I actually expected it to be happening faster than it has. Kespa has a lot of money and pull with other Korean businesses. Kespa have been royally fucking up their transition to SC2 though, I hope they and OGN get their act together for the sake of the Korean SC2 scene.
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I actually expected it to be happening faster than it has. Kespa has a lot of money and pull with other Korean businesses. Kespa have been royally fucking up their transition to SC2 though, I hope they and OGN get their act together for the sake of the Korean SC2 scene.
I expected Kespa to fuck up as much as they have pretty much, but they've gotten into a groove now, and after reading the piece by the former FXOBoss the GSL teams will be lucky to last three months. The fact that GOM won't release viewer numbers is both a bad sign and completely insane.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Conn.Si_Arena_Season_1
Hosted by yours truly
Well maybe not that good, but its still the best players from Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia (minus beasty unfortunately, because he is in US) and Bulgaria.
http://www.conn.si/ Schedule for upcoming matches that will be streamed is on the main page, so if you don't have anything to do, feel free to watch a match or two
Other than that, IEM Katowice starts on 18th of January.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Too many teams in korea with kespa / esf then random visiting foreign teams.
PhoenixDark
Banned
GSL should lower their prices if possible. $10 for a GSL season, $15 if you get the GSTL season too. Their sub numbers must be bad
Also they need a better free stream. I've been watching pro league for free and it's rather appealing
Also they need a better free stream. I've been watching pro league for free and it's rather appealing
GLhttp://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Conn.Si_Arena_Season_1
Hosted by yours truly
Well maybe not that good, but its still the best players from Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia (minus beasty unfortunately, because he is in US) and Bulgaria.
http://www.conn.si/ Schedule for upcoming matches that will be streamed is on the main page, so if you don't have anything to do, feel free to watch a match or two
Other than that, IEM Katowice starts on 18th of January.
AdventureRacing
Member
They need to have a twitch stream and have it on the front of teamliquid whenever it's on. They also need to get rid of the bullshit that you need to sign in every time you watch even if you're watching the free stream. It's just one more barrier compared to games like LoL and i have no question it turns people off (including myself).
It's hard enough to really find new fans of the game (i mean if you don't actually play the game it's hard to even find out about it). So any they do get showing some interest they need to make it as easy as possible to actually access the content.
Of course a fair bit of this comes down to blizzard as well but GOM can improve things for sure.
EscapingJail
Member
Isn't blizz still fronting the prizemoney for GOM events?
EscapingJail
Member
You gotta remember this is teamkill format.
Pick people you feel have the potential to all kill.
I personally don't think JYP will be able to beat more than 1 person in a set.
Your antiteam looks fine.
Pick people you feel have the potential to all kill.
I personally don't think JYP will be able to beat more than 1 person in a set.
Your antiteam looks fine.
I know for my anti, I just focused on getting people from the two worst teams.
those pants D:
Why is he hiding his boner?
Speed at 4 is suicide. Way undervalued.
EscapingJail
Member
I don't know as much about Kespa Terrans other than Fantasy I havent been keeping too much track. Good to know.
I pretty much know all the Protoss and Zergs now tho.
Is that girl bowlegged?
She is just weak at the knees from being so close to mkp
PhoenixDark
Banned
I'm pretty sure they do still, to a large extent.
Given that interest and money GOM gets from the western audience it makes no sense not to have a twitch stream. Sure some would not pay subs and rely on the free stream, but there is so much content they could create for subs. What about Artosis, Tasteless, Wolf, and other casters doing some type of show? I'd pay a $5-10 sub regardless, but having some specific content would attract plenty of people.
Korean teams jumped on the stream bandwagon too late and that slow, oblivious behavior will continue as GOM loses popularity. Considering they have IGN as a partner, I'd be trying to lure some of the sponsors IGN has for the western and Korean stream, and perhaps as sponsorships for Korean teams.
EscapingJail
Member
mkp is one gene from looking good, does he still suck btw? I haven't kept up.
EscapingJail
Member
EscapingJail
Member
So I played in online sc2 tourney today, I pissed off this zerg so much with a poke build. that he proceeded to 6 pool me the next two games LOL.
http://drop.sc/291114
I won the set.
http://drop.sc/291114
I won the set.
Casting Firefall in about an hour:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506901
Hop in if you want
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506901
Hop in if you want
I have Firefall beta... tried it about 20 min... seems really fun!
PhoenixDark
Banned
If EG and IGN were smart they would be trying to save GOM from stupidity. Not by giving them money but introducing them to sponsors and trying to get Twitch involved. Kespa taking over wouldn't be good for anyone but Kespa, I don't see why they don't understand that.
got panda to play 2 dota games with me
I should make a list on the many shortcomings and failures of the game while they're fresh in my mind.
EscapingJail
Member
Dota is taking over, sc2 is dead. Long live Dota 2. LoL to go.
Sorry but I don't play braindead moba's
=/
EscapingJail
Member
thats like saying cs1.6 is braindead compared to quake
wat?
It has nothing to do with the teamgame aspect. It has to do with the fact that you are controlling one thing and thats it.
It's braindead compared to SC2. At least high level SC2.
EscapingJail
Member
Yeah if you're gold.
i guess gsl winners are gold league?
EscapingJail
Member
What does that have to do with anything at all? That's like saying "Micheal Jordan is amateur at basketball because he played baseball."
lol?
?
I say people just use one hotkey in sc2 and one hero in dota 2.
You say only gold leaguers do that.
This is not true, lots of very high level pros, including gsl winners, use one hotkey.
SC2 and BW are brain dead mechanical spam fests compared to Q3 dueling though.
So, why aren't you playing the king of all multiplayer games then?
EscapingJail
Member
One hotkey for army, spells(including building related spells), gateways, robo, stargates, and all the various combinations of hotkeys to make various units. Combine all that with scouting, drops, unit postioning, army composition, and spliting. (Yeah let me bind all that to the 1 key.)
Please elaborate how any moba comes even close to the amount of skill involved to do all that.
Lemme answer that for you. It doesn't. Not even close. Even MOBA players joke about it and know their game is braindead compared to sc2.
I never said it was a bad game, it's just braindead like majority of games are these days, at least it's less braindead than COD.
EscapingJail
Member
Q3 is a game based on positioning and time management with reaction based skills (Aiming).
I'm bad at aiming, I'm also bad at FPS.
It's fruitless to argue about completely different "types" of games. At least MOBA's are in the same realm of genre.
EscapingJail
Member
Cool Zerg can make everything from the same building. Also you hit Z whenever you were making Zerglings and B then H then left click every time you made a hatch.
You also had proper scouting and saw what your opponent was doing, you checked your drone saturation at all your bases before you pumped roaches.
I could go on and on, but you already get the point. Go back to the LoL thread please.
Wait... You play protoss right??? Hahahahahshshhshshahshahshahahahahahaha
Good nigjt