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On March 07 2012 01:20 Matkap wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:14 Wroshe wrote:On March 07 2012 01:10 RageBot wrote:On March 07 2012 01:02 Kznn wrote:
wtf
110000 views on the lol stream Oo Having said that though LoL has significantly fewer tournaments of this magnitude (whereas we had MLG/Assembly 10 days ago and GSL finals 3) and it is significantly better supported by their developer. by that you mean no chat, no replays and outright buying your way into every tournament right? I like lol, started playing recently, but some people here think that Riot and LoL are esports heaven or something like that
Buying their way is irrelevant. I agree that the lack of replays isn't good.
Having said that though they draw in quite a lot of viewers by shoving the stream in the face of their playerbase; making it sort of a natural transition to start viewing e-sports tournaments.
Blizzard does not embed the streams in-game but only has a news hub thingy in the main screen which directs you to the news tab which in turn redirects you to your browser window and only there has a stream embed. It is definatly a lot more hidden and requires more steps. Blizzard is definatly improving though as now the news post on their website is embedding the stream, something that didn't happen in the past.
Edit: Fixed the quote.
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On March 07 2012 01:26 pepe08 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:25 smwatkin wrote:Four Groups of Six (Bo3)
Top3 qualify for Playoffs (Bo5)
Groups' 1st Place to Semi Finals
Groups' 2nd/3rd to Quarter Finals Does anybody else realize that this format doesn't make sense? someone statet it on page 1 or 2, yes 1 goes to quarter and 2/3 to ro16
Ahh ok thanks!
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On March 07 2012 01:24 tomwizz wrote:
mc beat grubby
grubby beat white ra
whitera beat mc
- -"
"Ohhhh, I get it. It's because Starcraft II is rock, paper scissors. "
ojojojojo
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On March 07 2012 01:26 Skillver wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:25 smwatkin wrote:Four Groups of Six (Bo3)
Top3 qualify for Playoffs (Bo5)
Groups' 1st Place to Semi Finals
Groups' 2nd/3rd to Quarter Finals Does anybody else realize that this format doesn't make sense? why?
because he quotes they go to quarter and semi while in reality they go to top16 and quarters.
so he just quoted something that doesnt make sense cause it says 12 players would advance into something with 6 player slots)
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why does every tournament has to copycat dreamhack and do this silly "lets switch over to the other casters and hear what they think about the game" stuff?! so annoying. yea, it was cool when dreamhack did it, but now everyone's doing it.
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White-Ra has beaten MC, how was that possible?
Can anyone give me a short summary of these matches?
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bitter is so cute in these tiebreaker situations :D
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On March 07 2012 01:25 smwatkin wrote:Show nested quote +Four Groups of Six (Bo3)
Top3 qualify for Playoffs (Bo5)
Groups' 1st Place to Semi Finals
Groups' 2nd/3rd to Quarter Finals Does anybody else realize that this format doesn't make sense?
Quite the opposite. It makes playing the remaining pool games well relevant because you can get a reward for winning your group. Normally it meant that as soon as you advanced you could pretty much throw all your remaining games as it doesn't really matter to you.
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On March 07 2012 01:28 Spitmode wrote:
why does every tournament has to copycat dreamhack and do this silly "lets switch over to the other casters and hear what they think about the game" stuff?! so annoying. yea, it was cool when dreamhack did it, but now everyone's doing it.
Because it covers setup time and is better than nostop commercials?!
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On March 07 2012 01:27 Stanlot wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:24 tomwizz wrote:
mc beat grubby
grubby beat white ra
whitera beat mc
- -" "Ohhhh, I get it. It's because Starcraft II is rock, paper scissors. " ojojojojo
PvP is rock, rock, rock really but the rocks are very pretty and have lasers.
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On March 07 2012 01:26 Harbinger631 wrote:
What's the rationale for going carriers? They're slow, the upgrades lag behind the armor upgrades of the opponent which cripples its dps, and they take forever to build. It seems like they're more appropriate for a flashy showmatch inside of actually competing.
On a Double/Triple-Robo pumping Collosus plus Upgrades you're so low on gas that your anti-air is reduced dramatically. Kill the 6 or so stalkers and it's quite literally GG.
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On March 07 2012 01:31 FreudianTrip wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:26 Harbinger631 wrote:
What's the rationale for going carriers? They're slow, the upgrades lag behind the armor upgrades of the opponent which cripples its dps, and they take forever to build. It seems like they're more appropriate for a flashy showmatch inside of actually competing. On a Double/Triple-Robo pumping Collosus plus Upgrades you're so low on gas that your anti-air is reduced dramatically. Kill the 6 or so stalkers and it's quite literally GG.
Or you could save a ton of money and get voidrays.
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On March 07 2012 01:28 Spitmode wrote:
why does every tournament has to copycat dreamhack and do this silly "lets switch over to the other casters and hear what they think about the game" stuff?! so annoying. yea, it was cool when dreamhack did it, but now everyone's doing it.
Guess you get annoyed quite often?
I mean seriously, what else should they do instead of talking about the game? :D
If they switch to the other casters before or after the match analysis - who cares? Imho it is better to hear another oppinion than the ones the actual casters already gave us.
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is grubby - white-ra over? can't access to stream and not much LR today 
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On March 07 2012 01:29 WhurreOdu wrote:
White-Ra has beaten MC, how was that possible?
cuz PvP.
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On March 07 2012 01:32 SeaSwift wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:29 WhurreOdu wrote:
White-Ra has beaten MC, how was that possible?
cuz PvP.
Cuz MC likes to gamble a lot.
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On March 07 2012 01:34 cyclone4tw wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:32 SeaSwift wrote:On March 07 2012 01:29 WhurreOdu wrote:
White-Ra has beaten MC, how was that possible?
cuz PvP. Cuz MC likes to gamble a lot.
welcome to pvp dude.
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Rofl. I love apollo and rotterdam.
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On March 07 2012 01:27 Wroshe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 01:20 Matkap wrote:On March 07 2012 01:14 Wroshe wrote:On March 07 2012 01:10 RageBot wrote:On March 07 2012 01:02 Kznn wrote:
wtf
110000 views on the lol stream Oo Having said that though LoL has significantly fewer tournaments of this magnitude (whereas we had MLG/Assembly 10 days ago and GSL finals 3) and it is significantly better supported by their developer. by that you mean no chat, no replays and outright buying your way into every tournament right? I like lol, started playing recently, but some people here think that Riot and LoL are esports heaven or something like that Buying their way is irrelevant. I agree that the lack of replays isn't good. Having said that though they draw in quite a lot of viewers by shoving the stream in the face of their playerbase; making it sort of a natural transition to start viewing e-sports tournaments. Blizzard does not embed the streams in-game but only has a news hub thingy in the main screen which directs you to the news tab which in turn redirects you to your browser window and only there has a stream embed. It is definatly a lot more hidden and requires more steps. Blizzard is definatly improving though as now the news post on their website is embedding the stream, something that didn't happen in the past. Edit: Fixed the quote.
I'm flicking between CS and SC2.. I have no interest in LoL but those stream numbers are impressive regardless of what anyone thinks. Lot of people watching IEM it seems, over all the games though, which is awesome. Esports still on the up.
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people complaining that pvp is somewhat random :O guys, can tell you one secret - any matchups are somewhat random too! lol
win is a win, no matter what matchup
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EPT
