I got into professional Starcraft through Starcraft 2, and although I played Brood War as a kid, I never retained my interest in the game at the time, and moved on to more games. Things eventually came full circle and I'm more into Starcraft now than I ever was. I float around TeamLiquid on a daily basis, and as such, can't help but see all of the passion from Brood War, and all of the hype for the upcoming ProLeague season. I've slowly started learning a little bit about Brood War, from watching the OSL finals recently to witnessing BoxeR play Brood War in person at IPL 3
With all the hype, and all the news of the upcoming ProLeague season, I can't help but want to follow it, and feel at least a fraction of the emotions Brood War fans are feeling. So please, help me, a clueless Starcraft 2 forum-goer, begin to appreciate the masterpiece that is Starcraft: Brood War, and the upcoming ProLeague!
People will stream proleague matches on the right-hand-side bar. You can also watch past PL matches in the small vod section or nevake's channel on youtube. Look out for moments like these: + Show Spoiler +
Proleague will supposedly start on November 26th. Just look at the top right box of TL under the calendar where the streams are listed and you will probably either see boesthius or nanashin streaming. If you don't have time to watch them live you can watch the VODs on the youtube channel 'nevake'. If you want english commentary search for nukethestars or dejavu119. They will probably only commentate the OSL and maybe proleague matches between the BW elites.
Interviews of matches should be available fairly fast after each match, so check the BW General section for those. They are translated by the lovely people in this community.
As in Starcraft II, there is of course live-threads for the matches under the BW Tourneys section.
From the perspective of someone who lurks far more than they post in brood war forums: Read through a LR thread a bit before posting and realize how civil and mannered 98% of people are. That's how it should be
yeah, summary: pretty much all pl will be streamed by someone in "on air" section (nanashin, gtr, eton, etc). pretty much all vods get uploaded to youtube account nevake (usually by mokitra). They can be found in "small vod thread" most matches posted in torrent thread as well. all games will have live report threads
I walked away to grab a sandwich and I came back to all of this information! Thanks for all the quick replies! I've certainly got a lot of reading (and watching) to do between now and the first match!
@rotinegg: Why include that firebathero ceremony and not the swimsuit one?
This is exactly the situation I was in about a year ago. I started to slowly follow the stuff whenever I can, and it's much fun. Don't miss on Power Rank too, they are mad fun to read.
Did you catch this spotlighted thread? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=285270 It's a pretty nice summary of the main characters of Proleague. Basically, when the game starts we all hop on the stream and watch giddily and then spam LR threads during commercial breaks.
On November 17 2011 04:58 Probe1 wrote: From the perspective of someone who lurks far more than they post in brood war forums: Read through a LR thread a bit before posting and realize how civil and mannered 98% of people are. That's how it should be
Yeah, I thought the BW LR threads were bad until I saw the SC2 ones...
I started following the bw scene 3 years ago and man what a ride it has been. I promise you VirgilSC2 there is so much emotion tied up to BW's history. Its a story about a RTS game that became a national sport drawing crowds up in the hundreds of thousands. Its the only pc-game in the world that has professional players with annual payments. Its a story of what should be impossible, and still seem so in the rest of the world for the time being, that PC-gamers become idols and sporting heroes swooned by boys and girls alike.
I would recommend reading the Final Edits in the feature section her on TL to get a better grasp of the strategical evolution of the game and of the individual players.
The best thing about Proleague is finding a team you like and following its performance, hopefully all the way to the finals.
Then whenever a player of your team wins a game, go in LR and spam show your support by typing something along the lines of BEEEEEEEEEEEEESUIT!1!1!1!, which you will find plenty of fans of that team already doing!
On November 17 2011 06:39 Louuster wrote: The best thing about Proleague is finding a team you like and following its performance, hopefully all the way to the finals.
Then whenever a player of your team wins a game, go in LR and spam show your support by typing something along the lines of BEEEEEEEEEEEEESUIT!1!1!1!, which you will find plenty of fans of that team already doing!
I think I'm going to stick 8 pieces of paper with team names on it to a dartboard, close my eyes, and then just pick whichever one I land on for this season.
On November 17 2011 06:39 Louuster wrote: The best thing about Proleague is finding a team you like and following its performance, hopefully all the way to the finals.
Then whenever a player of your team wins a game, go in LR and spam show your support by typing something along the lines of BEEEEEEEEEEEEESUIT!1!1!1!, which you will find plenty of fans of that team already doing!
I think I'm going to stick 8 pieces of paper with team names on it to a dartboard, close my eyes, and then just pick whichever one I land on for this season.
Remember to add your "Your favorite progaming team" logo from the options. Let us know which you end up with.
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