I think it's better for the players , but for the viewers, if you really love starcraft , non-stop is the way to go.

But for the players I say yes. for myself I say no

Freezd

United States139 Posts

December 15 2012 07:11 GMT

#84

As long as there is not more than one big tournament per weekend, its all good son.

mahO

France274 Posts

December 15 2012 07:15 GMT

#85

If big events would take a break, first players could train more efficiently and think on their play instead of going all around the world and play non stop, and second little events would have more exposure, lower level pros might gain more exposure too, I think overall it would be good, but fans dont need a break at all ahah, you just skip events if you dont have time.

ErAsc2

Sweden256 Posts

December 15 2012 07:38 GMT

#86

I enjoy it as it is now. Twice a month or so there's a really big live event with lots of top players.

chuiboy

55 Posts

December 15 2012 08:31 GMT

#87

On December 14 2012 06:12 kochanfe wrote:
Breaks are good for the players and the overall level of play. However, I don't think it's likely or NECESSARILY beneficial for the sport as a whole.

Breaks are good for players? Who said that they have to play? The reason they play is for the prize. They don't have to attend a tourney if they don't want to, but they should if they want to win some money or fame.

Mefaso

Germany27 Posts

December 15 2012 09:43 GMT

#88

If you Want a break, just don't watch e-sports for a few weeks. As easy as that.

thealexw87

United States47 Posts

December 15 2012 09:53 GMT

#89

personally i would like sc2 to be like pro tennis. now if you dont follow, tennis there are four major tournaments, about four to six larger tournaments and many other smaller tourneys. in december on until about mid january they take a break. the four (most likely more around 6) major tourneys could be gsl and/or osl, larger events be mlgs/iem and the rest fill up minor tournaments.

terfand

Russian Federation119 Posts

December 15 2012 10:58 GMT

#90

I'm voting yes for players.

n0ise

3452 Posts

December 15 2012 11:52 GMT

#91

absolutely not, lmao

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if the players find it an issue, how about managers do their job and actually arrange a proper schedule for them, so that they can the post the best amount of practice without burning out / over travelling

as for the viewers - as long as the game is enjoying to watch, people will watch - if numbers start to drop, maybe there's more to it than "too many tournaments"

Kompicek

Czech Republic245 Posts

December 15 2012 12:35 GMT

#92

breaks should have big tournaments. No official offseazon, if you dont want to watch, then dont, its easy

Gipetto

Germany14 Posts

December 15 2012 14:42 GMT

#93

im voting yes

august or one of the sommer-months would be cool as a break.

Fraidnot

United States824 Posts

December 15 2012 14:55 GMT

#94

I think right now for content producers it's kinda mandatory that they get as many tournaments in as possible to grow the business. As soon as we have our UFC that buys out all the players and muscles out the competition then it'll happen.

Fatam

1986 Posts

December 15 2012 15:11 GMT

#95

Voted yes.

It's always so anti-climatic when someone wins Code S! Then a few weeks later (after code A finishes) we're already having the up and downs + ro32 for the next Code S. Champions in sports get to be champion for a year, and their accomplishments have plenty of time to be celebrated. Champions in Code S get to be champions for a few weeks.. lol

Also the meta will evolve faster if there is more time between tournaments because people have more time to toy around w/ new out-of-the-box ideas. If you're constantly playing for money you have to play it close to the vest / close to what you know.

Garoodah

United States56 Posts

December 15 2012 16:40 GMT

#96

I think tournaments during finals is a bad idea, I would really like to see the CSL take that into consideration. The more popular tournaments are doing just fine right now. I just wish I didnt have to choose between 2 popular tournaments (dreamhack and IEM?) a few weeks back.

tozi

United States506 Posts

December 15 2012 16:47 GMT

#97

I like to always be able to watch my favorite players play, all year round. Yet, I do think that breaks would add prestige to the champions of tournaments like GSL if there weren't so many each year.

xCherubiMx

United States25 Posts

December 15 2012 17:53 GMT

#98

If the game is going to be balanced and built around top level players, then they owe us non stop action. No breaks, that's for us casual players. GoGoGo!

Jedclark

United Kingdom903 Posts

December 15 2012 20:49 GMT

#99

I would prefer SC2 to follow the same kind of structure as football (soccer to you Americans) - the official season, when the tournaments take place, then a bit of down time for the transfer market, etc. I don't believe teams should be selling and buying players during teamleague seasons, which is why SC2 needs a stricter governing body, and unified tournaments.