EPTCarmac on SC2 @IEM: "Prestige, history, and legacy is trem…
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Makro
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Solar424
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feardragon
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Freezard
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LongShot27
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Ansibled
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On December 30 2016 07:36 JimmiC wrote: That is sure a cup half empty look at that interview lol. It's more like taking a half empty cup and pouring it away. | ||
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Hushfieldx
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On December 30 2016 02:33 ProBell wrote: You, sir, are on to something.We are the Tennis of esports. | ||
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Mahanaim
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wongfeihung
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KeksX
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On December 30 2016 04:23 Solar424 wrote: So IEM is keeping SC2 because they don't want to burn any bridges, not out of passion or love for the game is what I got from this interview. Did we read different interviews? This passage was very clear to me that there is a lot of passion for the game involved: StarCraft provides that lineage back to 2010 in Intel Extreme Masters. Even though the viewership is not the same as say, Counter-Strike, I feel like the value that it gives—not in terms of direct key performance indicators—but the value for… Prestige? Prestige, history, and legacy is tremendous in StarCraft II. And that is not something that should be discarded lightly. I read the part you are (probably) rerferring to more as "We keep StarCraft II around because of it's rich history, and who knows, the series might make a huge comeback just like Counter-Strike did." Anyway. I think it's safe to say that Carmac is just so great for eSports. He will never read this, but I cannot thank the guy enough for what he did for StarCraft II and eSports as a whole. If I ever get the chance, I need to buy this guy a beer. | ||
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hiroshOne
Poland425 Posts
On December 30 2016 17:20 KeksX wrote: Did we read different interviews? This passage was very clear to me that there is a lot of passion for the game involved: I read the part you are (probably) rerferring to more as "We keep StarCraft II around because of it's rich history, and who knows, the series might make a huge comeback just like Counter-Strike did." Anyway. I think it's safe to say that Carmac is just so great for eSports. He will never read this, but I cannot thank the guy enough for what he did for StarCraft II and eSports as a whole. If I ever get the chance, I need to buy this guy a beer. Carmac doesn't drink alcohol. I know him since highschool and he never did. So you better buy him good italian food instead ;-) Most of all, Carmac is the most honest, loyal and straight guy i know. His big merit is- when he says that he will do something, he always does it. That's pretty much rare thing these times. And truly, we all should be grateful for this guy existence when it comes to esports development. I bet that even when he sleeps, he thinks about how to make esports greater than it is. Sometimes i feel that we all don't give the credit that ppl who are behind the scenes deserve. All fans of esports should have special place in heart for Carmac indeed :-) | ||
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DeadByDawn
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Freezard
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On December 30 2016 02:33 ProBell wrote: We are the Tennis of esports. While tennis is far from its glory days when it comes to popularity, the audience keeps increasing and the prize money is at a record high. Saying tennis is on a decline as much as SC2 is, is just wrong. Once the current stars retire then maybe things will change though, since there's no real upcoming mega star in sight. | ||
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lestye
United States4178 Posts
On December 30 2016 22:58 Freezard wrote: While tennis is far from its glory days when it comes to popularity, the audience keeps increasing and the prize money is at a record high. Saying tennis is on a decline as much as SC2 is, is just wrong. Once the current stars retire then maybe things will change though, since there's no real upcoming mega star in sight. I think the idea is that tennis looks super dead when you compare ti to the super behemoths that is football (both soccer & American), but its still a significant niche with a lot of prestige. No matter what, I dont think anyone thinks Tennis is a "dead" game, it's just a smaller less popular one, but it still has tons of respect and legitimacy. | ||
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Ansibled
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Freezard
Sweden1012 Posts
On December 31 2016 02:47 lestye wrote: I think the idea is that tennis looks super dead when you compare ti to the super behemoths that is football (both soccer & American), but its still a significant niche with a lot of prestige. No matter what, I dont think anyone thinks Tennis is a "dead" game, it's just a smaller less popular one, but it still has tons of respect and legitimacy. Soccer is literally the most popular sport in the world and has been forever, nothing compares to it. But if you disregard soccer, then Wimbledon is in the top 5 most viewed sports event in the world, just slightly less popular than the Super Bowl, so no it's not a small or less popular sport. | ||
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lestye
United States4178 Posts
On December 31 2016 04:05 Freezard wrote: Soccer is literally the most popular sport in the world and has been forever, nothing compares to it. But if you disregard soccer, then Wimbledon is in the top 5 most viewed sports event in the world, just slightly less popular than the Super Bowl, so no it's not a small or less popular sport. Do you have any citations ? From what I could gather, Formula 1, Cricket, are all way more popular than Tennis. Also, you have to consider, are we talking about specific championships, or the sport overall? Because its very plausible Tennis does really really amazing 2 weekends out of the year, but all other majors are significantly behind other sports. | ||
Carmac
Poland375 Posts
On December 30 2016 17:20 KeksX wrote: Did we read different interviews? This passage was very clear to me that there is a lot of passion for the game involved: I read the part you are (probably) rerferring to more as "We keep StarCraft II around because of it's rich history, and who knows, the series might make a huge comeback just like Counter-Strike did." Anyway. I think it's safe to say that Carmac is just so great for eSports. He will never read this, but I cannot thank the guy enough for what he did for StarCraft II and eSports as a whole. If I ever get the chance, I need to buy this guy a beer. Thanks, I don't drink. | ||
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