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[IEM] Grand Finals World Championships 2014 - Page 114

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Rustug
Profile Joined October 2010
1488 Posts
March 16 2014 16:35 GMT
#2261
On March 17 2014 01:33 Godwrath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:32 Jornada wrote:
probably the most boring final i have watched... and im a Protoss player

According to DaedricTV, you don't exist.


You Sir, have a great sense of humor. Touche!
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. 파이팅! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ"
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
March 16 2014 16:35 GMT
#2262
On March 17 2014 01:34 seak99 wrote:
how many viewers did it get?

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.

Taken from TotalBiscuit.
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NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
March 16 2014 16:35 GMT
#2263
On March 17 2014 01:34 seak99 wrote:
how many viewers did it get?

Over 100k on the main stream + other language streams around 120k
Moderatorlickypiddy
75
Profile Joined December 2012
Germany4057 Posts
March 16 2014 16:35 GMT
#2264
On March 17 2014 01:34 seak99 wrote:
how many viewers did it get?

around 110k were listed on TL sidebar.

no idea how many exaclty, though
yo twitch, as long as I can watch 480p lagfree I'm happy
SinCitta
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany2127 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-16 16:38:06
March 16 2014 16:35 GMT
#2265
Okay, I didn't like the WTA idea from the start, but I don't blame the game quality for it.

But I wanted to say one thing: Thank you for bringing the World Championship to Katowice and NOT to Cebit. Make a stop there (at Cebit), if you must, but don't hold an event there which eSports fan shall cherish. It made the event 100 times better. The CS:GO Final was great, too.
GinDo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
3327 Posts
March 16 2014 16:36 GMT
#2266
Wait? Finals are over?
ⱩŦ ƑⱠẬ$Ħ / ƩǤ ɈƩẬƉØƝǤ [ɌȻ] / ȊṂ.ṂṼⱣ / ẬȻƩɌ.ȊƝƝØṼẬŦȊØƝ / ẬȻƩɌ.ϟȻẬɌⱠƩŦŦ ϟⱠẬɎƩɌϟ ȻⱠẬƝ
CruelZeratul
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany4588 Posts
March 16 2014 16:36 GMT
#2267
On March 17 2014 01:32 hariooo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:30 Saumure wrote:
cmon guys, do not blame it on "winner takes it all". It just sucked damn hard because of mirror


No when you play play for $100k you see how people truly play with their backs up against the wall. This is what SC2 looks like at the highest level.


Sure, for 20k first and 10k second he will play all casual and stuff? No!
He will play exactly the same if possible, because it''s still a lot of money.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10132 Posts
March 16 2014 16:36 GMT
#2268
On March 17 2014 01:35 75 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:34 seak99 wrote:
how many viewers did it get?

around 110k were listed on TL sidebar.

no idea how many exaclty, though

Peaked 120k i think. But yeah, around 100-110k for the most part.
Dreamsmasher2
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada38 Posts
March 16 2014 16:36 GMT
#2269
What a shitty final....
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 16 2014 16:36 GMT
#2270
On March 17 2014 01:34 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:33 Darkhorse wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:30 stuchiu wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:28 KaiserJohan wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:19 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:14 Nomzter wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:14 TotalBiscuit wrote:
The winner takes all gamble was a disaster. Let's never do that again.

Why?


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.


People always complain about imbalance.
Single elim is more exciting to watch.
If it wasnt such a shitty finals, I'm sure would voicing their opinions here would do a 180. It's unfortunate we didn't get a TvZ finals.


None of that addresses why TB said it was a bad format.

He's only following your "heart over head" advice when arguing for something. YOU MADE HIM THIS WAY


My god

Now you realize what you've done, but there is no going back now. You will live through it, suffer, and rue the day you ever gave that lesson the the LR world.
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HandA711
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
202 Posts
March 16 2014 16:37 GMT
#2271
$O$ick.
hakuna matata
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
March 16 2014 16:37 GMT
#2272
^ he should change his name to $o$ :D
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-16 16:38:46
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2273
On March 17 2014 01:32 hariooo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:30 Saumure wrote:
cmon guys, do not blame it on "winner takes it all". It just sucked damn hard because of mirror


No when you play play for $100k you see how people truly play with their backs up against the wall. This is what SC2 looks like at the highest level.


nah, if they made it so the loser can no longer be a progamer and get kicked in the balls by the winner. THEN we will get the best games!!!
NovaMB
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany9534 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-16 16:38:27
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2274
On March 17 2014 01:17 NovaMB wrote:
sOs played like a champion, the champion gives no fucks, he wants to win, and he did.


Just to add to my own point. IEM wanted to crown a real champion, and they did, I think they are probably satisfied regardless.
The event itself was amazing
DaedricTV
Profile Joined February 2014
United Kingdom94 Posts
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2275
On March 17 2014 01:33 Godwrath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:32 Jornada wrote:
probably the most boring final i have watched... and im a Protoss player

According to DaedricTV, you don't exist.


Who doesn't exist?
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-16 16:38:27
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2276
On March 17 2014 01:35 Undead1993 wrote:
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On March 17 2014 01:16 stuchiu wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:15 KaiserJohan wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:14 TotalBiscuit wrote:
The winner takes all gamble was a disaster. Let's never do that again.


Why so? except for the PvP, this tournament format was alot more interesting. Protoss is just boring to watch.


Because the finals are basically the end The culmination of a tournamet of how a tournament is remembered. When we look back on this in 6 months it won't be my god that Jjakji vs Revival series was godly, it will be remember that time sOs proxy double gated his way to 100k. Thanks IEM!

but that's beautiful isn't it?


Beautiful in its monstrous 2 proxy sort of way that affirms the caricature of PvP.
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2277
On March 17 2014 01:34 seak99 wrote:
how many viewers did it get?

On March 17 2014 01:14 shid0x wrote:
THE PEAK
[image loading]

122 k
+
30 k in Chinese stream
+SPOTV

So like 150k with Chinese stream. No idea how many more were on SPOTV
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10132 Posts
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2278
On March 17 2014 01:38 DaedricTV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:33 Godwrath wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:32 Jornada wrote:
probably the most boring final i have watched... and im a Protoss player

According to DaedricTV, you don't exist.


Who doesn't exist?

Well played
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
March 16 2014 16:38 GMT
#2279
On March 17 2014 01:12 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:11 Fusilero wrote:
On March 16 2014 21:15 The_Templar wrote:
I think we will break 100 pages today, easily

Awkward


Well not easily, but it'll break! Unless he meant during the games.

See we broke 100 pages because everyone moaned about how this thread would be empty
#TemplarLogic
Moderatorshe/her
TL+ Member
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
March 16 2014 16:39 GMT
#2280
On March 17 2014 01:29 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 01:28 Musicus wrote:
On March 17 2014 01:23 Ragnarork wrote:
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.


Though I feel really bad for herO (and I was cheering for him), and though this final was by many standards quite poor (though not by the series planning one, sOs played that really well), I still think it was something to try out once. And I think this is the reason for which we got so many awesome games in the bracket, but in the current metagame with a lot of protoss, that could also lead (and it did) to such a final. So I wouldn't call that a disaster, but rather an experience with its drawbacks and its advantages.

Because let's be honest. It's a shame, but if you want people to give it all, you got to put a lot of money on the table. Make it this "allin-ish", and you'll get some of the best SC2.

I'm totally not in favor of doing this often, though. Once a year could be a good frequency.


IEM cologne games were just as good imo and a better final. Players will try just as hard for 40k as for 100k.


This guy right here gets it. Huge diminishing returns on grand prize after a certain point and it's a far lower threshold than this.


<3

At least the Masterpiece theatre was just as awesome today, "90k for a PvP final, imagine if the real races were playing" really made me laugh out loud .

For anyone who hasn't had the pleasure yet:

https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/masterpiece-theatre-presents-1
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
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