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SuperFanBoy
Profile Joined June 2011
New Zealand1068 Posts
July 09 2011 06:15 GMT
#21121
I think the biggest problem was the fact that the games were taking so long to setup and the constant hour+ long breaks, i mean 12hours for 8 series of games.. its a bit too much no? It seemed like the crowd started to get fustrated because of it.
Ighox
Profile Joined July 2009
Norway580 Posts
July 09 2011 06:15 GMT
#21122
Seems sort of fitting though, the ending of NASL is just as terrible as the showmatch/announcement-show for NASL. (Clash of the titans showmatch.)

And I can't believe how many hours NASL ran today without even fixing the "80% sound on right speaker, 20% on left issue", adjusting the balance should be the easiest thing in the world to do.

Thanks to Gunrun for at least making it semi-watchable, otherwise we might have had to watch smartcam all night. :D
Olinim
Profile Joined March 2011
4044 Posts
July 09 2011 06:15 GMT
#21123
Puma is the only one who is really a threat to MC, and its entirely possible MC could just roll over him, gogo MC ezry win !
MechKing
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States3004 Posts
July 09 2011 06:16 GMT
#21124
I can live with the sound problems, and with the observer. But the one thing that really ruins it for me is having no loser's bracket. You can only see the players once, even if they didn't play their best so that's quite unfair. You also don't get the built in drama of players going through the loser's bracket on the path to the grand finals, so it really messes up a lot of stuff. I feel bad for the players that had to pay to fly in and only get to play one bo3 where they might not have played very well.
Sylverin
Profile Joined February 2011
United States480 Posts
July 09 2011 06:16 GMT
#21125
On July 09 2011 15:11 Cramsy wrote:
Glad I didn't get up at 4am to watch this judging by the consensus on twitter, reddit and this thread :/

isn't darkforce Australian? he was sooooo awesome i highly recommend those games
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aNDRoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States637 Posts
July 09 2011 06:16 GMT
#21126
I was rooting for BoxeR, but I couldn't resist making this:

[image loading]
Hi. My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
AndAgain
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2621 Posts
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21127
On July 09 2011 15:11 johnnyspazz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2011 15:11 Dingobloo wrote:
Is it a Bo5 semi?

its bo3 tomorrow


That's so lame. They can't even get simple decisions correctly.
All your teeth should fall out and hair should grow in their place!
Olinim
Profile Joined March 2011
4044 Posts
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21128
On July 09 2011 15:16 aNDRoM wrote:
I was rooting for BoxeR, but I couldn't resist making this:

[image loading]

rofl sick
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21129
On July 09 2011 15:16 aNDRoM wrote:
I was rooting for BoxeR, but I couldn't resist making this:
+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]



lol well done
Morta
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany557 Posts
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21130
On July 09 2011 15:16 Sylverin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2011 15:11 Cramsy wrote:
Glad I didn't get up at 4am to watch this judging by the consensus on twitter, reddit and this thread :/

isn't darkforce Australian? he was sooooo awesome i highly recommend those games



He's german!

Germany Fighting!
if i'am sad i stop being sad and play starcraft 2 instead.True Story.
aDd3z
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany885 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-09 06:18:40
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21131
On July 09 2011 15:16 Sylverin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2011 15:11 Cramsy wrote:
Glad I didn't get up at 4am to watch this judging by the consensus on twitter, reddit and this thread :/

isn't darkforce Australian? he was sooooo awesome i highly recommend those games

he is german
Edit: im always too late
Cj Entus | Effort | Prime | MarineKing | mouz | HasuObs
TortoiseCa
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada104 Posts
July 09 2011 06:17 GMT
#21132
It was nice that they did this tournament . I've enjoyed it in spurts. Aside from the relentless technical issues, it's been an entire day's worth of free entertainment. And you've got to give credit for these guys casting/playing/interviewing in front of an auditorium full of spectators - half of which are blizzard employees. Not including being streamed live to 40k viewers. I don't think I'd have the nerve to do it.

However, (This is where I complain) I really wish they would let tastotis/day9 cast the games. I really hate saying it because of the aforementioned but when the final match kicked in and gretorp/incontrol were casting again I actually shut down the stream - even though I had been waiting all day for that matchup to watch just because they are so bad at casting it ruined the experience for me. I mean, tastosis were entertaining the heck out of me and then they come back and it just accentuated the point.
SuperFanBoy
Profile Joined June 2011
New Zealand1068 Posts
July 09 2011 06:18 GMT
#21133
its bo3 for the ro8 also? are you shitting me?
RockshellGW
Profile Joined November 2010
93 Posts
July 09 2011 06:18 GMT
#21134
On July 09 2011 15:10 VietLegacy wrote:
Flying in all the way from Korea to play a BO3 at a grand stage and losing sucks. The Grand Finals should have been a BO5 IMO, or at least have a loser bracket like MLG so the viewers can get more games, and the players better opportunities.


They had to sacrifice /so/ much production value so they could have the large prize pool that they needed because any less and the players would not even have shown up to such a horribly unforgiving format. The maps don't help much either.

Solution -> better format, MLG style loser's bracket, cut down on intro-vids and streamline the matches to easily have twice as many games. Cut the prize pool down and use that to increase the production value.

Unfortunately they have nothing to gain by increasing production value as their sponsor has already signed on for two more seasons, they don't need to impress anyone, just do everything they can to convince the players to show up.
RaiKageRyu
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada4773 Posts
July 09 2011 06:18 GMT
#21135
On July 09 2011 15:13 RaiKageRyu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2011 15:11 johnnyspazz wrote:
On July 09 2011 15:11 Dingobloo wrote:
Is it a Bo5 semi?

its bo3 tomorrow


Actually I'm pretty sure it's Bo5 in the upcoming Ro8 and then Bo7 from the semis onward.

You can tell by the way they gave 1.5 hours for Ro8 and 2 hours per match from semis and finals.

Someone call down the Thunder?
StaplerPhone
Profile Joined March 2011
United States813 Posts
July 09 2011 06:18 GMT
#21136
On July 09 2011 15:15 Cryhavoc wrote:
1Get a pro sound engineer
2First introduce players than give highlights
3Cut highlights to 5min
4Get tripod
5Dont be late
get the 5star


I'm reiterating this so maybe the people working the NASL can see this.
NaDa | MC | HerO | DeMusliM | TaeJa | viOLet
darkest44
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1009 Posts
July 09 2011 06:18 GMT
#21137
On July 09 2011 15:08 TYJ.Aoy wrote:
I think that after all it was a decent event and I had a good time, just very sad that Boxer lost but you can't always get what you want.


Glad theres some reasonable people left on this forum.
Olinim
Profile Joined March 2011
4044 Posts
July 09 2011 06:19 GMT
#21138
On July 09 2011 15:18 StaplerPhone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2011 15:15 Cryhavoc wrote:
1Get a pro sound engineer
2First introduce players than give highlights
3Cut highlights to 5min
4Get tripod
5Dont be late
get the 5star


I'm reiterating this so maybe the people working the NASL can see this.

also turn up brightness please
illsick
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1770 Posts
July 09 2011 06:19 GMT
#21139
On July 09 2011 15:16 MechKing wrote:
I can live with the sound problems, and with the observer. But the one thing that really ruins it for me is having no loser's bracket. You can only see the players once, even if they didn't play their best so that's quite unfair. You also don't get the built in drama of players going through the loser's bracket on the path to the grand finals, so it really messes up a lot of stuff. I feel bad for the players that had to pay to fly in and only get to play one bo3 where they might not have played very well.


I totally agree with you

Just hate the feeling of the possibility of maybe the best and second best may be matched up first round by the luck of the draw. I don't know how long NASL season was but it felt very long and just sucks for someone to get knocked out first round after going through such a long season :/
you live and you learn
Stanlot
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5742 Posts
July 09 2011 06:19 GMT
#21140
Did Morrow racepick against July or did he play a ZvZ?
MC: "Sentry Forcefield Forcefield Marauder... cage Marauder die die"
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