No replays released from Anaheim - Page 44

On August 01 2011 01:31 Caphe wrote:
This will happen sooner or later, just a matter of time. Beside reasons that MLG stated, not releasing replay is a way to protect players from being over studied thus make the game less fun.
In BW, no replays of any tourney in Korea was released( not counting the early years ). This will make copy a build or study a player much harder thus make games that played in tournies seems more prestige and more fun.

This sucks for the mass but I believe most pro are welcoming this.

On August 01 2011 06:07 mumpfel wrote:
I think the problem with not releasing the replays is, that they are showing only a small percentage of the played games on stream. When GSL does not release their replays that is not a big deal because they do stream any single game. So i guess it would be better to a) publish the replays or b) make a system with less games, so that it is possible to show more of them on stream.

It just feels bad when you see games like Naniwa vs IdrA and others in the Bracket but there is no chance for you to watch them...

On August 01 2011 07:39 EliteReplay wrote:
i have the feeling that they will release the replays after 1 week. MLG may realize inst a good move to not release them.

On August 01 2011 08:47 LegendaryZ wrote:
Why do people take the fact that MLG is not releasing Anaheim replays and automatically jump to the conclusion that the reasoning behind it is to make more money? Some of the conspiracy theories that are going on in this thread are just mind numbing. Are people really this incapable of reading?

It's clear that the decision was made for multiple reasons, one of which being to help prevent interference of Anaheim and future events. They never claimed that this would somehow solve the problem. They only stated their suspicions that it could potentially be a liability and they'd rather err on the side of caution in this case.

Also, I don't understand where people are making the connection between not releasing replays and selling more HQ passes. The two things literally have nothing to do with each other.

Honestly, is this really a surprise to people? This was discussed literally right after Columbus and Lee stated clearly back then (I think it was on one of DJWheat's shows) that they were looking into the replay issue after the problems they encountered during that event...

If you want to blame anyone for ruining your replay-viewing experience, blame the idiots that are being dicks with their stupid spamming of the players and casters, which made MLG suspect replays as a liability in the first place. MLG is just attempting to respond to an existing problem to the best of their ability and make the best of a unfavorable situation. I don't understand how people are expecting them to just sit on their asses just because it MIGHT not be an effective solution.

I get that many of you aren't happy with this decision, but they are going to be releasing the replays to casters so most likely you will be able to see the games through the casts. I know it's not the same thing, but try to be a little less judgmental. Their decisions don't really fall outside the realm of reason given the situation.

On August 01 2011 08:49 Dubpace wrote:


You didn't read the thread....did you?

On August 01 2011 08:52 LegendaryZ wrote:


All I read was a bunch of whining and accusing MLG of money grubbing and ripping off customers. If there's something else in the 40+ pages of actual substance rather than ridiculous conjecture, please feel free to point me to it.

Admittedly, I'm a bit sick of all of the MLG hating at this point when it seems pretty clear to me that they've done nothing but repeatedly try to satisfy what's all too often a ridiculously ungrateful fanbase for at least the past 3 events. I'm all for keeping companies honest with criticism, but it's really starting to get a little bit ridiculous.

On July 30 2011 07:46 MLG_Lee wrote:
A couple points of clarification:

5) Releasing the replays to casters that we work with and trust is the least risky way to get SOME of this content out. I know it's not everything that everyone wants. At the end of the day though, we can fund events because we can monetize content. Keep in mind that we lose a tremendous amount of money every event. Our productions are not cheap. Sat trucks alone are a solid six figure number.