On December 23 2012 06:56 An2quamaraN wrote:
Good time for off-season for somebody maybe be the best time for a season for someone else. So difinitely answer is: no.

don't really get it ...

btx0

Germany184 Posts

December 23 2012 00:54 GMT

#162

On December 23 2012 07:00 C.K. wrote:

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don't really get it ...

I think he means if there was an off-season, events would be more concentrated and as people's busy times over the year vary, some might miss more than others.

executorx

Germany81 Posts

December 23 2012 13:45 GMT

#163

On December 14 2012 06:10 BearStorm wrote:
Breaks are good for high end tournaments like GSL and MLG. They build up hype and make each victory seem more significant, but I wouldn't mind if the less popular events occupied the time in between. The worst is when there is a lot of overlap.

The worst is if there is nothing to watch.

KookyMonster

United States311 Posts

December 23 2012 16:21 GMT

#164

I'd at least like to get rid of the overlap so we don't get a bunch of mediocre tournaments...

norlock

Netherlands918 Posts

December 23 2012 23:53 GMT

#165

I just like to go sleep put and put a nice stream on, it's like with football i hate it when i have nothing to watch. And it's for me nice to see who is in shape and who isn't.

Chronald

United States619 Posts

December 24 2012 02:15 GMT

#166

Having a break builds hype, like stated by many posters.

Look at this season of SPL. People freaked out when the announcement dropped, this is because it has been a while since the last proleague, and all the fans are super fucking hyped to see what NEW things the players are going to bring to the table this season.

Its just like any other truly mainstream professional sport. There is an off season at the highest level of play that is used as marketting fodder and hype-generation, in which players are given extreme amounts of time to practice compared to an active-tournament schedule. This means players get really fucking good, really fucking fast. It has happened time and time again, where after the off-season major metagame shifts have happened and players are going to be busting out strategies that no one has ever seen before.

The players need the break to push themselves to the next level, which will in turn push SC2 over the hump its been on recently IMO.

Zwirz

Poland11 Posts

December 24 2012 23:30 GMT

#167

Non stop e-sport is not good. Too much events = not too much time, not too much time = you need to choose what you want see or in extremly pessimst option - you don`t watch anything.

Some e-sport fans have familys, work.

And more important - Players need breaks.

But! If top players will relax antoher have chance to be "stars"

lemonbone

Hong Kong154 Posts

December 26 2012 03:15 GMT

#168

E-sports need more easy access free vods

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

December 26 2012 03:52 GMT

#169

Honestly the only reason I want an off season is because I think it'd be super cool for players to come to the inaugural season of MLG or GSL or something and have this crazy new build or polished their existing skills more and go on a rampage. It'd be nice for the players to have times to just chill and practice, and maybe smaller tournaments (Stim for the Win ect) could operate during the off season to make the scene look less cluttered and oversaturated

EliteSK

Korea (South)251 Posts

December 26 2012 05:37 GMT

#170

I feel like a month-2 months of off season of LANs is fine for viewers. Players will still stream and there will be ongoing events like online tourneys but an off season for MLG, IPL, GSL, DH, IEM etc would be okay so each one seems more important and more buildup for the start of a new year.

Players need it more than viewers though.

Cyro

United Kingdom20344 Posts

December 26 2012 10:41 GMT

#171

If there are 5 tournaments on, i can watch all of them and be up to date. If there are 7 and i maybe cant be comfortable investing so much time into watching (and i am a person with a lot of time) then i will probably end up only watching 1 or 2 of them.

If there is big overlap, it's really really annoying and i just flat out wont tune in to one tournament if it means missing big games (big IMO) in the other one.

KristofferAG

Norway25712 Posts

December 26 2012 18:55 GMT

#172

Biggest issue with this is that we'd end up having a bunch of overlapping major tournaments. As long as there are as many tournaments as there are these days, it would never work out. If there were fewer, I would love to have an off-season for the major tournaments, while minor tournaments could thrive. THere would still be something to watch, though it wouldn't be the high quality we're used to from GSL, SPL ,OSL, MLG, IPL, ESL, DH and so on and so on.

What I would love to see is less GSL seasons in a year. Right now, winning a GSL really doesn't seem THAT huge. It's still huge, don't getme wrong, but when there are 5 seasons a year it's not as big of an achievement as say, winning an OSL.

I'mma go with no.

EG.lectR

United States617 Posts

December 26 2012 23:12 GMT

#173

E-sports isn't large enough to start talking about off-seasons, folks...

Herry

England681 Posts

December 27 2012 01:00 GMT

#174

Almost every Professional sport on earth has an off season. why not esports?

SnowStormer

Norway275 Posts

December 27 2012 10:13 GMT

#175

I think that a off-season that lasts about a month, would be great. And in these we could have building off hype towards the top-tourney's. Like i want more hype regarding the GomTv events, for instance the fact that we now have a new zerg who has won 2 gsl events, who's a royal roader, and is the next youngest royal roader in history (only beat'n by flash i think). And with a say off-season untill february or mid-january, we could have gotten all hyped up for the next matches.

Tuczniak

1561 Posts

December 27 2012 16:04 GMT

#176

Less tournaments, more training and more streaming, players in better form. Yes, I would like that.

fenrysk

United States364 Posts

December 27 2012 16:38 GMT

#177

I would totally be down for an official off-season. that was something i enjoyed about last year's december period, just downtime where i can enjoy player streams. even RedEye mentioned on an episode of Climbing the Ladder, F1 racing has a ton of events every year but they always take august and december off. i think esports could use the same kind of a break.

Fuego

United Kingdom166 Posts

December 27 2012 16:41 GMT

#178

I like the idea of having an off-season for the big events like MLG, DH and IPL. In the off-season you could hold the smaller events for the less known players, giving them a chance to breakout over the off-season then enter the big events with some hype around them. It would help grow the scene away from just the same few players. Invitationals should also all take place over the off-season.

ROOTheognis

United States4482 Posts

December 27 2012 20:46 GMT

#179

We need a break! It hypes shit up! :-D

Havik_

United States5585 Posts

December 27 2012 20:47 GMT

#180

If every league had sufficient breaks between their events to the point where there was minimal overlap between events, I think it would be great for the scene. After thinking about it though, and official off season would be terrible, just let each league have its own off season.