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love this story very much. I had no idea WINE had been around for that long and was able to play starcraft etc. I have really great memories of playing starcraf

love this story very much. I had no idea WINE had been around for that long and was able to play starcraft etc. I have really great memories of playing starcraft with friends back in the day.... that game had enough staying power that we could all get into and out of in middle school and then again in college!

DoesntMatter22 3y ago
It's still being played heavily and professionally in Korea and there are many non Korean tournaments too. I watch pro matches everyday!
- RainaRelanah 3y ago
  > heavily Sadly not the case, as much as I love ASL the scene has zero new blood. SC2 really killed the Brood War scene, and League of Legends really killed SC2. The days of packing an aircraft hanger with 30,000+ fans for OSL finals are long gone. I was invited to the Stormgate alpha, and while I can't say anything about it (NDA), I am hopeful it will bring new life into RTS esports.
  - DoesntMatter22 3y ago
    It's still heavily played. There are tons of show matches and ASL which is good. There are newer players like Scan, and we had a couple new guys last season. Is it in it's heyday? No. Is it still fantastic? Yeah. KESPA killed Brood War primarily because Blizzard forced them to. Then KESPA itself died. Lots of great BW still being played no question about that
  - vitaflo 3y ago
    IvOry just qualified for ASL. That’s definitely new blood.
- qsdf38100 3y ago
  Ah, good times. Lim yo han!! (Aka slayers boxers ? Right ?). As a Terran player, I was in such awe. And then came Flash (lee young ho), the GOAT. I watched every one of his games. StarCraft 2 never came close to the accidental perfection that SC1 is.
cogman10 3y ago
Wine is nearly as old as linux. First released in 1993. I had some awkward conversations with my parents as a teenage nerd looking into "winehq". They didn't believe me that it had nothing to do with alcohol.
- saghm 3y ago
  Even today, Blizzard games tend to run pretty easily on Wine. I always attributed it to them using a fairly old tech stack, but maybe it's the reverse and Wine development has just continued to go above and beyond for those games.
  - kcb 3y ago
    I know WoW is aware that's it's running in Wine. There are some setting greyed out in game with a message of not compatible when running in Wine.
  - neurocline 3y ago
    It was mostly on purpose, that Blizzard games worked well in Wine. We even fixed a few things in our code from time to time that accidentally made Wine emulation hard.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Your parent being concerned about you browsing something about wine? You're definitely not be French/European. Here our parents give us wine :) American?
  - cogman10 3y ago
    mormon family.
    - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
      Thanks, Mormons are some of the most nicest and chill Americans I've met in Europe. Had no idea alcohol is taboo.

DoesntMatter22 3y ago

It's still being played heavily and professionally in Korea and there are many non Korean tournaments too. I watch pro matches everyday!

RainaRelanah 3y ago
> heavily Sadly not the case, as much as I love ASL the scene has zero new blood. SC2 really killed the Brood War scene, and League of Legends really killed SC2. The days of packing an aircraft hanger with 30,000+ fans for OSL finals are long gone. I was invited to the Stormgate alpha, and while I can't say anything about it (NDA), I am hopeful it will bring new life into RTS esports.
- DoesntMatter22 3y ago
  It's still heavily played. There are tons of show matches and ASL which is good. There are newer players like Scan, and we had a couple new guys last season. Is it in it's heyday? No. Is it still fantastic? Yeah. KESPA killed Brood War primarily because Blizzard forced them to. Then KESPA itself died. Lots of great BW still being played no question about that
- vitaflo 3y ago
  IvOry just qualified for ASL. That’s definitely new blood.
qsdf38100 3y ago
Ah, good times. Lim yo han!! (Aka slayers boxers ? Right ?). As a Terran player, I was in such awe. And then came Flash (lee young ho), the GOAT. I watched every one of his games. StarCraft 2 never came close to the accidental perfection that SC1 is.

cogman10 3y ago

Wine is nearly as old as linux. First released in 1993. I had some awkward conversations with my parents as a teenage nerd looking into "winehq". They didn't believe me that it had nothing to do with alcohol.

saghm 3y ago
Even today, Blizzard games tend to run pretty easily on Wine. I always attributed it to them using a fairly old tech stack, but maybe it's the reverse and Wine development has just continued to go above and beyond for those games.
- kcb 3y ago
  I know WoW is aware that's it's running in Wine. There are some setting greyed out in game with a message of not compatible when running in Wine.
- neurocline 3y ago
  It was mostly on purpose, that Blizzard games worked well in Wine. We even fixed a few things in our code from time to time that accidentally made Wine emulation hard.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
Your parent being concerned about you browsing something about wine? You're definitely not be French/European. Here our parents give us wine :) American?
- cogman10 3y ago
  mormon family.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Thanks, Mormons are some of the most nicest and chill Americans I've met in Europe. Had no idea alcohol is taboo.