EPTCode S might be losing entertainment value. - Page 2
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TOloseGT
United States1145 Posts
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DivinitySC2
United States244 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On September 08 2011 06:09 FabledIntegral wrote: I find MLG significantly more entertaining, there's almost always a game going on, less TvT, and I don't have to stay up til 2AM to watch it, but rather can do so midday. Watching things live makes things a million times better, which is the main reason why I don't watch IPL at all (haven't watched a single game). It's another reason I'm sort of turned off from the NASL. Wait what, IPL and NASL are not that late for me, and I'm on the east coast, which is about as terrible as it gets timing-wise for US viewers. | ||
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Elefanto
Switzerland3584 Posts
I only watch my favorite players, or if it's a match i really wanna see. But that's not the fault from GOM, they do an amazing job. | ||
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epidGoaty
United States219 Posts
The point being, I miss the old format and how exciting it was to see the top 2 players make it to the finals. Edit: And yes, I am on the bandwagon with the "I'm tired of watching nothing but terrans". I really only tuned in to watch Huk, listen to tastosis in the background, and sometimes Code A when DoA was casting and Wolf... the actual content they were casting was of no interest to me but I liked the casters lol. | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On September 08 2011 06:07 OhMyGawd wrote: Hey Terrancraft is fun regardless of the MU aslong as you have great players, the real problem is that you cant root for 1 player consistently without them going into up/down or code A Well, Clide and NaDa are both legendary for avoiding up/downs and Code A, so you can root for them <3 and NaDa is legendary anyways. | ||
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SRBNikola
Serbia191 Posts
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KazaDooM
Austria32 Posts
Generally I would like the idea of merging Code A and Code S by seeding tog (e.g top4) players into Code S at some point. There should be at least the possibility for a code A guy to win the thing from the bottom as it is possible in MLG. This would also create more storylines we could follow and enjoy. I fear that GOM hast built some kind of bottleneck that prevents talents from reaching the top fast. | ||
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Cyanocyst
2222 Posts
That said GSl isn't perfect. I don't like the volatility of Code S round of 32. Think the rest of code S is fine. If group stages could some how be best of 3's vs each player, that would be more optinal in my mind. However that would take just an insane amount of time. | ||
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nicknt
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Joni_
Germany355 Posts
Still i actually like the idea, but think the top 8 (or top X, whatevs) open bracket players should be included in group play, thus not being 'responsible' for knocking out some fan favourites before actually getting some televised playtime and being a little known at least plus if a fan favourite doesn't advance from groups, he most likely had a really hard group or simply didn't do too well against the other players in his group. Also it'd remind me more of the system MLG is using.. Seeding open bracket players directly into the tournament in a league that isn't played out during a very short period of time seems kinda counter-intuitive to me... | ||
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Hypemeup
Sweden2783 Posts
Your idea would sort of invalidate "code S" status. | ||
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roymarthyup
1442 Posts
On September 08 2011 06:11 Cyanocyst wrote: I disagree MLG system is flawed currently. The finals are always underwhelming cause of the double elimination bracket. I prefer single elimination tournaments. That said GSl isn't perfect. I don't like the volatility of Code S round of 32. Think the rest of code S is fine. If group stages could some how be best of 3's vs each player, that would be more optinal in my mind. However that would take just an insane amount of time. agree somewhat. possibly mlg needs to somehow garuntee a bo7 finals id say the easiest way to do it is to simply make the finals bo7 no matter what and leave it at that. no double elimination in the finals | ||
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Sandro
897 Posts
GOM pays a handful of Terran players to switch their race to P or Z. Voila! No more boring ass TvT's | ||
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QTIP.
United States2113 Posts
Racial diversity would certainly help. | ||
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justinpal
United States3810 Posts
I haven't seen very many people saying they are losing interest. /shrug | ||
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HackBenjamin
Canada1094 Posts
a) cant stay up til the sun comes up anymore, school has to take priority b) cant really afford the season ticket for VODs right now Code A is super entertaining because you really get a sense of how different players are growing. I also enjoy Code S because you get to watch some big names duke it out  | ||
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TheGiftedApe
United States1243 Posts
I watch gsl to see current Zerg strategies, and as long as they still have good zergs playing i will keep watching everyweek, just not as much as I used too. Also, I hate the code s format in general, I mean best of ones, these are the best players in the world, and you are making them play best of ones?!!?!?!?. It's why the best players don't make it too the finals and the finals end up being one sided. Someone always cheeses their way to top4 or even further. If i'm gonna watch a sc2 match, I want too see atleast a bo3, bo5 would be preferable. I don't see how they feel a series of best of ones for the first rounds helps their system. | ||
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bLah.
Croatia497 Posts
It's hard to keep that hype for a month for GSL etc. | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On September 08 2011 06:13 Sandro wrote: My solution: GOM pays a handful of Terran players to switch their race to P or Z. Voila! No more boring ass TvT's It's unclear whether several Code S players would be able to retain their positions in Code S if they changed races-- It would take a lot of practice and learning new micro, and they may not fully recover from the change for some time. | ||
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