EPT[SPL] Round One Recap - Page 2
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Zer atai
United States691 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
It feels like almost everyone has given up on watching the current mixed games format, at first the hype was there and opening day had a good number of viewers but it died down quickly as the novelty of them playing sc2 wore off. Now we're at the point where I don't feel motivated enough to run a thread in the sc2 section because barely anyone is watching and the threads would often be dead, even in the BW section they are mostly dead. We have even less foreign viewers than the previous BW only season, this really shouldn't be possible knowing the potential audience SC2 has, I guess the tournament is just not marketed towards a western audience well enough. We still don't have an official English stream when I remember it was promised to be coming but wouldn't be ready for opening day. The matches are still so-so but getting better, the sc2 only fans have so much content already It's hard to justify following this league for them I suppose. Again, thanks for the write-up, as someone who is still watching nearly every match in SPL I love having coverage. Oh, also, Sayle is a god damn hero for casting PL live almost every day. Even if he's mean to Bisu in his Fan Club  | ||
Sayle
United Kingdom3685 Posts
On June 24 2012 00:36 Dodgin wrote: Even if he's mean to Bisu in his Fan Club ??? Bisu is the #1 protoss in the world and I love him. | ||
Epoxide
Magic Woods9326 Posts
On June 24 2012 01:05 Sayle wrote: ??? Bisu is the #1 protoss in the world and I love him. Sold out for a NonY autograph. + Show Spoiler + I would too | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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CeriseCherries
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kerpal
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torm3ntin
Brazil2534 Posts
On June 24 2012 00:36 Dodgin wrote: I was not expecting another SPL article but thank you guys, I appreciate the work you put in. It feels like almost everyone has given up on watching the current mixed games format, at first the hype was there and opening day had a good number of viewers but it died down quickly as the novelty of them playing sc2 wore off. Now we're at the point where I don't feel motivated enough to run a thread in the sc2 section because barely anyone is watching and the threads would often be dead, even in the BW section they are mostly dead. We have even less foreign viewers than the previous BW only season, this really shouldn't be possible knowing the potential audience SC2 has, I guess the tournament is just not marketed towards a western audience well enough. We still don't have an official English stream when I remember it was promised to be coming but wouldn't be ready for opening day. The matches are still so-so but getting better, the sc2 only fans have so much content already It's hard to justify following this league for them I suppose. Again, thanks for the write-up, as someone who is still watching nearly every match in SPL I love having coverage. Oh, also, Sayle is a god damn hero for casting PL live almost every day. Even if he's mean to Bisu in his Fan Club so true. i still catch one or another matches but the hype is gone. it`s hard when u have so much content in english. | ||
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GenesisX
Canada4267 Posts
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FlaShFTW
United States9954 Posts
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soujiro_
Uruguay5195 Posts
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amazingoopah
United States1925 Posts
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Miragee
8413 Posts
On June 24 2012 00:36 Dodgin wrote: I was not expecting another SPL article but thank you guys, I appreciate the work you put in. It feels like almost everyone has given up on watching the current mixed games format, at first the hype was there and opening day had a good number of viewers but it died down quickly as the novelty of them playing sc2 wore off. Now we're at the point where I don't feel motivated enough to run a thread in the sc2 section because barely anyone is watching and the threads would often be dead, even in the BW section they are mostly dead. We have even less foreign viewers than the previous BW only season, this really shouldn't be possible knowing the potential audience SC2 has, I guess the tournament is just not marketed towards a western audience well enough. We still don't have an official English stream when I remember it was promised to be coming but wouldn't be ready for opening day. The matches are still so-so but getting better, the sc2 only fans have so much content already It's hard to justify following this league for them I suppose. Again, thanks for the write-up, as someone who is still watching nearly every match in SPL I love having coverage. Oh, also, Sayle is a god damn hero for casting PL live almost every day. Even if he's mean to Bisu in his Fan Club If I speak for myself, the league went - as sad as it is - exactly as predicted: The SC2 games are god awful up to mediocre while the bw games are more or less mediocre for the most time with very little glimpses of the past. I just can't believe that there never will be great bw games in a month or so (and it's hardly unrealistic to hope for at least one last epic match in these days). //though I want to add a positive thing to my post: The write up is pretty well done and the Motive part brought a smile on my face. | ||
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sc2superfan101
3583 Posts
On June 24 2012 00:36 Dodgin wrote: It feels like almost everyone has given up on watching the current mixed games format, at first the hype was there and opening day had a good number of viewers but it died down quickly as the novelty of them playing sc2 wore off. Now we're at the point where I don't feel motivated enough to run a thread in the sc2 section because barely anyone is watching and the threads would often be dead, even in the BW section they are mostly dead. We have even less foreign viewers than the previous BW only season, this really shouldn't be possible knowing the potential audience SC2 has, I guess the tournament is just not marketed towards a western audience well enough. i will keep watching though, and it's been fun for me to learn a lot more about BW and gain a huge appreciation for 1) how solid a game it really is, 2) how massive an effect it had on E-Sports and on SC2, and 3) how amazing these guys really are at playing RTS. the quality of games isn't always the highest (though for BW i don't know enough to know the difference lol) but i really find it interesting watching them get better so quickly. Jaedong for one, he's struggling, but damn that guy is improving a lot. his first match he looked really lost and overwhelmed, but the dude keeps on going and it seems he's got a more-than-stellar attitude about it all. Flash is the monster I always heard he was and the dude might single-handidly prove the proverbial elephant to be a bit bigger than i thought. seeing him get so much better at SC2 and still be able to roll through BW games was a real treat. i really hope these guys can succeed and that proleague can get it's feet back under it. i absolutely love the format (not necessarily the BW then SC2 cause that seems like a bit of a struggle for everyone even though its been very educational for me) but thge idea of a team sending out one v one as opposed to a winner-stays-in first to five like the GSTL. i think ACE is one of the coolest teams in all of sports existence, i think Effort is a beast master. i can't understand a word the commentators say but i still love listening because they (seem to) manage to summon some kind of other-worldly passion about a game they probably don't even understand all that well and might have good reason to be annoyed with. all in all, i would choose to watch proleague over any other tournament except maybe the GSL. i love SC2, and have loved it since the first pro-match i ever saw and this first round of proleague made me realize that SC2 wouldn't even exist without the tireless dedication of everyone involved with professional BW. long live the proleague! god save the proleague! | ||
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Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
On June 24 2012 03:32 soujiro_ wrote: why you put other games battle reports here ? meh this isn't brood war spl writeup. this is the spl writeup. sc2 is a part of that. | ||
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Kiett
United States7639 Posts
On June 24 2012 01:05 Sayle wrote: ??? Bisu is the #1 protoss in the world and I love him. >:D | ||
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
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0kz
Italy1118 Posts
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N.geNuity
United States5111 Posts
the a teamers of kt already caught up essentially. | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
sigh | ||
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