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After more than nine years of intense Starcraft II action, we are sad to announce that our weekly online cups on ESL Play open to the entire community will see their last matches on April 28. Click here if you wish to play the last cup of the SC2 Go4 Series!
To close this huge chapter in ESL Play’s history, we decided to honor the players that left their mark on our cups with their dedication and consistency. Meet the SC2 Go4 Series gods: ...
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Personally its sad to see going go4sc2 away however i feel like there are a lot of weekly and monthly stuff already so its not that big of a hit?
What do you guys think?
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The question is, why ? I was expecting HSC to end sooner than you... 
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That's a huge blow. Sad stuff but they will have their reasons.
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I didn't watch anymore but it's make me sad, I have such good memories of this tournament between 2010-11, the Happy's wins, the rise of Stephano, it was such good times for the scene.
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I don't think go4sc2 is strictly needed at the moment but it's very sad to see it go.
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On April 18 2019 03:58 Xain0n wrote:
I don't think go4sc2 is strictly needed at the moment but it's very sad to see it go.
I think it was very good for up&comers, there is not so many tournaments where you can show yourself anymore and practicing for the sole purpose to take part in WCS Qualifiers every 2-3 months is not very viable
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Noooooooooooooooooooo!
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
End of an era
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Canada8988 Posts
Ouch never expected to see the day
A lot of love to all the admin, ref and caster who bring us more Starcraft that anyone in the world over the years, it won't be the same without you.
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RIP, sad to see it go for the reasons Nerchio mentioned above.
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This is a huge loss. This was the last public tournament series where the brackets never got fixed/seeded to favor certain players. Brackets were always generated at random. It was ran properly. This is where talent developed. What a shame.
Only thing left is the "sports entertainment" style tournaments where brackets are set up in advance and in a way to favor a specific set of players(usually the incrowd). Honestly, this is what killed starcraft. You guys tried to operate as if you were above everyone and you alienated the community. Aside from Rifkin's tournies that is....
And this is why you rarely saw "new blood". The SC2 scene was not ran like a fair-for-all scene. The people in power/influence always tried to make it about popularity and views. That's not what starcraft is about. It's not about who can attract more viewers, the game is about dominating your opponent. For the last 8 years it's been a circlejerk of the same group of people(who also had friends in positions of power/influence in the scene to ensure those people could constantly "have a job"). Ya'll ruined competitive starcraft with your bs politics. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the scene was "rigged" to favor a certain set of individuals. If only you knew what the word "community" meant.
Anywho, angry rant aside, It's a shame. GO4SC2 was the original sc2 tournament series, or one of them(zotac was another).
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Arent there alternatives in form of ProxyTempest and OSC?
Just asking 
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all things come to an end...
I think Go4 hasn't been too big of a tournament lately.
Alas, it was mostly fun to watch and a good start for upcoming new pros.
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United States97274 Posts
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End of an era...
I'll try to play the last one and get smashed like when I was stupid enough to participate in 2011-12 :'D
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On April 18 2019 03:58 Xain0n wrote:
I don't think go4sc2 is strictly needed at the moment but it's very sad to see it go.
tell me this is a joke
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On April 18 2019 10:53 necrosexy wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2019 03:58 Xain0n wrote:
I don't think go4sc2 is strictly needed at the moment but it's very sad to see it go.
tell me this is a joke
No, it's not a joke. Read my words literally, as "it's not like Blizzard is dropping sc2".
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EPT
