WCS America Qualifier so far - Page 8

On April 22 2013 00:05 MasterOfPuppets wrote:


DreamHack?

But yeah, we don't know anything for sure. It is pretty likely that WCS will cut into their viewercount/hype. :/

On April 21 2013 17:47 Grovbolle wrote:
Pretty much. That is the problem when Blizzard effectively kills all competition, it removes any pressure from organizers to actually do a decent job.

I find it hilarious how everyone were pitchforking ESL. So far they have done a better job than MLG that's for sure

On April 22 2013 00:10 cekkmt wrote:

Not if mlg continues to make questionable decisions.

On April 22 2013 00:12 BronzeKnee wrote:


I don't understand why people didn't like the job ESL did with WCS EU. The event was well run, and I enjoyed it a lot. I don't think Dreamhack would have done any better.

MLG has just put so many restrictions and I had to watch Gretorp play Protoss versus Zenio, instead of an actually competitve match because MLG didn't allow community casters...

On April 22 2013 00:12 BronzeKnee wrote:


I don't understand why people didn't like the job ESL did with WCS EU. The event was well run, and I enjoyed it a lot. I don't think Dreamhack would have done any better.

MLG has just put so many restrictions and I had to watch Gretorp play Protoss versus Zenio, instead of an actually competitve match because MLG didn't allow community casters...

On April 22 2013 00:17 Beyonder wrote:
Well, it must have been MLG demanding sole rights on broadcasting. Thanks MLG!

On April 21 2013 20:46 Shellshock1122 wrote:
the best part is he was listed as DQed. then he resurrected himself and knocked out the next person in the bracket and got DQed again

On April 22 2013 00:12 BronzeKnee wrote:


I don't understand why people didn't like the job ESL did with WCS EU. The event was well run, and I enjoyed it a lot. I don't think Dreamhack would have done any better.

MLG has just put so many restrictions and I had to watch Gretorp play Protoss versus Zenio, instead of an actually competitve match because MLG didn't allow community casters...

On April 22 2013 00:17 Plansix wrote:

Because this is the thread where we act outraged about stuff and complain about things while we wait for the next thing to complain about. There is nothing to watch right now, so this is how we pass our time. And the reason the community casters weren't used was because they had to make it through all those matches in a reasonable period of time.

On April 22 2013 00:14 Plansix wrote:

I don't really have a problem when the way MLG has been handling this. Code A qualifiers are barely broadcast too. It like complaining about the coverage of the preseason for baseball or the NLF draft. It shit that has to get done and not really designed for broadcast.

On April 22 2013 00:25 Ghanburighan wrote:


You're just being jaded. This is no pass-time, several of these issues have their own threads and reddit pages too. Instead, you should bother to read the first few pages and see that MLG has made some rather inexcusable mistakes. I think the arbitrary exclusion of registered Chinese pros while known hackers/low level players/ineligible players were admitted casts doubt on the validity of all the results so far.

Not to mention, your own arguments make no sense. How do community casters delay the matches in any significant way? They would cast games at the same time as the MLG casters.

On April 22 2013 00:41 magnaflow wrote:
Why is there no unison between these leagues? Why are ESL and MLG responsible for brackets, rules, qualification process, invites or anything. The only thing these two organization should be doing is airing, and casting the matches.

Something that should be epic is turning into the laughing stock of e-sports. What a fucking joke

On April 22 2013 00:36 Plansix wrote:


No I am just remembering that they put this together in 16 days and there are over 1000 players. There were issues, but I don't really mind them. The issue with the Chinese player seems like there was some fishy business going on and all of the information coming out seems to be a whole bunch of hearsay. But as China is across the ocean, I support MLG if they thought something wasn't right. The hacker issue is disappointing, but I really expected of them them to slip through. These are people who try to cheat and they are bound to find their way in.

As for broadcasters, it is just one more person that has to coordinate and get into matches. With Crank begging to have his last match run as soon as possible because he had been up for 30 hours, I really just wanted MLG to get through this as quickly as possible. I also think that all of the WCS are attempting to have their broadcasts on one channel so they can get more accurate viewer numbers for the events to pitch to sponsors. Splitting those across to community casters could muddy their numbers. But that is just speculation.