thank you MC for being the man you are ! your english might not be perfect, but at least you are trying ! I was rooting for sen through the whole games because i'm zerg but I must say your a real gentleman ! thank you for being a part of e-sport! you are the type of person that will help it grow !

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

July 10 2011 04:04 GMT

#626

Great games, even better interviews by Lindsey Sporrer. NASL was amazing today, and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Only gripe is about the down-time, so at least put on something entertaining ahaha.

pieman819

Australia457 Posts

July 10 2011 04:04 GMT

#627

After that series all I will say about how to improve NASL is focus on the games. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO SEE. We don't need to see iNcontrol and Gretorp in a studio with a backdrop, we dont need loooong ass intro videos, we don't need terrible interviews. Everything you do should be about getting the games on screen for as much of the event as is physically possible. Add all the other shit you are trying to do after you have this basic part down pat.

marttorn

Norway5211 Posts

July 10 2011 04:04 GMT

#628

Blizz needs to nerf MC before finals tommorow if Puma wants a chance

MC Fightiiiiinng!

comabreaded

United States2166 Posts

July 10 2011 04:06 GMT

#629

On July 10 2011 12:30 Greatness wrote:
Lag only at battles, anyone else have this?

Same here. Thought it was just me.

Shizel

Canada23 Posts

July 10 2011 04:07 GMT

#630

Hey great job NASL, for a first time event it's been great and I've enjoyed it! Can't wait to see future events!

Ncage

United States91 Posts

July 10 2011 04:07 GMT

#631

Dear NASL observer,

Please PLEASE PLEASE(!!!!) try to catch the major action more often. I was tearing my hair out during the Sen/MC matches because so many of the large engagements were peppered with camera shots of Sen's main, tech structures, or drops that were in transit (aka not even near to actually dropping)

On the positive side, you've picked up most of the interesting tech switches and such but there have been so many times when major battles are happening and your focus has been elsewhere. Sometimes it seemed like misclicks, other times maybe poor control.

Believe in yourself. Please, for the sake of my sanity and hair.

SuperFanBoy

New Zealand1068 Posts

July 10 2011 04:08 GMT

#632

A big improvement from yesterday, gj NASL.

h41fgod

Sweden377 Posts

July 10 2011 04:11 GMT

#633

On July 10 2011 06:09 Eleaven wrote:

Show nested quote +

she didnt know who anna was.

anna kinda pulled rank on her "no i do intervuiews on main stage"

Oh, good. My ability to watch has been somewhat hindered by work.

BronzeKnee

United States5225 Posts

July 10 2011 04:15 GMT

#634

Amazing games and great casters to be honest. But as soon as the game finishes, I find myself immediately turning off the stream. I am honestly embarrassed about the production quality, the awkward story telling to fill time, the awkward and weird interviews from Anna, and the venue itself looking 3rd rate. Also the observer missed many things and I noticed many misclicks and their were sound issues all over the place during the stream.

The GSL is something I share with people who don't know much about Starcraft. I would never share the NASL.

I spent 25 bucks for the this season of the NASL and I'm not sure I will spend 25 more for next season. I have a great connection yet I had terrible stream issues during the season (the Grand Finals have been lag free though!), and the NASL is the only league that I have lag issues with (and I watch DH, MLG, Homestory, GSL, IPL).

I also prefer to watch VOD's a day or two after so I can analyze the games, but the NASL was incredibly slow on uploading their VOD's, which was really annoying. It is one thing to stay off SC2 sites for a few hours, but several days is tough and I ended up finding out the results before watching the match nearly every time I waited for a VOD.

The Grand Finals and the Season itself just seemed really poorly run. MLG, Homestory, DH, GSL are just several steps ahead in terms of production and watchability between games. Hopefully the NASL can pull it together, but I would not be sad if the NASL didn't work out in the end, if one league has to fail the NASL should be it.

NoRedRider

United States56 Posts

July 10 2011 04:25 GMT

#635

Something that has been driving me nuts is the sound. It is so poor. I don't want to bash the guy who's tackling this job, but moderating volumes and creating a steady medium, as well as turning on mics at the correct times, is not that difficult of a task. But whoever is behind the mix board at this production has failed miserably literally dozens of times.

And those intro videos would be fine, and even kinda cool, if the length was cut by about 50%. Some of the high lights were absolutely unnecessary, and showing 2 10 minute videos before each match, 2 days in a row, is just silly.

Other than that I have really enjoyed the event. The games have been masterful and the casting has been supreme. I even enjoy the awkward interviews. I have full faith that you'll continue to improve, as long as you realize the mistakes made, and understand that even small problems can hinder the experience of many in your viewing audience.

I would like to say thank you for your efforts and making this event possible. I don't want to seem ungrateful, I really love you guys, just trying to provide some constructive criticism

AGK

42 Posts

July 10 2011 04:26 GMT

#636

I enjoyed watching the online season better than this live.
The sound is atrocious,the interviews are too long (round of 16/8 etc disproportionnate) and weird.

Add colors to the overall design;change the overall graphic charte;dark scene dark booth everything dark/black its too sad.
Lights!where are they?
Just a few colored spots would do it.
Banners:only 1 buypower banner?
no NASL banner,no starcraft 2 banner,really this doesn't give a happy feeling,and its absolutly not obvious what this is all about at 1st glance.

get better with cut scenes,they were way better in the online season.

positives notes:loved tastosis and last match MC vs sen was a great moment.

very disappointing that RO16/8 wasn't BO5 and semi and finals BO7.
whats the difference with the online games then?

anyway keep going good job overall,your not far from a good stuff.

crackcc

114 Posts

July 10 2011 04:35 GMT

#637

^^100 % AGREE WITH ALL THE 3 GUYS ABOVE ME WROTE^^ (unless someone has allready added another post :O quick hurry!!!!!!!)*post post post

Defacer

Canada5052 Posts

July 10 2011 04:35 GMT

#638

It's a little depressing that a big tournament like this that is doing a lot of the big things right (big prize pool, big-name players, big-name casters, big screens) is being overshadowed by all the little things they are doing wrong.

It's apparent, when you compare NASL to cost-efficient productions such as the IPL kick-off and Homestory Cup, that the details are what ultimately determine the value of a product.

leova

266 Posts

July 10 2011 04:43 GMT

#639

On July 10 2011 12:26 Komentaja wrote:
This lag is terrible on the stream. Whenever a big battle occurs, I don't see half of the action. The audio is fine, though.

easily one of the biggest problems, besides the other issues of shoddy production mentioned all throughout this thread

eventually, i said "Screw it i'll wait for youtubes" and left, it really was unwatchable 80% of the time. (and this was at freakin 240p low-quality, what a joke!)

crystal-clear lindsey(pretty but useless), and horribly laggy games(also pretty, also useless)

i hope that they clear things up for future seasons, if they want to have any hope of success like MLG, Dreamhack, GSL, etc...

Voreau

United States192 Posts

July 10 2011 04:49 GMT

#640

I had 0 lag throughout the entire stream today. Don't think NASL is to blame for your lag. Great improvement overall today, very enjoyable event. Tons of improvements to be made but well worth the watch despite them. Some amazing games today! Looking forward to tomorrow and Season 2! Thanks NASL!