| Phil4994 United States. August 06 2010 02:54. Posts 106 | Profile Blog # |
| This is freaking AWESOME. Go E-sports! |
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| Shiladie Canada. August 06 2010 02:55. Posts 1618 | Profile Blog # |
holy fucking crazy awesome shit!
Gonna probably see a lot of gamers around the world going to korea to participate in this, as the prize pool looks like it'll provide a lot of the funding in itself... |
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| AdamBanks Canada. August 06 2010 02:56. Posts 920 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 02:45 KudoJoe wrote:
Why is everyone so surprised/angry that the preliminaries and tournaments would be held in Korea? Blizzard contracted GomTV which is a Korean company so it's obvious they would have the preliminaries in another country and spend more money.
If Blizzard contracted lets say an American broadcasting company, tournaments and preliminaries would be held in America. Same goes for any other country.
Starcraft Esports was started in Korea and the big money will be in Korea because Esports is stable in Korea. Just like major league sports in America will have the big bucks.
And yes, this was obviously catered toward Koreans since the announcement for a "Global" Tournament was announced in Korea first....which is very odd.
Seems like most of the complaints are comming from people with > 500 post's. Not that it's a bad thing; Competitive game isn't easy and it takes a huge commitment that many people overlook, it also requires you to go to places to find tournies with cash, its been that way since thresh and fatality first picked up a mouse and it won't change anytime soon (unless ur from korea). It is very awsome tho to see such a hefty prize pool.
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| LegendaryZ United States. August 06 2010 02:56. Posts 1583 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 02:20 PanzerDragoon wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 02:17 LegendaryZ wrote:
It's a $170,000 prize pool, not a grand prize so it's not like the winner walks home with that much. Most likely this will present a strong incentive for players without a salary or contract to switch, but I don't think higher class BW players who do have salaries would have any incentive to switch until teams are created that offer comparable contracts, facilities, and opportunities. I'd rather be guaranteed $20,000 a year with room and board than compete for $100,000 and risk coming home with nothing unless I actually place above a certain point in a global tournament at a completely new game. Certainly the higher tier BW players that have larger contracts and can, with some degree of reliability and confidence, also take home prize money from BW tournaments and competition will not have any incentive at all to switch despite this prize.
At any rate, this is certainly a good start to the professional SC2 scene and it'll definitely be interesting to see where it goes from here.
Are you kidding? Except for the top level, best of the best, their salaries are not that high. Only guys like Jaedong or Flash or Bisu make big money. I would guess many of the b-teamers and lower level A-teamers are going to switch over, and without them, BW falls apart because the best guys no longer have anyone to practice with (and teams don't have the depth for any sort of team league)
So long as they have even a little bit of security in BW, I don't even see lower A-teamers switching over since there's absolutely no guarantee that they can even compete at a comparable level in SC2. I don't doubt that the BW scene will take a hit and most likely gradually die out, but I really don't see any significant amount of current BW pros jumping ship because of this unless their team instructs them to. I think you vastly undervalue the feeling of security, even if it's only a perception of security. |
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| Lexpar Canada. August 06 2010 02:56. Posts 1809 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Taku Canada. August 06 2010 02:57. Posts 1785 | Profile Blog # |
| Well I suppose that's *one* way of helping SC2 get adopted in Korea, throw more money at it >_> |
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| Pablols Chile. August 06 2010 02:58. Posts 502 | Profile # |
| IdrA must be really happy :D |
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| Iakya United States. August 06 2010 03:00. Posts 7 | Profile # |
| SWEET NEWS! I cant wait til they get this going and the games are being cast/streamed! |
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| Black Gun Germany. August 06 2010 03:00. Posts 3862 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 02:58 Pablols wrote:
IdrA must be really happy :D
until he gets eliminated by some stupid korean cheese. |
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| askke United States. August 06 2010 03:02. Posts 5 | Profile # |
| Oh man! This is great news! Us sc2 channel? Hopefully some prelims will be outside Korea |
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| Shiladie Canada. August 06 2010 03:02. Posts 1618 | Profile Blog # |
| the more times I read through this the more excited I get at what this could mean for the future of esports! |
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| Alou United States. August 06 2010 03:02. Posts 3747 | Profile Blog # |
| I saw this last night and i'm in love <3 Great stuff for SC2 |
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| KudoJoe Korea (South). August 06 2010 03:03. Posts 66 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 02:56 AdamBanks wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 02:45 KudoJoe wrote:
Why is everyone so surprised/angry that the preliminaries and tournaments would be held in Korea? Blizzard contracted GomTV which is a Korean company so it's obvious they would have the preliminaries in another country and spend more money.
If Blizzard contracted lets say an American broadcasting company, tournaments and preliminaries would be held in America. Same goes for any other country.
Starcraft Esports was started in Korea and the big money will be in Korea because Esports is stable in Korea. Just like major league sports in America will have the big bucks.
And yes, this was obviously catered toward Koreans since the announcement for a "Global" Tournament was announced in Korea first....which is very odd.
Seems like most of the complaints are comming from people with > 500 post's. Not that it's a bad thing; Competitive game isn't easy and it takes a huge commitment that many people overlook, it also requires you to go to places to find tournies with cash, its been that way since thresh and fatality first picked up a mouse and it won't change anytime soon (unless ur from korea). It is very awsome tho to see such a hefty prize pool. edit: >476
I have less than 50 posts but I've been a lurker here since 2003 when I was going to school in the states.
OT: I'm pretty sure that Blizzard will be contracting other companies in different countries in the future after the GomTV thing gets big.
Another thought...will Idra be able to play if they do not accept contracted/KESPA players? Isn't Idra contracted by CJ in the "solo" SC2 team XD? I'm pretty sure if contracted players are allowed, KESPA league teams will start making SC2 teams. |
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| FakeKisser United States. August 06 2010 03:05. Posts 159 | Profile # |
| Looks great, but I'm interested on exactly how it will play out. It's odd to see Pro SC2 growing from infancy so differently than Pro SC1. Only time will tell how it will mature. |
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| HaruHaru United States. August 06 2010 03:06. Posts 887 | Profile Blog # |
| Hm i wonder whats their stance on remapping hotkeys or using mice and keyboard with macros and stuff |
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| Zegu Canada. August 06 2010 03:07. Posts 52 | Profile # |
| wow, well this will definitely propel SCII forward in the esports community, i mean with prize pools like this no one in their right mind is going to continue playing SCI competitively. |
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| YunhOLee Canada. August 06 2010 03:08. Posts 2421 | Profile Blog # |
| holy fucking shit, i don't have any other words for this O_O;; |
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| Incognoto France. August 06 2010 03:08. Posts 1491 | Profile Blog # |
Edit, my bad I should have read a little more.
I guess I'll just edit and say that it's really great to see this sort of thing for SC2. Last edit: 2010-08-06 03:09:52 |
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| goswser United States. August 06 2010 03:14. Posts 3426 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 03:00 Black Gun wrote:until he gets eliminated by some stupid korean cheese.
except if he even makes it to the ro16 in a single one of these tournaments he wins almost $2000 USD. |
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| teamsolid Canada. August 06 2010 03:14. Posts 3618 | Profile # |
The real question is...
Is Tasteless gonna be casting this for us? |
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