On December 12 2012 12:13 ArvickHero wrote: dunno what ppl are saying about BW stagnating by the last real Proleague. If you mean like the top 4 players always dominating, yea I guess, but the game was still evolving and entertaining as hell.
Shirokaisen explains it pretty well (sponsors were hella concerned about image) couple posts above.
One of the main reasons why BW continued to evolve (even during the last pl) was cause of new kespa maps every season. Won't be getting any more of those so the meta game is bound to stagnate now (not to mention the end of properly televised proleague / OSL / MSL / teamhouses / insane practice hours from the best players on the planet)..
Who said Rose.of.Dream had to design them?
Wasn't one of the great map things about kespa / proleague: during off season all teams would test out the new maps and report back any imbas for fixing. It was a very detailed and strcutured process to get a good map into the map pool.
Sure we can have and will have other map makers, but lets not ignore the value that is no longer offered because of the death of (bw) proleague.
Also sucks about this matchfixing...
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Stratos Czech Republic. December 22 2012 08:07. Posts 1596
On December 22 2012 06:37 rotinegg wrote: Just to elaborate, Lee Seung Won and Kim Carrier will be casting the entirety of the SSL, starting from the Ro32. This is awesome.
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glzElectromaster Japan. December 22 2012 08:19. Posts 1442
On December 22 2012 06:37 rotinegg wrote: Just to elaborate, Lee Seung Won and Kim Carrier will be casting the entirety of the SSL, starting from the Ro32. This is awesome.
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jidolboy Canada. December 22 2012 09:38. Posts 881
On December 12 2012 09:25 Anomarad wrote: Is he not getting sponsors because of the match fixing? His last SSL was so successful I don't get why there wouldn't be any sponsors. :/
Maybe he'll change his mind after SSL8.
Sponsors fled from BW after He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named happened. And now, if it seems like to companies without a current stake in eSports that Brood War is nothing but a hive of match fixers - with a second scandal in three years - what incentive is there for them to sponsor it?
I find it hard to believe the entire professional scene lost sponsors over eleven match fixers. Wouldn't the stagnation of the metagame along with SC2's uncertain future in Korea and LoL's rise to prominence have spurred a sponsorship exodus?
It's only one variable and it had a ripple effect on the scene; you have to look at all the pieces and you will have plenty of people telling you the game was far from being stagnate.
I'm happy we're getting the old gang back together again.
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Jaaaaasper United States. December 22 2012 09:39. Posts 2435
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On December 12 2012 12:13 ArvickHero wrote: dunno what ppl are saying about BW stagnating by the last real Proleague. If you mean like the top 4 players always dominating, yea I guess, but the game was still evolving and entertaining as hell.
Shirokaisen explains it pretty well (sponsors were hella concerned about image) couple posts above.
One of the main reasons why BW continued to evolve (even during the last pl) was cause of new kespa maps every season. Won't be getting any more of those so the meta game is bound to stagnate now (not to mention the end of properly televised proleague / OSL / MSL / teamhouses / insane practice hours from the best players on the planet)..
Who said Rose.of.Dream had to design them?
Wasn't one of the great map things about kespa / proleague: during off season all teams would test out the new maps and report back any imbas for fixing. It was a very detailed and strcutured process to get a good map into the map pool.
Sure we can have and will have other map makers, but lets not ignore the value that is no longer offered because of the death of (bw) proleague.
Also sucks about this matchfixing...
That was certainly a part of it but the gamers were only given the final versions very late. That's why you see some maps disappear from the map pool in mid swing because they simply cannot collect all the data in time.
On December 22 2012 06:37 rotinegg wrote: Just to elaborate, Lee Seung Won and Kim Carrier will be casting the entirety of the SSL, starting from the Ro32. This is awesome.
SEE OP AND REJOICE!!!!
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