EPTOn November 27 2025 13:25 doktordingerdonger wrote:
Dude you are the one who whenever I post you go with a flurry about all my personality is to shit on sc2. What is your personality then?
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On November 27 2025 06:11 Balnazza wrote:
I love how that triggered you so much, even though that particular part of the trinity wasn't describing you at all. Btw, the guy it actually meant recognized it and took the joke. Y'know, like someone whos personality isn't defined by liking Brood War
You are right though: People should just watch AoE 2 or WC3. AoE 2 is just a super-fun community with crazy events (I will die on the hill that Red Bull Wololo V was the best Esports-event of all time) and WC3 is just the best game ever made in general. Glad we agree on that, welcome home, fellow WC3-fan :3
I mean...SC2 will be 100% present at BlizzCon, because of that Classic Cup thingy. Will it be an "actual tournament"? Probably not...but who knows. Either way, that would be in almost exactly one year, so if that was the only thing to look forward to, that would be really depressing.
On November 26 2025 07:20 doktordingerdonger wrote:
5 bucks lmao. I think there is no use if I just show the link as you would just say that these are fake, or that all BW streamers somehow all stream daily for 5 bucks games. I guess its no use to look at the liquidpedia proleague link which EXACTLY shows how much has been donated each time it happens, or the many jinjin5000 threads. I guess you also just say that these are fake.
All those korean BW streamers only stream to an audience of close to 0 and just stream BW every day to earn 5 bucks. You are completely right bro. Also those afreeca numbers are all fake and the donations are also fake. Everything in BW is fake. Soop/Afreeca, a public company you can buy stocks from just faked the entire scene and its donation money, which they get a sizeable chunk from. Basically its all a scam. Of course they only do that to trigger a bunch of foreign Tl.net posters. Also every ASL, apart from the prize money, they have to pay blizzard 90k usd in fees. I guess its all to show that the platform is healthy, because we all know its all fake.
You have been right all along!
On November 26 2025 03:56 Balnazza wrote:
Congratulations on assembling the unholy trifecta of the guy who things liking BW is a personality, the guy who thinks playing for 5 bucks is the best kind of Esports scene and the guy who can randomly go on long, non-computable rants.
That was quite the feat - and so fast!
To answer your question:
You cannot predict what will happen in '26, because '25 was already a complete shitshow that, under any other TO, should and could have never happened like this. EWC announcing SC2 like three months after their own second deadline was just insanity no one else would have gotten away with.
In a "sensible world", EWC announces all games for '26 until February at the latest, because it is highly likely the games that will be featured at EWC are also the games featured at their new Nations World Cup later that year. If they still want to feature a true RTS, SC2 is still the best choice by far for both events, though AoE 2 is creeping up, with much more backing from Microsoft. But who knows - maybe Blizzard/Microsoft will set something in motion in preparation for Blizzcon '26, which is pure speculation of course.
As for other LANs: Everything is affected by EWC. ESL will not do anything without EWC, so no Dreamhacks. And smaller LANs might only be viable with the additional motivation of offering a qualification spot. Without that, SC2 might devolve into the current AoE 2 scene, where basically everything is Online, except the tournaments hosted by GamerLegion and whatever fun RedBull is having with the Wololo-events.
Congratulations on assembling the unholy trifecta of the guy who things liking BW is a personality, the guy who thinks playing for 5 bucks is the best kind of Esports scene and the guy who can randomly go on long, non-computable rants.
That was quite the feat - and so fast!
To answer your question:
You cannot predict what will happen in '26, because '25 was already a complete shitshow that, under any other TO, should and could have never happened like this. EWC announcing SC2 like three months after their own second deadline was just insanity no one else would have gotten away with.
In a "sensible world", EWC announces all games for '26 until February at the latest, because it is highly likely the games that will be featured at EWC are also the games featured at their new Nations World Cup later that year. If they still want to feature a true RTS, SC2 is still the best choice by far for both events, though AoE 2 is creeping up, with much more backing from Microsoft. But who knows - maybe Blizzard/Microsoft will set something in motion in preparation for Blizzcon '26, which is pure speculation of course.
As for other LANs: Everything is affected by EWC. ESL will not do anything without EWC, so no Dreamhacks. And smaller LANs might only be viable with the additional motivation of offering a qualification spot. Without that, SC2 might devolve into the current AoE 2 scene, where basically everything is Online, except the tournaments hosted by GamerLegion and whatever fun RedBull is having with the Wololo-events.
5 bucks lmao. I think there is no use if I just show the link as you would just say that these are fake, or that all BW streamers somehow all stream daily for 5 bucks games. I guess its no use to look at the liquidpedia proleague link which EXACTLY shows how much has been donated each time it happens, or the many jinjin5000 threads. I guess you also just say that these are fake.
All those korean BW streamers only stream to an audience of close to 0 and just stream BW every day to earn 5 bucks. You are completely right bro. Also those afreeca numbers are all fake and the donations are also fake. Everything in BW is fake. Soop/Afreeca, a public company you can buy stocks from just faked the entire scene and its donation money, which they get a sizeable chunk from. Basically its all a scam. Of course they only do that to trigger a bunch of foreign Tl.net posters. Also every ASL, apart from the prize money, they have to pay blizzard 90k usd in fees. I guess its all to show that the platform is healthy, because we all know its all fake.
You have been right all along!
I love how that triggered you so much, even though that particular part of the trinity wasn't describing you at all. Btw, the guy it actually meant recognized it and took the joke. Y'know, like someone whos personality isn't defined by liking Brood War
You are right though: People should just watch AoE 2 or WC3. AoE 2 is just a super-fun community with crazy events (I will die on the hill that Red Bull Wololo V was the best Esports-event of all time) and WC3 is just the best game ever made in general. Glad we agree on that, welcome home, fellow WC3-fan :3
On November 26 2025 19:20 Harris1st wrote:
I don't expect Starcraft to be present with an actual tournament at Blizzcon. At most we get like a invite 4 player exhibition.
We'll likely have 1-2 HomestoryCups, Stara Zagora and RSL as Offline tournaments. Maybe the odd LAN like the Canada tournament that happened a few weeks back.
I don't expect anything more from Saudis. Last year was already the last nail
I don't expect Starcraft to be present with an actual tournament at Blizzcon. At most we get like a invite 4 player exhibition.
We'll likely have 1-2 HomestoryCups, Stara Zagora and RSL as Offline tournaments. Maybe the odd LAN like the Canada tournament that happened a few weeks back.
I don't expect anything more from Saudis. Last year was already the last nail
I mean...SC2 will be 100% present at BlizzCon, because of that Classic Cup thingy. Will it be an "actual tournament"? Probably not...but who knows. Either way, that would be in almost exactly one year, so if that was the only thing to look forward to, that would be really depressing.
Dude you are the one who whenever I post you go with a flurry about all my personality is to shit on sc2. What is your personality then?
Your definition of "flurry" is exceedingly odd my friend.
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