EPT[Poll] NASL Premium - Season 2 polls - Page 11
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
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R4iD
Canada142 Posts
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rickybobby
United States405 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
I absolutely loved the finals though, the vods for those were worth it alone for an Australian who couldn't watch it all live. The atmosphere and casting was outstanding. Casting wasn't amazing during the regular season, but in the finals they all stepped up including gretorp. I'll probably get the next season as well. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
No AND I did not buy Season 1 60% Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. | ||
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Benga
Korea (South)471 Posts
On July 12 2011 15:11 Slaptoast wrote: I'll stick to GSL and GSTL. I only watched a few matched from the regular season, and was not impressed with gretorp or incontrols casting. The finals were pretty good. I'm glad they brought in tasteless and artosis. Some of issues they had made me lose faith in the organization as a whole. From what I understand (thanks to my audio engineer friends who watched too) the people in charge of sound were making mistakes that even unpaid interns would never make. The set design and the graphics are pretty shoddy as well, I can spot photoshop filters and effects that I wouldn't forgive my little brother for using nevermind someone getting paid. Either at the start of the season they picked their jobs from a hat or someone hired their family and friends. This is why I don't buy that things will improve over time. Yeah i agree.The staffs organizing is a joke. | ||
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
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T0fuuu
Australia2275 Posts
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fraktoasters
United States617 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:19 Zandar wrote: Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. Wanting e-sports to grow doesn't mean blindly supporting anything related to e-sports, no matter how bad it is and how bad it makes e-sports look. You really think people who never seen an e-sports event but tuned into MLG Dallas or Nasl to give it a short would leave with a positive opinion of esports? | ||
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ragnorr
Denmark6097 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:19 Zandar wrote: Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. Sorry but that isent any doing of NASL that the finals was great, could be any other tournement where you would have had them. Im not going to throw 20$ again at a tournement which cant get a proper vod format working(Sorry but 1080p vods only and not even being split up is just failure in so many ways). As for startup problems. They showed consistantly thoughout the 3 months and not just the finals. So these startup problems shouldnt have occured at the final event, yet they did.... | ||
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425kid
416 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:19 Zandar wrote: Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. Bad products don't help esports. | ||
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:19 Zandar wrote: Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. I'd pay when they hire professional people to organize their stuff. At the moment they just have a bunch of amateur people who failed at everything. Luckily for them the matches were great and saved them. Also the games are not live, and I'm never gonna pay to watch replays/ recorded broadcasts. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10939 Posts
The thing is, i mainly run Streams on my second Screen and play/surf on my first... So often SC2 Casts are just "background" for me and that someone talks is more important than the quality of the Stream. I from time to time buy passes for special events and will probably do that again, for a whole season? Not really. To be honest... Many of the players that interest me are also participating in other cups that deliver good quality for free (NASL freestream is also pretty ok). If i want to see Koreans i would buy a GSL pass, so thats not a real argument to purchase NASL... I just don't have a real reason to buy it atm. I'm happy with the quality and 90% of the time not paying full attention anyway. | ||
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DisaFear
Australia4074 Posts
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:19 Zandar wrote: Seriously what are so many people doing here on this site. Do you really want sc2 to be big? Do you really have a warm heart for your hobby? A new alternative to make e-sports bigger in the west, an insane amount of games for less money then 2 movies... Superb games in the finals. Yes they've had start up problems but they can only improve. All in all there was so much quality content. I'm quite sad to see such a high percentage didn't pay for this. I bet the numbers are similar for GSL man, I'd guess less than half of the people on this site pay for GSL season passes. 40% of the entirety of TL would be a ton of subscribers, but of course, it's probably a lot less than that. The difference is, with GSL, almost everyone who has bought a pass before will say they'd definitely buy again. | ||
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Popss
Sweden176 Posts
GSL basically offers great production, players, stream and fastest VODs you could ask for while NASL has low production, worse players, tons of technical issues during S1 and slow uploading of VODs. And personally I can't stand Gretorp either. Murdering them here but I'm sorry paying for both tournaments is simply to pricy and S1 was very disappointing for me. Don't overreact if NASL dies though as this is simply the reality of selling any kind of product. If you can't stay ahead or atleast even with your competition you won't be able to stay alive. | ||
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shavi
United States127 Posts
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
Did NOT enjoy NASL primarily because the level of casting is not on par with gsl. Gretorp in particular is very aggravating to watch/listen to. I hope they get someone else as the primary caster. | ||
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fuzzy_panda
New Zealand1681 Posts
On July 12 2011 17:12 R4iD wrote: there was just so many games every single day that i didnt even bother to follow it at all. no offense to the casters as well but, there is some magic missing. i dont know if day9 or the casting archon sells this "magic" in a can but if so id buy a case or two to last you for next NASL season. i felt this way as well. having to study and having a part-time job and other interests really cuts down on my SC2 time. GSL is usually enough for me (and i cant even keep up with every match in that...tend to only watch players i care about). NASL seems to have an overwhelming amount of games, which is great for some fans but not for me. I was only interested in the finals weekend, which i watched live (had so many audio problems lol). anyways i hope NASL improves for all the hardcore fans out there, but GSL + the occasional Dreamhack/MLG weekend is enough for me | ||
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Raygun
348 Posts
The format doesn't work for me. I know they want to do something different with 'seasons,' but it's just too damn long for me. After the first three or four weeks, I started caring less and less and was only keeping up on the results towards the end. Also, since so much emphasis is supposed to be on this season format, why is there a spot reserved in the final playoffs for someone that didn't even participate in it? Hold an open tournament for a slot in the main groups before the season starts. Make everyone participate in the same way and don't add people before the playoffs. It's like if Major League Baseball saved a spot in their playoffs for a random team that won a seperate tournament like Japan Series (only open, but you can see what I mean). It doesn't make sense to me. Those format issues and the fact that the majority of the games are played online and not live just make the whole regular season seem unappealing to me. I have the same issue with VODs that many others have and share feelings about the poor production quality compared to other tournaments. I'd pay $5 for a pass to watch the finals in better quality and access to playoff VODs, but the regular season format issues makes me not want to buy the full season pass. There is too much Starcraft for me to watch and I'm going to stick with GOM TV for my subscription money and likely buy passes for MLG and other weekend tournaments if I'm available that weekend. GOM is just on another level right now. | ||
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