HomeStory Cup XVII Players - Page 5

On June 19 2018 23:50 almightytivi wrote:
I don't knock for knocking's sake. Critics have a role and there was no constructive feedback to give at this point. I'm a hardcore fan, arriving before the setup staff arrived for GSL Stats vs Maru at the GSL studio. Yes, people go to HSC for the environment and experience - a unique element found exclusive to HSC - which is why you cannot serve A5 grade wagyu beef without saki or whatever alcohol pairing... Koreans led starcraft into being a broadcasted competitive e-sport, it's just plain wrong to not have them, for whatever reason. What HSC does for the community is impossible to pay sufficient gratitude for and much pride should be taken - enough pride to not even host an HSC without solid koreans AND solid foreigners in the mix. Postponement or soliciting the community for aid. I love HSC enough to say NO, do not serve it up incomplete.

Taxes kill prize pool funding. Can we talk about cryptocurrencies and other strategies to make HSC worthwhile for players? The amount of donations before was incredible because of how it measured the community's support and love. I'm sure this community also has people with expertise and skill sets as well that can contribute to keeping HSC alive and even growing. For example, PM the organizers to offer free labor to help build up a crypto prize pool, offer to be the no-name that informs players of un-official incentives, offer private non-taxable gifts to the prize pool, etc.

Starcraft players are intelligent and so are Starcraft fans. This is my small contribution, a gamble that these words lead to a little more sweat or creativity that leads to a big return on the end product of this HSC.

The hard line for Starcraft, as I see it, if we never want it to be a ded-game, is that there is never a decline. If a tournament's prize pool, lineup, audience numbers stay the same, each following year, okay, but we can never let it decline, or it might be a slippery slope to ded-game.