I never stop watching Hockey or Basketball just because it's the same game every game, so neither will I stop watching GSL, especially since TvT is the best match up to watch.

Scrandom

Canada2819 Posts

September 29 2011 04:59 GMT

#305

I didn't but it, but not because of the TvT, I like TvT. It's just there is never a break with the GSL, it loses it's magic and starts to become a chore to watch. A break should clear that up for me

ZeromuS

Canada13407 Posts

September 29 2011 05:05 GMT

#306

The sad thing is theres nothing GOM can do about this even if they start losing/making less money. You can even tell the casters are kind of tired of TvT all the time :/

Aterons_toss

Romania1275 Posts

September 29 2011 05:19 GMT

#307

I never buy a gsl ticket tbh.
Is true that with the lack of other match ups then TvX match up and a lot of chees from the tosses in PvZ + the Code A where my toss "heroes" are is not casted by Tastosis or at least half of the archon + wolf/DoA is making the gsl less enjoyable and i don't even tune in to live stream most of the time nowadays BUT there are a lot of great tournaments and im sure GSL will be "fixed" in time.

Orcasgt24

Canada3238 Posts

September 29 2011 05:24 GMT

#308

lack of protoss and the strength of terran 1/1/1 pre patch caused me not to pay for sub

sheaRZerg

United States613 Posts

September 29 2011 05:30 GMT

#309

haha....was I the only one that thought racial was going to mean in the "koreans own white dudes" sense? I guess its been that way for some time now.

_Search_

Canada180 Posts

September 29 2011 05:32 GMT

#310

There are so few Terrans in Code A that I don't see why fans wouldn't buy it if only for Code A.

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

September 29 2011 05:36 GMT

#311

On September 29 2011 14:30 sheaRZerg wrote:
haha....was I the only one that thought racial was going to mean in the "koreans own white dudes" sense? I guess its been that way for some time now.

I had assumed it, but it makes more sense this way lol.
With any luck we see some new non-terran blood in there within the next season or two, and access to code A is a good way to find out

Neelia

Germany599 Posts

September 29 2011 05:54 GMT

#312

On September 29 2011 09:21 rpgalon wrote:

you should read the guy you quoted again...

EDIT: I don't agree with him... but I can see something like the 6-8 better players of each race (by GSL points) and the other spots are for the other players with no race specific.

code A & S reached a point where the players skills are almost the same, and something like maps, mood and balance, can put a player in code S some day, and not in other day.

This would lead to kinda the same situation as MLG Pool Play where everyone complains about. People who did well in the past and have fallen off (Like Incontrol for MLG or Genius for GSL) would be stuck in Code S for like forever and it would be extremly difficult for new talented players (like Oz, Hero, JYP and Sage) to earn enough points to surpass them.

I don't know how people can think that'd be a good idea ._.

On topic: Didn't buy cause I'm a poor student and I can watch it live at a resonable time in Germany. May consider buying it next season when I'm busy again, no matter how many P/T/Z are in Code S.

aurigenesis

32 Posts

September 29 2011 05:56 GMT

#313

Every race has been on the bottom of the totem pole as far as the GSL goes. For four months, Terran could not win a championship all through the open season, until MVP and MKP took the two top spots of GSL Jan. Around the same time in January and a couple months afterward was when EGIdra was crying "Imbalanced" when it was only he and Nestea were trying to win, but only placed as high as the Round of 8. Now, unfortunetly, as I play Protoss is the worst time for the race as I switched this season to play solely Protoss. I've been solely looking around the streams only for Protoss players. There are some good styles out there, and things are going to change with Patch 1.4, and players will figure out new strategies.

Also I think TvT is a complicated matchup; which obviously it take some skill to play and win. Even if it is Tank vs Tank, there is alot of skill where you shouldn't overcommit, that you use extra vision with Vikings, and Scan (when to scan, when to mule), etc. TvT has to be most strategic. Also, it doesn't have to be Tank v. Tank. There are plenty Tank v. Bio, Bio/Mech, the Sky Terran tech switch.

T0fuuu

Australia2275 Posts

September 29 2011 06:12 GMT

#314

Why are these polls always so polarising?

It is it that hard to have something like

Did racial diversity affect your decision to buy a season pass to gsl october?

Yes, but I bought it anyways
Yes, I did not buy a season pass
COOKIES/Indifferent
No, I did not buy a season pass
No, But I would not pay for gsl anyway

Nagano

United States1157 Posts

September 29 2011 06:12 GMT

#315

On September 29 2011 10:23 KoTakUEurO wrote:
i still bought it, to me TvT is the most diverse, beautiful matchup in the game, and never get tired of it.
every match is so strategic...
but i guess all the BW players and spectators are used to this kind of game, while the newer players aren't too used to it yet. trust me, its really great once you get past the length and some of the more uneventful parts of the game.

I feel the same way. TvT reminds me of the "dance" of armies in BW.

TheSwamp

United States1497 Posts

September 29 2011 06:18 GMT

#316

I bought it because it's worth it to see the best players play, no matter what race they are.

Sukari

Australia183 Posts

September 29 2011 06:23 GMT

#317

I'm curious to see what % of "didn't buy" are Protoss players.

Oblig. - I didn't buy because I haven't bought before =/ one day!

TENTHST

United States204 Posts

September 29 2011 06:28 GMT

#318

While TvT is obviously the most exciting and dynamic mirror, there is simply too much of it at the highest levels.

GomTvT cannot be blamed though - this has to do directly with the state of balance in this game. I think its unfortunate that GOM is going to be punished as a result of actions (or lack thereof) by Blizzard.

Hodgy

United States64 Posts

September 29 2011 06:32 GMT

#319

I would love to see something like PvZ in the gsl final. I think watching TvT and watching the gsl level of TvT is a lot different of a story. Take for example the last one. TOP vs IMMvp to the naked eye TOP had won then MVP did a hellion run by and won the game. Things like this are what keep me interested not so much the match-ups.

MarKeD

Australia183 Posts

September 29 2011 06:34 GMT

#320

On September 29 2011 15:12 T0fuuu wrote:
Why are these polls always so polarising?

It is it that hard to have something like

Did racial diversity affect your decision to buy a season pass to gsl october?

Yes, but I bought it anyways
Yes, I did not buy a season pass
COOKIES/Indifferent
No, I did not buy a season pass
No, But I would not pay for gsl anyway

yeah exactly you might as well just make a poll with 1 option, being are you sick of Terran dominance in GSL for all the OP's poll is worth.