According to Destiny, SC2 Will Be Dead By Second Expansion (in terms of popularity)

• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-10-29 04:41

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;971526:

  the cat just realized Select is dodging military service
  and he's actually been planning the DotA thing for a while now
  2 months
  https://dotabuff.com/players/9286548

  
  
  Treason!
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-29 05:23

  Quote from Cucurbita;971536:

  Treason!

  
  
  the cat dunno, Kitae
  you're dodging the draft and not even making it to SC2 Masters league
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-10-30 00:34
  Anyways a lot of people are giving him crap for abandoning SC2 and whatever but honestly he's got a family to support so if he thinks his projections of sc2 isn't going to make him money its only obvious that he has to look for an audience that will provide a larger income.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-30 02:04
  thats easy
  hotshotgg got 20k viewers for just playing pubs during his early days
  and thats what he's mostly known for
• Knightmehre wrote on 2012-10-30 03:09
  Not sure if Destiny quitting sc2 will become true.....most of his fanbase comes from it and he needs it to make a living remember?
  
  But it could happen, idk.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-10-30 03:18

  Quote from Knightmehre;972027:

  Not sure if Destiny quitting sc2 will become true.....most of his fanbase comes from it and he needs it to make a living remember?
  
  But it could happen, idk.

  
  
  Destiny is stereotyped for being pretty bad at SC2.
  
  So basically, they watch him because he's entertaining, not because he's making THE PLAYS in SC2. Obviously a large chunk of his fanbase will leave him for switching, but he will stabilize once his audience properly adjusts to the LoL scene.
  
  But for now, he needs to get to gold on ranked because he is seriously terrible at the game.
• Knightmehre wrote on 2012-10-30 03:42

  Quote from Cucurbita;972031:

  Destiny is stereotyped for being pretty bad at SC2.
  
  So basically, they watch him because he's entertaining, not because he's making THE PLAYS in SC2. Obviously a large chunk of his fanbase will leave him for switching, but he will stabilize once his audience properly adjusts to the LoL scene.
  
  But for now, he needs to get to gold on ranked because he is seriously terrible at the game.

  
  
  Well not terrible enough obviously or he wouldn't maintain master/grandmaster on the ladder? I'm not saying he's good or anything but seriously he's in the top 2%
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-10-30 04:57

  Quote from Knightmehre;972041:

  Well not terrible enough obviously or he wouldn't maintain master/grandmaster on the ladder? I'm not saying he's good or anything but seriously he's in the top 2%

  
  
  Well thats true. I think he's good but to be fair you're not gonna make big bux if you're not code S tournament winners.
  
  Destiny titles himself more towards "professional streamer" than a "professional gamer" so thats where his income is at anyways.
  
  He's the one with the figures, and he knows he needed a drastic change. Half a year ago he was consistently getting 5000+ viewers at all times. Now he is barely breaking 1000, even with Heart of the Swarm beta which was supposed to be a big thing. SC2 just doesn't garner the audience it used to have. You can see this even in Day9 stream view counts or other Team Liquid streams.
  
  DJWheat's excuse is that the viewers are now just being given more options and as a result are being spread out, but there aren't less viewers. But then thats exactly why someone trying to make a living should focus their attention towards the more successful venue.
  
  Twitch TV as of right now at the time of this post:
  
  League of Legends (no events at the moment)
  16,110 Viewers
  
  World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
  7,401 Viewers
  
  Diablo III
  3,819 Viewers
  
  StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (two events)
  2,999 Viewers
  
  Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus (one event)
  2,116 Viewers
  
  Dota 2
  1,804 Viewers
  
  Speaks for itself really. SC2 currently has IPL and ESEA going on and even then its being outright overshadowed by League of Legends, which is all personal streams.
  
  Minigun, a top grand master protoss, is a successful player. He is currently getting less than 200 views, which isn't enough ad revenue to even pay for food. This means if he wants to make a living, he has to win tournaments and get sponsorships. This wasn't the case a few months ago. Players could literally stream for a living.
  
  So if you want to be a professional gamer, but you don't expect tournament winning results, then you stream for yourself where you can get those views. Right now, League is the answer.
  
  Edit:
  
  The day he realized he could stream for a living http://www.twitch.tv/steven_bonnell_ii/b/276241047
  Its actually incredibly depressing to watch him get so excited because of how depressed he tends to be now.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-31 05:55
  http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/7747190/First_Look_Clans_Coming_in_Heart_of_the_Swarm-10_30_2012
  oh they finally have a clan/group system
  it only took them years... wait
  it's only for the expansion
  F*** you Blizzard
  
  and it's 50 players max too