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Lazeh
Finland29 Posts
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Tech0
Bulgaria44 Posts
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Nivoh
Norway259 Posts
On August 13 2011 06:44 Invoker wrote: It should have been HoN. I agree, but it's not long till DotA2 comes out, and MLG would be crazy not to pick it up. I can sort of understand why they picked up HoN over LoL tho, it has a way larger playerbase. However, I don't think the people who don't play it will appreciate the endless ricing that earlygame LoL consists of. Another reason for the LoL pickup is probably RIOT's eagerness to promote their game (as displayed with WCG etc.), HoN has taken a more laidback approach and only recently seems to have adopted their rivals offensive marketing strategies. | ||
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Tidus Mino
United Kingdom1108 Posts
On August 13 2011 06:41 Vapaach wrote: Only 4 teams seems a bit sad, hope they can step it up in the next event ^^ Anyway, loving it when they add new games, GJ MLG! Are those teams any good? I don't follow LoL at all so I don't know. There won't be a next event, next MLG will have HoN and they'll decide which to keep after | ||
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Novalisk
Israel1818 Posts
On August 13 2011 07:51 Polskaa wrote: they get more money than SC2? lol It's split 5-ways, so technically they're getting half. | ||
JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
On August 13 2011 08:14 Nivoh wrote: I agree, but it's not long till DotA2 comes out, and MLG would be crazy not to pick it up. I can sort of understand why they picked up HoN over LoL tho, it has a way larger playerbase. However, I don't think the people who don't play it will appreciate the endless ricing that earlygame LoL consists of. Another reason for the LoL pickup is probably RIOT's eagerness to promote their game (as displayed with WCG etc.), HoN has taken a more laidback approach and only recently seems to have adopted their rivals offensive marketing strategies. As Lee said on twitter to HuK, the two(three) games may not be exclusive. http://twitter.com/#!/MLGLee/status/102145350638383104 Right now, LoL is the leader in terms of viewership and when HoN/DotA2 get comparable player base/viewers, MLG will likely add them in. Sundance even said on twitter that HoN could happen at MLG less than 2 weeks ago. http://twitter.com/#!/MLGSundance/status/97539903470047232 | ||
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KatuStarcraft
Canada161 Posts
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
On August 13 2011 06:44 Invoker wrote: It should have been HoN. Apparently HoN is coming...but having both would be dumb. I completely agree, though. Look atll the sponsored teams LoL has, I've definitely heard of...none of them. | ||
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TedJustice
Canada1324 Posts
From what I've seen of their fans, they can be pretty rabid and zealous. (in a good way) | ||
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
On August 13 2011 06:43 Lumi wrote: Eck. This game is so bad as a spectator sport  Ehh, it's no SC2, but it couldn't be as bad as CoD. Don't get me wrong, I love to play CoD, but I'd rather watch paint dry than a pro CoD match. | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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isM
United States735 Posts
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On August 13 2011 08:11 Lazeh wrote: Good for eSports, but as many people have mentioned, LoL is kinda bad spectator game due to game length and high chance of very passive gameplay. have you actually played lol? the first battles happen sooner than any bunker rush in sc2 my only concern is that if the venue they are going to for raleigh has space for added games ; / | ||
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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ArC_man
United States2798 Posts
I wouldn't call LoL a bad spectator esport if 200k people are willing to watch it on stream. That just screams potential. | ||
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sevia
United States954 Posts
LoL's playerbase is big enough that this probably won't be a problem, but it's not like SC2 where you can show the game to any random non-gamer and they can still enjoy it. | ||
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SpiZe
Canada3640 Posts
On August 13 2011 08:32 turdburgler wrote: have you actually played lol? the first battles happen sooner than any bunker rush in sc2 my only concern is that if the venue they are going to for raleigh has space for added games ; / At high level people don't really facecheck bushes if you know what I mean :S | ||
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
On August 13 2011 08:40 sevia wrote: MOBAs can be really hard to spectate unless you have experience playing them, due to the huge amount of champions/abilities/items etc. that you need to understand. LoL's playerbase is big enough that this probably won't be a problem, but it's not like SC2 where you can show the game to any random non-gamer and they can still enjoy it. Riot needs to do what i suggested a while ago and make short vids showing all of a characters abilities that they can then play during champ select to liven up the process. Of course, Riot refuses to hire me, so no one is actually capable of telling them to do that. | ||
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
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