EPTDidn't catch all the games in the finals, but I pretty much knew that MC would have it.
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KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
Didn't catch all the games in the finals, but I pretty much knew that MC would have it. | ||
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
On March 11 2012 21:12 KristofferAG wrote: They've got reps and vods up here now. Terrible quality if you aren't a subscriber though. Didn't catch all the games in the finals, but I pretty much knew that MC would have it. do they have VODS on youtube cos i cant view the vids for unknown reason. | ||
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Z.Aether
Spain37 Posts
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Al Bundy
7257 Posts
I love how I couldn't watch the IEM live because I am in Europe. This is obviously paradoxical, but that's another consequence of the awful format of this tournament. In comparison, the korean tournaments are actually watchable by the koreans, because guess what, they take place after work / school hours. All these tournament organizers will have to step their game up if they want esports to get big in the west. | ||
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milkyjug
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morbvs
Germany358 Posts
On March 12 2012 01:27 Al Bundy wrote: ah yeah, the vods.... I love how I couldn't watch the IEM live because I am in Europe. This is obviously paradoxical, but that's another consequence of the awful format of this tournament. In comparison, the korean tournaments are actually watchable by the koreans, because guess what, they take place after work / school hours. All these tournament organizers will have to step their game up if they want esports to get big in the west. Getting E-Sports big in the west is exactly why they had to have these unpleasant broadcast times. The IEM have to keep to office hours because they are on Cebit and they close the venue at 6pm... It's as simple as that. They want to present E-Sports to a huge public and not just to a limited amount of fans who know about anyways... That is why ESL goes to trade fairs. The IEM World Championship will be broadcasted in normal television, last season had 6? special episodes in free tv on Eurosport due to a cooperation between ESL and them. There will be 2 shows about this years cebit finals on ZDF kultur. ESL is always trying to make E-Sports grow as a whole and then grow with it, rather than trying to dominate and push other organizers out of business. You can also see that by the fact that they don't just invite superstars, but hold qualifiers. That hurts their viewer numbers because people like stephano or naniwa did not make it through the qualifiers and then are missing, but look at Feast for example. If IEM Quali system would not be there he would still never have been at a big offline event and nobody would know his name, similar story for elfi. So by being an actual sports league, rather than an invite tournament that tries to create big numbers on short term, they manage to create new stars and that makes the whole community last longer. ESL exists since 1997 and is still here today, unlike most other big organizers who all disappeared or went bust (cgs, wsvg, cpl, ESWC) So they must be doing something right... Man, I sound like an ESL employee^^ Believe me I am not, I just followed Giga2, ESL TV for so many years that I maybe became a bit of a fanboy. Oh, in case someone is looking for those: Finals VODS in HD on youtube | ||
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Al Bundy
7257 Posts
On March 12 2012 03:03 morbvs wrote: Getting E-Sports big in the west is exactly why they had to have these unpleasant broadcast times. The IEM have to keep to office hours because they are on Cebit and they close the venue at 6pm... It's as simple as that. They want to present E-Sports to a huge public and not just to a limited amount of fans who know about anyways... That is why ESL goes to trade fairs. The IEM World Championship will be broadcasted in normal television, last season had 6? special episodes in free tv on Eurosport due to a cooperation between ESL and them. There will be 2 shows about this years cebit finals on ZDF kultur. ESL is always trying to make E-Sports grow as a whole and then grow with it, rather than trying to dominate and push other organizers out of business. You can also see that by the fact that they don't just invite superstars, but hold qualifiers. That hurts their viewer numbers because people like stephano or naniwa did not make it through the qualifiers and then are missing, but look at Feast for example. If IEM Quali system would not be there he would still never have been at a big offline event and nobody would know his name, similar story for elfi. So by being an actual sports league, rather than an invite tournament that tries to create big numbers on short term, they manage to create new stars and that makes the whole community last longer. ESL exists since 1997 and is still here today, unlike most other big organizers who all disappeared or went bust (cgs, wsvg, cpl, ESWC) So they must be doing something right... Man, I sound like an ESL employee^^ Believe me I am not, I just followed Giga2, ESL TV for so many years that I maybe became a bit of a fanboy. Oh, in case someone is looking for those: Finals VODS in HD on youtube Fair enough, my criticism may have been a bit uncalled for in this case. Thanks for the informations. | ||
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Svennedude
Belgium86 Posts
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ArchDC
Malaysia1996 Posts
On March 12 2012 03:03 morbvs wrote: Getting E-Sports big in the west is exactly why they had to have these unpleasant broadcast times. The IEM have to keep to office hours because they are on Cebit and they close the venue at 6pm... It's as simple as that. They want to present E-Sports to a huge public and not just to a limited amount of fans who know about anyways... That is why ESL goes to trade fairs. The IEM World Championship will be broadcasted in normal television, last season had 6? special episodes in free tv on Eurosport due to a cooperation between ESL and them. There will be 2 shows about this years cebit finals on ZDF kultur. ESL is always trying to make E-Sports grow as a whole and then grow with it, rather than trying to dominate and push other organizers out of business. You can also see that by the fact that they don't just invite superstars, but hold qualifiers. That hurts their viewer numbers because people like stephano or naniwa did not make it through the qualifiers and then are missing, but look at Feast for example. If IEM Quali system would not be there he would still never have been at a big offline event and nobody would know his name, similar story for elfi. So by being an actual sports league, rather than an invite tournament that tries to create big numbers on short term, they manage to create new stars and that makes the whole community last longer. ESL exists since 1997 and is still here today, unlike most other big organizers who all disappeared or went bust (cgs, wsvg, cpl, ESWC) So they must be doing something right... Man, I sound like an ESL employee^^ Believe me I am not, I just followed Giga2, ESL TV for so many years that I maybe became a bit of a fanboy. Oh, in case someone is looking for those: Finals VODS in HD on youtube Thanks!! | ||
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alexmann
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DeaDoXFighting
Canada115 Posts
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