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This isn't going to turn into another LoL vs (all other games apparently) thread. You can speak your mind about the selection of games but keep it civil.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
June 27 2011 15:43 GMT
#81
On June 27 2011 23:17 TArujo wrote:
i feel so bad they removed Quake Live to replace it with League of Legends -.-

bah atleast we have sc2


I play LoL and I'm still pretty sad. Used to play original quake with my family and watching quake live in between sc was great fun, shame they couldn't keep both.
At least we still have Joe commentating, even if its not on quake any more xD.
zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
June 27 2011 15:43 GMT
#82
kinda sad for the remaining loyal Quake Fans, but I prefer LoL, so it`s all good.
keep it deep! @zulison
D2HLC
Profile Joined February 2011
Cook Islands22 Posts
June 27 2011 15:45 GMT
#83
Isnt it weird that there is only one strategy game (maybe 3 if you count war3 and scbw that are dying) representing the whole genre in the e-sports scene?

I can't understand why no other company had taken the effort to create a competitive RTS before blizzard released SC2. Its a great game and I love it, but I think some competition would make it even better.
Tidus Mino
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1108 Posts
June 27 2011 15:45 GMT
#84
On June 27 2011 23:27 Atlasy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 27 2011 23:24 MartinN wrote:
five different continents...mm

europe
asia
north america
south america
Oceania ?

:D Not continents, countries! So i guess Germany, French, Spain, Poland aaanndd i dont know, hopefuly Hungary
Edit: Ukraine


Germany, France, Britain, Sweden, Ukraine is my bet
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zere
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1287 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 15:47:05
June 27 2011 15:45 GMT
#85
On June 27 2011 23:33 clusen wrote:
I bet there will be atleast one stop in Asia and atleast one stop in America like the last time.
Germany is a pretty safe bet tho, IEM Hannover was amazing with such a huge crowd.


On June 28 2011 00:45 Tidus Mino wrote:
Germany, France, Britain, Sweden, Ukraine is my bet


July 28th-31st = Weekend of ChinaJoy fare (As in 2010 Global Challenge Shanghai)
It's only 5 weeks to go, so we can pretty much count this out.

August 17th - 21st = Week of Gamescom (As in 2010 Global Challenge Cologne)
October 8th - 15th = Week of Gitex Dubai fare (As in 2009 Global Challenge Dubai)
These two look much more promising.

With an NA final (US?) and an EU final (Ukraine again?), we are pretty much up for a surprise for the grand finals. Or maybe NA/EU finals will get switched? Carmac, need more input! :p
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Laids
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom596 Posts
June 27 2011 15:46 GMT
#86
League of legends is a horrible game to spectate, you could never have played QL and understand what was going on, LoL is a good game but it's nowhere near as skillful as QL. Really hope ESL don't start phasing QL out of the other tournies.
Fyzar
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands8010 Posts
June 27 2011 15:47 GMT
#87
On June 28 2011 00:41 CoR wrote:
thank god no more quake rly not understand that game so bad grafic so bad gameplay cant understand it was still in

i am looking for this event and hope that the sc2 part will be as great as mlg or dreamhack

Oh you , sad that you dismiss a game because of the graphics...
The gameplay is one of the best in whatever shooter, really sad they removed it, such a great series of games.
Psyched for sc2, but, again, really sad that I can't watch some QL.
Especially since IEM was one of the few big tournaments that still incorporated it.
It appears I have been chosen.
CarlCaliente
Profile Joined July 2010
53 Posts
June 27 2011 15:50 GMT
#88
So incredibly sad to see quake dropped for league of legends. The times are a changin
Fyzar
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands8010 Posts
June 27 2011 15:50 GMT
#89
On June 28 2011 00:46 Laids wrote:
League of legends is a horrible game to spectate, you could never have played QL and understand what was going on, LoL is a good game but it's nowhere near as skillful as QL. Really hope ESL don't start phasing QL out of the other tournies.

Agree here, it might have a giant fanbase, but spectator-wise?
I've never played LoL, but I tried to watch it at DH, I just couldn't follow it at all, no explanation either, which was usually the case with QL.
I just don't see it as a better game for the spectators, or just a better game in general.
But hey, Riot has the money, and we all know what rules the world ;(.
It appears I have been chosen.
Domination
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1177 Posts
June 27 2011 15:51 GMT
#90
On June 28 2011 00:43 Slayer91 wrote:
At least we still have Joe commentating, even if its not on quake any more xD.

Except he can't even get in a word edgewise because his co-commentator never shuts the hell up.
Mazer
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada1086 Posts
June 27 2011 15:51 GMT
#91
I hardly play Quake (and play a lot of LoL) but this is disappointing to say the least. Really surprised they went this route because the two games are so distinct from each other. I enjoyed watching some QL from time to time and IEM was the only time I ever really got to see it since it was so readily available during those weekends.

Oh well, IEM is always awesome. Should be a good season.
Lennon
Profile Joined February 2010
United Kingdom2275 Posts
June 27 2011 15:52 GMT
#92
Quake is much better than CS and LoL. What a shame.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
June 27 2011 15:52 GMT
#93
Sad to see Quake go - watched a bit while waiting for SC games at IEM NY and really thought it was fun. Much more fun to watch than CS for me.
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babishh
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada965 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 16:04:04
June 27 2011 15:54 GMT
#94
On June 28 2011 00:39 sermokala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2011 00:32 babishh wrote:
On June 28 2011 00:00 zeru wrote:
On June 27 2011 23:59 Velr wrote:
Quake Live has like no community?

I like Quake, watching a stream makes me dizzy... But i actually every time wondered why it actually was still in tournaments with that small of a community? I'm kinda sad that it's gone now but understand it completly.

But why LoL? Is there seriously no better alternative at the moment? WTF?

LoL attracts most viewers. Not sure what else they would or even could pick.

They didn't pick LoL because of the viewers factor, but because Riot (LoL's producer) spends ton of money in advertising and promoting.
Mine is just an assumption, most likely to be the truth.



now heres the real tricky part. Riot isn't spending all that money beacuse they don't have it they're so new as a studio they can't afford a 100k tourney and all the costs of shipping 6 teams and getting a place there at dreamhack. Its activision though blizzard thats bankrolling lol and its probably going to keep getting crazier and crazier as time goes on.

do you mind giving me a link where you got these info? i wasn't aware of it until you posted it.
If this is actually true, i don't get why activision went for supporting LoL instead of HoN, which is a game much more similar to DotA. it could be the F2P, and the fact that the gfx recalls a lot of other F2P mmorpg games (so that the game is much more newcomers friendly), but i still have doubts about the whole thing.

about BLC, i think it is a game that lacks depth. its limit to a 3v3 match, with small maps and extreme fast actions which bring to a confusing exchange of effects and explosions on the screen. at least this is what it felt to me when i watched a bunch of casted games at DHS. but i admit that every game at the beginning feels like it, so it could just be a lack of knowledge by my side.
twitch.tv/babishh
MinoMino
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1103 Posts
June 27 2011 15:54 GMT
#95
Well fuck. I was expecting QL to go away, but I was hoping I was wrong. DH viewers were so low.

God damn it, Quake's dying.
Blah.
Grebliv
Profile Joined May 2006
Iceland800 Posts
June 27 2011 16:02 GMT
#96
No QL sucks so bad, I used to find cs and cod okay to watch while i still played/followed it but as is Quake is the only fps i can really watch.

On top of that i don't think i've lasted more than a few min on any lol/dota/hon stream or whatever, it's fun to silly around in but as a spectator sport it makes about as much sense as wow imo.

Lol numbers at DH will have skyrocketed even if it's "just a link " from their game client. Imagine all the bronzies who'd watch sc2 there if it got linked ingame. ~94% of sc2 doesn't know wtf tl.net is let alone follow it, same for quake (and it's respective community site(s)). It's actually really weird they don't do it for more games, that is add a really accessible stream link to their game menu for high profile tourneys.
ESV Mapmaking!
FenneK
Profile Joined November 2010
France1231 Posts
June 27 2011 16:03 GMT
#97
QL for LoL seems like a bad trade

but cool tourney otherwise
good luck have batman
XothermeK
Profile Joined May 2010
United Arab Emirates245 Posts
June 27 2011 16:08 GMT
#98
Carmac, please bring IEM to Dubai! We've got a serious SC2 community down here! :D
Kanil
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1713 Posts
June 27 2011 16:09 GMT
#99
I'd usually watch Quake in addition to SC2 during IEM.

Guess I'll just be watching SC2 this time around. A shame.
I used to have an Oz icon over here ---->
Silvanel
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Poland4768 Posts
June 27 2011 16:09 GMT
#100
There is so much misinformation concerning LoL, even in this thread. You guys should try it out before criticizing. And yeah, game gets 200k viewers because its terrible from spectator point of view....that makes sens yes?
Pathetic Greta hater.
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