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Idea of a webcomic to grow esport scene

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Nayth
Profile Joined May 2012
France17 Posts
June 24 2013 21:07 GMT
#1
Hello,

I have been an avid starcraft player for years (followed the scene since GSL open seasons and master terran player on EU) and I am also a passionnate comic artist : )

To make starcraft and e sport in general more appealing to a wider audiance, this community should work on making it accessible and attractive to other people who would not understand video games by means of other media.

I worked a bit on this 'manga-webcomic' with this goal in mind cus I would love to grow the scene as much as possible !

Do you think Blizzard would actually support / finance this kind of project ? I would love to invest my time into this project ...
if not, what is it lacking ?

thank you all !

here are 5 chapters I did for the fun but I still think I can do much better !
link :
LINK TO WEBCOMIC

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thanks for your comments <3
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aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
June 24 2013 21:15 GMT
#2
Blizzard probably wont support you directly with money, perhaps some coverage if you catch someones eye. I think in general you have to find your own audience and then figure out how to make money from it. T-shirt sales, donations, ads, sticker sales and such is how its been done in the past by others.
FlashDave.999 aka Star
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8279 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 21:25:36
June 24 2013 21:23 GMT
#3
I'd definitely read and support a starcraft comic. The only problem I see is how you're going to make money off of it. Blizzard most likely wont support you directly, and since they own the ip, they probably wont let you sell items and/or get ad money either.. You could always contact them and ask of course. I think you might have something good here.

edit: oh yeah. You might want to look at getting an editor as well. Your english is..basic at best. Not strictly wrong in any way (some typos, but I don't mind those), just awkward to read.
sevia
Profile Joined May 2010
United States954 Posts
June 24 2013 21:27 GMT
#4
This is great.

I don't think you could get financial support from Blizzard or anything (and there might be some intellectual property concerns if you try to monetize it at all). But if you wanted to do it as a community project, I'm sure tons of people would be interested. Your style is quite good.
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Jade
Profile Joined January 2011
Poland289 Posts
June 24 2013 21:30 GMT
#5
This.
Is.
Awesome.
@KRN_Jade "Patience is a small price to pay for perfection."
Valon
Profile Joined June 2011
United States329 Posts
June 24 2013 21:31 GMT
#6
cool I like it
forumtext
Profile Joined September 2011
575 Posts
June 24 2013 21:36 GMT
#7
I don't want to discourage you. But think of it this way, Blizzard already have many very talented artist and story writers working for them, I doubt you can sell a comic to a business like Blizzard.
GhostFiber
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia88 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 21:57:18
June 24 2013 21:53 GMT
#8
You seem like a passionate guy. Unfortunately as others have mentioned you are probably best making a comic for something else unless you want to do it 100% free as a casual hobby.

Regardless of the moral or legal implications, it is a hit or miss. Blizzard are not like Valve, they do go after their fans. There have been various cases of Blizzard going after those who have made game-guides for World Of Warcraft and even add-ons, all because those fans wanted donations for their efforts.

There was also a case of someone calling their Starcraft custom map 'World of Starcraft', and he got hit by lawyers. Lucky Riot games (creators of LoL) offered him a job. Not sure if he picked it up, but as you can see Blizzard have zero interest in fans doing anything other making generic free content and playing their games.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13423 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 22:00:55
June 24 2013 21:58 GMT
#9
On June 25 2013 06:53 GhostFiber wrote:
You seem like a passionate guy. Unfortunately as others have mentioned you are probably best making a comic for something else unless you want to do it 100% free as a casual hobby.

Regardless of the moral or legal implications, it is a hit or miss. Blizzard are not like Valve, they do go after their fans. There have been various cases of Blizzard going after those who have made game-guides for World Of Warcraft and even add-ons, all because those fans wanted donations for their efforts.

There was also a case of someone calling their Starcraft custom map 'World of Starcraft', and he got hit by lawyers. Lucky Riot games (creators of LoL) offered him a job. Not sure if he picked it up, but as you can see Blizzard have zero interest in fans doing anything other making free content and playing their games.


I think its important to note that StarCrafts gets a lot of love and support from Blizzard. Probably not regularly in terms of money but I'm sure they contracted something for that WCS video he did. If you keep at it and it gets popular you can monetize it somehow. Will it be a cash cow? Probably not. but if its fun and you enjoy it and it gives you enough to cover a nice night out once in a while go for it.

also, I do like it and I think its awesome. But you need an english speaker to review your work. I can see some French sneaking in and causing some spelling errors
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Marathi
Profile Joined July 2011
298 Posts
June 24 2013 22:01 GMT
#10
I'd give it a shot, Blizzard seem to have been a lot more fan friendly since SC2 (especially HotS) promoting eSports. I mean hell Carbot has even managed to get his own in-game avatar.

Whilst I don't think they will support you directly either, unless you get into a position like Carbot where your popularity is too great to ignore, I'd still suggest giving it a darn good go!
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Trojanoz
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia22 Posts
June 24 2013 22:09 GMT
#11
On June 25 2013 06:36 forumtext wrote:
I don't want to discourage you. But think of it this way, Blizzard already have many very talented artist and story writers working for them, I doubt you can sell a comic to a business like Blizzard.


Wait talented story writers you cant be serious the story line has been kindergarten level at best - The single player story line was amazingly bad -- so so so so bad it was embarrassing
I thought I made a mistake once but I was wrong
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
June 24 2013 22:17 GMT
#12
While it's not bad at all, I really dislike your purple coloring and the size of the font used. It's horrible on my eyes ><
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
June 24 2013 22:20 GMT
#13
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
June 24 2013 22:29 GMT
#14
Don't know where you'd be able to take this, but props for the effort you've put in. Really cool even if it doesn't go the places you'd like it to.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12888 Posts
June 24 2013 22:32 GMT
#15
On June 25 2013 07:20 StarStruck wrote:
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<

Nah I have to disagree.
Imagine a starcraft comic similar to Hikaru no go would be epic
Any of you don't know that manga, it's awesome and about the broad game go
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
June 24 2013 22:35 GMT
#16
Nice work my friend.
Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
June 24 2013 22:38 GMT
#17
On June 25 2013 07:32 ETisME wrote:
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On June 25 2013 07:20 StarStruck wrote:
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<

Nah I have to disagree.
Imagine a starcraft comic similar to Hikaru no go would be epic
Any of you don't know that manga, it's awesome and about the broad game go


Make it like Akagi or Kaiji and focus on the intense mindgames. Man, I may just go watch Akagi again.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
June 24 2013 22:39 GMT
#18
On June 25 2013 07:32 ETisME wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2013 07:20 StarStruck wrote:
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<

Nah I have to disagree.
Imagine a starcraft comic similar to Hikaru no go would be epic
Any of you don't know that manga, it's awesome and about the broad game go

Dead God appears to some random Asian dude and help him to become GrandMaster?
Dosey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4505 Posts
June 24 2013 22:50 GMT
#19
On June 25 2013 07:20 StarStruck wrote:
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<

Bro, have you seen Beyblades?

It is literally just about battle-dradles and children screaming "WOOOOHHHHHHHHHUUUHHHHHHHH" for 15 minutes until one dradle stops spinning. If that can be as successful as it is with its mangas, animes, toys, and games; SC2 should have no problem.
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 23:06:16
June 24 2013 23:05 GMT
#20
On June 25 2013 07:50 Dosey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2013 07:20 StarStruck wrote:
Gaming doesn't really make for a good webcomic unless you were to mix in the actual units and shit or go pure humor. Carbots works and although you are a decent drawer, I think there are more areas you can explore like penny arcade or something >_<

Bro, have you seen Beyblades?

It is literally just about battle-dradles and children screaming "WOOOOHHHHHHHHHUUUHHHHHHHH" for 15 minutes until one dradle stops spinning. If that can be as successful as it is with its mangas, animes, toys, and games; SC2 should have no problem.

You forgot the major appeal of Bayblades in that description. It's all about those monsters in the tolls (forgot the name) so they can "control" them while fighting. Making a computer game in a manga/anime sounds really hard tbh unless you put a major twist on it (.hack franchise/Sword arts online)
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