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Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13905 Posts
August 01 2011 03:53 GMT
#21
They just didn't have the matchups I think that columbus had. It grew well which is really nice all the same but it just wasn't as good of an event as before.

Still Steady great MLG though a lot of other ESPORTS.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
August 01 2011 03:57 GMT
#22
It wasn't a badly run event, it was smooth as silk for me apart from my suspicion that something with the stream causes it to leak bandwidth if you changed some stuff. It's probably because it was just koreans smashing every single foreigner into the ground, and a lot of blue flame hellions. Even huge worker BBQ's can only do so much for TvTvTvTvTvZ =/
Porouscloud - NA LoL
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 04:09:44
August 01 2011 04:09 GMT
#23
On August 01 2011 12:39 Dalguno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2011 12:36 DyEnasTy wrote:
Ya, I usually dont leave my screen when MLG is on. But I personally dont enjoy watching koreans face stomp everyone else. Foreign fanboy for life.


I was at this MLG. Watched all the games avidly. But once we saw that the finals were going to be all Koreans, we left at 2 instead of staying until 7 to watch the games and saved a night at the hotel and drove home instead.



amen my friend.

glad to hear some sanity for a change.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
UrASofty
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Canada772 Posts
August 01 2011 04:22 GMT
#24
have to take into acccount that mlg had the stream issue so obviously everyone went onto tl to rage = more posts and views
i be that pretty motherfucker
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
August 01 2011 04:49 GMT
#25
I watched the whole Colombus event but this week end I only watched a handful of games. To be honest I prefer watching kr vs. kr matches like the ones in GSL and Korean Weekly. Koreans own white dudes and it's getting old.
o choro é livre
shawster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada2485 Posts
August 01 2011 04:57 GMT
#26
lack of foreigners

too much tvt

the pool system was flawed. having guys like inc/idra/drewbie getting their shit stomped on wasn't pretty for me since i was rooting for those guys.
Raisauce
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada864 Posts
August 01 2011 04:58 GMT
#27
On August 01 2011 12:35 Whole wrote:
So many TvTs, EVO, no foreigners. Adds less interest to the tournament.


This is basically why I didn't watch the finals.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 05:18:37
August 01 2011 05:16 GMT
#28
People leaving because there were no foreigners left sounds pretty god damn stupid to me. I mean, you have boxer rolling face in the groups, and then you have MVP vs. DRG, then MMA vs. DRG rematch which was amazing, and then Ganzi vs. MMA, then Boxer vs. MMA in master vs. disciple showdown which was a fucking incredible series, and then MMA vs. MVP rematch of the two best terrans at MLG.

Sc2 fans should like all the games regardless of country and just leaving because some guy who works less than someone else didn't make it doesn't sound like someone who's a real fan of the game. Just my criticism.
FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
August 01 2011 05:20 GMT
#29
My internet died halfway through Day 2 and only got fixed after everything was already over, FML.
Don't hate the player, hate the game
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 05:30:14
August 01 2011 05:21 GMT
#30
there were more problems at Columbus which generated the higher number of views & posts

Losira's keyboard screwing up

constant lag due to people on bnet messaging players

inconsistent and unknown schedule

MLG Anaheim practically went 100% smoothly. people can complain about downtime but MLG Anaheim operated on a specified schedule and mostly stuck to it.

to prove my point, using your stats as a comparison

Columbus had 28,621 posts and 2,369,688 views while Anaheim had 15,307 posts and 962,046 views


MLG Dallas 2011 had the following

Day 1: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=207500 - 10,031 posts & 1,010,773

Day 2: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208064 - 11,444 posts & 1,296,535

Day 3: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208442 - 18,644 posts & 1,882,184 views

total values: 40,119 posts & 4,189,492

only reason why MLG Dallas 2011 had such higher numbers was because the event was such utter shit

MLG Anaheim was better than MLG Columbus no matter what kinds of theories people want to make up about people not wanting to watch Koreans dominate
E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 05:22:41
August 01 2011 05:22 GMT
#31
Too much TvT, I couldn't care less about the amount of foreigners in this MLG. But there was just too many TvT's for me.

Not MLG's fault
Definetly not the players fault.

I absolutely loved every SlayerS TvZ though, thats BFH style with rine drop and the +1 timing stim followup was just fun to watch and I would stay up if DRG was in the finals, but he got knocked out.

Needed some more korean zergs/Protoss imo but ow well can't have it all.

Ow yeah, the stream problems over at columbus and the keyboard problems were reasons for spamming.
WriterXiao8~~
accordion
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada58 Posts
August 01 2011 06:01 GMT
#32
EVO was so hype that I just turned off MLG due to commercials with insane volume + too many breaks.
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
August 01 2011 06:14 GMT
#33
This Anaheim don't have that big "incident" that caused the LR thread to jump though.

Colombus we had the IdrA-MMA gg moment that must have caused everyone who heard it to check the LR thread to see people's reaction. The thread jumped about a 100 pages in a few minutes ( maybe 10) because of that. Also, the thread got split between Red and Blue which further discourage discussion.

And it is just the way it is with LR thread. People get used to it and don't bother participating in the LR anymore because F5-ing distract you from the actual experience. GSL thread views and posts also decrease a lot since the early days. The smoother the viewing experience is, the lesser the need to participate in the LR threads unless something mindblowing happens.
holy_war
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States3590 Posts
August 01 2011 06:20 GMT
#34
On August 01 2011 15:14 dtz wrote:
This Anaheim don't have that big "incident" that caused the LR thread to jump though.

Colombus we had the IdrA-MMA gg moment that must have caused everyone who heard it to check the LR thread to see people's reaction. The thread jumped about a 100 pages in a few minutes ( maybe 10) because of that. Also, the thread got split between Red and Blue which further discourage discussion.

And it is just the way it is with LR thread. People get used to it and don't bother participating in the LR anymore because F5-ing distract you from the actual experience. GSL thread views and posts also decrease a lot since the early days. The smoother the viewing experience is, the lesser the need to participate in the LR threads unless something mindblowing happens.


Agreed, less drama during this MLG. The IdrA/MMA games combined with IdrA/MC games instantly added 50-100 pages worth of comments on the LR thread. This MLG lacked such drama.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 06:26:15
August 01 2011 06:23 GMT
#35
On August 01 2011 14:21 udgnim wrote:+ Show Spoiler +

there were more problems at Columbus which generated the higher number of views & posts

Losira's keyboard screwing up

constant lag due to people on bnet messaging players

inconsistent and unknown schedule

MLG Anaheim practically went 100% smoothly. people can complain about downtime but MLG Anaheim operated on a specified schedule and mostly stuck to it.

to prove my point, using your stats as a comparison

Columbus had 28,621 posts and 2,369,688 views while Anaheim had 15,307 posts and 962,046 views


MLG Dallas 2011 had the following

Day 1: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=207500 - 10,031 posts & 1,010,773

Day 2: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208064 - 11,444 posts & 1,296,535

Day 3: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208442 - 18,644 posts & 1,882,184 views

total values: 40,119 posts & 4,189,492

only reason why MLG Dallas 2011 had such higher numbers was because the event was such utter shit

MLG Anaheim was better than MLG Columbus no matter what kinds of theories people want to make up about people not wanting to watch Koreans dominate

Yep, people are just crazy if they don't think this MLG was better, and I don't know why you'd go to the amount of posts in the LR thread over just the amount of viewers this MLG received. Not much "drama" but there was a lot of fun stuff going on throughout, and the storylines of the matchups were 10x better. Boxer and Rain chatting about how they couldn't attack each other, then also Boxer telling MMA to win it all into a gg. The games were a lot of fun.
ryan1894
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia264 Posts
August 01 2011 06:34 GMT
#36
I think its because they disabled MLG pass people from watching both red and blue at the same time...

Also the crowd wasnt annoying enough.
illsick
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1770 Posts
August 01 2011 06:47 GMT
#37
I thought it was obvious that there was more "drama" or hype from columbus that people talked about

-People discussed pages and pages of idrA beating MC on the opening games, followed by MC saying he would never lose to idrA if he was at 100% (jetlagged). Then he did the throat slash and idrA flicked him off. Even fate had it so that MC would face idrA again and even with extended series MC beat him.

-idrA premature gg after MMA destroyed his own command center when he was probably going to win.

-MC just being the best entertainer and hyping up every game he's in, like announcing that naniwa was the best protoss foreigner and their matches would determine who the best protoss in the world is. Naniwa dancing the zealots but ended up losing...

So I don't think the size of the LR thread reflects the amount of viewers.
you live and you learn
Dice17
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
August 01 2011 06:48 GMT
#38
Not sure if thats true I went to mlg today and a man came on stage and told us that the bar had been set higher for mlg from 22million unique views at Columbus to over 30million in anaheim
GamaBear #1 Fan! Sen fighting~
foobahz
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
China68 Posts
August 01 2011 07:13 GMT
#39
have zilch interest in watching non-protoss games, and the only good protoss player there was huk so yeah didnt watch many games
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
August 01 2011 09:03 GMT
#40
On August 01 2011 12:51 red4ce wrote:
In Columbus people still honestly believed foreigners could beat Koreans.

I think that's partially responsible. I didn't really watch much of this MLG because the results seemed more certain and the games definitely felt more one-sided and lacked the suspense of games from past tournaments for sure.

Also, I think SC2's fandom has diminished slightly, though it is still very big.
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