sc2 was made with esport in mind...
the UI makes it easy to follow and the casters really make it awesome (analytical + commentator)...
and who dont like lasers (hint: war of the world in PvP)...

compared to MOBA like Dota...
15min of pure farming doing ntg, auto-attack carries, bad commentary, lack of memorable moments and ppl dying so fast...
at least LoL (if u watch the big events) fixed lots of stuffs which made it watchable...
ask those who ever watched LoL competitively and would agree that dota is horrible to watch...

the same issue roughly in CS where it is nt suitable for the spectator...
being a team game is one thing and FPS is another...
compared to Quake:Live which is actually decent =p

for fighting games, it require really good players to shine out...
i did follow SSF4 in EVO2011 and i jz saw the one in dreamhack last weekend...
the dreamhack one was sooo damn freaking horrible =.=

Malaysian is still new with PRO-gaming. In fact, there aren't enough tournament for the player to commit with.

DotA tournament? CS tournament? SMM, WCG, ESWC? For the whole year and you get 3 MAJOR tournament? and the stakes is you might not win any of them.

Malaysian still doesn't consider PRO-gaming as an occupation. I glad BoSs has made the 1st move by organizing FXOpen but it still not enough. We can't expect every tournament are hosted by FXO. I did see Orange CC hosting a few tournament but it's not Starcraft 2. I did see Gizmo hosting a few tournament but it's not Starcraft 2.

There are just too many games to begin with. DotA, LoL, HoN, CS1.6, CoD4, MAT, SA, SC2, and i did see SDO?. Which games should the players to commit with? Everybody know how to play all the game but they just need to find something which is worth commit for.

Free or not isn't the problem now but what is really the problem is are PRO-gaming worth the time and energy to commit with. IMO though.

Yes, i am from Kuching, Sarawak and i am aware of the numbers of SC2 players in Kuching is relatively low. Why this happen? There isn't a single tournament (Don't count in the one online tournament which only for below-platinum) happened in Kuching. If there is no tournament, there is no PRO-gaming. Even if there is tournament, there's only 1 or 2. Would you spent $30 on a game and play like a PRO-gamer - >10hr/day - when there is no place for you to shine? Only those who love the game would do so. There is few but not many CC willing to bring eSports up in Kuching, that's my opinion though.
Just some of my idea which PERHAPS can bring eSports up in Malaysia. (I typed this while i half drunk/dreaming) Don't click it.

Gizmo has hosted bunch of tournament. They even promised to host a CoD4 tournament but the community just GGed. I talked to them as well, and i know it's hard when you the only CC in the whole area hosting bunch of tournament. There's involve lot's of planning, sponsorship, income, popularity, etc in hosting a tournament. What we can do now is hoping someone would take the 1st move, but in Bolehland, i doubt so.

If only Gizmo focus on one or two game, that's more than enough. Imagine a whole year, 12 months, every 1/2 months got a small tournament, and at the end of the year, big tournament = profits. It's easier to said than done so i doubt it would happen UNLESS there is sponsorship though. The problem now, like i said in the previous previous posts, there is TOO MUCH game for a normal gamer to commit with. Try focus 1/2 game is enough.

Boss already mentioned he has 3 bars at Pavilion interested but has been postponing it due to likely poor response and turnout. We can have barcraft alright but we, the SC2 community will have to convince him that we can break the bad habit and show up purely because we love the game and not for free stuff.