NASL Details - Page 22

On February 22 2011 17:33 Turb0 wrote:
My only question is how in the world is Day9 not casting the biggest western Starcraft league that just happens to also be located in SoCal?

Listening to Gretorp's fake screams of excitement after each set of last night's showmatch was unbearable.

And then Day9 was approached early on in the process but take it from his perspective. The guy has every hour of his life booked solid. So when this fledgling league comes in and says “hey, trying to do something super awesome, do you want to be a part of it?” and he's like “Uh, do I want to commit three months to something that's just starting, when I have my entire life sold out?” So understandably, he was like “Sure, talk to me when you get to the finals.” But hopefully as it grows, and it's pretty evident that it is a big stage, we'll get Day9 involved because he is the big commentator. There's just no question about it. I'd love to say I am the guy that is Day9 but I'm not, it's Day9.

...every player is supposed to be backed by a $250 refundable fee. Essentially what it is, is every time they're rude or they're late or any kind of unforeseeable problems occur they'll be penalized $25 or $50 and that comes out of the refundable fee of course. But most people, hopefully all, will be completely and immaculately fine and will get that $250 back. But the idea is to make them accountable.

On February 22 2011 17:25 composition wrote:
16 is a power of 2.
64 is also a power of 2.
50 is not a power of 2.

On February 22 2011 16:36 mufin wrote:


you fail to see the bigger picture. Do you really think from a business stand point that the NASL would have more success with koreans occupying the top 16 spots? It would just be GSL, but with different casters. If I wanted to watch GSL I would watch GSL.

To put it into perspective, say my friend recommended me to watch the NASL. Would I be more likely to keep watching if I saw players that spoke my language and shared my culture or if I saw players that needed to be paired with a translator at all times? Theirs a reason why koreans have less fans in the western world then foreign players and its certainly not because foreigners are the better players.

Simply put, if NASL wants to grow, it has to cater to its audience. Just like GSL caters to foreigners (code A seeds, housing, etc...) because they know thats what their viewership wants to see. Its just good business, sorry.

On February 22 2011 17:38 zOula... wrote:


fail

On February 22 2011 17:42 don_kyuhote wrote:

How so?

2
4
8
16
32
64

i don't see 50

On February 22 2011 17:44 norecha wrote:
I am worried about stream quality since justintv is involved >< Showmatch was lagging uber hard for most Europe, US seemed ok. I couldnt even watch in 240p and went to sleep after first game. jtv must really improve for europe, or if its gonna freeze after 10k viewers again, it wont be good for premium sales

On February 22 2011 17:40 Skitz wrote:
Yer gretorp and Incontrol aren't the greatest actors in the world, hopefully they can pull out some sincere excitement when casting NASL.

btw Incontrol, there's such a thing as overhype dude.

On February 22 2011 17:59 Morfildur wrote:


So who won the German "Bundesliga" last year? Right, you don't care because it's germany.
Most people care in the first place about what is local to them, what they know and can relate to. Yes, most SC(2) players can relate to koreans, because we have a tradition. New members of the community that might just want to watch and have no such tradition don't care about korea - well, except maybe they worry about north korea blowing them up - or any korean progamers.

To promote E-Sports, we have to touch the "i can relate to that" part of people that are not in the community (yet).

I think the NASL is a big chance and i'd love to see something similar in EU(or better directly in Germany).