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Finally, Blizzard makes true on their promise of Global Play. Now I can absolutely recommend this game again. It's amazing and fun and everyone should play it, even for just the single player. Good job, Blizzard!
Unranked is probably going to be a bunch of bored pros stomping noobs. At least with ranked you descend to level where you at least win half of your matches, and you can work your way up with continued practice. It does require commitment and frequent play to get anywhere, but such is the nature of the game. Such is true for anything worth doing, including any "sport."
My lot is cast in real, physical, outdoor sports, of a kind that gets your heart pumping and lungs breathing for a sustained duration. For me, video games are entertainment, and the commitment it would take to be halfway good at Starcraft is land upon which I too fear to tread. Still, if I put as much effort into Starcraft as I do into paddling, I would probably be pretty good, not pro, but definately ok. There are only so many hours in a day.
It would be nice if computer "sports" leagues mimicked real ones. In real sports, you don't throw everybody together to compete against one another. You have sub-groups for high school teams, college teams, pros, church teams, corporate teams, and adults just in it for fun. It would be stupid to have them play against pros. It is just as stupid in computer games, but you run into that all the time.
Pros are going to be the smallest segment, but also the segment where the most effort is devoted. Which is okay because if pros don't like a game there is probably something fundamentally wrong. But then if more effort could be devoted to leagues of localized groups, it would be more likely to draw in a wider player base, which benefits everybody who enjoys the game.
I mean, the 300,000 people watching the aforementioned tournament in Las Vegas, face it, 80% of them were from Korea. Yeah, that is a number I pulled out of my ass, but prove me wrong.
My lot is cast in real, physical, outdoor sports, of a kind that gets your heart pumping and lungs breathing for a sustained duration. For me, video games are entertainment, and the commitment it would take to be halfway good at Starcraft is land upon which I too fear to tread. Still, if I put as much effort into Starcraft as I do into paddling, I would probably be pretty good, not pro, but definately ok. There are only so many hours in a day.
It would be nice if computer "sports" leagues mimicked real ones. In real sports, you don't throw everybody together to compete against one another. You have sub-groups for high school teams, college teams, pros, church teams, corporate teams, and adults just in it for fun. It would be stupid to have them play against pros. It is just as stupid in computer games, but you run into that all the time.
Pros are going to be the smallest segment, but also the segment where the most effort is devoted. Which is okay because if pros don't like a game there is probably something fundamentally wrong. But then if more effort could be devoted to leagues of localized groups, it would be more likely to draw in a wider player base, which benefits everybody who enjoys the game.
I mean, the 300,000 people watching the aforementioned tournament in Las Vegas, face it, 80% of them were from Korea. Yeah, that is a number I pulled out of my ass, but prove me wrong.
Fearzone, I can prove you wrong by pulling logical reasoning out of my ass. :)
As far as I know (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) IPL consisted of English speaking casters. So the likelihood of having IPL's viewership be over 80% people that don't actually speak English is. . .a bit exaggerated, I would think.
As far as I know (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) IPL consisted of English speaking casters. So the likelihood of having IPL's viewership be over 80% people that don't actually speak English is. . .a bit exaggerated, I would think.
Global Play? FINALLY, Only took you two years, well done Blizzard.. now I can actually play with friends abroad. Like I could in Brood War.
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