As a spectator, I enjoy being able to choose between several options. I can cherry pick matches with my favorite players for example.

I can understand though, that from the producer point of view, it might be better to have less competition for the viewers. But at the same time, other events might attract new viewers that get hungry for more content, who would otherwise never have seen your content.

All in all... I think having a lot of content is good, up to a degree where it would start hurting the organizers due to too high content / viewer ratio. If that makes sense.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

June 30 2011 22:54 GMT

#42

The more the better, but I have no idea what the hell half of them are >.>

phisku

Belgium864 Posts

June 30 2011 22:57 GMT

#43

i left 4 days to go in a festival and when i came back i was so lost in every tournament and player joining team.

K_Dilkington

Sweden449 Posts

June 30 2011 22:59 GMT

#44

The problem with this many events is that you will almost never get every top player at one event. Dreamhack came close, but most events only have maybe 1/4 of the pros attending because there's so much going on so the player and the teams have to prioritize. I personally think it would be better to have slightly less tournaments but with higher quality line ups.

ZergMaestro

United States169 Posts

June 30 2011 23:00 GMT

#45

GSL, and the BW leagues is all the time i have for. I watch like hours of that alone.

Valikyr

Sweden2653 Posts

June 30 2011 23:01 GMT

#46

I like fewer tournaments that are really big. Feels more epic and you can get hyped for each and every one of them.

futsel

163 Posts

June 30 2011 23:02 GMT

#47

there's like wayt too much!
but that gives me a freedom.
I only keep track of like 1/3 or 1/4 of all the tourneys and I'm happy with my selection.
Don't want there to be any less tourneys going on: competition and fredom of choice is always good

P.S.: plus almost at every event I watch I get premium or HD or smth like that, so I don't have to spend much since I watch only the selected tournaments

godemperor

Belgium2043 Posts

June 30 2011 23:34 GMT

#48

The more the better, but the only tournament I watch will be the GSL and other large local lans (DH, MLG, assembly, IEM...)

Macibax

33 Posts

June 30 2011 23:45 GMT

#49

personally, if there are too many events it makes watching them less exciting to me

Mister360

Denmark7 Posts

June 30 2011 23:54 GMT

#50

not rly enough EU friendly events though

SnowFantasy

4173 Posts

July 01 2011 00:25 GMT

#51

Definitely too many to keep track of and it is AWESOME.

RotterdaM

Netherlands684 Posts

July 01 2011 00:28 GMT

#52

I actually think there are a bit to many, which might sound odd, but I loved the old Wc3 times where you looked forward to a Wc3l Finals or an ESWC for weeks, loads of previews on all sites etc, now it feels like there is no time for that since every 2nd week there is a massive tournament somewhere, also whenever you won 1 of those events you would be remembered forever, I feel like the majority of the people even forgot Naama won DH winter for instance, he didnt even get invited to DH invitational while he was the defending champ :D or people saying Moon achieved nothing in Sc2 while he got 2nd at the Global finals of IEM, thats huge,(that was even before his 2nd place at DH which people don't seem to find to impressive either cause he all inned @ finals ) just seems strange to me ~

Mb i'm nostalgic ^^ I just love legacy's etc, which I feel we wont get when 10 different players win 13 different tournaments within 6 months ;( On the other hand, I love E-sports so the more the merrier I guess...

SOPhorrific

Canada20 Posts

July 01 2011 00:34 GMT

#53

More kind of player from each race to watch by free time... & definitely more cover of Esport, nice pool result so far.

BushidoSnipr

United States910 Posts

July 01 2011 01:18 GMT

#54

there are too many total events

However there are not enough good events, too many shitty ones xD

Graham

Canada1259 Posts

July 01 2011 02:29 GMT

#55

I don't think there is too many, but it's gotten to the point where I have to pick what I watch as opposed to watching it all/a large majority.

Overall think it's a good thing though, even if there's too many to keep track of though, as it pushes tournaments to be better as opposed to "watch me, I'm a tourny and have prize money!!".

Xolo

Canada107 Posts

July 01 2011 02:40 GMT

#56

I've basically lost interest because there are just so many events that the excitement is gone for me.

PetitCrabe

Canada410 Posts

July 01 2011 02:49 GMT

#57

For me, there is too many. For the average E-sport viewer that I am, I can't follow all of them

ComusLoM

Norway3547 Posts

July 01 2011 02:50 GMT

#58

The more events will eventually lead to better competition, and poor tournament organisers, for example those who don't pay out or have poor production won't attract players/viewers.

Sworn

Canada920 Posts

July 01 2011 02:56 GMT

#59

Much to many imo I think some of the smaller ones should find a way to merge and just have bigger payouts or tourneys more often and more scheduled so less conflicts

dartoo

India2889 Posts

July 01 2011 03:16 GMT

#60

On July 01 2011 11:40 Xolo wrote:
I've basically lost interest because there are just so many events that the excitement is gone for me.

This. I used to follow the tournaments regularly, now there is just too much going on, that I feel I cant keep up, and that in return makes me feel like I've missed so much already, so why bother watching the remainder of it. And also koreans playing so often makes the excitement of koreans playing vs foreigners go away, and makes it feel normal. Less is more imo, but obviously for pros and other people I guess more is better. As a spectator, I love the feeling of.."this is the big one, if you dont win this, you'll have to wait for x amount of time again." But from the competitors perspective, t's a pretty bad especially if you want it to be a stable profession.