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On July 10 2011 05:42 Gamegene wrote:
Honestly they're trying to hard to impress the audience.
I think everybody would have been happier if the games started with all the casters talking before the match, during the match, and to the players after the matches.
These intro videos and interviews are all too egregious and/or embarrassing to watch.
I'd much rather have iNcontrol trolling the whole time.
Yeah, man. It seems like they took the GomTV-model and just thought they'd ad that "beauty pageant meets nerd with no social skills" twist to it. In addition to not actually executing it well from a technical point of view..
The time between games keeps me tuning out and missing the first minutes of each game.
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"Do you play chess?"
"No, not really."
"Well yeah I play chess and I can see how..."
Oh god. Someone just kill me.
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I find these interviews with the blond chick EXTREMELY EXTREMELY painful to watch. She's made so many facepalm errors that my face is bloody. Her, "How many years have you been coming to NASL live events," "How many years have you been playing with Starcraft?" and forgetting the three races is an extreme turn off and is giving my pre-pubescent hormones many mixed signals. Get Anna out there or just cut these interviews. I hope I am not the only one who feels this way.
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On July 10 2011 05:46 Gamegene wrote:
"Do you play chess?"
"No, not really."
"Well yeah I play chess and I can see how..."
Oh god. Someone just kill me.
But you have to say - it keeps you watching, because if you tune out you might miss some outlandic shit like this chick asking somebody if their favorite matchup is ZvG.
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On July 10 2011 05:46 Gamegene wrote:
"Do you play chess?"
"No, not really."
"Well yeah I play chess and I can see how..."
Oh god. Someone just kill me.
I feel so bad for this girl. Why would they put her in this situation?
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i don't know what the production costs were like compared to the other big tournament/events, but it seems very cheap.
pretty blond random interviews with nerds... mmmh... she should have some kind of uniform to wear to make her stand out more - and let people know that she's with NASL doing LIVE STREAMING... lol
i like the 'get to know the crowd' thing, but she seems to be catching everyone by suprise... is it a hidden camera show or what?
she obviously doesn't know a lot about starcraft, and doesn't have much experience at that role... give her a break.
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the girl has weak questions but its far better than the nasl sign+music for an hour
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NASL learn how to OUTSOURCE, do NOT do everything INHOUSE.
Plenty of people have said this already, but it's worth repeating.
That said, with Day9 or Artosis or Tasteless behind the mic, commenting on a good game, this is good Saturday afternoon viewing.
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On July 10 2011 05:48 shizna wrote:
i don't know what the production costs were like compared to the other big tournament/events, but it seems very cheap.
pretty blond random interviews with nerds... mmmh... she should have some kind of uniform to wear to make her stand out more - and let people know that there's LIVE STREAMING CAMERA... lol
The truth is that it's not cheap. It's just inefficient. They've spent a lot of money on the venue, screens, seating, custom booths, audio equipment, cameras, scrims, curtains, food, projectors and screens, flying in Artosis/Tasteless ...
It's weird how something as intimate as Homestory Cup feels more professional, simply by being simpler, more well-thought out and better planned.
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Why no double elimination, it really feels like there are to few matches and way to much time inbetween  , but great casting.
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ZvG anyone?
Excellent, Great.
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My girlfriend loves starcraft now because of the NASL
THANK YOU! alotofhearts <3<3
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They should have tastless/artosis/day9 running aroudn to interview instead of the dumb girl.
Also, I think it woudl be better to just play the games after eachother with a max 15 min break. It just doesn't make sense to let everybody wait for 45 minutes for another 5 minute ZvZ. People in EU aren't gonna be able to catch the lasts matches because of that.
Maybe it would have been better to have the whole finals to last 2 full days instead of 3?
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On July 10 2011 05:54 Defacer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2011 05:48 shizna wrote:
i don't know what the production costs were like compared to the other big tournament/events, but it seems very cheap.
pretty blond random interviews with nerds... mmmh... she should have some kind of uniform to wear to make her stand out more - and let people know that there's LIVE STREAMING CAMERA... lol The truth is that it's not cheap. It's just inefficient. They've spent a lot of money on the venue, screens, seating, custom booths, audio equipment, cameras, scrims, curtains, food, projectors and screens, flying in Artosis/Tasteless ... It's weird how something as intimate as Homestory Cup feels more professional, simply by being simpler, more well-thought out and better planned.
Exactly. I hate all the fake personalities of people who no nothing of the game. Just put players/commentators in front of a camera and let them talk. They'll produce content far superior to this garbage.
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On July 10 2011 04:35 Defacer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2011 04:30 Butigroove wrote:Anyone calling Xeris an amateur at hosting tournaments clearly has no fucking clue what has gone on in the NA scene for the past 13 years. Somtimes It makes me rage too much to read TL, nowadays. Actually, enlighten me ... what tournaments has Xeris hosted over the past 13 years? Because not all experience is created equal, to be honest. Running a tournament is a lot different from running a stage show.
# WCG Canada Finals 2007 - Head Starcraft Admin
# Organized SoCal LAN 1-4
# Organized Can LAN 2008
# The Team Tournament - Head Admin
# Yankee League - Creator
# WGT CW Tournament 2006 & 2007 & 2008 & 2009
# War of the States
# WGT Titans League
# UC Pro League
# For the Love of the Game Tournament
# The Nostalgia Tournament
# CSL - Co-Head Admin
# SC For Life LAN
# Global Gamers Invitational
# Tour of Duty
# Root WARZONE
That's from his profile, and I'm sure that isn't even close to everything he's run. The Gosucoaching tournaments aren't on there, for one.
I mean the dude has organized 10+ LAN events, Co-founded the CSL, and was an admin on one of the oldest and longest running non-Korean leagues there was. Do you need more credentials? The dude is an admin-ing BOSS.
Also, I heard he has a 14" penis.
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So I missed the whole excellent thing....anyone wanna update me?
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On July 10 2011 05:57 Veritask wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2011 05:54 Defacer wrote:On July 10 2011 05:48 shizna wrote:
i don't know what the production costs were like compared to the other big tournament/events, but it seems very cheap.
pretty blond random interviews with nerds... mmmh... she should have some kind of uniform to wear to make her stand out more - and let people know that there's LIVE STREAMING CAMERA... lol The truth is that it's not cheap. It's just inefficient. They've spent a lot of money on the venue, screens, seating, custom booths, audio equipment, cameras, scrims, curtains, food, projectors and screens, flying in Artosis/Tasteless ... It's weird how something as intimate as Homestory Cup feels more professional, simply by being simpler, more well-thought out and better planned. Exactly. I hate all the fake personalities of people who no nothing of the game. Just put players/commentators in front of a camera and let them talk. They'll produce content far superior to this garbage.
I wouldn't call it 'garbage', that's too harsh. But with better management they could be getting more value out of their money, that's for sure.
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This schedule was put out on June 2nd. It's hardly a secret.
I think the problem is that they're pulling out 1:30 for every bo3, which results in 1 hour of downtime between games unless every game the map gets mined out and they play the full 3 games, NASL would be so much better if it was just them playing 4 bo3's after eachother taking up like 2 hours, than it is now where they play 4 bo3's and it takes 6 hours (11:00 - 5:00) because they have 1 hour between downtimes, it's just flat out annoying to watch and unnecessary. I doubt anyone actually likes watching a game for 30 minutes, then waiting an hour, then watching another game for 30 minutes. I like to sit down and catch some games, then do something else, this format is just really annoying.
And please please please, you got tasteless/artosis here, MAKE THEM CAST. They're (pretty much) universally agreed upon to be the best starcraft 2 casters out there, why have them do intro's, you're just wasting their awesomeness.
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On July 10 2011 05:48 Defacer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2011 05:46 Gamegene wrote:
"Do you play chess?"
"No, not really."
"Well yeah I play chess and I can see how..."
Oh god. Someone just kill me. I feel so bad for this girl. Why would they put her in this situation?
She is a model. This is what she was "made" for?
Besides. She probably heard of Starcraft last week and only had a couple of hours of introduction to it with Anna. All things considered she is doing a decent job in a very foreign environment.
It would be a ton better to send out a caster/pro with a mic and troll around though. Imagine MC interviewing people. Now that would be quality entertainment.
Overall, good job complaining. Only thing missed is the quality of the cameras... Im only watching in 360, but it feels like the cameras are not up to the task.
Improve everything. Safest bet. Only the casters and the players are up to par at the moment to be brutally honest.
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On July 10 2011 05:48 shizna wrote:
i don't know what the production costs were like compared to the other big tournament/events, but it seems very cheap.
pretty blond random interviews with nerds... mmmh... she should have some kind of uniform to wear to make her stand out more - and let people know that she's with NASL doing LIVE STREAMING... lol
i like the 'get to know the crowd' thing, but she seems to be catching everyone by suprise... is it a hidden camera show or what?
she obviously doesn't know a lot about starcraft, and doesn't have much experience at that role... give her a break.
Cheap? Look at all the equipment they rented, look at the prize pool, look at the venue.
It is very well funded. The problem is nepotism.
Rather than hire experienced people they hired people they are friends with. Fire everyone and hire people based on merits and all problems would disappear immediately.
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