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| maybenexttime Poland. August 06 2010 18:31. Posts 3082 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 17:52 FuryX wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 17:01 maybenexttime wrote:
On August 06 2010 11:17 leeznon wrote:
Hopefully this will encourage Korean SC1 pros to switch over to SC2.
Hopefully it doesn't. SC2 is an inferior game right now. I don't want the BW scene to die and be replaced with something worse both as a game and as a spectator sport.
Y do you say SC2 is inferior?
Read various articles by TL staff/members, read all the threads on this issue. Do you really want me to beat a dead horse? |
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 Lightwip United States. August 06 2010 18:42. Posts 5497 | Profile Blog # |
Blizzard/GOM seem to be trying to make this work by shoveling a shitton of money into this.
Let's see how it will turn out. |
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| Blitzmarine August 06 2010 18:47. Posts 39 | Profile # |
GOM opened a twitter for this. Maybe they can answer if you post there, even if it is written in English - They must have some people who can speak English, right?
http://twitter.com/gsl_sc2
Reading some replys, it seems they DO concern gamers outside Korea.Last edit: 2010-08-06 18:55:39 |
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| figq August 06 2010 19:06. Posts 9633 | Profile Blog # |
So much for the story about how:
-SC2 bombed in Korea, no one plays it, no one has even heard of it
-no way this game could ever be played competitively by Koreans
-SC2 can never really join esports
-it's unwatchable, no producer will support it, no one will show it on TV
-no sponsor in their right mind would waste serious investments in it
On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:
There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports.
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+ MLG in the US
http://www.mlgpro.com/content/alerts/310509/StarCraft-2-Format-Rules-and-Prizes-Announced
The worldwide prize count of SC2, only in its first season, is likely to grow beyond $1 mil.
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| oldahe Austria. August 06 2010 19:16. Posts 522 | Profile # |
Any, foreigner planning to participate? What about the sorts of TLO, Whitera, WXC, Huk and so on?
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 GTR August 06 2010 19:33. Posts 39095 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 19:06 figq wrote:So much for the story about how: -SC2 bombed in Korea, no one plays it, no one has even heard of it -no way this game could ever be played competitively by Koreans -SC2 can never really join esports -it's unwatchable, no producer will support it, no one will show it on TV -no sponsor in their right mind would waste serious investments in it
Show nested quote +On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:
There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports.
+ + MLG in the US http://www.mlgpro.com/content/alerts/310509/StarCraft-2-Format-Rules-and-Prizes-AnnouncedThe worldwide prize count of SC2, only in its first season, is likely to grow beyond $1 mil.
the esl prize pool includes other games like cs and ql |
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| robertdinh August 06 2010 19:53. Posts 639 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 19:06 figq wrote:So much for the story about how: -SC2 bombed in Korea, no one plays it, no one has even heard of it -no way this game could ever be played competitively by Koreans -SC2 can never really join esports -it's unwatchable, no producer will support it, no one will show it on TV -no sponsor in their right mind would waste serious investments in it
Show nested quote +On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:
There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports.
+ + MLG in the US http://www.mlgpro.com/content/alerts/310509/StarCraft-2-Format-Rules-and-Prizes-AnnouncedThe worldwide prize count of SC2, only in its first season, is likely to grow beyond $1 mil.
CPL had a 1million dollar world tour for painkiller many years ago. |
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| Ghad Norway. August 06 2010 20:03. Posts 2542 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 19:06 figq wrote:So much for the story about how: -SC2 bombed in Korea, no one plays it, no one has even heard of it -no way this game could ever be played competitively by Koreans -SC2 can never really join esports -it's unwatchable, no producer will support it, no one will show it on TV -no sponsor in their right mind would waste serious investments in it
Show nested quote +On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:
There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports.
+ + MLG in the US http://www.mlgpro.com/content/alerts/310509/StarCraft-2-Format-Rules-and-Prizes-AnnouncedThe worldwide prize count of SC2, only in its first season, is likely to grow beyond $1 mil.
Lol, ownage post right there.
This is crazy news, that is a huge amount of money invested when you consider the present economy. |
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| Doctorasul Romania. August 06 2010 21:29. Posts 1139 | Profile Blog # |
This is great news, I can't wait to watch the games.
How will they determine the top 200 from each ladder withough global or server ranking?
Why do we need 4 different tournaments sprinkled randomly throughout the year? How is that clear or easy to follow?
How will they determine who the top players are, those that qualify for the final tournament in December?
I'm glad there will be such a thing as "the best player of the year", we as spectators need those kinds of titles to follow and anticipate.Last edit: 2010-08-06 21:30:26 |
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| sylverfyre United States. August 06 2010 21:30. Posts 4135 | Profile # |
"QQ it's not global cause I have to go to korea to compete"
Seriously guys, grow a spine. E-sports was born over there, it's bigger over there. Suck it up, it's still global because anyone CAN participate, it's on their own end to get over there to do so. |
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| Shodaa Canada. August 06 2010 22:54. Posts 279 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 21:29 Doctorasul wrote:
This is great news, I can't wait to watch the games.
How will they determine the top 200 from each ladder withough global or server ranking?
Why do we need 4 different tournaments sprinkled randomly throughout the year? How is that clear or easy to follow?
How will they determine who the top players are, those that qualify for the final tournament in December?
I'm glad there will be such a thing as "the best player of the year", we as spectators need those kinds of titles to follow and anticipate.
About the top 200 ladder, Blizzard is an official partner and sponsor for GOMTV, they will probably give them all the info they need.
And since the top 200 ladder tournament is only starting next year, Blizzard will probably have launched the tournament patch by then, which could include the pro league (invite only league above diamond) and a server ranking.
About the 4 differents tournaments, I don't know, but I guess they want to stream sc2 pretty much all the time without having to do super big tournament. And I guess different tournament/format each month will keep it fresh.
Finally for determining the top players. Players will earn point by participating in tournament and doing good. (I guess it will be similar to KeSPA ranking) Those who have the highest score will be invited. |
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| don_kyuhote August 06 2010 22:56. Posts 1874 | Profile Blog # |
| I guess Activision-Blizzard doesn't want to wait 5 years before SC2 becomes a popular esport like it did for broodwar so they're pumping money in to speed up the process. Last edit: 2010-08-06 22:58:22 |
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| koOma Norway. August 06 2010 23:05. Posts 461 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 19:53 robertdinh wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 19:06 figq wrote:So much for the story about how: -SC2 bombed in Korea, no one plays it, no one has even heard of it -no way this game could ever be played competitively by Koreans -SC2 can never really join esports -it's unwatchable, no producer will support it, no one will show it on TV -no sponsor in their right mind would waste serious investments in it
On August 05 2010 18:14 l10f wrote:
There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports.
+ + MLG in the US http://www.mlgpro.com/content/alerts/310509/StarCraft-2-Format-Rules-and-Prizes-AnnouncedThe worldwide prize count of SC2, only in its first season, is likely to grow beyond $1 mil.
CPL had a 1million dollar world tour for painkiller many years ago.
yeah but PK had ZERO playerbase to start with |
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| TheAntZ Bangladesh. August 06 2010 23:07. Posts 5868 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 17:01 maybenexttime wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 11:17 leeznon wrote:
Hopefully this will encourage Korean SC1 pros to switch over to SC2.
Hopefully it doesn't. SC2 is an inferior game right now. I don't want the BW scene to die and be replaced with something worse both as a game and as a spectator sport. User was warned for this post
why the hell would he be warned for this post? hes not being purposefully abrasive, nor saying anything just for the sake of starting a flame war. Just said he wants to see the people who're good at playing BW to play BW and create awesome games instead of switching to another rts simply because its new and shiny |
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| gyth August 06 2010 23:08. Posts 618 | Profile Blog # |
| I hope koreans make up most of the field, because dragging the top 96 foreigners to Seoul seems counter productive to global e-sports. |
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| Juaks United States. August 06 2010 23:16. Posts 332 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 17:01 maybenexttime wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 11:17 leeznon wrote:
Hopefully this will encourage Korean SC1 pros to switch over to SC2.
Hopefully it doesn't. SC2 is an inferior game right now. I don't want the BW scene to die and be replaced with something worse both as a game and as a spectator sport.
They will switch eventually because SC2 IS an excellent game and spectator sport. We will see what happens when MSL, OSL seasons ends.
Don´t get me wrong, I adore BW pro scene but what is happening right now with SC2 is huge and very good for e-sports and gamers. I am really excited and I wish a brilliant future for SC2 and e-sports.
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| Jynks August 06 2010 23:33. Posts 33 | Profile # |
On August 05 2010 18:19 Vernom wrote:
Disqualification
You are disqualified if:
- A friend notification appears during the game.
- You received a message from a person during the game.
What? So a guy can be disqualified if someone whisper him some random thing? Does /dnd block those message?
And what about friend notification? Are those things like "X user has come online"?
I think if your this serious you will prob just buy a 2nd copy, and not add any friends...
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| DaCruise Denmark. August 06 2010 23:39. Posts 2020 | Profile # |
On August 06 2010 21:30 sylverfyre wrote:
"QQ it's not global cause I have to go to korea to compete"
Seriously guys, grow a spine. E-sports was born over there, it's bigger over there. Suck it up, it's still global because anyone CAN participate, it's on their own end to get over there to do so.
Unless you are loaded, which SC players aren´t og have a sponsor willing to pay the 2000$+ it will no doubt cost to fly someone to korea and back multiple times, no one outside Korea will participate in this. The tounament is no more global than the local bbq I attended last week.
E-sport is biggest in Korea and the gap between Korea and the rest of the world will grow much bigger now. Blizzard could and should support a EU/US tournament instead to make the e-sports scene grow in the western world cause this is where the most potential lie as the vast majority of SC2 players live in these regions.
Unless this huge price pool tournament has an effect on global e-sport I am not that excited about it tbh. |
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 Chill Canada. August 06 2010 23:44. Posts 25253 | Profile Blog # |
On August 06 2010 23:07 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 17:01 maybenexttime wrote:
On August 06 2010 11:17 leeznon wrote:
Hopefully this will encourage Korean SC1 pros to switch over to SC2.
Hopefully it doesn't. SC2 is an inferior game right now. I don't want the BW scene to die and be replaced with something worse both as a game and as a spectator sport. User was warned for this post
why the hell would he be warned for this post? hes not being purposefully abrasive, nor saying anything just for the sake of starting a flame war. Just said he wants to see the people who're good at playing BW to play BW and create awesome games instead of switching to another rts simply because its new and shiny
I wouldn't go into an NHL thread to say why basketball is superior. This comment has no place in this thread and is completely subjective.
PM me if you have issues with my moderation. |
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| gyth August 06 2010 23:55. Posts 618 | Profile Blog # |
E-sport is biggest in Korea and the gap between Korea and the rest of the world will grow much bigger now. Blizzard could and should support a EU/US tournament instead to make the e-sports scene grow in the western world cause this is where the most potential lie as the vast majority of SC2 players live in these regions.
I think its GOM putting up the money for this and not blizzard.
It'd seem somewhere between silly and spiteful for blizzard to show this level of promotion in just Korea. |
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