Fantastic tournament all-round, I didn't expect to stay glued to the stream and watch the whole thing but it was so damn entertaining that I couldn't help myself.

Also, ORGANIZERS TAKE NOTE, having 2 different streams is just brilliant. Whenever I had any issues with one I'd switch to the other and bam, smooth sailing again.

Also in case this was a test run or anything of the sort and DH plans to sell tickets for any future events they're hosting, they definitively won over a customer in me.

godemperor

Belgium2043 Posts

April 12 2011 20:13 GMT

#102

On April 13 2011 05:10 On_Slaught wrote:
While I enjoyed watching this tourny, it is very unfair to compare it to massive endeavours like TSL, MLG, GSL, IEM etc. This tourny looked great for a few reasons:

1. The entire thing happened over the course of a few hours.

2. All of the players are top level. It's as if we skipped all the preliminary stuff in other tournies and jumped straight to the ro8.

3. Awesome crowd made everything more exciting.

Yes it seemed awesome, but objectively there is nothing that makes this tourny better than any others. 2nd place doesn't get anything... that is just bad imo.

Im not going to compare it to TSL since a live offlien tournament like dreamhack is very different. But it is vastly superior to IEM and MLG.
1. HD stream, both IEM and MLG streams were terrible.
2. Starting on time, no one game was delayed by a long time.
3. sound proof booth.
4. awesome host
5. Awesome interviews.

ChaosArcher

Germany956 Posts

April 12 2011 20:13 GMT

#103

thanks dreamhack was an honor to be your viewer today =)

Seronei

Sweden991 Posts

April 12 2011 20:13 GMT

#104

Just saw it on Tv4 now a reportage about the tournament

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

April 12 2011 20:13 GMT

#105

Dreamhack Invitational was amazing. High quality 720p stream, funny casters, great games, and the roar of the crowd. The production values were so high, and the most basic of elements present - crowd discourse and interaction, post-game couch interviews, ability to hear the crowd's reactions - made me seriously question why other tournaments haven't done these simple, common-sense things a long time ago. The GSL might have more money and a bigger studio, and the TSL had an awesome player pool, but from a stream watching experience, Dreamhack beat them all.

I heard almost 90,000 people tuned in. Sick figure aside, every single one of them got a great show, full of humour and great moments, run perfectly, with zero downtime (ahead of schedule, in fact) with very little stream lag. Sincerest thank-you's to everyone involved.

Special Endrey

Germany1929 Posts

April 12 2011 20:14 GMT

#106

so true - best thing - it was free

dutpotd

Canada49 Posts

April 12 2011 20:15 GMT

#107

I hope they come hear and read this and the livereport thread as they both do Dreamhack justice, very little bad to say about it, and lots of good. It is more important, in a lot of ways, that the events are succesful than whether or not your favorite player wins or if x is exactly balanced vs. y (etc.) and I hope all the viewers, and the players, feel the same.

LoliKuma

United States237 Posts

April 12 2011 20:16 GMT

#108

You guys are awesome, and put on a GREAT GREAT GREAAAAAAAAAT show.

Thank you guys so much for supporting e-sports (especially SC2 :D). And please, keep 2GD as the host, he's awesome.

PS: Hot air-balloon

godemperor

Belgium2043 Posts

April 12 2011 20:16 GMT

#109

Dreamhack why won't you take my money?

Jiddra

Sweden2685 Posts

April 12 2011 20:17 GMT

#110

Somethng that Dreamhack has going for it is the location. The casters/host was not forced to be crazy PC and the swedish crowd don't care. Here we can say and do almost anything on TV, and people is used to it. They could have had naked casters if they wanted

Dreamhack also had swedens largest internet provider as a sponsor/partner, Telia. They have done this so many years so they know what to do. Dreamhack is a event produced by fans, for fans. The people behind this is hosting a swedish gaming show every week and follows SC2 with a passion.

Good work, can't wait for Dreamhack summer and dreamhack winter. It will be crazy, there was talk about getting a hockey arena for the finals this year.

PS. Justin.tv has issuies in europe, I think NA is more justin friendly. But then we had a feed from aftonbladet.se that also was streaming for free in HQ. The two streams was streaming to 80-90k viewers.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 12 2011 20:17 GMT

#111

On April 13 2011 05:13 godemperor wrote:

Show nested quote +

3. Was a combination of many things to make it sound proof

5. James was very entertaining but I wish he asked more potent questions like, "What were you thinking when your back was up against the wall?"

Other than that the production and quality was something other tournaments should strive for. It was very well done with very few delays.

Karakaxe

Sweden585 Posts

April 12 2011 20:18 GMT

#112

Best Sc2 tournament experience ever. Ever. :D

kingprawn

Sweden49 Posts

April 12 2011 20:18 GMT

#113

Made me proud of being a Swede. I've been at dreamhack before. And I just decided that I'll do it this year again <3

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

April 12 2011 20:18 GMT

#114

I had issues with the stream in that the video stuttered every couple seconds. Strangely enough, almost exclusively in between games, during the interviews, commercials and stuff. I've seen other people complain about the same problem, and yet others said it was fine. I don't know if it's on Dreamhack's, Justin.tv's or on my end.

Everything else was great. Production, free HD stream, commentators, and the games didn't disappoint either. It was a pleasure to watch, and future events will have to be measured against this Dreamhack Invitational.

DaggothReborn

United States121 Posts

April 12 2011 20:19 GMT

#115

1: The stream was up for right at 8.5 hours straight, which is longer then any of the TSL3 or GOM streams (not that i have a problem with them at all)

2: I agree that all the players are top level, but i dont think anyone here is complaining about the players, i think everyone here is complementing the overall DHI experience. Honest to god, if this was a three day event, i would of been glued to my laptop at work, my phone on the way home, and my computer at the house. I watch every second of SC2 at MLG Dallas that i was able to due to their faulty hardware/stream. Like i said, i think most of us are giving props to DHI about their awesome interviews, booths, quality, humor, performance, and stability where IEM and MLG failed.

3: Awesome crowds make everything awesome. It fuels everyone. Every event should have a crowd. Im hoping and praying that the NASL takes the US ESport community by storm, and they get to expand and have room for a big crowd :D

4: Second place gets you a wildcard in the Summer tourny. Plus, it makes the players play just that much harder :D

GullyFoyle

United States103 Posts

April 12 2011 20:20 GMT

#116

Ridiculously good! Particularly liked the couch interviews, and interactivity of the crowd.

I'm so glad I got up early to watch it... and now a 'lil nervous for NASL tonight! But I am willing to allow NASL some 'growing pains' as they get up to speed. Hopefully the way Dreamhack raised the bar on production values will eventually benefit us all.

Sneakyz

Sweden2361 Posts

April 12 2011 20:23 GMT

#117

I'm a guy who likes to complain about basically everything but wow, this event just blew my mind.
The only things that come to mind is that JustinTV seemed to have some issues, this didn't bother me though, since i was watching the aftonbladet stream

. Also, if the aftonbladet 1080p hadn't stopped working like halfway through the event or whatever, everything would have been fucking perfect.
Great event.

Jampackedeon

United States2053 Posts

April 12 2011 20:24 GMT

#118

I really enjoyed the crowds and the production, the games were great and I loved the players list (even when some of my favorites went down). Apparently there were a lot more interviews going on on the Swedish stream, where can I find those?

Jiddra

Sweden2685 Posts

April 12 2011 20:26 GMT

#119

On April 13 2011 05:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
I really enjoyed the crowds and the production, the games were great and I loved the players list (even when some of my favorites went down). Apparently there were a lot more interviews going on on the Swedish stream, where can I find those?

It was a behind the scenes, interviews with dreamhack and players. Perhaps aftonbladet will have it as clips on their web-TV, i guess they will find its way here then.

CScythe

Canada810 Posts

April 12 2011 20:27 GMT

#120

I posted so many times in the LR thread during the event just saying how impressed I was by the whole thing. I can't help but post here too, because these guys did an amazing job and I really gotta give them props. Undoubtedly the best tournament in SC2 so far. Everything was perfect, an amazing viewer experience. Just blown away. Thank you Dreamhack!