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Starcraft 2 Ded Game

By David “StimiLant” Kim





Cinco de Mayo has rolled in and I watched a StarCraft 2 tournament called

Lonestar Clash 3. The usual suspects rolled into University of Texas in a little town called College Station. Noteable participants included Red Bull Bomber, EG Stephano, CM Storm Polt, EG Jaedong and a slew of talented starcraft players from all corners of the globe. The top 8 finishers ended up being Polt,Huk,Bomber,Heart,Jaedong,Stephano,Violet, and a teamless Seed. The finals

were of course both amazing Terran and Zerg finalists Jaedong and Polt. This marked another victory under Jaedongs belt, maybe only his 2nd major StarCraft 2 1st place finish? Polt had handedly defeated Jaedong 1 year ago in a crushing 4-0 victory, but Jaedong showed convincing victories at Lonestar Clash 3 over the American hero Polt.



The finals were mostly exciting games ending in a 4-2 victory for EG's star korean talent, Jaedong. In a time where starcraft2 seems to be on life support, where swarmhost vs swarmhost in ZvZ between Stephano vs Petraeus lasts for 2 hour games, and fans still hate watching non-eventful drawn out games, starcraft2 seems to be in a hazy still alive/ded game state. The entire lonestar clash 3 event itself was expectedly amazing.

Casters included EG Incontrol, Rotterdam, and a long time old starcraft2 friend in Axeltoss. Anna Prosser Robinson did an amazing job as hostess for the event. Players seemed to mostly like the event? Some of the scheduling might have been able to be handled better but what tournament has a perfect schedule? There was also a great B stream where Liquid Sheth and Destiny made for an adorable casting duo, casting great games on their stream.



So what is still the problem with Starcraft2? I see other scenes at this moment, dota2,league of legends, hell even counterstrike go, and smash bros melee. All of those scenes have niche gamers who probably support their games and even to an extent other games like Starcraft2. I think the problem with Starcraft2 right now, is and always will be the stagnation of the game itself. I don't think that Starcraft2 is a well-designed or even balanced game. There of course is always the QQ's of 1 race is too strong whether its infestor-broodlord zerg or 4gate protoss, or 1-1-1 Terran. Each time, Starcraft2 has had dull boring stagnation in the game, more fans seemed to leave and leave and join other games such as league of legends or dota2. There always has been and will be the die hard fans who stayed up late hours into the night/morning for Brood War OSLs and transitioned to Starcraft2 hoping for the same magic which doesnt exist even today. But Starcraft2 just still doesnt have the “umph” factor that Broodwar had in it's hayday.



I really love the quote Dustin Browder gave in an interview “If you like broodwar then go watch/play broodwar”. Fans of broodwar still watch and compete in broodwar which in itself is another amazing niche community. But for the fans of starcraft2, what drives them to continue to love, in my eyes, a dying game? Even though, sometimes I think Destiny is an asshole and an idiot, he has made amazing rants/quotes on podcast shows like State of the Game, Unfiltered, etc. he has a very good reddit post about what he at the time thought was wrong with starcraft2.



Again, I don't really know or see the future for Starcraft2 all the way into Legacy of the Void. All I see is a dying breed and game. I played a few games on the ladder today, on new maps, I suck, and am in Silver League. The games still were very very low level, micro / macro mistakes. The game just doesnt seem fun to me, 2 years + after the initial release? I still love watching the korean and “foregin” pros in tournaments, even some streamers like Liquid Sheth seemed to come back and stream some games lately. Maybe I am just a nostalgia-idiot that only loved broodwar because of the nostalgia factor. Starcraft2 just seems really dull and boring. If ANYONE can suggest to me more reasons / factors why this is the case, or ISNT the case, I am open for replies / comments / biching / complaining or whatever. IS STARCRAFT2 DYING? YES? NO? FUCK OFF? Shoutouts to Teamliquid, TotalBiscuit, Axiom and of course Destiny <3



TLDR - SC2 DED GAME? Huge wall of text incoming. TLDR at bottom <3Starcraft 2 Ded GameBy David “StimiLant” KimCinco de Mayo has rolled in and I watched a StarCraft 2 tournament calledLonestar Clash 3. The usual suspects rolled into University of Texas in a little town called College Station. Noteable participants included Red Bull Bomber, EG Stephano, CM Storm Polt, EG Jaedong and a slew of talented starcraft players from all corners of the globe. The top 8 finishers ended up being Polt,Huk,Bomber,Heart,Jaedong,Stephano,Violet, and a teamless Seed. The finalswere of course both amazing Terran and Zerg finalists Jaedong and Polt. This marked another victory under Jaedongs belt, maybe only his 2nd major StarCraft 2 1st place finish? Polt had handedly defeated Jaedong 1 year ago in a crushing 4-0 victory, but Jaedong showed convincing victories at Lonestar Clash 3 over the American hero Polt.The finals were mostly exciting games ending in a 4-2 victory for EG's star korean talent, Jaedong. In a time where starcraft2 seems to be on life support, where swarmhost vs swarmhost in ZvZ between Stephano vs Petraeus lasts for 2 hour games, and fans still hate watching non-eventful drawn out games, starcraft2 seems to be in a hazy still alive/ded game state. The entire lonestar clash 3 event itself was expectedly amazing.Casters included EG Incontrol, Rotterdam, and a long time old starcraft2 friend in Axeltoss. Anna Prosser Robinson did an amazing job as hostess for the event. Players seemed to mostly like the event? Some of the scheduling might have been able to be handled better but what tournament has a perfect schedule? There was also a great B stream where Liquid Sheth and Destiny made for an adorable casting duo, casting great games on their stream.So what is still the problem with Starcraft2? I see other scenes at this moment, dota2,league of legends, hell even counterstrike go, and smash bros melee. All of those scenes have niche gamers who probably support their games and even to an extent other games like Starcraft2. I think the problem with Starcraft2 right now, is and always will be the stagnation of the game itself. I don't think that Starcraft2 is a well-designed or even balanced game. There of course is always the QQ's of 1 race is too strong whether its infestor-broodlord zerg or 4gate protoss, or 1-1-1 Terran. Each time, Starcraft2 has had dull boring stagnation in the game, more fans seemed to leave and leave and join other games such as league of legends or dota2. There always has been and will be the die hard fans who stayed up late hours into the night/morning for Brood War OSLs and transitioned to Starcraft2 hoping for the same magic which doesnt exist even today. But Starcraft2 just still doesnt have the “umph” factor that Broodwar had in it's hayday.I really love the quote Dustin Browder gave in an interview “If you like broodwar then go watch/play broodwar”. Fans of broodwar still watch and compete in broodwar which in itself is another amazing niche community. But for the fans of starcraft2, what drives them to continue to love, in my eyes, a dying game? Even though, sometimes I think Destiny is an asshole and an idiot, he has made amazing rants/quotes on podcast shows like State of the Game, Unfiltered, etc. he has a very good reddit post about what he at the time thought was wrong with starcraft2. http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/11m21k/starcraft_2_will_be_dead_before_legacy_of_the/ Again, I don't really know or see the future for Starcraft2 all the way into Legacy of the Void. All I see is a dying breed and game. I played a few games on the ladder today, on new maps, I suck, and am in Silver League. The games still were very very low level, micro / macro mistakes. The game just doesnt seem fun to me, 2 years + after the initial release? I still love watching the korean and “foregin” pros in tournaments, even some streamers like Liquid Sheth seemed to come back and stream some games lately. Maybe I am just a nostalgia-idiot that only loved broodwar because of the nostalgia factor. Starcraft2 just seems really dull and boring. If ANYONE can suggest to me more reasons / factors why this is the case, or ISNT the case, I am open for replies / comments / biching / complaining or whatever. IS STARCRAFT2 DYING? YES? NO? FUCK OFF? Shoutouts to Teamliquid, TotalBiscuit, Axiom and of course Destiny <3TLDR - SC2 DED GAME?