I like TSL as is. Personally, watching it as a replay is great because it's easier on everyone with practically no downtime. You can see building info (tech, units in queue) and watch games at a time that's easier for TL.

jeddus

United States832 Posts

May 24 2008 20:24 GMT

#122

I think numbers will grow with players popularity too.

Guys like Draco, Testie, Mondragon... they have their fanclubs.

The winner of this tourney will probably receive more hype and be watched closer next season.

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

May 26 2008 00:36 GMT

#123

About 3500 average today.

Uris

United States47 Posts

May 26 2008 00:39 GMT

#124

On May 26 2008 09:36 SonuvBob wrote:
About 3500 average today.

Wow! That is impressive, there should be double that amount since next week is the final. :-)
That is, unless they get turned away from a pvp final but hey, there's still a pvt third place match so that's good to watch as well.:p

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

May 26 2008 01:41 GMT

#125

On May 26 2008 09:36 SonuvBob wrote:
About 3500 average today.

How many russian ips?

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

May 26 2008 02:10 GMT

#126

346 of 5000ish total IPs (up from 162 yesterday).

VIB

Brazil3567 Posts

May 26 2008 17:08 GMT

#127

Anyone know what is the bandwidth capaciy on youtoube live streams?
http://youtube.com/streams_main

We could use it to post stream stuff, would be fun. If it can hold 5k+ people ^^
edit: nvm it's 300 ><

Native

Poland105 Posts

May 26 2008 20:03 GMT

#128

Mayby some1 can write how many ips from each Contry r watching TSL?:D I think 1st USA 2 GER 3 POL/RUS : )

HanN00b

Germany1441 Posts

May 26 2008 20:35 GMT

#129

Some (i guess about 10k) more people are watching TSL with ESL TV (german language)

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

May 26 2008 22:05 GMT

#130

On May 27 2008 05:03 Native wrote:
Mayby some1 can write how many ips from each Contry r watching TSL?:D I think 1st USA 2 GER 3 POL/RUS : )

Yeah, that's right, though for Draco vs Nony it was 1. USA 2. POL 3. GER.

True_Spike

Poland3420 Posts

May 26 2008 22:37 GMT

#131

And all that despite the shitty hour ;-)

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

May 26 2008 23:01 GMT

#132

Yeah, Polish fans are hardcore. Finals may have Poland in first. :p

Showtime!

Canada2938 Posts

May 27 2008 01:26 GMT

#133

I had ten people over to watch it so make that 5010 ;s

404.Nintu

Canada1723 Posts

May 27 2008 02:49 GMT

#134

I had people over aswell! I'm certain plenty of people watched it with friends, so maybe a number much more like 5200?

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

May 27 2008 03:03 GMT

#135

I'm sure the total people is way more than the IP count. Lets say it was 10k people total :D we can dream

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

May 27 2008 07:15 GMT

#136

I like the replays. All the technical difficulties introduced by true live buy you what... losing building ques and stuff?

There are two things I would like to see;

whoever is controlling the obs should be in voicechat with the commentators, though not on the stream. Im assuming the commentators and obs have bandwidth for this. This would allow him to speak in a really unprofessional way and talk over the commentators to point things out. It doesnt seem very unprofessional when the obs misses something (you even see shuttles on the minimap on korean games get missed by the obs occasionally) but it seems very unprofessional when something happens on the screen and the commentators miss is, especially if they bring it up after the obs has moved.

more post match, especially interviews with winners and losers. this could easily be on a seperate show with non-live interviews played midweek to keep the flow of the tournament going. just some good analysis and stuff.

tsl is so awesome i watch it live from my crappy timezone. <3

Chill

Calgary25980 Posts

May 27 2008 18:27 GMT

#137

Just FYI we already do the first suggestion by being in IRC with the observer. It's very hard to read while casting btw, when you hear me giggle or just stop talking its because of IRC :X

True_Spike

Poland3420 Posts

May 27 2008 18:55 GMT

#138

Yeah, I watched the Draco vs Nony games together with my friends, too. We actually moved everything we needed (food, beers, even a toaster) over to the room where the computer was, so that we wouldn't have to move once the stream started. We were yelling so loud we had to tone it down a bit to not wake up anyone else in the house (as it was pretty late). We didn't hear much of the commentary though, as we were commentating ourselves most of the time, arguing between each other who's going to win. Was pretty fun