I do hope that later they will order their standings so that they are ordered by their rank.

Also, does anybody know the rank-determining algorithm?

For instance, most wins
if wins are tied, most points
if wins and points are tied, whoever won the most games between those tied, etc.

I'm interested because there is bound to be many ties since it seems that almost every rank counts in this tournament.

Sephimos

United States144 Posts

April 13 2011 08:13 GMT

#4387

Amazing work so far NASL, great games, great commentary, great stream.

And why are people upset with the number of games? It's just like baseball, soccer or football, you don't watch all of every single match between everyone, you pick the ones you care about. I love baseball but that doesn't mean I'm going to watch every Pittsburgh Pirates game in full.

Vorenius

Denmark1979 Posts

April 13 2011 08:14 GMT

#4388

On April 13 2011 16:38 Sokalo wrote:

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Ouch. I understand this is probably necessary for them at this time so I'm not going to get too frustrated over it, but seeing as I can't watch the live stream, I'll have to sit the NASL viewing out for now until there's some alternative. $25 is too much given there's just so many other ways to watch high level games.

225 matches for just $25.

And still people are whining :s

Sephimos

United States144 Posts

April 13 2011 08:17 GMT

#4389

On April 13 2011 17:14 Vorenius wrote:

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225 matches for just $25.

And still people are whining :s

Internet denizens are the skin-flintiest sons of bitches alive. They'll cry until they get paid for watching the games. NASL is a great deal, and I'm glad to say I have a season pass.

theMarkovian

Netherlands183 Posts

April 13 2011 08:17 GMT

#4390

On April 13 2011 17:14 Vorenius wrote:

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225 matches for just $25.

And still people are whining :s

And thats only the league, you also get the playoffs, the winners tournament and probably even highlights from the open bracket...

Barett

Canada454 Posts

April 13 2011 08:23 GMT

#4391

On April 13 2011 16:38 Sokalo wrote:

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You do realize it is 25$ for 3 months right? it is a very good deal. I do understand if you did not want to pay, but as for value this is better then GOM imo.

Barett

Canada454 Posts

April 13 2011 08:23 GMT

#4392

As for the first day, I was pleasantly surprised about how good Incontrol and Gretorp did. Their commentary on the Clash of the Titans was very bad. I was hoping to see a huge improvement, and I did. Still has a ways to go too meet Tasteosis level, but they are better then Tasteosis when they started (O the first days of GOM xD)

Overall it went very well. Seemmed to have pretty good production value. I think if you are going to rebrodcast commentary, you really need to put as much production into it is possible. You should do post series interviews for everyone when they win, and even do more if needed. I feel if you are rebrodcasting why not fill loading into the game with something?

Very good first day guys. I was skeptic at first wether or not I would watch NASL over GOM since I only really have time to watch 1, and play my self. But I think being a NA tournament and how well you guys did day 1, it is very promising. you deffinitly won me over, and I hope you win over alot more people as well.

GL I hope E-sports really grows to what we all want it to be in the West. After tonight and sharing this with alot of my friends, I have high hopes.

Sokalo

United States375 Posts

April 13 2011 08:26 GMT

#4393

On April 13 2011 17:14 Vorenius wrote:

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225 matches for just $25.

And still people are whining :s

If you have a lot of disposable income I can understand how that's laughable. Or if you're the type of super fan who's going to watch every single match of the TSL, GSL, MLG, and NASL.

As someone who doesn't fit either of those groups, I'm just to sticking to skimming the results of the matches I'm interested in, and watching other games through free VODs, user streams, and replay packs. There's more content through those avenues than I'd ever be able to get through as it is.

And for as broke as I am, I have shelled out much more moola for things far more trivial, but I can't justify it here.

Tosho

Australia498 Posts

April 13 2011 08:27 GMT

#4394

I'd love to watch the vods since im at University while the matches are being played but the bandwidth requirements are insane, only 1080p? It took me an hour to get the first 30 mins of footage. I'd really like some lower bandwidth options like 720p or 480p or something, none of us here in Australia bar those living inside an exchange or the CBD of a major city will be able to afford to watch more than one or two days of games a month. Please consider more lightweight options for people in countries that cant get fat pipes with unlimited bandwidth. I'll have to consider my $25 a donation to esports currently until something more feasible is available.

iNbluE

Switzerland674 Posts

April 13 2011 08:33 GMT

#4395

Whaaat is that true? The VODs are only available in 1080p?? I was considering to get the season pass, but if this is true, no freaking way.

Blackk

South Africa226 Posts

April 13 2011 08:33 GMT

#4396

it's $25 for 3 months? i thought it was just one :o

i only bought it out of good faith and because of the amazing stream quality

Fates

United States91 Posts

April 13 2011 08:39 GMT

#4397

Just wanted to add in my 2 cents on opening day. I bought the season pass.

So first day, I got home in time to just catch the Artosis game. The original stream on jtv was pretty laggy, but the resolution was nice. An admin in chat said to try to view it on wellplayed.org or in a pop-out. Luckily that fixed the lag issue. I suspect the lag was just due to some hiccups with jtv and there being so many people watching. Luckily the lag never started again, and the HD was great.

So I missed the first 2 games, but the VODs were up very quickly, so I was able to watch the first two games with no wait. Very nice.

As for Incontrol and Gretorp, I think they did very well. The commentary was spot on, and in depth when it needed to be. Obviously it will get even better as they cast more games together, and form that caster synergy we see with Artosis and Tasteless. But they did very well imo.

I was worried buying a season pass after what happened with MLG, but I gave NASL a chance, and was left very impressed on the first day. So far, I think my $25 is very well spent for the quality of the games so far.

Excited for the future of NASL!

RainWhisper

United Arab Emirates333 Posts

April 13 2011 08:50 GMT

#4398

I don't live in Europe but i guess i have a relatively closer time than that of NASL US(starts at 4 am). Can anyone tell me how long FROM NOW will europe broadcast start,,or how long ago it started. Saying things like 5:30 pm doesnt mean much to me cause im not sure what european time you are referring to. Sorry and Thanks. Also im too scared to scroll through these posts,,already spoilt one game.

Cano

Poland200 Posts

April 13 2011 08:52 GMT

#4399

I stayed up till 3 a.m. to watch at least the beginning and now I read about the restream.
I'm a moron, lulz.

Great job, can't wait to watch all the games! Amazing job you did there.

On April 13 2011 17:50 MarwanBaki wrote:
I don't live in Europe but i guess i have a relatively closer time than that of NASL US(starts at 4 am). Can anyone tell me how long FROM NOW will europe broadcast start,,or how long ago it started. Saying things like 5:30 pm doesnt mean much to me cause im not sure what european time you are referring to. Sorry and Thanks. Also im too scared to scroll through these posts,,already spoilt one game.

And here I thought it was obvious what UK time is. It's GMT (which, during Summer is UTC+1).

And for Central Europe it's Central European Time. I know, that's just mindblowing.

ReiKo

Croatia1023 Posts

April 13 2011 08:58 GMT

#4400

Will theree be VODS?