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badeanden
Norway56 Posts
I think it's more important that all statistics show a little bit lower count that how many people are actually watching becuase several people watch on the same stream (barcrafts, normal vors, people coming together and watching and so on) Even thoght these numbers are probally not as high as on TV, It would be cool if it was possible to calculate how many people were watching each open stream in average, just like they do on tv  | ||
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Gropah
Netherlands58 Posts
WCS AM has been struggling a bit, however. The finals had about half the viewers of WCS EU, and here we cannot use the time zone difference as an excuse. Or are there really so many more European Starcraft fans out there compared to American Starcraft fans? WCS AM has done consistently worse than WCS EU. What do you guys think is the reason for that? I'm especially interested in comments readers from the US/Americas on whether they watch WCS AM, or if they even prefer WCS EU over it. I've also added a poll to gauge the popularity of the various WCS regions to the bottom of the post. Do participate! I do think timezones are an excuse. WCS EU is on a good time for EU and (sort of) for USA, which results in a good viewercount. WCS Korea is in a good slot for Asia, and (sort of) for EU (but less will watch, cause office hours), so a bit less viewers. WCS NA is on a good time slot for USA and a reasonable timeslot for Asia. However Asians don't care about NA scene, because of the relative low level, so no asians watch. That is a whole continent less, which results in the poorest viewer counts. | ||
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v_lm
France202 Posts
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EkiMGnaW
United States45 Posts
On June 04 2013 05:14 DeathZepplin wrote: Why people watch Tara Babcock and don't just go to pornhub for a few minutes will always mystify me. I'd give you an upvote if it was possible. Regarding WCS NA: The production just wasn't there. MLG did a good job and had a beautiful 1080p stream (for free I might add) but there just was no sense of occasion.This is why Dreamhack and the Korean finals will always be more of an attraction because it feels like a much bigger deal. It's an event and the Dreamhack and the Korean finals felt like one. MLG, on the other hand, just felt subdued and completely void of any excitement. Any excitement generated wasn't because of MLG but rather due to fans hype. WCS EU had this same problem but there was a very big Korean vs. non-Korean storyline permeating the entire tournament. WCS NA did not have this luxury. Of course, the EU scene does seem to have more fans of SC2 than NA. In other words, EU is more developed and has a larger fanbase. Personally, I watched both EU and NA whenever I could/they were on. Neither were on par with WCS Korea in terms of excitement and skill. Without the time zone difference, I believe WCS Korea would lead the pack. That said, WCS Korea still pales in comparison to BW OSL Finals or Proleague finals in terms of sheer scope and thrill. Just watch the Korean Air S1 OSL Finals between Flash and Effort. Just watch the first 10 minutes or so (skip the singing girls) and you'll see what I'm on about. | ||
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oneill12
Romania1222 Posts
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Gorilla23
United States339 Posts
On June 04 2013 07:05 oneill12 wrote: Confirmed average viewership for finals EU OVER NA OVER KR. KR had most viewership in total by a sizable amount. This OP is simply detailing Twitch.tv numbers. Other sites, such as Afreeca, were not included. Gom's numbers of course are private. | ||
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Megiddosc
United States966 Posts
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knightwulf
Canada174 Posts
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Resilient
United Kingdom1431 Posts
WCS EU was just flat out better and I'm glad it was so superior in a way, because there is no way Blizzard is gonna let their home region get such a bad season next time round. I expect big changes if they're serious about this project. | ||
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dirtydurb82
United States178 Posts
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niekoz
Netherlands350 Posts
Very nice job with these sick stats! | ||
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SCST
Mexico1609 Posts
Side Note: I did notice that for the WCS viewers you only calculated the primary stream and didn't add in the non-english streams. I know that WCS EU Finals Day 2 peaked at 135k total viewers as I happened to check on that day. | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
seems odd | ||
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
On June 04 2013 08:40 SCST wrote: Wow this is incredible THANK YOU ! Side Note: I did notice that for the WCS viewers you only calculated the primary stream and didn't add in the non-english streams. I know that WCS EU Finals Day 2 peaked at 135k total viewers as I happened to check on that day. The numbers are average viewers. I did some old fashion eyeballing and noted these numbers: WCS EU Ro32: 40-40-30-41-43-37-57-44 WCS NA Ro32: 15-17-17-19-24-21-30-26 WCS EU Ro16: 50-53-55-61 WCS AM Ro16: 24-23-26-23 WCS EU Ro8: 82 WCS EU Finals: 134 WCS AM Ro8: 43 WCS AM Finals: 55 | ||
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Defury
Germany206 Posts
1) I don't like the casters 2) no crowd, no content and tons of boring down time. Mlg simply can't run a online event well. | ||
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
Having said that, I think everything has been a resounding success aside from WCS Am, and even that was not a failure (just didn't live up to our high standards). | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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kochanfe
Micronesia1338 Posts
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JaKaTaKSc2
United States2787 Posts
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DenTenker
United States606 Posts
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