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Stop the League of Legends bashing. Temp bans will be handed out from now on. - Page 32.
KingdoM123
Profile Joined October 2012
Sweden31 Posts
October 11 2013 08:44 GMT
#341
God I hated MKPs color of choice on his glasses. I mean, who the hell picks up some red glasses? Or snow white??
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
October 11 2013 08:45 GMT
#342
On October 11 2013 17:38 ETisME wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 17:29 fant0m wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:56 sqrt wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:09 xtyxtbx wrote:
At least switch to Dota 2. This is embarrasing to the starcraft 2 community. At least I'd still hold lots of respect for going into a competitive game like dota 2. Don't get me wrong i respect marineking for his amazing games and effort he put into starcraft but this is just.... no.


But LoL is more competitive - more fans, more money, higher quality of tournaments.

And let's not pretend DotA is not casual - it was that map everyone played because they sucked at Warcraft.

As for the news - expected. There are not a lot more money than the SC2 scene and there is little incentive for new sponsors to chime in, moving to the biggest eSport game is the smart move.

Doesn't mean I won't miss him.



LoL worlds barely got more viewers than the TI3 finals. (LoL was at 1.4m, I don't remember exactly what the final number for TI3 was including all sources such as Highwind, but it was over 1m).

Considering the huge difference in player base, I think that pretty clearly shows that a lot of people think Dota is the better game to *watch* competitively. And if I'm a professional gamer, that's what I care about. Otherwise you'd be playing Candy Crush on Facebook if you decided based on the number of casual players.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/10/23/league-of-legends-world-final-officially-the-most-watched-event-in-gaming-history/
League of Legends World Final Officially the Most Watched Event in Gaming History:

"Over 8,000 traveled from all corners of the globe to cheer on Azubu Frost and the Taipei Assassins in person

More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in for the World Finals via TV and stream worldwide (including 2,402,225 TV viewers in Korea and China)

At peak, over 1,154,000 people were watching online alone (not counting any TV numbers) during the World Finals

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends"

did TI3 really have a number this close?


That is last years Worlds. This year was probably a lot higher.
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
October 11 2013 08:45 GMT
#343
i watch more dota than lol and i think lol is more entertaining right now. it's faster paced and more action heavy. though dota has some cool moments
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
October 11 2013 08:45 GMT
#344
Bye
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
October 11 2013 08:46 GMT
#345
I hope he sticks with MKP still as a nick. He can drop the marine king and just use MKP only. Everyone calls him MKP anyways.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Alue
Profile Joined July 2013
Norway4 Posts
October 11 2013 08:47 GMT
#346
Noo! Not MKP! This actually made me sad
Have been following him since forever, and I must admit I'm not overly fond of LoL.
Oh well, he finally gets to use the ID OptimusPrime...
dreamseller
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Australia914 Posts
October 11 2013 08:48 GMT
#347
MKP inspired a lot of current SC2 fans, especially fans of boxer-style micro and aggression/cheese. I'd say he's a big enough drawcard for a lot of the elite SC2 community to give LoL a chance. I know I will be following his progress in LoL closely, and at time of writing I've only watched a handful of matches and have found it terrible viewing (won't stop me from following MKP).
PGtour admin
Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
October 11 2013 08:48 GMT
#348
Players retiring, switching games, dropping out of tourneys and god only knows whats next

Dear Team Liquid news staff:
Find us some good news please
In Hearthstone we pray to RNGesus. When Yogg-Saron hits the field, RNGod gets to work
Elvin
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
149 Posts
October 11 2013 08:51 GMT
#349

League of Legends World Final Officially the Most Watched Event in Gaming History:

"Over 8,000 traveled from all corners of the globe to cheer on Azubu Frost and the Taipei Assassins in person

More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in for the World Finals via TV and stream worldwide (including 2,402,225 TV viewers in Korea and China)

At peak, over 1,154,000 people were watching online alone (not counting any TV numbers) during the World Finals

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends"

did TI3 really have a number this close?


I can also pull numbers out of my ass ,but probably not as skillfully as Riot.

24.230.688 hours of League Legends watched is truly fascinating and worthless statistic created solely for the reason "we want big numbers for our shitty game".
In reality it says that 1 person on average watched 20 hours of playoffs and finals.
ffrozenfish
Profile Joined May 2011
820 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 08:51:35
October 11 2013 08:51 GMT
#350
On October 11 2013 17:12 oneofthem wrote:
dota may be more complex, but it's not like competition in lol is any easier. it's like the difference between chess and go


It is easier if you put Koreans versus foreigners.

What role does MKP plays?
Give us our snipe back - Ghost
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
October 11 2013 08:52 GMT
#351
That's one way to get the Optimus Prime name MKP.
THM
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria1131 Posts
October 11 2013 08:54 GMT
#352
That's very sad. I loved Foxer..
LeeDawg
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1306 Posts
October 11 2013 08:55 GMT
#353
On October 11 2013 17:48 Orcasgt24 wrote:
Players retiring, switching games, dropping out of tourneys and god only knows whats next

Dear Team Liquid news staff:
Find us some good news please


there isn't much to find...
:-)
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3752 Posts
October 11 2013 08:57 GMT
#354
On October 11 2013 17:55 LeeDawg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 17:48 Orcasgt24 wrote:
Players retiring, switching games, dropping out of tourneys and god only knows whats next

Dear Team Liquid news staff:
Find us some good news please


there isn't much to find...

Well, SK Telecom T1 won LoL World Championships...?
VieuxSinge
Profile Joined February 2011
France231 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 09:00:08
October 11 2013 08:57 GMT
#355
MKP couldn't follow the younger players (Maru, life, Dream, etc). He dropped out of code B 2 weeks ago.

Leagues of Legend is much less demanding in term of mechanics, maybe he can achieve something there.

gl
Another clue to my existence.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12686 Posts
October 11 2013 08:58 GMT
#356
On October 11 2013 17:45 Chexx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 17:38 ETisME wrote:
On October 11 2013 17:29 fant0m wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:56 sqrt wrote:
On October 11 2013 16:09 xtyxtbx wrote:
At least switch to Dota 2. This is embarrasing to the starcraft 2 community. At least I'd still hold lots of respect for going into a competitive game like dota 2. Don't get me wrong i respect marineking for his amazing games and effort he put into starcraft but this is just.... no.


But LoL is more competitive - more fans, more money, higher quality of tournaments.

And let's not pretend DotA is not casual - it was that map everyone played because they sucked at Warcraft.

As for the news - expected. There are not a lot more money than the SC2 scene and there is little incentive for new sponsors to chime in, moving to the biggest eSport game is the smart move.

Doesn't mean I won't miss him.



LoL worlds barely got more viewers than the TI3 finals. (LoL was at 1.4m, I don't remember exactly what the final number for TI3 was including all sources such as Highwind, but it was over 1m).

Considering the huge difference in player base, I think that pretty clearly shows that a lot of people think Dota is the better game to *watch* competitively. And if I'm a professional gamer, that's what I care about. Otherwise you'd be playing Candy Crush on Facebook if you decided based on the number of casual players.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/10/23/league-of-legends-world-final-officially-the-most-watched-event-in-gaming-history/
League of Legends World Final Officially the Most Watched Event in Gaming History:

"Over 8,000 traveled from all corners of the globe to cheer on Azubu Frost and the Taipei Assassins in person

More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in for the World Finals via TV and stream worldwide (including 2,402,225 TV viewers in Korea and China)

At peak, over 1,154,000 people were watching online alone (not counting any TV numbers) during the World Finals

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends"

did TI3 really have a number this close?


That is last years Worlds. This year was probably a lot higher.

oh yea how did I miss that lol
guess the tweets are what we have so far:
Dustin Beck ‏@RiotRedBeard 1h
You guys are mind-blowing!! Over 1mm ccu for game 1 on Twitch/YT/Azubu/DM, and that doesn't even include the two countries playing!!

Dustin Beck ‏@RiotRedBeard 1h
Hard to get real-time data from China/Korea, but we'd conservatively estimate another 1mm on their streams. And then there's TV...

Dustin Beck ‏@RiotRedBeard 1h
TV hard to predict live, but again conservative estimates put it at over 4mm households...best fans ever

其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
KasPra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Estonia983 Posts
October 11 2013 09:02 GMT
#357
+ Show Spoiler +
On October 11 2013 17:51 Elvin wrote:
Show nested quote +

League of Legends World Final Officially the Most Watched Event in Gaming History:

"Over 8,000 traveled from all corners of the globe to cheer on Azubu Frost and the Taipei Assassins in person

More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in for the World Finals via TV and stream worldwide (including 2,402,225 TV viewers in Korea and China)

At peak, over 1,154,000 people were watching online alone (not counting any TV numbers) during the World Finals

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends"

did TI3 really have a number this close?


I can also pull numbers out of my ass ,but probably not as skillfully as Riot.

24.230.688 hours of League Legends watched is truly fascinating and worthless statistic created solely for the reason "we want big numbers for our shitty game".
In reality it says that 1 person on average watched 20 hours of playoffs and finals.


Those are last years numbers tho.

http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1o0eke/meta_world_championship_and_finals_traffic/ <- this years statistics.


Love the switch. Best of luck to him in the League.

What a disappointing amount of insecure bashing in this thread though...
TheSayo182
Profile Joined September 2012
Italy243 Posts
October 11 2013 09:02 GMT
#358
On October 11 2013 17:48 Orcasgt24 wrote:
Players retiring, switching games, dropping out of tourneys and god only knows whats next

Dear Team Liquid news staff:
Find us some good news please



if there will be no proleague i will uninstall the game and remove TL from favorites
"Remember: Probes & Pylons and when behind Dark Shrine!"
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-11 09:05:43
October 11 2013 09:03 GMT
#359
Why are people getting warned for stating that blizzard is making mistakes?

MKP is one of my favourite players, i really enjoyed early 2012 when he was dominating the scene. Great player, but unfortunateley, he chose to play LoL. I really hope that Dota 2 will become more popular in Korea...
I'd really want to see lets say MarineKing mid vs Dendy or Korok
lessQQmorePEWPEW
Profile Joined November 2011
Jamaica921 Posts
October 11 2013 09:05 GMT
#360
the nail in the coffin boys. mkp was the shiz for sc2. funny how i was wondering wtf he was up to these days just yesterday.. been ages since i saw him in a sc2 match.
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