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Regardless of the situation, we will still action upon "dead game" comments. As this is a sensitive issue for SC2 fans, please do not come into this thread and talk about SC2 players switching over to BW. This thread is also not about bashing Blizzard, David Kim, or the WCS system.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5525 Posts
October 18 2016 02:21 GMT
#21
We all heard it was coming but damn, this is crazy. There is no longer an SKT1 Starcraft Progaming team, or KT, or most of the others...I'm at a loss
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ilililililililiii
Profile Joined October 2013
United States93 Posts
October 18 2016 02:21 GMT
#22
dying dreams rip
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51519 Posts
October 18 2016 02:21 GMT
#23
interesting to see only jin air and afreeca are the two organisations to maintain sc2 rosters.
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Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
October 18 2016 02:22 GMT
#24
On October 18 2016 11:21 BisuDagger wrote:
SC1 lost proleague and is more exciting then ever. It's up to the dedicated SC2 fans to keep it going.

All the SC2 fans in Korea have moved on
halomonian
Profile Joined January 2012
Brazil255 Posts
October 18 2016 02:22 GMT
#25
On October 18 2016 11:21 BisuDagger wrote:
SC1 lost proleague and is more exciting then ever. It's up to the dedicated SC2 fans to keep it going.


Ha. As if anyone that plays SC2 really likes it ):
thoughts in chaos | enjOy[dream]
Fatality99
Profile Joined June 2015
France9 Posts
October 18 2016 02:23 GMT
#26
About the disband of those teams, we can expect that : many KOR players like Innovation, Dark, Stats etc were playing online cups these days, and usually it's forbidden to play those cups when you are in a Kespa Team.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19301 Posts
October 18 2016 02:24 GMT
#27
On October 18 2016 11:21 GTR wrote:
interesting to see only jin air and afreeca are the two organisations to maintain sc2 rosters.

Makes sense for afreeca since they still have a bit invested in the success of SC2. If WCS opens boarders in 2017 then this can be great for their team internationally.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
October 18 2016 02:24 GMT
#28
Welp. That's that.
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1024 Posts
October 18 2016 02:24 GMT
#29
On October 18 2016 11:23 Fatality99 wrote:
About the disband of those teams, we can expect that : many KOR players like Innovation, Dark, Stats etc were playing online cups these days, and usually it's forbidden to play those cups when you are in a Kespa Team.


I wonder how many of these players will leave the game without a salary.
munch
Profile Joined July 2014
Mute City2363 Posts
October 18 2016 02:24 GMT
#30
On October 18 2016 11:23 Fatality99 wrote:
About the disband of those teams, we can expect that : many KOR players like Innovation, Dark, Stats etc were playing online cups these days, and usually it's forbidden to play those cups when you are in a Kespa Team.


lol INno and Stats have been playing online cups for years
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50604 Posts
October 18 2016 02:24 GMT
#31
On October 18 2016 11:18 halomonian wrote:
The rise of SC2 is coming back to the roots of gaming, reaching out to basement nerds and byun-like players to ascend without structured help.

You're probably right, all that might be left in Korea are the most hardcore of hardcore.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States307 Posts
October 18 2016 02:25 GMT
#32
I remember attending the Proleague finals in Busan in 2008 where Firebathero did his crazy throw-rice-and-jump-in-the-water ceremony. It's heartbreaking to see the end of such joy.
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 18 2016 02:25 GMT
#33
The black box of KeSPA is coming to an end! This could be really good news actually and pave the way for more equal competition world wide. It's up to Blizzard to step up an ensure that Koreans are given enough opportunities to survive.
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LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-18 02:26:07
October 18 2016 02:25 GMT
#34
Hate to say I told you so, but you didn't want to hear it and here you go. Game is totally not dying.
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
October 18 2016 02:25 GMT
#35
Really sad to hear this. Grew up with proleague...

(Somewhat selfishly) hoping this doesn't cause a mass exodus to the foreign scene.
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
October 18 2016 02:25 GMT
#36
what the actual fuck. This may be the single worst thing to happen to sc2, holy shit this is beyond terrible
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LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
October 18 2016 02:26 GMT
#37
On October 18 2016 11:25 Cricketer12 wrote:
what the actual fuck. This may be the single worst thing to happen to sc2, holy shit this is beyond terrible


It is pretty fucking bad
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8910 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-18 02:27:29
October 18 2016 02:26 GMT
#38
at a loss for words. SC2 is what brought me here in the first place and this is likely the beginning of the end.. i'm actually really sad right now
LiquidDota Staff@BluemoonGG_
halomonian
Profile Joined January 2012
Brazil255 Posts
October 18 2016 02:27 GMT
#39
On October 18 2016 11:25 Pokebunny wrote:
Really sad to hear this. Grew up with proleague...

(Somewhat selfishly) hoping this doesn't cause a mass exodus to the foreign scene.


if that is the case, there is the possibility for a worldwide proleague of sorts that is able to mix korean and foreigner team rosters and breeding players from the ladder in tournaments and whatnot. It would actually be a good way to garner more attention and increase the playerbase for SC2
thoughts in chaos | enjOy[dream]
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
October 18 2016 02:27 GMT
#40
On October 18 2016 11:25 Cricketer12 wrote:
what the actual fuck. This may be the single worst thing to happen to sc2, holy shit this is beyond terrible

No, the worst was Blizzard deciding to keep renewing David Kim's contract. This is a close second though.

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