EPTGood things: the pool of talented players.
Bad things: everything else.
To name a few specific bads:
1. commentators/casters. Sometimes and most of the times, those guys sounded like they wanna go home and NASL games are standing in their way. Finals were different, but that's because of Day9 and Tastossis that really made them worthwhile.
2. VOD setup was atrocious. waste of time searching the games you want to see. Never able to fast access anything, had to browse through 4 hrs of vids to see the games I want to see first. When finally independent matchups VOD came out, after the first game, if by any chance you look at the progress bar, you know who won. Bullcrap
3. Retarded long group phase. At one point, no one in the lower half of the group cared about games, they knew they have no chance to qualify. It's sad to see a shit ton of games that doesn't really matter, or games where someone wants to win cause he's fighting for playoffs and the other one just wants to get over with and not be penalized for no-show.
4. Open tournament format. MMA came from open tournament right? What's the point of going through 9 weeks of over analyzed games when someone as good as MMA can come from Open and roflstomp everyone? I love MMA, but this kind of "you grind we grin" style is fked up.
I could go on and on for a while, but these are the big 4 issues that will not make me buy another NASL pass unless they get fixed. ALL OF THEM.I gave them 25$ with the hope they will start sloppy and get better by the middle of the tournament and excellent by the end of it. Nah, complete failure and ignorance towards users. The sound issue in the finals almost made me throw my laptop out the window. Ridiculous.
