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DreamHack - Appreciation Thread - Page 30
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Surili
United Kingdom1141 Posts
Thank you Dreamhack! | ||
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Oathmaster
Canada81 Posts
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
If I had one complaint about this event it's that day 2 was way, way better than day 1 as a spectacle. There was way too many games on day 1 making it impossible to see the overwhelming majority of them. The first group stage could have been ditched entirely, made best of 1 or played online to allow us to see more from group stage 2 & 3. I'm not hugely fond of Best of 3 in Semi/Quarter finals either. For example, in the Jaedong/Naniwa series Jaedong won the mind games in game 1, Naniwa in game 2 and game 3 was an extremely close game. They looked evenly matched to me, obviously Naniwa deserved to go through because he won the series but he didn't really demonstrate that he's a better ZvP player in those games because the only game that wasn't pure mind games was Game 3, which was a really close game. Best of five much better allows for the better player to advance and show why they deserve to advance. Players should never be playing pointless games in group stages, their win rate in these games must be close to 0%. It's unfair and it's terrible to watch as a spectator. Overall though this was a brilliant event I just had a few issues with the format even though overall groups into single elimination is the best format so please stick with that and don't use any double elimination rubbish. | ||
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Daumen
Germany1073 Posts
But in the last years DreamHack and in the one before, the Swedish crowd used to Cheer to Korean Statements before they were translated, that was awesome and funny ;D It didnt happen this time ;< | ||
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Mambo
Denmark1338 Posts
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nakam
Sweden245 Posts
On April 28 2013 23:15 Daumen wrote: Since some time now ive been checking out the Crowd cheers on events (on the stream). Ever since everyone said that Katowice had such a great crowd, I noticed that this DreamHack had an AWESOME crowd especially compared to the last German event in Hannover wich was very dismal -.- (No idea if we Germans are less Cheery or if the Production Crew didnt set up the mics in a way that would allow the crowds cheer to be heard on stream). But in the last years DreamHack and in the one before, the Swedish crowd used to Cheer to Korean Statements before they were translated, that was awesome and funny ;D It didnt happen this time ;< The crowd was amazing, especially during the quarter finals and later due to everyone being in their seats (less going on outside the main area). Later in the evening people got pretty drunk too which wasn't bad for the atmosphere  . A bar on the floor in the main area was perfect and I hope they do it again next year. | ||
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purakushi
United States3304 Posts
Thank you, Dreamhack~ Looking forward to future tournaments from you guys | ||
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Killcani
Sweden448 Posts
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S2Glow
Singapore1042 Posts
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
On April 28 2013 23:40 Killcani wrote: The format was actually pretty bad the days were very long with too many games. The mainstream on day 1 choice of games were bad aswell and it was really hard to know what was going on. There's a lot to be said imo for what MLG did last time where there was a small number of players but you saw every game and basically every game was top level. | ||
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Thinasy
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Killcani
Sweden448 Posts
On April 28 2013 23:42 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote: There's a lot to be said imo for what MLG did last time where there was a small number of players but you saw every game and basically every game was top level. No I support dreamhack for having an open tournament and imo it's needed but it can be done way better. They should've been flexible with their stream schedules and choosen games were someone was facing elimination. They should've done regular updates on the brackets from liquipedia on stream as too who were dropping out and if possible doing recaps of the most important games like NASL did. Day 2 was alot better and the finals were great. +Great casters and host (Artosis<3) +Good games +Great player pool +The only open tournament now? +FREE 720p +Awsome crowd and the stage looked amazing -12+ hour days are too long (casters and players tired) -Group system should change to GSLs system too keep the days shorter and avoid tiebreakers -Better featured games on day 1 -Keep the stream updated on the storylines on day 1 and who is elimated by who and how (this needs to be fixed) | ||
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Klipsys
United States1533 Posts
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tozi
United States506 Posts
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
On April 28 2013 23:46 Killcani wrote: No I support dreamhack for having an open tournament and imo it's needed but it can be done way better. They should've been flexible with their stream schedules and choosen games were someone was facing elimination. They should've done regular updates on the brackets from liquipedia on stream as too who were dropping out and if possible doing recaps of the most important games like NASL did. Day 2 was alot better and the finals were great. +Great casters and host (Artosis<3) +Good games +Great player pool +The only open tournament now? +FREE 720p +Awsome crowd and the stage looked amazing -12+ hour days are too long (casters and players tired) -Group system should change to GSLs system to keep the days shorter and no tiebreakers -Better featured games on day 1 -Keep the stream updated on the storylines on day 1 and who is elimated by who and how (this needs to be fixed) IMO there is no reason for an open bracket now that ameaturs already have somewhere to make a name for themselves in WCS Europe if they're good enough. Has any random player from the open bracket ever actually made a name for themselves at a Dreamhack? | ||
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
well done Dreamhack, looking forward to the next event! | ||
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Killcani
Sweden448 Posts
On April 29 2013 00:01 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote: IMO there is no reason for an open bracket now that ameaturs already have somewhere to make a name for themselves in WCS Europe if they're good enough. Has any random player from the open bracket ever actually made a name for themselves at a Dreamhack? starnan with a top 4 placement in 2012 DreamHack Open: Bucharest and verdi got top 16 this dreamhack both of whom would never have gotten an invite. New blood is always going to come into the scene as long as its doing well. +Fraer got top 3 - 2012 DreamHack Open: Summer +Seiplo got top 8 - DreamHack Winter 2011 | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
On April 29 2013 00:05 Killcani wrote: starnan with a top 4 placement in 2012 DreamHack Open: Bucharest and verdi got top 16 this dreamhack both of whom would never have gotten an invite. New blood is always going to come into the scene as long as its doing well. And you consider those stories worth 25% of the tournament and us having to have best of 3's in the semi and quarter finals? | ||
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WerderBremen
Germany1070 Posts
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