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Spring Arena 2 – May 18-20 – NYC – LIVE Broadcast
Spring Arena 2 will take place on May 18 – 20 in NYC. This Arena will be very similar in structure to the Winter Arena. There will be 32 players: the Top 4 from Arena 1, the Top 8 from each Region of the Invite-Only Qualifiers, and 4 additional players that will be announced.
Hmmm. What's that about?
And I agree that spring arena seems redundant, I'm not against it or anything, but there's a balance to maintain between frequency of events and players attending them regularly. Do that many korean-based players (7 out of 8 are) want to fly out for yet another weekend while they're in a code S season?
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On March 26 2012 09:33 Childplay wrote:
so no big competictions like last year? just medium arenas every month or so?
There is a big competition clearly stated to be an cali?
Spring Championship – June 8-10 – Anaheim, CA – LIVE Broadcast and In-Person Spectators
The Spring Season will end with the Spring Championship, June 8-10 in Anaheim, CA at the Anaheim Convention Center. That's right in Blizzard’s backyard, so perhaps there will be some surprises in store for you. Lots of exciting details will be released in the coming weeks. This event will be broadcast live.
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So Spring Arena #1 is basically DRG, MKP, Heart, Huk, Naniwa, Violet, Ganzi and Parting. An eight man tournament stretched out for three days?
Seems redundant, but will more than likely be interesting/fun to watch.
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On March 26 2012 09:36 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +Spring Arena 2 – May 18-20 – NYC – LIVE Broadcast
Spring Arena 2 will take place on May 18 – 20 in NYC. This Arena will be very similar in structure to the Winter Arena. There will be 32 players: the Top 4 from Arena 1, the Top 8 from each Region of the Invite-Only Qualifiers, and 4 additional players that will be announced. Hmmm. What's that about? And I agree that spring arena seems redundant, I'm not against it or anything, but there's a balance to maintain between frequency of events and players attending them regularly. Do that many korean-based players (7 out of 8 are) want to fly out for yet another weekend while they're in a code S season?
Would you take an average of $1300 in cash to fly out for a weekend and play a video game, with a 50% chance of preferential seeding in a $70k tournament?
Granted, some won't, but the if any of them are knocked out of GSL they're likely to go for it.
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On March 26 2012 09:34 Soleron wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2012 09:32 cablesc wrote:
So Spring Arena #1 is a small scale invitational like Shoutcraft or DH Valencia. It'll probably be PPV but I'm hoping they keep it to $5, because the SC2 community will probably have a shit-fit if it's more than that. It's still over 3 days with $10k in prizes and flying everyone in. They could justify $10 even.
I dont know, it also at same weekend as Dreamhack. I dont really see the big goal behind this Spring Arena 1,
we will probably see almost exact the same players at Arena 2 a month later in the same setting and both will be PPV... to much events if you ask me.
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I don't mind the idea of a smaller tournament with 8 players, but I hope you don't charge the same $ as you will for the second Spring Arena.
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On March 26 2012 09:37 Fionn wrote:
So Spring Arena #1 is basically DRG, MKP, Heart, Huk, Naniwa, Violet, Ganzi and Parting. An eight man tournament stretched out for three days?
Seems redundant, but will more than likely be interesting/fun to watch.
Treat it as a personal sponsorship for MKP. Gotta keep that money coming in.
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The first arena seems silly. Why would they bother, just send the 8 through to the arena. (unless they're going to try PPV for an 8 person tourney, which would be hilarious)
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Looking forward to all of these, I wonder what you guys are doing as far as the cost of PPV, because I really don't mind paying for these Arena events, as long as it is within reason and the player pool +production are great. But either way looking forward to tuning into SPring Arena #1 after my 3rd calc exam to relax haha
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Speculation on format of Spring Arena #1. So they need to stretch out an 8 man tournament over 3 days. And provide enough content for people to buy the PPV. Here's how I would organize it to maximize games/content:
Group A/B
#1 -> Seeded to Semi-Finals/Ro4
#2 -> To Quarter-Finals/ro6
#3 -> To Quarter-Finals/ro6
#4 -> Eliminated
Quarter-finals:
2a vs 3b Best of 5
3a vs 2b Best of 5
Semi-finals Best of 5
Finals Best of 7
If they keep the PPV price low, I bet they could turn a nice profit, especially since they lucked out with the player pool (two foreigners and a couple popular Koreans in MKP/DRG and to a lessor extent Violet).
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On March 26 2012 09:37 Fionn wrote:
So Spring Arena #1 is basically DRG, MKP, Heart, Huk, Naniwa, Violet, Ganzi and Parting. An eight man tournament stretched out for three days?
Seems redundant, but will more than likely be interesting/fun to watch.
I think MLG is shooting in the foot here.
Flying (again) top8 winter championship, for a 8 man invitational tournament LIVE.
They even lose replay value, because we will always see the same players in the same matchups... and if it is PPV, i don't see how it can have success.
I don't see how it can be profitable. They could do it online (and free).
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I really dont like the fact that there will be no live audience in NYC. Do you guys think there is some sort of after party that I can go to meet up with most of the players if I am in NYC in May ?
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On March 26 2012 10:12 cablesc wrote:
Speculation on format of Spring Arena #1. So they need to stretch out an 8 man tournament over 3 days. And provide enough content for people to buy the PPV. Here's how I would organize it to maximize games/content:
Group A/B
#1 -> Seeded to Semi-Finals/Ro4
#2 -> To Quarter-Finals/ro6
#3 -> To Quarter-Finals/ro6
#4 -> Eliminated
Quarter-finals:
2a vs 3b Best of 5
3a vs 2b Best of 5
Semi-finals Best of 5
Finals Best of 7
If they keep the PPV price low, I bet they could turn a nice profit, especially since they lucked out with the player pool (two foreigners and a couple popular Koreans in MKP/DRG and to a lessor extent Violet).
With 4 streams they could have a full league where all 8 are in the same group and play everyone. Thats only 7 sets of 4 matches that could be day 1.
Sounds like there will be plenty of time left over for fun games I hope they have a bunch of those! (FFA, team games, monobattles, sc2bw, htscustom, whatever fun crazy stuff they can find on battlenet, completely other games)
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It's cool that MLG is trying to make the Blizzard ladder actually relevant by inviting the top 32 in the GM ladder. Good incentive to have unknowns try to showcase their talent now, instead of just flaunting ladder points. 
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Why can't you guys ever hold anything in Seattle... 
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sick, another mlg in anaheim
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MLG without boxer, mma, coca, or puzzle = not a tournament id enjoy watching. Sorry... the same top 8 players again is UGH. If anything invite top 4 then invite 4 new players.
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Ya this is honestly confusing, why the 8 man tournament? If its PPV no one is going to buy it, even for 5$ because Dreamhack is apparently the same weekend... Not to mention GSL
Edit: MLG in ANAHEIM!!!!! I live in Nor Cal, Im gonna have to figure out a way to get there on a college kids budget 
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I think they're packing in the tournaments a bit too tightly... TWO arenas between each Championship? One would be perfect. Although I guess since it's only 8 players the 1st one barely counts.
Speaking only as a viewer here, not thinking about MLG's bottom line. But one of the things I like about following Starcraft is seeing all different kinds of tournaments all over the world and the growth of bottom up tourneys like LoneStar.
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