On November 28 2011 05:42 Cereb wrote: Over 500.000 concurrent viewers as peak?!?! Are you F****** S****** me?! That is so amazing! I am so happy ! ;D
Is this for real?!
Starcraft 2 on a stadium with half a mill concurrent viewers online?? You realise how few compititions actually get these numbers apart from the very top of sports competition?! This is incredible ! :D
I think stats are wrong
i wouldnt be surprised if it was 1/3 of that (given that most people probably had all three streams open at same time)
im not sure how barcrafts were counted though. as that is like 1 viewer recorded, but like 300 people watching.
On November 27 2011 23:04 WightyCity wrote: great DH , i liked the couch idea. would be nice to have a little touchscreen coffee table so they can analyze the games with magic markers and stuff ! that would be the best
Oh hell yes! Something like in hockey between periods a expert commentator draws out some great play. Damn, getting chills thinking of day9 inbetween games drawing out on a big screen how a player held of a insane allin, this is where e-sports are headed right? And it dosen't seem all that far away anymore after this dreamhack!
But there was some bad.. or shall we say one bad thing. Never have that Tejbz guy anywhere near esports again, he acutally almost ruined this otherwise great event for me. When he was asking that Quake Live player about how soon after an event he gets laid or something like that, first the player thougt he was joking but he just kept asking... I had to stop watching untill he wasent on the stream anymore.
I only see one problem. They would need to get the replay ASAP. Load it. Load the full replay. Its 2-3 minutes minimum. In that time players would be already ready for the next map.
They already have a video-feed from the players computer, it would be handled the same way they do in sports, just have someone cue and cut to the right point in the video, no need to deal with Blizzard's horrible replay system
On November 27 2011 18:21 tarodotoxin wrote: i loved it when artosis made fun of Apollo when he didnt know his and tastless' mics were still kinda on hahah hella laughed
Anyone know where I can see a video of this? If not, what did Artosis say? Thanks.
Great event. Good production value, the audio on the vods isn't working optimally for me though. It seems to switch between loud er to a softer tone which was just a minor annoyance.
On November 28 2011 00:07 Gackt_ wrote: -Totalbiscuit, I dont know why that guy is there, he is simply just not good enough. It's a silver league guy commentating pro-games. I find it pretty insulting sometimes towards other people that are so much better that could've had the job.
At least get my league right if you're going to flame me and don't take offense on behalf of casters you don't know.
For the record, you (TB) stood for the best commentary in my opinion. The first semi in the arena was the best experience for me, thanks to you and Apollo doing excellent work but also the other guys working well together in the sofa. I'm not saying you're perfect, I feel that your "level" varies the most of all the commentators: sometimes spectacular, sometimes awkward.
Overall I loved the event. Streams were a bit buggy during the first days.
TB presenting players and pumping up crowd. Crowd reaches mass hysteria and full euphoria. That voice and passion is his strenght. Analyzing games in the couch inbetween games is not so much a strenght for you. Specially not next to day9, bitter and apollo or artosis. Which we all know got sick analyzing skills. Great job casting in game.
I could not agree more on the casting couch point. I did not feel comfortable there at all with presentation honestly. We bullshited a lot between games and had fun but when it came to post-game, I felt left out. It was not their fault, it was mine, I had nothing to offer that they couldn't. 3 of the best analysts in the world and then me? What can I give in that situation? I wish I could have hosted the event, even if I sort of did by accident at the start, I can offer other services that don't make my weaknesses as a part-time caster obvious. I also think they should limit it to a max of 3 on the couch at any time due to the fact that at least one person often got very little airtime. While we were casting, I noticed MrBitter had difficulty getting a word in edgeways.
That sounds epic, is there a youtube clip of this?
Also TB, the "ARE YOU REEEEAADDDY FOR THE FFFFIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALS?" was AWESOME! Seriously got me so pumped.
Was there, only watched the finals on stream though. That and almost knocking genius over when I accidently bumped in to him is the only contact I had with sc2 during the event, there's just so much else to do there xD quake live .. fuck yeah
Day9 and MrBitter on the Happy vs ToD game that went for an hour and 14 minutes, you could really tell how exhausted the casters sounded, they need more rest!! However Day9 and Bitter were so funny in that game
Wish I had one of those great seats at MLG!! Two days of standing while people saved the few seats there were.....really wrecked my legs & back. If SC2 wants anyone over 30 - they better get some seats like DreamHack. They also had the casters out front and others doing discussion in between matches. So many things were done better.
Day9 & Mr. Bitter were so incredibly nice to follow, best casting duo, I've seen so far And then all the games etc. it was just one great tournament, loved the european timezone aswell :D No staying up till 6 in the morning definitly improves the viewfun :D
On November 28 2011 18:20 Ninjahoe wrote: Stop complaining about dreamhack using illegal music when you obviously know nothing about it. 99% sure DH use Spotify.
No more craptalking now ty.
They are not complaining about them playing pirated music. They are complaining about dreamhack not having a liscense to play their music on site and stream. BTW, it has already been answered by Dreamhack staff that they got the proper liscense.
I just love how Totalbiscuit handled Tejbz, I can't stand Tebjz at all. What was he thinking with all his sexual jokes? They do not fit in an eSports arena.
All the casters and players did amazing.
Edit: I missed the intro but I watched the finals on site. Watching the VoD now, Totalbiscuit should have hosted it.
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