This. I have stronger ties to Korean scene, especially the ex BW progamers, and I want to watch the highest level of play possible. So the more Koreans, the better for me.

I also find SC2 TvT one of the best SC2 matchups, especially on such high level.

MLG final games were a treat for me, perfect end to a great event.

Micket

United Kingdom2163 Posts

August 02 2011 14:32 GMT

#102

I much preferred watching the Koreans play. Every game was dynamic, grack and forth, and even the TvTs had lots and lots of action (love watching Bio vs Mech). What was truly disappointing was some of the foreigner vs foreigner games. Sheth vs TLO was painful. Idra vs Cruncher was quite bad. Idra vs Naniwa was an all in fest. Huk vs Naniwa was disappointing considering they were the best placing foreigners.

There were some good games with foreigners. Kiwi vs Moonan was really enjoyable. White-ra vs Select was good fun as well. But nothing compares to MMA vs Boxer, Boxer vs Rain, MVP vs DRG, MVP vs Ganzi and any Korean vs Z matchup (except the ones that ended with the elevator).

Put it this way, an MC vs Puma will not happen in the foreign scene for quite some time. Even Thorzain vs Naniwa will not produce that kind of play. (Certainly not TLO vs Incontrol)

BadgerBadger8264

Netherlands409 Posts

August 02 2011 14:43 GMT

#103

I love TvT, it's not the matchup itself that bothers me, it's the amount of time I have to watch it that it just becomes boring. It's true that it's the most fun mirror to watch (as much ZvZ or PvP would be way, way more boring) but it's just played too much. In conclusion, LESS TVT'S PLS

valaki

Hungary2476 Posts

August 02 2011 14:50 GMT

#104

Best players : YES YES, TvTs : meh

jeffvip

211 Posts

August 02 2011 14:51 GMT

#105

What did this poll means? Korean are nice to watch. Look at SlayerS Zerg Killing build and TvT is the most interesting MU ever, ever

adalcim

Germany166 Posts

August 02 2011 14:59 GMT

#106

I like to watch good players playing, especially koreans, that is just great!!! But too much TvT is just lame. Next time we need more Protoss and Zerg in the final stage of the tournament.

Project Psycho

United Kingdom329 Posts

August 02 2011 15:01 GMT

#107

I voted too many TvT's, they were some great games but just far too many of them.

aristarchus

United States652 Posts

August 02 2011 15:34 GMT

#108

A Korean-foreigner final would have been more interesting, but only because it would have meant an epic run by some very impressive foreigner, etc. A Korean-foreigner final because they only invited one decent Korean would have just been dumb. Some things are super-epic, but they're only super-epic when they happen by chance within a system really designed to let the best players win.

Snettik

Finland186 Posts

August 02 2011 15:34 GMT

#109

korean vs korean finals are boring because there is nobody to root for. If i want to learn i want to see the highest level of play, if i want to watch sports i want to see the players i root for. I guess foreigner vs foreigner finals wouldn't have been so good either. ideally i would want korean vs foreigner finals

Kooun

Canada260 Posts

August 02 2011 15:40 GMT

#110

I stopped watching after boxer lost. Instead, I watched EVO - marvel vs capcom 3

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

August 02 2011 16:01 GMT

#111

I would've been a lot more interested in the finals if it was someone like Naniwa or Idra against a Korean.

So I voted "Yes, very much", although I still enjoyed the matches.

Ryka

United Kingdom254 Posts

August 02 2011 16:04 GMT

#112

Yeah, stopped watching after Naniwa and HuK were knocked out, not fussed which korean terran wins.

Retgery

Canada1229 Posts

August 02 2011 16:05 GMT

#113

What put me off to MLG was when Naniwa was put on a huge tilt in day 1.

refmac_cys.cys

United States177 Posts

August 02 2011 16:08 GMT

#114

Voted Maybe a little bit.
The problem I had wasn't so much the korean top six, but the fact that some of my favorite players, (HuK, Ret, Nani) who I think could have competed with the Koreans a bit, didn't get a chance to show better games.

DyEnasTy

United States3714 Posts

August 02 2011 16:10 GMT

#115

I stopped watching when it became korean top 6. If I want to watch koreans smash everyone else Ill go and watch GSL.

Foreigner fanboy for life

andis35

Latvia346 Posts

August 02 2011 16:37 GMT

#116

i dont care if they are koreans or not but tvt is imo most boring matchup and as there were so many tvts it was pretty boring to watch

Novalisk

Israel1818 Posts

August 02 2011 16:41 GMT

#117

I think MMA vs. MVP has more to it than race and nationality.

If it was BoxeR vs. MVP it would still be a bunch of korean terrans going at it, but it would undoubtedly be more exciting because everyone knows BoxeR's amazing story.

Mirror matches in SC2 aren't as exciting as non-mirror matches, but the nationality of the players doesn't matter nearly as much as their lack of fan appeal. MLG needs to figure out ways to hype their players up more, perhaps make a short video about the Korean invites(the GSL could help out), hyping them up and delivering a storyline. I'd even go as far as to create a hype video for every championship pool participant.

Craton

United States17281 Posts

August 02 2011 16:51 GMT

#118

Yes a bit + mirrors always are boring

There's no option for both.

cronican

Canada424 Posts

August 02 2011 17:03 GMT

#119

I watched the whole thing, and i'll say that it affected how excited I was for the finals. Don't get me wrong, it was still exciting, but it would have been much more exciting for me as a fan if a foreigner had made it. I think there's two reasons for this:

1) Rooting for the underdog

Top Koreans are considered to be the favorites in everything they enter. If anyone else, even a lower teir Korean (Boxer), makes a run at the title it's instantly more exciting. I'll cite Thorzain in the TSL3 as an example. Nothing new.

2) Accessiblity of content from Korean Players

How often do we see interviews or other content from these players? There have been a few that have made a good effort and now have a big fanbase in the foreigner scene (MC, Cella). Nevertheless there is undeniably a huge disparity between what we know about Korean players and Foreign players. This has little to do with where the person is from, it simply means that the players that publish more content, conduct more interviews, do podcasts, stream etc. Will inevitably have more people caring about how they do. Sadly, for Koreans, getting this content out is much more difficult due to the language barrier.

Shebuha

Canada1335 Posts

August 02 2011 17:09 GMT

#120

KORvsKOR was okay, but TvT was getting a bit old. It's not that it's a bad matchup, it's actually the most exciting mirror matchup to me, but after hundreds of blue flame hellions and like 10 TvTs, I was just done, you know?