EPT[WCS] Mike Morhaime Interview with TL - Page 3
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:06 Martijn wrote: I'm guessing you weren't allowed to just straight up ask them why they announced everything way too late, putting a lot of unnecessary strain on players and teams. Everlasting struggle between the questions you want to ask and get to ask. The interview happened april 3rd before the uproar about a lack of info happened. | ||
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:06 Martijn wrote: I'm guessing you weren't allowed to just straight up ask them why they announced everything way too late, putting a lot of unnecessary strain on players and teams. So frustrated with so many things, I really expected more. Well last month they released this thing...called Heart of the Swarm. Turns out that a perfectly executed, simultaneous, world wide release with a 24 live stream is pretty difficult to pull off. From most people understanding they were pretty much tied up with that. So they had to put off creating a world wide league, where one of the largest networks in Korea agrees to work with their long time rivals and create or bring 4 leagues under one banner, for like...a month or so. | ||
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StayPhrosty
Canada406 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:03 WhiteSatin wrote: just a tip, reading white font on black background for a long period of time totally rapes your eyes. just a very very very basic graphic design tip lol. yes, its a good thing i can read faster than 2 words per hour, or you might actually have a point on your hands... i love how so many people are complaining that this doesnt fix the korean ladder being more difficult than the others... as if pro players just ladder 24/7... lol | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:03 WhiteSatin wrote: just a tip, reading white font on black background for a long period of time totally rapes your eyes. just a very very very basic graphic design tip lol. You know I've been trying to get this message across for some time yet we keep seeing white font on whatever. It's like every other news. Please switch it guys and avoid the yellows and whites. D: | ||
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Romitelli
Brunei Darussalam566 Posts
On April 10 2013 07:34 RenardDesMers wrote: That's what happened with Broodwar, they just hope it's gonna work this time too. The biggest difference is that, with BW, you could get one CD key and install it multiple times across different computers and play the game on LAN. I guess the starter edition sort of covers that now, I'm not too familiar with its limitations to be honest. I just fear the moment has passed, and that SC2 is destined to become a niche --- albeit strong --- title. | ||
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Giriath
Sweden2412 Posts
Players who do not get to compete in WCS Season 1 locally or abroad will have little chance of reaching the global finals, and if their team is also unable or unwilling to send them to other NA and EU tournaments they will not make any money if they do not have a salary. Those Korean players who decide to play in WCS NA or EU may have less incentive to practice if they do not participate in any team leagues and feel confident against their opposition. This may happen in WCS KR too, if the best players split themselves between the three regions. | ||
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Al Bundy
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Iwik
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philliechease
United States16 Posts
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arcane1129
United States271 Posts
Q: "Hey, have you considered that ___ may not be a good idea and you should've thought it out a bit more?" A: "Umm.... Q: "No seriously fix it" | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On April 10 2013 09:48 philliechease wrote: Why cant they just give us a straight up answer instea of trying to bullshit their way through every single interview? Pissing me off... standard PR | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Yes, telling people everything is generally bad in an interview. Better to put it out in writing, so it can be reviewed, consulted and clarified later. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16711 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:06 Martijn wrote: I'm guessing you weren't allowed to just straight up ask them why they announced everything way too late, putting a lot of unnecessary strain on players and teams. Everlasting struggle between the questions you want to ask and get to ask. that is why this was not a "live video" interview. all the TL.Net, PCGamer.com and GameSpot.com interviews related to the "big announcement" were text only. these kinds of text-only interviews are the most choreographed you can get where a very controlled and political stream of information is provided. | ||
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8BitAvenger
United States19 Posts
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WhiteSatin
United States308 Posts
On April 10 2013 08:25 StarStruck wrote: You know I've been trying to get this message across for some time yet we keep seeing white font on whatever. It's like every other news. Please switch it guys and avoid the yellows and whites. D: ahah that's interesting and yeah I know. TL is awesome and I'm aware it's not run by pro graphic designers or anything, but the rule of avoiding white+black is basic enough that I would have hoped they'd follow it. Anyway, interesting interview with Mike  | ||
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On April 10 2013 07:07 Fionn wrote: So their goal is to make Koreans move to America/Europe, so then the Americans/Europeans become better by practicing with the transplanted Koreans. Yeah... Totally ignoring the geographical proximity and infrastructure that has been built in Korea which allows them to excel. It's completely ignorant to expect the Koreans to make any difference to European and American play standards. They are not some super-human, master race. At most all this move will achieve is a slightly more even competition world wide at the cost of the dilution of the best competition in the world (GSL). I for one am not interested in watching that. At worst (from a Blizzard perspective) Korean teams maintain their base in Korea and fly players/teams out to the WCS events and dominate them, causing even less exposure to foreign players than there already was. I don't see this structure lasting at all. | ||
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katzenman
Germany61 Posts
here are some of my thoughts on the "koreans-stomping-the-foreigners-in-na/eu-wcs-problem" the participants in season 1 in NA and EU will be 24 invites + 8 qualifier spots,there will be only a few if any koreans in the first seaon outside of korea i suppose. i dont know what will happen in season 2 and 3 but as artosis stated in stotg, koreans that are on korean teams have korean sponsors that want their players to compete in korea. plus they wont get travel support from korea to na/eu, only from within na/eu to the specific ro16 and ro8-finals, so i dont think there will be too many koreans participating in na/eu. so i dont see it happening that koreans will be flooding the NA/EU WCS unless they are on a foreign team and/or are willing to relocate to the us or europe/germany. i think its great that blizzards is getting more involved in e-sports, but as i stated in another thread and many of you stated before in this thread, it feels like they are rushing in to this without having thought through the details. in my opinion they should have worked every single exact detail, before making an announcement like that with the huge impact on the whole scene which it does. so i hope u can follow my thoughts, i dont use my english writing skills too often ^^ | ||
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