I do not enjoy playing the game and I do not enjoy watching the gameplay. I love HSC for TaKe's determination, passion and for nostalgic reasons. It is as simple as that for me.

I played and watched a lot WoL and HotS. I found LotV disappointing.

No reason to brag about it but the simple reason for SC2 events declining in viewer numbers is that people do not play the game. People that do not play will not watch because the game is really hard to understand for someone who is not playing.

Kenthros

United States95 Posts

November 18 2016 17:34 GMT

#102

what about crowdfunding? i would support this and would pay for a "ticket" for each person watching on my tv in the living room. its a great event and i would be sad to see it go.

solidbebe

Netherlands4921 Posts

November 18 2016 19:12 GMT

#103

On November 19 2016 02:34 Kenthros wrote:
what about crowdfunding? i would support this and would pay for a "ticket" for each person watching on my tv in the living room. its a great event and i would be sad to see it go.

Crowdfunding is a dangerous road to go down I think. Once people have paid for the tournament they usually start expecting things to go their way. If some problems occur or they don't agree with how things are run you can end up with a lot of disgruntled people.

This doesn't have to happen of course but I can imagine why TaKe would be hesitant.

cutler

Germany609 Posts

November 18 2016 19:32 GMT

#104

sad to see...but just at looking at Team Liquid Threads cleary display why such a great torunament like this is shrinking. Too much negativity. I always stay subcribed to your channel and support you Take...although i dont have a lot of money.

ilililililililiii

United States93 Posts

November 19 2016 01:01 GMT

#105

we need to come together guys.. they are still trying to make improvements.. what more improvements do we need? We can improve the scene if we want it enough.

Ask yourself.. are you an ambassador for the game? Do you talk negatively about the game? All of this has an impact.

What kind of improvements do we still need to make to the game?

fireforce7

United States334 Posts

November 19 2016 21:29 GMT

#106

Too badreality has to hit sooner...=/. Hopefully next time will still happen!

Aegwynn

Italy460 Posts

November 19 2016 22:53 GMT

#107

HSC is my favourite tournament and it is sad to hear it but i think it is too big for its pricepool imho, some adjustments and crowdfunding can save it.
- having bo5 games in ro32 groups is too much considering the total prizepool is 20k, they can be bo3
- ro32 can be made online and ro16 can be made offine, this will decrease the cost drastically
- i believe qualified players pay their accomodation & travel by theirselves which is discouraging considering 24 of the 32 players don't get anything. Having only 16 players offline might cover qualified players expenses as well.

Please correct me if i am wrong about Duration/Prize Pool ratio, i am not %100 for sure but it seems much higher than other offline tournaments to me.

Arjunne

1 Post

November 20 2016 02:34 GMT

#108

I have to say, this has been my second Homestory Cup, and reading this really gutted me.

I registered here simply to say that I really appreciate all of the effort and hard work that you (Take) and your team have put together to make this event possible.

I've played SC since the beginning, but only really became aware of the streams and joy of watching competitive SC2 over the last year and a half. I hate the feeling of discovering something so late, but quite honestly HSC is a serious highlight for me. The humour, the vibe - it's a fantastic watch. I'd happily contribute to a crowdfunding campaign.

aeligos

United States172 Posts

November 20 2016 18:12 GMT

#109

On November 17 2016 08:41 choconet wrote:
if anything it would be an incredible statement if Blizzard started sponsoring HSC

Blizzard won't because the HSC casters say the F word, the S word and any other obscenities.

maitiky

Czech Republic54 Posts

November 23 2016 08:47 GMT

#110

On November 21 2016 03:12 aeligos wrote:

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Blizzard won't because the HSC casters say the F word, the S word and any other obscenities.

And that's one of the reasons that makes the HSC so special - cool atmosphere, everybody's chillin' around, having fun. In its way, it maybe even be better for the event to get smaller again. I remember watching some of the first HSCs and it had this unique feeling of some 'underground' event. Nowadays it's maybe a little too much 'perfect', if you know, what I mean. But either way, TakeTV is doing a great job and every HSC has been a blast, will follow this event no matter of how big and prestige it will be.

Few thoughts about that shitstorm of opinions about game design, balance and (in)competence od Blizzard - there will always be someone who's not satisfied with current status quo of the game. Some decisions that Blizzard SC2 team did were better, some were worse. I surely don't see myself skilled enough in the game itself to make some commentaries about balance and design, but what I see around me when I talk about SC with my friends is that the game is not as appealing to newcomers as other titles that are out there. I don't see this directly as a fault of the Blizzard, it seems to me like the whole RTS genre is simply not that interesting for the upcoming generation of players, no matter how good or bad those specific RTS games are. When I get to talk with some youngsters they almost all play LoL or Overwatch with simple reasoning behind that - those games are easy to play (in a term of undestanding the basics, mechanical skill wise etc.) and it's fun, because you get to hang with your friends on Teamspeak and just chill. Starcraft is just 'not trendy' enough. That's why viewership numbers are in decline, it's not as much fault of the balance or game design or whatever, it just seems to me like the RTS era already had its peak and is just now declining and getting obsolete in some natural process of constant change.