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22nd July 2008, 19:45
StarCraft Teams - Point of Existence in 2008?
excello, mtw, mym, rox, starcraft, teams
Thousands of Euros are invested into StarCraft teams and players year by year. But in fact we don't see many tournaments that make it possible to win huge amounts of prize money. The players outside Korea are also not that famous or even superstars like Boxer and others are. Now mTw wants to run up to the StarCraft hil while investing in a new team.
But where is the sense for teams like Excello, RoX or MYM to have a StarCraft team? Those teams are in fact companies that have to make money with what they do. Time to take a look into that question with an article called:
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well done crow :)
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(2 months ago)
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Dendra 
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good article, sadly we do need heroes :(
If force won't work, use greater force.
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To have fun?
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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(2 months ago)
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cunty
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Well done with this Crow.
Here is my comparison of the way the Korean and foreign SC scenes developed and how the difference in grassroots community results in differnce in skill level. The Korean scene happened organically due to a combination of factors but mostly thanks to: 1) the influx of affordable PC cafes, and 2) the troubled Korean economy of the early 90s. The two elements of oppurtunity and means were there. Homes didnt have their own reliable net connection/CPUs and so PC cafes not only provided a place for people to play games and serf the net but also, and possibly unintentionally, provided the spawning pool for a thriving, rabidly competitive Starcraft scene. Couple this with the fact that, since no one was making money anyway invesetment in an online RTS competition/leagues didn't seem so insane. I cannot stress the importance of internet cafes in e-sports. Pla Western pla Part of the reason why Koreans cannot be touched by Foreign pla Western pla Western SC team managers, know they cannot compete with the Korean teams skillwise, and thus only worry about turning a profit in some minor league tournaments and promotions. So we already see how return of investment takes precedence over the game itself. So from a business perspective we see how ridiculous it is to continue to funnel money into an MYM starcraft team. However, from a gaming perspective...from an e-sports point of view the idea of MYM not having a starcraft team is preposterous. If this organization, or any other, wants to have any credibility as an e-sports team then it must foster a SC roster. Afterall, Starcraft is the most balanced, intelligent, and physical game in e-sports. It is the paragon of online competition. Recently, I started playing SC from Beijing on the sc2gg.com's private battle-net gatewaty. Teamed with ventrillo it really is an amazing experince to be able to host, play, and commentate on games, in real-time, with others who love this game as much as I do. This is the closest thing I have experienced to training with a team or a community but still doesnt compare to the community I had when I played WoW over here in Beijing everyday in a local pc cafe for two years. I don't mean to hate on the western e-sports communities. We have better websites, and forums than most asian counterparts...but our pla | |||||||||||||
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hellstar
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:)) Korean government even support SC ...Pro gamers like pop-star.. a lot of fans..
DOTA COLA !!!
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mangina
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theres like 3 channels in korea thats just dedicated to starcraft x]
i wish there was some in america x[ | |
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