EPTKorean community outrage over BlizzCon casting - Page 2
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Morrissey
Germany55 Posts
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Toua
Denmark318 Posts
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Elentos
55585 Posts
It's the #3 language in the world  Not but seriously this is not great from Blizzard. | ||
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RxMidnight
United States251 Posts
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DarkGamer
Germany330 Posts
in my experience if two people from different countrys meet they try to comunicate in english (or spanish) most of the time. also in companies the most spoken language is english. thats y i think so. On October 28 2018 18:49 207aicila wrote: Your point isn't altogether that bad - although I'm strongly on the side of "WTF Blizzard" on this one - but here are some things to consider as to why the comparison between Korea and Germany is bad here: Korea has always had a disproportionately high number of StarCraft fans, players and pros compared to any other country, and clearly cared enough about the game to organise large grassroots tournaments and put the game on TV for years. Even with SC2 being nowhere near as popular as BW in Korea, they're still the single biggest national scene. Remember that when you're comparing viewership between regional events you're comparing Korea alone vs a dozen or two Western countries - and they are still comparable. Blizzard clearly understand this since they've given Korea its own WCS region since the inception of the WCS system. Even with BlizzCon being an event that always draws a lot of outsider eyeballs and not just strictly regular fans, it still seems stupid and disrespectful for them to exclude the one nation with the biggest scene and culture of their game, even if that's maybe only 10-15-20% of the audience. Also, one more thing, here in Europe we tend to learn English en masse from a very young age and many of us are constantly surrounded by it in media and culture. In my experience East Asian countries tend to be a lot weaker in terms of how well-versed the average citizen is at speaking English. I'm not educated enough on the subject to tell you why, but it's the reality of the situation. agree with most of your points. just wanted to point out that its not naturally that a country can demand a first language stream. but reading through some arguments like yours i also think there should have been a korean stream. especially if your consider this: On October 28 2018 19:12 Morrissey wrote: thats crazy considering the english broadcast has 14 (!!!) talents. while korean has 0. would it have been so difficult to do 10-4 or something instead? additional note: people like you dummy1 should try to be a little more respectful and dont act like a aggressor. no need for this in this forum. | ||
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PharaphOobia
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1159 Posts
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Freeborn
Germany421 Posts
What are they using the warchest funds for then? More american casters? As a fan 70% of the fun in SC2 is watching the GSL. Blizzard should have offered the korean stream to AfreecaTV. | ||
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Psychonian
United States2322 Posts
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Mun_Su
France2063 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16124 Posts
You already know that the game isn't as popular over there, how the hell do you expect to GET IT more popular if they keep doing shit like this. Ugh. | ||
Ziggy
South Korea2106 Posts
And although I agree it's a (hopefully unintended) affront that should have been avoided, Blizzard are still a company that needs to make a profit, trying to keep a franchise (that isn't doing as well as it used to) alive. And, according to fuzic.nl, the viewership has certainly increased across the board this year. Perhaps if they'd put more resources into reinvigorating the Korean fanbase, the South Korean audience would also grow, justifying the need for a separate cast in their mother tongue. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16124 Posts
On October 28 2018 19:12 Morrissey wrote: thats crazy considering the english broadcast has 14 (!!!) talents. while korean has 0. would it have been so difficult to do 10-4 or something instead? No kidding. I'd be happy with half of the talent staying home if it meant the Koreans got their main cast here. | ||
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Deleted User 26513
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Charoisaur
Germany16081 Posts
On October 28 2018 19:23 DarkGamer wrote: in my experience if two people from different countrys meet they try to comunicate in english (or spanish) most of the time. also in companies the most spoken language is english. thats y i think so. only in western countries | ||
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sneakyfox
8217 Posts
It seems their whole bet on the future of SC2 are the mixed Korean-Circuit events, which also seem to be the most popular. It hardly helps the struggling Korean scene if there is no proper casting talent for them. They should obviously have brought in the GSL-crew. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
On October 28 2018 19:39 Pr0wler wrote: So no cast in korean. Tough luck. Join the other 6000+ languages. There are two regions. Korea and the rest of the world. Both regions should be treated equally. You can't compare Korea to any other individual country. | ||
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CMS_Flash
Hong Kong47 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16124 Posts
On October 28 2018 19:39 Pr0wler wrote: So no cast in korean. Tough luck. Join the other 6000+ languages. The fuck are you on about? Half of the tournament is Korean! It's not a minor region it's the biggest region in the damn game! | ||
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Cptbeefy
Ireland13 Posts
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