Much, much later: Sorry we had to cut off the live blogging. We were busy rushing the stage.
12:18 PM: HerO continues to build momentum, crushing Puma with proxy pylons, zealots and stalkers.
12:05 PM: HerO takes game three in short order with some gorgeous phoenix play.
11:55 PM: HerO takes game two in utterly convincing fashion. Hero rising?
Photo by 7mk
11:39 PM: Puma takes game one, flanked with marauders and hit him hard at home. HerO showed off some warp prism/colossus micro before GGing, but it wasn't enough.
11:32 PM: So much voting that Dreamhack's fan rating system broke? Sounds good
11:30 PM: Puma's pulse is 108 for the final, compared to the 80(ish) he was at when he played the semifinal. Interesting stuff. HerO's pulse, by comparison, is down significantly in the opening.
11:24 PM: HerO and Puma arrive to rapturous applause, crowd wild and high-fives all the way up to the stage. Phenomenal response.
11:00 PM: SC2 final is coming up, HerO vs Puma! Quake final was superb, excellent games and great manner from Cypher.
9:48 PM: HerO beats Ret one last time to solidify a meeting with Puma in the finals.
9:19 PM: HerO manages to pull it up to 2-1.
9:00 PM: Ret draws level with HerO and the crowd shows just how much they love him
8:44 PM: HerO's heartrate seems to hover constantly between 140 and 150bpm... he is a beautiful hummingbird.
8:40 PM: HerO's stalker count is spiraling out of control, his blink micro keeping them alive in situations where they otherwise wouldn't. It's beginning to look a little overwhelming.
8:39 PM: Ret transitions into Spire and manages to save his newest expansion, but roaming phoenix's give HerO strong control and help him eliminate the hydra army.
8:34 PM: Ret successfully deflects HerO with hydras, keeping HerO's air away with clever movement.
8:34 PM HerO fast-expands and opts for the double stargate, Ret moving towards hydralisk as quickly as possible. Losing queens early.
7:45 PM: So apparently it's your fault if your hardware fails in pro Street Fighter, and you have to forfeit your game. Someone just dropped a round in the SF4 finals because of a hardware problem. Not that much in Starcraft II ESPORTS makes sense, but I guess we're ahead of the curve?
7:35 PM: Well, looks like 90% of the crowd is here for Starcraft II. After the Nightend vs Puma match ended, practically everybody filtered out to go to the bathroom, get food, etc. I feel bad for the Street Fighter players and casters who are now performing in front of a nearly empty stadium. Well, here's some crowd shots from when people were actually here.
Photo by Jac
Photo by 7mk
Photo by Jac
7:21 PM: Here's where I get to nitpick about the accuracy of translations! Just kidding, the DH interpreter is pretty good ^^;
7:14 PM: Puma must be 89 - 2 in tournament games using 1/1/1 vs Protoss. And those two losses are probably to MaNa or something. By the way, you can spam support votes at http://dreamhack.tv/ every 12 seconds or so.
6:55 PM: Biggest crowd reaction of the night for NightEnd's game two win, but still not at super loud levels yet compared to other events. Cool note: NightEnd accidentally alt-tabbed out during the game.
6:18 PM: SirJolt points out how damn fascinating the heartbeat counters are. NightEnd was at fast-jog 120 bpm to begin, while Puma was at a leisurely 80.
6:15 PM: Arena looks about 80~85% full as we go into the first game. There are a lot of seats at a 90 degree angle to the screen (that are obviously not being given to anyone) that make the entire venue look emptier than it is though.
6:01 PM: Couch talk is cute, but come on, let's get to the games! Nightend and Puma in their booths:
Photos by Jac
5:49 PM: Apparently they moved the opening ceremonies onto the Quake stream so all the SC ppl missed it? Lame! To begin there was a countdown, then there was a guy in a legit, full-blown marine suit walking out to announce "Hell, it's about time!" which received a lot of cheers, after which there was a lot of laughing about his inability to actually walk around. TotalBiscuit and some COD guy I'm not familiar with (sorry) MC'd the player intro. Not much discernible crowd reaction difference for each of the four players.
5:40 PM: DreamArena is about half full right now. People are slowly filing in and getting into their seats. I wonder how this being a three-category final will turn out. Are the Quake and SF4 people going to arrive in time for SC2, and will they stay after their finals end?
5:35 PM: Look like it's about to start. Enjoy some more backstage shots in the meanwhile!
Photos by 7mk
5:17 PM: TeamLiquid's grnp ran backstage and got the following predictions from players and casters:
MrBitter: Puma and Ret win semi-finals. Ret wins in a close final. TotalBiscuit: Puma beats Nightend 3-1. Hero beats Ret 3-2. Puma wins final 4-2. Apollo: Puma beats Nightend 3-1. Hero beats Ret 3-2. Puma wins final 4-2. Day9: Puma beats Nightend 3-0. Hero beats Ret 3-1. Hero wins final 4-3. Artosis: Puma beats Nightend 3-1. Hero beats Ret 3-1. Hero wins final 4-2. Tasteless: Puma beats Nightend 3-1. Hero beats Ret 3-2. Finals is 4-3, either way. Idra: Puma beats Nightend 3-1. Hero beats Ret 3-1. Puma wins final 4-2. Sheth: Puma beats Nightend 3-0. Hero beats Ret 3-0. Hero win final 4-3. TLO: Puma beats Nightend 3-0. Hero beats Ret 3-2. Hero wins final 4-2.
Overall: 9/9 picked Puma to beat Nightend. 8/9 Picked HerO to beat Ret. Three picked Puma, four picked Hero, one picked Ret to win the grand finals.
4:47 PM: Got in the press box at the DreamArena and set up shop. Internet and power plugs for press with a great view of the stage? How awesome! *hint hint MLG*
On November 27 2011 00:59 mcmartini wrote: Keen as for the finals, drinks + DreamHack Final...what can go wrong... Nothing :D Go Her0....keen for some more TLO + Sheth Casting :D
Edit: Just realised Bo5 and Bo7 for semi and final...Long night Inc
Yeh not great for us Aus viewers. Hopefull the games will make it worthwhile
On November 27 2011 00:59 mcmartini wrote: Keen as for the finals, drinks + DreamHack Final...what can go wrong... Nothing :D Go Her0....keen for some more TLO + Sheth Casting :D
Edit: Just realised Bo5 and Bo7 for semi and final...Long night Inc
Yeh not great for us Aus viewers. Hopefull the games will make it worthwhile
looks awesome, there are two good things for the rest of dreamhack, two liquids in the ro4 and we might get a live interview with nightend, love that guy ever since homestory cup
I am a littel bit worry that in the evenig are 2 hours who are not sc2 in the show, most of this after the semifinales...they sold go in another Arena! xD
And yeah, i hope they will have a interview with nightend. This would be sooo good, and the crowd will laugh soo hard^^
They are now talking about how the swedish esport federation is working with ABF (adult liberal education association) to create courses helpful for esports organisation etc.
On November 27 2011 00:57 OgsStump wrote: cool setup are they going to fill that? it would be awesome but i noticed there were some empty seats at the last venue just curious
If you want to support esport you can watch http://svt.se/2.155436/svt_e-sport which is the Swedish Television (similar to BBC but in Sweden) streaming and commentating live. Mainly SC2 but now inbetween games also Street Fighter 4.
Its a bit of a shame that the sc2 community cant just sit through this arcade fighting game without being douche bags about it. I dont mean the people at site I mean the stream chats etc. I mean yeah I dont hardly know what this game is called I'll be calling it hippo fighting game in the future I think but it doesnt mean we get to piss on other peoples interests right? all in the spirit of e-sports
Amazing that this will be in a stadium but man dose it look awesome. Thanks for the LR i always look in the LR thread for events forgetting that no one ever LR an event and its just people posting one word comments about the games. So thanks TL Live for getting me through this amazing event even with super slow internet.
On November 27 2011 00:49 Waxangel wrote: 7:45 PM: So apparently it's your fault if your hardware fails in pro Street Fighter, and you have to forfeit your game. Someone just dropped a round in the SF4 finals because of a hardware problem. Not that much in Starcraft II ESPORTS makes sense, but I guess we're ahead of the curve?
They do a stick/button check before every match. If during a match one player is down on life and in a combo of their opponent whats to stop them from giving their cord a tug or quietly brushing the pause button? Its extremely difficult to keep going with what you were doing after a pause interrupting the middle of a match. Street Fighter comes down to frames, not seconds, or minutes. The interruption itself is devastating. Its not acceptable to just un-pause and keep going as if the match were still on a level playing field. The only fair rule is that the pausing player forfeits the round, otherwise you open a large grey area for abuse/cheating.
so it's going to be Liquid-Hero vs. NightEnd in the finals? and anyone know when the finals going to be aired or casted? The Semi's just got done and were really impressive games for Hero, really enjoyed game 4 on Tal'darim, and dunno if they going to take a few hours or something to cast the grand finals..
gL to participants, but really, Protoss fighting!!
On November 27 2011 05:57 Sosha wrote: so it's going to be Liquid-Hero vs. NightEnd in the finals? and anyone know when the finals going to be aired or casted? The Semi's just got done and were really impressive games for Hero, really enjoyed game 4 on Tal'darim, and dunno if they going to take a few hours or something to cast the grand finals..
gL to participants, but really, Protoss fighting!!
yea well, I was skimming over this thread to see who was going to be in the finals and saw a lot of posts saying "Gl to Hero and nightend" and etc.. so I figured.. then I re-read the OP and it seems that its Hero v Puma.. but anywho, regardless of that, i'm more eager to know WHEN it'll take place.
On November 27 2011 00:49 Waxangel wrote: 7:45 PM: So apparently it's your fault if your hardware fails in pro Street Fighter, and you have to forfeit your game. Someone just dropped a round in the SF4 finals because of a hardware problem. Not that much in Starcraft II ESPORTS makes sense, but I guess we're ahead of the curve?
They do a stick/button check before every match. If during a match one player during is down on life and in a combo of their opponent whats to stop them from giving their cord a tug or quietly brushing the pause button? Its extremely difficult to keep going with what you were doing after a pause interrupting the middle of a match. Street Fighter comes down to frames, not seconds, or minutes. The interruption itself is devastating. Its not acceptable to just un-pause and keep going as if the match were still on a level playing field. The only fair rule is that the pausing player forfeits the round, otherwise you open a large grey area for abuse/cheating.
The way everyone stood up and started applauding in the end was somehow reminiscent of Third Reich and Nazi Germany. Pretty powerful scene with thousands of blond people clapping to lanky Asian dude. One can probably make a book out of this.
The fighting game community was sort of misrepresented during the finals. All the SC2 streamers assumed that the tournament was suppose to be a major one but not a single top American or Japanese player was there. It was a major one in the sense that a lot of top Europeans were there but like SC2, there's not that many top Europeans. The commentary wasn't amazing either. The fighting game community has their own set of Tastosis and Day9 but as I said, this tournament wasn't major enough for any of them to go.
The biggest fighting game tournament, EVO, had 90k viewers at one point and thousands of players in the tournament. It was also during the same time as one of the MLGs.
I loved how they would transition into the caster couch in between the downtime for the finals after Tasteless and Artosis already gave thier opinion on the previous game. Much better than having to force them to think of unscripted banter while the players get ready and also allows the other casters to mention things they might have forgot.
Much better seating than at MLG Providence. Standing for 2 days while people save the few seats that were there = sore legs, back & attitude. Dream Hack also lets you see the casters. Ideas for MLG?
On November 27 2011 13:23 bobdole wrote: It was a major one in the sense that a lot of top Europeans were there but like SC2, there's not that many top Europeans.
If you're going to try and bash europeans, atleast bash them for something that is true. It's a fact that the european ladder is the strongest ladder after the korean ladder by far and 80% of the top foreigners are european.
On November 27 2011 11:48 discodancer wrote: The way everyone stood up and started applauding in the end was somehow reminiscent of Third Reich and Nazi Germany. Pretty powerful scene with thousands of blond people clapping to lanky Asian dude. One can probably make a book out of this.
On November 27 2011 11:48 discodancer wrote: The way everyone stood up and started applauding in the end was somehow reminiscent of Third Reich and Nazi Germany. Pretty powerful scene with thousands of blond people clapping to lanky Asian dude. One can probably make a book out of this.
What are u talkin about?
PM me a 500 word essay on why we are alone, I will consider answering your straight question.
On November 27 2011 11:48 discodancer wrote: The way everyone stood up and started applauding in the end was somehow reminiscent of Third Reich and Nazi Germany. Pretty powerful scene with thousands of blond people clapping to lanky Asian dude. One can probably make a book out of this.
On November 27 2011 11:48 discodancer wrote: The way everyone stood up and started applauding in the end was somehow reminiscent of Third Reich and Nazi Germany. Pretty powerful scene with thousands of blond people clapping to lanky Asian dude. One can probably make a book out of this.
LOL, what? I am so confused right now.
U and me both....I dont see the need to compare to the 3rd Reich/Nazi germany? Wtf.
EPT
