The map clips are a little long. Anybody else notice that the shakuras plateau map clip had one little thing wrong with it? Maybe my eyes tricked me, but I'd swear it mixed the 5 and 7 o'clock positions. I'm not saying this is anything big, obviously it isn't.. but it's just the little things that mlg can improve on that would make it the biggest worldwide powerhouse for pro gaming events.

My stream kept going down, which would require me to refresh and sit through another bing commercial /wrists.

Great event though

can't wait for the next and I hope he get a better performance out of the non Koreans!

(bring tekkan back plz) :D

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

June 06 2011 16:08 GMT

#62

Not bad. Streams were a bit meh, but the tournament and overall organization were really well done.

rawbertson

Canada95 Posts

June 06 2011 16:12 GMT

#63

I had a great time watching it, I am gonna plan on going to the one in RI its a lot closer for me. Cant wait til November!

NBE.SN0Hell

Romania22 Posts

June 06 2011 16:48 GMT

#64

Both red and blue stream used to lag for no particular reason at times, but overall MLG Columbus was plain awesome :>.

Mithriel

Netherlands2969 Posts

June 06 2011 17:15 GMT

#65

It was super awesome!! Far from perfect with the stream issues i had, but im not hating on MLG. They did what they could and delivered us some MFing epic action and drama! <3

e-sports ftw!

SichuanPanda

Canada1542 Posts

June 06 2011 17:26 GMT

#66

Competition level was better than you could hope or ask for. Stream reliability was way better than Dallas, but still good have a bit of room for improvement. I didn't have any buffering issues that weren't because of my net connection, however, there was times where the screen would go all funky, change colors, and have overlapping/repeating images. My major complaints about the tournament are that 1. Day[9] and Tasteless didn't even cast one game together, and 2. VODs is what I've always found lacking at MLG, and if they improved VOD quality it would be a far superior tournament to any others. Right now not only are VODs slow to be uploaded, taking sometimes even till 2-3 days after the championship day, but they are incomplete often missing many key matches, and the ones that are uploaded are cut poorly so you have to wait from 5 to 25 minutes into the VOD for a match to start (you also can't seek). Ideally VODs would come up 10-15 minutes after the match went live, this would make it far easier to watch both streams - I found myself flipping a coin to choose which to watch several times because both sets of matches were just so good. Overall it was not a bad tournament, but I still feel much room for improvement can come to the presentation and availability of the matches. Match quality and player skill was top notch though.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

June 06 2011 17:27 GMT

#67

On June 06 2011 17:37 Crawler wrote:
It was really great compared to last event but still had room for improvement.

what could they possibly improve?

Cloud9157

United States2968 Posts

June 06 2011 17:28 GMT

#68

Some of the matchups were a let down like Naniwa/MC and MC/Idra in their 2nd meeting.

Cri du Chat

Germany606 Posts

June 06 2011 17:30 GMT

#69

I would say "Super awesome".
It wasn't perfect, the stream failed a few times. They did not show Thorzain vs. MC and they still use the extended series rule.
But it was without a doubt one of the best SC2 Tournaments i have seen so far.
Can't wait for the next MLG.

SichuanPanda

Canada1542 Posts

June 06 2011 17:30 GMT

#70

On June 06 2011 15:06 SundanceMLG wrote:
I just wanted to thank everyone who tuned in to and attended MLG Columbus 2011 for helping us create an amazing event.

This weekend was a HUGE step in the right direction but we're not done. There's still room for improvement and I promise all of you that we will work to get better. I'm proud of my team and the work that was done this weekend but we're not satisfied. We will continue to improve. We will continue to work towards our vision and will work to make MLG all that it can and should be.

We're just getting started.

Clearly even Sundance thinks there is room for improvement. I'm quite sure you could figure it out on your own. Streams were 100 times better than Dallas but still had a little choppiness here and there.

kiy0

Portugal593 Posts

June 06 2011 17:33 GMT

#71

I remember listening to some predictions from some Pros (Tyler, Lz, Machine...) stating that the Koreans would not be as dominant as in BW and they were overrated. Well I'm guessing having 3 out of 5 being Top 3 and the two that didn't place better were eliminated by Koreans themselves, the "problem" going forward is the skill level of the players, not the event itself.

Also, even though I understand that taunts and grudges between players have great entertainment potential, MLG (and GSL for that matter) should implement some sort of fair play and respect regulations. If e-Sports is to grow up to be a respectable and legitimate cultural activity, values like that should be a must. In my eyes, manner MULEs or CC/Nexus/Hatch, pre-match taunts and after-match exuberant celebrations don't contribute to the image of e-Sports arround the world.

Anyway, there were some stream hickups and lack of chairs in the event, so there's definitely room for improvement.

theslanteye

6 Posts

June 06 2011 17:46 GMT

#72

being there was awesome great matches
all the top level pros are really approachable and spend times in the crowds

problems:
lack of chairs, alot of standing all day long 12+ hours
match setup times took forever on the main stage 1+ hour from announcement to game play

N3rV[Green]

United States1935 Posts

June 06 2011 18:01 GMT

#73

Only way to be perfect is to be OFFline, not just sitting next to eachother.

If that was in place and there was full on LAN, perfect event hands down.

Sadly there is still that river to cross.

teekesselchen

Germany886 Posts

June 06 2011 18:32 GMT

#74

It's pretty much perfect. All that sucks is the time for Europeans to watch it (18:00 to 06:00 in the morning), but obviously it's hard and sometimes impossible to make it good for everyone in that regards.

Fritzkefit

Germany79 Posts

June 06 2011 18:37 GMT

#75

Super awesome for me! IdrA vs MC rematch was dissapointing though.

Stream was good. Loved the casters

the only noticable difference between high and low quality was that HQ lagged horribly.

Skee

Canada702 Posts

June 06 2011 19:03 GMT

#76

I was kind of upset that Naniwa and idrA seemed to start tilting on championship Sunday.

Warpath

Canada1242 Posts

June 06 2011 19:04 GMT

#77

Closer to perfect than not, so i voted for that. I didn't have a lot of the lag or video problesm that everyone else seemed to have, so I'm fairly content.

Skoop

United States214 Posts

June 06 2011 19:06 GMT

#78

super awesome. would have been perfect if idra's G key was removed from his keyboard

(i voted perfect anyway)

Engore

United States1916 Posts

June 06 2011 19:12 GMT

#79

Super awesome! Maybe Anaheim can get a perfect.. We'll see. Great job again MLG really really good. I feel like this event was the best NA/western event ever tbh.

SoBeDragon

United States192 Posts

June 06 2011 19:15 GMT

#80

Great job with the event. Streams were stable and the casters were spectacular. I still can not stand the extended series rule, but I guess that's kicking a dead horse. Nice job MLG! ^___^