On September 28 2013 04:51 Alzadar wrote: It's never possible to choose a time that satisfies the whole world, there is always somebody sleeping. The general trick is to try to straddle the nighttime 2am-6am over the Pacific, here they went for the Atlantic instead which isn't as good overall but I guess is better for Korea.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say its better for the 1000 people (non LOL people mind you) that are WORKING the event.
On September 28 2013 01:13 iKill[ShocK] wrote: Riot didn't sell out semis because it's at a FUCKING HORRIBLE TIME FOR LOCALS.
Wait, wut? I thought it was a good time for locals. It allows their audience to explore LA in the day time, and comeback to studio to watch the game at nights.
Out of the 5 or so friends i have that are 'extreme' enough to go to live LoL events, 4/5 have work past/get off at around ~8PM. Teenagers typically have jobs that serves other teenagers, therefore someone has to be at work while others are enjoying SoCal's legendary nighttime activities, so Riot's "targeted demographics" are either at work, getting off work, or is enjoying their first day off of work.
Basically, don't host 'sporting' event on Friday Nights in SoCal. Fun fact: a premier Lakers game (when they play versus a POPULAR team) will NEVER be hosted on a Friday Night. (shitty games could still be on Friday, but will not be broadcast nationwide) Broadcasting companies in USA have already figured out the 3-4 most popular broadcasting schedule for premier level games/sports: Thurs (Football/Basketball), Sat (College Football/Basketball), and Sunday (Football/Basketball). You will see all premier-level sporting event/games hosted on those 2-3 days because after years of experience they know event on Friday don't pull that many people (yes it will still pull SOME, but not comparable to Sat/Sun).
edit: S3 finals (on Friday) will sellout no matter what day or time it is. Even if that shit was Tuesday at 9AM it would still sell out. Non-Socal/LA natives are also exception edit: playoffs basketball is also an exception because of scheduling conflicts with other games.
Mostly true, Other then monday football which gets constantly the highest ratings of any sport
Monday is a weird one, but it makes sense since it's easily the most unproductive day of the week.
It probably really has to do with Football being by far the most popular sport and there only being one game so all the fans watch it. They also try to schedule popular/winning teams for it even though they don't always succeed. But to you original post about fridays being bad. Even TV shows hate the friday time slot.
yo I don't know what you're talking about. TGIF was the best thing ever.
najin will prob do a lot of early diving stuff against skt. don't think it'll be enough though as skt is godly at adapting, and they've scrimmed with aggressive teams a lot.
How are players even supposed to communicate in a stadium full of screaming people. Even profession football players have probems with that...and their communication is basically "Dude, GIVE BALL" and they can look around freely.
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