Day One: Saturday, March 5th Group A Saturday, Mar 05 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) - Epsilon vs mYinsanity Saturday, Mar 05 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) - Natus Vincere vs Team Dignitas Saturday, Mar 05 1:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group A, Winners' Match Saturday, Mar 05 1:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group A, Elimination Match Saturday, Mar 05 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group A, Decider Match
Group B Saturday, Mar 05 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Team Liquid vs Reason Gaming Saturday, Mar 05 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Virtus.Pro vs FNATIC
Day Two: Sunday, March 6th Group B Sunday, Mar 06 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group B, Decider Match
Playoffs Sunday, Mar 06 1:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Semi Final #2 Sunday, Mar 06 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Semi Final #1 Sunday, Mar 06 6:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Grand Final
(Vote): Epsilon eSports (Vote): Fnatic (Vote): mYinsanity (Vote): Natus Vincere (Vote): Reason Gaming (Vote): Team Dignitas (Vote): Team Liquid (Vote): Virtus.pro
Poll: Who do you want to win?
(Vote): Epsilon eSports (Vote): Fnatic (Vote): mYinsanity (Vote): Natus Vincere (Vote): Reason Gaming (Vote): Team Dignitas (Vote): Team Liquid (Vote): Virtus.pro
In Addition, there are some portraits you can unlock by watching via twitch with linked twitch and battlenet accounts. See this Blizzard post for more details.
Why is Wolf there? Not that I don't like him, but his knowledge of the game was rudimentary at best from listening to him casting OGN earlier this week. Very happy that Khaldor is there though, and the two of them were a sick GSL duo back in the day so maybe it can be reignited for Heroes.
Ehh. I like to play Heroes of the Storm, but I am one again unsatisfied with it as a spectator sport. Maybe it's due to my noobishness and not understanding the heroes, but I feel compared to dota, or even Smite or LoL, this game is not that interesting to watch.
WOW that team fight from Dignitas. They get 2 of their members caught in VP and are super spread out, but they turn it around, don't lose anyone, and team wipe + core. GG WP.
On March 06 2016 01:34 Ufnal wrote: Ehh. I like to play Heroes of the Storm, but I am one again unsatisfied with it as a spectator sport. Maybe it's due to my noobishness and not understanding the heroes, but I feel compared to dota, or even Smite or LoL, this game is not that interesting to watch.
Its different. If you like games like dota or csgo. You like this slow build up that explodes into a few seconds of action. Heroes has a bit more constant action and not that insane action spikes. Or in other words most people lack the attention span to enjoy games where you aren't allowed to blink or miss the whole game.
Which is why I usually have to watch a cs match 2 times. As I usually get to bored and miss half of the important plays, since I don't bother to check when the casters start to scream.
Different people different tastes. But as one can see, way way more people like watching this slow build up that explodes into one quick battle over constant action all over the place. Don't think every game should be the same just because the most people enjoy it so I am rather happy that we get more options when it comes to spectating esports.
The LR here is so slow 25k tons of passion and yet on TL...
edit: to be honest, now that most of the initial hype is gone, i do think HotS is not a great expectator e-sport. Its probably too messy and as said above, there is no burst of hype. In this sense its kinda like SC2 imo.
With SC2 you can see and appreciate the subtleties of play, the little things, slowly appreciating a strategy unfold. Heroes is like constant action but I feel like the more I play the game and the better I get at it the more I appreciate it as a spectator sport.
On March 06 2016 05:09 Larkin wrote: With SC2 you can see and appreciate the subtleties of play, the little things, slowly appreciating a strategy unfold. Heroes is like constant action but I feel like the more I play the game and the better I get at it the more I appreciate it as a spectator sport.
I still like SC2 more than heroes, as an expectator. But i shoudn't be talking too much, i don't really watch other e-sports, i just feel like "i get it", but not playing those games makes it hard to enjoy edit: hype! Fnatic looked a bit shaken, despite the win. Its going to be hard.
fell abit out of loop on sc2 since lotv is so different from wol x3. Guess it really does help if you have ingame knowledge. Watching Seagull stream Overwatch ... he sometimes explains his actions and I am like wtf ? Would have never noticed that just from watching the game.
:< gotta see the vods my internet decided to let me only see low ... so i can hear the casters lol.
On March 06 2016 01:34 Ufnal wrote: Ehh. I like to play Heroes of the Storm, but I am one again unsatisfied with it as a spectator sport. Maybe it's due to my noobishness and not understanding the heroes, but I feel compared to dota, or even Smite or LoL, this game is not that interesting to watch.
Its different. If you like games like dota or csgo. You like this slow build up that explodes into a few seconds of action. Heroes has a bit more constant action and not that insane action spikes. Or in other words most people lack the attention span to enjoy games where you aren't allowed to blink or miss the whole game.
Which is why I usually have to watch a cs match 2 times. As I usually get to bored and miss half of the important plays, since I don't bother to check when the casters start to scream.
Different people different tastes. But as one can see, way way more people like watching this slow build up that explodes into one quick battle over constant action all over the place. Don't think every game should be the same just because the most people enjoy it so I am rather happy that we get more options when it comes to spectating esports.
Hope that's not too offtopic as I am talking about my viewing experience from this tourney...
Dunno, when I watch HotS I feel like early on the abilities and attacks don't really do anything and much of the game is big cumbersome characters bodyblocking and tickling each other, and then 1-2 fights happen and the game snowballs so hard that it's over five minutes later. So my issues (which might stem from me not watching the right matches) are quite different from what you suggested.
BTW is there a stat somewhere about how often do teams that get the first fort/keep get the win? I get the feeling that comeback potential in HotS is lesser than in Dota, and mistakes past 10-15 minutes seem to be irreparable (partially because of how easy it is to destroy the base with no glyphs, buybacks, backdoor protection and other such mechanics). But again, if I am completely wrong based on watching wrong games, please feel free to point me at the right ones.
There are plenty of games where come backs happen. Big mistakes past 15 minutes may end a game, but that's because lots of games only last ~20 minutes.
Why was mYi so intent on being split up in the early game, felt like one person was always missing and dig just ganked Cho'gall/annihilated teamfights because of it
Dignitas outplayed the everloving hell out of mYi, but I felt like mYi played really not-great, their ETC reminds me of my old ETC before I learned to accept that Mosh Pits will be interrupted sometimes and that its okay.
Team Liquid's Cris and Lowell talk about developing the team after the departure of Lucifron and Vortix and getting out of the shadow of "the old" Team Liquid roster.
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