MLG because of casters, streaming hours (I live on EST), and seeing the players in booths for a large number of games added an extra element to the tourney

Troopi

Denmark383 Posts

June 21 2011 01:07 GMT

#63

[x] dreamhack: superb stream quaility, ton of games, no mega loud annoying advertisement every 5 minutes

rockerman101

United States85 Posts

June 21 2011 01:14 GMT

#64

On June 21 2011 06:33 Garth wrote:
Dreamhack cuz huk won.

thanks 4 no spoiler alert

anatem

Romania1369 Posts

June 21 2011 01:17 GMT

#65

Dreamhack's the king so far in my book because of the content. 5 english +1german + 1 russian streams running 24/7, you could see any match that you wanted to see at any time since they were close to perfect on a good connection.

seeing the players compete is what matters to me, no MC show can make up for dozens of interesting series being unavailable (and a senselessly convoluted format thinning out great players somewhere far away from the stage where the as little as 5-10 star players are doing their thing beneath the mighty voice of day9).

MLG had the vibe down perfectly, it felt more exciting because the off-stage action, but the delivery of the content was sub-par compared to DH in every aspect from duration to actual available content to tech problems, to casting diversity, to tournament format, to commercial interruptions.

i bet the poll results would look very different had DH happened before MLG. loved MLG, but frankly, this DH set the bar for how an esports event is to be run at the very highest of standards. DH was a more professional event all around, and it sems to me of the big organizers these guys got the least to improve on by far.

2320 Posts

June 21 2011 01:21 GMT

#66

IMO MLG was little bit better but both were still great!

DMXD

United States4064 Posts

June 21 2011 01:21 GMT

#67

Both of course, DH because a foreigner won and MLG because of the games were much better overall. ^_^

Steel

Japan2283 Posts

June 21 2011 01:33 GMT

#68

MLG because dreamhack finals were on monday =( =( =(

people work make the group stages friday and finals on sunday!!!

onedayclose

United States1145 Posts

June 21 2011 01:38 GMT

#69

Dreamhack was 8 billion times better because
1. I was able to get VODs quite quickly after the matches had concluded.
2. I could watch them in a spoiler free manner!
3. Dreamhack casted nearly every single match.
Thank you Dreamhack!

Also, thank you to Team Liquid for posting a thread that allowed me to reveal matches at my leisure without spoilers! I hope this kind of thing will continue for each and every big SC2 event in the future.

Suc

Australia1569 Posts

June 21 2011 01:40 GMT

#70

This is pretty subjective, but MLG just felt more exciting and I could feel the tension between players and rivalries going on. Dreamhack kinda felt like "eh, a bunch of games are being played" and the only times I was actually excited was when Liquid players were playing. Also, the long waiting times between the later games were annoying and MLG streams were better for me in Australia (lag-free all the time).

However, I can't just whine about Dreamhack, they put out 6 streams and gave us an amazing event for free, it's just that I found MLG a bit more enjoyable.

Dakota

United States62 Posts

June 21 2011 01:40 GMT

#71

Dreamhack had a foreigner winner

Columbus had Tastosis

I put they were equal.

BasharMentat

Chile22 Posts

June 21 2011 01:58 GMT

#72

MLG Columbus for me only because i could not watch Dreamhack finals. I think scheduling DH finals to a Monday cut a lot of potential stream viewers, at least for me its was impossible to watch DH while working.

Sadistx

Zimbabwe5568 Posts

June 21 2011 02:32 GMT

#73

MLG, because it wasn't held in what appears to be a giant white greenhouse.

p4NDemik

United States13896 Posts

June 21 2011 02:35 GMT

#74

MLG Columbus because I was there in person and I didn't have to work during it causing me to miss most of the tournament (was the case for Dreamhack). So yeah its a biased and mostly uniformed opinion considering I didn't catch much of Dreamhack but there you have it.

Brett

Australia3823 Posts

June 21 2011 03:08 GMT

#75

MLG.

Higher quality games, higher quality casting, better atmosphere. Non-laggy stream also.

Dreamhack was good, dont get me wrong...

NuKedUFirst

Canada3139 Posts

June 21 2011 03:10 GMT

#76

I enjoyed them both, however I think Dreamhack was a little bit better because I didn't have to stream switch, just stayed to day9

Cryptos

United States35 Posts

June 21 2011 03:38 GMT

#77

dreakhuk
♥♥♥

zaii

Guam2611 Posts

June 21 2011 03:40 GMT

#78

MLG by a mile

+ Tastosis
+ More Games
+ Stable streams
+ Amazing Crowd and Atmosphere
+ Ton of stories/Drama
+ Player Cams

Watching Dreamhack was a Heartache for me, Stream would lag/freeze every 5-7 secs, and it only happened on DeamHack streams.

Syorm

131 Posts

June 21 2011 04:03 GMT

#79

IDRA VS MC was amazing

ImmortalTofu

United States1254 Posts

June 21 2011 04:10 GMT

#80

Columbus had more games all the time, had live interviews, in-booth (BOOTH) cameras, a bigger and better LAN environment, MLG's streams were better. Also the fact that all of it was streamed from the site made the event better than Dreamhack.

I must comment, however, on the rediculously amazing production on Day9tv during the event. The games on monday, the lack of constant action, and a weird time frame, for me put Dreamhack behind MLG Columbus, but the production on Day9tv at the very least was extremely extremely top notch! The moving pictures, the smooth animations, the eye-pleasing sponsor logos distinctly, but not distractingly in the bottom. Amazing stuff guys.

Both had relatively annoying ads, however... I'd much rather more frequent ads than an ad every time the stream starts up, because I can't do much prolonged watching, and would rather not get every first 30 seconds of watch time eaten up by an ad.