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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 07:49. Posts 70
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Hey all, i am not to sure this is the right section, but i am really in need of some advice.

So before i outline my problem, i just want to give you guys and gals a little bit of context, iv been playing MMO's at a tournament level for the duration of their time as an esport and have achieved high rankings, im not going to flash my E-Peen, if you're desperate to see it with links to my MMO profile PM me :3

So whats the problem? well, my sponsors pulled out because MMO's as an esport are dieing rapidly, if not already dead ( iv done a few videos on youtube discussing this subject once again, PM for info, im not going to advertise myself while asking for advice ) so i really need to look at different options for games.

So any suggestions on were my experience on MMO's will translate, im kind of terrible at league of legends in the 300 or so wins that i have on that game, however, i'm yet to "train" league of legends or SC2


so yeah, just any advice would be appreicated, kind of at a loss at the moment, having 14 hours a day free due to not training for mmo's has kind of depressed me :/

Vern.

Poll added:
Poll: Which game should i play?

Dota 2 (60)
 
44%

SC2 (37)
 
27%

League of Legends (31)
 
23%

GW2 ( i doubt it will be an esport tbh ) (6)
 
4%

Other ( please comment ) (3)
 
2%

137 total votes

Your vote: Which game should i play?

(Vote): SC2
(Vote): Dota 2
(Vote): League of Legends
(Vote): GW2 ( i doubt it will be an esport tbh )
(Vote): Other ( please comment )



Last edit: 2012-08-17 01:22:22
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 TBone-   June 21 2012 07:55. Posts 1749
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Bloodline Champions may be your style, but its not super huge. They were at Dreamhack though. Diablo 3 pvp may have a pro scene? But no one really knows on that.
I am a: Brood war fan, high level Tribes Ascend player, Web/graphic designer, and lover of competitive gaming. Proleague is best league. Symtex in Dota 2/sc2/Tribes
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 Zambrah   United States. June 21 2012 07:57. Posts 1404
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If you spend fourteen hours a day practicing StarCraft, you'll more than likely get good and break into the scene. So far the scene looks good for StarCraft, so if you want stability, its a good place to try and find it, but there are plenty of good players out there, so if you REALLY want to succeed, you'll put those fourteen hours a day to good use.

As for League of Legends, I can't speak on it, so I'll offer the general advice of playing both for a bit and seeing what you're REALLY good at, and going with that, because with the fourteen hours a day you say you've got, you'll probably get good at whichever you play.

Another consideration is your teamwork, since League of Legends is a game that stresses teamwork much more than StarCraft you should take that into consideration.

Overall, you'll be good at whichever you pick more than likely (assuming you put your time to good use) so whichever you find funner or or excel in faster might be what you want to pick.
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:03. Posts 70
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On June 21 2012 07:55 TBone- wrote:
Bloodline Champions may be your style, but its not super huge. They were at Dreamhack though. Diablo 3 pvp may have a pro scene? But no one really knows on that.


thanks for the input iv followed BLC a little ,but it just seems so small that stability wise i don't think its what im looking for

lost alot of faith in blizzard after they messed up most wow tournaments by releasing patches half way through

thanks for the input <3
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:05. Posts 70
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On June 21 2012 07:57 Zambrah wrote:
If you spend fourteen hours a day practicing StarCraft, you'll more than likely get good and break into the scene. So far the scene looks good for StarCraft, so if you want stability, its a good place to try and find it, but there are plenty of good players out there, so if you REALLY want to succeed, you'll put those fourteen hours a day to good use.

As for League of Legends, I can't speak on it, so I'll offer the general advice of playing both for a bit and seeing what you're REALLY good at, and going with that, because with the fourteen hours a day you say you've got, you'll probably get good at whichever you play.

Another consideration is your teamwork, since League of Legends is a game that stresses teamwork much more than StarCraft you should take that into consideration.

Overall, you'll be good at whichever you pick more than likely (assuming you put your time to good use) so whichever you find funner or or excel in faster might be what you want to pick.


Hehe, thanks for the awesome input

Starcraft is the most stable esport for players as far as i can tell, the only issue iv been debating with myself if the fact that i live in England, were our scene is limited to one tournament a year

but thanks alot for the input, need to think on alot which you said <3
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 Zambrah   United States. June 21 2012 08:06. Posts 1404
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On June 21 2012 08:05 Vernay wrote:

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Hehe, thanks for the awesome input

Starcraft is the most stable esport for players as far as i can tell, the only issue iv been debating with myself if the fact that i live in England, were our scene is limited to one tournament a year

but thanks alot for the input, need to think on alot which you said <3


Yeah, England isn't where StarCraft is at it's most popular, but if you really dedicate yourself, you could get a team and they'll ship you to tournaments. :-D

Tell me if you ever stream StarCraft, I'd love to help where I can. ^_^
"Did you just.. are you.. is this... what? Bitch please, I am iNcontroL."
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 Celestia   Mexico. June 21 2012 08:09. Posts 336
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What about Guildwars 2? There could be this chance that it becomes big, but I really don't know about MMOs, im just speculating.
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 iGrok   United States. June 21 2012 08:10. Posts 4235
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On June 21 2012 08:05 Vernay wrote:

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Hehe, thanks for the awesome input

Starcraft is the most stable esport for players as far as i can tell, the only issue iv been debating with myself if the fact that i live in England, were our scene is limited to one tournament a year

but thanks alot for the input, need to think on alot which you said <3

if you can deal with teamwork, which you should be able to being an mmo player, you should go for league of legends, You'll need to develop more mouse accuracy, but you'll need that to be good at either sc2 or LoL
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:10. Posts 70
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Hehe thanks Zam, yeah SC2 is not the most prized esport in England at the moment, its growing ( slowly ) but it still makes it hard to break into

Thanks for the input :3 and if i end up on SC2 / Streaming ill be sure to throw my links around :3
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:11. Posts 70
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On June 21 2012 08:09 Celestia wrote:
What about Guildwars 2? There could be this chance that it becomes big, but I really don't know about MMOs, im just speculating.


GW2 will not be an esport, anyone who thinks it will be has been kidding them selves, sadly they fell into the fatal trap of circle capping being the only viable strategy

"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 TheWarbler   United States. June 21 2012 08:12. Posts 1241
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If you want a compeitive game go SC2, Dota 2 or LoL. I am biast Dota 2 vs LoL and don't want to start arguement here.
if you can believe you can concieve
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:13. Posts 70
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The teamwork side of it is the main reason i even consider MOBA's over SC2
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:28. Posts 70
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added a poll :3
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 DannyJ   United States. June 21 2012 08:33. Posts 3734
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On June 21 2012 08:11 Vernay wrote:

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GW2 will not be an esport, anyone who thinks it will be has been kidding them selves, sadly they fell into the fatal trap of circle capping being the only viable strategy




Not to mention E-sports actually need to be watchable besides playable... and sadly having the screen filled with 3000 particle explosions and 50 circles on the ground doesn't help the cause.
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 SnowyPsilocybin   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:34. Posts 254
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MOBAs really, team fights have similaritys to arena in WoW. And theres the teamwork and communication side from MMO days. As for DotA or LoL, whichever you prefer more.
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 Vernay   United Kingdom. June 21 2012 08:36. Posts 70
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On June 21 2012 08:33 DannyJ wrote:

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Not to mention E-sports actually need to be watchable besides playable... and sadly having the screen filled with 3000 particle explosions and 50 circles on the ground doesn't help the cause.



hehe - dont get me started, they actually designed the system to discourage defensive play, and encourage circle capping which means the team with the highest movement speed wins, great :3
"Skill makes a good player, Attitude makes a great one."
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 Masq   Canada. June 21 2012 08:37. Posts 1501
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Play for fun and don't focus on playing 12-14 hours a day.
Get a non gaming related hobby
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 Greem   Ukraine. June 21 2012 08:38. Posts 569
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i've never archived anything on MMO besides like gladiator in WoW, but i came to sc2 from it, i did play some wc3 for fun, but nothing more then that it was. So if you know how, and really often more on youself and you got problems with confidence , i choose sc2 over LoL for example. Its really hard , but if you constantly play for lets say 3 months, you will get to the point where you 'll be master at least and things will look much brighter and open for you the at first. Also as you know loses in SC2 are painfull at first ) good luck
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 juked   United States. June 21 2012 08:40. Posts 623
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I recently started playing more LoL and getting competitive by doing weekly tournies with my team. It's gets fun when you have a team but by myself I find it quite boring. Or go to dota if you like that more.
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  VPCursed   June 21 2012 08:52. Posts 1038Profile Blog # 
play the game you like most, if you enjoy it enough to where you dont mind losing... start playing serious
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