On September 22 2011 10:24 Snorkle wrote: Wizards of the Coast is sponsoring??? please tell me there will be magic drafts etc. to be played at the venue??
I will totally do a Magic Draft with you at the tournament. Just catch up with me. :D
On September 22 2011 06:49 TERRANLOL wrote: What makes people think Stephano is so good? I'm not asking this implying anything about Stephano, but I actually haven't seen him compete with anyone :/ Where has Stephano been posting results?
Ignorance is bliss.
1. First of all he actually qualified beating alot of good koreans, unlike some others that just get invited because they got alot of fans
2nd. He placed 3rd at Assembly Summer 2011 beating Sen, and many others. 1st place Sennheiser Cup. 1st place Master Series Finals. 3rd place LDLC Summer Trophy all good lans with tough opposition.
At IEM he all-most knocked Puma out of the tournament was a really good serie TvZ. Showed that Stephano can compete with the best of the best
at HSC 3 he beat Huk 2-0 quite easy and Huk went l8t on to win that tournament.
He also got the highest win/lose ration EU ladder atm. Rank 1
There is a reason why his nickname is Wrecking Ball!
But that's nothing compared to say Huk who won Dreamhack, Homestory and an MLG.
Or Ret who won Assembly and EU Blizzcon
Or Naniwa 2nd in TSL, 1st MLG.
Thorzain 1st TSL, 2nd Dreamhack.
and so on...
No one thinks Stephano isn't good, it's just his hype extends well beyond his achievements right now.
Yes it is Assemply summer is much bigger then blisscon invitational where only 8 players get invited and where is more about getting lucky with the brackets then anything els. You could also say not the best players in EU where there.
Yes Huk has won Dreamhack and mlg like 4 months and allmost 1 year ago alot can happened. Stephano is on the top of his game atm and Huk lost last time to Stephano . Huk is an amasing player and he is still rank 1 on my pound4pound list on best foreign player. Im not saying Huk cant beat Stephano but its not gonna be easy
I'm fairly sure there was more money for Blizzcon EU and the quality of players was higher are at least the same. No to mention Ret actually won, rather than coming third.
What are you talking about all-most the same players at Blizzon was at Assemply summer + the top of EU and others "Nada, Sen"
You cant even compare it Assemply together with Dreamhack and ESL is the biggest lan in Europe you preatty clueless if you think otherwise
So you ignore the fact Stephano didn't actually win, he came third. Which was my original point, that winning Blizzcon EU is better than coming third at Assembly, and when you factor in Ret's own Assembly win (yes win, not third place) there's really no reason to rate Stephano above Ret right now. Kas, Happy and Goody have proven that online cups don't mean anything. Stephano needs to get himself a big LAN (or IPL/TSL level online tourny) win before I will consider him alongside top foreigners like Dimaga, Idra, White Ra, Select, Ret, Huk, Naniwa and Thorzain. Results do matter and they're much more important than how nice his play looked on his stream or how many Craft Cup's he won vs Elfi.
On September 22 2011 11:43 Xaerkar wrote: Free streams with first person stage views? I don't even know what to say :O IPL FOREVER!
Thanks for your support, and I just want to make sure this is clear to you: the free high def screens are of the main stage and qualifier stage with your normal tournament experience, casters talking over the game and all that kind of good stuff.
The first person views for the qualifier and main stage come with the 6 dollar subscription to IGN Prime!
On September 22 2011 11:43 Xaerkar wrote: Free streams with first person stage views? I don't even know what to say :O IPL FOREVER!
Thanks for your support, and I just want to make sure this is clear to you: the free high def screens are of the main stage and qualifier stage with your normal tournament experience, casters talking over the game and all that kind of good stuff.
The first person views for the qualifier and main stage come with the 6 dollar subscription to IGN Prime!
I would like to clarify the clarification in saying that if you attend the event in person, you get the normal tournament experience with the caster view and also get the player views, one on each screen. Yes. That's THREE projection screens in the main stage Circus-Maximus.
On September 22 2011 11:43 Xaerkar wrote: Free streams with first person stage views? I don't even know what to say :O IPL FOREVER!
Thanks for your support, and I just want to make sure this is clear to you: the free high def screens are of the main stage and qualifier stage with your normal tournament experience, casters talking over the game and all that kind of good stuff.
The first person views for the qualifier and main stage come with the 6 dollar subscription to IGN Prime!
I would like to clarify the clarification in saying that if you attend the event in person, you get the normal tournament experience with the caster view and also get the player views, one on each screen. Yes. That's THREE projection screens in the main stage Circus-Maximus.
This! The in-person experience is far better than at home!
Is there going to be a deal on IGN prime for people that just want it for the 4 days of IPL 3? You guys did coupon codes for other things, you should do a coupon code for IGN prime for people that just want it for IPL 3 only.
On September 22 2011 12:46 Canucklehead wrote: Is there going to be a deal on IGN prime for people that just want it for the 4 days of IPL 3? You guys did coupon codes for other things, you should do a coupon code for IGN prime for people that just want it for IPL 3 only.
We feel like the price point is pretty low even if you only use it for 4 days. 6 bucks for 4 extra streams for 4 days, and it's not just throwaway content, we want to make it so those who can't attend feel like they are there through our player vision streams and LiveU cameras!
On September 22 2011 12:46 Canucklehead wrote: Is there going to be a deal on IGN prime for people that just want it for the 4 days of IPL 3? You guys did coupon codes for other things, you should do a coupon code for IGN prime for people that just want it for IPL 3 only.
We feel like the price point is pretty low even if you only use it for 4 days. 6 bucks for 4 extra streams for 4 days, and it's not just throwaway content, we want to make it so those who can't attend feel like they are there through our player vision streams and LiveU cameras!
Ok fair enough, but how easy is it to cancel after the one month is up? Like is it going to try to autorenew itself at the end of the month? You don't have to jump through a bunch of hoops like ms makes you with xbox live right when you want to cancel?
wait i just saw we could watch fp view. Wholy shit yes thank you god I always find that entertaining :D. Reading that got me about 500 times more excited. this tournament is going to fucking rock go ign! will definitely pay the 7$ just for this event and for fp view :D
I really hope FPView becomes a common this in tournaments. Even if they just cut to it on the normal stream for a few seconds sometimes, it's a really sweet feature.
On September 22 2011 12:46 Canucklehead wrote: Is there going to be a deal on IGN prime for people that just want it for the 4 days of IPL 3? You guys did coupon codes for other things, you should do a coupon code for IGN prime for people that just want it for IPL 3 only.
We feel like the price point is pretty low even if you only use it for 4 days. 6 bucks for 4 extra streams for 4 days, and it's not just throwaway content, we want to make it so those who can't attend feel like they are there through our player vision streams and LiveU cameras!
Ok fair enough, but how easy is it to cancel after the one month is up? Like is it going to try to autorenew itself at the end of the month? You don't have to jump through a bunch of hoops like ms makes you with xbox live right when you want to cancel?
I will personally ask the head of IGN Prime these questions tomorrow and let you know! As far as I know it's easy yes. Incidentally, IGN Prime does offer a lot of cool stuff like early beta access and other cool giveaways. Take a look at their features before you decide to cancel!