Please remember TSL3 and why that has been the best tournament in Starcraft so far.
Huh, no it hasn't because no online tournament can be considered the best. Live events is where it's at. At the time of TSL 3 it was rare to see koreans vs foreigners even if it was online. It's such a common occurrence these days especially with online tourneys like IPL, Iron Squid, etc that it doesn't look as special today and doesn't stand the test of time to be considered the best tournament in sc so far.
Would be nice if you included a 1 day only price. For those of us that might have to work, but have time to catch the final matches like the winners bracket finals and losers bracket finals. Was kind of sad when I saw that I still had to pay 20 to watch the finals only. Other than that, just gotta wait for the player pools. Can't wait!
Well since its such a huge success I really hope you up the price winnings. Its so small and im not just talking about top or I mean top 8 etc.
You talk so much about saving esport and make it financial viable but what about the players shoulnt it be financial viable for them also?
Not everyone can get top 3 or top 8.
Im very sceptics atm it seems you guys pulling in huge sums of money but the players that basically make all this happend are barely payed a minimum vage.
I would love to see that all players get payed some and the top 8 should be really good!
So MLG Adam time to show some love towards the players?
On March 03 2012 02:45 MLGAnnouncements wrote: The Winter Arena was a success. Thanks to everyone who tuned in; we hope you enjoyed it.
As a viewer, it was a not a success for me - it was a disaster.
The vods were horrible 10 hours after the first day, although a couple of matches worked, many were not there and many others were choppy or unwatchable.
And the atmosphere was just not there ...
As a gold member who supposedly signed up for a year of content - I won't bother paying for this again.
On March 03 2012 02:49 WigglingSquid wrote: I am dubious about the frequency. One per month seems a bit excessive to me, both for viewers and players; it also kind of loses the whole "special event" feeling. With that said, best of luck.
I 100% agree with this. i happily paid for the winter arena cos it was a one off epic best of the best tournament. i hope they dont trash it. thinking about it MLGs brand is actually the massive build up and excitement leading up to events, thats why i always watch
I join the bundle of messages stating that this seems as too many tournaments. I dont see brackets being as stacked as last time, since I don't see Koreans or EU based Europeans putting up with all the traveling this will involve (I hope I'm wrong, but based on how most people feel about travel I doubt it). Especially with alternative options such as DH available.
And dont misunderstand me, I love watching high level tournaments, but part of that is the hype of individual players and the tournament itself, a hype I feel is lost when these players are dispayed so often and these tournaments held so often. For that reason I will probably not watch it (also because I am from Europe and obviously dont want to pay for something thats going to fuck my sleep schedule up ;-)).
On March 03 2012 04:24 Bumblebee wrote: Unfortunate that DreamHack and the first Spring Arena will be on the same dates.
..You're shitting me...
WTF MLG!?
Sorry Sundance, gotta opt for Dreamhack on this one.
Come on now read the whole thread before posting, DH and MLG announced the tournament dates on the same day. No one did it first, no one did it purposely. MLG directly responded if you would read a few pages in
On March 03 2012 05:27 HappyChris wrote: Well since its such a huge success I really hope you up the price winnings. Its so small and im not just talking about top or I mean top 8 etc.
You talk so much about saving esport and make it financial viable but what about the players shoulnt it be financial viable for them also?
Not everyone can get top 3 or top 8.
Im very sceptics atm it seems you guys pulling in huge sums of money but the players that basically make all this happend are barely payed a minimum vage.
I would love to see that all players get payed some and the top 8 should be really good!
So MLG Adam time to show some love towards the players?
You realize all of the players had EVERYTHING paid for for the arenas? Travel/Hotel/3 Meals per day... AND they got money for top finishes?
What more do you want? Give each player $5,000.00 for just coming?
On March 03 2012 04:24 Bumblebee wrote: Unfortunate that DreamHack and the first Spring Arena will be on the same dates.
..You're shitting me...
WTF MLG!?
Sorry Sundance, gotta opt for Dreamhack on this one.
Come on now read the whole thread before posting, DH and MLG announced the tournament dates on the same day. No one did it first, no one did it purposely. MLG directly responded if you would read a few pages in
That's not much of an excuse. It's quite baffling how two of the biggest sc2 organizers can't coordinate their schedules. It's seems like they (both of them) just threw a dart at the schedule and crossed their fingers. Sometimes it may be unavoidable, so be it, but at least put in a bit of an effort.
On March 03 2012 04:24 Bumblebee wrote: Unfortunate that DreamHack and the first Spring Arena will be on the same dates.
..You're shitting me...
WTF MLG!?
Sorry Sundance, gotta opt for Dreamhack on this one.
Come on now read the whole thread before posting, DH and MLG announced the tournament dates on the same day. No one did it first, no one did it purposely. MLG directly responded if you would read a few pages in
That's not much of an excuse. It's quite baffling how two of the biggest sc2 organizers can't coordinate their schedules. It's seems like they (both of them) just threw a dart at the schedule and crossed their fingers. Sometimes it may be unavoidable, so be it, but at least put in a bit of an effort.
I agree with you, but why does everyone IMMEDIATELY blame MLG? DH announced the dates today as well, yet all we see is
EPT
