I liked it much more when everything was cast by the amazing Tastetosis. The new casters are only 5-10% as entertaining or intelligent about the game. I will probably still watch all GSL and the new tournaments. Incontrol Day9 TLO and Rotterdam are way better commentary than the code A casters.

AmiPolizeiFunk

Germany804 Posts

March 10 2011 09:20 GMT

#322

GSL Code S casted by Tastetosis is the Main Event, and looks like it will be for a long time to come. Best players, huge prizes, beautiful booths, best casting Archon, LIVE events, high production values/editing. Who is gonna compete with that any time soon? I venture to say, nobody.

Buddhist

United States658 Posts

March 10 2011 09:20 GMT

#323

On March 10 2011 17:29 papaz wrote:

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LOL, what a troll White-Ra is. He is welcome to go over to GSL and show us the "skill based" games, whatever that means.

That was an awful and, really not exepcted, thing to say from such a respected player as him.

He comes out, at best, looking like a troll.

? What he said is completely true. Day9 has said basically the same thing as well.

Gotmog

Serbia899 Posts

March 10 2011 09:22 GMT

#324

I stopped watching during the cheese-fest days, i was also of the same thinking as white-ra...that eu/us is miles ahead of korea (at least at that time).

And now, i just can't pay for premium (nor i ever did) so i am not watching...and restreamers are getting banned so it's hard to find them anyway.

As long as tournaments are free to watch i am fine with it...

vrok

Sweden2541 Posts

March 10 2011 09:32 GMT

#325

On March 10 2011 18:22 Gotmog wrote:
I stopped watching during the cheese-fest days, i was also of the same thinking as white-ra...that eu/us is miles ahead of korea (at least at that time).

And now, i just can't pay for premium (nor i ever did) so i am not watching...and restreamers are getting banned so it's hard to find them anyway.

As long as tournaments are free to watch i am fine with it...

EU/NA was NEVER ahead of Korea. They play to win. If doing an all-in is the best way to win because many aren't able to defend it, there's nothing wrong with that. It's necessary to separate good builds from bad and good players from bad. It's part of becoming a good player. If anything you should blame Blizzard for their horrible maps.

Also, GSL is free to watch live.

Hectic

Australia159 Posts

March 10 2011 09:42 GMT

#326

I have cut back on GSL simply because i work and wont have anytime to play the game myself if i spend all my time watching it

m3rciless

United States1476 Posts

March 10 2011 09:43 GMT

#327

On March 10 2011 18:18 HolyArrow wrote:

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That's good to hear. I'm a pretty big White-Ra fan, and if that was still his opinion in the wake of this current GSL and the most recent IEM, I'd be very disappointed.

Stay the course. White-ra is and forever will be rational, manner and gosu. Hes sort of the ex-soviet bloc version of nony

LittLeD

Sweden7973 Posts

March 10 2011 09:44 GMT

#328

Not a bit. Rather increasing I'd say, the stories and rivalries are tighting up.

arcticStorm

United States295 Posts

March 10 2011 09:48 GMT

#329

TBH, I think the market is oversaturated with SC2 games. With BW, there are only 3OSL/3MSL/1 PL per year. Finals are coordinated by season and occur around the same time of the year, to mutually help each other build up hype. MSL/OSL never scheduled matches in the same timeframe. With SC2, not only are there 2 GSL tournaments (Code A/Code S) per month, there's NASL, IEM, MLG, TSL, and tons of smaller tournaments. While this is a sign of a vibrant programing scene, which is good, it also lessens the appeal of any one particular tournament as there's just so many options out there. It's not uncommon to see 3 to 4 tournaments/streams to be up at the same time. This, I think is the problem with GSL. By crowning two champions a month, they reduce the novelty of the whole event, and makes it a lot less appealing. Although it sounds silly, but I think less SC2 would make GSL more exciting.

snow2.0

Germany2073 Posts

March 10 2011 09:50 GMT

#330

I feel the GSL is very much the most interesting thing to watch, the players find ways to be aggressive throughout the game and the casters are of high quality.

most other tournaments i like watching, but it doesn't seem as full of entertainment.

To watch and learn from pros i'd take replays over casting any day.

nufcrulz

Singapore934 Posts

March 10 2011 09:51 GMT

#331

i only watch GSL because of the foreigners.. And now that theres only basically Jinro and maybe HuK in it, i just dont find myself watching regularly anymore.. Dont think this is going to change either, considering the influx of overseas tournaments. No foreign team is going to send players to Korea..

Ashby

Australia204 Posts

March 10 2011 09:51 GMT

#332

On March 10 2011 11:51 GhostFall wrote:
code A im losing interesting in.
code S still high

I agree, not because of the players or whatever. The commentators are the reason for my loss of interest in Code A (and the reason I'm not buying any more season passes), although, i still watch the games on mute if a foreigner is playing

.

Code S is still amazing as tasteless and artosis are still commentators

robih

Austria1086 Posts

March 10 2011 09:52 GMT

#333

On March 10 2011 11:58 Grobyc wrote:
Needs a "Yes, but never had a premium ticket in the first place" poll option.

i agree with that

Influ

Germany780 Posts

March 10 2011 09:54 GMT

#334

I've never been very interested in GSL, way less then in EU scene.

sharky246

1197 Posts

March 10 2011 09:58 GMT

#335

Tastosis is the best casting combo i know of (probably the best, although i don't know alot of other casters). They need a couple who have good team chemistry like tastosis for code A, maybe not as good, but something decent at least. So yeah, Code S has been as good as always (better when they introduced new maps) but I had to mute the volume and turn on kpop as a substitute while watching Code A.

sixfour

England11061 Posts

March 10 2011 10:04 GMT

#336

On March 10 2011 11:58 Grobyc wrote:
Needs a "Yes, but never had a premium ticket in the first place" poll option.

pretty much this. with idra/ret leaving that just leaves jinro/huk and other old bw players that i'm interested in. guess i might watch the final if july gets there, but too much interesting bw going on right now.

tl's policy of not linking to restreams doesn't help matters

Michaels

419 Posts

March 10 2011 10:04 GMT

#337

Foreirgners are just a bonus. Tastetosis is the reason i watch GSL x)

SnowFantasy

4173 Posts

March 10 2011 10:06 GMT

#338

Yes, I've lost interest in GSL and sc2 as a whole quite a bit recently.

I have had no urge to play the game recently and dont watch it often anymore.

Jayson X

Switzerland2431 Posts

March 10 2011 10:07 GMT

#339

GSL > all for me. I follow the BW pro scene religiously and care most about skill and not where the player is from. Seeing players of the calibre of MC, MVP or Nestea is much much more interesting to me than foreigners who'd be Code A at their very best. I like Jinro because of his style and not that he's white.

The production value is that of the MSL and the prestige comparable to winning an OSL. And with Artosis and Tasteless we have great commentators. I love all the GSL Maps! The all-in's show just a general problem with the game.

Knutzi

Norway664 Posts

March 10 2011 10:07 GMT

#340

yeah pretty much lost all intrest in code a, cant listen to kelly for more than 5 min or my head hurts.

dont know how the guy is since he always cast with kelly