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If we could establish an official Starcraft league than maybe having an off season would be a good idea but with how many different tournaments there are vying for fan and pro gamer attention there is no real way to have an off season.
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We don't need an off-season, but instead more spread out tournaments; November and December had loads, including (2012) GSL Season 5, MLG Fall, GSL Blizzard Cup, IEM Singapore, Dreamhack Winter, WCS Finals, IPL 5, HSC IV and NASL Season 4. For January though, all I see is the 2013 GSL Season 1 - and only part of it at that - and IEM Katowice. For February, the same except IEM Sao Paulo. March will probably be somewhat like November, though, which leaves big months with a somewhat "off season" already.
The timeframe between these events during the "season" puts more pressure on them quickly, but during the "off season" there's not enough to do. Also, during the "event season" not only is it hard to catch every event, but also they can be running at the same time.
If we had, for example, Dreamhack Winter in January (a bit late though, haha) and WCS Finals in February (again, this is just a placeholder), we'd be able to catch the events and have a reasonable timeframe between each one.
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Yea, I don't think *everyone* has to be affected by this. Only the pro players. They can take a rest when they choose to, but the whole eSport level going to break is a bit too extreme in my opinion.
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I think the GSL and OSL breaks are nice and add prestige to winning the tournaments, and breaks in the PL are definitely nice for fans and players (even potentially lengthening for their careers), but these breaks don't need to coincide so that we can get non-stop awesome esports action! What would really be nice would be greater access to minor league or ameteur action during pro level off seasons!
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We had a lot of saturation in 2012 with the number of tournaments going on that it was impossible to watch them for purely for the reason that some happened at the same time as others. I don't think we need a break so much as we need less tournaments. Because if tournament organizations combine together and we have 1 or 2 gsl a year compared to what we have now winning a gsl is much more of an accomplishment. Just like sleeping with someone out of your league loses all meaning if that person sleeps with a lot of people. Less tournaments make for bigger crowds at each tournament and more prize money and more hype. I just feel a little overwhelmed with the amount of content we had last year and it felt like I needed to commit an unreasonable amount of time just to watch Most of it.
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I love watching to tournaments , so nope , we should lock the players up and force then to play 24/7 , only problem is streams , especially the big tourne's make not practice myself :p !
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Am I supposed to do esports?
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