E-Sports & Starcraft 2 -

[Dauthi]

So while I"m willing to bet none of you really care where I've been or what I've been up to since if you did you could of asked me as I'm always on skype but...

So I left here to play TW for a while, and got pretty good at it actually some of you actually followed me there/went with me got dragged there and we had a blast, but after a couple of years like all online games it starting to lose its buzz. It could be because the challenge is gone, it could be because I don't have as much time to play, it could because most of the people I really enjoyed playing with have left. Either way I all but stopped playing TW with Starcraft 2 came out.


Since SC2 came out I really got into playing the game and watching pro players play the game, so much that I now spend about 2-3 hours a night watching/listening to replays(commentated) and over the last couple of months the amount of replays and tournaments have increased tenfold, including how much some players are winning. There is this one tournament from nasl.tv that I watch and the winner will get 100k$ for playing Starcraft 2. Along with watching the video's i've been reading alot of the forums for the sc2 cumminity and there has been alot of talk about making e-sports more then a niche and turning it into something more mainstream.

So my question to you all(who are left), would you as a gamer be interested in watching pro gamers play video games ? Why or why not? Is anyone else into e-sports community at all?

[Appolyon]

wow, check that out, a poster and nobody bit his head off yet.

Wouldn't say I'm into e-sports but I'm definitely into competitive gaming, or atleast was, when I had a pc that could game, competitively,

Dragged Tremordred, Grunt and a few peeps over to TW a long while back too, speaking of that. I was #2 in teh world last time I played. Anyhew.

Not played sc2, though the money around sc was crazy enough in some of the tournies and sponsor deals, somehow I always get tired of popular games real quick. Got a mate who reckons he's in the top uk clan for sc2 though, but I don't keep track. hah. maybe cause it's easier to be king or #1 on the ladder in unpopular games.

You played Total War? hopefully there'll start to be some tournament scene around the latest release, shogun2. Last game I playd with any kind of e-sports presence was WiC, but my pc fried and rl fell apart before our clan ever got around to tourny play.

AnyYow, gl with your gamin

[Grunt]

I play nothing competitively but do have a little village on the rim right now
was a great time in Moogles tho

May have to look into SC2

[Dauthi]

Appo,

The reason no one bite my head off yet is because A. They know its pointless cause they've already said before to me atleast once. B. the lack of people in the forums and the fact that I'm guessing there is a lack of interest in the topic by the people who still venture in these forums.


Either way.

as far as TW goes its not hard to get to the top spots now a days if you manage to get past the early game antics, once you get to 100 or so villages in my opinion its very... boring and I usually leave the world at that time.


As far as esports/competive gaming, Esports is growing, and SC2 has alot of money around it, I personally enjoy playing the game every now and then but I enjoy watching the games more. I played some WiC but couldn't get into it and total war is the same, I've actually dabbled in alot of games, but sc2 is the only game I can honestly say that I will be glade to throw up on my bigscreen TV and watch two pro players go at it in a best of 3/5/7, specially if there is two good commentators.



Grunt,

If you decide to get sc2 let me know and we can play a few games, aqua plays every now and then also(I got him into it). Mind you we all suck, and only do it for kicks.

What i'm more interested in knowning is how many of you would actually watch pro-lvl games?

for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFEuXYlg ... ideo_title

am I the only one that found enjoyment out of watching that video?

If esports had their own tv channel like football or baseball, would you be willing to watch it?

[Appolyon]

Was a vgd game there, wish that guy did soccer commentary, hah.

I would, watch, the biggest benefit of that kind of channel to me would be range, when I'm playing games I tend to focus on that one to the exclusion of all others track of how other games and tournaments are doing, lots of diff e-sports on one channel'd be a gd thing..

Still, can't see myself ever watching an fps tournament game all the way through, who can exploit my physics best.. never been much into watching fps', or playing them for that matter, but eh. No reason why esports clans couldn't one day have the same fanbase as man utd

[Jokingjoe]

Um..what's TW again?

I played a lot of SC, but was never that good. I was pretty jaded by Blizzard when they released SC2 with only the human campaign that I never actually got it. Maybe in 2 years when they release a package deal with all campaigns.

I play a bit of Halo, though, if any of you ever want to get together.

[Nether]

I went to Tribal Wars but I went with RedLance not you, and i'm pretty sure I could beat your ass.

I'm still at TW playing w8 currently ranked 19th its not much but it keeps the boredom at bay.

I've no intrest in watching anyone play Starcraft2

[Jokingjoe]

Tribal Wars is kind of dated now, isn't it?

Nether, you play any XBOX 360?

[Nether]

Yeah TW is old but its something to do

Nah the last game system I bought was a playstation2

[Dauthi]

Joe,

Halo and I never got along. I hate the unrealisticness of it. I mean really your either a big blue blob or a big red blob. No thanks. I've played COD mod 2, and black ops though and enjoy them.

as far as SC2 screwing the pouch with the single player campang, I can see that if you were only into the single player side of things but I've never actually finished any of their story modes, and only interested in the multi player side of the game.

TW = Tribal wars - Its getting the point of going down hill, and or alteast the few changes they make in my opinion make the game to easy.


Appo,

He's a really energetic commentator and one of the reason I really got into watching videos. if you ever get some free time and are interested in checking out more videos go to warpprism.com and its a site dedicated to live streaming of game playing with a large variety of games. Some commentated some not.



Nether,

Did I say I brought you to TW? No I said I brought some people to TW, you were not one of them. Most of Redlances's crew were already at TW when I got brought there by nightrun and stratek. There were others I convinced to join.

As far as "beat" my ass, the only reason you might beable to beat me is because I don't have the time to dedicate to it any more with my new job and all. Other then that I highly down you could stand toe to toe with me, atleast from 1 village to about 100 villages.

Anything past 100 villages is stupid, and the fact your still playing w8 with the top players having well over 2k villages tells me your complete moron who has no life. Its to much work to maintain the villages at that high of a number. You just crazy old fool.


As far as SC2, you should give it a try, you might find you have an interest in the game and be the next superstar. I mean I just watched an event in EU were the winner of the even won 50k euro . An american event(website is nasl.tv) the winners will walk away with 100k$ There is some big money for players who willing to spend the time playing.

[Jokingjoe]

I actually played a bit of competitive SC, though I was never very confident with anyone other than protoss. I could do okay with Terran in a drawn out game. Even with toss, if I didn't win in the first 10-15 mins, I probably wouldn't win. I was not a late game player as toss. While they have effective units end game, I hated carriers and Templar require too much micromanagement for my taste.

BC's were my end game of choice.

Though, the one thing I loved about zerg were massive hydra drops with speedy overlords. I would usually play defensively with zerg just waiting to do a 24 overlord drop on someone's town. It was usually pretty devastating.

True, Halo isn't all that realistic, but in a shooter where you have a personal shield, the idea that you can be shot from someone camping/hiding and still have a chance to win does have some merit. I have BlackOps, but never really tried it, so I can't really comment directly on it, but most of my co-workers are heavy COD players, and even they talk crap to each other about the others willingness to camp.

[Nether]

Oh now don't get bitter, I was just stating that I play and that I didn't come over with you.
As far as not having a life HAH! Nothing new there

Its not hard maintaining this many villages if you know what you're doing and that fact that it seems anywhere near daunting to you to do so just shows how much you blow

I work in front of a comp for 40-60 hours a week, all I have is time.

Oh and I also resent the old remark, i'm not old....