EPTOn March 19 2017 21:41 farvacola wrote:
"good and well known" is a rather different thing when compared across different competitions. Accordingly, EG's goal to pay well and seek out top talent did not stifle competition in Sc2 the way that a similar move might in sports like baseball or football; the results from this era, particularly once Hero hit his stride and Puma began to lose his luster, further suggest that this was the case. And this idea that it wasn't fun for fans directly conflicts with just how much hype and popularity resulted from the EG-TL rivalry that embraced EG's bad boy image.
"good and well known" is a rather different thing when compared across different competitions. Accordingly, EG's goal to pay well and seek out top talent did not stifle competition in Sc2 the way that a similar move might in sports like baseball or football; the results from this era, particularly once Hero hit his stride and Puma began to lose his luster, further suggest that this was the case. And this idea that it wasn't fun for fans directly conflicts with just how much hype and popularity resulted from the EG-TL rivalry that embraced EG's bad boy image.
Yes, but it's kind of like Intel and AMD. There is NO one else. Similarly, it was only TL and EG. Millenium was kind of nice, but it had only Stephano (he became EG later). What I'm saying is we could have had more than 2 equally competitive teams.
