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Goldmattress
Profile Joined May 2011
Iceland23 Posts
January 02 2012 05:07 GMT
#141
Awesome I can finally justify paying for NASL.
what
Burns
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2300 Posts
January 02 2012 05:14 GMT
#142
I like how NASL really takes to improving their league. It really shows they care
What do you mean you heard me during the night, these are quiet pants!
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
January 02 2012 05:15 GMT
#143
Sounds good. I hope NASL can do well, though if I see one day where a player unable to play their match is not announced ahead of time, I'll definitely just stop watching again. I'm sure people might think that it would be an extreme reaction, but since it has been happening previous seasons and it is something that is easy to avoid (even if it is just posted in the LR threads) it really shouldn't happen.
Soap
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Brazil1546 Posts
January 02 2012 05:17 GMT
#144
On January 02 2012 13:51 Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 13:00 Duravi wrote:
On January 02 2012 11:47 magnaflow wrote:
Season one was hyped.. failed to deliver, season two was hyped.. failed to deliver, season three??

Your wrong when you say all you promised was a $100,000.00 league. We were told it would be top notch production, the best of the best from all over the world (of course the Korean issue wasn't all your fault). We were also told that the games being played were to be casted the day before broadcasting and yet we find out that in season two most of the games/series were all played on the same day and broadcasted weeks later.

You have alot of work to do to win over most of the community and as much as I hate to say i'm not putting to much trust in your words. Please prove me wrong and deliver on season three unlike seasons one and two.

How is it every other major league in the fucking world can manage to work with the Koreans but NASL can't? I agree with your other criticisms, my biggest concern with NASL is that if things were going to actually change drastically it would mean changes at the top (i.e. firing/replacing people currently in charge), something they clearly are not willing to do.


I am a huge critic of NASL but the Korean thing was not their fault. SC2CON was a bunch of horseshit.


Can't emphasize this enough. Also the only other major league in existance outside of Korea is IPL, and besides being ran by a News Corp company, they have not had a season after the koreans came up with their demands.
Carthac
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States393 Posts
January 02 2012 05:17 GMT
#145
Sounds great, hope you guys can deliver on all the changes! Would be awesome to see another quality league
Corvette
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States433 Posts
January 02 2012 05:22 GMT
#146
On January 02 2012 14:17 Soap wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 13:51 Diamond wrote:
On January 02 2012 13:00 Duravi wrote:
On January 02 2012 11:47 magnaflow wrote:
Season one was hyped.. failed to deliver, season two was hyped.. failed to deliver, season three??

Your wrong when you say all you promised was a $100,000.00 league. We were told it would be top notch production, the best of the best from all over the world (of course the Korean issue wasn't all your fault). We were also told that the games being played were to be casted the day before broadcasting and yet we find out that in season two most of the games/series were all played on the same day and broadcasted weeks later.

You have alot of work to do to win over most of the community and as much as I hate to say i'm not putting to much trust in your words. Please prove me wrong and deliver on season three unlike seasons one and two.

How is it every other major league in the fucking world can manage to work with the Koreans but NASL can't? I agree with your other criticisms, my biggest concern with NASL is that if things were going to actually change drastically it would mean changes at the top (i.e. firing/replacing people currently in charge), something they clearly are not willing to do.


I am a huge critic of NASL but the Korean thing was not their fault. SC2CON was a bunch of horseshit.


Can't emphasize this enough. Also the only other major league in existance outside of Korea is IPL, and besides being ran by a News Corp company, they have not had a season after the koreans came up with their demands.


what about MLG?
Soap
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Brazil1546 Posts
January 02 2012 05:29 GMT
#147
On January 02 2012 14:22 Corvette wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 14:17 Soap wrote:
On January 02 2012 13:51 Diamond wrote:
On January 02 2012 13:00 Duravi wrote:
On January 02 2012 11:47 magnaflow wrote:
Season one was hyped.. failed to deliver, season two was hyped.. failed to deliver, season three??

Your wrong when you say all you promised was a $100,000.00 league. We were told it would be top notch production, the best of the best from all over the world (of course the Korean issue wasn't all your fault). We were also told that the games being played were to be casted the day before broadcasting and yet we find out that in season two most of the games/series were all played on the same day and broadcasted weeks later.

You have alot of work to do to win over most of the community and as much as I hate to say i'm not putting to much trust in your words. Please prove me wrong and deliver on season three unlike seasons one and two.

How is it every other major league in the fucking world can manage to work with the Koreans but NASL can't? I agree with your other criticisms, my biggest concern with NASL is that if things were going to actually change drastically it would mean changes at the top (i.e. firing/replacing people currently in charge), something they clearly are not willing to do.


I am a huge critic of NASL but the Korean thing was not their fault. SC2CON was a bunch of horseshit.


Can't emphasize this enough. Also the only other major league in existance outside of Korea is IPL, and besides being ran by a News Corp company, they have not had a season after the koreans came up with their demands.


what about MLG?


Despite having "league" in the name, it is run as separate 3-day events. Besides, if they are to become the standard of treatment of koreans (fly and acommodate them over with a guaranteed top 32 spot) then the foreign scene is going bankrupt.
Duravi
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1205 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 05:32:28
January 02 2012 05:32 GMT
#148
On January 02 2012 13:51 Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 13:00 Duravi wrote:
On January 02 2012 11:47 magnaflow wrote:
Season one was hyped.. failed to deliver, season two was hyped.. failed to deliver, season three??

Your wrong when you say all you promised was a $100,000.00 league. We were told it would be top notch production, the best of the best from all over the world (of course the Korean issue wasn't all your fault). We were also told that the games being played were to be casted the day before broadcasting and yet we find out that in season two most of the games/series were all played on the same day and broadcasted weeks later.

You have alot of work to do to win over most of the community and as much as I hate to say i'm not putting to much trust in your words. Please prove me wrong and deliver on season three unlike seasons one and two.

How is it every other major league in the fucking world can manage to work with the Koreans but NASL can't? I agree with your other criticisms, my biggest concern with NASL is that if things were going to actually change drastically it would mean changes at the top (i.e. firing/replacing people currently in charge), something they clearly are not willing to do.


I am a huge critic of NASL but the Korean thing was not their fault. SC2CON was a bunch of horseshit.

SC2CON is gone now though. Also, Slayers, who was not associated with SC2CON chose to boycott season 2, the reason why was never fully explained. If SC2CON was truly the thing holding koreans back from NASL then I guess we can expect them all to try to qualify for season 3?
Bippzy
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1466 Posts
January 02 2012 05:45 GMT
#149
On January 02 2012 09:29 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 09:05 Xeris wrote:
On January 02 2012 08:56 Waxangel wrote:
great.... worthless until we see them implemented though

promising big things and not delivering has been a pretty standard NASL trend


I don't get what we've promised and not delivered? The only thing we promised was a $100,000 league - which we delivered.

There's a huge difference between not living up to expectations and failing to deliver something.



I'm sure you'll "deliver."

But what kind of shape will it come in?


Well wax, I think you should be more optimistic. But, I do think it will be a Snore fest if they are lax on getting the koreans into NASL.

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FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 06:27:41
January 02 2012 06:27 GMT
#150
I think it would be wise to actually make an effort to accommodate (borrowing your word choice) Korean players. Sure, you want to be equal to everyone and all that and not offer special financial support to any particular players. It's a nice idea, I get it. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if spending a little now to draw in higher caliber players would actually up your profits in the long term. For example, maybe you reimburse part of a few flights: you spend now, but gain many more viewers. Maybe I'm wrong though -- maybe no one wants more tournaments with sickgood players. GSL, KSL, IPL, Dreamhack, MLG... etc... I guess that is a little much. Maybe NASL has a niche of its own, but I'm just not seeing it...
Iamportal
Profile Joined January 2011
United States184 Posts
January 02 2012 06:38 GMT
#151
looks good, i hope your 3rd season turns out better than the 2nd
If you're not attacking, you're probably loosing
hersenen
Profile Joined November 2011
Belize176 Posts
January 02 2012 07:59 GMT
#152
I'm excited! Thanks NASL!
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
January 02 2012 08:31 GMT
#153
On January 02 2012 10:26 ptbl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 10:01 Killerhands wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:56 ptbl wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:36 VirgilSC2 wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:33 StarMoon wrote:
Is there a particular reason you are avoiding the question of who is casting this team tournament, and who is casting next main season?

I'm sure I'm not the only one that considers whether I like the casters a major reason for why I watch games.

Perhaps he wants to keep it in the dark until he actually announces it formally, as in tomorrow? Or perhaps he hasn't locked down the casters for Season 3 and doesn't want to promise a certain caster only to have them step out before the season begins?

On January 02 2012 09:29 Waxangel wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:05 Xeris wrote:
On January 02 2012 08:56 Waxangel wrote:
great.... worthless until we see them implemented though

promising big things and not delivering has been a pretty standard NASL trend


I don't get what we've promised and not delivered? The only thing we promised was a $100,000 league - which we delivered.

There's a huge difference between not living up to expectations and failing to deliver something.



I'm sure you'll "deliver."

But what kind of shape will it come in?

This is pretty uncalled for, I'll admit I was a huge critic of NASL Seasons 1 and 2, and I'd even go as far as to say I was unnecessarily harsh on some aspects, but this just seems like......tournament racism.


Enough with the brown nosing. Most of the criticisms against NASL are legit. For example, in Season 1 they changed it from 480p to 360p without notifying the public. Furthermore, they ignored the outcries and kept 360p in season 2.

In Season 1, people complained that NASL wasn't announcing walkovers ahead of time. In Season 2, NASL still hasn't changed and walkovers were kept under wraps.

In Season 1, some games were played a couple of weeks in advance. People complained. In Season 2, the majority of the games were played 3-4 weeks before the airing date.

These are just a couple of examples off the top of my head. There's a history and a track record of NASL promising to deliver a great product from one season into the next, but we are always disappointed.

Waxangel is right. NASL has to prove it to us that this time it is different. I'm tired of being let down and disappointed. I'll wait and see.


What's your preference... a game being played or a walkover?


I prefer a game being played. I also prefer advance warning if there is a walkover. For example, I tuned into a NASL watch between herO and demuslim. It was the only reason I tuned in and organized my schedule around it. Then it turned out to be a walkover. NASL should have had the decency to let the public know it advance that it was a walkover,


Midway through the season we started announcing all the walk overs in advance. This is something we corrected, and will continue to carry over into Season 3.


twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
xtfftc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom2343 Posts
January 02 2012 08:41 GMT
#154
Sounds great, hoping you manage to pull it through.
Fletcher1
Profile Joined January 2011
126 Posts
January 02 2012 09:12 GMT
#155
Be careful not to take the NASL for granted. They're doing a lot of great stuff for the community and the project deserves everyone's support. Keep up the good work!
z33k SC2 Tournaments | @z33kgaming
HEROwithNOlegacy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States850 Posts
January 02 2012 09:51 GMT
#156
Free vods, live games, and better quality for free stream sounds amazing to me, will be checking it out on day 1 for sure of season 3.
SlayerS Fighting!
Naniwa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Sweden477 Posts
January 02 2012 10:40 GMT
#157
is there any way to qualify for nasl ? Or whatsup with that.
Progamer
Damwing
Profile Joined May 2011
Switzerland19 Posts
January 02 2012 10:43 GMT
#158
Cool that really helps me out in Europe! I could almost never watch the NASL live cause of the timezones. Free VOD's ftw :D
Looks great
cyclone25
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Romania3344 Posts
January 02 2012 11:32 GMT
#159
On January 02 2012 06:18 Xeris wrote:
[*] LIVE / AS-LIVE broadcasting! We will be bringing you multiple matches totally LIVE each day, and games won’t be broadcast more than a day after they are played


You can type "live" in caps as much as u want, but it's broadcasted from replays, right?

(Sorry if I misundersood and the matches are actually being played live).
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 11:42:05
January 02 2012 11:41 GMT
#160
NASL should consider abandoning the qualifier format they used in the first two seasons. It just drags on forever, it doesn't seem to generate much interest or excitement, and then there are continuous problems with scheduling and players having to play scheduled games even though they have little or no chance of advancing in their group.

Groups of 4 with the OSL format (the one GSL used until this season as well) is the optimal way to do this, both for the players and for the viewers. I don't see why anyone would do it differently. All of the games can be played (and shown) in a single evening, and the viewers get to see out a group and have some sort of context and a conclusion to the games (knowing who qualified and who didn't).

That said, I liked the final tournament format and I hope they stick with single elimination.
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