time.
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On December 14 2015 04:36 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 04:33 Undead1993 wrote:On December 14 2015 04:27 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 04:05 Undead1993 wrote:On December 14 2015 03:38 Dingodile wrote:On December 14 2015 03:29 Undead1993 wrote: holy shit blizzard how much can you do wrong? it amazes me how you can still take the worst decisions possible given the knowledge of the past years. ggwp, will suck for viewer numbers of dh and iem might make them consider once again to drop sc2 which i wouldn't be even mad about it More like ESL doesn't want WCS anymore and a replacement seems impossible. there is the reason to come up with an idea to run it yourself then Which reason? :D Background says no. Blizzard wanted MLG, they declined. Then NASL and then ESL.na. if u think there is no reason for blizzard to try and run it themselves look at riot reason is clear I think. They dont want to try since WCS exists. Or maby they don't want to spend a huge sum of money to invest in the production equipment?
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On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time.
You are also the minority, NW's audience almost doubled when the Koreans were on
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On December 14 2015 06:51 showstealer1829 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. You are also the minority, NW's audience almost doubled when the Koreans were on Wrong. OgamingTV Inter and TakeTv have more viewers than yesterday. Around 5k more than yesterday.
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On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time.
I'm fine with people preferring foreigners or certain groups of players over others, but this
and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time.
Is so insulting both to the Koreans themselves and the people that spend hundreds of hours (casters, journalists, writers) that put their lives into highlighting the best of these storylines. Like, I actually can't understand the mental hoops you need to go through to arrive at the conclusion that because you don't like or know them, the storylines don't exist. Come on.
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On December 14 2015 07:00 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 06:51 showstealer1829 wrote:On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. You are also the minority, NW's audience almost doubled when the Koreans were on Wrong. OgamingTV Inter and TakeTv have more viewers than yesterday. Around 5k more than yesterday.
And after todays serving they'll never come back
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On December 14 2015 07:00 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 06:51 showstealer1829 wrote:On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. You are also the minority, NW's audience almost doubled when the Koreans were on Wrong. OgamingTV Inter and TakeTv have more viewers than yesterday. Around 5k more than yesterday. http://www.fuzic.nl/rankings/events/week/
Seems about the same, but more hours watched because longer broadcast.
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On December 14 2015 07:09 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. I'm fine with people preferring foreigners or certain groups of players over others, but this Is so insulting both to the Koreans themselves and the people that spend hundreds of hours (casters, journalists, writers) that put their lives into highlighting the best of these storylines. Like, I actually can't understand the mental hoops you need to go through to arrive at the conclusion that because you don't like or know them, the storylines don't exist. Come on. You are correct of course, sorry for any offense, that was poorly worded. The mental hoops my feeble mind was jumping through led to a belief that foreigner story lines are much more interesting to follow most of the time; they contain more personality, and are much more relate-able, probably most of all due to language.
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On December 14 2015 07:25 knOxStarcraft wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2015 07:09 Zealously wrote:On December 14 2015 06:38 knOxStarcraft wrote: This is good for viewership imo, koreans aren't the only ones who produce great games. In fact, I enjoy the foreigner games from NW3 as much or more than watching Koreans play, and I'd call myself a hardcore fan and player. the majority casual audience can't tell the difference between Korean and foreigner games until someone tells them that Koreans are way better. additionally, people like following people who have story lines, and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. I'm fine with people preferring foreigners or certain groups of players over others, but this and Koreans don't have story lines most of the time. Is so insulting both to the Koreans themselves and the people that spend hundreds of hours (casters, journalists, writers) that put their lives into highlighting the best of these storylines. Like, I actually can't understand the mental hoops you need to go through to arrive at the conclusion that because you don't like or know them, the storylines don't exist. Come on. You are correct of course, sorry for any offense, that was poorly worded. The mental hoops my feeble mind was jumping through led to a belief that foreigner story lines are much more interesting to follow most of the time; they contain more personality, and are much more relate-able, probably most of all due to language. But people are quite different in that respect. For instance, I personally relate much better to Korean players since they're professionals and are more dedicated than foreigners and they have that special mystique which separates a star from an ordinary player. Furthermore I think that sites such as (primarily) Team Liquid have done an excellent job in developing narratives around Korean players. Of course there is a lack of easily relatable streams, fluff and interviews and such and there is a cultural barrier, but all those things would hold for Messi and Djokovic too and they are still star players. And for me their special appeal lies mostly in their playing ability, they express themselves through their play styles and tournament results and that's what I judge them on, not their language abilities, -- and I think that is quite a natural thing to do for athletes.
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I wonder how Dreamhack, IEM, ESL and such agree with this (if true). Nobody cares about 16EU/NA players batteling out for a 10k price pool if there are no Koreans to make the tournament interesting.
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Is so insulting both to the Koreans themselves and the people that spend hundreds of hours (casters, journalists, writers) that put their lives into highlighting the best of these storylines. Like, I actually can't understand the mental hoops you need to go through to arrive at the conclusion that because you don't like or know them, the storylines don't exist. Come on.
If there's a storyline in the forrest that I don't care about, does it really exist?
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On December 14 2015 08:01 Taronar wrote: I wonder how Dreamhack, IEM, ESL and such agree with this (if true). Nobody cares about 16EU/NA players batteling out for a 10k price pool if there are no Koreans to make the tournament interesting.
If 4 out of 16 players are korean and I know one of them will win, that seems rather boring no?
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