How do we develop our national scene?

On June 13 2012 18:30 decaf wrote:
It's the very same problem America got with any other kind of sport. In Europe there's a lot of different countries and every country has their pride and wants to be better than another country, so we all compete to show 'em who's the best at something, for instance football (soccer). But in America I don't think there's that kind of competition going on, since the USA is more or less one big country and you don't really care what state someone comes from, a win is a win for America, right?

So you're not exposed to as much competition as Europeans are. If you don't face competition there's no reason to get better. Now it's obvious Americans want to be goot as something, too, so the pick sports only they care about (like baseball or American football) and largely ignore others like real football, because they won't ever be able to keep up with the European competition. While I don't necessarily think Americans are lazy I do feel they have no real incentive to play.

All american players are (arguably) really bad compared to the tip top players, no one actually cares about them and if they do show up it's due to their behavior most of the time. So the only way to make Starcraft II (something with a similar competing dynamic like football (soccer), because it's global) attractive or interesting to the average American is to have a domestic league so you can give them something to cheer on and be proud of. It's a no brainer that this league would be a farce though, because it's obvious that the winner of such a league is no more than a scrub.

Now the next reason why America is so far behind in terms of skill (first reason was there's no real competition, because it can't keep up with Europe and its states don't really compete with each other) is a cultural thing. Obviously koreans are the best at starcraft II, they have played it more seriously on a larger scale and for a longer time than any other country. Americans prefer console games like halo and if they wanted to ever catch up with koreans they'd have to accept first that they suck and never will be good (looking at this thread I don't think that'll happen) and then practice their asses off and get sponsors, a practice environment, everything needed. Now the problem is who sponsors something you're obviously much worse at than almost anyone else?

The solution is to accept that you're not the best at everything (and probably anything) and choose a different game. You can also cheer for players and not for countries like I do. I've already accepted that I'm never going to see a good Austrian player ever entering the scene and quite frankly, I don't care.

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