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WCS AM Lack of Viewers - Page 4

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EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-05 22:25:37
June 05 2013 19:49 GMT
#61
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
June 05 2013 21:29 GMT
#62
On June 05 2013 19:55 Kraznaya wrote:
isnt it that NA viewers can watch EU games at pretty reasonable times for NA but NA games are at awful times for EU viewers


Not really, watching WCS EU from NA is like watching GSL from EU.
Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
June 05 2013 21:37 GMT
#63
0 interest.

Nice skyline though.
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
June 05 2013 23:05 GMT
#64
On June 05 2013 19:58 Waxangel wrote:
nah man, people like white ppl


not all, i'd rather watch koreans play against koreans because they show better starcraft.
Jaedong Fighting! | youtube.com/ZikGaming
plogamer
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada3132 Posts
June 05 2013 23:11 GMT
#65
WCS AM was dull. The casters were dull, the set-up was dull, even the music was dull.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 00:15:48
June 06 2013 00:03 GMT
#66
On June 06 2013 08:05 sM.Zik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2013 19:58 Waxangel wrote:
nah man, people like white ppl


not all, i'd rather watch koreans play against koreans because they show better starcraft.

i'd rather watch top koreans, but WCS AM only had one or two
Yhamm is the god of predictions
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
June 06 2013 01:16 GMT
#67
that image above the article is sick, SO MUCH INCEPTION
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
subV
Profile Joined June 2011
United States93 Posts
June 06 2013 01:55 GMT
#68
I honestly didn't watch NA because of the casters. Not a big fan of Axslav.
Reborn8u
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1761 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 04:35:07
June 06 2013 04:28 GMT
#69
I like the NA casters, they are more noob friendly but they do lack the hype and excitement in their casting that we see in with the EU casters. The live audience probably has a lot to do with this. We also cannot forget in EU they HAD MC THE PROTOSS PRESIDENT doing analysis in between games !! Overall, I watched less of the AM finals because it was basically GSL light. I don't like the fact that the AM, EU, and KA WCS champs are all from the same country. Who is the best in the Americas? The world may never know.

I think they should seriously consider getting Incontrol, Idra, Day9, Kibblez, or CatsPajamas in their caster rotation. It would be nice to see a robust mix. Axetoss and Axslav do seem to get a little worn out, may be why the hype and excitement seems to die down during those long days. Everyone needs a break once in a while!
:)
fenrysk
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States364 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 05:29:45
June 06 2013 05:02 GMT
#70
I kept the WCS AM stream open in a separate tab, but the fact that there was a community Star Strikers tournament going on at the same time was major distraction for me as far as paying attention to the games. Some have made the jokes that the star strikers finals was the actual WCS AM finals, but there was some truth in it for me and probably a lot of other people.

edit: i found the img link that encapsulates my sentiments:
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http://imgur.com/ptL1GVU
http://fenrysk-art.deviantart.com
saddaromma
Profile Joined April 2013
1129 Posts
June 06 2013 05:55 GMT
#71
Casters (the two other guys apart from bitterdam) and some players (Revival, Alicia, Alive) were a bit boring.

The way players sat at AM seemed like they were laddering, not playing each other. it would be better if players sat face-to-face like in EU.
Redrot
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
United States446 Posts
June 06 2013 06:39 GMT
#72
There was no hype at all, there was no live audience. It just felt like an online event. I don't know how else to put it - it just wasn't exciting. When HerO won, it wasn't like "AAAANNNND HHHEROOOO IS THE WCS AMERICA CHAMMPPPIIOONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!" it was like, "oh and hero won, cool." (some exaggerations there)

The players I think had something to do with it but ultimately, whoever wins can't be controlled. I'm sure if DeMu had made it (even though I'm not a fan of him at all), the event would have had a lot more viewers.

Regardless, I watched. The games were exciting, and I wanted to see Snute beat Alicia. Oh well.

I root for CJ because their fb posts are hilarious
PandaTank
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
South Africa255 Posts
June 06 2013 07:23 GMT
#73
I watched the Protoss games from both. I don't care about the ethnicity of the players. I'm just looking to steal the best builds, nothing else really. But I must say, MLG's production was pretty abysmal in comparison. There just was no hype. When HerO won there weren't even any flashing lights or anything. He said he felt embarrassed because he didn't show any emotion. But I honestly don't blame him. It would look even more awkward if he started cheering in a quiet, well-lit environment, sitting literally 2m away from his competitor.
facebook.com/PandaTank \\\ @PandaTankSC2
Wojciech Zywny
Profile Joined April 2013
Poland271 Posts
June 06 2013 07:38 GMT
#74
these days the only player i watch any more is flash. idk sc2 just isn't that entertaining anymore unless you're watching one of your favorite players.

Without flash i really couldn't care any less about what happens at a tournament
Miecz przeznaczenia ma dwa ostrza. Jednym jesteś ty.
BroodKingEXE
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States829 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 08:20:39
June 06 2013 08:19 GMT
#75
The finals were fun to watch, but there was a lot of downtime in between matches. I don't at all have a problem with having Koreans in the tournament, I think that they work the hardest to get in (I mean most of them have to qualify through group stage, a lot of invites were foreigners). I feel like they didn't have enough backstory behind the players though, it's something that really lacks with having US casters on Korean players. They knew a little bit about their playstyles, the favorites in a match, and wins, but it was lacking in terms of interesting material. It could be just because of the youth of HotS, but I feel like the stories and rivalries could have been expanded more.

I have a man crush on Hero. He so buff.
Playing Protoss = Opponent owned
asaed
Profile Joined September 2011
United States1412 Posts
June 06 2013 08:28 GMT
#76
There's definitely some truth to what salle is saying, but I do think overwhelmingly, the American games seemed to be on a lower level than compared to the EU region. We'll see what happens at the finals, but it does seem like Korea > EU > US. I don't think it's all about whether there are American players in the finals or not. I think this has some effect, but pretty low.
Galatians 2:20
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
June 06 2013 08:44 GMT
#77
People want to blame it on the fact that there were no NA players in the NA finals, but if they deserved to be there then wouldn't they be there? I would rather watch 6 Koreans play across the 3 regions rather than 2 Koreans, 2 Americans, and 2 Europeans if that means that the quality of the games are going to be higher. Europeans work hard and train to make their footprint in the e-sports scene, but it seems like Americans only want to be spoonfed rather than work for it which I think is fucking lame. If you want an American vs American finals, then complain to the players about getting better rather than trying to have the rules altered to make it so that there will be a forced American vs American finals.

Also, timezones are a pretty big deal too.
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BobMcJohnson
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
France2916 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 09:47:21
June 06 2013 09:43 GMT
#78
Yeah, AM finals were boring, I watched a bit, but, time schedule was horrible for EU (finals at midnight sunday evening, when you work next morning), no crowd, no hype, bland casting.

To me it felt exactly like watching an online tournament. What is the point of playing live if you have no public and barely any interaction with the players outside of pre/post match interview.

I mean it seems there was a barcraft quite near with quite a lot of people, you could have gotten a public without much problem. Hell WCS EU public was quite small, but the proximity with the players made up for it really well.
Romanes eunt domus
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
June 06 2013 13:12 GMT
#79
On June 05 2013 18:02 Plexa wrote:
If that lineup had been Hyun, Jaedong, Hero, Polt in the top 4 I feel like the viewership would have been a lot higher.

Yeah people like to simplify only speaking of koreans vs foreigners, but obviously its very significant who the players are, not just what country they're from - for koreans more so than for foreigners.
beep boop
Crownlol
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States3726 Posts
June 06 2013 13:32 GMT
#80
On June 05 2013 14:52 TylerThaCreator wrote:
I'd say that the main reason why I didn't watch was because there were basically no foreigners, as soon as Snute was knocked out I stopped watching. I was a fervent complainer about the whole lack of Americans (North, South, Central, ANYTHING) in WCS America. I don't think I'm alone on this.



I turned it off after Snute was knocked out too.
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