EPTWCS AM Lack of Viewers - Page 2
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TheButtonmen
Canada1405 Posts
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Kraznaya
United States3711 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33712 Posts
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bumwithagun
United States153 Posts
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Passion
Netherlands1486 Posts
On June 05 2013 19:50 TheButtonmen wrote: Purely anecdotal but I didn't watch WCS NA after the broadcast where Suppy and Scarlett got eliminated because I lost all interest in the event, I know several people who voted with their feet as well. I think you're underestimating the amount of viewers and hype the event lost by having no North American players remaining. (Should this be true;) What a sad continent you lot live on. Thank God we don't ruin tournaments like Wimbledon or Roland Garros on our side of the ocean, as soon as there's no English or French competitors left. It's starting to seem best Blizzard stops wasting their money on America. | ||
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Khai
Australia553 Posts
On June 05 2013 19:58 Waxangel wrote: nah man, people like white ppl This | ||
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_BAR_
Canada33 Posts
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Daswollvieh
5553 Posts
No, people love Korean players. That´s why they watch WCS KR and Proleague with their best competing. | ||
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pellejohnson
United States1931 Posts
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
1. I watched ShoutCraft AM and enjoyed the new players, this felt like Code A + a few very good foreigners. 2. Nothing special about the finals, the hype was bad, no crowd, same office with the view. Like watching a 300$ showmatch. 3. Bitterdam are much better at their job then the MLG crew. Axlav has great game knowledge, but Axeltoss does a lot of fake hype with his awkward hand movement and voice. He needs a better partner, that Shampoo guy was very good at it. 4. Timezone issues. Constant breaks with commercials. | ||
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
I completely agree on the lack of live audiences; it's the reason that made me not watch any of the MLG Arenas. The lack of foreign players probably didn't help, but I didn't care about that very much. What I couldn't get over was the idea that America had become a watered down Code A tournament. The Koreans dominated, but none of them are going to be serious competitors to win at the Season Finals. The only players I could call Code S caliber are HerO and Ryung, and I couldn't see either of them getting past the Ro32 anymore with how much deeper the player pool in Korea has gotten. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
Factors such as Korean domination and therefore lack of local players is something out of the hand of MLG, as the rules set by blizzard are clear and leave no wriggle room. | ||
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Chengakz
United States163 Posts
Youre right, you kind of draw hype and excitement when there's a crowd...and also from the excitement of the casters. The casters were good but kind of boring for me in the finals. The EU finals had a much better storylie..i didnt know who to root for... The dethroned but rightful King of Terran or...a foreigner. | ||
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Noobity
United States871 Posts
On June 05 2013 20:04 Passion wrote: (Should this be true;) What a sad continent you lot live on. Thank God we don't ruin tournaments like Wimbledon or Roland Garros on our side of the ocean, as soon as there's no English or French competitors left. It's starting to seem best Blizzard stops wasting their money on America. Yeah that's it. Stop spending their money on America. Oh wait, they aren't spending money on America, they're spending money on Korea three times. What a sad outlook you have if you can't see that this was set up in a way that caused the Americas to lose interest. Don't blame us for not wanting to watch after our representatives drop out. I'd bet money that most of Jamaica doesn't give a shit about bobsledding when their competitors are no longer in either. | ||
Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On June 05 2013 21:29 Noobity wrote: Yeah that's it. Stop spending their money on America. Oh wait, they aren't spending money on America, they're spending money on Korea three times. What a sad outlook you have if you can't see that this was set up in a way that caused the Americas to lose interest. Don't blame us for not wanting to watch after our representatives drop out. I'd bet money that most of Jamaica doesn't give a shit about bobsledding when their competitors are no longer in either. Dunno, last time I checked, the prize money of WCS AM was handed out in America (which results in a lot of taxes to the USA). | ||
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Melwach
Germany176 Posts
1. Timezones were not compatible with getting up at 6 am. 2. Many downtimes, not much to keep me interested in the event -> no live audience, not much interest in the players participating, casters were average, (nothing specific to complain about, but they couldn't create fascination for the coming matchups). The view out of the windows was nice though  | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
At the end of the day what have we learned? CatZ still has his head stuck up his own ass (see his bit about NASL/IPL or some other shit about the NA scene allowing Koreans to compete). It's the same shit. The people concerned about numbers should be the organizers and not everyone else. This is just another example of "Oh my Gawd, why are the numbers so low; why does this crowd suck?" This is where I tell them to be the crowd. Kind of hard to do when it's in the MLG studio, no? Good thing I meant all events and not just this one. o; MLG/Blizzard got a ton of shit for how this event was ran (thus they should). There were a lot of variables in play, but you guys really should be mad about the qualifier for being a qualifier. Your angst is once again misdirected. | ||
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