On June 20 2012 05:46 TheFish7 wrote:
Unfortunately I think Oblivion is right; having Koreans in the finals DOES detriment the viewership of a game that most people don't know about (for the average TV viewer). Watch the Olympics coming up and see how much time is dedicated to the heart warming story stuff instead of the actual games. Maybe if the casters talk about the human story and the players are able to talk about themselves in English, and maybe it could work. Compound all of that on top of the fact that SC2 is a difficult thing for people who don't play games to understand and big networks will really think twice before taking a risk on it.
Unfortunately I think Oblivion is right; having Koreans in the finals DOES detriment the viewership of a game that most people don't know about (for the average TV viewer). Watch the Olympics coming up and see how much time is dedicated to the heart warming story stuff instead of the actual games. Maybe if the casters talk about the human story and the players are able to talk about themselves in English, and maybe it could work. Compound all of that on top of the fact that SC2 is a difficult thing for people who don't play games to understand and big networks will really think twice before taking a risk on it.
I don't think Koreans have anything to do with the potential lack of popularity so much as the content itself. MLG could try to market a tournament on CBS of only Americans or only white guys and I don't think it will get any further. What matters is compelling content that can draw mainstream viewers who probably have never played the game.
I'm pretty skeptical that will happen and I'm skeptical CBS has any plans to put MLG events on television. I think they may say these things to draw goodwill from the community and tease people into excitement about MLG's partnership, but I don't think anything will come of it.