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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote: RIOT made it so that everybody who was in the LoL lobby counted as a viewer, even tho you couldn't actually view it thru the lobby, there was a link there. WP RIOT. If they did this, the view count would be in the 6 digits, so yeah no. | ||
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crate
United States2474 Posts
On August 14 2011 17:44 Iplaythings wrote: If they did this, the view count would be in the 6 digits, so yeah no. It was six digits, actually, but still this rumor is definitely not true. There was a link to the stream in the client that you could click if you wanted to watch the Dreamhack competition, but simply having the client open did not count you as a viewer. | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
On August 14 2011 18:07 crate wrote: It was six digits, actually, but still this rumor is definitely not true. There was a link to the stream in the client that you could click if you wanted to watch the Dreamhack competition, but simply having the client open did not count you as a viewer. I meant in the millions, as in 7 digits T_T darn typos | ||
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BankaiPwn
Canada40 Posts
Dreamhack at one point hit 200k viewers (note, 2x that of SC2's viewer count). It got there based on popularity, whether you like it or not it's going to be quite successful in the overall E--sports community. Edit: MLG always likes adding the more "popular" games, although I'll admit they haven't exactly worked out in the past (SSBB anyone?) Its one of those things where even if you don't like the game, no need to criticize them for trying to spread the game. | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
On August 14 2011 14:59 mrRoflpwn wrote: I hope they realize a bo7 in LoL is going to take a minimum of 2.5 hours because a game is about 35-45 minutes at the level I play. ( I've never actually watched pros play- very boring to watch imo, but extremely fun to play) Well i guess it is only 4 teams so not too many games anyways. Hope it works out for them.. but i mean DotA 2 is coming out- why pick up LoL now? It'll take like a fucking year to complete if it somehow happens to go 7 games. Probably looking at 40 minute games with like 15 minutes to pick and ban and get everyone ready. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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c.Deadly
United States545 Posts
On August 14 2011 22:16 Roffles wrote: It'll take like a fucking year to complete if it somehow happens to go 7 games. Probably looking at 40 minute games with like 15 minutes to pick and ban and get everyone ready. MLG uses the "extended series" though, and because LoL is going to be pool play every team will play every other team in a bo3 before the finals. So at most the finals will go to 5 games, and even that's unlikely because of the huge psychological disadvantage of starting a bo7 down 0-2. | ||
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Aurdon
United States2007 Posts
On August 14 2011 22:40 c.Deadly wrote: MLG uses the "extended series" though, and because LoL is going to be pool play every team will play every other team in a bo3 before the finals. So at most the finals will go to 5 games, and even that's unlikely because of the huge psychological disadvantage of starting a bo7 down 0-2. Tell that to MC. Though, it will still be a long finals more than likely. LoL games can drag on even if one sided. | ||
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price
United States297 Posts
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dapanman
United States316 Posts
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
On August 15 2011 00:25 dapanman wrote: I'd much rather watch DotA or HoN. So I guess I'm glad they didn't chose one of those; I won't have to watch another stream simultaneously. Can't wait for Dota2 :D | ||
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
It's really gotten old. | ||
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robertdinh
803 Posts
On August 14 2011 13:31 kinger256 wrote: Do you know about a game called BW? The most successful esport in the world. No game, let alone team games, right now (maybe except for SC2 with time) comes close to having the potential to mirror its success as an esport. No, sorry, bw is the most successful esport in korea, not the world. It never took on a global scale to the degree that games like 1.6, quake series, and hell even WoW took. Im not trying to downplay bw, i love it to death, much more than I love sc2, but when you look at esports you have to look at it thoroughly, what is big in what regions and why. Many have cited LoL as having tons of viewers for some event, WoW and CS have been known to have massive viewership in their primes as well. In korea 1v1 rts is king, outside of it, different picture. | ||
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BadgerBadger8264
Netherlands409 Posts
Remember how well WoW did in MLG? Bigger =/= better. I agree that this is good for e-sports but to use the amount of users that actively play it a day as a basis for how well the game is to do would not be an accurate representation. I'm sure both Halo and CoD have more players a day than SC2, but look at the spectator numbers for each game. Yea but WoW is just, inarguably, a terrible e-sports game. It's painfully obvious the only reason it was attempted was the sheer amount of players that played the game. Spectating an arena match is basically just looking at health bars, that's it, it's just not fun. DotA esque games are nowhere near that magnitude of horrible for observers, although I personally don't find them as enjoyable for RTS style games, it's a lot more watchable, and LoL has already proven that there's a big audience for the game. | ||
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Veritas.13
United States48 Posts
Just wish that they would put money into SC2..... People at MLG probably decided to not put that much money into SC2 cuz they know that SC2 will succeed despite the prize pool while other games *cough* Dota2 *cough* would not do as well without a massive prize pool. Ill watch a game or two | ||
JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
On August 15 2011 06:00 Veritas.13 wrote: Not a fan of LOL HoN style games as a spectator or a competitive sport but glad its coming to MLG. Just wish that they would put money into SC2..... People at MLG probably decided to not put that much money into SC2 cuz they know that SC2 will succeed despite the prize pool while other games *cough* Dota2 *cough* would not do as well without a massive prize pool. Ill watch a game or two The issue with the SC2 prize money was dealt with a while ago with Sundance on SotG iirc. MLG could not be certain of the success of SC2 during its planning phase last year and they also like to keep their prize pool approximately equivalent between the games (~$4000/1st place player). I think someone mentioned that they are reconsidering the policy of a static prize pool for next year, but who knows if that will happen. | ||
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LancerStarcraft
United States235 Posts
Personally I'll be watching both SC2 and LoL. Go Esports. | ||
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Kamikiri
United States1319 Posts
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Zhul
Czech Republic430 Posts
User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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rewtamus
United States327 Posts
On August 15 2011 06:53 Zhul wrote: LoL sux. Even subpar dota pubber can play it at highest levels... because they are both moba's? cool observation bro! i am a lol player that tried dota and hon and can play them both at a high level... this is surprising to you? people need to stop the LoL bashing.. reported | ||
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