EPT$200 is a bit steep for a router, hopefully quite a few of them sell so we can show D-Link that esports is a good investment
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Hellbat
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$200 is a bit steep for a router, hopefully quite a few of them sell so we can show D-Link that esports is a good investment | ||
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Koshi
Belgium38797 Posts
On July 10 2013 22:27 Butterednuts wrote: Don't think it's a good idea to advertise your new league while at the same time doing the stream for it the same day. I would have watched but because I didn't go on TL when I got home I had no idea. Next time maybe give us at least a few days notice? The first game is in 14 hours. | ||
Yhamm
France7248 Posts
it started last night | ||
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
Both non-Swedish DreamHack events (Valencia, Bucharest) are now hosting the finals of an EG tournament. I guess DHBoss and iNcontroL weren't just eating icecream cones and fending off aggressive seagulls in Stockholm.  | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 10 2013 22:40 Koshi wrote: I am not a big fan of watching VODs, but I think this league might be more interesting than Code A on some days. VODs it will be... I am not a huge fan of VOD's either, but I have a busy life and can't watch everything live. Even if it was on at 9 pm my time, I still wouldn't be able to catch it most of the time. It is nice to watch solid league with a few games each night on my tablet while while hanging out with my girlfriend. | ||
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TheRealNanMan
United States1471 Posts
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{ToT}ColmA
Japan3260 Posts
besides that the name isnt half bad, it reminds me of the best wc3 team league which was actually pretty exciting for na / eu scene. but it was much closer to what atc is than "this" ~_~ not liking it, and not having it live is just like watching youtube videos, if it hasnt kpop in it its not exciting to me | ||
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blacksheepwall
China1530 Posts
Hopefully a few people can buy the router, I'd donate some if I could. | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
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Eggi
478 Posts
Sad way to try to market this really. I feel like they are trying to go down the PapaJohns route. Except, no saving and you dont have a greasy pizza to satisfy your $15 investment. I feel the person who thought of this idea think were all idiots(or is an idiot himself) and will throw money at anything with the word "gaming" in it. This just in I have a "gaming" pen for sale. Trust me this will make your gaming experience awesome when you are writing down your builds from the the pro players. | ||
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Sooooil
Germany497 Posts
1. What are the rules about using players twice? As it is a Bo7 and some of the teams don't have 7 players ( Axiom for example) 2. Why do the EG players already have winrates? Esp. winrates with 84 matches? Which matches are these? Also winrates not from the SC2L dont seem very important for the league itself. | ||
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DLink_Esports
United States6 Posts
On July 10 2013 21:28 turdburgler wrote: im all for product placement in Esports but EG need to make me a bigger sales pitch if they want me to chip in for a new router, why exactly do i want a Dlink router when im happy with what i have? if they could do a bit of a product demo on a stream or something i think i would be a lot more tempted. This is coming, I promise. We're sending additional units to the EG Lair for testimonials, demos, and more. A great idea and an absolutely necessary part of this. On July 11 2013 01:27 Eggi wrote: You dont need to have "gaming router" to use the internet to game. Weve been using regular routers for years, what has suddenly changed? What is so magical about frequencies that you guys do for $200 that a $50 cant? Sad way to try to market this really. I feel like they are trying to go down the PapaJohns route. Except, no saving and you dont have a greasy pizza to satisfy your $15 investment. I feel the person who thought of this idea think were all idiots(or is an idiot himself) and will throw money at anything with the word "gaming" in it. This just in I have a "gaming" pen for sale. Trust me this will make your gaming experience awesome when you are writing down your builds from the the pro players. Hey Eggi - I understand your skepticism. I think people have either a) been burned by QoS promises before, b) are happy with their current router, or c) don't understand the benefits of the new chip we are using. You're right -- you don't have to have a Gaming Router to game. You could use a $50 router and get decent performance. The Gaming Router is the only router on the market that uses Qualcomm's new StreamBoost chip. It's specifically made for households where there are many simultaneous users. At my place, I have a roomie downloading torrent files, I'm playing ladder, my gf is streaming Netflix, someone's making a Facetime call, etc. Simply put -- the Gaming Router will obliterate all other routers (including high-end AC routers) in head-to-head multi-user scenarios. It's not even close. Those are just words until we get additional demos up -- I just wanted to let you know where we're coming from. This isn't just legacy router with some lipstick on it. StreamBoost is the first QoS to actually make a tangible difference to your experience. If you live by yourself, you probably don't need it.  | ||
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theking1
Romania658 Posts
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
Nice competition anyway, thanks DLink ! | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 11 2013 01:41 DLink_Esports wrote: This is coming, I promise. We're sending additional units to the EG Lair for testimonials, demos, and more. A great idea and an absolutely necessary part of this. Hey Eggi - I understand your skepticism. I think people have either a) been burned by QoS promises before, b) are happy with their current router, or c) don't understand the benefits of the new chip we are using. You're right -- you don't have to have a Gaming Router to game. You could use a $50 router and get decent performance. The Gaming Router is the only router on the market that uses Qualcomm's new StreamBoost chip. It's specifically made for households where there are many simultaneous users. At my place, I have a roomie downloading torrent files, I'm playing ladder, my gf is streaming Netflix, someone's making a Facetime call, etc. Simply put -- the Gaming Router will obliterate all other routers (including high-end AC routers) in head-to-head multi-user scenarios. It's not even close. Those are just words until we get additional demos up -- I just wanted to let you know where we're coming from. This isn't just legacy router with some lipstick on it. StreamBoost is the first QoS to actually make a tangible difference to your experience. If you live by yourself, you probably don't need it. D-Link Marketing Man, I would recommend that you folks surface this information more in your marketing, specifically the part about about multi-users. I think a lot of gamers don't have the issue of several people all connecting to their wireless system and bogging down their router, unless they live with 4-5 people who are also super internet users. It will go a long way to getting rid of the skeptics that see this thing as another standard item with the word "Gaming" on the box with some LED lights. | ||
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GaiusBaltar
Germany63 Posts
On July 10 2013 10:28 iNcontroL wrote: Please just ignore major for now >_< this is a thread discussing a team league.. you have to be on one to have proper information regarding it. Woah, Geoff, a little manner maybe? I assume you don't like it when people make comments like that towards Greg. On July 10 2013 13:54 DLink_Esports wrote: The more ROI I can show at the end of this campaign, the more funding I can secure for eSports. That's just a stone cold truth. I am trying to convince dinosaurs that this eSports thing isn't just a fad they read about in Forbes. It's a shame then that you guys didn't go a little more broad with this thing, since the appeal of a $200 router is extremely limited, even if it is as great as you say. I assume you won't be able to attribute a general uptick in sales across all D-Link products to your company's involvement in this venture, since there are no codes being used. A 5%-off-everything coupon might have provided a lot more tangible info to take to the bosses. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 11 2013 02:17 GaiusBaltar wrote: Woah, Geoff, a little manner maybe? I assume you don't like it when people make comments like that towards Greg. No, read the thread a bit more. Major was spouting totally incorrect information about how old the replays were and generally being wrong. It was pretty stupid. | ||
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GraphismeGG
Canada15 Posts
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