I don't think the winner takes all concept was the real reason for the numbers to cross a 100k. The games for the past 2 days have been very good and the SC2 finals are played in a lead up to the LoL finals.

Harajuku

150 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2103

I don't care if people say the games were good or bad. Was just boring and anticlimatic to watch is all.

fuzzylogic44

Canada2633 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2104

We don't know if they agreed to split or partially split the prize before hand. sOs seems like the type to not do that. Anyway he does get 800 WCS points for second which is a lot.

DJHelium

Sweden13480 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2105

Rofl no interview?

JazzJackrabbit

Canada1272 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2106

Even Sandstorm couldn't be played the whole way

TheBloodyDwarf

Finland7524 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2107

DUDUDUDUDUDUDU

Necosarius

Sweden4042 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2108

Hahaha I can't believe they played sandstorm after that sign

Tobblish

Sweden6404 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2109

On March 17 2014 01:16 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Huge viewership!

And even the main stream broke 100 k
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Just a fyi you have to go by the viewers on the Stream page ie http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_sc2 not that one, it is heavily delayed and adds up the numbers funny compared to removing. (iirc this is how you can tell if theres a lot of viewer bots as well)

m4ini

4215 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2110

Well, back to SC2 and CS:GO, hoping for more excitement.

nimdil

Poland3756 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2111

On March 17 2014 01:17 Musicus wrote:

Show nested quote +

Imagine a Jaedong vs Polt final going to game 7 or something similiar.

Imagine Jaedong vs NaNiwa finals (this includes NaNiwa behaving of course so exclude shitstorm).

DaedricTV

United Kingdom94 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2112

Although personally, I think winner-takes-all series are bad for eSports in general, maybe one big one a year is okay, but that's enough.

illidanx

United States973 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2113

I prefer hero but at least a kespa player wins.

ForTehDarkseid

8139 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2114

On March 17 2014 01:14 virpi wrote:
The games might not have been entertaining, but seriously, there have lots and lots of similar finals in the past. Remember the cheesefests in broodwar?

There wasn't something like these finals in BW yet. And it will never be.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45771 Posts

March 16 2014 16:18 GMT

#2115

On March 17 2014 01:14 TotalBiscuit wrote:
The winner takes all gamble was a disaster. Let's never do that again. 4 days of wins for herO pissed down the drain in 20 minutes of the worst final in history, jesus.

I disagree with the Winner Take All idea just on the principle that it screws over everyone else (and apparently is only used to increase entertainment value, rather than help the pro-gamers), regardless of how good or bad this final is. But this final certainly didn't help make the case for a WTA format lol.