I'm reading this as "This event was successful and we are hoping to do more." Which I am very, very, very pleased about.

MKP Next time though. One can only hope.

neptunusfisk

2286 Posts

June 12 2014 21:40 GMT

#123

I loved the Flash games. He should be seeded into every tournament ever.

purakushi

United States3308 Posts

June 13 2014 01:11 GMT

#124

Great tournament!

Would be extremely nice to do Starbow ><
Give it some international exposure
It would be as good, probably better.

<3

GolemMadness

Canada11044 Posts

June 13 2014 01:44 GMT

#125

Good stuff! This was definitely one of the better tournaments I've watched in a while.

Goibon

New Zealand8185 Posts

June 13 2014 02:53 GMT

#126

I barely watch SC2 anymore - just do my LBs and check on news, daily mind you but i don't really participate. But i tuned in to this and don't regret it. Casting was great, nice to hear Artosis again. Thought your combo was strong. I only started watching at Ro4 and had to catch rebroadcast of the TvT so can't comment on the other 4 players games. The games i saw were just really good overall.

Helps when one of my favourite players wins too ^_^

I certainly agree with one of the earlier posters that a little more player interaction would be welcome. Nothing major, but at best we had a little Game Lobby LR which was neat but even just a quick interview of some sort - any kind of comments even say a quick interview by a Korean / English speaking person then a ninja translation fed through to you which you could just read and comment on with Dan would would've added a fair amount to it i think.

Glad to see more. Was kinda bummed after the NoShowShoutcraft prior so hopefully this is more a sign of things to come.

Also good sponsor option. An SSD has been on my 'to buy' list for a while now, so once i figure out my needs and budget it will assuredly be a Sandisk. Thought the little add was good too. All in all a highly enjoyable presentation.

Light_VIP

Australia109 Posts

June 13 2014 02:54 GMT

#127

On June 13 2014 00:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:

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Perhaps a highlight reel? Subtitled VoDs takes a VERY long time.

A Highlight reel would be awesome, have you also thought of perhaps creating an ad in Korean (maybe using highlights from the Korean cast) to help direct Koreans to cranks twitch channel. You mentioned a large amount of Koreans tuning into the English stream and id imagine it would be difficult to direct them to the Korean stream without actually speaking Korean. A promotional ad during breaks could help solve that for future Shoutcraft events.

mouzChase

Germany66 Posts

June 13 2014 07:55 GMT

#128

Very nice recap ! Appreciate that, very interesting to read this

Gen.Rolly

United States200 Posts

June 13 2014 08:14 GMT

#129

A little too stream-of-consciousness for my taste, but I appreciate the candor and I hope to see more events like this in the future!

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

June 13 2014 09:23 GMT

#130

On June 13 2014 00:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:

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Perhaps a highlight reel? Subtitled VoDs takes a VERY long time.

Yeah true. But if one day you do it and want French Translation of them (For whatever reason). I will do it no problem.

SixStrings

Germany2046 Posts

June 13 2014 09:42 GMT

#131

What I really appreciated, other than the amazing tournament, the great plays, the wonderful casters, the format, the players etc., was the EU rebroadcast.

I was able to catch all the games I wanted (well, most of them anyway), and it was the first tournament I was heavily invested in, this year.

aZealot

New Zealand5447 Posts

June 13 2014 10:22 GMT

#132

This was a great tournament, TB, with some wonderful high level Starcraft 2. Thanks for organising and look forward to more!

yido

United States350 Posts

June 13 2014 12:37 GMT

#133

Very pleased that you are also trying to get Korean audience to tune in also.
Streaming on Afreeca is a great way to incorporate more Koreans imo, seeing as how much success ex-BW BJs have revived Korean BW with audience friendly content i know you can do it.
Would love to see you get in contact with gisado or Cella to get them to broadcast in Korean. (gisado is excellent)
Despite gisado casting only in Korean, his amateur/semi-professional Korean minor league broadcasts got over 100 viewers consistently.
Hope to see more top level Korean play from Shoutcraft.

Nimix

France1809 Posts

June 13 2014 12:42 GMT

#134

Are you planning to release the replays or did the players forbid it? It would be the piece of chocolate on the cherry on the icing on the cake :D

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

June 13 2014 12:48 GMT

#135

On June 13 2014 21:42 Nimix wrote:
Are you planning to release the replays or did the players forbid it? It would be the piece of chocolate on the cherry on the icing on the cake :D

On June 10 2014 08:02 TotalBiscuit wrote:

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No plans to release replays. Last time we did it less than 100 people downloaded the pack and players would much prefer their replays not be released, so since there is so little benefit to it, we won't bother with it.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

June 13 2014 13:13 GMT

#136

100people ? Well their oppenents in other words :p

eightym

United States76 Posts

June 13 2014 19:11 GMT

#137

TB, saving esports!

Such good terran games...

kochanfe

Micronesia1338 Posts

June 13 2014 21:08 GMT

#138

Wow, what an amazingly informative and awesome OP. Great job with these tournaments TotalBiscuit.

felisconcolori

United States6169 Posts

June 13 2014 22:17 GMT

#139

Thank you, TB, for putting on an amazing event and for reaching out to KeSPA, China, and Sandisk to extend the love of SC2. I did spend a few moments watching the Axiom guys, and I like that you are letting them branch out into casting. The production was good, and I did like the very professional advertisement for Sandisk that you included. (A little repetitive, but then listening to your smooth voice is not all that much of a burden.)

I've already made sure to let Sandisk know how I felt about them sponsoring this ShoutCraft and I think you're doing amazing things - so keep at it. Transparency, awesome games, great events... truly, you are an asset to the scene in general.

TL; dr - Thank you TB! And warm wishes for the future, you're in my thoughts as a compete badass doing stuff like this event AND battling illness.