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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10340 Posts
August 12 2011 21:37 GMT
#1
MLG just announced that League of Legends is being added to the MLG Pro Circuit starting with Raleigh with $20k in prizes up for grabs.

Once in a great while, a game comes along that is a perfect fit for the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit. We look for games that are exceptional: games that promise a consistently high level of competitive play, games that fans love to watch, games with the potential to be part of people’s lives for years to come. And now, we’ve found our newest game.

We are incredibly excited to announce that, starting at MLG Raleigh, MLG will be partnering with Riot Games to bring you League of Legends (LoL) on the Pro Circuit. LoL made a huge splash on the competitive scene with its debut in 2010, and it has been casting its spell over an ever-growing community of talented players and dedicated fans ever since. We are honored to welcome LoL to the MLG family, and we can’t wait to watch it in action as an official Pro Circuit title.

The Details

Because we’re adding LoL midway through the 2011 Season, we’ll be starting small, but in style. We’re inviting four of the best teams in North America, and, with the support of Riot Games, we’ll be covering their travel costs. Matches will be played during the Saturday and Sunday of MLG Raleigh, and we will be streaming them live.

  • The teams: Epik Gaming, Curse Gaming, Team Solo Mid, and Counter Logic Gaming
  • The format: 5v5, Bo3 Pool Play. The Top 2 teams will play an extended series Bo7 for the Championship
  • The prizes: $20,000 is on the line
    • $12,500 for the 1st Place team
    • $7,500 for 2nd Place

The schedule (in ET):
Saturday 10:00AM – 8:00PM Streamed Pool Play Matches
Sunday 10:00AM – 1:45PM Streamed Championship Finals

League of Legends joins an already stacked Pro Circuit lineup that consists of StarCraft 2, Halo: Reach, and Call of Duty: Black Ops. There’s never been a more exciting time for competitive gaming. How much further will it go, and how much better will it get? Choose your runes, start working on your last hits, and come to Raleigh to see for yourself.


Official news release:
http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/league-of-legends-joins-the-mlg-pro-circuit
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Phrost
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States4008 Posts
August 12 2011 21:38 GMT
#2
I can only hope they continue this for Orlando too. So many happy nerds will be there
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Clasko
Profile Joined May 2011
United States22 Posts
August 12 2011 21:39 GMT
#3
WOOT WOOT, just started play LOL in my off time. Very glad to see that.

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Shadowcloak
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands194 Posts
August 12 2011 21:41 GMT
#4
hmmm cool but only 4 teams that will like fill only saterday orso
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Vapaach
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland994 Posts
August 12 2011 21:41 GMT
#5
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.
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oniman999
Profile Joined May 2011
United States169 Posts
August 12 2011 21:41 GMT
#6
Always great to see MLG getting bigger, and adding more games. I'm curious if Riot themselves are sponsoring the prize pool, cause iirc they did that for Dreamhack. Not that it matters, just curiosity.
Herculix
Profile Joined May 2010
United States946 Posts
August 12 2011 21:41 GMT
#7
i stopped following LoL not long after dreamhack. for anyone that follows pro LoL, is anyone i would've known before dreamhack on curse gaming?

otherwise this is a pretty sick set of invites. top 3 NA teams before i stopped watching LoL
turkit
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Ireland67 Posts
August 12 2011 21:42 GMT
#8
dont know much about LOL but this can only be good for e-sports
Pibacc
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada545 Posts
August 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#9
Never heard of Curse Gaming, but looking forward to CLG vs TSM finals
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#10
Riot is most likely chipping in for the prize. Everything they do now is to offset what Valve is doing.

Yes, this seems like very little time before MLG Raleigh that LoL is suddenly/officially announced for MLG. But I'm sure Riot is pushing to have it in this MLG, instead of Orlando. They're comp'ing all the travel expenses no less.
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Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1612 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 21:44:38
August 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#11
Eck. This game is so bad as a spectator sport
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LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
August 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#12
Never once played this game or even watched a stream/someone else play...

But I hear it has a large following so here's one to more money for MLG!
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Invoker
Profile Joined October 2010
Belgium686 Posts
August 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#13
It should have been HoN.
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NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#14
On August 13 2011 06:43 Pibacc wrote:
Never heard of Curse Gaming, but looking forward to CLG vs TSM finals


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Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13935 Posts
August 12 2011 21:45 GMT
#15
Very nice these are the good NA teams. The brothers are gona have some epic matches togeather. glad Fanatic isn't there they would make it a stomp fest :p
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Bumblebee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3237 Posts
August 12 2011 21:46 GMT
#16
I can only say that I'm happy people are supporting this game. I've been playing ~250 games over the past 2 months. It's been with great pleasure, keep it coming!
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critique
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States135 Posts
August 12 2011 21:46 GMT
#17
Thats awesome. There is now officially too much to watch at MLG. Two sc2 streams and some lol? goodbye social life, i will miss you.
Herculix
Profile Joined May 2010
United States946 Posts
August 12 2011 21:46 GMT
#18
On August 13 2011 06:41 Shadowcloak wrote:
hmmm cool but only 4 teams that will like fill only saterday orso


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.


idk, a best of 7 in a dota style game is multiple hours long. it's actually retarded how much time it takes to play that many games, most tournaments only do bo5 at the semis/finals. now that you brought it to my attention... it's a pretty interesting way to run the tournament

i'm wondering how it will turn out because there is a huge HUGE part of the game that involves hero picks and bans, and a lot of them are based on previous games. some games you could say are won and lost at the hero selection screen... and with 4 games minimum being played, there is a lot of potential in shenanigans the likes of which are rarely seen due to the lack of any tournament hosting more than bo3
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
August 12 2011 21:48 GMT
#19
So many haters are gonna hate this but hey, that's just what they do.

Go Go LoL ESPORTS!!
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mikyaJ
Profile Joined April 2011
1834 Posts
August 12 2011 21:50 GMT
#20
I'll watch some games at Raleigh
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turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
August 12 2011 21:50 GMT
#21
On August 13 2011 06:43 NeoIllusions wrote:
Riot is most likely chipping in for the prize. Everything they do now is to offset what Valve is doing.

Yes, this seems like very little time before MLG Raleigh that LoL is suddenly/officially announced for MLG. But I'm sure Riot is pushing to have it in this MLG, instead of Orlando. They're comp'ing all the travel expenses no less.



i was about to get super mad :D that mlg would suddenly find money to support lol when they said there was none when sc2 broke into the scene. but if this is a riot funded addition, atleast for the first event them im 100% for mlg expanding to more games
nolife1235
Profile Joined April 2011
Scotland25 Posts
August 12 2011 21:50 GMT
#22
wait they have a larger prise pool than SC II ??? WTF
Craminit
Profile Joined June 2011
United States58 Posts
August 12 2011 21:50 GMT
#23
imagine a bo7 of an on average 45 minute games O.o
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 12 2011 21:53 GMT
#24
On August 13 2011 06:48 Chrispy wrote:
So many haters are gonna hate this but hey, that's just what they do.

Go Go LoL ESPORTS!!


This.

MLG including a big spectator game like LoL is good for the gaming community. It doesn't matter if you play LoL or HoN. You can't really argue LoL's viewership numbers. If anything, more companies should care more like Riot and push to have their games in ESPORTS.

Let's leave flames about whether LoL "deserves" to be in MLG at the door.
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taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 21:57:07
August 12 2011 21:53 GMT
#25
On August 13 2011 06:50 nolife1235 wrote:
wait they have a larger prise pool than SC II ??? WTF


Split among 5 players per team. Also as Neo said Riot has most likely chipped in.

On August 13 2011 06:50 Craminit wrote:
imagine a bo7 of an on average 45 minute games O.o


Keep in mind it is bo7 'extended series' so really its just another bo3, with a possible extra game if the disadvantaged team ties it back up.

The biggest thing is will LoL be able to sustain a LAN presence, currently there are only 3-4 teams who are signed to already branded teams like SK or Fnatic from Europe, while most of the North American teams are self started brands much like ROOT Gaming was, they are trying to establish their own brands through their websites which include ton of awesome content for the community.

I can't see European teams sending 5 players overseas to every event, let alone the NA teams. But who knows only time will tell. Maybe riot will keep picking up the tab.
Plaaguu
Profile Joined April 2009
United States406 Posts
August 12 2011 21:53 GMT
#26
Damn, that's pretty crazy. Glad MLG picked up LoL
kaiz0ku
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Greece289 Posts
August 12 2011 21:54 GMT
#27
It's nice.. But I always was a big Dota fan , and a big percentage if lol and hon players are using these games as something they have to live with till Dota 2 comes out.. Plus lol is the easier version I think..(I don't have enough experience with lol just 100 games) so I think that if dota manages to get as big in the us as it did in eu and asia then lol will have a small run in MLg..
Ohmboy
Profile Joined March 2011
United States61 Posts
August 12 2011 21:54 GMT
#28
LoL isn't my cup of tea for spectating, but I'll gladly welcome more attention to MLG for having it there. This is an amazing thing for MLG.
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
August 12 2011 21:55 GMT
#29
On August 13 2011 06:53 NeoIllusions wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:48 Chrispy wrote:
So many haters are gonna hate this but hey, that's just what they do.

Go Go LoL ESPORTS!!


This.

MLG including a big spectator game like LoL is good for the gaming community. It doesn't matter if you play LoL or HoN. You can't really argue LoL's viewership numbers. If anything, more companies should care more like Riot and push to have their games in ESPORTS.

Let's leave flames about whether LoL "deserves" to be in MLG at the door.

Saying LoL doesn't deserve to be at MLG or any other tourney is like saying ice hockey doesn't deserve to be on ESPN. I don't care if there are other sports I may not be interested in. But the growth of sports as a whole is good.
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Divine-Sneaker
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1225 Posts
August 12 2011 21:56 GMT
#30
They shoudl probably get some more teams in for the next tournament and spread out the prizes a bit.
koolaid1990
Profile Joined September 2010
831 Posts
August 12 2011 21:57 GMT
#31
sc2 is still better

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gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
August 12 2011 21:57 GMT
#32
Wonder how they picked the 'best 4 teams'
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LuckstYle
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany181 Posts
August 12 2011 21:58 GMT
#33
why not wait for dota2? making a decision between 3 games when 1 is not out.. i would not do that,
but we will see .)
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 12 2011 21:59 GMT
#34
I really hope they get good, knowledgeable casters instead of the normal NESL or Riot people.
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
August 12 2011 21:59 GMT
#35
?? The only team that could arguably be on that list would be Rock Solid in replace of Epik Gamer.
Retvrn to Forvms
Chenz
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden1197 Posts
August 12 2011 22:00 GMT
#36
On August 13 2011 06:58 LuckstYle wrote:
why not wait for dota2? making a decision between 3 games when 1 is not out.. i would not do that,
but we will see .)

They're not making a decision between 3 games, they're picking up a sport which has had an huge amount of viewers at prior events.
SpiZe
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3640 Posts
August 12 2011 22:00 GMT
#37
GOGO Solo Mid
nooboon
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2602 Posts
August 12 2011 22:01 GMT
#38
It was only a matter of time. With LOL's huge fanbase this will surely help MLG, can't say the same about Halo or COD though

Bummed for only 4 teams :/
antilyon
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Brazil2546 Posts
August 12 2011 22:01 GMT
#39
I don't play LOL at all and I don't even know anything except it is free and it is a MOBA, but I'll check it out during MLG.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:02:12
August 12 2011 22:01 GMT
#40
On August 13 2011 06:56 Divine-Sneaker wrote:
They shoudl probably get some more teams in for the next tournament and spread out the prizes a bit.


With only ~14 days before MLG Raleigh, it's probably easier and cheaper to just invite some NA teams. I'm fairly positive at Orlando, we'll see some EU teams.

On August 13 2011 06:57 gtrsrs wrote:
Wonder how they picked the 'best 4 teams'


CLG, TSM, EG can't really be debated. Crs is eh. Who instead of them though? coL? GoSu? RS?
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
August 12 2011 22:02 GMT
#41
Good move, LoL is a large game I am sure it will attract alot of viewers especially if they Riot advertises it right once again.

No Against All Authority tho :<.
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LuckstYle
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany181 Posts
August 12 2011 22:02 GMT
#42
On August 13 2011 07:00 Chenz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:58 LuckstYle wrote:
why not wait for dota2? making a decision between 3 games when 1 is not out.. i would not do that,
but we will see .)

They're not making a decision between 3 games, they're picking up a sport which has had an huge amount of viewers at prior events.


game that is a "clone" of dota(2) and hon.

they wont pick annother one of those, so why they already decide? dota2 will be huge...
BananaMann
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom32 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:04:35
August 12 2011 22:03 GMT
#43
What a joke 20k for such a bad game wheres the 20k sc2 pool?

edit* i guess its 5v5 so that kinda works it out
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Kyhol
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2574 Posts
August 12 2011 22:03 GMT
#44
sick. I never got into LoL but if they're added to MLG than you are helping Esports, rather than ruining esports.
Wishing you well.
ChatimentZ
Profile Joined December 2010
Belgium227 Posts
August 12 2011 22:03 GMT
#45
Good news for LoL players. Hope it will be entertaining, dont know anything about this game but im going to watch some games ^^
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JoeAWESOME
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden1080 Posts
August 12 2011 22:04 GMT
#46
Awesome I guess. Too bad that LoL, HoN, Dota is a bad spectator sport. It's a bit like wow arena but not as extreme
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stormchaser
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada1009 Posts
August 12 2011 22:04 GMT
#47
So they took all of that money from our subscriptions and put that into another game? Where is our $20K pool?
BananaMann
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom32 Posts
August 12 2011 22:05 GMT
#48
On August 13 2011 07:04 JoeAWESOME wrote:
Awesome I guess. Too bad that LoL, HoN, Dota is a bad spectator sport. It's a bit like wow arena but not as extreme


Agreed it's extremely boring to watch.
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BananaMann
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom32 Posts
August 12 2011 22:05 GMT
#49
On August 13 2011 07:04 stormchaser wrote:
So they took all of that money from our subscriptions and put that into another game? Where is our $20K pool?


20k split between 5 people
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ZidaneTribal
Profile Joined September 2007
United States2800 Posts
August 12 2011 22:07 GMT
#50
cool, it'll be interesting to see how well this games does as an esports
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Thurokiir
Profile Joined June 2010
United States779 Posts
August 12 2011 22:07 GMT
#51
On August 13 2011 06:53 NeoIllusions wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:48 Chrispy wrote:
So many haters are gonna hate this but hey, that's just what they do.

Go Go LoL ESPORTS!!


This.

MLG including a big spectator game like LoL is good for the gaming community. It doesn't matter if you play LoL or HoN. You can't really argue LoL's viewership numbers. If anything, more companies should care more like Riot and push to have their games in ESPORTS.

Let's leave flames about whether LoL "deserves" to be in MLG at the door.


This, thisthis. Yea LoL isn't the most fun to watch, but if it pushes a major organization to get more numbers all the better.

We need this - badly. SC2 can only expand so much without a new genre also helping out. Keep talking keep spreading and keep supporting e-sports.

Last thing: BE HAPPY FOR LOL. NO ONE IS ENCROACHING ON THE SC2 ESPORTS HEGEMONY.
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Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
August 12 2011 22:07 GMT
#52
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.

TSM, CLG, and EG are 3 of the best north american teams, can't speak for that last one though cause I haven't heard of them before.
Eppa!
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden4641 Posts
August 12 2011 22:07 GMT
#53
Where are EU invites :O
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sebsejr
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
213 Posts
August 12 2011 22:08 GMT
#54
Seems cool, but would've rather seen those money in the sc2 prizepool tbh

/nvmgogomlg
Mikey
Profile Joined January 2011
United States277 Posts
August 12 2011 22:09 GMT
#55
why LoL ... HoN and DotA more competitive / more fun for fans.
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HPoirot
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1303 Posts
August 12 2011 22:09 GMT
#56
Would've preferred Rock Solid to Curse, but should be pretty good games regardless. Hopefully EG gets a good amount of practice with PGB beforehand.
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 12 2011 22:11 GMT
#57
On August 13 2011 07:07 Eppa! wrote:
Where are EU invites :O


Seeing that it's just 4 teams and its started half way through the current season, It's more of a dry run to for logistic purposes, much like Sc2's first MLG event. It doesn't seem worth it to fly over 5 people per team from EU when they are picking up the travel tab, when four teams is sufficient for their first event.
Redlol
Profile Joined June 2010
United States181 Posts
August 12 2011 22:11 GMT
#58
On August 13 2011 07:07 Frolossus wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.

TSM, CLG, and EG are 3 of the best north american teams, can't speak for that last one though cause I haven't heard of them before.


Crs is unR, an extremely high skill team consisting of Pobelter, Lapaka, Doublelift, Nyjacky, and another player I can't remember, their Captain/Support player is Liquid112. They actually have a 10+ member Roster, but those 6 are their core. They've beaten all 3 other teams at recent events and are generally very competitive.
Paramo
Profile Joined July 2008
Mexico138 Posts
August 12 2011 22:11 GMT
#59
good to see more games at esports events, now bring on SSFIV =D

I would like to get to know LoL since I havent ever played anything dota realted, anyone know a good place to do so?
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 12 2011 22:13 GMT
#60
It'll be interesting to see how the travel affect CLG and TSM. They're playing at gamescom less than a week before Raleigh.
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NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:14:44
August 12 2011 22:13 GMT
#61
On August 13 2011 07:11 Paramo wrote:
good to see more games at esports events, now bring on SSFIV =D

I would like to get to know LoL since I havent ever played anything dota realted, anyone know a good place to do so?


Check out the LoL subforum.

On August 13 2011 07:13 JBright wrote:
It'll be interesting to see how the travel affect CLG and TSM. They're playing at gamescom less than a week before Raleigh.


Riot is flying them from Colonge to Raleigh.
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Thurin
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands9 Posts
August 12 2011 22:15 GMT
#62
Great move MLG, LoL is fun to watch, hope it goes well for you.
K_Dilkington
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden449 Posts
August 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#63
LOL is all I have to say!
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of 18
icemanzdoinwork
Profile Joined August 2010
447 Posts
August 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#64
Like others, I'm not too sure about the best of 7 thing. A 7 game series could last 4+ hours. They really need to look at that.
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2087 Posts
August 12 2011 22:18 GMT
#65
Just started playing LoL too for fun abit casual, it's great my first serious dota like game
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SolidMoose
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1240 Posts
August 12 2011 22:20 GMT
#66
A bo7 sounds insane for this game
Klonere
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Ireland4123 Posts
August 12 2011 22:20 GMT
#67
The more the merrier I say

Hats off to MLG and Riot
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 12 2011 22:22 GMT
#68
Again, its a bo7 extended series, lets say Team A wins 2-1 over team B, they only need to win 2 before the other team wins 3, It's basically another bo3 with a chance at an extra game possibly two if one team is up 2-0, but chances are that team will take 2 before an extra game occurs, not as insane as people think.
Belano
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden657 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:40:02
August 12 2011 22:23 GMT
#69
Gotta love the LoL! Good stuff, hopefully they will add more teams and up the prizes for the next MLG

edit: Also, I think that LoL is pretty fun to watch.
Bring back 1 supply roaches.
ThaZenith
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3116 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:25:38
August 12 2011 22:24 GMT
#70
Only 4 teams (20 people?) yet a bigger prize pool than SC2 already.

Hope people watch it and enjoy it. I'll probably have it open a bit, if there aren't any super-epic SC2 matches going down.
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
August 12 2011 22:24 GMT
#71
maybe people will play a bit more agressive and start to break up the passive farmfest we have seen in recent tournaments with BO1 or BO3.
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
August 12 2011 22:26 GMT
#72
Hmmm, interesting. This midseason addition reminds me a lot of how they introduced sc2 last year. Looks like they're considering it seriously. How are the viewer/vistor/competitor numbers for halo and black ops? Seems to me mlg cant really fully support 4 games. So if LoL does well... i'd imagine black ops is done for next season?

tbh i dunno much about lol, but i'd love to see some sf4. Maybe an evo qualifier or something smallish?
teKsen
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany2 Posts
August 12 2011 22:27 GMT
#73
i hate lol, dota 2 so close, even hon's way better.

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AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
August 12 2011 22:27 GMT
#74
I might watch a few games. For eSports!
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AdreN-
Profile Joined November 2010
United States503 Posts
August 12 2011 22:29 GMT
#75
On August 13 2011 07:24 ThaZenith wrote:
Only 4 teams (20 people?) yet a bigger prize pool than SC2 already.

Hope people watch it and enjoy it. I'll probably have it open a bit, if there aren't any super-epic SC2 matches going down.

Yea, I mean I understand a higher prize pool for a team game, but when you also factor in that SC2 attracts a 256-player open bracket plus groups we're comparing ~276 players and 14K vs 20 players and 20K.
Meteora.GB
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2479 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:30:16
August 12 2011 22:29 GMT
#76
Good pick up by MLG. Growing E-sports cannot be done alone by one game, we need to band together to make it work.

Would totally love it if MLG picks up Super Street Fighter IV as well.
Sazchu
Profile Joined April 2007
Iceland489 Posts
August 12 2011 22:30 GMT
#77
It's great to see LoL at MLG, hoping that these teams will produce some quality games, I wonder how the streams are gonna handle the possible amount of LoL viewers on top of the number that SC2 has.
jtbem
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1404 Posts
August 12 2011 22:31 GMT
#78
riot is probably paying for everything, so don't freak out about the prize pool
aka Sowelulol
SpiZe
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3640 Posts
August 12 2011 22:32 GMT
#79
I hope HotShot is gonna be playing Nidalee
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
August 12 2011 22:33 GMT
#80
idk Why people keep mentioning HoN
LOL with 15 million players compare to HoN's 500,000? OFC LOL is the obvious pick between the two.
TSM fighting!! Love playing Sc2 and LOL so this is a good news
Engore
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1916 Posts
August 12 2011 22:34 GMT
#81
They had a press release about MK9 too but nothing about it coming on for a full tournament year :>

Hope they get a fighter soon. MvC3 preferably but gonna have to smooth it over with Capcom.

LoL being here will be cool. Definitely check it out that weekend.
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EnOmy
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia183 Posts
August 12 2011 22:35 GMT
#82
Tbh I have never paid any attention to LoL. Maybe now I'll watch some during breaks in the SC2 streams. I know though that when I have accidently caught LoL being streamed on TL I've never been captivated by it. Grats though MLG, hope it all works out.
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kommunalka
Profile Joined February 2011
United States550 Posts
August 12 2011 22:35 GMT
#83
It will be a nice change in pace to have another rts at MLG... looking forward to watching a few.
rG
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:38:20
August 12 2011 22:38 GMT
#84
I will only watch matches that involve Corporate Mundo :D. I wonder what the rules will be for picking/banning characters - the lack of enforcement of any reasonable time constraint has always been a big draw back for my viewing experience.
WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
August 12 2011 22:39 GMT
#85
It's fun to play for sure, have to have a check at what it is like to watch. Haven't had a chance to see it yet.
ssi.bal-listic
Profile Joined October 2010
United States568 Posts
August 12 2011 22:40 GMT
#86
wheres the dota at
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Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:44:45
August 12 2011 22:40 GMT
#87
On August 13 2011 06:43 Lumi wrote:
Eck. This game is so bad as a spectator sport

I define SC2 as a bad spectator sport, you define LoL as one, but I dont go into a thread about sc2 talking about how I prefer BW since that doesnt matter

Dont air that in a thread for LoL, its unnecessary..

On August 13 2011 07:38 Kennigit wrote:
I will only watch matches that involve Corporate Mundo :D. I wonder what the rules will be for picking/banning characters - the lack of enforcement of any reasonable time constraint has always been a big draw back for my viewing experience.

Chauster actually played Mundo @ dream doubt youre gonna see much to him though :d
Rules for bans/picks is usually 2 bans per team, 1st team bans first, then second team bans 2, then first team ban the last one, then the second team get first, then it goes 1st and 2nd on the first team who can pick, then 2nd and 3rd on the second team, and so on.

Thats what they had so far, though they had some 3 ban per team some time, though the concept for the picks has allways been the same
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DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
August 12 2011 22:40 GMT
#88
On August 13 2011 07:38 Kennigit wrote:
I will only watch matches that involve Corporate Mundo :D. I wonder what the rules will be for picking/banning characters - the lack of enforcement of any reasonable time constraint has always been a big draw back for my viewing experience.


It's prob the same as IEM or Dreamhack
3 Champ bans for each team
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
August 12 2011 22:42 GMT
#89
On August 13 2011 07:38 Kennigit wrote:
I will only watch matches that involve Corporate Mundo :D. I wonder what the rules will be for picking/banning characters - the lack of enforcement of any reasonable time constraint has always been a big draw back for my viewing experience.


I think they already have a system where it's exactly like Ranked matches where you've got 30 seconds to ban/pick except this time there are 6 bans instead of 4. I think they had this at Dreamhack? I can't remember.

Anyways I think they're planning on releasing this for the public too sometime in the future.
Retvrn to Forvms
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:44:24
August 12 2011 22:42 GMT
#90
On August 13 2011 07:38 Kennigit wrote:
I will only watch matches that involve Corporate Mundo :D. I wonder what the rules will be for picking/banning characters - the lack of enforcement of any reasonable time constraint has always been a big draw back for my viewing experience.


Assuming they will using their spectator client which has a built in ban/pick thing i'd assume it will be the same process which takes a little under 3-5 minutes if I'm not mistaken. About 30 seconds per pick/ban. Don't quote me though.

edit to poster below me, extended series bo7, not a bo7, its basically another bo3 with a chance at an extra game.
Xplitcit
Profile Joined October 2010
United States419 Posts
August 12 2011 22:43 GMT
#91
Does MLG not know how long a BO7 will last...?
It aint easy being crazy
Cel.erity
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4890 Posts
August 12 2011 22:44 GMT
#92
This is great! But, wasn't this already announced a month ago?

Also a little disappointed there will be no european teams present...but I guess this is just the inaugural run. Wasn't even aware that Curse had a LoL team.
We found Dove in a soapless place.
Wasteweiser
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada522 Posts
August 12 2011 22:45 GMT
#93
Good to see, hopefully LoL can pick up the torch and not drop the ball
Obitus.243
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
August 12 2011 22:45 GMT
#94
Wasn't this announced a while ago? I guess MLG wanted to keep it on the down-low for some reason.
/commercial
Misanthrophic13
Profile Joined August 2011
Bahrain22 Posts
August 12 2011 22:47 GMT
#95
On August 13 2011 06:43 Lumi wrote:
Eck. This game is so bad as a spectator sport

What?
Explica!
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babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
August 12 2011 22:48 GMT
#96
Is that a bigger prize pool than sc2 :C?
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 12 2011 22:48 GMT
#97
On August 13 2011 07:45 Novalisk wrote:
Wasn't this announced a while ago? I guess MLG wanted to keep it on the down-low for some reason.


People tend to take anything Sundance tweets as an announcement, even though alot of them never happened, he just likes to gauge the community interest when he asks if people would like to see a game at an event.
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
August 12 2011 22:49 GMT
#98
On August 13 2011 07:43 Xplitcit wrote:
Does MLG not know how long a BO7 will last...?


Thats why its only 4 teams
Prob so the Final will take one day
Zeon0
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria2995 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:49:31
August 12 2011 22:49 GMT
#99
i dont care about LoL, but nice for them
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JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 12 2011 22:50 GMT
#100
On August 13 2011 07:13 NeoIllusions wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 07:11 Paramo wrote:
good to see more games at esports events, now bring on SSFIV =D

I would like to get to know LoL since I havent ever played anything dota realted, anyone know a good place to do so?


Check out the LoL subforum.

Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 07:13 JBright wrote:
It'll be interesting to see how the travel affect CLG and TSM. They're playing at gamescom less than a week before Raleigh.


Riot is flying them from Colonge to Raleigh.


It's good to know that Riot is going to cover the cost of the flights since both teams had to fundraise to go to gamescom.

I was wondering more about the strain of the travel since they're flying for >10h twice within a week.
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Karthane
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1183 Posts
August 12 2011 22:50 GMT
#101
Very excited for this. I'll definetely be tuning in when something exciting isn't happening on SC2 stream
EggYsc2
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
620 Posts
August 12 2011 22:51 GMT
#102
they get more money than SC2? lol
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
August 12 2011 22:51 GMT
#103
kinda disappointed in mlg. LoL is not a good competitive game at all. so many flaws in the game
Perplex
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1693 Posts
August 12 2011 22:51 GMT
#104
It's a risky move, especially with DOTA 2 coming out so soon.
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Full.tilt
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom1709 Posts
August 12 2011 22:52 GMT
#105
Shame the best teams in the world won't be there
broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
August 12 2011 22:53 GMT
#106
For the love of God, MLG please don't stream on Own3d.tv. I don't want to look at a black screen for half the time I'm trying to watch the game.
babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:55:48
August 12 2011 22:54 GMT
#107
Dammit why is SC so unpopular. To me it seems like a better game and for sure a much better spectator sport than the rest. I seriously can't believe the number 3 dota like game with dota 2 coming soon just pops out of noowhere and mlg are willing to offer to the winners more $ than to the SC players.
graph1k
Profile Joined December 2010
United States97 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:56:59
August 12 2011 22:56 GMT
#108
On August 13 2011 07:51 Polskaa wrote:
they get more money than SC2? lol

Riot Games is in all likelihood paying for that prizepool. Riot has been pushing LoL on tournaments for a while trying to get entrenched before Dota 2 comes out.

Too bad LoL went the way of casual rather than competitive gameplay, it could have been so much fun to watch.
TieN.nS)
Profile Joined August 2003
United States2131 Posts
August 12 2011 22:56 GMT
#109
On August 13 2011 07:53 broz0rs wrote:
For the love of God, MLG please don't stream on Own3d.tv. I don't want to look at a black screen for half the time I'm trying to watch the game.


They're obviously going to use the same Octoshape stream they've been using for their own streams.
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 12 2011 22:58 GMT
#110
On August 13 2011 07:51 Polskaa wrote:
they get more money than SC2? lol


As several people have said on the first page, it is very likely that Riot is chipping in for the prize pool so that it makes the choice for MLG that much easier. Think of it this way - the SC2 prize pool would be much larger if Blizzard chipped in as well.


On August 13 2011 07:53 broz0rs wrote:
For the love of God, MLG please don't stream on Own3d.tv. I don't want to look at a black screen for half the time I'm trying to watch the game.


MLG has their own streaming platform and I think they partnered up with justin.tv, so it probably won't be own3d.tv. Dreamhack and its qualifiers were own3d because they are run by (N)ESL and that's what they use.
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Xaeldaren
Profile Joined June 2010
Ireland588 Posts
August 12 2011 22:58 GMT
#111
People bitching about the prize pool are missing the fact that (like Halo and CoD) the prize is divided between the individual team members. Yes, they have a slightly higher prize pool, but that's because that has to be shared between several people.
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 12 2011 22:59 GMT
#112
On August 13 2011 07:54 Abrafred wrote:
Dammit why is SC so unpopular. To me it seems like a better game and for sure a much better spectator sport than the rest. I seriously can't believe the number 3 dota like game with dota 2 coming soon just pops out of noowhere and mlg are willing to offer to the winners more $ than to the SC players.


By that logic Halo gets more money than sc2 even though It probably has a fraction of the viewers. Remember it is split among FIVE players ,not to mention that the game simply has more active players both halo and LoL.

But don't confuse numbers for "unpopular" the Sc2 community easily has the most amount of players to spectators, while games like halo have WAY more players than spectators but that doesn't make games "unpopular"

Also there is no way to rank "number 3 dota like game" LoL is not dota it appeals to different audiences and will be here to stay even with DotA 2's release, maybe not on a competitive level, but on a playerbase level.
IrOnKaL
Profile Joined June 2011
United States340 Posts
August 12 2011 23:00 GMT
#113
I have never been into league of legends but im glad MLG is expanding their roster of games.
StyLeD
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2965 Posts
August 12 2011 23:00 GMT
#114
I deleted LoL and bought SC2, but I'm happy that LoL is running strong. They emailed me an overview of a new gameplay that ALMOST drew me back in....but then I reaffirmed my devotion to SC2 and stopped myself.

Hurray!
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R04R
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1631 Posts
August 12 2011 23:01 GMT
#115
What the hell is with all the LoL bashing. It's wasting space in this forum. LoL is just as competitive as SC in its own way. People need to lead and micromanage their whole team to secure victory. It's not as easy as qwer win. So many players ladder to get top Elo and wave their epeens as much as SC. Acknowledge ESPORTS
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
August 12 2011 23:06 GMT
#116
On August 13 2011 06:58 LuckstYle wrote:
why not wait for dota2? making a decision between 3 games when 1 is not out.. i would not do that,
but we will see .)


Because LoL is way bigger and dota2 will not crush LoL like everyone think. :/

Glad to see this game at MLG. I play it a lot, it's very fun and easy to understand for newcomer.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2496 Posts
August 12 2011 23:06 GMT
#117
On August 13 2011 08:01 R04R wrote:
What the hell is with all the LoL bashing. It's wasting space in this forum. LoL is just as competitive as SC in its own way. People need to lead and micromanage their whole team to secure victory. It's not as easy as qwer win. So many players ladder to get top Elo and wave their epeens as much as SC. Acknowledge ESPORTS


it's natural for them to feel threatened. LoL has a massive following and it will draw in huge numbers for MLG. there have been LoL streams that pushed well above 100k while sc2 maxed out at around 90k during NASL and DH finals. it wont take the main stage though, i guarantee that.
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daevlol
Profile Joined March 2011
United States17 Posts
August 12 2011 23:07 GMT
#118
On August 13 2011 08:00 StyLeD wrote:
I deleted LoL and bought SC2, but I'm happy that LoL is running strong. They emailed me an overview of a new gameplay that ALMOST drew me back in....but then I reaffirmed my devotion to SC2 and stopped myself.

Hurray!



Because playing two games is blasphemy? Enjoy both if you like both.

Related to thread: I like this choice, if the viewcount at Dreamhack was any indication, people like watching this game, despite it's slower early pace..it can only be good for MLG.
Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
August 12 2011 23:07 GMT
#119
It is a step in the right direction guys...GO ESPORTS!!!
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Huggerz
Profile Joined May 2011
Great Britain919 Posts
August 12 2011 23:11 GMT
#120
Never watched any of it or played any of it before, but if MLG likes it, I will for sure watch some [:
“It's like poker. You can play your best, but you've got to know when to fold your cards and take a rest, and know when to hold your cards, hold your breath and hope that nobody else is stacking the deck."
Lazeh
Profile Joined January 2011
Finland29 Posts
August 12 2011 23:11 GMT
#121
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.
Tech0
Profile Joined May 2011
Bulgaria44 Posts
August 12 2011 23:12 GMT
#122
HON is better.

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Nivoh
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Norway259 Posts
August 12 2011 23:14 GMT
#123
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.
Tidus Mino
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1108 Posts
August 12 2011 23:15 GMT
#124
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
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
August 12 2011 23:16 GMT
#125
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.
/commercial
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 12 2011 23:19 GMT
#126
On August 13 2011 08:14 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada161 Posts
August 12 2011 23:19 GMT
#127
Whoa, cool! I"m wondering if they're lining something up to replace COD...
Video games and whiskey.
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
August 12 2011 23:20 GMT
#128
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.
TedJustice
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1324 Posts
August 12 2011 23:22 GMT
#129
You guys better not lose to the LoL fans, in terms of crowd volume.

From what I've seen of their fans, they can be pretty rabid and zealous. (in a good way)
Mr Showtime
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1353 Posts
August 12 2011 23:24 GMT
#130
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.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 12 2011 23:25 GMT
#131
Coolio. Get to see more epic facechecking from Dan Dinh and maybe Doublelift.
God Bless
isM
Profile Joined September 2010
United States735 Posts
August 12 2011 23:28 GMT
#132
I am excited, its honestly pretty fun to watch the LoL tournaments.
Loose lips sink ships
zoLo
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States5896 Posts
August 12 2011 23:31 GMT
#133
Great pickup for the LoL community. Are people seriously not using their brains? LoL is a TEAM GAME that is split between the players.
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 23:33:25
August 12 2011 23:32 GMT
#134
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 ; /
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
August 12 2011 23:33 GMT
#135
Not a huge fan of LoL, but I support Esport in any form.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
ArC_man
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States2798 Posts
August 12 2011 23:40 GMT
#136
How would HoN be better for MLG than LoL? The NA HoN teams haven't been stable for months, maybe if MLG had an EU division.

I wouldn't call LoL a bad spectator esport if 200k people are willing to watch it on stream. That just screams potential.
sevia
Profile Joined May 2010
United States954 Posts
August 12 2011 23:40 GMT
#137
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.
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SpiZe
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3640 Posts
August 12 2011 23:41 GMT
#138
On August 13 2011 08:32 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
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 ; /


At high level people don't really facecheck bushes if you know what I mean :S
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 12 2011 23:42 GMT
#139
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.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
August 12 2011 23:42 GMT
#140
Never saw LoL being played at a professional level so I think I'll watch a few games out of interest maybe I'll start watching it more alongside SC2 and BW.
Glorious SEA doto
crate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2474 Posts
August 12 2011 23:42 GMT
#141
On August 13 2011 08:41 SpiZe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 08:32 turdburgler wrote:
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 ; /


At high level people don't really facecheck bushes if you know what I mean :S

Clearly you haven't seen much Doublelift.
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Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 12 2011 23:43 GMT
#142
On August 13 2011 08:41 SpiZe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 08:32 turdburgler wrote:
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 ; /


At high level people don't really facecheck bushes if you know what I mean :S

Doublelift es #1 facechecker.

Just because they don't facecheck doesn't mean jungle invasions don't occur and the occasional level 1 fight doesn't happen.
God Bless
broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
August 12 2011 23:45 GMT
#143
A suggestion for MLG that should be considered.

Occassionally turn on team voice chat.


+ Show Spoiler +
Especially when Dyrus is playing
Amlitzer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States471 Posts
August 12 2011 23:47 GMT
#144
Is the Curse Gaming team related to the curse gaming WoW addon site? I probably won't watch either way, but I'm just curious.
"Not even justice, I want to get truth!"
TieN.nS)
Profile Joined August 2003
United States2131 Posts
August 12 2011 23:48 GMT
#145
Crs was formerly unR (Unrestricted eSports) but yes, Curse the WoW addon site is currently sponsoring them.
Devise
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1131 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 23:51:13
August 12 2011 23:49 GMT
#146
On August 13 2011 06:46 Herculix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:41 Shadowcloak wrote:
hmmm cool but only 4 teams that will like fill only saterday orso


Show nested quote +
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.


idk, a best of 7 in a dota style game is multiple hours long. it's actually retarded how much time it takes to play that many games, most tournaments only do bo5 at the semis/finals. now that you brought it to my attention... it's a pretty interesting way to run the tournament

i'm wondering how it will turn out because there is a huge HUGE part of the game that involves hero picks and bans, and a lot of them are based on previous games. some games you could say are won and lost at the hero selection screen... and with 4 games minimum being played, there is a lot of potential in shenanigans the likes of which are rarely seen due to the lack of any tournament hosting more than bo3


It's an extended series final, so only 4 games, but still it will take a while. And yes, CLG and TSM are both very good two of the best american teams. Also EG is pretty good from what i've seen, not sure about curse though, i'd say they are 4th going in, with EG 3rd and TSM / CLG fighting for the finals.
edit : curse is apparently renamed from unR, which is also a pretty solid team, should be a good event, even without the top European teams, SK / fnatic etc.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 12 2011 23:50 GMT
#147
On August 13 2011 08:48 TieN.nS) wrote:
Crs was formerly unR (Unrestricted eSports) but yes, Curse the WoW addon site is currently sponsoring them.

Yeah, believe so.
God Bless
FuSed.
Profile Joined April 2011
10 Posts
August 12 2011 23:51 GMT
#148
Lol is so bad... Just add Dota... Dota > Hon/lol anyday

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dsll
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom143 Posts
August 12 2011 23:51 GMT
#149
If the LoL players are willing to make the effort to watch our game, i will happily return the favour!
<3<3 e-sports !!
Teddeh
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden6 Posts
August 12 2011 23:51 GMT
#150
I feel like not wanting to watch MLG just because they're adding LoL, its a duplicate of dota and shouldn't stay at MLG for too long, I hope atleast. Dota2 fighting!!
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 12 2011 23:52 GMT
#151
On August 13 2011 08:49 Devise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:46 Herculix wrote:
On August 13 2011 06:41 Shadowcloak wrote:
hmmm cool but only 4 teams that will like fill only saterday orso


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.


idk, a best of 7 in a dota style game is multiple hours long. it's actually retarded how much time it takes to play that many games, most tournaments only do bo5 at the semis/finals. now that you brought it to my attention... it's a pretty interesting way to run the tournament

i'm wondering how it will turn out because there is a huge HUGE part of the game that involves hero picks and bans, and a lot of them are based on previous games. some games you could say are won and lost at the hero selection screen... and with 4 games minimum being played, there is a lot of potential in shenanigans the likes of which are rarely seen due to the lack of any tournament hosting more than bo3


It's an extended series final, so only 4 games, but still it will take a while. And yes, CLG and TSM are both very good two of the best american teams. Also EG is pretty good from what i've seen, not sure about curse though, i'd say they are 4th going in, with EG 3rd and TSM / CLG fighting for the finals.
edit : curse is apparently renamed from unR, which is also a pretty solid team, should be a good event, even without the top European teams, SK / fNatic etc.

Any of these teams are capable of winning against the others. Crs has a pretty strong lineup with Liquid/Lapaka/Sydtko/Nyjacky/Pobelter, and EG should be better off now that they don't have Doubelift and Dyrus playing support since they now have PureSorakaBoy playing support.
God Bless
danteafk
Profile Joined May 2011
307 Posts
August 12 2011 23:52 GMT
#152
maybe good for esports but there is nothing more boring than watching LoL games.
torm
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada274 Posts
August 12 2011 23:54 GMT
#153
LOL
ExoFun
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2041 Posts
August 12 2011 23:54 GMT
#154
nice!
A Wet Shamwow
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1590 Posts
August 12 2011 23:55 GMT
#155
Im pulling for EG, mostly because dyrus is awesome.
“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”
enigmatik
Profile Joined November 2010
United States86 Posts
August 12 2011 23:56 GMT
#156
On August 13 2011 08:45 broz0rs wrote:
A suggestion for MLG that should be considered.

Occassionally turn on team voice chat.


+ Show Spoiler +
Especially when Dyrus is playing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ury8dT9E-AQ

If its going to anything like their Halo broadcasts, they will.
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
August 12 2011 23:57 GMT
#157
On August 13 2011 08:51 Teddeh wrote:
I feel like not wanting to watch MLG just because they're adding LoL, its a duplicate of dota and shouldn't stay at MLG for too long, I hope atleast. Dota2 fighting!!

So DOTA should be the only MOBA game?
People like you just ruin E-Sports.This is a LOL thread anyways so why are you mentioning DOTA?
DieNasty
Profile Joined August 2011
United States3 Posts
August 12 2011 23:58 GMT
#158
Glad to see another game join the MLG madness, it was a matter of time before LoL joined in with MLG...if Black Ops is on it...
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
August 13 2011 00:00 GMT
#159
Im pretty sure LoL is the largest competitive game available at the moment, so it will replace whatever the hell gets in its way.

Lets hope it wont target the starcraft world
Aah thats the stuff..
mYNDIG
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway179 Posts
August 13 2011 00:02 GMT
#160
I hope they go through a process to try all the three games, because I will hate to see LoL at yet another event. I want HoN or DotA2 when it is released.

No denying killed the game for me= (
We all die in the end
Phyrful
Profile Joined July 2011
United States248 Posts
August 13 2011 00:03 GMT
#161
Great for esports, but watching LoL is sooo time consuming
"It's a choose, not a perfumation"-Lina
tl4life
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada247 Posts
August 13 2011 00:03 GMT
#162
LOL is soooo boring to watch, sorry MLG. What about an entertaining game to watch, QUAKE LIVE anyone???
TERRAN IS LOSING! TERRAN IS LOSING!
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 13 2011 00:08 GMT
#163
Just for those unaware, LoL and Dota are largely nonexclusive. Only a small fraction of LoL players played DotA, maybe 10%. When Dota 2 comes out both games will easily keep their player base. The question is how LoL players who never played Dota perceive the game and stick with it, which again will probably only be a small fraction.
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
August 13 2011 00:08 GMT
#164
go lol :D
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clickrush
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Switzerland3257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:14:38
August 13 2011 00:13 GMT
#165
its 100% clear that the moba with the biggest playerbase gets opportunities like these. PPL who arent playing mobas get eyecancer by watching them. Whether its LoL/HoN/DotA doesnt matter at all because only the playerbase will watch it and LoL has arguably the biggest playerbase after WoW.

Games like sc2/streetfighter work differently because you dont have to play it to enjoy watching it.
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ScouraE
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada28 Posts
August 13 2011 00:14 GMT
#166
Guess i'll be LoLing at the LoL'ers microing the shit out of their army...i mean heros. But seriously it's a great way for MLG to get more fans, gj!
Wirting is a process not a product
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
August 13 2011 00:16 GMT
#167
LoL will probably never take the center stage because starcraft is put quite simply, an amazing spectator sport. However if this is the route MLG needs to take to secure a larger sponsorship pool/viewership, then do it. I want to see starcraft have 5 figure prizes for first and second place.
Porouscloud - NA LoL
Looky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1608 Posts
August 13 2011 00:16 GMT
#168
why did this make headlines?
Psyqo
Profile Joined November 2007
United States401 Posts
August 13 2011 00:20 GMT
#169
This is awesome. Another great move by MLG.

Going to be realllllllllllly hard to decide which stream to watch though when these games are on at the same time as SC2 games. Oh well, First World Problem and all.
Loomies
Profile Joined July 2010
United States645 Posts
August 13 2011 00:24 GMT
#170
On August 13 2011 09:03 tl4life wrote:
LOL is soooo boring to watch, sorry MLG. What about an entertaining game to watch, QUAKE LIVE anyone???


No thanks

Naughty
Profile Joined March 2011
United States114 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:30:24
August 13 2011 00:29 GMT
#171
So Sundance comes here begging that people buy pass' claiming that the prize pool will have to be lowered if a certain amount is not reached.. yet MLG finds the money to add another game, topped with a bigger prize pool than the event that is bringing in all the viewers to begin with.

Glad I did not buy that pass now.
Reignx
Profile Joined June 2011
United States27 Posts
August 13 2011 00:30 GMT
#172
this is disgusting news. Another Stream that I won't watch because the game on it is a joke.

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flooky
Profile Joined August 2011
44 Posts
August 13 2011 00:32 GMT
#173
wow that is a depressingly small prize pool? $12,500 split among 5 players is nothing, and only $5,000 for sc2? I just dont see how people can say esports is taking off when mlg, basically the premier starcraft league has such little prize money.
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
August 13 2011 00:34 GMT
#174
May as well begin the countdown until LoL takes over the main / central stage and we're relegated to Halo status.

Oh well, I can't say I'm surprised. It's good for MLG and LoL so "yay".

How did this make it to Community News anyway? All of the other stuff is Starcraft related.
bLooD.
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany470 Posts
August 13 2011 00:35 GMT
#175
had played lol for a while. but didnt really enjoy it.
but if it helps esports... go for it!
Ea
Profile Joined March 2011
United States121 Posts
August 13 2011 00:37 GMT
#176
At least MLG will grab more viewers, seeing as LoL has a ton of players.

Wonder if MLG will ever put in amount of viewers viewing a stream D=
ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
August 13 2011 00:37 GMT
#177
This is going to do wonders for MLG's streaming figures. High streaming figures means better sponsorship deals and more money for E-Sports. Great decision.
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Pwnographics
Profile Joined January 2011
New Zealand1097 Posts
August 13 2011 00:37 GMT
#178
I don't like this decision by MLG, it seems very likely in the near future that DotA 2 will replace LoL at MLG due to the larger money pool that Valve has to offer as well as the potentially larger playerbase.
DotADeMoN
Profile Joined June 2010
United States517 Posts
August 13 2011 00:42 GMT
#179
I wonder how long LoL will last with MLG once DotA2 comes out. Maybe Riot will throw enough money at it to keep it on the circuit?
Wargable
Profile Joined April 2011
United States107 Posts
August 13 2011 00:43 GMT
#180
As far as this game genre goes, definitely think LoL is an awesome choice.
"That brings my piss to a boil."
Ome
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada157 Posts
August 13 2011 00:43 GMT
#181
I love LoL and can't wait to have 3 streams open during Raleigh. The only problem I forsee is there really aren't any good LoL casters, atleast imo. It will be interesting to see who they get.
TieN.nS)
Profile Joined August 2003
United States2131 Posts
August 13 2011 00:46 GMT
#182
Well if Riot's kicking in money I'd expect Phreak to be there. Might be him and one employed by MLG co-casting.
crate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2474 Posts
August 13 2011 00:47 GMT
#183
Phreak won't be there. It's Rivington plus someone else.

http://clgaming.net/redtracker/topic/11441/?p=1
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NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8748 Posts
August 13 2011 00:47 GMT
#184
On August 13 2011 09:43 Ome wrote:
I love LoL and can't wait to have 3 streams open during Raleigh. The only problem I forsee is there really aren't any good LoL casters, atleast imo. It will be interesting to see who they get.

TreeEskimo!!
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Zirith
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada403 Posts
August 13 2011 00:48 GMT
#185
This is going to be huge for mlg, 200k people watched the LoL stream at dreamhack...
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LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
August 13 2011 00:49 GMT
#186
On August 13 2011 09:48 Zirith wrote:
This is going to be huge for mlg, 200k people watched the LoL stream at dreamhack...


well, there was this thing where the Eu servers didnt work when they streamed...
GxZ
Profile Joined April 2010
United States375 Posts
August 13 2011 00:49 GMT
#187
I'd rather watch HoN, but I guess the following is too great for LoL.
Sprouter
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1724 Posts
August 13 2011 00:53 GMT
#188
I can't imagine a LoL bo7 being that exciting to watch but it's for ESPORTS so it's okay
GrapeD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada679 Posts
August 13 2011 00:54 GMT
#189
Thats awesome!
Some people hurt people. I defenestrate those people.
MaCloud
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada4 Posts
August 13 2011 01:02 GMT
#190
I feel as if LoL should have just come into MLG at the start of the new season, not in the middle of one, it seems as if they wont get the full effect of it imo.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 13 2011 01:04 GMT
#191
On August 13 2011 09:49 LaNague wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 09:48 Zirith wrote:
This is going to be huge for mlg, 200k people watched the LoL stream at dreamhack...


well, there was this thing where the Eu servers didnt work when they streamed...

The servers actually did work okay, just had long queues. I even remember being logged in while watching
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 13 2011 01:04 GMT
#192
On August 13 2011 10:02 MaCloud wrote:
I feel as if LoL should have just come into MLG at the start of the new season, not in the middle of one, it seems as if they wont get the full effect of it imo.


they are going in the middle of the season just like sc2 to get the logistics correct, so that their giant "premier" when its in the regular season goes without major problems.
Mikey
Profile Joined January 2011
United States277 Posts
August 13 2011 01:09 GMT
#193
On August 13 2011 07:33 DarkRise wrote:
idk Why people keep mentioning HoN
LOL with 15 million players compare to HoN's 500,000? OFC LOL is the obvious pick between the two.
TSM fighting!! Love playing Sc2 and LOL so this is a good news


Yeah, because Free to Play is more popular then a game that was 30$ up until a week ago. Just my guess.
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bLuR
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada625 Posts
August 13 2011 01:10 GMT
#194
LoL is really bad... its unfortunate the player base is so much larger than HoN...

Dota2 should be the supreme leader in this game type when its released.

HOPEFULLY SOON!!
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
August 13 2011 01:11 GMT
#195
Now I have to decide if I want to watch league or sc2 ^_^ Maybe they'll be close enough together at the event to keep track of both.
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FunnelC4kes
Profile Joined July 2010
Ireland462 Posts
August 13 2011 01:11 GMT
#196
I don't even know what a League of Legends is...

What newfangled invention is this?!
Scholar. Shaman. Starcraft Enthusiast.
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 01:15:09
August 13 2011 01:14 GMT
#197
On August 13 2011 10:04 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 09:49 LaNague wrote:
On August 13 2011 09:48 Zirith wrote:
This is going to be huge for mlg, 200k people watched the LoL stream at dreamhack...


well, there was this thing where the Eu servers didnt work when they streamed...

The servers actually did work okay, just had long queues. I even remember being logged in while watching



they dropped people out randomly, ingame and in queue. When the queue is 2hrs, that might as well be a offline server for people that want to play a bit in the evening.
Kon_Artis
Profile Joined July 2011
United States6 Posts
August 13 2011 01:15 GMT
#198

I don't even know what a League of Legends is...

What newfangled invention is this?!
It is a completely remade version of the Defenders of the Ancients mod for Warcraft 3. Not a bad game but I have never seen it played competitively.
ClysmiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2192 Posts
August 13 2011 01:18 GMT
#199
I'mm ok with this.... as long as SC2 stays on center stage.
Thereisnosaurus
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1822 Posts
August 13 2011 01:28 GMT
#200
holy shit best of 7 LoL. it's gonna be like going to the cricket.
Poisonous Sheep counter Hydras
NineKOne
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada92 Posts
August 13 2011 01:30 GMT
#201
i love it when this happens. this is a great step for esports, and therefore starcraft :D

just thought that there is another community out there for each of these games make me feel so un-alone in the world.
"It's over 9000!" -V
Laneir
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
August 13 2011 01:40 GMT
#202
Yes good stuff love LOL
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Sideburn
Profile Joined August 2010
United States442 Posts
August 13 2011 01:51 GMT
#203
On August 13 2011 07:11 Paramo wrote:
good to see more games at esports events, now bring on SSFIV =D


I would love this. I like playing LoL and I try very hard to enjoy watching it, but I just don't think it lends itself well to a spectator sport for a variety of reasons. SSFIV:AE on the other hand... oh man, I know very very little about that game and I still have a blast watching it. And the more I learn about it, the more I enjoy it. MVC3 is pretty fun to watch too. They're just exciting in a way that MOBAs are not.
Dr.FuzzyBallz
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada25 Posts
August 13 2011 01:55 GMT
#204
Only recently found out LoL was free to play, donwloaded it must say i love it, whenever i am not playing SCII i am playing LoL, i have become quite the nerd.
I haven't failed, i have just found 10000 ways that dont work.
jonathan1
Profile Joined October 2010
United States395 Posts
August 13 2011 01:56 GMT
#205
i love to play LoL but don't care for watching it too much. hopefully they will have a tournament for dominion, that will probably be a lot more exciting.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
August 13 2011 01:59 GMT
#206
time to kiss my social life goodbye...
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
stork4ever
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1036 Posts
August 13 2011 02:02 GMT
#207
niceee, great to see mlg adding games
fuzzy_panda
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
New Zealand1681 Posts
August 13 2011 02:03 GMT
#208
it's gonna be interesting when Dota 2 comes out to see which of these games is gonna come out on top
57 Corvette
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada5941 Posts
August 13 2011 02:04 GMT
#209
Gah, i thought watching things like MLG would help me get back into starcraft and away from serious LoL, but nope.

Kidding, gonna be pretty awesome. Gogo TSM!
Survival is winning, everything else is bullshit.
Nvar
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark150 Posts
August 13 2011 02:11 GMT
#210
They should add those 20k to the SC2 prize instead. But anyways, gratz to LoL fans. (Horrible game compared to HoN)

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Bro's before ho's
striderxxx
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada443 Posts
August 13 2011 02:13 GMT
#211
you think any pros will be good enough to play sc2 and lol at same time?
AugustDreams
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia127 Posts
August 13 2011 02:15 GMT
#212
I don't really care for LoL but good luck to anyone who's entering. I'm all for promoting ESports.
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zergtat
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Hong Kong853 Posts
August 13 2011 02:20 GMT
#213
MLG should invite China LoL team iG! Previously known as CCM, they beat TSM in two practise matches :D
Z: SEn P: White-Ra T: Polt
Headnoob
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2108 Posts
August 13 2011 02:23 GMT
#214
How is a game like this considered competitive i'll never know.

ah well money into esports is still money into esports
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9154 Posts
August 13 2011 02:23 GMT
#215
Does adding League of Legends to the MLG Pro Circuit mean that there will be an whole other spectator area for them? If there was a severe lack of chairs and seating at previous MLG events, it's going to get a whole lot more crazy unless they have already planned ahead.
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
Vlare
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
748 Posts
August 13 2011 02:32 GMT
#216
I'm really looking forward to LOL.
Mass zerglings doesnt fail
Corvi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany1406 Posts
August 13 2011 02:34 GMT
#217
4 participants?? I LoL'ed ...
aru
Profile Joined April 2010
183 Posts
August 13 2011 02:36 GMT
#218
Jiji isn't going to MLG Raleigh because he's going to PAX instead. =/
Aurdon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2007 Posts
August 13 2011 02:39 GMT
#219
On August 13 2011 11:36 aru wrote:
Jiji isn't going to MLG Raleigh because he's going to PAX instead. =/


For that prize money, I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't change his mind to go to Raleigh. Not like it will cost him anything to change his plans since everything is being covered. CLG needs Jiji real bad if they want to win.
tiaz
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden231 Posts
August 13 2011 02:44 GMT
#220
LoL sucks. I'm sorry to say, but that really is the case. The developer (Riot games) is not bad, but the game itself is. Compared to HoN (which is a good game but developed by a crappy company) its trash, and it will look even worse compared to DotA2. This is not a good step for MLG I'm afraid - they should've waited for DotA2.
"When you play, you have to start off with a mind to turn the game into a rape." - Iloveoov
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 13 2011 02:45 GMT
#221
On August 13 2011 11:34 Corvi wrote:
4 participants?? I LoL'ed ...


4 teams of 5, 20 participants.
0neder
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3733 Posts
August 13 2011 02:48 GMT
#222
Don't really like this game, too fantasy and cartooney (not macho enough), but good for MLG.

User was temp banned for this post.
gurrpp
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States437 Posts
August 13 2011 02:51 GMT
#223
Always good to see more pc games on the circuit.
hot fuh days
TheWarbler
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1659 Posts
August 13 2011 02:53 GMT
#224
Supporting LoL with that kind of money is just plain terrible.

User was warned for this post
if you can believe you can concieve
LuckyMacro
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1482 Posts
August 13 2011 02:54 GMT
#225
Might as well send TSM their check now
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 13 2011 02:56 GMT
#226
For all you people who are bemoaning the loss of HoN, Sundance has said in the past that he is possibly interested in adding HoN to MLG as well.

Although that will be another huge can of worms.
Writer
Phrost
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States4008 Posts
August 13 2011 02:58 GMT
#227
Why are people coming here complaining about the game when this is in the LoL sub forum??
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Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
August 13 2011 02:59 GMT
#228
It got spotlighted to community news so everybody can see it.
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 13 2011 02:59 GMT
#229
On August 13 2011 11:58 Phrost wrote:
Why are people coming here complaining about the game when this is in the LoL sub forum??


It's linked in Community News.
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17250 Posts
August 13 2011 03:01 GMT
#230
On August 13 2011 06:50 Craminit wrote:
imagine a bo7 of an on average 45 minute games O.o

My immediate thoughts, as well. That could potentially be an entire day of two teams playing.
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Aurdon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2007 Posts
August 13 2011 03:05 GMT
#231
On August 13 2011 11:53 TheWarbler wrote:
Supporting LoL with that kind of money is just plain terrible.



You do realize that this money is more than likely coming mostly from Riot and not from MLG? I wish more companies would pump money in to ESPORTS like Riot does.

alexhard
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden317 Posts
August 13 2011 03:06 GMT
#232
I for one find it hilarious how S2 and Riot are scrambling for tournaments in anticipation of dota2. It's also AWESOME. Shows you how a bit of competition can put pressure on the game makers to seriously support esports.
Lazyer
Profile Joined August 2011
United States343 Posts
August 13 2011 03:09 GMT
#233
Mored es number 1! lol jk I dont know anything about professional LoL, but I do like the increase of PC games being in all these MLGs! Goo E-Sportsss
Xaerkar
Profile Joined January 2011
United States230 Posts
August 13 2011 03:13 GMT
#234
This game is great but in sense of watching it's not that fantastic =(. High level LoL doesn't have many kills in each game, compared to games like HoN and DotA. This is fantastic news for the e-sports scene though, also shows that Riot cares a lot about the future success of LoL post-DotA 2 release.
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3889 Posts
August 13 2011 03:22 GMT
#235
On one hand Im excited, it's a big tournament in U.S. with 4 NA teams(no EU ones)

Sounds pretty awesome.

On the other hand, no EU teams, no open bracket, and only 4 teams, are all meh for me as well.

Hopefully this expands into a bigger tournament with an open bracket next year when they can get more space for it, so then i can play.

Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
August 13 2011 03:22 GMT
#236
As a LoL team, those are pretty good odds for winning decent cash. Good luck to them (better than watching CoD on the side)
the farm ends here
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
August 13 2011 03:25 GMT
#237
They really should have an open bracket

The strength of LoL is its community, meaning that the open bracket would be hugely successful in participants and probably in scouting emerging talent.
Betrayed by EG.BuK
aPhanther
Profile Joined April 2010
United States119 Posts
August 13 2011 03:26 GMT
#238
Yes!! I'm so excited for this, as I am both an avid SC2 and LoL watcher. TSM Fighting!
Aurdon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2007 Posts
August 13 2011 03:28 GMT
#239
On August 13 2011 12:25 tyCe wrote:
They really should have an open bracket

The strength of LoL is its community, meaning that the open bracket would be hugely successful in participants and probably in scouting emerging talent.



There will be an open bracket in the future. MLG says this is just a test run to get a feel for how the game plays out.

SadStarcraft
Profile Joined August 2010
Mexico56 Posts
August 13 2011 03:28 GMT
#240
so.. the prize pool for LoL is bigger than sc2?... . .. ..
das coo...
Nazeron
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1046 Posts
August 13 2011 03:30 GMT
#241
pretty cool, esports is def growing
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 13 2011 03:32 GMT
#242
On August 13 2011 12:28 SadStarcraft wrote:
so.. the prize pool for LoL is bigger than sc2?... . .. ..
das coo...

One: Riot is putting their own money into it.
Two: It's a team game and the money is split between 5 players. Same reason why Halo and CoD have larger prize pools.

Also: Sundance has been talking about adding LoL since Columbus, WAY before Valve announced The International. It has nothing to do with beating Valve at anything.

Geez, the misconceptions...
Writer
TheWarbler
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1659 Posts
August 13 2011 03:34 GMT
#243
On August 13 2011 12:05 Aurdon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 11:53 TheWarbler wrote:
Supporting LoL with that kind of money is just plain terrible.



You do realize that this money is more than likely coming mostly from Riot and not from MLG? I wish more companies would pump money in to ESPORTS like Riot does.



Great I wish they would pump money into a actual competitive AoS not a Casual players game.
if you can believe you can concieve
tony4
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada56 Posts
August 13 2011 03:48 GMT
#244
wow big news
Jynx
Profile Joined September 2010
United States12 Posts
August 13 2011 03:51 GMT
#245
MLG is getting a lot of games now, almost too much to watch with 2 SC2 streams and now an LoL steam... Can't wait to see how pro LoL games play out.
FreezerJumps
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada653 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 04:00:54
August 13 2011 03:53 GMT
#246
LOL

Edit: SC2 had a $7000 prize pool when it was brought in mid-season, with no travel costs covered. LoL gets $20,000 and free travel for 20 players? If they have tons of chairs in the spectator area...
NKexquisite
Profile Joined January 2009
United States911 Posts
August 13 2011 04:00 GMT
#247
Biggest problem with League of Legends is the acronym "LOL" or "LoL"... I always think someone is laughing when they are playing, or playing when they are laughing... Damn it!
Whattttt Upppppppp Im Nesteaaaaaa!!
Endure
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada287 Posts
August 13 2011 04:07 GMT
#248
ugh....... although i love e-sports, i hate when this is done just for the money. there's more competitive alternatives compared to LoL in the moba scene. I'm sure LoL players will debate this till the end against me but oh well, for someone to climb to #1 on the ladder in a month of play like Chu. I just can't take a game like that serious.
ReturnStroke
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States801 Posts
August 13 2011 04:08 GMT
#249
Nice to see MLG getting more games again. ESPORTS expansion hwaiting!
Jomz
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom117 Posts
August 13 2011 04:10 GMT
#250
I would much prefer HoN. But I'm happy about this too
I'm so badass I can unscramble eggs.
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
August 13 2011 04:11 GMT
#251
On August 13 2011 12:53 FreezerJumps wrote:
LOL

Edit: SC2 had a $7000 prize pool when it was brought in mid-season, with no travel costs covered. LoL gets $20,000 and free travel for 20 players? If they have tons of chairs in the spectator area...


Most of that is sponsored by the parent company Riot.

and I'm pretty sure Grubby climbed to Grandmasters in sc2 the first month he started playing so I don't see how that is a valid complaint.
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
August 13 2011 04:14 GMT
#252
Alright awesome. I love LoL.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
devPLEASE
Profile Joined March 2011
Kenya605 Posts
August 13 2011 04:28 GMT
#253
they need to bring in HoN and CS and replace the console games, but have sc2 on dual stream and mainstage still
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Dub_doubt
Profile Joined June 2011
United States86 Posts
August 13 2011 04:28 GMT
#254
LoL? GTFO

User was temp banned for this post.
DotADeMoN
Profile Joined June 2010
United States517 Posts
August 13 2011 04:31 GMT
#255
On August 13 2011 13:28 devPLEASE wrote:
they need to bring in HoN and CS and replace the console games, but have sc2 on dual stream and mainstage still

Why would MLG replace their flagship games? Just because you don't like the console games doesn't mean that they should be removed.

If we were going off personal preference I'd rather see BW on the mainstage and no SC2.
Amlitzer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States471 Posts
August 13 2011 04:36 GMT
#256
On August 13 2011 12:32 scintilliaSD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 12:28 SadStarcraft wrote:
so.. the prize pool for LoL is bigger than sc2?... . .. ..
das coo...

One: Riot is putting their own money into it.
Two: It's a team game and the money is split between 5 players. Same reason why Halo and CoD have larger prize pools.

Also: Sundance has been talking about adding LoL since Columbus, WAY before Valve announced The International. It has nothing to do with beating Valve at anything.

Geez, the misconceptions...


This has me thinking... anyone else want MLG to add a sc2 team league?

Would help separate MLG from other cyber sport tournaments.
"Not even justice, I want to get truth!"
FarbrorAbavna
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden4856 Posts
August 13 2011 04:46 GMT
#257
finally a game that I can watch inbetween sc2-matches. Great move on behalf of MLG no matter what the influences.
Do you really want chat rooms?
tobi9999
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1966 Posts
August 13 2011 04:58 GMT
#258
On August 13 2011 13:00 NKexquisite wrote:
Biggest problem with League of Legends is the acronym "LOL" or "LoL"... I always think someone is laughing when they are playing, or playing when they are laughing... Damn it!


the acronym was the sole reason I started playing the game, haha. Haven't stopped playing it since.
"tobi is ur iq 9999? cuz i think it might be u so smart wowowow." -Artosis
DeSBLsempavieh
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany62 Posts
August 13 2011 04:58 GMT
#259
As soon as DotA2 is out, LoL' eSport proscene will die.
DeSBL | Wir wollen doch nur spielen!
Xevious
Profile Joined February 2011
United States2086 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 05:08:42
August 13 2011 05:07 GMT
#260
This is amazing. SC2 and LoL (well, dota) = 2 best games ever ^_^

Also please stop taking trolls and people who post without thinking seriously. There's no rational reason to not be happy about this.
chanpa
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden51 Posts
August 13 2011 05:13 GMT
#261
Good news for esports but unfortunately LoL is the MOBA game that is least suited for competitive play. I guess numbers is numbers and LoL certainly has a lot of viewers and a company (Riot) that is willing to dish out some dough.
CHANPALiZER
FaBo
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada6 Posts
August 13 2011 05:16 GMT
#262
TSM <3
Reginald Fighting!
Loomies
Profile Joined July 2010
United States645 Posts
August 13 2011 05:18 GMT
#263
Damn, so many haters lol. I can't believe I visit the same site as these people
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
August 13 2011 05:30 GMT
#264
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk
instantnoodles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States190 Posts
August 13 2011 05:30 GMT
#265
glad to see mlg expanding with LoL. fighting games next please!
OSM.OneManArmy
Profile Joined April 2011
United States509 Posts
August 13 2011 05:32 GMT
#266
I really like LoL, but i feel they focus less on balance/server stability and more on adding fresh content to attract players >.> its b/c of that i feel like DotA 2 will become so much bigger, since IceFrog is quick to patch and always puts balance 1st over new features..
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RiceMuncher
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia138 Posts
August 13 2011 05:36 GMT
#267
wow no hon?
TheArtOfFugue
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada187 Posts
August 13 2011 05:38 GMT
#268
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.
74% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
BlackTactiks
Profile Joined May 2011
United States52 Posts
August 13 2011 05:41 GMT
#269
On August 13 2011 06:44 Invoker wrote:
It should have been HoN.


omfg yes it needed to be HON the work ive put into Hon
Working Towards Greatness :)
daevlol
Profile Joined March 2011
United States17 Posts
August 13 2011 05:45 GMT
#270
On August 13 2011 14:38 TheArtOfFugue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.



3 minutes shortest cooldown yup
noobcakes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States526 Posts
August 13 2011 05:48 GMT
#271
Heroes of Newerth!!!
Professional BattleCraft Player
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 13 2011 05:50 GMT
#272
On August 13 2011 14:38 TheArtOfFugue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.

Upwards of four minutes is a short cooldown? Really?
Writer
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 13 2011 05:51 GMT
#273
On August 13 2011 14:38 TheArtOfFugue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.

Tanks too strong? Are we playing the same game?
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Carush
Profile Joined June 2011
United States356 Posts
August 13 2011 05:51 GMT
#274
LoL is a really good game but i seriously hope it doesn't take over sc2 that would be fucking sad
Yay
Profile Joined June 2010
United States14 Posts
August 13 2011 05:56 GMT
#275
On August 13 2011 14:38 TheArtOfFugue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.


DotA has more heroes than LoL.
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
August 13 2011 06:02 GMT
#276
On August 13 2011 14:38 TheArtOfFugue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 14:30 Ryuu314 wrote:
So many haters saying LoL isn't suited for competitive play when they very likely haven't even played the game for any appreciable amount. Blind fanboyism tsk


Actually no, I've played LoL a lot ( 1000 games / 400 ranked ) and it is not a serious competitive game( it's a fun game, just not balanced and competitive) , it's too casual,tanks are way too strong, too many heroes to balance,no denies. everyone can blink on a very short cooldown... makes for totally crap teamfights you cannot control. DotA is much more competitive, don't know/care about HoN.

yeah no

you've clearly never play LoL rofl. if you have, you've probably played ages ago/at a super low level of play
Dreamer.T
Profile Joined December 2009
United States3584 Posts
August 13 2011 06:06 GMT
#277
On August 13 2011 14:51 Carush wrote:
LoL is a really good game but i seriously hope it doesn't take over sc2 that would be fucking sad


It probably won't. Dota 2 might be the one to do it, if anything like that should happen.
Forever the best, IMMvp <3
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
August 13 2011 06:13 GMT
#278
I despise LoL but I suppose this is good for E-Sports.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Eliwood5837
Profile Joined July 2011
245 Posts
August 13 2011 06:53 GMT
#279
:D LoL!!!! lotta HoN ppl gonna troll but LoL people troll on HoN cause LoL has a very bad community...
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RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
August 13 2011 07:06 GMT
#280
I love this!!

But they have to consider something, will some champions be banned? EG Skarner as he is a fairly new champion they haven't completely balanced it yet.
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
JoeSchmoe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2058 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 07:16:07
August 13 2011 07:15 GMT
#281
kind of ridiculous. 4 teams in running for a 20k sum (larger than SC2 prize pool). assuming equal skill levels, there's a 1/2 chance you will walk away with cash. where is the competition in this? so how much did Riot contribute to the prize pool? they're nowhere near the conglomerate that blizzard is. regardless i guess it's good for esports.
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
August 13 2011 07:21 GMT
#282
Ill have to see some games, now its free I just dont seem to be able to get time to play a few games, see if I would like it, with Starcraft 2 and real life dont really get time to play even that so not sure I could play another game lol
Live and Let Die!
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
August 13 2011 07:24 GMT
#283
On August 13 2011 16:06 SEA_GenesiS wrote:
I love this!!

But they have to consider something, will some champions be banned? EG Skarner as he is a fairly new champion they haven't completely balanced it yet.


They play on a tournament realm on a stable patch.
Gotmog
Profile Joined October 2010
Serbia899 Posts
August 13 2011 07:25 GMT
#284
For me LoL is the worst dota game, out of dota.tft, HoN, LoL...
But hey....since Riot is putting so much money into it....

Anyway, i don't see this lasting, dota2 will end it.
"When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground"
TheDoK666
Profile Joined May 2010
France179 Posts
August 13 2011 07:25 GMT
#285
i hope some EU team will be sent to kick some asses :p
pwet
d_e_x
Profile Joined January 2010
Poland41 Posts
August 13 2011 07:33 GMT
#286
yay! gogo Team Solo Mid!
Regi <3<3<3
:D
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
August 13 2011 07:37 GMT
#287
On August 13 2011 16:25 Gotmog wrote:
For me LoL is the worst dota game, out of dota.tft, HoN, LoL...
But hey....since Riot is putting so much money into it....

Anyway, i don't see this lasting, dota2 will end it.

well i also agree with you, though i wouldn't like dota 2 being an esport. the type of game is so boring to watch, i usually fall asleep if i watch more than one game, despite having fun playing it for a long time. it just doesn't amaze me at all, kills go fast and often there is just farming for a long time. it's like CS for me, i don't like watching it too much, though it's not that bad cause here is more action.

Anyway, still good luck for MLG trying out LoL, pretty sure it will be a success.
Disquiet
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia628 Posts
August 13 2011 07:40 GMT
#288
To be honest I don't see why they are pushing this game so hard to an esport, its not really that fun to watch. It doesn't bother me it being at MLG, I just hope we don't see yet another catastrophic failure ruining the reputation of esports. Feels like riot would be better off directing those funds to get more customers playing their game, because thats where the real strength of LoL is, its very fun and addicting to play.
Loomies
Profile Joined July 2010
United States645 Posts
August 13 2011 07:44 GMT
#289
On August 13 2011 16:40 Disquiet wrote:
To be honest I don't see why they are pushing this game so hard to an esport, its not really that fun to watch. It doesn't bother me it being at MLG, I just hope we don't see yet another catastrophic failure ruining the reputation of esports. Feels like riot would be better off directing those funds to get more customers playing their game, because thats where the real strength of LoL is, its very fun and addicting to play.


It's not that fun to watch yet it usually has the same amount of concurrent viewers as SC2 daily? Hotshotgg gets as many viewers as a Day9 daily and he streams for hours. "catastrophic failure" because people are watching another game on a stream and it will ruin the reputation of esports? /facepalm
FarbrorAbavna
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden4856 Posts
August 13 2011 07:47 GMT
#290
On August 13 2011 16:15 JoeSchmoe wrote:
kind of ridiculous. 4 teams in running for a 20k sum (larger than SC2 prize pool). assuming equal skill levels, there's a 1/2 chance you will walk away with cash. where is the competition in this? so how much did Riot contribute to the prize pool? they're nowhere near the conglomerate that blizzard is. regardless i guess it's good for esports.

Riot was bought a while back by a chinese company, they are the ones putting money into making LOL the next big thing in esports.
Do you really want chat rooms?
ShatterStar
Profile Joined December 2010
United States40 Posts
August 13 2011 07:52 GMT
#291
Always glad to see esports growing. Not every game on the list is going to be something everyone likes but knowing the fun I have from watching the games I follow I always think it's cool when another fanbase gets to have some of the fun too.

I do wonder what the fate of LoL is competitively after DOTA 2, but perhaps LoL being different enough and having enough of a head start to get it's own following (I mean there are an entire generation of players now who know Heroes only as Champions, for example) that they can coexist...but I doubt it, or at least never at the same event.
SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 08:06:08
August 13 2011 08:01 GMT
#292
You guys may not know it
but the last League of Legends event that was held at Dreamhack
had over 180k viewers
not 18
not 180
one-hundred and eighty THOUSAND

now, what was the largest SC2 stream?
you guys really may not respect League of Legends
but maybe thats just your problem

whats good for E-SPORTS is good for everyone
omnomnomnom
Carush
Profile Joined June 2011
United States356 Posts
August 13 2011 08:16 GMT
#293
On August 13 2011 17:01 SevenAteNine wrote:
You guys may not know it
but the last League of Legends event that was held at Dreamhack
had over 180k viewers
not 18
not 180
one-hundred and eighty THOUSAND

now, what was the largest SC2 stream?
you guys really may not respect League of Legends
but maybe thats just your problem

whats good for E-SPORTS is good for everyone

this is EXACTLY why i have a problem with LoL
it's not nearly as competitive as starcraft but it gets twice the views
this is because it's much more n00b friendly and casuals like to tune in and watch

i fear that the fate of sc2 in the west is going to be the same as brood war in the west and the better game is going to be tossed away for the more popular one :/
SxYSpAz
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1451 Posts
August 13 2011 08:23 GMT
#294
i hope this means sc2 has an increase in the 1st place prize.

it would sure be weird if more lol fans showed up that sc2... and it would make me one sad panda

p.s. why no sad panda smiley???
Dulkan
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany24 Posts
August 13 2011 08:25 GMT
#295
Happy to see LoL added. Always fun to watch for me. Though I have to admit, it feels a bit rushed with only four teams, but well it's a trial run.

About Dota2: we'll see how Dota2 is in a week. Will be interesting to see what impact that showing has.

Also, why do some people consider LoL a bad spectator sport? If you don't like to watch it, then don't watch it. Personally, I don't like Baseball or Counterstrike, but I don't go running around shouting they are bad spectator sports, just because I don't like them.
If nobody wanted to watch LoL, it wouldn't be at MLG in the first place.
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
August 13 2011 08:33 GMT
#296
On August 13 2011 17:25 Dulkan wrote:
Happy to see LoL added. Always fun to watch for me. Though I have to admit, it feels a bit rushed with only four teams, but well it's a trial run.

About Dota2: we'll see how Dota2 is in a week. Will be interesting to see what impact that showing has.

Also, why do some people consider LoL a bad spectator sport? If you don't like to watch it, then don't watch it. Personally, I don't like Baseball or Counterstrike, but I don't go running around shouting they are bad spectator sports, just because I don't like them.
If nobody wanted to watch LoL, it wouldn't be at MLG in the first place.

Its considered a bad spectator sport because it seems like you need to play it to enjoy watching it. I've tried watching it, but I just dont enjoy it. People don't need to play baseball, counterstrike or sc2 to enjoy watching it.
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SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
August 13 2011 08:35 GMT
#297
On August 13 2011 17:16 Carush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 17:01 SevenAteNine wrote:
You guys may not know it
but the last League of Legends event that was held at Dreamhack
had over 180k viewers
not 18
not 180
one-hundred and eighty THOUSAND

now, what was the largest SC2 stream?
you guys really may not respect League of Legends
but maybe thats just your problem

whats good for E-SPORTS is good for everyone

this is EXACTLY why i have a problem with LoL
it's not nearly as competitive as starcraft but it gets twice the views
this is because it's much more n00b friendly and casuals like to tune in and watch

i fear that the fate of sc2 in the west is going to be the same as brood war in the west and the better game is going to be tossed away for the more popular one :/


this is really just your point of view but there one big fact you are not taking into consideration
League of Legends is drastically different then Starcraft 2
there's really no connection to be made
the popularity of Starcraft 2 hasen't made a dent in a game like say
Halo 3

BW died directly due to SC2
omnomnomnom
Beyonder
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands15103 Posts
August 13 2011 08:37 GMT
#298
So many jealous kids :D

LoL is an awesome game, very innovative even if it copies dota to a large extent. Will enjoy watching it ^_^

LoL fighting!
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AssyrianKing
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia2111 Posts
August 13 2011 08:39 GMT
#299
I much prefer HON compared to LoL as I have played LoL myself and its abit to arcade-ish compared to HON which is abit more like its predecessor
John 15:13
Aikin
Profile Joined April 2010
Austria532 Posts
August 13 2011 08:40 GMT
#300
I play hon but its still kinda nice that the genre gets more recognition even if its not my favorite title.

Seems like MLG aims to break another viewership record in Raleigh.
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Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
August 13 2011 08:49 GMT
#301
Wish they would have picked a more competitive dota clone to add instead, but oh well. I'm sure lots of people will be happy to see it.
Carush
Profile Joined June 2011
United States356 Posts
August 13 2011 08:52 GMT
#302
On August 13 2011 17:35 SevenAteNine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 17:16 Carush wrote:
On August 13 2011 17:01 SevenAteNine wrote:
You guys may not know it
but the last League of Legends event that was held at Dreamhack
had over 180k viewers
not 18
not 180
one-hundred and eighty THOUSAND

now, what was the largest SC2 stream?
you guys really may not respect League of Legends
but maybe thats just your problem

whats good for E-SPORTS is good for everyone

this is EXACTLY why i have a problem with LoL
it's not nearly as competitive as starcraft but it gets twice the views
this is because it's much more n00b friendly and casuals like to tune in and watch

i fear that the fate of sc2 in the west is going to be the same as brood war in the west and the better game is going to be tossed away for the more popular one :/


this is really just your point of view but there one big fact you are not taking into consideration
League of Legends is drastically different then Starcraft 2
there's really no connection to be made
the popularity of Starcraft 2 hasen't made a dent in a game like say
Halo 3

BW died directly due to SC2

well first off i was a halo 3 amateur player who attended a few events and i totally disagree with you saying that sc2 popularity is nothing compared to halo 3 popularity

i have no clue what the fuck you're talking about tbh

and brood war in the foreign scene was a TOTAL joke compared to all the other games at the time sc2 didn't kill brood war in the foreign scene it was already dead wcg and tsl was all there was for brood war and tsl didn't come until 2008 and wcg was a mess
Blueblox
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada30 Posts
August 13 2011 08:55 GMT
#303
why does LoL have a bigger prize pool than Sc2? [do not take this as if it doesn't deserve a big prize pool]
SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 09:02:18
August 13 2011 09:01 GMT
#304
On August 13 2011 17:52 Carush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 17:35 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 17:16 Carush wrote:
On August 13 2011 17:01 SevenAteNine wrote:
You guys may not know it
but the last League of Legends event that was held at Dreamhack
had over 180k viewers
not 18
not 180
one-hundred and eighty THOUSAND

now, what was the largest SC2 stream?
you guys really may not respect League of Legends
but maybe thats just your problem

whats good for E-SPORTS is good for everyone

this is EXACTLY why i have a problem with LoL
it's not nearly as competitive as starcraft but it gets twice the views
this is because it's much more n00b friendly and casuals like to tune in and watch

i fear that the fate of sc2 in the west is going to be the same as brood war in the west and the better game is going to be tossed away for the more popular one :/


this is really just your point of view but there one big fact you are not taking into consideration
League of Legends is drastically different then Starcraft 2
there's really no connection to be made
the popularity of Starcraft 2 hasen't made a dent in a game like say
Halo 3

BW died directly due to SC2

well first off i was a halo 3 amateur player who attended a few events and i totally disagree with you saying that sc2 popularity is nothing compared to halo 3 popularity

i have no clue what the fuck you're talking about tbh

and brood war in the foreign scene was a TOTAL joke compared to all the other games at the time sc2 didn't kill brood war in the foreign scene it was already dead wcg and tsl was all there was for brood war and tsl didn't come until 2008 and wcg was a mess


lol, where the fuck do you get off
first of all you completely misread my statement
i didnt say anything as far as sc2>=Halo 3
im saying Halo 3 players arnt jumping ship
because of SC2
you dont see Dota players leaving for SC2 in mass
any Halo Pro's leave for SC2?
ill chalk that rude statement up to a misunderstanding

and as far as SC2 killing BW
where did all the top level non-korean BW players go when SC2 was launched
that is what i call a kill in my personal opinion
omnomnomnom
MandoRelease
Profile Joined October 2010
France374 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 09:04:26
August 13 2011 09:03 GMT
#305
I'd like to see how's LoL going to do in the long run. There hasn't been a lot of competitive tournament of League of Legend (except for DreamHack), so it's hard to say if the viewership count is high because it's new to have such tournaments or because the fan base will make it high and consistent.

As far i'm concerned, i don't even play the game, so there's no way i'm gonna watch the stream since I know i won't enjoy watching it. I'm just interested in how things will develop for the competitive scene of LoL on year from now. It feels the main reason for its success is that it's f2p, and the quality of the game comes after (even though it's a great game). I think it should be the other way around for the game to succeed in that competitive environment.
When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. Huge IMLosirA fan.
dc302
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia576 Posts
August 13 2011 09:16 GMT
#306
On August 13 2011 17:55 Blueblox wrote:
why does LoL have a bigger prize pool than Sc2? [do not take this as if it doesn't deserve a big prize pool]


Probably because you need 5 players in one team (if I'm not mistaken).
...
XupinatoR
Profile Joined July 2011
Spain125 Posts
August 13 2011 09:27 GMT
#307
I play league of legends a lot but i don't think that its a competitive game and it's sad that there aren't Euro teams wich atm are the best >.<

But well, gl to all the teams!
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Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5710 Posts
August 13 2011 09:33 GMT
#308
On August 13 2011 18:16 dc302 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 17:55 Blueblox wrote:
why does LoL have a bigger prize pool than Sc2? [do not take this as if it doesn't deserve a big prize pool]


Probably because you need 5 players in one team (if I'm not mistaken).


This. That prize is being split up 5 times lol.
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TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
August 13 2011 09:47 GMT
#309
I know where they are coming from with this decision,but I think they should have waited for Dota 2 to come out.I'm not saying dota 2 will be more popular or competitive than LoL but what if it turns out that way and than you have the sub-optimal moba game on your lineup?Do you just give up on LoL and turn to Dota?Maybe there is room for more games,but personally i think they should cut down their lineup and increase the prize pool of other games.
1 FPS,1 RTS and 1 Moba game.I think they are a little bit hesitant with the fighting game because there are so many out there right now and they are not sure yet which one would be optimal for the future.I'd like to see that selectiveness applied here until Dota comes out.

Personally i think black ops is just a dead weight right now compared to Halo which is a superior shooter compared to it imo,I think the game will be cut soon from the circuit.I'd hate to see the same thing happen to LoL,if Dota turns out to be the far superior competitive game.
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NightySC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Norway168 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 09:52:16
August 13 2011 09:50 GMT
#310
I like the fact that MLG is introducing new games. However my experience with watching LoL and DoTA is that it's not the best spectator game. At least that's my experience. But will be interesting to see how it goes at Raleigh. Been a while since I spectated any of them so maybe they have found some ways to make it easier to spectate!

Edit: Have to agree with the person above me to about DoTA 2. Will be interesting to see what happens when it gets launched. Imo it will take a lot of players away from both HoN and LoL. But who knows?
careohx
Profile Joined June 2011
263 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 09:57:13
August 13 2011 09:56 GMT
#311
They should have waited for DoTA2 however much u like to play LOL its not as competitive as DoTA.

Another problem is that to spectate these kind of games requiresa high level of hero spell knowledge which the usual spectator doesnt have. Thus the game will never be popular amongst those who dont play. The main reason Starcraft 2 has become such a big thing is because even if u dont know anything about it you understand whats going on.

Esports have to grow beyond having a "good" "fun" game into having a "good" "fun" and "spectator friendly game" which the majority of people can understand without prior brainstorming to go more mainstream.
Zavior
Profile Joined August 2009
Finland753 Posts
August 13 2011 10:04 GMT
#312
Does lol have any sort of spectator mode yet?
MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
August 13 2011 10:04 GMT
#313
Meh I dont even understand how there is a pro-scene for this game.

I understand that this game is 1000x easier than SC2 so a lot more people play it, but beyond that, I dont understand it.

And having playing Dota since 2.0, then trying HoN and LoL... LoL was by far the least competitive one of them all... I dont understand how there are "pros" in this.

I understand the draw of Dota and its clones though, because its like an interesting mix between a MMO and RTS in my opinion.

Dota/LoL/Hon is like playing a mmorpg. Getting levels, getting gear, killing people. Its like any MMO with PvP but lvling/experiencing all content takes place in an hour. And its an RTS because it is about your strategies/positioning/control.

MEH IDK tho, to be honest I am just stoked for Dota 2, because DotA with updated graphics will easily stomp all over LoL and HoN, which are just imitations, but with better graphics/interface above Dota. Once DotA2 has these, these 2 games are going to disappear/cut DRASTICALLY in size/player base.

To be honest the only reason LoL picked up so much attention/so many players was because it was completely free.

I have friends who dont even know what Dota is, who play LoL because it was free, and saw the ad on facebook.
NuclearJudas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
6546 Posts
August 13 2011 10:13 GMT
#314
Not surprising, considering the huge number of views it brings.
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tztztz
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany314 Posts
August 13 2011 10:19 GMT
#315
On August 13 2011 18:56 careohx wrote:
They should have waited for DoTA2 however much u like to play LOL its not as competitive as DoTA.

Another problem is that to spectate these kind of games requiresa high level of hero spell knowledge which the usual spectator doesnt have. Thus the game will never be popular amongst those who dont play. The main reason Starcraft 2 has become such a big thing is because even if u dont know anything about it you understand whats going on.

Esports have to grow beyond having a "good" "fun" game into having a "good" "fun" and "spectator friendly game" which the majority of people can understand without prior brainstorming to go more mainstream.


i don't think you always understand what's going on in sc2 (ht feedbacking, cloak banshee on the way without p having robo, etc.), i think the the level of understanding as a noob is pretty equal. especially with good commenting. yeah, in lol you need more knowledge of heros, spells and items, but it's also a more straight forward game, it's about 5 heros walking around and trying to kill the other 5 heros. pretty simple to observe imo. if someone fails a 4 gate in pvp and gg, a noob wont understand why the game is over now, in lol if one team kills all heros of the other team, it's obvious what happend und whats going to happen.
Serpico
Profile Joined May 2010
4285 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 10:21:39
August 13 2011 10:21 GMT
#316
On August 13 2011 19:19 tztztz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 18:56 careohx wrote:
They should have waited for DoTA2 however much u like to play LOL its not as competitive as DoTA.

Another problem is that to spectate these kind of games requiresa high level of hero spell knowledge which the usual spectator doesnt have. Thus the game will never be popular amongst those who dont play. The main reason Starcraft 2 has become such a big thing is because even if u dont know anything about it you understand whats going on.

Esports have to grow beyond having a "good" "fun" game into having a "good" "fun" and "spectator friendly game" which the majority of people can understand without prior brainstorming to go more mainstream.


i don't think you always understand what's going on in sc2 (ht feedbacking, cloak banshee on the way without p having robo, etc.), i think the the level of understanding as a noob is pretty equal. especially with good commenting. yeah, in lol you need more knowledge of heros, spells and items, but it's also a more straight forward game, it's about 5 heros walking around and trying to kill the other 5 heros. pretty simple to observe imo. if someone fails a 4 gate in pvp and gg, a noob wont understand why the game is over now, in lol if one team kills all heros of the other team, it's obvious what happend und whats going to happen.

The amount of heroes and balance issues along with items and skills makes it infinitely more difficult to have anything but a completely basic understanding of anything in LoL/HoN for a casual watcher.
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 13 2011 10:25 GMT
#317
If anything, DotA 2 will end up killing Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends will emerge from it relatively unscathed. League of Legends is a game that spreads by popularity, not as much by means of its gameplay merits. The game does cater to casuals, and as such...

Many of the current LoL fanbase:
1) Are casuals and have such
a) Not played DotA before
b) Have little intention of playing DotA 2.
2) Have invested time and money into LoL and as such have no incentive to switch
3) Play the game primarily with their friends, so they have no incentive to switch either.

DotA 2 will likely draw the "hardcore" crowd from HoN, DotA 1 and higher level LoL into its folds, but the casual scene of LoL is very loyal to its game.
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Niton
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2395 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 10:27:19
August 13 2011 10:27 GMT
#318
On August 13 2011 19:25 scintilliaSD wrote:
If anything, DotA 2 will end up killing Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends will emerge from it relatively unscathed. League of Legends is a game that spreads by popularity, not as much by means of its gameplay merits. The game does cater to casuals, and as such...

Many of the current LoL fanbase:
1) Are casuals and have such
a) Not played DotA before
b) Have little intention of playing DotA 2.
2) Have invested time and money into LoL and as such have no incentive to switch
3) Play the game primarily with their friends, so they have no incentive to switch either.

DotA 2 will likely draw the "hardcore" crowd from HoN, DotA 1 and higher level LoL into its folds, but the casual scene of LoL is very loyal to its game.


In addition, LoL has an entire set of mechanics (runes and masteries) that appear to not be translating into DotA 2. LoL and HoN/DotA are fundamentally very different games, so I don't expect LoL to wither from DotA's existence.
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SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 10:31:07
August 13 2011 10:29 GMT
#319
On August 13 2011 19:04 MaestroSC wrote:
Meh I dont even understand how there is a pro-scene for this game.

I understand that this game is 1000x easier than SC2 so a lot more people play it, but beyond that, I dont understand it.

And having playing Dota since 2.0, then trying HoN and LoL... LoL was by far the least competitive one of them all... I dont understand how there are "pros" in this.

I understand the draw of Dota and its clones though, because its like an interesting mix between a MMO and RTS in my opinion.

Dota/LoL/Hon is like playing a mmorpg. Getting levels, getting gear, killing people. Its like any MMO with PvP but lvling/experiencing all content takes place in an hour. And its an RTS because it is about your strategies/positioning/control.

MEH IDK tho, to be honest I am just stoked for Dota 2, because DotA with updated graphics will easily stomp all over LoL and HoN, which are just imitations, but with better graphics/interface above Dota. Once DotA2 has these, these 2 games are going to disappear/cut DRASTICALLY in size/player base.

To be honest the only reason LoL picked up so much attention/so many players was because it was completely free.

I have friends who dont even know what Dota is, who play LoL because it was free, and saw the ad on facebook.


League of Legends has an extremely loyal following
how else do you think they pull off such high viewership
end of the day its all about popularity

sc2 for example
sc2 gains alot of popularity
money follow
more players follow
skill level raises to keep up with compatition
you could easily see this type of trend happen with LoL

also there is no Denying? so
i dont see Dota/hon having such a unique jungle system
there's alot of depth that LoL's jungle gives the game
that you simply dont see with Dota/Hon
people really dont take this into consideration
omnomnomnom
Dezire
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands640 Posts
August 13 2011 10:36 GMT
#320
Let's just hope they dont steal any sc2 main stages or anything :D
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tztztz
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany314 Posts
August 13 2011 10:38 GMT
#321
On August 13 2011 19:04 MaestroSC wrote:
Meh I dont even understand how there is a pro-scene for this game.

I understand that this game is 1000x easier than SC2 so a lot more people play it, but beyond that, I dont understand it.

And having playing Dota since 2.0, then trying HoN and LoL... LoL was by far the least competitive one of them all... I dont understand how there are "pros" in this.

I understand the draw of Dota and its clones though, because its like an interesting mix between a MMO and RTS in my opinion.

Dota/LoL/Hon is like playing a mmorpg. Getting levels, getting gear, killing people. Its like any MMO with PvP but lvling/experiencing all content takes place in an hour. And its an RTS because it is about your strategies/positioning/control.

MEH IDK tho, to be honest I am just stoked for Dota 2, because DotA with updated graphics will easily stomp all over LoL and HoN, which are just imitations, but with better graphics/interface above Dota. Once DotA2 has these, these 2 games are going to disappear/cut DRASTICALLY in size/player base.

To be honest the only reason LoL picked up so much attention/so many players was because it was completely free.

I have friends who dont even know what Dota is, who play LoL because it was free, and saw the ad on facebook.


no it's not 1000x easier. why would it be?
Doomwish
Profile Joined July 2011
438 Posts
August 13 2011 10:43 GMT
#322
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.
sopas
Profile Joined July 2011
509 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 10:50:15
August 13 2011 10:49 GMT
#323
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.

if u want to understand what's going on then no. so many heroes with multiple abilities which u really only know if uve played the game enough to have learned all of them. not to mention all the roles etc. i guess its the same for all dota-type games, haven't played lol tho.
MandoRelease
Profile Joined October 2010
France374 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 10:53:20
August 13 2011 10:50 GMT
#324
On August 13 2011 19:29 SevenAteNine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:04 MaestroSC wrote:
Meh I dont even understand how there is a pro-scene for this game.

I understand that this game is 1000x easier than SC2 so a lot more people play it, but beyond that, I dont understand it.

And having playing Dota since 2.0, then trying HoN and LoL... LoL was by far the least competitive one of them all... I dont understand how there are "pros" in this.

I understand the draw of Dota and its clones though, because its like an interesting mix between a MMO and RTS in my opinion.

Dota/LoL/Hon is like playing a mmorpg. Getting levels, getting gear, killing people. Its like any MMO with PvP but lvling/experiencing all content takes place in an hour. And its an RTS because it is about your strategies/positioning/control.

MEH IDK tho, to be honest I am just stoked for Dota 2, because DotA with updated graphics will easily stomp all over LoL and HoN, which are just imitations, but with better graphics/interface above Dota. Once DotA2 has these, these 2 games are going to disappear/cut DRASTICALLY in size/player base.

To be honest the only reason LoL picked up so much attention/so many players was because it was completely free.

I have friends who dont even know what Dota is, who play LoL because it was free, and saw the ad on facebook.


League of Legends has an extremely loyal following
how else do you think they pull off such high viewership
end of the day its all about popularity

sc2 for example
sc2 gains alot of popularity
money follow
more players follow
skill level raises to keep up with compatition
you could easily see this type of trend happen with LoL

also there is no Denying? so
i dont see Dota/hon having such a unique jungle system
there's alot of depth that LoL's jungle gives the game
that you simply dont see with Dota/Hon
people really dont take this into consideration


That's not necessary true. I mean, it could happen of course but there are fundamental differences between sc2 and lol. First of all, lol had its popularity based on the fact that it's free to play. Meaning part of the player base may not want to invest in competitive LoL (money into stream, time , travel to mlg, and so forth). Whereas sc2 players are more encline (overall) to do so, simply because they already did it by buying the game.

I'm pretty bad at expressing my argument, so maybe I did not chose the best words, but I think you got the idea. If the LoL fan base will just watch free stream, and not travel to mlg or other tournaments, nor be willing to send a little money to support their game on a more competitive level, the game will just not succeed as an e-sport.

Don't get me wrong, they could very well do it, and LoL will become huge in tournaments like MLG, but the f2p aspect of the game has an impact on the mindset of the player (at least when they start playing the game). And that's a huge difference between the sc2 and the lol players that could lead League of Legend to a different path that Starcrat 2 took.

When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. Huge IMLosirA fan.
SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
August 13 2011 10:52 GMT
#325
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv
omnomnomnom
Freefall
Profile Joined May 2011
Bahamas46 Posts
August 13 2011 10:55 GMT
#326
I look forward to watching this =)
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
August 13 2011 10:55 GMT
#327
I never understood what's happening with dota, lol, hon, ... I played these "three-lane-battle" maps in WC3 like forever and suddenly dota appears and everything is "hype hype hype" about it, even that it is a clone in itself! Maybe a clone that makes things better, but the original game idea is far from being invented by dota!

Also watching these games is horrible! Playtime under one hour is a surprise and there is happening like nothing interesting in nearly 80% of this time! And the interesting parts are so fast, that a normal viewer doesn't know what exactly happed there!

And now LoL at MLG... sorry, LoL is buying itself into tournaments for quite some time now! It is backed by so much money it is crazy and people just get dollar signs in their eyes!

But who am I to tell you anything, I still play Civilization 2 in my free time! So have fun with this, but accept that I will ignore this entirely!
There can only be one Geisterkarle
iLikeRain
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark504 Posts
August 13 2011 10:55 GMT
#328
I'd rather see DotA or HoN to be honest, as they have a lot more competitive nature as a game. LoL is like a super casual free version of DotA, but as long as it help e-sports then that's cool.
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Fleshcut
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany592 Posts
August 13 2011 10:59 GMT
#329
Nice! My second favorite game gets some more attention!
Tuthur
Profile Joined July 2010
France985 Posts
August 13 2011 11:01 GMT
#330
Halo Reach, Black Ops and now LoL, if it wasn't for Starcraft MLG would be a casual-fest. It kinda saddens me to see a growing "esports" company promoting games with such low skillgap, good marketing move though, the viewers will definitely be there.
yamato77
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
11589 Posts
August 13 2011 11:07 GMT
#331
Of course a StarCraft board will shit on this move. But in all honesty, LoL is fun to play, semi fun to watch, and overall a great viewer draw. The game still requires high level tactical and strategical decision making, which is the draw for me. Even if it is more of a game for casuals than anything, it's still a good competition at the high level because of how much positioning and timing matter. It's not a total scrub-fest, guys.
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legaton
Profile Joined December 2010
France1763 Posts
August 13 2011 11:21 GMT
#332
Just four teams for a shot at 20000 dollars!!! Jesus Christ, when i read stuff like this, and i think at the 5000 dollars given to SC2 pros, i understand why korean players have unions and collective bargains. SC2 players spend a small fortune just to go to MLG, and they bring the biggest audience, yet they have the smallest prize pool of the entire tournament...
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Roggay
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland6320 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 11:25:35
August 13 2011 11:23 GMT
#333
When I heard of this, I hoped they would have taked out CoD :/

But I don't understand why MLG didnt wait a little bit longer to see what Dota2 would be like, the decision seems a bit rushed to me.

LoL is a fun game (played some games), but I have still some trouble taking it seriously as an Esport. Oh well, as long as they have sc2, everything is good.
DexVitality
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Hong Kong234 Posts
August 13 2011 12:17 GMT
#334
This is pretty cool. I have been playing some LoL lately and I must say it is a fun game but I feel it is a game that seems more appealing for the casual gamers. Which is great for E-Sports in general to see a game like this go onto the competitive E-Sports scene and I really hope it continues to develop even after DOTA 2 comes out.
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twiitar
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany372 Posts
August 13 2011 12:29 GMT
#335
Whyyyyyyyyyy

I really can't stand DotA-games (MOBA is just a marketing term used by companies that make DotA-games but aren't associated with DotA, i.e. anybody but Blizz and Valve) and I also don't see any mass appeal in them.

Almost any PC FPS would've been better.
opiemonster
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia49 Posts
August 13 2011 12:30 GMT
#336
league of legends is more fun to play than sc2, but sc2 is a bit more fun to watch.
I like starcraft.
asperger
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden1310 Posts
August 13 2011 12:30 GMT
#337
I played LoL when it came out, and it's pretty fun; I don't think it's a bad spectator sport, but I think DotA or HoN would have been better.
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Goshawk.
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United Kingdom5338 Posts
August 13 2011 12:50 GMT
#338
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 13:10:56
August 13 2011 13:02 GMT
#339
All I ever hear about lol is the Dreamhack tournament.

There've been a lot of high profile SC2 events since then in addition to the dozens of weekly/monthly money tournaments, but I hear nothing about lol except how big it was at Dreamhack.

I guess ESL and MLG will be the international lol tournament scene.


edit²: I think lol firmly falls into the "competitive games" portion of the industry along with Halo, FIFA, CoD, wow and Trackmania instead of the "e-sports" portion (BW, QL, SC2).
Circos
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom115 Posts
August 13 2011 13:02 GMT
#340
If you pick up this shit, you better pick up Guild Wars 2 when it comes out.

User was warned for this post
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Nivoh
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Norway259 Posts
August 13 2011 13:05 GMT
#341
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 13 2011 13:08 GMT
#342
There was an embedded own3dtv player on the lobby homepage during DH.
Mortal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
2943 Posts
August 13 2011 13:12 GMT
#343
Oh great... the game with the worst community on the planet. I'll keep personal bias out of it and just say let's see how it goes.
The universe created an audience for itself.
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
August 13 2011 13:19 GMT
#344
I love playing LoL, and it's mildly entertaining to watch (depending on the commentary.. 4Deman + Joe Miller = awesome), but why do LoL streamers and tournaments use own3d.tv? Justin.tv is so much better. I hope the MLG stream will be as good as the SC2 streams in the last two MLGs.
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Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
August 13 2011 13:20 GMT
#345
I have zero interest in LoL, but this is undoubtedly great news. Hope it all goes well!
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saint_d
Profile Joined October 2010
United States76 Posts
August 13 2011 13:43 GMT
#346
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.

This is not accurate, quit perpetuating lies.
tahts halo, dont worry
calvinL
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada416 Posts
August 13 2011 13:44 GMT
#347
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.


Nope, people keep spreading misinformation like this but it was only a stream link, and not the actual stream. LoL is insanely popular compared to SC2, even the Dreamhack NA qualifers, which wasn't advertised at all, got aound 80k viewers if I remembered correctly.
FrooK
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden28 Posts
August 13 2011 13:54 GMT
#348
I don't care for LoL one bit, but I don't see this as a bad thing(don't really care).

All focus on e-sports is good imo.
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
August 13 2011 13:55 GMT
#349
Anyone from our little TL LoL group going to MLG? It looks like I'll be there so I should meet some of you who I haven't yet!
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
August 13 2011 13:57 GMT
#350
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.

Are people still saying this?

You had to actually click on the link and watch the stream to get counted as a viewer. Merely being in the lobby didn't affect anything.
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
BadgerBadger8264
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands409 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 14:05:37
August 13 2011 13:59 GMT
#351
I feel like not wanting to watch MLG just because they're adding LoL, its a duplicate of dota and shouldn't stay at MLG for too long, I hope atleast. Dota2 fighting!!

It's far from a "DotA clone", it's of the same genre, but it doesn't feature ridiculous things like animation cancelling and denying that make the game just that much less fun for anyone that doesn't play super competitively. HoN/DotA2 are DotA clones. League of Legends is not.

And competitiveness doesn't matter for MLG. They care about viewers, and viewers only.

If casting League of Legends brings them in more viewers than DotA/DotA2 will (which I strongly think it will), they will broadcast that over DotA/2, even if it is somehow less competitive.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 14:03:53
August 13 2011 14:02 GMT
#352
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.

Dreamhack NA qualifiers had over 100.000k viewers and Riot didn't advertize it anywhere, so it's totally unthinkable that the actual dreamhack had double the viewers?

If Riot had counted everyone in the client they'd have gotten closer to a million viewers, you don't seem to realize how popular the game is.

On August 13 2011 22:59 BadgerBadger8264 wrote:
Show nested quote +
I feel like not wanting to watch MLG just because they're adding LoL, its a duplicate of dota and shouldn't stay at MLG for too long, I hope atleast. Dota2 fighting!!

It's far from a "DotA clone", it's of the same genre, but it doesn't feature ridiculous things like animation cancelling and denying that make the game just that much less fun for anyone that doesn't play super competitively. HoN/DotA2 are DotA clones. League of Legends is not.

LoL definitely has animation canceling
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Hydro
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada153 Posts
August 13 2011 14:04 GMT
#353
Oh Hellz yes It's about time!!
oopsyoucantmove
Profile Joined February 2011
United States39 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 14:23:01
August 13 2011 14:17 GMT
#354
wtf MLG? 12.5k for first place and you're still getting by only giving 5k for sc2????????

That is ridiculous....

I understand that you need 5 people on LoL team but SC2 is SOOOO Big, i feel like MLG is just cheapskating by trying to skimp on money for the rest of the season to save money

Since the first MLG SC2 has increased revenues for MLG by itself so much I'm sure its crazy - I know that if MLG DID change the pool it would just create that much more attention to it and make them even more money


lazyfeet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States468 Posts
August 13 2011 14:19 GMT
#355
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.
LUCK is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity.......
Hossinaut
Profile Joined June 2011
United States453 Posts
August 13 2011 14:19 GMT
#356
I'd love to see the prize pool for SC2 increased at MLG.... D:

LoL is fine and dandy, not my cup of tea, but I know a lot of people that will likely watch MLG because of LoL being on, so I hope that this brings more people to broader E-Sports as well as MOAR STARCRAFTS :D <3
Demonace34
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2493 Posts
August 13 2011 14:23 GMT
#357
How do so many people not get it, 5 person team, divide the prize pool by 5 and relax. Riot probably also helped by chipping in some cash for the pool. SC2 has a good prize pool for it being a 3 day event.

Anyway, the more games the merrier here. I just installed LoL but can't decide on a character. I'll be watching it at MLG.
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anathematize
Profile Joined June 2011
United States69 Posts
August 13 2011 14:32 GMT
#358
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

math it out bro.
CptHunter
Profile Joined August 2011
Netherlands5 Posts
August 13 2011 14:37 GMT
#359
Too bad holiday is almost over here in Holland. Would have loved to go to the USA for holiday and visit the MLG Watching the games with day[9] and Tastetosis there :D
The sun is approximately 6,32 Billion times the size of a foobtal.
DanielZKlein
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1171 Posts
August 13 2011 14:43 GMT
#360
You had to click the link in the lobby to be counted as a viewer.
My modesty is awesome.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 15:36:27
August 13 2011 14:55 GMT
#361
On August 13 2011 22:55 Haemonculus wrote:
Anyone from our little TL LoL group going to MLG? It looks like I'll be there so I should meet some of you who I haven't yet!


make sure you don't scare off any more 12 year old asian girls
busbarn
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden984 Posts
August 13 2011 15:00 GMT
#362
Bold move just before we get a sneak peak at DotA2, then again it's not going to get release for a while, but I'm thinking adding DotA2 to the circuit would've created more hype then copying ESL's idea with LoL. Maybe it's LoL who's paying?
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 13 2011 15:13 GMT
#363
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
August 13 2011 15:25 GMT
#364
Hahaha.
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kamicaze5
Profile Joined October 2010
United States15 Posts
August 13 2011 15:25 GMT
#365
On August 13 2011 23:43 DanielZKlein wrote:
You had to click the link in the lobby to be counted as a viewer.


Zenon! Please tell me you're going to be there!? I think I would have to book a flight to Raleigh right now to meet you, sir.
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 15:37:59
August 13 2011 15:35 GMT
#366
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.
MandoRelease
Profile Joined October 2010
France374 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 15:41:21
August 13 2011 15:40 GMT
#367
On August 14 2011 00:35 Bobster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.


Finaly. I was about to say the exact same thing, because apparently people only focuses on how much does the winner(s) get(s). Prizepool is higher for lol. That's not essentially bad, it's just higher. I don't get why people are actually arguing "but the winner gets less", like it is relevant in the discussion.
When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. Huge IMLosirA fan.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
August 13 2011 15:40 GMT
#368
I'll be sure to keep the LoL stream on the side, while blue and red streams aren't running. Congrats MLG, you'll be surprised how many kiddies actually show up on the LoL stream.
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trancey_
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany729 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 15:43:32
August 13 2011 15:43 GMT
#369
don't care particularly, meh.
except for the strange price pool.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 13 2011 15:43 GMT
#370
On August 14 2011 00:35 Bobster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.

RIOT is likely putting up the money for the prize pool like they have in every other tournament lol has ever been in.

If you want to get slapped in the face, look to blizzard for not putting up any money for their own game.
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simansh
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
257 Posts
August 13 2011 15:51 GMT
#371
I love playing LoL but not really as a spectating sport. HoN and dota are a bit more fun to watch because there are a lot more ganks and generally there is more 'physical'(for lack of a better word) like creep denying and stuff and that makes it more fun to watch. In LoL, the team that gets more ganks in the mid-game team fights generally just wins cause kills give you so much more money than in hon or dota, and you cant creep deny to get an advantage.
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MLG_Lee
Profile Joined July 2010
279 Posts
August 13 2011 15:55 GMT
#372
Lots of healthy debate here.

Prize money for SC2 has been set for the 2011 season. MLG's policy to date has been to make the prize money per player identical across all titles. That's changing in 2012. But please bear in mind these aren't changes that we can make on the fly. And the 2012 prize money for SC2 will be MUCH larger then they are now.

The League of Legends addition is NEW, so we can implement new policies. And the prize money per player is much smaller than SC2
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IMABUNNEH
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1062 Posts
August 13 2011 16:01 GMT
#373
On August 14 2011 00:35 Bobster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.



Would you say it's... RUINING ESPORTS?:p
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lrofd
Profile Joined April 2011
United States187 Posts
August 13 2011 16:04 GMT
#374
On August 14 2011 00:55 MLG_Lee wrote:
Lots of healthy debate here.

Prize money for SC2 has been set for the 2011 season. MLG's policy to date has been to make the prize money per player identical across all titles. That's changing in 2012. But please bear in mind these aren't changes that we can make on the fly. And the 2012 prize money for SC2 will be MUCH larger then they are now.

The League of Legends addition is NEW, so we can implement new policies. And the prize money per player is much smaller than SC2



ty for clarifying (and shutting up all the repetitive debates).
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 16:24:10
August 13 2011 16:20 GMT
#375
On August 14 2011 00:35 Bobster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.

Would you prefer a 4 player SC2 tournament? I'd prefer a LoL tournament with 50 teams

On August 14 2011 00:51 simansh wrote:
I love playing LoL but not really as a spectating sport. HoN and dota are a bit more fun to watch because there are a lot more ganks and generally there is more 'physical'(for lack of a better word) like creep denying and stuff and that makes it more fun to watch. In LoL, the team that gets more ganks in the mid-game team fights generally just wins cause kills give you so much more money than in hon or dota, and you cant creep deny to get an advantage.

Usually the ganks don't do that much, and the game's mostly about farming nonstop rather than ganking. It's true that high level LoL can feel relatively dull, but there still is decent amounts of action with wardclearing and buff / dragon control, and later on baron control. The current style just seems to be a really safe way of playing, it's likely that sometime in the future there will be changes in the dominant playstyle to make the gameplay braver.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Benjef
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom6921 Posts
August 13 2011 16:28 GMT
#376
Hopefully this can pave the way for Dota 2 on the circuit :D
<3 | Dota 2 | DayZ | <3
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
August 13 2011 16:28 GMT
#377
On August 14 2011 00:55 MLG_Lee wrote:
Lots of healthy debate here.

Prize money for SC2 has been set for the 2011 season. MLG's policy to date has been to make the prize money per player identical across all titles. That's changing in 2012. But please bear in mind these aren't changes that we can make on the fly. And the 2012 prize money for SC2 will be MUCH larger then they are now.

The League of Legends addition is NEW, so we can implement new policies. And the prize money per player is much smaller than SC2

Thats good news for 2012.
Pretty cool of you to clear that up honestly.
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
August 13 2011 16:30 GMT
#378
On August 14 2011 00:55 MLG_Lee wrote:
Lots of healthy debate here.

Prize money for SC2 has been set for the 2011 season. MLG's policy to date has been to make the prize money per player identical across all titles. That's changing in 2012. But please bear in mind these aren't changes that we can make on the fly. And the 2012 prize money for SC2 will be MUCH larger then they are now.

The League of Legends addition is NEW, so we can implement new policies. And the prize money per player is much smaller than SC2



i think the real question on most peoples minds is who put up the prize money, mlg or riot :o
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 13 2011 16:56 GMT
#379
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.
ClysmiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2192 Posts
August 13 2011 17:00 GMT
#380
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:
BlameSchool
Profile Joined July 2011
3 Posts
August 13 2011 17:07 GMT
#381
I only have 2 damn monitors!
DDie
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil2369 Posts
August 13 2011 17:24 GMT
#382
On August 13 2011 06:44 Invoker wrote:
It should have been HoN.



With dota 2 just around the corner, what's the point?
''Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.''
p T r
Profile Joined November 2010
United States94 Posts
August 13 2011 17:31 GMT
#383
I guess we'll see what LoL is going to be like in real competitive light?
aru
Profile Joined April 2010
183 Posts
August 13 2011 17:31 GMT
#384
On August 14 2011 00:43 Two_DoWn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 00:35 Bobster wrote:
On August 14 2011 00:13 Shikyo wrote:
On August 13 2011 23:19 lazyfeet wrote:
That is like slap in the face on starcraft 2 with the prize been so high.

Umm it's a 5-player team game. Each player only gets 1/5 of that, but you knew that right? Counterstrike gets more prize money than SC2 , although this still isn't even alot

lol gets 20.000 dollars among 20 players.
SC2 gets 14.000 dollars among 272 players.


Slap in the face sounds about right to me.

RIOT is likely putting up the money for the prize pool like they have in every other tournament lol has ever been in.

If you want to get slapped in the face, look to blizzard for not putting up any money for their own game.


Doesn't Blizzard actually charge people to run their game? Like 50% cut of the advertising revenue if it's over 5k. Now that's a slap in the face. (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=247210)

Gamescon is this coming weekend, so I guess we'll see how well League does there. It'll probably have more viewers compared to MLG since the EU teams will actually be there.
sc14s
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5052 Posts
August 13 2011 17:42 GMT
#385
On August 14 2011 02:24 DDie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:44 Invoker wrote:
It should have been HoN.



With dota 2 just around the corner, what's the point?

exactly what i was thinking
K_Dilkington
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden449 Posts
August 13 2011 17:43 GMT
#386
On August 13 2011 22:19 tyCe wrote:
I love playing LoL, and it's mildly entertaining to watch (depending on the commentary.. 4Deman + Joe Miller = awesome), but why do LoL streamers and tournaments use own3d.tv? Justin.tv is so much better. I hope the MLG stream will be as good as the SC2 streams in the last two MLGs.


I have the opposite opinion. I have constant problems with justin.tv and never any problem with own3d.tv.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of 18
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
August 13 2011 18:04 GMT
#387
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
August 13 2011 18:31 GMT
#388
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 13 2011 18:32 GMT
#389
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

??? There is a korean lol scene. RIot Korea just sniped like the entire Blizzard Korea workers.
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xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
August 13 2011 18:44 GMT
#390
On August 14 2011 03:31 MoonBear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.

Agreed,

Lol is basically the 2nd biggest PC game out there, after Wow. SO getting an esports scene around it is a massive blessing to see how such a gigantic community fits with it.
Aah thats the stuff..
RoMGraViTy
Profile Joined February 2011
United States314 Posts
August 13 2011 18:54 GMT
#391
On August 14 2011 03:44 xarthaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 03:31 MoonBear wrote:
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.

Agreed,

Lol is basically the 2nd biggest PC game out there, after Wow. SO getting an esports scene around it is a massive blessing to see how such a gigantic community fits with it.



Agreed, and the fact that its free helps that number out a lot. Dont care for it myself, but im fine with it as long as it furthers esports.

Now...to just get SF4 at MLG......Then we'll have a crowd.
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Jaso
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2147 Posts
August 13 2011 18:59 GMT
#392
On August 14 2011 03:31 MoonBear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.


Is Presidency Korean?
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SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 19:51:46
August 13 2011 19:38 GMT
#393
On August 13 2011 21:50 Goshawk. wrote:
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-

League of Legends has a much improved observer mode, they released it at dreamhack
tho no pause feature lol
omnomnomnom
Excelle
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden200 Posts
August 13 2011 20:03 GMT
#394
I heard that the makers of LoL just payed there way into all e-sports tournaments.. good to se that they do so much for the game they own!..
Starcraft2
Aberu
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States968 Posts
August 13 2011 20:08 GMT
#395
On August 13 2011 06:50 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:43 NeoIllusions wrote:
Riot is most likely chipping in for the prize. Everything they do now is to offset what Valve is doing.

Yes, this seems like very little time before MLG Raleigh that LoL is suddenly/officially announced for MLG. But I'm sure Riot is pushing to have it in this MLG, instead of Orlando. They're comp'ing all the travel expenses no less.



i was about to get super mad :D that mlg would suddenly find money to support lol when they said there was none when sc2 broke into the scene. but if this is a riot funded addition, atleast for the first event them im 100% for mlg expanding to more games


There WAS none when SC2 broke into the scene, MLG picked up SC2 just barely during 2010, at their loss, and they teamed up with ING (HUGE corporation) so now they have more money.
srsly
ICarrotU
Profile Joined February 2011
United States254 Posts
August 13 2011 20:53 GMT
#396
On August 14 2011 03:44 xarthaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 03:31 MoonBear wrote:
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.

Agreed,

Lol is basically the 2nd biggest PC game out there, after Wow. SO getting an esports scene around it is a massive blessing to see how such a gigantic community fits with it.



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.
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
August 13 2011 21:07 GMT
#397
This is cool, it will all come down to observing though. With 10 players doing different things till about the midgame it can be really hectic to understand whats going on for the casual person watching. Ive seen some really nicely observed matches and some really horrible ones. Either way I will definitely check out some of the action on the stream. Go ESPORTS!
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SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
August 13 2011 21:09 GMT
#398
On August 14 2011 05:53 ICarrotU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 03:44 xarthaz wrote:
On August 14 2011 03:31 MoonBear wrote:
On August 14 2011 03:04 canikizu wrote:
On August 14 2011 02:00 ClysmiC wrote:
On August 14 2011 01:56 JiYan wrote:
im really curious how popular itll be at MLG and whether or not it actually gets the humongous support that Riot has been touting this entire time. I guess its LoL's moment of truth.

Yeah this is definitely going to be LoL's trial by fire. But based on some of the numbers that I've heard for previous LoL streams, I think it will do very well... I kind of find myself hoping it doesn't do too well though, as I find DOTA style games to be dreadfully boring to watch. I guess what I'm saying is that I want them to be successful, but I don't want them to take any of SC2's thunder D:

There're no Koreans in LoL, so it's not supposed to be bigger than SC2.

Loco, ManyReason, ALilac, grandjudge, Scarlet, Maknoon, Nolja and many other Koreans would like to have a word with you.

So would the 15 million registered players, 1.4 million daily players and 3.7 million active hours of LoL games a day.

Agreed,

Lol is basically the 2nd biggest PC game out there, after Wow. SO getting an esports scene around it is a massive blessing to see how such a gigantic community fits with it.



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.


if LoL had just a hefty underbase this might be relevant
but LoL also pulls in a HUGE viewercount
as you said look at spectator numbers
and LoL pulls in more then SC2
omnomnomnom
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 13 2011 21:18 GMT
#399
The whole "its a shitty viewer experience so it cant succeed" argument needs to stop.

200k people watched the dreamhack lol tournament at the same time. No one cares if you dont like it. 200k other people DO like to watch it. And 200k was WAY more than the sc2 streams pulled at dreamhack.
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Jawmare
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada85 Posts
August 13 2011 21:21 GMT
#400
Pretty much the same reason why they include Halo:Reach and Black Ops, a lot of spectator but utterly crap in terms of competitiveness (instead of... Quake, or CS/CS:S)
alwaid
Profile Joined October 2010
United States96 Posts
August 13 2011 21:44 GMT
#401
I, for one, am uninterested in LoL.

More power to them though, we'll see how it pans out.
Nivoh
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Norway259 Posts
August 13 2011 21:45 GMT
#402
On August 14 2011 04:38 SevenAteNine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 21:50 Goshawk. wrote:
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-

League of Legends has a much improved observer mode, they released it at dreamhack
tho no pause feature lol

Exactly what does "a much improved observer mode" entail? What makes it different from an observer mode?
Goshawk.
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United Kingdom5338 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 21:49:41
August 13 2011 21:49 GMT
#403
On August 14 2011 04:38 SevenAteNine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 21:50 Goshawk. wrote:
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-

League of Legends has a much improved observer mode, they released it at dreamhack
tho no pause feature lol


The observer function they showed in DH has yet to be implemented into the client so it's unclear whether it will be present at MLG or if they will be using the crappy 6 player thing they normally use.
.Johnny
Profile Joined August 2011
United States16 Posts
August 13 2011 21:55 GMT
#404
I really think they should have HoN instead of LoL.... Does any one know if DoTA 2 will be played at MLG when it does come out?
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 22:00:00
August 13 2011 21:57 GMT
#405
On August 14 2011 06:45 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 04:38 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 21:50 Goshawk. wrote:
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-

League of Legends has a much improved observer mode, they released it at dreamhack
tho no pause feature lol

Exactly what does "a much improved observer mode" entail? What makes it different from an observer mode?


Well, the current LoL has no observer mode, so any release is an improvement.


On August 14 2011 06:49 Goshawk. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 04:38 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 21:50 Goshawk. wrote:
It's not a question of the gameplay, it's a question of the viewers and it's been seen that LoL tournaments attract a ridiculous number of viewers. It's sad though that LoL still doesn't have a proper observer mode and we'll probably still see the crappy 6 player obs mode. -_-

League of Legends has a much improved observer mode, they released it at dreamhack
tho no pause feature lol


The observer function they showed in DH has yet to be implemented into the client so it's unclear whether it will be present at MLG or if they will be using the crappy 6 player thing they normally use.


Since Riot was likely involved in gettint LoL into MLG, I'm sure they will get the observer mode set up for it.


On August 14 2011 06:55 .Johnny wrote:
I really think they should have HoN instead of LoL.... Does any one know if DoTA 2 will be played at MLG when it does come out?


MLG is considering HoN and DotA2 since Sundance has tweeted about both those games. I think someone earlier in this thread said that it's going to be LoL for Raleigh and HoN for Orlando just to test the waters for both games. Not really sure how accurate that statement is though.
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robertdinh
Profile Joined June 2010
803 Posts
August 13 2011 21:59 GMT
#406
LoL has more potential as a spectator sport than sc2 (just my opinion)

The problem with LoL is that the competitive scene is so underdeveloped. Sure Riot is making their product show up at a lot of lan tournaments, but look at the actual competitive scene. Between tournaments do you see scrim channels on quakenet or gamesurge full of 5v5 teams looking for scrims? Nope, what you see are people like bigfatjiji solo/duo queueing with some girl he is carrying.

These top LoL players are top because they've played the most and get the most practice with other good LoL players, but they act like they've never been good at anything before so they are totally in it for the personal fame/glory.

It's just unfortunate they are too shortsighted to realize that if they really wanna grow their fame, they need to perpetuate the 5v5 competitive scene, getting scrim channels setup, encouraging the masses to make 5v5 teams and practice constantly, as opposed to living off of the solo/duo queues in the off time.

Basically it needs to be more like cs 1.6s competitive scene (at least from years ago)
True skill comes without effort.
Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
August 13 2011 22:19 GMT
#407
On August 14 2011 06:55 .Johnny wrote:
I really think they should have HoN instead of LoL.... Does any one know if DoTA 2 will be played at MLG when it does come out?

Once a few pages random person keeps saying this but with no argument behind it. Of course picking LoL over HoN is better for everyone except HoN's fans (since LoL is so popular now) so why would MLG bother? Especially since HoN aims at the EXACTLY same playerbase as DOTA2 ("hardcore" DOTA fans), while LoL doesn't (Riot wants the game to be accessible to everyone, not just gosu players)
peekn
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1152 Posts
August 13 2011 22:28 GMT
#408
I recognize most of these teams names, but there are so little of them. Looks like it is going to be a short tournament...

Darn LoL games take so long.
Zyori
Profile Joined June 2011
United States48 Posts
August 13 2011 22:52 GMT
#409
wow I thought it was going to be hon ><
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Kamma
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark111 Posts
August 13 2011 22:54 GMT
#410
I guess this is pretty good for eSports in general, a lot of people will watch MLG because of this. And I'm sure my brother will be happy :D
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bigjenk
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1543 Posts
August 13 2011 23:04 GMT
#411
On August 13 2011 06:50 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 06:43 NeoIllusions wrote:
Riot is most likely chipping in for the prize. Everything they do now is to offset what Valve is doing.

Yes, this seems like very little time before MLG Raleigh that LoL is suddenly/officially announced for MLG. But I'm sure Riot is pushing to have it in this MLG, instead of Orlando. They're comp'ing all the travel expenses no less.



i was about to get super mad :D that mlg would suddenly find money to support lol when they said there was none when sc2 broke into the scene. but if this is a riot funded addition, atleast for the first event them im 100% for mlg expanding to more games

to be fair tourney streams at that time for sc2 were not cracking 20k in the western world. lol got 200k simultaneous views at dreamhack and gets 40k plus with online streamed tournies(often more but viewers get split between player streams)
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Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
August 13 2011 23:12 GMT
#412
I'll definitely watch it.
But only because I played it cos it was free and understand the game.
If you don't play it there's really nothing to appreciate.
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quickclickz
Profile Joined June 2011
United States81 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 23:18:05
August 13 2011 23:13 GMT
#413
On August 14 2011 06:59 robertdinh wrote:
LoL has more potential as a spectator sport than sc2 (just my opinion)


I don't know where you see this potential from, but the game is still so under-developed as an Esport I can't see it being spectator-friendly. If you want a spectator friendly UI, SC2 is a clearly a good example, but also look at hon's spectator UI.. popouts of the items when everyone someone buys it... good detailed info on the stats from last hits, g/m, and just very informative and spectator-friendly. Furthermore, the lack of a pause function really makes LoL a joke when compared to any game such as this where one game could easily take 30+ minutes and restarting a game is a very controversial thing to do.

I'm not a HoN fanboy who hates LoL, seeing as I play both at a high level but the two games have issues that will stop them from being successful in the esports scene unless things change. S2 has a horrible esports department and marketing that they just lagged in player base and will never truly bring enough players or anywhere near LoL to make HoN a heavily-supported game. (remember advertising is everything when it comes to sponsors). Riot also runs LoL as a business and the game was 100% never intended to be concentrated as a esport at the start If you want to argue this, you'll have to explain the lack of a pause, when the bane of dota was the fact that pausing/reconnecting was impossible.. which was btw what made HoN very friendly to dota players. This is also ignoring the fact that they need to have a special server where all heroes are available and observer. Also you need to download a third-party program to get replays? This definitely does not seem to be the making of a game with esports in mind. Most esports-oriented games will try to start people on even-footing and let the skills take care of the rest, not provide perks in which people need to purchase or play for a while to earn. Riot runs LoL like a business, which is fine, but they haven't been and need to start making changes to the game that makes it spectator-friendly and develop it towards being a esport.
"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition"
robertdinh
Profile Joined June 2010
803 Posts
August 13 2011 23:19 GMT
#414
On August 14 2011 08:13 quickclickz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 06:59 robertdinh wrote:
LoL has more potential as a spectator sport than sc2 (just my opinion)


I don't know where you see this potential from, but the game is still so under-developed as an Esport I can't see it being spectator-friendly. If you want a spectator friendly UI, SC2 is a clearly a good example, but also look at hon's spectator UI.. popouts of the items when everyone someone buys it... good detailed info on the stats from last hits, g/m, and just very informative and spectator-friendly. Furthermore, the lack of a pause function really makes LoL a joke when compared to any game such as this where one game could easily take 30+ minutes and restarting a game is a very controversial thing to do.

I'm not a HoN fanboy who hates LoL, seeing as I play both at a high level but the two games have issues that will stop them from being successful in the esports scene unless things change. S2 has a horrible esports department and marketing that they just lagged in player base and will never truly bring enough players or anywhere near LoL to make HoN a heavily-supported game. (remember advertising is everything when it comes to sponsors). Riot also runs LoL as a business and the game was 100% never intended to be concentrated as a esport at the start If you want to argue this, you'll have to explain the lack of a pause, when the bane of dota was the fact that pausing/reconnecting was impossible.. which was btw what made HoN very friendly to dota players. This is also ignoring the fact that they need to have a special server where all heroes are available and observer. Also you need to download a third-party program to get replays? This definitely does not seem to be the making of a game with esports in mind. Most esports-oriented games will try to start people on even-footing and let the skills take care of the rest, not provide perks in which people need to purchase or play for a while to earn. Riot runs LoL like a business, which is fine, but they haven't been and need to start making changes to the game that makes it spectator-friendly and develop it towards being a esport.


Potential being the key word... Any team based game has way more potential as an esport... Look at cs 1.6... look at even WoW. WoW arena was pathetic as an esport, and blizzard made it impossible to continue promoting it at lans... but it got more viewers than any other esport game.
True skill comes without effort.
andrewlaiguy
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada47 Posts
August 14 2011 00:24 GMT
#415
bo7 league will take so ridiculously long
Postaljester
Profile Joined December 2002
United States128 Posts
August 14 2011 00:49 GMT
#416
always glad to see more epsorts, but L O L having a best of 7? that will take hours...
If you cant do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
August 14 2011 00:53 GMT
#417
Extended series...
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520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 14 2011 01:14 GMT
#418
The top teams tend to pass the reign down between each other a lot.

Crs just beat TSM in IEM Qualifiers.
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Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 14 2011 01:20 GMT
#419
On August 14 2011 09:49 Postaljester wrote:
always glad to see more epsorts, but L O L having a best of 7? that will take hours...

There's only 4 teams... you can't just Bo3 it through, having a tournament that lasts for 3 hours would be really lame. I doubt it will last as long as the SC2 tournament anyway.
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DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 01:30:15
August 14 2011 01:29 GMT
#420
On August 14 2011 06:55 .Johnny wrote:
I really think they should have HoN instead of LoL.... Does any one know if DoTA 2 will be played at MLG when it does come out?


Idk why people keep saying this????!! At least say something to prove your argument. It's the same sentence "they should have HoN instead of LoL" but no plausible reason "why".
LOL has a huge fan base, more users/players and the fact that player streams can go up to 30k+ ie. Hotshot. HoN was pressure to make it to F2p but i think its too late.
I think LOL was an obvious choice, DOTA2 will surely be popular once it comes out but both games can coexist just like BW and SC2. Tbh i think LOL will stay dominant in NA and kinda EU.
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3889 Posts
August 14 2011 01:49 GMT
#421
Does anyone know if they are scheduling the LoL finals on Saturday night? Or will they be after the SC2 finals on Sunday?

I really hope the finals dont conflict.
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EricCartman
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada306 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 02:20:39
August 14 2011 02:20 GMT
#422
LOL nice nice hope to see dota2 when it comes out. damn.. if mlg continues the finals cud become something in the lines of superbowl for nerds.
crate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2474 Posts
August 14 2011 02:42 GMT
#423
On August 14 2011 10:49 BlueBird. wrote:
Does anyone know if they are scheduling the LoL finals on Saturday night? Or will they be after the SC2 finals on Sunday?

I really hope the finals dont conflict.

First post has the schedule...

On August 13 2011 06:37 R1CH wrote:
The schedule (in ET):
Saturday 10:00AM – 8:00PM Streamed Pool Play Matches
Sunday 10:00AM – 1:45PM Streamed Championship Finals
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tissue
Profile Joined April 2009
Malaysia441 Posts
August 14 2011 02:51 GMT
#424
I can't wait til SC2 pros start migrating to LoL.
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
August 14 2011 03:06 GMT
#425
On August 14 2011 11:51 tissue wrote:
I can't wait til SC2 pros start migrating to LoL.

doubtful. individually they win less money and LoL has a different skill set than SC2
lynxdaftpunk
Profile Joined April 2011
8 Posts
August 14 2011 03:45 GMT
#426
On August 14 2011 12:06 Ryuu314 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 11:51 tissue wrote:
I can't wait til SC2 pros start migrating to LoL.

doubtful. individually they win less money and LoL has a different skill set than SC2


You mean LoL have no skill. Why anyone even competing in that casual crap, I wonder.

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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
August 14 2011 03:46 GMT
#427
On August 14 2011 12:45 lynxdaftpunk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 12:06 Ryuu314 wrote:
On August 14 2011 11:51 tissue wrote:
I can't wait til SC2 pros start migrating to LoL.

doubtful. individually they win less money and LoL has a different skill set than SC2


You mean LoL have no skill. Why anyone even competing in that casual crap, I wonder.

Id love for you to put together a team and take on CLG. Id be amazed if your team got a kill.
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N1k0
Profile Joined June 2011
Uruguay1075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 04:29:37
August 14 2011 03:50 GMT
#428
Happy they are adding a MOBA game (that's what genre right?), but i hope that when DOTA2 is released they get that instead because i personally don't find LoL that fun in comparison to dota.
Now they just need to add a Fighting game (cough Street Fighter cough).
Belac
Profile Joined February 2010
United States26 Posts
August 14 2011 04:13 GMT
#429
I play LoL so call me a fan boy, but while many claim HoN/Dota/Dota2 are more competetive, LoL has the most players by far. This, more than anything else, will set it apart, at least where MLG is concerned. And for once, popularity is a good thing =D (At least in my eyes).
N1k0
Profile Joined June 2011
Uruguay1075 Posts
August 14 2011 04:28 GMT
#430
On August 14 2011 13:13 Belac wrote:
I play LoL so call me a fan boy, but while many claim HoN/Dota/Dota2 are more competetive, LoL has the most players by far. This, more than anything else, will set it apart, at least where MLG is concerned. And for once, popularity is a good thing =D (At least in my eyes).

No, thats not true, maybe if you dont count China (dota is really really big in china) they are kinda equal, but if you count china is not close.
kinger256
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada21 Posts
August 14 2011 04:31 GMT
#431
On August 14 2011 08:19 robertdinh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 08:13 quickclickz wrote:
On August 14 2011 06:59 robertdinh wrote:
LoL has more potential as a spectator sport than sc2 (just my opinion)


I don't know where you see this potential from, but the game is still so under-developed as an Esport I can't see it being spectator-friendly. If you want a spectator friendly UI, SC2 is a clearly a good example, but also look at hon's spectator UI.. popouts of the items when everyone someone buys it... good detailed info on the stats from last hits, g/m, and just very informative and spectator-friendly. Furthermore, the lack of a pause function really makes LoL a joke when compared to any game such as this where one game could easily take 30+ minutes and restarting a game is a very controversial thing to do.

I'm not a HoN fanboy who hates LoL, seeing as I play both at a high level but the two games have issues that will stop them from being successful in the esports scene unless things change. S2 has a horrible esports department and marketing that they just lagged in player base and will never truly bring enough players or anywhere near LoL to make HoN a heavily-supported game. (remember advertising is everything when it comes to sponsors). Riot also runs LoL as a business and the game was 100% never intended to be concentrated as a esport at the start If you want to argue this, you'll have to explain the lack of a pause, when the bane of dota was the fact that pausing/reconnecting was impossible.. which was btw what made HoN very friendly to dota players. This is also ignoring the fact that they need to have a special server where all heroes are available and observer. Also you need to download a third-party program to get replays? This definitely does not seem to be the making of a game with esports in mind. Most esports-oriented games will try to start people on even-footing and let the skills take care of the rest, not provide perks in which people need to purchase or play for a while to earn. Riot runs LoL like a business, which is fine, but they haven't been and need to start making changes to the game that makes it spectator-friendly and develop it towards being a esport.


Potential being the key word... Any team based game has way more potential as an esport... Look at cs 1.6... look at even WoW. WoW arena was pathetic as an esport, and blizzard made it impossible to continue promoting it at lans... but it got more viewers than any other esport game.


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.
fellcrow
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States288 Posts
August 14 2011 05:13 GMT
#432
+1 for eSports. -1 for a choosing a terrible game. I guess they balance out. haha
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31494 Posts
August 14 2011 05:34 GMT
#433
So much hate.....sigh.
Eventually people will learn I suppose, or at least find a new target.
No one seems to remember that for the first 6 months people treated SC2 the same way...
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mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
August 14 2011 05:59 GMT
#434
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?
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Jojo131
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil1631 Posts
August 14 2011 06:16 GMT
#435
I never understood why MOBA tournaments were any more then bo3. As a player, I can relate to the notion of "we got counter-comp'd, therefore deserve a second chance, etc" but as a spectator I never really had the energy to watch more then 2-3 MOBA games straight because it's so boring and repetitive.

You'd imagine that the same would apply to SC2, but for some reason I can watch it all day. (err, maybe for like 4 hours).
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 14 2011 06:35 GMT
#436
On August 14 2011 15:16 Jojo131 wrote:
I never understood why MOBA tournaments were any more then bo3. As a player, I can relate to the notion of "we got counter-comp'd, therefore deserve a second chance, etc" but as a spectator I never really had the energy to watch more then 2-3 MOBA games straight because it's so boring and repetitive.

You'd imagine that the same would apply to SC2, but for some reason I can watch it all day. (err, maybe for like 4 hours).


It's the normal MLG extended series, so it's just like 2 bo3's with maybe a possibility of 1 extra game (compared to 2 bo3) if it goes 2-0 in pool play and end up 4-3.
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Syrupjuice
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States173 Posts
August 14 2011 06:37 GMT
#437
It is exciting to see another game being added to the MLG line up, especially since it is another computer game. However, I do not think that LoL is incredibly fun to watch. It has a large fan base, and that is something it has going for it, but in terms of spectating I think the numbers are all it has going for it. I am not sure that having it at MLG is going to boost the player/spectator base of the game at all.

Again, it's great that MLG is adding another game, but I hope it doesn't take too much away from SC2. I hope the people who watch it and play it stay loyal and help more people to get into it so we can continue to see the game grow in the esports scene.
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
August 14 2011 07:32 GMT
#438
Well, MOBAs generally aren't that fun to watch for people who don't play them. There's so much presumed knowledge that you have to know and the laning phase isn't the most watchable either, I suppose. I really don't think LoL will make it as a popular esport, and perhaps not DotA 2 either. I love playing LoL (more than DotA or SC2), but it's just not watchable imo
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Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
August 14 2011 08:03 GMT
#439
Why people feel like going in this thread just to hate is beyond me.

Show some bloody respect guys
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Daeno
Profile Joined June 2007
Canada76 Posts
August 14 2011 08:25 GMT
#440
The more the merrier, anybody who thinks this is a bad thing is a child.
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
August 14 2011 08:44 GMT
#441
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2474 Posts
August 14 2011 09:07 GMT
#442
On August 14 2011 17:44 Iplaythings wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.

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
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
August 14 2011 09:17 GMT
#443
On August 14 2011 18:07 crate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 17:44 Iplaythings wrote:
On August 13 2011 22:05 Nivoh wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:52 SevenAteNine wrote:
On August 13 2011 19:43 Doomwish wrote:
Are games like Dota and LoL worth watching to casual viewers ?

Games like halo and sc2 have a kind of spectator appeal to them even if you do not play them.

Some games do not translate well over to a full on esport that can carry a solid viewership.


League of legends sports a 180k viewership at this years Dreamhack
im pretty sure that trumps any sc2 stream to date by far
as far as daily streams LoL pulls just as much as sc2 if not more on own3d.tv

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.

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
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada40 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 12:54:58
August 14 2011 12:53 GMT
#444
The people who are criticising LoL for being in the lineup have no idea on the fanbase that the game has.

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.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 14 2011 13:16 GMT
#445
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
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 14 2011 13:27 GMT
#446
a bo7 is gonna take an entire day
c.Deadly
Profile Joined March 2010
United States545 Posts
August 14 2011 13:40 GMT
#447
On August 14 2011 22:16 Roffles wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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.
Aurdon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2007 Posts
August 14 2011 14:50 GMT
#448
On August 14 2011 22:40 c.Deadly wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 22:16 Roffles wrote:
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.


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.
price
Profile Joined December 2010
United States297 Posts
August 14 2011 15:16 GMT
#449
i guess i need to figure out what is going on so i can watch these games. right now to me it just looks like characters running at each other :|
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dapanman
Profile Joined September 2010
United States316 Posts
August 14 2011 15:25 GMT
#450
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.
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
August 14 2011 16:34 GMT
#451
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
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17250 Posts
August 14 2011 19:23 GMT
#452
Can we just put a warning at the top that any post bashing LoL or saying how much better some other game will be an automatic ban?

It's really gotten old.
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robertdinh
Profile Joined June 2010
803 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 20:07:53
August 14 2011 20:05 GMT
#453
On August 14 2011 13:31 kinger256 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2011 08:19 robertdinh wrote:
On August 14 2011 08:13 quickclickz wrote:
On August 14 2011 06:59 robertdinh wrote:
LoL has more potential as a spectator sport than sc2 (just my opinion)


I don't know where you see this potential from, but the game is still so under-developed as an Esport I can't see it being spectator-friendly. If you want a spectator friendly UI, SC2 is a clearly a good example, but also look at hon's spectator UI.. popouts of the items when everyone someone buys it... good detailed info on the stats from last hits, g/m, and just very informative and spectator-friendly. Furthermore, the lack of a pause function really makes LoL a joke when compared to any game such as this where one game could easily take 30+ minutes and restarting a game is a very controversial thing to do.

I'm not a HoN fanboy who hates LoL, seeing as I play both at a high level but the two games have issues that will stop them from being successful in the esports scene unless things change. S2 has a horrible esports department and marketing that they just lagged in player base and will never truly bring enough players or anywhere near LoL to make HoN a heavily-supported game. (remember advertising is everything when it comes to sponsors). Riot also runs LoL as a business and the game was 100% never intended to be concentrated as a esport at the start If you want to argue this, you'll have to explain the lack of a pause, when the bane of dota was the fact that pausing/reconnecting was impossible.. which was btw what made HoN very friendly to dota players. This is also ignoring the fact that they need to have a special server where all heroes are available and observer. Also you need to download a third-party program to get replays? This definitely does not seem to be the making of a game with esports in mind. Most esports-oriented games will try to start people on even-footing and let the skills take care of the rest, not provide perks in which people need to purchase or play for a while to earn. Riot runs LoL like a business, which is fine, but they haven't been and need to start making changes to the game that makes it spectator-friendly and develop it towards being a esport.


Potential being the key word... Any team based game has way more potential as an esport... Look at cs 1.6... look at even WoW. WoW arena was pathetic as an esport, and blizzard made it impossible to continue promoting it at lans... but it got more viewers than any other esport game.


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
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands409 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 20:51:41
August 14 2011 20:49 GMT
#454
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.
Veritas.13
Profile Joined August 2010
United States48 Posts
August 14 2011 21:00 GMT
#455
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
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JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
August 14 2011 21:16 GMT
#456
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
Profile Joined July 2010
United States235 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 21:21:39
August 14 2011 21:20 GMT
#457
What is with all the hate. Guys need cool your jets, you don't HAVE to watch you know, but there are a quite a few people who enjoy watching League of Legends.

Personally I'll be watching both SC2 and LoL. Go Esports.
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Kamikiri
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1319 Posts
August 14 2011 21:26 GMT
#458
Cool im excited to see LoL being played but if its a bo7 wont that take like forever? Oh well i love alot of content!
Zhul
Profile Joined February 2010
Czech Republic430 Posts
August 14 2011 21:53 GMT
#459
LoL sux. Even subpar dota pubber can play it at highest levels...

User was temp banned for this post.
rewtamus
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States327 Posts
August 14 2011 21:57 GMT
#460
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
Sporadic44
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States533 Posts
August 14 2011 23:09 GMT
#461
The inclusion of LoL is nothing but good news for esports. To those that see this as a stupid move because they themselves dont enjoy the game need to reexamine how they stand for, or against something. The fanbase of this game is massive. There's no chance that this could be a bad thing for MLG or esports as a form of entertainment.
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3 Lions
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3705 Posts
August 15 2011 00:11 GMT
#462
lol no European teams invited...aAa and fnatic would've been awesome to have, hopefully they'll come next time!
FrancisTN
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2 Posts
August 15 2011 03:24 GMT
#463
I understand why some people want HoN in MLG seeing that HoN stands as a strong remainder of the DotA legacy in terms of mechanics and resemblance, but LoL has been recognized for its community, staff, and competitive play: WCG, ESL, Dreamhack. Hard to ignore such a game that can gain 200,000 viewers at on time for a stream either.
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echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
August 15 2011 05:03 GMT
#464
Halo and Black Ops are so screwed.

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tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
August 15 2011 06:08 GMT
#465
I think MLG's streaming service will break from the load of LoL viewers. Not sure if I should feel happy or not.
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Fatze
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1342 Posts
August 15 2011 08:38 GMT
#466
nice nice
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Dakmaniac
Profile Joined November 2010
212 Posts
August 15 2011 09:32 GMT
#467
On August 13 2011 09:37 Pwnographics wrote:
I don't like this decision by MLG, it seems very likely in the near future that DotA 2 will replace LoL at MLG due to the larger money pool that Valve has to offer as well as the potentially larger playerbase.


for the potentially larger "playerbase" i copied/pasted this from the LoL forums, as it is written in the note by riots presi Marc Merrill

"(...)As of today, 15 million people have registered to become League of Legends players. Each month, over 4 million people log in to play. And on each day, 1.4 million summoners play League of Legends together.

When we’re at our busiest, over 500,000 people in North America and Europe are in game at the same time. On average, more than 10 games of League of Legends start every second of every day. As we expand into Asia and abroad, the possibilities around live, global events makes the game enthusiast in all of us shake with excitement.(...)"
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Ruckol1
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada48 Posts
August 15 2011 16:09 GMT
#468
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.
Jimqi
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada13 Posts
August 15 2011 16:15 GMT
#469
On August 16 2011 01:09 Ruckol1 wrote:
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.


It might have something to do with their community. From what i've heard it's een worse than lol's. Also the early access thing I even worse than lol's system. Can't even buy them without real money.
Gantzie
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia245 Posts
August 15 2011 16:16 GMT
#470
On August 16 2011 01:09 Ruckol1 wrote:
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.



lol maybe this reason

"The League of Legends Season Two prize pool will feature a record setting $5 million prize pool! "

from official website.
Dunked
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
August 15 2011 16:40 GMT
#471
On August 16 2011 01:15 Jimqi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2011 01:09 Ruckol1 wrote:
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.


It might have something to do with their community. From what i've heard it's een worse than lol's. Also the early access thing I even worse than lol's system. Can't even buy them without real money.

Also Riot is ~1000% (give or take) more supportive of their community than S2 is.
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NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 15 2011 16:53 GMT
#472
Actually, I don't think there is a company that communicates/liaisons with their community as much as Riot does. Not everything Riot does is progressive but no one can ever blame them for not caring.
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scDeluX
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada1341 Posts
August 15 2011 17:30 GMT
#473
On August 15 2011 14:03 echO [W] wrote:
Halo and Black Ops are so screwed.



I'd be very interessed to see how much money / how many viewers theses games gather.

Sure thing black ops has sell for one billion dollar or whatever but how many ppl that owns black ops even know MLG exist...

IMO MLG should be about PC gaming and I think they're slowly making the move. Not only it's were competitive gaming is at but It's were the viewers at.
Brood War is forever
legendre20
Profile Joined November 2010
United States316 Posts
August 15 2011 17:33 GMT
#474
Always nice to see new games added to MLG. I'll definitely be watching, but unfortunately I do fall under the category of people that would otherwise post "rofl LoL is gay" if I didn't think before I spoke. ^_^

I say bring back Tekken! That shit was awesome to watch live!!
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Leafar
Profile Joined April 2011
United States7 Posts
August 15 2011 19:51 GMT
#475
Sorry Wall of Text incoming!



SC2 is the only game I have stayed up til 4 am to watch, I love watching SC2 games even though I do not play anymore. I do currently play League of Legends, and I love both games. I am very excited to see both at MLG because they both have such a great feel to them to play and watch. I read through this whole thread and wanted to share my pov

Viewing experience:

SC2 is a great game to watch because even if you don't know what is going on you know player A needs to kill Player B to win. There is no other objective just kill them to win. I relate this to watching Tennis, Even if you know nothing about the game you know one guy has to beat the other and the players are the same the only thing that changes is the court (map) The court has a lot to do with who wins and can sometimes favor a certain type of player more then others.

This makes for a very easy to pick up and show to others game that is understandable even by people unfamiliar with the game. Now new people will not know what is actually going on or why the spin on the ball mattered so much (why did that BFH drop make the announcers go crazy?!) But when a great defense of an attack happens it is like watching a great volley the longer it goes the more excitement builds and the crazier it feels when the player holds or breaks barely. Very fast pace very good game the more you know the better appreciation you get for the game.


League of Legends is more like watching American Football, The field is always the same (1 map) but the teams are always different and some teams have stronger players then others. You always know the objective is to score but there are small victories through out the game. (think getting first downs and field goals) In football you play a back and forth game where a big play (team fight) can be a score (take down a tower or two) then you go back on Defense til there is another big play.

This style lends it self very much the public once they know the goals and structure, Which I attribute to how good the announcers are, This is the biggest problem in League of Legends nobody is really explaining or color commentating. hopefully this will change when they release the Spectator mode as commentators will have much more practice. But if you don't know the spells for EVERY character you will be lost?! not really the animation and cartoony feel makes it so you see what is happening clearly and sometimes you are just amazed at some of the things that happen. Knowing all the moves is great but it is not needed, it is for fantasy players like back seat qb's who have more in depth look at the game and know the stats every player gets. They know why certain running backs will have great games against certain defenses but at the pro level the competition is so good you don't need to know that to enjoy.

But it is so Casual play!:

Yes the Game in its essence is Casual, because it is free to play. This is not a bad thing though, to keep with the analogy above SC2 is like Tennis because you appreciate the pro's for their skill and know you can not do it like they do. Also it takes money to play Tennis, and a lot of dedication, practice and determination.
League of Legends is like football in that you can watch a pro game then grab a ball for next to nothing (free to play) and go play with your friends in the yard acting like you are Manning throwing it to Clark. (after dream hack a lot of people suddenly played Gragas thinking they were a pro)

The game in its essence is easy to pick up and play but that only gives it a bigger audience and keeps more people involved but the pro's are still much, much better then any back yard players there are.

HoN is better!
Everyone has their own taste, Some people love baseball because it is America's sport. They are each great in their own way. Dota 2 will most likely have a huge player base but if it is not Free 2 play they will not compete with the ease of entry to the Game.

In the end I feel that this is great for the E-Sports community and can have a huge impact in the near future if Riot releases the tools for better commentators to be known. I for one will be watching both through out MLG !
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17250 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-15 20:41:31
August 15 2011 20:41 GMT
#476
On August 16 2011 02:30 scDeluX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 14:03 echO [W] wrote:
Halo and Black Ops are so screwed.

IMO MLG should be about PC gaming and I think they're slowly making the move. Not only it's were competitive gaming is at but It's were the viewers at.

There's nothing to support that they're shifting to PC over consoles. It's simply a matter of numbers for the game being added. Drawing a conclusion based on one change is foolish.
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DarkGeneral
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada328 Posts
August 16 2011 00:21 GMT
#477
goooooooooo eSports!
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Scribble
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
2077 Posts
August 16 2011 00:26 GMT
#478
On August 16 2011 01:09 Ruckol1 wrote:
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.


Because HoN and LoL are two different games and people have their own preferences.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 16 2011 00:36 GMT
#479
On August 16 2011 01:15 Jimqi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2011 01:09 Ruckol1 wrote:
can't believe ppl play lol over hon. maybe before it made sense if you couldn't afford the $30, but now it's f2p so.. I see no reason to still play LoL.


It might have something to do with their community. From what i've heard it's een worse than lol's. Also the early access thing I even worse than lol's system. Can't even buy them without real money.

Ehh for me the reason is pretty simple, I think LoL is a better game
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AnnoyingPandar
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada5 Posts
August 16 2011 01:01 GMT
#480
LoL ftw ^^
I hope they add some more teams for future MLGs.

...Hello?
ST_Elaina
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Korea (South)13 Posts
August 16 2011 03:35 GMT
#481
For those of you guys who are thinking that only 4 teams is small...

A well balanced game can take up to 45+ minutes to complete in a 5v5 setting. Making each team v team setup taking 4 hours if only 4 matches are played. Kind of like pool play which is what I am going to guess will be Saturdays festivities.

Then the actual tournament play which is another 4 total games which could take up 16 hours is all matches take an hour and they broadcast the two lower matches instead of just the semi-finals and finals. They could use all 3 days but didn't. So there will be lots of hours of play to watch!
Fatze
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1342 Posts
August 16 2011 08:25 GMT
#482
why not - going to see a bunch of games :D
Comfort from bottles, cheers from beers the guitars are our weapons and we know how to kill!
FoeHamr
Profile Joined December 2010
United States489 Posts
August 16 2011 17:36 GMT
#483
Meh gratz to mlg for picking it up, but im not gonna watch it unless the SC2 and halo streams are both on break. Its fun to play but not too watch.
I got 99 problems and a Terran ain't one
TheYoungOne(TYO)
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3 Posts
August 16 2011 21:49 GMT
#484
LoL ftw! Kog'Maw ftw! CHOGATH FTW!
Glon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States569 Posts
August 16 2011 22:22 GMT
#485
THe success or failure of this will almost entirely depend on who casts this. You find the Day9 of LoL, league of legends will soar. You find a shitty caster, the game will see a quick end on the MLG circuit
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twoliter
Profile Joined August 2011
United States5 Posts
August 16 2011 23:01 GMT
#486
I'll have to check this out. Never really got into the game but it will be nice to see a new game come to the circuit. It has kind of been lacking variety lately.

My biggest worry is that there will be dumbass casters.. like the ones on the Black Ops stream.
"There's nothing cooler then being passionate about the things you love" -Day[9]
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 27 2011 02:00 GMT
#487
can anyone there tell us how the LoL event is going? im curious how popular it is and everything
Castrophy
Profile Joined November 2010
United States232 Posts
August 27 2011 02:08 GMT
#488
On August 27 2011 11:00 JiYan wrote:
can anyone there tell us how the LoL event is going? im curious how popular it is and everything


It doesn't start until tomorow.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 27 2011 02:59 GMT
#489
my bad i realized that after searching the mlg site. ill be curious to see how it is tomorrow though
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