EPTESL Pro Tour for SC2 discontinued - Page 3
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HeroSandro
521 Posts
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IArako
Germany195 Posts
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Lambertus
South Africa965 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38150 Posts
On April 05 2025 09:24 goody153 wrote: Tbf crowdfunding worked out really really well with Dota2 that was valve handling it who arent also known for taking charity but they it for their official tournament anyways. They had stupidly hyped and big events because of it although they stopped doing it recently cause the game wasnt their focus iirc. Crowdfunding worked for Valve because people like hats for their heroes and Valve took 75% of the cut themselves while the tournament got 25%. Once the model changed away from cosmetics the crowd support for the actual tournament was something like 3% of what it was before. Whatever happens for SC will be much more limited with no access to the game and a lack of centralisation Very sad to say goodbye | ||
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TelecoM
United States10663 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States13962 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1377 Posts
On April 05 2025 23:40 Cricketer12 wrote: So the last GSL was is fact Dark defeating Maru. gsl is not over. we have multiple small leaks suggesting there will be another season, just like we had multiple EWC leaks. ESL we didnt have any leaks so not surprising that shut down. | ||
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Azhrak
Finland1193 Posts
ESL Pro Tour for StarCraft II will not continue in 2025 and beyond. Thanks ESL for producing some of the best SC2 events ever, and stepping in when (it seemed) Blizzard did not want anything to do with SC2 esports. I know grassroots SC2 will continue to exists but this is about professional SC2 which is in dire straits now. In the end, the level of play will not continue to climb without professionals, but the entertainment could still be there. SC2 is very well respected and loved still, do not forget. If the current (and why not past) greats find the time to occasionally particiapate in (mostly online) events, I bet the interest will be there for the organizers to stay net zero. The biggest concern for me is the maintenance of the map pool and multilpayer balance. This has to be at least as big of a deal for Blizzard as WC3, so some form of support is expected. Let's hope Blizzard has the humility to gather pro/community feedback for balance, and pick the maps from future TL Map Contests. All in all, this announcement was waaaaay overdue. It is no coincidence the news came out right after the EWC annoucement, but something could have been said earlier in my opinion. Still, I am glad SC2 is free to play, the servers are online (except rip China), and with balance mods and maps we the community still have the power to shape this esports as we see fit. | ||
Mizenhauer
United States1804 Posts
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Tommy131313
Germany152 Posts
I really hope we can crowdfund (obviously much smaller) community events with passionate organizers like TakeTV, Wardi, Pig and the likes. And maybe there will be some competitive SC because of the EWC with some qualifiers, too. | ||
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tommey.liang
United States360 Posts
I started rewatching SC2 during early COVID times, so I'm sad to see this chapter come to a close. After this year's EWC who knows if there will be more premier SC2 tournaments? | ||
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Toshinou-Kyouko
Philippines16 Posts
At least GSL will still continue based on leaks, but things are not going well on the SC2 front. Also what does this mean for the balance council? IIRC those guys are working alongside ESL to do balance patches for SC2. What's gonna happen to them now? | ||
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Freezard
Sweden1009 Posts
1. The Brood War scene will flourish and grow even bigger 2. They have SC3 in the works Haven't watched much SC2 past WoL, only really the world championships and EWC, there's just been too many balance changes for me to keep up with and also I think most of the casters are really bad, but it's been exciting regardless. | ||
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Mizenhauer
United States1804 Posts
On April 06 2025 12:09 Freezard wrote: I can only imagine this means either: 1. The Brood War scene will flourish and grow even bigger 2. They have SC3 in the works Haven't watched much SC2 past WoL, only really the world championships and EWC, there's just been too many balance changes for me to keep up with and also I think most of the casters are really bad, but it's been exciting regardless. Blizzard making sc3 would be the biggest error ever from a company that has been making nothing but massive errors for well over a decade. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6762 Posts
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Moonerz
United States442 Posts
Even if blizzard was to make a sc3 I just don't have a lot of confidence in them at the moment. I mean honestly all good things must come to an end. Those early days feel like so so long ago. I think about the things I was doing at those times and where I was at in life. Crazy how much the internet culture and my own life has changed over those 15 years or so Pulling all nighters to catch proleague or code s live, inevitably fall asleep at some point. Going to a kbbq restaurant for the first time with some friends and one of them wearing a TL shirt just in case anyone knew about sc lmao... Streaming taking off, esports actually being a real thing. Feel like I'm just rambling but it's just a little bit of a strange feeling for sc2 esports to be "basically done". Glad I was here to witness and participate in the community in whatever small ways over the years. | ||
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LaughNgamezYT
12 Posts
SC2 will become what Broodwar is a small community with a lot of history and many people still passionate about the game. | ||
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hiroshOne
Poland425 Posts
Thanks sc2. Will always remember. I still play sometimes, but it's not the same as it was...But still, this game will be always in my heart in the special place. | ||
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