TI3 this year... goddamn. I didn't get into dota until right after TI2 last year and I don't know how TI2 looked going into it, but TI3 this year... with the west tearing up the eastern offline events in past weeks... I am looking forward to the competition, shall we say.

I didn't realize there was also WCS going on that weekend. I will watch the OSL finals, of course... and then I will see if there anything worth watching for WCS America, but my priority will be TI3.

emanresU

Germany393 Posts

July 28 2013 12:36 GMT

#105

Starcraft elitists assemble.

Khalum

Austria831 Posts

July 28 2013 12:40 GMT

#106

Eh... nothing?

Nuclease

United States1049 Posts

July 28 2013 16:09 GMT

#107

I've always found MOBA horribly boring. SC2 mang.

Waxangel

United States33432 Posts

July 28 2013 20:20 GMT

#108

On July 28 2013 16:48 Talron wrote:
No way I'm watching the regional finals over the biggest eSports event of the year.

dude LCS finals isn't till november D:

GutShot9

Canada46 Posts

July 29 2013 02:47 GMT

#109

I bought SC1 the day it came out, played BW religiously, played 3 seasons of SCII, didn't buy HotS.

SC2 beta looked really cool, there was a lot of new units with lots of different spells, then by the time it got released they got rid of half of them. To me it became somewhat boring with no real opportunity for variation. Every game was almost exactly the same, TvP build this, ZvT build that...One of my biggest wishes during the end of brood war was that SC2 would introduce more units or maybe even a 4th race, but they didn't. It's the same game with the same amount of units/spells(maybe even less then BW) and really lacks in ingenuity. Now I understand that with each expansion new units will be introduced but only maybe 1-2 per race. I understand the balance nightmare new units cause but come on it took so many years for BW to become what it was. I think it's more fun to watch pros trying new things to figure out the best combinations and counters rather than have a stale meta game. IMHO they need to DOUBLE the amount of units/spells! Then maybe the game would become interesting again, but the way it is right now SC is dead to me, and I'm not happy about it

DOTA2 (I didn't play DOTA1) Brings a lot of fresh ideas and game play. Over 80+ heroes(and counting) and 100+ items. I have played almost 2000 hours and still haven't mastered all the heroes. It gets me excited to play video games again, something that was seriously lacking with SC2.

TI3 Exclusively.

5 Days away, GET FUCKING HYPED!

P.S. - DOTA2 is Free 2 Play (not Pay 2 Win) all you LoL and SC elitists need to get of your high horses and give it a try. You might just love it like I do.

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

July 29 2013 03:55 GMT

#110

Hmm I kinda want to catch Naniwa's games but if it conflicts with TI3, then i'll be forced to try and watch during downtime or read about his series later

ESPORTS

beesinyoface

2450 Posts

July 29 2013 09:01 GMT

#111

Unless someone I really like is playing on the WCS stream, going to be watching exclusively TI3. Got into dota some months ago and watching the biggest tourney of the year is gonna be sweet.

Good amount of hypes, lots of backstory with the teams and the games should be pretttty interesting.

UnholyRai

720 Posts

July 29 2013 13:16 GMT

#112

Where is the option for neither? I am on holiday is sri lanka on those dates. However, if I werent on holiday, it would be pretty much exclusively TI3 but briefly keeping up to date with WCS in any down time.

I can't really watch sc2 for more than a couple of minutes these days, I find it too boring.

vladtepestr

Croatia6 Posts

July 29 2013 13:37 GMT

#113

Wow didnt even know its the same time. Who was soo clever to put it that way?

Weavel

Finland9221 Posts

July 29 2013 14:48 GMT

#114

Only WCS Finals. Lost interest in dota long ago.

Creager

Germany1900 Posts

July 29 2013 16:46 GMT

#115

Will surely tune in to some TI3 without even playing DotA, just to get a glimpse on the dimensions, aside from that WCS

Cattlecruiser

United States340 Posts

July 29 2013 17:29 GMT

#116

Exclusively WCS, you couldn't pay me to watch Chinese and International scrubs play with each other while the best of the best (KOREANS) face off in an epic showdown.

Just like LoL Koreans will dominate when they set their minds to it, why do people even try?

Ksquared

United States1748 Posts

July 29 2013 18:39 GMT

#117

Both cause #eSports

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

July 30 2013 00:56 GMT

#118

On July 25 2013 22:43 figq wrote:
Exclusively TI3. WCS regional finals? Who cares, gonna VOD them later. TI3 is once a year and the esports event of this year, for sure.

I pity all the casters, hosts, crew etc. who will be contractually obligated to work during these WCS regionals, and thus will be forced to miss TI3 live. They must be pretty sad. I think some SC2 progamers will be sad about that too, having to play during TI3.

If you happen to be present at WCS regionals with a camera, please try to make photos of screens with TI3 on alt-tab of players and casters there during breaks. It could be hilarious. Like, SC2 player in semi-final 1-1, alt-tabs to watch TI3.

Lol. That would be pretty funny but I don't think that'll happen. xD Also I am not sure how many SC2 players are that into DOTA. I like DOTA a fair bit, but I'll be either watching WCS entirely, or playing SC2 myself. Haha.