EPTDreamhack Invitational Appreciation Thread *spoilers* - Pa…
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alepov
Netherlands1132 Posts
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
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. Yes the casting was fine, but it wasn't stellar. The obvs was almost "bad." I think a lot of people are looking at this with rose-colored glasses because they enjoyed the games and drama. No this tournament actually had things that no other tournament had. First the speed which the games were played was awesome. There were do dead time a la GSL, there were no 30 mins wait for a mouse to work. There were no CS 1.6, Quake Live or general dead time IEM. It was fast, smooth and awesome. The production values in terms of overlays, interviews (both on swedish and english streams) were best, even better than GSL imo. Also the commercials werent as repetitive as MLG, and they actually mixed it with awesome songs and such. While i do agree that the smaller scale defiently makes it easier, i think that with even a bigger staff(Which dreamhack Summer/winter has), we will hopefully se the same level of tournament from them again | ||
cnas
Sweden640 Posts
I also liked the intelligent use of minimap pinging. This is good when it's used in moderation, and i absolutely think that Artosis should start to use it to help their observer finding the small things on the map. | ||
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Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
They did an amazing job but they didn't have to face some of the issues that the other tournaments have to deal with. | ||
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Jiddra
Sweden2685 Posts
On April 13 2011 05:30 Aegeis wrote: Although Dreamhack was amazing we can't forget the fact that they didn't have to deal with a multiple day production and did not have to deal with more than 8 players. They did an amazing job but they didn't have to face some of the issues that the other tournaments have to deal with. That is not something that really has to do with stream production and content. And running a working lan, that is something dreamhack can do. | ||
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
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Gnarfle
Sweden170 Posts
Best even since the start of beta in my opinion, TSL3 finals might very well get better but so far, DHI has been fantastic. /Gnarfle | ||
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andytb
United Kingdom180 Posts
The philosophy in my opinion should be 'We are broadcasting the stage experience' not 'We are broadcasting individual games' and that's what really showed through today :-) | ||
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Seikhor
Canada116 Posts
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Exe_adrian
46 Posts
*note: do a poll just to see how many others enjoyed DHI* As you said James”2GD” Harding's jokes were hilarious, right after the match between Sjow vs Huk, he goes: So Sjow we invited you to play in our 1vs1 tournament, and you play a 2vs1 with a Banshee? It's not fair. + Show Spoiler + people who saw the game will get the joke, those who didn't saw the game, pray there will be vods since you missed a lot of great games. Also again after Sjow vs White-Ra, he goes: "So Battlecruisers .. more like Battleloosers." lol The casters were also awesome, I was really impressed by DeMusliM when he showed us that Sjow didn't even knew where White-Ra spawned on Crevasse after like 20 minutes of game time. Really, really great event. Hope to see more high end production like this in the future. | ||
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Ohnoes92
Sweden76 Posts
High-quality stream, well-planned, amazing host, great commentators and aswesome "sign-writer". The only bad thing was the cameraman during the interwievs, since he couldn't hold the camera stable, MC's interpreter was also a bit shaky at times, but that is normal for a live show, (especially since didnt have any experience?) | ||
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DaggothReborn
United States121 Posts
On April 13 2011 05:30 Aegeis wrote: Although Dreamhack was amazing we can't forget the fact that they didn't have to deal with a multiple day production and did not have to deal with more than 8 players. They did an amazing job but they didn't have to face some of the issues that the other tournaments have to deal with. But i dont see that being a problem for DHI. The point is, they had the equipment, the talent, and the skill to do it. If DH Summer is this quality, it will go down in history. | ||
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
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Karakaxe
Sweden585 Posts
Nothing crashed, no delays, no lag, satisfying price ceremony, awesome commercials and songs/kpop, good and funny interviews, great casting and host, awesome crowd, a new john translator... umm, I can't think of more, it was "the" tournament for me. | ||
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AeonStrife
United States918 Posts
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On April 13 2011 05:33 Ohnoes92 wrote: It was the best i've ever seen soo far! High-quality stream, well-planned, amazing host, great commentators and aswesome "sign-writer". The only bad thing was the cameraman during the interwievs, since he couldn't hold the camera stable, MC's interpreter was also a bit shaky at times, but that is normal for a live show, (especially since didnt have any experience?) Also as he's Swedish, he did an interview for aftonbladet with MC, and he spoke Swedish with no accent, so I suspect his English is a little shaky. I think he was there mostly for Swedish interviews, but what do I know. | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
I actually felt happy to share it with a few non Starcraft playing folks for once because there were no worries about massive downtime, no concerns about sub-par production, and any technical difficulties were swiftly resolved with on screen notification of what was going on. The most professional event outside of Korea, and to top it all off it was a live production. Hats off to all the guys at Dreamhack for putting on an amazing event, as well as to 2GD, Apollo, and Demuslim for an excellent job hosting/covering it. === ed: forgot this Swedish fans you fucking rock <3 | ||
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nutnut
Norway29 Posts
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. Yes the casting was fine, but it wasn't stellar. The obvs was almost "bad." I think a lot of people are looking at this with rose-colored glasses because they enjoyed the games and drama. Excactly..  There was close to none downtime, wich no event I've seen to date has accomplished. Btw, whats with casters poring on the superlatives like its candy? Seems like apollo tried to one-up day-9 with "SUPER something" "SOOOO good" "UNBELIIIIVABLE etc", you get the point.. | ||
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Essentia
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DonnaSmith
United Kingdom11 Posts
From the moment I first laid eyes on you I knew we had something special, the roar of your crowd sent chills down my spine, this was the start of something special. To my surprise you embraced me with your glorious hd stream, and warmed my heart with your soothing casting voice. Your sound proof booths were sound proof that you wanted our relationship to be long-term.Your Humour puts me in stitches and even when your not here you find the key to my heart in your absence, K-pop. forever yours, Donna Smith | ||
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