EPTBlizzCon 2011 Experience and Photos - Page 2
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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KoolAidMan
United States18 Posts
On October 24 2011 10:30 boesthius wrote:If you only play SC, you're going to be massively underwhelmed. The tournaments are cool, but unless you have a shitton of people to hangout with you're going to be finding yourself with a lot of downtime. If/when I go next, I'm probably just going to go to hangout with ESPORTS people and not even buy a ticket :x I agree. I usually have a great time at Blizzcon but it's because I go with a good group of friends and get to see people I only do at Blizzcon and E3. It isn't great if you're totally solo. You also need to manage expectations of how much there is to do there, because there isn't really a lot compared to most conventions outside of developer panels and playing the demos. Starcraft 2 matches definitely need to be scheduled better. I believe that Blizzard wants to give equal time and showing on the main stage to everyone, which means that players you've never heard of get stage time while amazing players with huge fanbases get skipped. It is a nice sentiment but the fans don't really care about that, they just want to watch great games from players they know are great. To be fair, MLG also has problems with showing all the games I want to see, but that is the product of having so many players grinding out so many games. At least MLG is trying to remedy that with increasing to four streams now. If you treat Blizzcon more like a party with some live Starcraft 2 in the mix, it's a great time, but you have to be ready to make your own fun with friends and afterparties and such. If you just depend on the convention itself it kind of isn't worth the money IMHO. I don't want to be too negative btw, I had an amazing time watching the finals on both days. The crowd was by far the most electric of any live SC2 event I've been to so far. Diablo 3 Deathmatch was also incredibly fun.  | ||
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paper
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/R1CH/BlizzCon11/_MG_7541.jpg) dat ass | ||
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hooktits
United States972 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/VOS8G.png) | ||
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Grettin
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DKo
United States187 Posts
I finally got lucky Blizzcon 2011 was my first year as well and my legs are still sore. For me, I didn't actually enjoy the panels too much. They felt really bland. What I did enjoy and ended up doing for the most part was running back in line so I can play Heat of the Swarm and Blizard Dota over and over again. One thing that did bother me about Blizzcon was at Heart of the Swarm panel Q&A, no one asked questions about Battle.net like LAN connection, watching replays with friends, clan support, etc and by the time it was nearing my turn, there was no more time. Another thing that bothered me was the translator for Blizzard Starcraft tournament. The translator had no idea what the hell he was talking about and was basically making it up as he went. It may not be a big deal for most of you guys but as a Korean it made me die a little bit inside... and maybe for milkis too. Basically in the interviews, the players were basically saying that they practiced and worked hard to get to the position they were currently in. They were mostly modest and said that they were gonna try their best to show great games... not destroy the other guy and make him look like a total noob. Also, they didn't "expect" the crowd to cheer for them, they wanted them to. What Nestea actually said in the finals was that MVP doesn't know what it's like to be Zerg and if he played Zerg, he would never make it to the finals (and how easy Terran is). Also, Nestea also said that if he played TERRAN (NOT ZERG), he would win the tournament 10 times in a row or something along those lines. Anyways these are my 2 cents about Blizzcon, overall enjoyed although I thought it was too expensive. The Blizzcon tournament and GSL finals were one of the best games I have ever seen and it was so much better being the middle of the crowd and cheering and... (Blizzcon finals spoiler) + Show Spoiler + chanting MVP! MVP! MVP! when he won | ||
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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On October 24 2011 10:02 R1CH wrote: After grabbing a fancy IHOP dinner I must be a fatty since SC2 IHop seems like the highlight of this story. Screw Barcraft, I want IHop....craft. Anyway very interesting. I always felt that since Warcraft 3 and BW were removed from Blizzcon that somehow the event had lost some of it's importance. After all, for those two games Blizzcon was really one of two major tournaments that foreign players could really shine in an international setting. I've never gone though so it's sort of interesting to hear you say that MLG seems like a better tourney. Still though there is that goody-bag... | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
On October 24 2011 12:45 Grettin wrote: Carmac likes to carry everyone. Great write-up, thanks! You can tell when he is about to do it to someone too if you know what to look for, not going to reveal his secret though . Actually pretty surprised I got that picture since he did it in the dark area next to the pro-gamers, ended up being a 1/4 sec exposure. Yay IS! | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On October 24 2011 10:30 boesthius wrote: This is pretty much how I felt when I first went to Blizzcon. If you only play SC, you're going to be massively underwhelmed. The tournaments are cool, but unless you have a shitton of people to hangout with you're going to be finding yourself with a lot of downtime. If/when I go next, I'm probably just going to go to hangout with ESPORTS people and not even buy a ticket :x My Blizzard event participation has consisted solely of debauchery lol. | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
On October 25 2011 07:45 thedeadhaji wrote: My Blizzard event participation has consisted solely of debauchery lol. I'm beginning to like this idea. I feel like I don't interact enough with people when I'm sober .Also the aforementioned Dustin Browder interview is now up! | ||
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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StarStruck
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Nice try. Getting DB to answer the hard questions is no easy task. I liked the questions, but the answers are very much the same each time. It's a one way street. :/ | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On October 25 2011 09:41 R1CH wrote: I'm beginning to like this idea. I feel like I don't interact enough with people when I'm sober .Also the aforementioned Dustin Browder interview is now up! + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWUdMJVMvkY You're pretty awesome when you get drunk and log into irc  | ||
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scestoned
Germany2 Posts
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