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Topdoller
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3860 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2861
TheSTC this guy hasnt changed in 2 years of SC2 you got to love him
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2862
well Leenock is 100% dead
KroN
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany438 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2863
On August 27 2012 05:26 iKill[ShocK] wrote:
TAEJA NEEDS TO WIN 4 GAMES

FIRST NEEDS TO WIN 2 GAMES

-its not a bo3 x 2-

-its an extended series-


this should be wrong, the only extended series which could have occured according to the rules is HerO vs First in Semis.
amd098
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (North)1366 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 20:28:41
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2864
thestcheese haha. leenock not focusing the scvs building though
North Korea is best Korea!
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2865
On August 27 2012 05:28 Topdoller wrote:
TheSTC this guy hasnt changed in 2 years of SC2 you got to love him


sticking to what he knows ;D

It's a trap mini-july
McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2866
On August 27 2012 05:27 Xcobidoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:24 quen wrote:
On August 27 2012 05:20 sam05396 wrote:
On August 27 2012 05:19 Jakkerr wrote:
On August 27 2012 05:15 HolydaKing wrote:
i only really miss MC, he's an entertainer. that being said i'm 99% certain that the lower activity is due to GW 2, which is a long awaited game for many players.


Or maybe it's due to the fact that viewernumbers for Starcraft have been declining over the last year.
Only the hardcore fans are left but every1 else has either gone to LoL, Dota2 or some other game.
Viewernumbers for Dota2 Invitational tournament are allready higher then the numbers for Starcraft have ever been ~30k viewers on the stream and like 60-70k viewers watching the games live in the gameclient.

Starcraft desperately needs HOTS and it better be good, otherwise the game will get overrun.

sc2 has had over 100 k viewers



LoL has had far more than that. And, it gets those numbers up to the present, whereas SC typically gets much less nowadays...

Percentagewise of players vs watchers then SC2 is probably better.

Unfortunately, I don't think that matters for sponsors. Hopefully some fresh game design in HotS will reignite this.
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2867
I hope StC wins..just because no one would expect it lolol.
Frex
Profile Joined March 2012
Finland888 Posts
August 26 2012 20:28 GMT
#2868
On August 27 2012 05:26 iKill[ShocK] wrote:
TAEJA NEEDS TO WIN 4 GAMES

FIRST NEEDS TO WIN 2 GAMES

-its not a bo3 x 2-

-its an extended series-


No.

First can advance by either winning 2 of the first 3 games.

If Taeja wins 2 or 3 of the 3 games, First still has a shot in BO7, which starts with Taeja's lead.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
August 26 2012 20:29 GMT
#2869
On August 27 2012 05:28 KroN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:26 iKill[ShocK] wrote:
TAEJA NEEDS TO WIN 4 GAMES

FIRST NEEDS TO WIN 2 GAMES

-its not a bo3 x 2-

-its an extended series-


this should be wrong, the only extended series which could have occured according to the rules is HerO vs First in Semis.


Um, there were a few more extended series than just that. HerO versus Crank anyone?
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
August 26 2012 20:29 GMT
#2870
On August 27 2012 05:28 frogrubdown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:06 monie wrote:
Anyone else find it interesting this thread is only 130 pages long when it's almost over on the last day? Feels like they had at least 500 pages per day for MLG's last year.

Wonder if the viewernumbers are worse also..


I was surprised to find how well you're theory checks out: Number of replies for day 3 MLG threads

Here are the salient pieces of the results (TL is probably gonna eff my formatting):

[Day 3] MLG Summer Championships 2777
[Day 3] MLG Spring Championships 7727
[Day 3] MLG Winter Championship 11164
MLG Providence Day 3 17781
MLG Orlando Day 3 20173
MLG Anaheim Day 3 RED 15860
MLG Columbus Day 3 28621
[MLG] Dallas Day 3 18644


Every single MLG day 3 thread last year had more replies than every single one this year.

(assuming this one doesn't pick up rapidly)

The decline has been somewhat nonsensically precipitous. Seemingly far too large to be explained by bans or other small differences.


" MLG Anaheim RED "

ah, the good old days where there were so many people posting we needed separate threads for each stream
antifan
Profile Joined August 2012
116 Posts
August 26 2012 20:29 GMT
#2871
What ethnicity is rotterdam again?
jobber123rd
Profile Joined December 2011
United States501 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 20:30:58
August 26 2012 20:29 GMT
#2872
On August 27 2012 05:26 Dosey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:25 Stutters695 wrote:
So if first loses the first Bo3 it goes into a Bo7 with Taeja up 2-0 or 2-1 depending on the score?

Taeja has to reach 2 wins before first to make it a bo7. If first reaches 2 wins first, it's over.


Yeah, Taeja has win a race to 2 and a race to 4 (in the same series), while First just has to win one of them.
"I'm always going to survive. Only reason I can't survive is if I'm dead or something." --Mike Tyson
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2873
On August 27 2012 05:21 petrox wrote:
Possible reasons why many people skipped over watching mlg
1) Guild Wars 2
2) Kespa e-sports drama turning people off
3) Current metagame of 20mins no rush for >50% of the games
4) Others

As an avid gsl viewer reasons 1-3 were why I missed this MLG. Hope the games have been good so far!

Some people like me are also watching the international for dota 2 atm instead of MLG.
Glorious SEA doto
croqdot
Profile Joined October 2010
United States60 Posts
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2874
Why is there no loser's bracket coming out of the semifinals? If the semifinals are your first loss, you'd still be out of the tournament.
Xcobidoo
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden1871 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 20:30:50
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2875
+ Show Spoiler +
On August 27 2012 05:28 frogrubdown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:06 monie wrote:
Anyone else find it interesting this thread is only 130 pages long when it's almost over on the last day? Feels like they had at least 500 pages per day for MLG's last year.

Wonder if the viewernumbers are worse also..


I was surprised to find how well you're theory checks out: Number of replies for day 3 MLG threads

Here are the salient pieces of the results (TL is probably gonna eff my formatting):

[Day 3] MLG Summer Championships 2777
[Day 3] MLG Spring Championships 7727
[Day 3] MLG Winter Championship 11164
MLG Providence Day 3 17781
MLG Orlando Day 3 20173
MLG Anaheim Day 3 RED 15860
MLG Columbus Day 3 28621
[MLG] Dallas Day 3 18644


Every single MLG day 3 thread last year had more replies than every single one this year.

(assuming this one doesn't pick up rapidly)

The decline has been somewhat nonsensically precipitous. Seemingly far too large to be explained by bans or other small differences.

MLG usually have 12387123 pages bashing the sound, what games are being broadcasted, the format, casters and production. Haven't been even 1% of that this tournament.
Supreme Intergalactic Commander
Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2876
On August 27 2012 05:26 iKill[ShocK] wrote:
TAEJA NEEDS TO WIN 4 GAMES

FIRST NEEDS TO WIN 2 GAMES

-its not a bo3 x 2-

-its an extended series-
"The extended series rule will now go into effect only if the players have met before in the same phase of the tournament. This means that a match result in the Open Bracket or Group Play will not trigger an extended series in the Championship Bracket. "(mlg liquipedia)

Taeja has not met first in the championchip bracket, right?
I don't understand the rules if this IS extended series (assuring me it is extended series, is not enough)
BathTubNZ
Profile Joined December 2011
New Zealand2556 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 20:30:54
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2877
Well I can't get the stream to work in Firefox, Opera, Chrome (or Chromium). And I don't even have pepperflash. Pretty lame.
McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2878
On August 27 2012 05:28 Rokoz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:26 iKill[ShocK] wrote:
TAEJA NEEDS TO WIN 4 GAMES

FIRST NEEDS TO WIN 2 GAMES

-its not a bo3 x 2-

-its an extended series-


No.

First can advance by either winning 2 of the first 3 games.

If Taeja wins 2 or 3 of the 3 games, First still has a shot in BO7, which starts with Taeja's lead.

Imagine it like this,

If Taeja wins the first Bo3 then he sends First down to the "loser's bracket". In this case the Loser's bracket is just him facing Taeja again.
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2879
On August 27 2012 05:24 MangoMountain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2012 05:21 Rokoz wrote:
Yes but not now and that's what matters.

The biggest event of a new game with a 1 million prize pool has a lot of viewers? Well clearly that means sc2 is dying. Sc2's numbers aren't dropping, hsc5 peaked at 70k. It's just oversaturated as fuck, development like this is to be expected.


hsc5 peaked that high because it's the most fun event to watch.
But in SC2 there is such an overkill in events that a lot of people simply stop caring about a bunch of them.
''Why should I watch this MLG if Dreamhack is next week, IPL the week after, and NASL that week after + I can watch GSL everday''. (only theoretical off course).

Having a lot of tournaments isn't a bad thing obviously but there really are too much atm and some of them should just combine their powers.
Take last IEM for example MvP took home a shocking 1st place price of 6.500 euros. I'm sorry, but that just doesnt get people hyped up anymore.

BIG starcraft leagues should be less times a year but way bigger and way more hyped up, so u get the feeling ur watching something that actually means anything for the scene.
gh0un
Profile Joined March 2011
601 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 20:31:16
August 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2880
"And basically the game resets into an advantage for stc" - Totalbiscuit

A sentence that makes a lot of sense.
A reset would mean no one has an advantage.^^
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