On April 22 2011 10:12 Zerker wrote:
This thread is dedicated to how good IGN pro league stream is. If you have anything to say, negative or positive post it here!

What i noticed at first
- Quality is 1080p, Seriuosly it looks like your watching a dvd!
- Audio is amazing, Its crisp, sharp, response is good.
- Custom artwork for the players, Almost resembles street fighter!
- Professional casters that have a lot of experience in the casting field? YES PLEASE.

Leave a comment of your own, why you think this stream / league is amazing or if your disappointed :D

100% Agree, other tournaments could learn from the IPL.

venge1155

United States174 Posts

April 23 2011 01:58 GMT

#783

On April 22 2011 10:20 sermokala wrote:
all the games have been shitty so far and I don't like the sole comentator but still great production.

This is my exact thoughts on it. No reason not to support it, but I am just not entertained by the games so far. Have I missed player interviews on stream? I have not seen any. I really like that from dreamhack/nasl. Other than that I have no notes for the league.

Project Psycho

United Kingdom329 Posts

April 23 2011 01:59 GMT

#784

Wow, i think theres no denying it, the IPL is by far the highest quality league/tournament outside of korea right now in terms of production, this is just outstanding. Like a lot of other posts have said i think the only problem is that the is no dual casting of the games, but still top notch casting none the less.

RedDragon571

United States633 Posts

April 23 2011 02:00 GMT

#785

IPL has TWICE THE VIEWERS of NASL right now!

3DGlaDOS

Germany607 Posts

April 23 2011 02:01 GMT

#786

I really like the animations, the artworks, the qualitiy and the low waiting time between the games. Really one of the best online tournaments this far!

OneWhoIsMany

Canada292 Posts

April 23 2011 02:02 GMT

#787

So much time on the NASL screen dedicated to talking about the games before and after, IGN at the moment goes directly into the next game. I would prefer watching the games within a set one after another with little talk time about the previous game or a long analysis of the upcoming game (which happens way to often).

Keep up the good work IGN.

vyyye

Sweden3917 Posts

April 23 2011 02:04 GMT

#788

Despite wanting to see NASL players about 90x more than some of the IGN PL ones I ended up watching the PL.

-Fantastic video quality
-Game, game, game. Love the pacing, even beats the TSL in that regard.
-The production is the best I've seen
-No hassle switching casters, always feels natural.
-After game stats is a brilliant touch.

Shit, I never thought IGN could actually create anything worth watching. Instead they go ahead and make the best Western SC2 tournament production wise, can't wait for the real thing. This is how online tournaments should be run (pacing wise, obviously can't ask for this kind of production from anyone).

Though no tournament is perfect.

-Would like to have some caster who really knows the game. Artosis style in other words. More than covered on enthusiasm as it is (which is not a bad thing of course).
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I can't think of anything else.

Coolbeans

Ireland162 Posts

April 23 2011 02:04 GMT

#789

better production but worse games imo

They could also do with always having 2 people casting.
1 doing play by play stuff and the other doing analysis.

I like the interviews and casters in the studio that NASL has going though

Slago

Canada726 Posts

April 23 2011 02:05 GMT

#790

very good

mordk

Chile8385 Posts

April 23 2011 02:17 GMT

#791

On April 23 2011 11:04 Coolbeans wrote:
better production but worse games imo

They could also do with always having 2 people casting.
1 doing play by play stuff and the other doing analysis.

I like the interviews and casters in the studio that NASL has going though

Well, games are up to the players right?

The game quality is probably going to increase next season, when it's qualifier based and not an invitational.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

April 23 2011 02:19 GMT

#792

I wonder, from a business model standpoint, if these big leagues would have a better time signing individual players to contracts. It seems that in the SC2 scene, the players are the true commodities and their play is what draws viewers. Obviously, this model is not great for the fan but I think it would be best for leagues and players.

eggs

1011 Posts

April 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#793

On April 23 2011 11:19 slyboogie wrote:
I wonder, from a business model standpoint, if these big leagues would have a better time signing individual players to contracts. It seems that in the SC2 scene, the players are the true commodities and their play is what draws viewers. Obviously, this model is not great for the fan but I think it would be best for leagues and players.

it would work well in Team play, but i don't think it's beneficial for the players or the fans to restrict players to 1 league for individual tournaments.

BondGamer

61 Posts

April 23 2011 02:35 GMT

#794

When they were hyping the NASL, I thought it was going to be more like what the IPL is doing. The in between match graphics and the post game stats are really nice. Everything is pretty much perfect and they will obviously get better at it as they do more leagues.

Von

United States363 Posts

April 23 2011 02:48 GMT

#795

Thumbs up on this tourney man, its a class production overall.

I do agree with those that are saying dual casters is the way to go however. It misses the back and forth chemistry with one caster.

Other than that ... only problem is there are so many kickass tourney's going on now ... theres no time to keep up with them all! =) :{

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

April 23 2011 02:49 GMT

#796

We should have liquibet for this league. ^^

DrivE

United States2554 Posts

April 23 2011 02:51 GMT

#797

On April 23 2011 11:49 tree.hugger wrote:
We should have liquibet for this league. ^^

Well, maybe next league, seeing as the results have been spoiled for this league already

Robonord

United States311 Posts

April 23 2011 02:51 GMT

#798

Sickest resolution of any stream I've ever seen and it's not lagging for me with my bad internet??? How is this possible???? gj ign

crms

United States11933 Posts

April 23 2011 02:53 GMT

#799

Nada playing in NASL for christ sake and IPN has double the stream viewers. Shows you what good quality can bring. NASL still has nuclear silo sound and mouse clicking..

Asshat

593 Posts

April 23 2011 03:00 GMT

#800

On April 23 2011 11:53 crms wrote:
Nada playing in NASL for christ sake and IPN has double the stream viewers. Shows you what good quality can bring. NASL still has nuclear silo sound and mouse clicking..

All the production in the world can't make up for the excellent game that was just played in the NASL.