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D3 will diminish SC2 foreign scene?

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PIJAMA
Profile Joined February 2009
Brazil137 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 21:37:49
April 03 2012 12:46 GMT
#1
Since the subject is about both (Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3), I didn´t know where exactly to post it.

But anyway, I was thinking about it when I woke up this morning. Many friends of mine will stop playing StarCraft 2 on Diablo 3 release. I want to know what the community thinks about this fact.

Will too many people quit playing SC2? Will it increase the gap between koreans and foreigners too much?

Edit: Poll suggested by Reasonable

Poll: Will you keep playing SC2 after D3 release?

No! (184)
 
37%

I´ll play both! (173)
 
35%

Yes! (126)
 
26%

I won´t play any of them! (8)
 
2%

491 total votes

Your vote: Will you keep playing SC2 after D3 release?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!
(Vote): I´ll play both!
(Vote): I won´t play any of them!




User was warned for posting a low content OP. Leaving thread open for discussion.

traffiq
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany26 Posts
April 03 2012 12:55 GMT
#2
I dont think it will affect the progaming scene to much.
The people that play the game on a pro level wont be distracted by diablo.

And the rest does not matter i guess. I for myself will still continue playing sc2 but much less frequent.
Kamakiri
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden229 Posts
April 03 2012 13:04 GMT
#3
The release of D3 will not have any short term effects on competitive SC2, probably not long term either.
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Moliere
Profile Joined February 2011
51 Posts
April 03 2012 13:08 GMT
#4
Will it affect pro-gaming? I sincerely doubt it. The casual SC2 player might spend more time with D3 when it releases, though. But that won't affect the "scene", as it were.
bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
April 03 2012 13:10 GMT
#5
I think you have to break up the effects between the esports scene and the overall Blizzard gaming public. The esports scene will barely be impacted, if at all.

It remains to be seen if this will have long-term impacts about getting new blood into the pro scene, but that would be a concern even without Diablo III in the picture and there's still HotS coming.
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dartoo
Profile Joined May 2010
India2500 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 13:12:09
April 03 2012 13:11 GMT
#6
I doubt it. Diablo is mostly a single player/coop game for the masses, and then you have the core audience that play pvp etc. The only time when it can takeaway from the sc2 scene is when you start seeing it on big tourneys like mlg etc, and that doesnt seem like it might happen.

Whereas the people who play sc2, yes there will be a temporary drop, till they finish the game a few times. The people who drift from one game to another have probably already drifted away after two years, and the ones that remain are the ones that just like the game a lot.
Ozira
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden147 Posts
April 03 2012 13:14 GMT
#7
Seriously doubt it, casual yeah maybe.. don't think it will the community at all
vanhio
Profile Joined November 2010
Niue980 Posts
April 03 2012 13:18 GMT
#8
I'll stop playing sc2 for sometime when d3 is realised, but i`ll still watch gsl/gstl
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany3765 Posts
April 03 2012 13:28 GMT
#9
ofc it will influence the practise routine for some days or weeks of lots of players, but it wont rly affect it, no
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ThaZenith
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3082 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 14:04:46
April 03 2012 13:58 GMT
#10
Lol, are you serious? You think some random game, even one like D3 that's gonna be fun, will 'diminish the foreign scene'?

This topic is a little embarrassing. Although it would be hilarious to see all the top level SC2 foreigners quit to play D3, cementing korean domination for all time. ^^
PIJAMA
Profile Joined February 2009
Brazil137 Posts
April 03 2012 14:06 GMT
#11
On April 03 2012 22:10 bonifaceviii wrote:
I think you have to break up the effects between the esports scene and the overall Blizzard gaming public. The esports scene will barely be impacted, if at all.

It remains to be seen if this will have long-term impacts about getting new blood into the pro scene, but that would be a concern even without Diablo III in the picture and there's still HotS coming.


I totally skipped the fact that HotS is coming. Now thinking better about it, if there is gonna be a huge amount of people stopping to play SC2, a lot of those persons may come back on HotS.

I've being concerned about SC2 foreign scene lately since people are doing so bad in GSL and thinking in how long will it take until koreans dominate the whole scene like in BW.
Dac
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada452 Posts
April 03 2012 14:07 GMT
#12
On April 03 2012 22:58 ThaZenith wrote:
Lol, are you serious? You think some random game, even one like D3 that's gonna be fun, will 'diminish the foreign scene'?

This topic is a little embarrassing. Although it would be hilarious to see all the top level SC2 foreigners quit to play D3, cementing korean domination for all time. ^^


To be fair i think he was referring to the fan base. Not the pro-gamers.

I think an argument can be made that some people will play sc2 less and might therefore be less interested in watching the pro-scene.

But I think for the most part, casual players will get distracted but that always the case when big games come around.
Jiyakku
Profile Joined December 2011
England19 Posts
April 03 2012 14:17 GMT
#13
Personally speaking, my laddering will diminish quite alot for the first few months (or longer) post-D3 launch.

But (and I think this will remain true for a lot of people in the SC2 community who have an interest in Diablo), my viewing of SC2 pro streams & tournaments will continue at near full capacity.

Considering this, that SC2 is largely about watching rather than playing for a lot people, the SC2 pro scene will not be affected by a decline in views because people won't want to stop their viewing experience. Esports won't suffer less revenue, and if they do, it would be negligible.
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SeeDLiNg
Profile Joined January 2010
United States670 Posts
April 03 2012 14:28 GMT
#14
D3 will make the ladder much more barren. I assume the lower the rank, the more barren it's going to get. This will make it harder to reach higher ranks, as the average skill level is going to shoot up practically overnight. Next reset after D3, I assume a lot of people are going to get demoted.
HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1249 Posts
April 03 2012 14:50 GMT
#15
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of marginal foreign "pros" (people no one knows about and are either on small teams or aren't on teams at all) end up playing WAY too much D3. I think it will hardly affect all the big names, though.

As far as viewership, it is hard to say. I would expect a small dip in average views for any events that would be in the first week or 2 of D3's release.
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Maggost
Profile Joined August 2011
Venezuela261 Posts
April 03 2012 14:55 GMT
#16
On April 03 2012 21:46 PIJAMA wrote:
Since the subject is about both (Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3), I didn´t know where exactly to post it.

But anyway, I was thinking about it when I woke up this morning. Many friends of mine will stop playing StarCraft 2 on Diablo 3 release. I want to know what the community thinks about this fact.

Will too many people quit playing SC2? Will it increase the gap between koreans and foreigners too much?


I will quit playing SC2 for sure, that game is for people smart or who played RTS games for so long and i am not that type of person, plus it makes me rage a lot so Diablo 3 will be more relaxing for me.
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15716 Posts
April 03 2012 16:18 GMT
#17
As far as the progaming scene goes, the effect will be negligible, don't worry 'bout that. As far as the general community goes... then yes, a large portion will go D3 instead. (Me included)
dUTtrOACh
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2152 Posts
April 03 2012 16:27 GMT
#18
I agree with the sentiment that the pro scene will be unaffected. The casual scene, on the other hand... I'm the only one out of my SC2 friends who won't bother getting D3. The rest of them will get it and will undoubtedly play it until the boredom kicks in. Blizzard will need to make something special in HotS to bring them back, because AFAIC, they won't come back to SC2 unless their D3 experience is found wanting.

I think I need to find some SC2 friends who don't give a shit about Diablo, or things will be pretty lonely come May 15th.
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imPermanenCe
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands592 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 16:31:02
April 03 2012 16:30 GMT
#19
On April 03 2012 23:06 PIJAMA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2012 22:10 bonifaceviii wrote:
I think you have to break up the effects between the esports scene and the overall Blizzard gaming public. The esports scene will barely be impacted, if at all.

It remains to be seen if this will have long-term impacts about getting new blood into the pro scene, but that would be a concern even without Diablo III in the picture and there's still HotS coming.


I totally skipped the fact that HotS is coming. Now thinking better about it, if there is gonna be a huge amount of people stopping to play SC2, a lot of those persons may come back on HotS.

I've being concerned about SC2 foreign scene lately since people are doing so bad in GSL and thinking in how long will it take until koreans dominate the whole scene like in BW.

A question for you: Do you see any professional SC2 player quitting SC2 for a casual game like Diablo 3?
I'm pretty sure that you can find a good answer on that one, thus also answering your own question.
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PIJAMA
Profile Joined February 2009
Brazil137 Posts
April 03 2012 16:33 GMT
#20
On April 03 2012 23:07 Dac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2012 22:58 ThaZenith wrote:
Lol, are you serious? You think some random game, even one like D3 that's gonna be fun, will 'diminish the foreign scene'?

This topic is a little embarrassing. Although it would be hilarious to see all the top level SC2 foreigners quit to play D3, cementing korean domination for all time. ^^


To be fair i think he was referring to the fan base. Not the pro-gamers.

I think an argument can be made that some people will play sc2 less and might therefore be less interested in watching the pro-scene.

But I think for the most part, casual players will get distracted but that always the case when big games come around.


Actually it was something like this I was thinking about. Like how it would affect the 'future foreign progamers production' since in my opinion both Diablo and Starcraft fans and even the games have a couple more things in common then SC and some other random game.

Maybe D3 can bring even more people to SC2, since they can acknowledge SC2 through D3, I don´t know. As it was said before both games have a different focus. D3 is more single player and SC2 is more competition.

I am so anxious about D3 release, but I cannot leave the game I love the most behind.
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