EPTAre you really that dense? Do you think anyone would announce that publicly ?
[IEM] Grand Finals World Championships 2014 - Page 110
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werynais
Germany1780 Posts
Are you really that dense? Do you think anyone would announce that publicly ? | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:18 Tobblish wrote: 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) Stream said 101k for me | ||
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Abominous
Croatia1625 Posts
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ThomasR
764 Posts
oh damn i got home too late @_@ i thought it started an hour ago | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:19 lichter wrote: Sorry people, as LR Batman, I deny your claims of sOs' villain-ness Ain't happening kids | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:22 FakePseudo wrote: Just like noone remembers scarlett bomber, or polt's run at iem köln, right? Not comparable, neither of those were winner takes all events. The focus this event was on who wins the grand prize, not on the road that got them there. That's the unfortunate reality of running an event with that format. You hype up the $100k this much, you don't get to complain when that's what people focus on. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:23 Fusilero wrote: I think people forget how bad marineking vs MVP was, it was pretty much MVP breaking marineking before the matches even began and laughing to the bank. What'd MVP do? | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:22 FakePseudo wrote: Just like noone remembers scarlett bomber, or polt's run at iem köln, right? Well I had to write two articles about Duckdeok's and sOs' run at Blizzcon before anyone would even talk about it instead of Jaedong at Blizzcon. | ||
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Ej_
47656 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:22 stuchiu wrote: sOs didnt do anything to achieve Sniper status. cheesing out fan favorites in 2 premiere finals to get 100k for each is nothing? | ||
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Ryncol
United States980 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:19 TotalBiscuit wrote: Let me count the ways. 1) Players should actually get paid for their work and their achievements. Winner takes all is the complete antithesis of that. The least player friendly format you can possibly have 2) Running a winner takes all tournament during a period of noted imbalance is a sure fire way to piss off the viewers and rile people up. 3) Winner takes all tournament with single elimination format. The mind boggles. 4) This whole thing was a viewership gamble by ESL. It was contrary to Carmacs own thoughts on sustainability and the eSports "middle class", even if it was just a one off. The gamble didn't pay off. Viewership spiked in the finals for all of the 20 minutes it took for those finals to end. There was literally more downtime than games and it left everyone with a sour taste in their mouths. The viewership during the actual event was often lower than Cologne, which doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me, but whatever the case, the purpose of the winner takes all was to drive viewership and it failed to do that. If it had succeeded, I'd get behind it, sometimes viewership is more important even for the players and the teams, that exposure, that sponsorship ROI, super important (though not that ESL did anything to help that really since they're not even using team logos in Gameheart let alone the sponsor overlays), but in this case since it didn't achieve that objective either I'd consider it a failure. SC2 is in a fragile state and in order to make sure it can be sustained, we need tournaments that use fair, sustainable models. ESL said this was a one off, I hope it remains a one off. /salute, I agree with you completely | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:23 ThomasR wrote: oh damn i got home too late @_@ i thought it started an hour ago It did.... | ||
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75
Germany4057 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:21 BlackCompany wrote: Streams offline? i thoguth all other finals are on the stream aswell? esl has twitch accounts for sc2, lol, and other games. they are switching their accounts. | ||
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VmY
Netherlands1286 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
SlayerS Eve in SlayerS final gstl match | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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Rustug
1488 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:14 DaedricTV wrote: You see, you people have never been in a competitive experience in your life, hence why you can't understand how good that series was. Actually I've played in a World Cup final (not StarCraft obv.). What's your claim to fame? | ||
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DaedricTV
United Kingdom94 Posts
herO lost this series by not scouting, getting titled and then making bad decisions. Overall it had it's entertainment. | ||
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FPyro
Germany47 Posts
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BlackCompany
Germany8388 Posts
On March 17 2014 01:23 75 wrote: esl has twitch accounts for sc2, lol, and other games. they are switching their accounts. Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! | ||
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Godwrath
Spain10152 Posts
eve He has no soul. | ||
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