EPTWhat was your favorite live event from the winter season?
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pPingu
Switzerland2892 Posts
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Zenniv
United States545 Posts
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CresherSC2
Sweden4 Posts
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Pjorren
Sweden777 Posts
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Hilo
Estonia114 Posts
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Underkoffer
Netherlands53 Posts
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nooboon
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Talin
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lnstantly
United Kingdom23 Posts
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misha205
United States4 Posts
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XxpunisherXx
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
hope history can repeat itself and make the 2012 finals the clear #1 though ^^ | ||
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
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Adersick
United States216 Posts
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MysticaL
Canada118 Posts
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Wampaibist
United States478 Posts
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KadaverBB
Germany25649 Posts
NASL comes in second of course. | ||
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igay
Australia1178 Posts
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KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32739 Posts
Heart: NASL has managed to forge an incredibly unique identity based on entertainment, a quirkiness that always impresses and a good format that gives a lot of games with damn-good quality for a rather "indie" tournament compared to the IPLs and MLGs of the world. Caught my heart and always improves season by season. Looking forward to more NASL next year. | ||
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Kreb
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SiegeFlank
United States410 Posts
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lFlippyl
United States147 Posts
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theCablik
United States32 Posts
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diverzee
Sweden992 Posts
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C0MMANDO
71 Posts
But i will vote for IPL since NASL is not up there | ||
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Oiseaux
United States676 Posts
IPL5 I felt was too much of a good thing (still a good thing, don't get me wrong). Most of the other tourneys I have a hard time following (ie Dreamhack, BWC) due to timezone and me not really being able to pull all nighters anymore, but nowhere near their fault. And yes, I know VODs exists, but with all the content out there I find it hard sometimes to go back and watch a day long VOD. MLG this year (outside of the KeSPA invitational) I felt just rode the wave of past success; not really changing much of a good formula. I feel like others are upping their game in small increments but MLG isn't. In short, they were enjoying being at the top without worrying about the other climbing up (which I feel they have). Honorable mention to Iron Squid and always for Home Story Cup. Iron Squid did an amazing job for a rookie event, and Home Story Cup is always amazing ... the one Euro tourney I will ALWAYS make sure to watch ALL of the VODs for. | ||
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MurdersaurusRex
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iMrising
United States1099 Posts
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SpacemanG
United States31 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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Karaku
Canada2 Posts
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geno
United States1404 Posts
Ignoring the luck of player storylines, I think I was most impressed with IPL5 as a whole. They seemed to be the most ambitious heading into it with the scale of the event and all the extras going on, and they managed it pretty well. NASL was probably still second best though, they ran that event SO CLEANLY. Very little unexpected downtime and precisely timed breaks made the event feel like a TV-level production. All the filler content was exceedingly well executed and enjoyable without detracting from the main event. Also, probably the least awkward feeling closing ceremony. Just an A+ event. | ||
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OminouS
Sweden1343 Posts
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Survivor61316
United States470 Posts
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JJH777
United States4378 Posts
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badgertk
United States8 Posts
I do have an issue with NASL not being there. | ||
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PXEnTei
United States209 Posts
I voted Mlg, because it was the last ZvZ game i enjoyed. The whole thing was fun, and the storylines were interesting. For Life it was his first MLG Leenock would have been the first and only 3 time winner Flash woudl have been the first Kespa player to win Bomber would have won his second Mlg, and would have joined the likes of Huk, MKP, DRG,and Leenock | ||
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JtoK
Germany232 Posts
On December 11 2012 07:38 Underkoffer wrote: NASL 4, because there were no mirror-matchups. Are you sirius? There were 2 ZvZs  | ||
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LowEloPlayer
United States205 Posts
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King_law1992
United States47 Posts
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JtoK
Germany232 Posts
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
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-Lullaby-
Canada7 Posts
NASL got my vote through 'other'. | ||
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
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Cassalina
United States65 Posts
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LittleAtari
Jordan1090 Posts
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modesttoss
United States221 Posts
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Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
Is there anything els missing really? | ||
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ipuddles
United States2 Posts
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Zesty CheF
United States20 Posts
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
 IPL slightly versus the others. So much going on there it was awesome. | ||
Destructicon
4713 Posts
Big credit to IPL5 too, they also managed to forge a distinct feel for their tournaments as well, that is, as the most stacked tournament ever, hope they also continue down this path. | ||
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Weavel
Finland9221 Posts
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prabhbhambra13
United Kingdom424 Posts
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k03k
Netherlands15 Posts
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Adashra
France7 Posts
A good show, a good quality, no lag, no need to subscribe, many jokes about imba zergs, Stephano's almost all-kill, etc... | ||
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Znoz
Latvia127 Posts
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HolydaKing
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
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Mallement
Denmark39 Posts
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paradox719
United States30 Posts
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
But IPL5 and the rest were pretty good as well. | ||
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Cattlecruiser
United States340 Posts
Production was lacking but MLG was also very good as well. Too many foreigners in the other tournaments, not very many top tier players and easy sweeps for the few Koreans. It is hard to enjoy watching <100 apm, no map awareness, and average unit control. Especially when they play each other. | ||
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AKnopf
Germany259 Posts
On December 11 2012 08:50 igay wrote: Why isn't everyone saying b.net championship. 100k for 1st place 40 for second, watching that was the sickest thing ever I voted for Dreamhack because it is european, which means I can watch it at a convenient time and not in the middle of the night. | ||
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Gorlin
United States2753 Posts
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SmuZ
Romania45 Posts
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JKM
Denmark419 Posts
If I were to look at production only I think IPL5 would be one to look at, but their event was a marathon and overall I wouldn't mind cutting the number of games to half of what they had. I lost interest in the final games (was a sad panda after Hyun losing GSL to not scouting a "hidden" base) and overall disgusted by the amount of ZvZ games :0. | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
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DailYLeet
Germany827 Posts
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
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DarkblueRH
United States144 Posts
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
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Swish 41
Germany154 Posts
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EzekyleAbaddon
Germany8 Posts
as viewer not as person to be there and enjoy the locations | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
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jnd
Czech Republic915 Posts
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DKR
United Kingdom622 Posts
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Ruscour
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Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
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KingAlphard
Italy1705 Posts
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Imola
Russian Federation24 Posts
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seodoth
Netherlands315 Posts
Stephano-vortix-lucfiron. And other amazing players. Great brackets | ||
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jiberish
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
On December 12 2012 06:43 jiberish wrote: How did IEM singapore get a spot over NASL 0_o You clearly didnt watch IEM Singapore. | ||
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TheDougler
Canada8302 Posts
Seriously, Jarret Cale for fantastic host plus the most interesting result out of all these tournaments, plus the FFA there was great. I didn't vote for IPL5 just because I was there in person so it'd be a bit unfair to vote for it. | ||
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Yello
Germany7411 Posts
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
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CeriseCherries
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DurandaL917
United States92 Posts
On December 11 2012 07:18 pPingu wrote: After this event, I think that NASL might have deserved its spot here exactly my thoughts ! | ||
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Pursuit_
United States1330 Posts
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Kompicek
Czech Republic245 Posts
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vitruvia
Canada235 Posts
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Laplaces_imp
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i3rainless
Germany34 Posts
Nasl needs for sure a spot!!! Whats up with you mister poll admin ?! | ||
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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Mariosatr
294 Posts
I think I put NASL low because I didn't really watch much... WCS Europe would probably beat all of these, but it wasn't this November/December | ||
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
64 man double elim with 72 players in it with an absoloute INSANE lineup, the most stacked tournament in a long time, but alot of games were not shown and I felt like alot of the storylines were lost because of the incredible amount of content. If IPL maybe didn't have GSL and World Cup going on the same weekend, maybe it would be different, but it feels to me like 72 player double elim is just too much in one weekend. This is probably #FirstWorldESportProblems but the event just didn't captivate me for those reasons. Dreamhack and NASL were both really well done, but gotta go with Dreamhack. | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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mistaspoon
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Mekare
Germany393 Posts
IPL had great production for sure, but NASL had so much entertaining content, great casters and great matches, and almost no downtime at all. I had tons of fun watching that. | ||
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Shadowmire
United States59 Posts
Biased? For sure, but I can't give any other answer. | ||
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Penev
28451 Posts
I hope they expand and make it the North Atlantic Star League and have a finals in my time zone.. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3671 Posts
IPL5 would have to be second though, just the sheer amount of content even though I still feel like ro4 and finals shouldn't be played on back to back days with all 4 players also playing another tournament... But I'm also biased as fuck having watched mlg for 5+ years now, to me their events are always by far the best. | ||
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Kuckuck
Germany6 Posts
By FAR other here | ||
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exeprime
United Kingdom643 Posts
But all of them were so damn good, it's not even funny. A lot of excellent esports content coming out these days. | ||
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caradoc
Canada3022 Posts
NASL put on a really good, fun show though, deserves a vote spot. | ||
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spena
Canada116 Posts
NASL for entertainment | ||
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Master of DalK
Canada1797 Posts
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Blackhawk13
United States442 Posts
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Demurity
United States424 Posts
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mrRoflpwn
United States2618 Posts
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Freezd
United States139 Posts
Yes, there are a lot of trolls in free chat but when something amazing happens that rarely does happen, and the chat goes crazy, you get nerdchills. You actually feel like part of the community in a non-ppv chat. (IPL5 said they had free full hd, which is 1080p, when they actually had 720i) Don't get me wrong, spending $10 or $20 for a season of being able to chat and watch in HD (which dreamhack already offers for free) may be great for some people, but I don't support segregating the community like that, when you could do the same exact thing, without having to go into fan's pockets.. People may counter-argue that IPL or NASL can't run if there are no subscriptions... All I'll say is LOL because if they have enough money to put up around $80k in prize money, don't you think they can spend $2-4k on production? | ||
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zefreak
United States2731 Posts
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MauliSchaumi
Germany21 Posts
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THM
Bulgaria1131 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
horn guy 4tw | ||
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appletree
Denmark109 Posts
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Corpsi
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McFly_terran
United States15 Posts
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pulperi
Finland87 Posts
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Champi
1422 Posts
SPL BABY!!! ITS BACK :D :D :D GO SKT!!!!!! fightiiinggg~~~~ | ||
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Swiv
Germany3674 Posts
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SicPro
United States202 Posts
Of course the FFA was one of the most entertaining games of televised Starcraft to date. As well as almost every series played being of the highest caliber going the distance with great games all around. IPL5 was my choice for this for all the obvious reasons. GOM produced. Toughest bracket in history (even tho I agree with Naniwa the seeds into round 4 or something crazy far in was complete bullshit).... and it was fun until it became weekend of the Zerg. But NASL should be up there and I'd vote for it. This is the way SC2 tournaments should be designed going forth. The IPL and MLG format of cramming all the games into one weekend is overwhelming for both the players and the viewers. NASL and GSL format brings the most hype when the live event finally happens. | ||
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eFko
Slovakia7 Posts
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
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blacksheepwall
China1530 Posts
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furo
Germany449 Posts
IPL was pretty cool tho, but imo with too many koreans so it was boring to watch in the end. | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
Just my opinion tho | ||
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Jepsyn
Canada364 Posts
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Luiwtf
England217 Posts
On December 13 2012 23:07 furo wrote: pretty sure DH winter would be #1 if it was the latest event. IPL was pretty cool tho, but imo with too many koreans so it was boring to watch in the end. Too many non-Koreans at DH made it incredibly boring for me, like 3 decent players, none of which I particularly like :/. IPL had much better players, awesome production and some decent casters. If I could I'd just choose GSL, but it isn't an option  . | ||
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dings
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