EPTSBENU Ceases Sponsoring SC2 Team - Page 6
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TelecoM
United States10740 Posts
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Dumbledore
Sweden725 Posts
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imCHIEN
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
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ShambhalaWar
United States930 Posts
The drama though, jesus... this is really as bad or worse than a daytime soap opera. | ||
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On January 21 2016 00:45 imCHIEN wrote: I really hope Blizzard marketing team will do something. Even Hearthstone has more viewer than Sc2 and Sponsors they doesn't care about the game. 😐 Unfortunately, Blizzard does not support teams for StarCraft... | ||
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SeriousLus
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
On January 21 2016 00:56 WrathSCII wrote: Unfortunately, Blizzard does not support teams for StarCraft... They announced that they spend over 4M to Heroes, which is at the moment performing worse then starcraft, so money is there. | ||
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IceBerrY
Germany220 Posts
I expected a big viewer influx for LotV, like a new reboot, trying to get sc2 big again, not like LoL or DotA, but you know what i mean. I felt LotV was a good game with potential to be more attractive for casual enjoyment, but apart the lackluster Dreamhack and an okay HSC last year, tournaments are taking a terrible long time to start the new year. The biggest mistake was the late (as fcking) always WCS 2016 announcement, making it for organizer really hard. The WCS system is weird and even progamers are confused about where to play, how to qualify etc. I am just really disappointed about pretty much everything right now and how this game is handled.  | ||
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On January 21 2016 01:57 Clonester wrote: They announced that they spend over 4M to Heroes, which is at the moment performing worse then starcraft, so money is there. Yes, but the problem is that they consider it a 1v1 not a team game. The whole team concept was developed under KeSPA's system back in BW and was moved on to SC2. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On January 21 2016 01:57 Clonester wrote: They announced that they spend over 4M to Heroes, which is at the moment performing worse then starcraft, so money is there. Heroes is making money off microtransactions, though. Was just reading a Forbes article about it. | ||
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Horiken
Japan68 Posts
On January 21 2016 01:57 Clonester wrote: They announced that they spend over 4M to Heroes, which is at the moment performing worse then starcraft, so money is there. I don't think HotS is perfoming worse than SC2... at least they have far more playerbase. In the long run, HotS will earn more money than SC2 thx to microtransaction, that is why Blizz is investing so much money into HotS. | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On January 21 2016 02:02 WrathSCII wrote: Therein lies the entire problem, really. No one outside of Korea - players, teams, tournaments, Blizzard - has ever really realized how important teams are to making a real pro scene.Yes, but the problem is that they consider it a 1v1 not a team game. The whole team concept was developed under KeSPA's system back in BW and was moved on to SC2. | ||
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On January 21 2016 02:40 bduddy wrote: Therein lies the entire problem, really. No one outside of Korea - players, teams, tournaments, Blizzard - has ever really realized how important teams are to making a real pro scene. The only team league ever existed and is considered a serious thing was ProLeague managed by KeSPA, Blizzard had to create something similar for foreigner team to participate in for money prizes and create a team atmosphere in general. Players now join team for the sake of having a sponsor not getting practice and coaching. How many coaches do the foreign team have? Literally 0. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Swisslink
2955 Posts
On January 20 2016 23:28 Lemartes wrote: No matter what happens, everyone is blaming the new wcs system... If North Korea nukes the South tomorrow it´s also the new WCS that weakend Korea so much that Kim Jong Un saw his chance eh? I´m just mad at Sonic and if I had to choose between droping my lol team or Sc2 team I would drop my Sc2 team aswell. Where are the Pitchforks guys, can´t we just be sad and torch SBENU for a bit? Well, the WCS format is not to blame that the team is in trouble, but it is that the players are. Koreans that didn't qualify for SSL or GSL and are not in Proleague are just screwed now. So basically, if StarTale does not get a new sponsor... guess where their players are going. | ||
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20-Minute-Jackal
United States336 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On January 21 2016 00:29 showstealer1829 wrote: Don't be silly. The WCS changes are far, FAR worse  Seriously though. I kind of get where KeSPA is coming from and there's really two people to blame if SBENU are locked out of Proleague. Sonic of course...and Gerard. I think that's the problem, not the fact that SBENU might fold, I don't think KeSPA would allow that to happen if they let them play , but they're scared of another PRIME scenario. An noncompetitive team, short on money that figures it's going to lose any way and with the changes to the scene there's not much hope anywhere else, why not make some money before I go? Yeah that's what i figured too. Gerard doing his best to kill of SC2 in Korea. | ||
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orllyfools
United States153 Posts
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gneGne
Netherlands697 Posts
On January 21 2016 02:00 IceBerrY wrote: The general news about sc2 are kind of depressing as a sc2 fan. It doesn´t really get better. Apart of the new team apocalypse gaming (we will see how this turns out) it seems like no investment what so ever is beeing made into sc2. I expected a big viewer influx for LotV, like a new reboot, trying to get sc2 big again, not like LoL or DotA, but you know what i mean. I felt LotV was a good game with potential to be more attractive for casual enjoyment, but apart the lackluster Dreamhack and an okay HSC last year, tournaments are taking a terrible long time to start the new year. The biggest mistake was the late (as fcking) always WCS 2016 announcement, making it for organizer really hard. The WCS system is weird and even progamers are confused about where to play, how to qualify etc. I am just really disappointed about pretty much everything right now and how this game is handled. Quoted for truth. | ||
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