EPT[SPL] SK Telecom T1 vs STX Soul R2 - Page 41
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sparklyresidue
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Bagration
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
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Chronos.
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
I love being misquoted. First week we had 20k, that hasn't been beaten since by anything, including last night which topped out at around 18k for a Flash all-kill of EGTL during the first night of the second round, likely the most high profile event you're going to see in Proleague for a while. During Round 1 there was anything between 5k and 10k for the vast majority of matches, higher if EG/TL was playing, but never surpassing the first week. The drop is clear to see if you aren't a dumbass and selectively picking your numbers rather than looking at the whole picture. | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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TheShimmy
United States1808 Posts
On January 07 2013 04:54 TotalBiscuit wrote: I love being misquoted. First week we had 20k, that hasn't been beaten since by anything, including last night which topped out at around 18k for a Flash all-kill of EGTL during the first night of the second round, likely the most high profile event you're going to see in Proleague for a while. During Round 1 there was anything between 5k and 10k for the vast majority of matches, higher if EG/TL was playing, but never surpassing the first week. The drop is clear to see if you aren't a dumbass and selectively picking your numbers rather than looking at the whole picture. I honestly wouldn't judge the popularity of the proleague based on single stream done in English cast. The majority of old-school PL fans, or really just any of the many who loved PL in the BW era, prefer Korean commentary. I personally watch using the OGN HD Stream in my VLC, and I know many other PL fans who do this. Additionally, the youtube stream is a popular destination. You're also failing to see that the PL is difficult league to follow via a live stream. It happens four days a week, and fans usually watch only on night their particular teams are playing. KT and SKT fanboys will flood streams all the time because there are so many of them, but lesser followed clubs like STX and Woongjin generally see lower stream numbers; however, the popularity of the PL as a whole is very large in the foreign community. What I am very concerned about is the lack of people in the seats. Again, this could be because PL is happening four days a week again now, and has a very very long season, but I am beginning to worry if Koreans will truly appreciate an SC2 Proleague. We can only hope. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On January 07 2013 05:29 opterown wrote: the 20k+ was obviously due to the fact it was opening day and EG-TL were playing. It could also have something to do with the notion that promotion on a big twitter account and 2 huge Youtube channels contributes significantly to audience numbers. During the time the 5 hour promo was running on my main channel it had 50,000 unique views, the Twitter account had 140,000 followers and the video on the SC2 channel ended up with about 13,000 views. These are things one has to take into account and also why casters with a higher-profile tend to get picked for tournaments. Flat out ignoring the fact that high-profile casters and their promotion = more views is just silly. Day 2 also had extremely strong numbers despite EGTL not playing. Those numbers have not been replicated since. There is no question that Proleague numbers are not as strong as the first two broadcasts, with a drop of anywhere between about 33-75% in audience depending on who is playing in comparison. As to what you attribute that to well that's up to you, but I maintain that putting inexperienced casters on an important tournament especially when one of them cannot enunciate correctly in the language he is expected to speak, is detrimental to that tournaments potential growth. That of course, was KeSPAs decision. On the flipside, there's been a clear improvement in visual fidelity and the increased framerate helps (though it seems to be running at something like 40 rather than 60). GOM needs to step it up in comparison. | ||
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Shady Sands
United States4021 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On January 07 2013 04:54 TotalBiscuit wrote: I love being misquoted. First week we had 20k, that hasn't been beaten since by anything, including last night which topped out at around 18k for a Flash all-kill of EGTL during the first night of the second round, likely the most high profile event you're going to see in Proleague for a while. During Round 1 there was anything between 5k and 10k for the vast majority of matches, higher if EG/TL was playing, but never surpassing the first week. The drop is clear to see if you aren't a dumbass and selectively picking your numbers rather than looking at the whole picture. As I said before in this very thread, there is a conflict of interest here TB and I already laid out the ground work in the EG-TL production thread, which was closed. You should just drop it. | ||
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SniXSniPe
United States1938 Posts
On January 07 2013 04:54 TotalBiscuit wrote: I love being misquoted. First week we had 20k, that hasn't been beaten since by anything, including last night which topped out at around 18k for a Flash all-kill of EGTL during the first night of the second round, likely the most high profile event you're going to see in Proleague for a while. During Round 1 there was anything between 5k and 10k for the vast majority of matches, higher if EG/TL was playing, but never surpassing the first week. The drop is clear to see if you aren't a dumbass and selectively picking your numbers rather than looking at the whole picture. I could have sworn the Flash all-kill hit 20k concurrent viewers at one point :O | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On January 07 2013 08:26 SniXSniPe wrote: I could have sworn the Flash all-kill hit 20k concurrent viewers at one point :O it did, right at the end. | ||
Poopi
France13018 Posts
Does not matter if it's korean casting, it's even better. I will finally get to see all those amazing terrans. | ||
Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
Samsung KHAN vs Woongjin Stars: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339146¤tpage=13#258 | ||
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Shady Sands
United States4021 Posts
On January 07 2013 08:54 Shellshock1122 wrote: Can someone make the threads for today? I'm doing the GSL thread and I'd like to get some sleep before since I start classes tomorrow. OPs are premade CJ Entus vs Team 8 : http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339146¤tpage=13#257 Samsung KHAN vs Woongjin Stars: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339146¤tpage=13#258 I took CJ vs Team 8. | ||
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GWdeathscythe
Brazil1091 Posts
Fantasy is soooo goood, was the number 1 of the world at the end of BW and is a high level terran at sc2. | ||
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mjuuy
Norway506 Posts
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PurePwnageofTerran
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On January 07 2013 08:09 StarStruck wrote: As I said before in this very thread, there is a conflict of interest here TB and I already laid out the ground work in the EG-TL production thread, which was closed. You should just drop it. What conflict of interest is that exactly? Yeah, 75% drop from first week. -----TB Also can I just say? T8 vs CJ current viewers 3 games in, - 4742. Just imagine that if I were a petulant man I would be dancing around with a big "you were saying?" sign. But I'm not, I just like contributing to discussions from a position of knowing a few things. | ||
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