EPTThe Official Live On Three Thread - Page 4
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Slasher
United States1095 Posts
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Ichabod
United States1659 Posts
On June 24 2011 00:22 madmandrit wrote: Is there a mp3 verison? It doesn't seem to be on itunes yet, but once it's up, you can find an mp3 and a video download there. | ||
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Mordiford
4448 Posts
And EVERYONE on the show assumed he was apologizing for his english and saying he would practice harder... I found that awkwardly hilarious. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14149 Posts
Oh why is that interesting? Lol replacing quake live? The newest most brashful controversial esport vs a game that almost was in that very first generation of western esports. As an avid watcher of esports This is going to be the craziest show ever so much hype. | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
League of Legends as a game currently have no features that makes it a esport. What does Riot do? Create a obs mode specificly for their own 100 000 dollar tournament at Dreamhack. They fly out every team and have their own commentators/coverage through game site/client. Stream reaches 210k viewers. They clearly gave IEM a healthy check to include their game, something QL could not match. All about the money. 210k concurrent viewers is also ridicilous for any foreign esport event, something sponsors cant ignore. Its not that LoL is a better sports than QL - its not. Its simply that League of Legends has a massive playerbase and a company behind it that is willing to throw cash at it. It kind of reminds me of World of Warcraft in the sense that it was "forced" into tournaments through money/playerbase and not on its merits as a viable ESPORT title. | ||
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alexhard
Sweden317 Posts
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Snuggles
United States1865 Posts
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RoyalCheese
Czech Republic745 Posts
On June 30 2011 04:49 Snuggles wrote: Man I can't wait for tonight's Lo3. I really want to hear what's going on with LoL and QL. Same here...i personally dislike LoL very much but it certainly has audience. I would rather watch quake though  | ||
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Slasher
United States1095 Posts
TONIGHT's SHOW: We bring on head of the Intel Extreme Masters Michal "Carmac" Blicharz to discuss the recent announcement of the IEM6 season which saw the removal of Quake Live, the addition of League of Legends, and Starcraft 2 / Counter-Strike 1.6 come back for another round. We'll be discussing the process of choosing games, why Quake had to go, the first event in Colonge at GamesCom, and the legend of Uszat with the 'IdrA unprofessional asshole'. We'll also recap the Shadowloo Showdown 2011 & Eastcoast Throwdown 3, along with the beginning of the new GSL season. Other topics include: - Pepsi sponsors GSL - TheNextWeb article on MLG & eSports - CZM's 2.5 year old thoughts on Quake Live - EG Masters Cup Finals coming up | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
On June 29 2011 11:00 Senx wrote: It kind of reminds me of World of Warcraft in the sense that it was "forced" into tournaments through money/playerbase and not on its merits as a viable ESPORT title. THIS. The one credit I will give to LoL (and I'll probably say this tonight on the show), is that WoW Arena was never going to get a proper balance, because they can't offset the Single Player experience to accommodate a small slice of Arena Players. In LoL's case, RioT doesn't have to worry about that, because their balance effects the MP game itself. However, I do think RIOT is a bit more invested on making it work as an eSport, and I don't feel like this is say, Painkiller, which bought it's way into the 2005 CPL World Tour with absolutely no intention of supporting it as a full blown eSport (which ultimately backfired on them) | ||
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Slasher
United States1095 Posts
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Jiddra
Sweden2685 Posts
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On June 30 2011 06:05 Slasher wrote: I should also note, we will touch on the State of The Game/inside The Game stuff briefly. Oh god please no...... | ||
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thee telescopes
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ilikeLIONZ
Germany427 Posts
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Duravi
United States1205 Posts
However, I do think RIOT is a bit more invested on making it work as an eSport, and I don't feel like this is say, Painkiller, which bought it's way into the 2005 CPL World Tour with absolutely no intention of supporting it as a full blown eSport (which ultimately backfired on them) I just don't see how their model is self-sustaining though. If they want to throw money at tournaments to let them in, fine, go for it, but look what happened to WoW Arena when the money dried up and the interest shifted. There was no grassroots community to sustain it because Blizzard was in direct control of all tournaments (nobody could run their own tournaments, unlike in SC2), the same thing applies to LoL right now. | ||
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Shinobi1982
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Argolis
Canada211 Posts
Should be interesting | ||
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MuseMike
United States1339 Posts
On June 30 2011 07:06 Argolis wrote: E.G Presents : Live on three Should be interesting Written by Slasher. | ||
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Slasher
United States1095 Posts
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