Starcraft: Brood War has been wielding strong influence on e-sports culture in Korea as one of the most favorable games for Korean gamers and spectators at the same time. As the result, it has born 11 professional teams so far. Corresponding with the situation, many relative people from e-sports market questioned and worried if Starcraft2: Wings of Liberty could take over the role as a main e-sports title.
At the beginning, Starcraft2 league was not stable. As setting the main e-sport broadcasters aside, it lost a fair number of existing Starcraft spectators and fans. However, as the league repeated several times, awareness for the league has been changed. Star players transferred from original starcraft league have added weight of the dignity to the league as well.
Another reason for the gradual inclination of Starcraft2 league is improvement of players’ skills. Because it has not been so long since the league started, strategies operated by players have been monotonous, which was used to be compared with original Starcraft league. With the lapse of time, the understanding of players has been deeper, and it brought up with new era of Starcraft2 league such as new strategies and magnificent competition on material superiority. With all these factors, league of Starcrft2 is being shed with whole new light.
Also, the dramatic mutual concession between Korea e-Sports Association and Blizzard may be possibly considered as the green light for the league’s resurrection. Meanwhile, these two parties have been having conflicts and struggle for the initiative. However, they entered the situation of reconciliation as signing license contract on tournament and broadcast of Starcraft: Brood War. It is expected that this mood may influence positively on Starcraft2 league as well. The collaboration of these two parties is expected to create positive synergy.
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