EPTNASL a popularity contest? - Page 8
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
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Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:08 mcc wrote: who is destiny ? A very popular player among the SCreddit community and has made some youtube videos that get a good amount of views. | ||
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:10 Zechs wrote: To my mind, that implies that this is basically just an invite tournament with a bit of "LET THE PUBLIC DECIDE" marketing spiel. Don't get me wrong, i want this to be awesome, but this system seems far from perfect. There is no perfect system for tournaments. Expecting any tournament structure to be perfect is asking to be let down. | ||
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Finrod1
Germany3997 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote: The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected. Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing. Thanks man. I highly doubt that the invites are only going to be based on this voting system. I just feel kinda worried for the european scene that the "well known" players only get invites/votes. As you can see in the tl qualifiers there are many unkown good ones out here, so would be nice if you take some advices from european casters/progamers. Players like slider/kuba/nerchio/insolence/tod/goody/happy/stephano/naniwa... might not get so many votes but still are considerable. Anyways purely ecstatic for this event! Really like your effort to geht the european scene participating/watching!  | ||
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ReachTheSky
United States3294 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote: The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected. Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing. I agree that its a fun thing. I'm very disappointed that players are being 'selected' and not having to grind through preliminaries like they would have to in korea. | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
Poll: I like making polls about polls. Yes (40) No (15) 55 total votes Your vote: I like making polls about polls. | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote: The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected. Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing. There will always be naysayers and people looking for something to criticise, don't let the loud minority get to you. This announcement is awesome, you guys are awesome for putting this thing together for us. I love the system you're trying to implement, with the extended divisions, the backstories, the community involvement. Don't let the haters get to you and focus on the good feedback, man. :D | ||
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zerious
Canada3803 Posts
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SlapMySalami
United States1060 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:13 Telcontar wrote: I guess IdrA was already chosen? or is that a typo. I don't understand the addition to the quote but the quote means 15 people will advance from their 10 man groups and then 1 player will win a 1024 player online tournament and also participate in the LAN event. | ||
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:14 Aegeis wrote: A very popular player among the SCreddit community and has made some youtube videos that get a good amount of views. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kY1TR9GPSM ...but he doesn't deserve to take a top progamer's spot, not saying he shouldn't be in the league. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
The fact that Destiny is top 5 is disheartening as is. | ||
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
Funny fact, I beat EGLZgamer at MLG DC. Now, to people that don't watch much, if you'd be guessing who would win something like that, would you guess me or the person with EG in their name? If I had needed to be voted in to MLG to be able to participate, something like that would never be able to happen, as I'd automatically be written off since I could be a player that is not popular or well known at the time. This does not go for just me obviously, but imagine players even less known than myself...that could be better... To do this NASL, which I want to get into, I suddenly feel like I need to take more time out of practice now to get on twitter, facebook, stream 20x more, and basically everything and anything that can get me more exposure =/! Replay pack in the works now | ||
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
To be honest, there are barely 50 "top" level players on EU and US combined. It's not really a bad decision to make it based off invites. If players want to get known and are actually good, they should at least be pretty high up on ladder since that would be their main form of practice, and I don't see many unknowns in the top 200 in the world. People bring up the "unknowns" that have won the TL qualifiers, but those players have been pretty high up on the EU ladder. The list of good players, players who actually deserve $100K, is pretty short. But then I saw Destiny is in the top 5, so I rescind my above opinion that voting is a good idea. I respect Destiny, think his stream and commentary is great, but do not think he is a top level player. If Day9 entered the running, I'm sure he would also get a ton of votes. And as much as I like Day9, I don't think he or others are deserving of an invite based on popularity alone. | ||
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krazymunky
United States727 Posts
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
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Beef Noodles
United States937 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:13 ImHuko wrote: Stop assuming everything is to make this bad. We just finished watching a high-school production of an announcement thats been hyped for months. Then we're told to vote for our favorite players, so we assumed it was a popularity contest. "Third, we will listen to our audience. The community never ceases to amaze us with its ingenuity and determination. We think if we keep you close, we can’t go wrong. And last of all, we must remember why we do this: for the love of the game. " By telling us to stop saying negative things, you are going about what NASL.TV is all about. No one is complaining about NASL.TV, everyone loves it. They just want it to be perfect. I think he means stop turning every little thing into a big 8 page freakout. Just have fun with the voting and enjoy the games (which is what they mean by "We think if we keep you close, we can’t go wrong.") Also be pumped at how awesome this is! | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
only thing i think should change is that there should be more spots for open tournament people to qualify at least for first season cmon.. dont you guys want more people to try get in ? you have to give them a change to make more people embrace starcraft 2 as a eSport cmon people like poker cause they all think they got a chance to win and 1 open tournament with 1000 ppl doesnt seem a lot of chances in it for new guys trying to prove themselfs | ||
carbon_based
United States46 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote: The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected. Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing. well, according to the interview, the selection process is already "down to a T" or was that a misquote? are we to wait for more announcements regarding the qualifying process, because all we know so far is teams seem to have priority, you can get american idol'd on, or you can be the king 4gater out of 1000 and get a shot against the big boys who will swiftly run through your match history and know everything about you.... just have an open qualifier with swiss rounds and cut to the top 32, then have 32 slots for teams that qualified at least 1 player in the top 32 and u can keep all the politics and butt-kissing for those slots, but seriously if top caliber players know outright that they have NO chance at this tournament, they will mock, laugh, and claim its illegitimacy all day and night, the audience will take note, and you wont get the viewers you need. this was a big mistake, please correct it, there's still time, just say tomorrow "of course there's open slots, there were gonna be open slots all the time, quit yer bitching guyz" | ||
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