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On June 17 2012 12:11 absalom86 wrote:
Why are there so few viewers watching this tournament I wonder ? Their LoL stream has 25.000 viewers while each starcraft stream has around 1k ? Considering the quality of participants in the tournament I'm wondering what makes people stay away from the stream, lack of popular casters or a shortage of advertising ?
Not too sure. We have a full house, and the live attendees seem to be enjoying themselves. Maybe fatigue from Dreamhack? Regardless, thanks for tuning in. Hope the show we put together is enjoyable.
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On June 17 2012 12:17 Primadog wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2012 12:11 absalom86 wrote:
Why are there so few viewers watching this tournament I wonder ? Their LoL stream has 25.000 viewers while each starcraft stream has around 1k ? Considering the quality of participants in the tournament I'm wondering what makes people stay away from the stream, lack of popular casters or a shortage of advertising ? Not too sure. We have a full house, and the live attendees seem to be enjoying themselves. Maybe fatigue from Dreamhack? Regardless, thanks for tuning in. Hope the show we put together is enjoyable.
I would say Dreamhack is the number one reason by far... you can only watch so much SC2 in one weekend, and Dreamhack is obviously one of the best known and most promoted tournaments of the year. Secondly, in my opinion, there have been a few too many games with kinda... "mid-level" players, who don't really draw in viewers. Maybe a shorter group stage, or something would be better next time, or simply having a few better players replacing the lower end guys, which would be a lot easier to do if you weren't on the same weekend as Dreamhack, so you'll probably will be a lot better positioned to draw more viewers next time. Anyway, I'm enjoying the tourney, and I'm glad that Azael is there casting too!
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On June 17 2012 12:50 Botanical wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2012 12:17 Primadog wrote:On June 17 2012 12:11 absalom86 wrote:
Why are there so few viewers watching this tournament I wonder ? Their LoL stream has 25.000 viewers while each starcraft stream has around 1k ? Considering the quality of participants in the tournament I'm wondering what makes people stay away from the stream, lack of popular casters or a shortage of advertising ? Not too sure. We have a full house, and the live attendees seem to be enjoying themselves. Maybe fatigue from Dreamhack? Regardless, thanks for tuning in. Hope the show we put together is enjoyable. I would say Dreamhack is the number one reason by far... you can only watch so much SC2 in one weekend, and Dreamhack is obviously one of the best known and most promoted tournaments of the year. Secondly, in my opinion, there have been a few too many games with kinda... "mid-level" players, who don't really draw in viewers. Maybe a shorter group stage, or something would be better next time, or simply having a few better players replacing the lower end guys, which would be a lot easier to do if you weren't on the same weekend as Dreamhack, so you'll probably will be a lot better positioned to draw more viewers next time. Anyway, I'm enjoying the tourney, and I'm glad that Azael is there casting too!
Appreciate the love. With fans like this, we'd keep working hard even if the viewer count is 1.
Will try to share the raffling love with our online viewers somehow tomorrow. Tune in 
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On June 17 2012 12:11 absalom86 wrote:
Why are there so few viewers watching this tournament I wonder ? Their LoL stream has 25.000 viewers while each starcraft stream has around 1k ? Considering the quality of participants in the tournament I'm wondering what makes people stay away from the stream, lack of popular casters or a shortage of advertising ?
Koreans steamrolling foreigners, downtime, burnout from DH, etc...
For me personally, the casters just aren't my cup of tea.
P.S. Joro/Axel, Daisuki is personally sponsored by Nitrix after leaving vVv but still mercs for them in teamleagues.
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Some really nice games so far, shame its the same weekend as DH and right after MLG (I think several people are a little starcrafted out) but great content really enjoyable GJ guys!
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wow, Inori is owning everyone.
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Insur/Axslav fighting! NA WC3 scene represent!
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On June 17 2012 12:55 thegesl wrote:
Appreciate the love. With fans like this, we'd keep working hard even if the viewer count is 1.
^ This. <3
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Monster making Demuslim look easy.
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Such a great tournament! I love the casters and the great stream with interviews!
Next time please get a cam to show the booths too..=)
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Shakuras is so old, why are they playing it
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Just realized it's an all Zerg semifinals. Opposite of the Terran/Protoss semifinals last season of GSL.
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all zerg ro4, alicia got it tough meeting violet so early
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Nice players, but I just don't know much of the casters. The only really, who I know is DOA, and I like his casting. This tournement was not interesting enough for me this weekend though. Maybe if it didn't happen at same time with Dreamhack. But appearently they still did well, so I hope I'll get to watch it next time
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I really liked this tournament. Thank you for having it and I hope for another soon =]
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so gsl really is 100x harder... even when foreign tournaments are all korean
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On behalf of the volunteers at GESL, thank you to everyone who tuned in and came to the event.
![[image loading]](http://p.twimg.com/AvqAvV-CQAADqTg.jpg:large)
We love all of you.
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I want to personally thank all of the socal esports staff members and those that volunteered their time this weekend. Even after a rocky start and some issues that popped up that were completely out of our control.. every match was played (with a little jimmy-rigging to get it done!) and the SC2 players especially were very happy with the final results of the event.
Later today on 'Climbing The Ladder', Chris Chan, Mr. Bitter and myself will be talking with Bobby (GESL Event Director) live about the event. I think many of you will be surprised by some of the revelations that come out.
There is always room for improvement and if viewers/fans are always going to compare live events to organizations like MLG and IPL, who have huge budgets and more experience in running live events.. then we all have work to do and that is understandable.
Again.. this event would not have finished a success if it had not been for the hard work of the socal esports group and the extreme support of the Gigabyte reps at the event!
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