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On August 06 2010 04:22 lac29 wrote: This looks exciting but I'm sad that it doesn't seem to take team competition into consideration.
"GomTV is planning on sponsoring skilled players and also planning on adding other StarCraft II leagues including a clan league." Not sure when that's planned for.
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On August 06 2010 03:48 Juaks wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2010 03:40 KudoJoe wrote:On August 06 2010 03:36 Juaks wrote:On August 06 2010 03:14 teamsolid wrote: The real question is...
Is Tasteless gonna be casting this for us? I am almost sure he will. I heard on an interview Artosis made to him that he had big plans with GOMTV but he couldnt tell us much at that moment. I guess now the secret is revealed. I am so glad he is showing again in this big new e-sport scene that SC2 is. I would love to see him co-cast with Day9. I am sure he wont be the only english commentator anyways. There will be to much to cover. SC2 is getting bigger and bigger all over the world. The real question is.... Will lilsusie be casting and doing interviews? <3 I hope she will. She is hot . but maybe doing interviews and translations. For casting I´ll rather get SDM which does much better along with Nick. yeah the only reason to have her is because she's hot.
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Amazing. This is exactly what is needed to popularize sc2 in korea.
As for the high textures, I was wondering why at first. I tested it and it had no noticeable difference to the game as I just tested some cloaked units and burrowed movement. It has seemly no affect on the prettiness of your game so I'm not sure what is up.
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I hope the stream screens for this are bigger than that tiny one they had when I watched GomTV. I hope it's just like when people watch sports and it's on a decent screen ;-:.
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This is unreal, just simply...
E-sports, here we come!
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Want to sell up and start up a foriegners SC2 house in Seoul
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im going to be in korea a week too late for prelims :-(. seeing that prize money gave me butterflies in my stomach.. not that i could compete in the finals or anything, but even if i made it to the round of 64!
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We'll find out how successful this all is when it actually happens.
There are a couple things to keep in mind that may hurt this. There are some "technical" points -- first thing is that it's not going to be casted on TV -- it's only done through GOM TV. While this is "great" for foreign fans, this isn't necessary going to get that much attention from the casual person.
Secondly, this is just ONE tournament per month. Remember that this is not a Professional league but a league meant for amateurs -- it's great that amateurs now have a big event that they can dream of winning, but that honestly isn't going to be enough to guarantee a successful competitive scene. Starcraft I grew out of many PC Bang tournaments -- meanwhile, SC2 does not have very many tournaments yet. I am, however, hoping that this announcement will drastically increase SC2 gameplay in Korea -- considering that SC2 is doing absolutely poorly considering the game is free for any Korean at this time.
Also note that, while the Prize Money may seem "huge", consider that there's like a 33% (maybe more?) tax for amateurs winning the game. (This is why the progamer status is important -- it turns this tax into 3%). This is still something Blizzard will need to work out.
Now for the cultural aspect.
The league can be as competitive as it wants. However, realize that it's not going to be anything but a "big tournament" if not many people watch it. SC1 was only popular because "everyone" had played the game and thus, they have an idea of what's going on when they watch SC1. Many people will have to "learn to watch" SC2 and that's definitely going to take away from the viewership. It being an internet broadcast doesn't exactly help their case either.
In the end though, this is a good move for Blizzard. I'm glad they had more planned (okay, I was expecting this but whatever) than just putting up advertisement everywhere in Korea and forcefeeding Korea with Starcraft Ads or making set menus for fast food chains. However, just making a big tournament isn't going to be good enough, and, I hope they develop the architecture needed for a proper eSports. This is a good first step but it's nothing to be hyped about until we see how successful it gets and how much this tournament announcement has on people playing the game. I hope Blizzard takes this first step well and then makes sure not to ignore all the problems that may arise or miss all the details and make sure they are going for a proper eSports, not just some gimmick tournament.
tl;dr, dont' be an Iron Chef America.
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That's a seriously sick prize pool O.O
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HOLY SH~ That's a lot of cash...
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Ah after re-reading it I am thinking that for foreigners they have to go to seoul unless I am reading this incorrectly to try and qualify (for the open tournaments). Don't think we'll see too many foreigners though :/.
Still super pumped as watching games 5 days a week is awesome :D. Idra fighting!
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Ive got a question.
To participate... you got to be there in seoul when everything happens... Am I right ???
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Good, God.... I'm stoked for this.
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I really hope things pan out well, this really reminds me of how CS:source was forced in the esports scene by cgs, it created a huge split in the CS community with america basically going source for a year and EU staying 1.6, source and cgs went under because they were a league built on hype and 1.6 never fully recovered in the US after so many players had been lured to source by the $$$.
If SC2 ends up with a healthy community, while BW stays alive as well with a strong community, this will be great for esports. If SC2 essentially kills BW merely because it gets infused with more money in a short period of time, it will stunt esport's growth.
If SC2 dies out like war3 did over the next few years it will also stunt esport's growth.
I like SC2, I do feel it isn't as skillful a game as BW, but it doesn't sit right with me how it is being promoted with so much hype and $$$ so early in it's life before the game has even evolved to a level that you would consider a professional level.
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This is a huuge step to bringing e-sports to a global stage!! well done Gom/Blizzard
These prize pools are outrages!! I wish I wasn't trash!
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On August 06 2010 04:57 Yokoblue wrote: Ive got a question.
To participate... you got to be there in seoul when everything happens... Am I right ???
i'm almost 100% positive that yes you have to be in seoul least from both times I have read it heh. Its why I dont' think many foreigners will try out for this because who wants to do a qualifier if it costs about 1000$ to travel to korea and back because if you don't qualify well kind of a waste of money and thats not including food/housing/etc unless you got an awesome sponsor or something hehe.
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SO many skilled games are gonna come from this. That's so much money!
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best news I've heard in a while
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