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On March 16 2014 02:32 chatuka wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:31 Darkhorse wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 chatuka wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 Darkhorse wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 liberate71 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format The format is arguably what makes for these games though No. These games aren't good because of the format... yup, players will not play half-ass. they will fight to the death for 100K. love the gladiator aspect of this tournament. more bread and circuses, virtual circuses Did you watch IEM Cologne? Sick games and the format was different. The players make the games not the format. Thinking this "gladiator aspect" is doing this to the games is just stupid. i disagree. players will play their absolute best for 100K. no relax games, or full foreigner games will be at a minimal. it's good to see the audience will watch players play for something on the line. Like Poker
This isn't the case tho. Players still try their best if the difference in winning was only 20K. If you think players are 'throwing' because it isn't a 100K tournament, I suggest you take a look at how much these players make. And there have been just as many 'throws' in this tournament as other with same caliber players.
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On March 16 2014 02:36 IntoTheheart wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:35 Undead1993 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? viewers number must be equal to the prize pool, else it's not a successful tournament So was Blizzcon just a massive failure?
devastating from the economic point of view
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Can you Smell what Life is Cooking!
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On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter?
If you can't brag about being the biggest, what's the point in liking something?
/s
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On March 16 2014 02:36 ThomasjServo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? Because LoL and DOTA 2 get them ergo SC2 needs to be comparable or exceed the numbers otherwise it is a dead game.
lol and dota are team sports. so just multiply SC2 numbers by 5, and that is the ratio SC2 should be judged by IMO.
Team sports are always goingt to be bigger than individual sports atm
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On March 16 2014 02:36 ThomasjServo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? Because LoL and DOTA 2 get them ergo SC2 needs to be comparable or exceed the numbers otherwise it is a dead game.
Except compared to the playerbase SC2 gets an enormous percentage of the playerbase that watches it's esport. LoL gets an extremely small number compared to playerbase probably around 1-3% compared to SC2 which is like 35--50% actually. DOTA 2 isn't anywhere near that either.
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On March 16 2014 02:36 Undead1993 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 IntoTheheart wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 Undead1993 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? viewers number must be equal to the prize pool, else it's not a successful tournament So was Blizzcon just a massive failure? devastating from the economic point of view
You could almost say... cataclysmic
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On March 16 2014 02:36 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:35 Undead1993 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? viewers number must be equal to the prize pool, else it's not a successful tournament For every viewer, like, or share on Facebook we will donate 1 esports dollar to the prize pool~
1 like =1 prayer for SC2
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On March 16 2014 02:32 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:28 Qwerty85 wrote:
That was pretty good game by Taeja. His defense was great, his army movement on the map as well. I just didn't like those hellbats in the mix since eventually you need marauders. And making hellbats and marauders got him into trouble against all those mutas.
WM are still the better choice + maraduers can snipe hatches way faster and tank more bane shots.
I think he would have an easier time if he changed his army composition a bit.
also, I wouldn't be surprised if Life wasted 3x more resources than Taeja... But hellbats pretty much make ling surrounds useless. If you looked at the army comps, it was actually Life that had to use a more banelings heavy comp with less lings because of the hellbats.
They are better and more reliable against ground army but as you saw, mutas will give you so much trouble in such scenario.
Life probably wasted 3x more resources than Taeja but mutas kept him in the game for a long time.
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This Reaper would have probably killed the whole mineral line by 12'.
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On March 16 2014 02:37 ThomasjServo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 Shellshock wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 Undead1993 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? viewers number must be equal to the prize pool, else it's not a successful tournament For every viewer, like, or share on Facebook we will donate 1 esports dollar to the prize pool~ 1 like =1 prayer for SC2
prayer for the lost and the lonely?
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On March 16 2014 02:37 chatuka wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 ThomasjServo wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? Because LoL and DOTA 2 get them ergo SC2 needs to be comparable or exceed the numbers otherwise it is a dead game. lol and dota are team sports. so just multiply SC2 numbers by 5, and that is the ratio SC2 should be judged by IMO. Team sports are always goingt to be bigger than individual sports atm
On March 16 2014 02:37 ArTiFaKs wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 ThomasjServo wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? Because LoL and DOTA 2 get them ergo SC2 needs to be comparable or exceed the numbers otherwise it is a dead game. Except compared to the playerbase SC2 gets an enormous percentage of the playerbase that watches it's esport. LoL gets an extremely small number compared to playerbase probably around 1-3% compared to SC2 which is like 35--50% actually. DOTA 2 isn't anywhere near that either.
I was being hyperbolic, didn't come across X___x
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On March 16 2014 02:35 liberate71 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:34 Squat wrote:On March 16 2014 02:31 Embir wrote:
It is first SC2 tournament I am watching since last year and I must admint SC2 is still the best e-sport out there.
Awesome game. This is what happens when you take a top terran and top zerg, throw them together and get lucky because no one went mech or swarm hosts. Then, magic happens. mech is pretty awesome when its played awesome. Not all mech is boring :D
It all depends on the zerg tbh. If he/she responds with SH, it kind of almost always becomes a stinker. If they go mass muta/roach, it can can get very interesting indeed.
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On March 16 2014 02:37 ThomasjServo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 Shellshock wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 Undead1993 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? viewers number must be equal to the prize pool, else it's not a successful tournament For every viewer, like, or share on Facebook we will donate 1 esports dollar to the prize pool~ 1 like =1 prayer for SC2
hahahahhahaha :D
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On March 16 2014 02:33 TheDwf wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:31 stuchiu wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 chatuka wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 Darkhorse wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 liberate71 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format The format is arguably what makes for these games though No. These games aren't good because of the format... yup, players will not play half-ass. they will fight to the death for 100K. love the gladiator aspect of this tournament. more bread and circuses, virtual circuses Thanks Naniwa. Now we know why some gladiators were losing back in the Antiquity. Their opponent could hear the crowd and defend their cheesy moves.
Well played
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On March 16 2014 02:37 chatuka wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:36 ThomasjServo wrote:On March 16 2014 02:35 BigFan wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 sharkie wrote:On March 16 2014 02:29 Veldril wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format We got around 65k people watching + a lot of viewer at the event. I would say the number is not bad. nowhere near 100k... why does this matter? Because LoL and DOTA 2 get them ergo SC2 needs to be comparable or exceed the numbers otherwise it is a dead game. lol and dota are team sports. so just multiply SC2 numbers by 5, and that is the ratio SC2 should be judged by IMO. Team sports are always goingt to be bigger than individual sports atm
That's probably the most flawed logic of all time.
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I don't think that was worth it for Life. ;_;
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That Tank committed suicide by using Siege Mode over the depot.
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this is looking good for Taeja, just keep cleaning
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On March 16 2014 02:36 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 02:32 chatuka wrote:On March 16 2014 02:31 Darkhorse wrote:On March 16 2014 02:30 chatuka wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 Darkhorse wrote:On March 16 2014 02:28 liberate71 wrote:On March 16 2014 02:27 sharkie wrote:
This is probably one of the best tournaments (game-wise) of all time and we get no viewers
Thank you IEM for this stupid format The format is arguably what makes for these games though No. These games aren't good because of the format... yup, players will not play half-ass. they will fight to the death for 100K. love the gladiator aspect of this tournament. more bread and circuses, virtual circuses Did you watch IEM Cologne? Sick games and the format was different. The players make the games not the format. Thinking this "gladiator aspect" is doing this to the games is just stupid. i disagree. players will play their absolute best for 100K. no relax games, or full foreigner games will be at a minimal. it's good to see the audience will watch players play for something on the line. Like Poker This isn't the case tho. Players still try their best if the difference in winning was only 20K. If you think players are 'throwing' because it isn't a 100K tournament, I suggest you take a look at how much these players make. And there have been just as many 'throws' in this tournament as other with same caliber players.
maybe you're right. but at least for me, i am watching this because of the intense nature of the tournament. Poker has the same effect as well. All or nothing. life or death. it becomes philosophical to a degree and that philosophy survive or perish resonates with me. Maybe that intensity will resonate with other people.
I think players do their best when there are less prize money, but when something is on the line, you will see emotions come out like what naniwa did. crying, laughing, it will come out and i think that is good for the sport. that is the drama
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