[WCS EU] Finals Day 1 Premier Season 2 2013 - Page 75

On August 11 2013 00:59 Sated wrote:
Okay, c'mon Grubby, crush those chances of a TvZ final happening!

(... or maybe I should shut up, because every player that I wanted to win has lost so far T_T)

On August 11 2013 00:59 Adreme wrote:

Its going to be awkward when WCS America has more foreigners in top 4 then EU.

On August 11 2013 00:58 theBALLS wrote:
Out of curiosity-- Redeye is not a young fella. What was he doing in his younger years?

On August 11 2013 00:57 BronzeKnee wrote:


God Forbid I watch a tournament in Europe that will send European representatives to the WCS finals that actually has European players huh?

On August 11 2013 00:58 figq wrote:
Code what?

Sounds like no-name tournament.

On August 11 2013 00:57 BronzeKnee wrote:


God Forbid I watch a tournament in Europe that will send European representatives to the WCS finals that actually has European players huh?

On August 11 2013 00:58 theBALLS wrote:
Out of curiosity-- Redeye is not a young fella. What was he doing in his younger years?

On August 11 2013 00:52 DarkLordOlli wrote:


He lost to HerO. In the winter. Give the guy a break.

(HerO won NASL)

On August 11 2013 01:00 NightOfTheDead wrote:


Is it better them being crushed in WCS grand finals even more rather than Europe finals, and not give spot for a bit more capable players that defeated them already?

On August 11 2013 00:58 theBALLS wrote:
Out of curiosity-- Redeye is not a young fella. What was he doing in his younger years?

On August 11 2013 00:58 Zealously wrote:


Okay, I'll spell it out for you. If people aren't entertained by -insert thing-, they stop watching. It so happens that skill and good play is a big part in soccer, just as it is in Starcraft, but soccer storylines and narratives established over an in comparison extremely large period of time. Starcraft does not yet have the readily available abundance of storylines, which is why many people obsess over "personality"; they want a way to connect to foreign players or players they don't know. If you think the viewer count would be the same if we didn't know who was playing, you're very mistaken. If you think "level of play" is the only thing that matters in sports as a whole, you're very mistaken.

Why do you think people cheer for their own countries and go out of their way to watch objectively inferior teams play when for example the World Cup is on? Why do people cheer for -insert small British team- instead of Manchester United? Because those are the teams they support, the teams they care about. Skill plays a role, but it's not the sole deciding factor in who watches what.

I think it's really sad when people complain about Koreans supposedly "lacking personality" because they all have (except a very select few such as Innovation) personality and interesting storylines, but they aren't as accessible. Why are more foreigners watching WCS EU than watched WCS KR earlier today? Slightly uncomfortable answers, I know, and it's kind of sad to think about, but that's the way it is.

On August 11 2013 01:01 Ammanas wrote:
It's funny how WCS EU with the worst player pool, worst quality of actual games and the worst production (although that's because OGN and NASL are just so good, ESL is doing very good job) out of all the WCS is consistently getting the most viewers